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Chapter 4: A Lot of Money Spent
Chapter 4

Gu Nianchu's voice was very loud, and he didn't sound like a seriously ill person at all.

This shout actually frightened Madam Liu. She smiled awkwardly, "Madam, you have already married into the Marquis's Mansion. You and the prince are one. What is the difference between you and the prince? Yours belongs to the prince, right? Just give me the key. I will finish my job sooner, so that the old lady and the prince won't get tired of you."

"presumptuous!"

Following a loud shout, two gorgeously dressed women walked in from the entrance of Begonia Garden, followed by a group of maids.

"aunt!"

"cousin!"

The two girls first bowed to Gu Nianchu. The girl who had just scolded Aunt Liu was Xie Xilan, the third daughter of the Xie family, Gu Nianchu's maternal family. The other one was Gu Shuang, the legitimate daughter of Gu Nianchu's eldest brother.

Xie Xilan just came of age this year, while Gu Shuang is twelve years old and has not yet come of age.

The two of them had heard clearly what Madam Liu and Gu Nianchu said.

Gu Nianchu's eyes were filled with surprise: "Xilan, Shuang'er, why are you here? You didn't even tell me in advance."

Xie Xilan raised her eyebrows: "Cousin, if we had told you in advance, would we still be able to see this? I never thought that such a dignified Marquisate would do such a dirty thing, to actually use your dowry to ask for a concubine for your cousin's husband!"

"Aunt, Shuang'er will go home and report to grandma right away."

When Matron Liu saw this, she was so frightened that her face turned pale.

Old Madam Shen attached great importance to the reputation of the Marquisate. If this word got out, she would lose her life.

"Thank you, Miss Third, Miss Gu, it's all my fault. I just said something wrong and caused Madam to misunderstand me. We are in the Marquis' Mansion and we value rules the most. How could we possibly touch Madam's dowry? Madam asked me to help her with something. It was all a misunderstanding just now."

Matron Liu was very puzzled as to why the concierge let these two girls in like this, but the current task was to get over the matter first.

"How dare you, an old slave, bully your master! Today, I will teach you a lesson on behalf of my cousin."

Xie Xilan said to the girl beside him: "Chunlan, teach her the rules."

Chunlan responded with a crisp "yes" and walked up to Madam Liu and slapped her a few times. The several sturdy old women brought by Madam Liu also quietly retreated, trying to reduce their presence.

"Gu Nianchu, you are just letting outsiders slap our mansion in the face! Are you still a member of our mansion?"

At this time, Shen Jiao, the daughter of the Marquis's family, who had received a report from the servants, came hurriedly with her people. She pointed at Gu Nianchu's nose and started scolding him. She was used to scolding him all the time and didn't think there was anything wrong with calling her sister-in-law's name in front of the Gu family.

"Second Miss Shen, my cousin is your eldest sister-in-law. The rules of your mansion are really good. The younger sister-in-law can actually call the eldest sister-in-law by her name and scold her by pointing at her nose!"

Xie Elan came today specifically to support Gu Nianchu. She immediately pointed the gun at Shen Jiao. After hearing what Xie Elan said, Shen Jiao realized that she had lost her composure.

Shen Jiao apologized to Gu Nianchu in a perfunctory manner: "Sister-in-law, I'm sorry. I was so anxious just now. Sister-in-law is always generous. I hope she won't make a fuss with me."

Gu Nianchu said coldly, "Shen Jiao, you are the daughter of a marquis, you should still follow proper etiquette. It is disrespectful for you to call my eldest sister-in-law by her name. You should kneel in the ancestral hall for two days."

"Gu Nianchu, who do you think you are? How dare you punish me to kneel in the ancestral hall?"

Shen Jiao was a spoiled little girl. When she heard that Gu Nianchu was not as good as the ones who spoiled her in the past, she immediately got angry.

"Aunt, you have always told our family that you are living well in the Marquis' Mansion. Shuang'er didn't know that you are living such a hard life." Gu Shuang's eyes were red as she said this: "Aunt, Shuang'er will take you home. Since the Marquis' Mansion can't accommodate you, we in the General's Mansion can still afford to raise a girl."

Gu Nianchu gently patted the back of Gu Shuang's hand: "Shuang'er, silly child, no one bullies your aunt."

Xie Xilan said to the servants of the Shen family: "Please ask your prince to come over. If you don't give us a satisfactory explanation today, then we will go back to the mansion and ask the adults at home to ask for an explanation from the Marquis' Mansion."

Shen Jiao wanted to say something, but Nanny Liu kept winking at her, signaling her to stop talking.

How could their Marquis' Mansion be compared with the Duke's Mansion and the General's Mansion? Moreover, they were in the wrong now.

Shen Ling arrived very quickly. When he hurried over and saw Miss Xie and Miss Gu were both there, he immediately felt like he had eaten shit.

"Cousin, Shuang'er, you are such rare guests. What happened? Why are you all standing in the yard? Please come in and have some tea."

Shen Ling suppressed his inner dissatisfaction and invited Xie Xilan and Gu Shuang into the house for tea.

"My cousin's husband has arrived at the right time. Shuang'er and I just came to visit my cousin, and we heard that the nanny of your mansion is forcing my cousin to take out her dowry as a betrothal gift for you to marry a second wife. What is the mansion going to do?"

Xie Xilan looked straight at Shen Ling and demanded an explanation from Shen Ling.

Shen Ling couldn't keep the smile on his face any longer: "Cousin, this must be a misunderstanding. How could our mansion do such a thing?"

Shen Ling turned his head and whispered to Gu Nianchu for help: "Chu'er, please explain to your cousin and Shuang'er why the Marquis' Mansion would use your dowry?"

Gu Nianchu was a little confused: "Is what the prince said true?"

Why does this sound a bit weird?

Shen Ling said with a dark face: "Of course it is true."

Gu Nianchu waved at Nanny Tian, ​​"Nanny Tian, ​​bring the account book here so that the prince can see if there is anything wrong with the amount of money that the Marquis' Mansion has borrowed from the General's Mansion over the years."

Nanny Tian immediately presented the account book: "Sir, since my young lady married into the Marquis's Mansion, the total amount of money she has advanced to the Marquis's Mansion is 183,425 taels."

Shen Ling was stunned: "Why are there so many?"

He knew that Gu Nianchu had spent money on the Marquis' Mansion over the years, but he didn't expect that he would spend so much.

"Sir, do you have any questions about these accounts? Take a look at the account book, and I'll explain any questions to you. Over the years, just the old lady's money spent on blood swallows and various supplements every month is over a thousand taels. She also sends new jewelry and clothes every month, which month doesn't cost two or three thousand taels? And in your yard, the pens, ink, and paper are all top-notch, and there are also ornaments like this."

When Nanny Tian said this, not only Shen Ling had an ugly expression.

The expressions of Xie Xilan and Gu Shuang were both extremely ugly.

"Cousin-in-law, it turns out that the entire Marquis's Mansion is supported by my cousin's dowry."

Gu Shuang also snorted coldly: "The Marquis' Mansion is really calculating."

Shen Ling no longer had the usual aloofness of a noble young man. He angrily said to Gu Nianchu, "Madam, you have been in charge of the household affairs since you married into our mansion. How do you manage the household? You actually advanced such a large sum of money. Isn't this embarrassing for our mansion?"

(End of this chapter)