Chapter 194: Rotten to the core

Chen had been thinking with her head down, and did not notice the strange smile on Shen Ningyuan's face when she said this.

After a moment, Chen looked up at Shen Ningyuan, “Then I’ll leave this matter to you. I’ll go raise the money now, and I’ll return the money to you by tomorrow night at the latest.”

Shen Ningyuan nodded, "Okay."

Chen took a deep breath and turned to leave.

Shen Ningyuan softly instructed Lan Yin, “Lan Yin, send Madam Ji out.”

"Need not!"

Before Lan Yin could respond, Chen refused coldly and walked out of the room.

After she walked away, Lan Yin laughed and said, "Miss, this Chen family is really pissed off by you!"

"Of course." Shen Ningyuan curled her lips and sneered, "Now that the Marquis's account is in deficit, if she wants to raise the money, she can only find a way herself."

Lan Yin sighed, looking quite helpless, "Miss, what do you think Chen is after? Even if the Ji family loses the title, she can live comfortably in her old house. Why does she have to torment herself like this?"

“You don’t understand.” Shen Ningyuan looked at the direction where Chen left, “She only has the position of Marquise in her eyes. For this honor, she can give everything.”

After a pause, Shen Ningyuan added, "Including the lives of my own children."

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On the other side, after Chen returned to her own yard, she began to order her servants to take out all the valuable things.

Including the dowry she hid and the private money she saved secretly.

Although the servants were puzzled, they still counted all the items according to Chen's request.

Two hours later, items worth approximately 70,000 taels were counted in Chen's yard.

But it is still far from enough to reach 500,000 taels.

Chen's face darkened, and she immediately ordered Madam Hai, "Bring your people with you and follow me to the Marquis's courtyard."

Matron Hai was shocked. "Madam, you don't want to... sell the Marquis's things, do you?"

Chen said nothing, just nodded slightly.

Seeing this, Madam Hai immediately panicked and waved her hands, saying, "Madam, you can't do that! If the Marquis comes out and finds out that you sold his things, he will be angry!"

"Then what do you say we should do? If we can't get together 500,000 taels, that little bitch Shen Ningyuan won't help the Ji family!"

Madam Hai looked troubled. "Is there no other way?"

Chen didn't say anything, which was considered as her agreement.

Nanny Hai had no choice but to give up persuading her and led her people towards Ji Zehai's yard.

On the other hand, the news that Chen had taken people to take inventory of Ji Zehai's yard soon reached Shen Ningyuan.

Lan Yin was dumbfounded and said in surprise, "Miss, Chen is usually most afraid of the Marquis. I didn't expect that she would go to count the Marquis's yard to raise money. Isn't she afraid that the Marquis will come out and settle accounts with her?"

Shen Ningyuan raised her eyebrows and smiled: "Now, you should believe what I said, right? In Chen's eyes, there is really only her position as the Marquise."

Lan Yin was still shocked. "But Miss... I have never seen anyone who values status more than anything else."

"Just because you haven't seen it doesn't mean it doesn't exist."

Shen Ningyuan said, waving her hand gently.

"Okay, you can continue to keep an eye on Chen. I believe that before tomorrow night, we will receive the 500,000 taels she has prepared."

"Can we really raise five hundred thousand taels?" Lan Yin asked in disbelief.

Shen Ningyuan nodded, “Don’t worry, she will find a way.”

At this time, Ji Zehai's yard was brightly lit.

It is indeed as Shen Ningyuan said, Chen will find a way on his own.

After emptying Ji Zehai's yard, the servants counted out property worth 40,000 taels.

When Chen heard the number reported by the servant, her eyes almost popped out.

He asked sternly, "Count it again carefully. I don't believe that this is the only amount of money that can be found in this yard!"

The servant had a bitter face and didn't dare to look directly into Chen's eyes. "Madam, I dare not talk nonsense. All these things are really only worth 40,000 taels, and this is after selling them for nothing."

"No, it's impossible."

Chen's body swayed, and she felt a black screen in front of her eyes, and she almost fainted on the spot.

"How could it be, how could it be only 40,000 taels?"

Chen was muttering to herself with a look of disbelief.

“Mingming Hou, you spent so much on Chen Ningyuan’s dowry, how could you only have this little wealth?”

Seeing this, the servant continued, "Madam, these things may look like they are worth a lot of money, but in fact, many of them are fakes and are not worth much at all."

Chen's face changed, and she obviously didn't believe what the servant said.

"Impossible. The things in the Marquis's yard were all selected by me personally. How could there be fakes?"

Chen pointed at the pile of things and said, "Now, pick out the fakes so I can see if they are fakes!"

"Yes, ma'am."

The servant took the order, turned around, and picked out all the fakes he had found one by one.

Every time she saw something being picked out, Chen's face turned a little paler.

Until she saw the last thing picked out, which was an amber jade pendant, Chen's heart almost stopped beating.

He shook his head violently and let out a deafening roar: "Impossible! This is a token of love that I gave to the Marquis. How could it be fake!"

Chen ran over and snatched the jade pendant from the servant's hand.

Take a closer look.

While he was shocked, there was also a bit of hurt in his eyes, "How could it be fake? It can't be fake, it must be a mistake, yes, a mistake, it must be a mistake."

Chen shook her head weakly, tears unable to hold back from flowing out of her eyes.

At the same time, Shen Ningyuan also received the news.

When I heard Lan Yin say that Chen had found a batch of fakes in Ji Zehai's yard.

Shen Ningyuan looked calm, as if she had known about it for a long time.

Seeing this, Lan Yin was puzzled, "Miss, why are you not surprised at all?"

Shen Ningyuan smiled and said, “Not only am I not surprised, I also know that the genuine product in Ji Zehai’s yard is currently hidden in a house in a remote alley in the east of the city.”

Lan Yin was even more shocked. "Miss, do you mean that Ji Zehai is hiding something outside?"

Shen Ningyuan shook her head, "To be exact, it's Tibetans."

"Tibetans?" Lan Yin was puzzled.

"Yes, Tibetans." Shen Ningyuan nodded, "Since three years ago, Ji Zehai has had a concubine and a three-year-old son."

"What?" Lan Yin was even more surprised than before, "Ji Zehai still has a mistress?"

"How could the Ji family become so rotten?" Lan Yin sighed.

Shen Ningyuan said nothing.

yes.

Who could have thought that a small, inferior family could become so rotten.

If it weren't for the tragedy that happened in her previous life, she wouldn't have thought of it.

Those few families that appear harmless are actually rotten to the core.

It can be said that it has been rotten from the root.