novelaction Chapter 185 Did I lose money?
Chapter 185 Did I lose money?
The old marquis and old lady Kang were sitting on the armchair. After Su Zhiru came in with his wife and children, he first bowed to the two elders before sitting down aside.
"I'm glad you're back. I heard that the emperor intends to let you stay in the capital to work this time. After you entered the palace yesterday, did the emperor tell you about this?" asked the old marquis.
"The emperor did not mention this matter, so the specific arrangements are still unclear." Su Zhiru didn't know what the emperor was thinking, but he thought that he would not leave the capital in the short term.
The old marquis paused for a moment while drinking his tea. His third son was a very opinionated person who never listened to him. However, among his three sons, he was the one who did the best in the court and was highly valued by the emperor.
“In that case, you should spend some time accompanying Jiang during this period, and come back to the palace to see your uncle when you have time.” Although the old marquis didn’t like the people in Prince Yi’s palace, he would still say nice things to them.
"I will." Su Zhiru agreed.
Last night, Jiang told him everything she needed to say, including what happened after the four of them, mother and son, returned to the Marquis' Mansion.
Thinking that the three families were now living in Helin Courtyard, which was really a mess, he said:
"Dad, my eldest sister-in-law may be too tired, so she only arranged Helin Courtyard for our three rooms to live in. But Yuewen, Yuewu and Qingwan are all grown up, and they should have their own courtyards. Let Yuewen and Yuewu live in Tingtao Courtyard and Cuizhu Courtyard respectively, and Qingwan live in Fuguang Courtyard."
As soon as these words came out, Liu wanted to refute them instantly, but the old marquis had already responded.
"can."
The old marquis doesn't care who lives where. He is only worried about whether his eldest son can keep his official position.
He had been out these past two days and had heard a lot of rumors about Su Zhiyi, especially the rumor that Su Zhiyi was going to push his concubine's daughter into the fire pit for money.
Su Zhiyi's reputation has hit rock bottom recently, and I'm afraid someone is planning to impeach Su Zhiyi.
He wanted to discuss with his third son how to keep Su Zhiyi's current official position. If that was not possible, then he could lower his rank to a lower level. He only hoped that the emperor would not dismiss Su Zhiyi out of anger.
But the women were still there at the time, so he naturally couldn't mention this matter at this time.
Liu was unwilling to accept the situation and could only say, "It was my negligence!"
"Hmph!" Old Kang snorted with disdain. Liu's little tricks were useless. She failed to control Jiang and the others at all. Instead, she gave Su Qingwan and the others a reason to make trouble for their mission.
When Liu heard the cold snort, she felt extremely miserable. She had done so much, all for the Marquis' Mansion, but in the end, she was blamed for everything.
The old marquis was worried about something, so he only said a few words to the people from the third house and then called Su Zhiru and Su Zhiyi away.
Old Kang stared at Su Qingwan for a long time, wondering whether he should ask about the compensation yesterday.
"Grandma Kang, you are looking at me like that. Do you have something to ask me?" Su Qingwan asked considerately.
"Did the Earl of Yongkang pay the compensation yesterday?" Old Mrs. Kang asked.
She heard yesterday that the little bitch asked Old Liu to pay 20,000 taels of silver.
Xiaokang and Liu also pricked up their ears at the same time, wanting to hear what Su Qingwan had to say.
"Of course we compensated, but the money has been distributed to the guards who helped. If Grandmother Kang wants, she can ask them to hand over the money." Su Qingwan said with a faint smile.
As long as you have the courage to ask for money, she won't stop you.
The faces of the three people turned cold instantly. Su Qingwan actually gave all the money to the security guard. She was really a spendthrift!
So much money, when Mr. Kang thought about it, he felt his heart bleeding.
Liu felt even more uncomfortable. That was all her mother's family's money. Even if they were to take it back, they should compensate her. She was the one who was in charge of the household expenses.
"Fourth girl, the compensation money should be handed over to the public. How can it be distributed to the servants?" Liu said dissatisfiedly.
"But it has already been divided. Aunt can ask them for it back." Su Qingwan continued to smile.
Liu's face turned pale, thinking about how those people robbed the people in the Earl's Mansion yesterday. They were all like robbers. How could she have the courage to ask them for money?
In fact, not only Liu thought so, but also the Kang family, the elder and younger Kang family thought so, but they didn't have the courage.
Xiaokang pursed her lips, feeling that she was beaten for nothing. She was so unwilling to accept it and wondered why she did not get any compensation.
Thinking of the compensation, she couldn't help but look at Liu and said:
"Sister-in-law, even though the girl is dead, she still hurt me. You should give me the compensation as soon as possible. I still need to use the money to buy supplements to recuperate."
Liu didn't want to pay attention to her. Just as she was about to speak, she heard Old Kang say:
"Liu, go back and get the silver. If you don't have enough, you can use something else to pay for it. And my money, I'll wait here."
Liu was speechless and was about to argue that she had no money, but she felt Su Yunrou touch her lightly, so she had to get up and leave Rong'an Hall.
Su Yunrou also bowed and followed him out.
"Yun Rou, why did you bump into me just now? Are you really going to take out 20,000 taels of silver?" When Liu thought about the silver slipping out of her hands, she felt a severe heart attack.
Su Yunrou sighed softly. She had no choice but to give the money.
"Mom, you have to give her all the money that grandma gave you. As for my second aunt, you have to give some money too. Just think of it as accumulating blessings for my elder sister. I hope she can be born into a good family." Su Yunrou said calmly.
The Marquis' Mansion is in such a mess now, all because of that bitch Su Qingwan's interference and the fact that my eldest sister was divorced. Now we have to get grandmother and the second house to stand on our side, so the money must be compensated. Anyway, there are many good things in mother's private storehouse, which were given to her by Jiang in the past few years. We can use these things to pay off the debt and annoy Su Qingwan!
Liu didn't want to give it at all, so she fell ill after returning.
When the news was delivered to Rong'an Hall, old Kang's face suddenly darkened.
Liu was trying to be disrespectful to me. She was asked to take money and she fell ill. How could she have the nerve to do that!
"Let's go to Tinglan Courtyard. As long as Liu is alive today, she has to give me the money."
Old Mrs. Kang walked out with a cold face. She didn't even ask for the public money, but Mrs. Liu was still not satisfied.
Of course Xiaokang was happy to follow, and immediately took Su Lihan with her.
Jiang didn't want to go with them, so she planned to tell Mrs. Kang and then take her three children back.
Her master arranged a yard for each of the three children, and she had to go back and clean it up.
Su Qingwan and the other two followed Jiang out. After they got outside, Jiang told old Kang about her plan to leave.
Old Mrs. Kang felt annoyed when she saw them, and was afraid that something might happen with Su Qingwan present, so she waved her hand and asked the people from the third room to leave quickly.
But as luck would have it, Su Yunrou came with something at this time.
"Grandmother, Second Aunt, my mother couldn't bear the successive accidents of my eldest brother and eldest sister. She fell ill after returning home, but she asked me to bring the silver and money here."
"But she didn't have enough money, so she used something else to pay for it."
As Su Yunrou spoke, she asked the person following behind her to bring the things over.