Chapter 56 Let Cao Lanxin pay more money

"Are you not welcome?"

She didn't hesitate, she sat down and looked at Cao Lanxin calmly, "I can't help it, who made me the creditor?"

"Liuzhi, recite the words on the note. I'm afraid someone has forgotten and owes me something."

Liu Zhi immediately became full of energy and recited loudly: "If I cannot find the red gold hairpin in Lingshuiju, I am willing to offer the entire set of headgear as an apology, and kneel down and kowtow to Yuan Wanru to apologize. The person who promised is Cao Lanxin."

Hearing the contents of the document again, Cao Lanxin was still furious.

She must have been possessed at the time, why would she write such a note?

"My dear cousin, why do you have to humiliate me like this?"

Cao Lanzhi couldn't stand it anymore, so she stepped forward and accused Yuan Wanru in righteous words.

Yuan Wanru smiled relaxedly: "I just reminded her that she should fulfill her promise, or do you Cao family not value credit when doing business?"

"If that's the case, I'd like to write to my cousin and ask him if the Cao family is going to stop giving me the headgear."

Cao Lanxin suppressed her anger and sneered, "It's not that our Cao family can't afford it. If you want it, I'll give it to you right now."

This matter cannot be brought to Xu County, as there are more women in the family than just her and Cao Lanzhi.

Although the Cao family was wealthy, their status as merchants was still too low.

Especially since they had come to the capital, witnessed the dignity of the Marquis of Loyalty and Bravery’s Mansion, and visited the Eastern Palace, how could they still be willing to return to Xu County and marry a merchant’s son and spend the rest of their lives like that?

Even if she went back and married into a wealthy family like the county magistrate, how could she compare to the princes and nobles in the capital?

Even though she was unwilling, Cao Lanxin knew how to distinguish the important from the unimportant.

Yuan Wanru casually moved the plates on the table and said nonchalantly, "Why get angry? Actually, I don't have to get that set of headgear."

"The headgear is useless, and I am short of money. If I had money, this matter could actually be discussed."

When Cao Lanxin heard this, she realized that there was still room for maneuver in this matter, so she couldn't help but ask, "What do you mean by that?"

Seeing that she had taken the bait, Yuan Wanru said, "You come from a merchant family, so you should know that 3% annual interest is not much nowadays."

"That headdress should be worth at least seven thousand taels. I will just keep it with you temporarily. You can pay me interest at three cents a day. If Miss Cao pays the interest, you can keep the headdress forever."

Cao Lanxin's heart moved.

This method solved her urgent problem. In this way, she could take the opportunity to force Zhou Fang to help her destroy the receipt, thus saving her face.

But would Yuan Wanru be so kind?

Yuan Wanru met her suspicious gaze and sighed, "I don't have any property, and the betrothal gift from the Marquis' Mansion cannot be sold. People like you have never lacked money, so how can you understand the principle that a penny can make a hero fall."

"I don't know anyone outside. The jewelry was given to me, but I don't know how to turn it into silver."

"Instead of this, it would be better to leave the headgear to you. I can also get the silver, and everyone will be happy."

Cao Lanxin looked down on her in her heart. She was indeed an orphan, shabby and didn't know how to use the treasures she had obtained.

"Three cents a day is too high. Half a cent a day, I can still consider it."

Yuan Wanru sneered: "I am not a fool. If the interest rate is less than one cent, I won't take it. Miss Cao San thinks she is sending away a beggar?"

"In that case, take out your headgear, then kowtow to me and apologize, and we'll be even."

Cao Lanxin was unwilling to do so. She gritted her teeth and said, "I promise you, one cent a day."

Yuan Wanru counted on her fingers: "The document was written on July 6th, and today is already July 26th. The interest is one point a day, which means seventy taels a day."

"Twenty days is one thousand four hundred taels. Why don't you round it up to an even number and give me one month's interest, which is two thousand one hundred taels. This will save me from asking you for it day by day."

Cao Lanzhi was dumbfounded. She was going to be given so much silver all of a sudden, and she still had the receipt in her hand. This deal was such a loss.

However, Cao Lanxin thought differently. It was not just because of the headgear. The key point was that the note said that she should kowtow and apologize, which was a great humiliation and she would never do that even if she was beaten to death.

If she delays for two days, she will definitely force Zhou Fang to take action!

"Okay, I'll give it to you right away."

Yuan Wanru received the interest and left happily.

After returning to Lingshuiju, Liu Zhicai asked, "What is the purpose of the eldest young lady doing this?"

Yuan Wanru smiled cunningly: "Didn't you say that the second-class maid Shanzha has been out these past two days?"

"I guess that hawthorn is probably the card that Second Aunt holds for me."

"Since Second Aunt is still waiting and wants to continue to take advantage of this deal to get benefits from Cao Lanxin, then I will force Cao Lanxin to urge Second Aunt to take action."

"After this matter is settled, I will take the written receipt and go to Cao Lanxin to ask for the headgear. She gave me an extra 2,000 taels of silver for nothing. Do you think she will faint from anger again?"

She suddenly thought of something: "Oh, I have to make her kowtow and admit her fault. Otherwise, how can I justify her kindness when she has been cursing me every day these days?"

Liuzhi understood that this tactic of alerting the snake was just to lure it out of its hole.

After Yuan Wanru finished speaking, she looked out the window and fell into deep thought.

Cao Lanxin is just an appetizer. Liang Yusong plotted against her in the East Palace. If she doesn't fight back, Liang Yusong will think she is easy to bully.

However, you can't use such crude means to deal with Liang Yusong.

She should think about this carefully.

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Lu Jiangnian returned on the moonlit night, and Xuan Qing immediately stepped forward to report: "Today, the eldest young master's wife went to the west wing of Rongshou Hall."

Then he told Lu Jiangnian about Yuan Wanru collecting interest, and a smile immediately appeared in his eyes.

When he left the Eastern Palace that day, he always felt that Yuan Wanru was in a bad mood. Unfortunately, he was busy helping the prince clean up the nails in the Eastern Palace in the past two days and had no time to see her.

Since she is interested in causing trouble for others, it seems that nothing will happen.

Then, he thought of something and stopped to ask Xuan Qing: "How is the matter I told you before going?"

Xuan Qing thought he was asking about Chen San and his gang of thieves, so he immediately said seriously, "Chen San is really not an ordinary guy. Many of those children were kidnapped."

After listening to this, Lu Jiangnian looked at him strangely and said, "What I'm asking is, why did you say this when I asked you to find the chrysanthemum bushes?"

ah?

Xuan Qing then remembered that there was such a thing: "Well, I have found several places, but none of them meet the requirements of the prince."

He wants it to bloom well, be in a large area, and be ownerless. Does he have to look all over the mountains for it?

Lu Jiangnian looked at him with disdain: "You say you are so capable, but you can't even find a nice-looking chrysanthemum. What use are you to me?"

Xuan Qing: ...

He is not a playboy who only cares about romance and love, and doesn't know about flowers and grass. What's so strange about that?

"I'll give you two more days to find it. Otherwise, I'll deduct one hundred taels from you."

When Xuanqing heard that his money would be deducted, he dared not say a word.

Lu Jiangnian added: "Go on with the story about Chen San."

Xuan Qing: ...

I thought the prince didn't take this matter seriously, but it turns out that it was just ranked behind finding Chrysanthemum.

Man!