Chapter 219: Shifting the focus

Just as the bamboo stick was about to fall on the two men, a sharp voice came from outside the house.

“Wait!”

After the words fell, Shen Ningyuan strode into the courtyard with a cold face.

The next second, he raised his foot high and kicked the two stunned servants away.

"Miss!"

Seeing Shen Ningyuan appear, Lan Yin's heart finally settled down.

Shen Ningyuan walked over and untied the ropes on Lan Yin.

At the same time, Yi Ge also came forward and untied Lambert's rope.

"What happened?" Shen Ningyuan asked in a serious tone.

Lan Yin pointed at Chen and said, "Miss, it's the Madam. She refused to admit that she spent your dowry this year. When she heard that my father stopped paying the money to the Ji family's old house, she made trouble for me and my father."

"Silver for the Ji family?"

Shen Ningyuan was surprised for a moment, turned to look at the clansmen in Ji's hometown, and immediately reacted.

When she was reborn, the first thing she did was to stop a lot of spending in the Marquis' Mansion.

Now it seems that the people from my hometown couldn’t wait for the money anymore, so they came to me.

After realizing this, Shen Ningyuan immediately stood up and looked at Chen coldly.

In a cold tone, he said, "I was the one who stopped the money from the old house. If you have any problems, come to me. What's the point of troubleshooting my maid?"

Hearing this, Chen pointed at Shen Ningyuan angrily and asked sternly: "Who told you to stop the money from the old house? That is the foundation for the survival of the Ji family. How can you let them live without money?"

After hearing Chen’s words, the other people in the Ji’s old house immediately glared at Shen Ningyuan angrily.

It was as if she had committed a crime of treason and had robbed the silver that originally belonged to them.

Seeing this scene, Shen Ningyuan laughed out of anger.

He asked back on the spot: "The Ji family's old house has no money to spend, what does it have to do with me?"

"Why doesn't it matter? It was you who stopped the payment of money to the old house!" Chen immediately retorted.

As soon as he finished speaking, members of the Ji family also echoed him.

"That's right, it was you who stopped paying us, leaving us with no money to spend this month, and no food to eat!"

"You evil woman, you have so much dowry in your hands, why are you still thinking about this little money?"

"That's right! My son is going to take the exam to become a scholar next year. If he doesn't have money to pay the tuition, he will be kicked out of the academy by the teacher. If he fails to pass the exam, you will be the culprit!"

"That's right, you evil woman, give us this month's money!"

“…”

For a moment, these people talked to each other and vented all their resentment on Shen Ningyuan.

Chen was very proud.

With Shen Ningyuan taking the blame, she can get away from this matter.

Shen Ningyuan looked at this scene, and the smile on her face became more playful.

After a long while, seeing that Shen Ningyuan didn't say a word, Chen became a little anxious.

He immediately pointed at Chen Ningyuan and shouted angrily: "Chen Ningyuan, why don't you say anything? Didn't you hear everyone blaming you? Why don't you give everyone an explanation quickly!"

Chen Ningyuan smiled and asked, "What do you need me to explain? As far as I know, before I married into the family, the money for the old house was paid from the account of the Marquis' Mansion. But after I married into the Ji family, the money fell into my account. Now that I have set things right and taken back my dowry, the money should naturally come from the account of the Marquis' Mansion."

As she spoke, Shen Ningyuan looked at Chen with a half-smile, "So what? The one who caused them to have no food to eat, no money to pay the tuition, and no money to spend is you, Madam Ji!"

Chen's expression changed, "What does it have to do with me?"

"Since I have taken back the dowry, the money should be paid from the Marquis's account, right?" Shen Ningyuan asked back.

Chen was left speechless and opened her mouth to retort.

But when she turned around, she saw the Ji family members staring at her with ill intentions.

It was obvious that they had listened to Shen Ningyuan's words.

But at this moment, Shen Ningyuan looked at Chen again and said with a smile.

"Mrs. Ji, now people from my hometown have come to visit us? Don't you have to give them the money? You can't let them come here for nothing! After all, they have traveled so long, shouldn't you give them some compensation?"

“Shut up!”

Chen stared at Shen Ningyuan coldly, wishing she could poke a hole in her.

Shen Ningyuan shrugged and simply ignored Chen's gaze.

At this time, Ji Nian also came to his senses.

Knowing that it is impossible to get money from Shen Ningyuan.

After all, he also knew that the dowry of Hua Chen Ningyuan from the Ji family was unacceptable both morally and logically.

After thinking it through, Ji Nian glanced at Chen and said, "What your daughter-in-law said makes sense. We sent the old lady back from afar, so shouldn't you give us some compensation?"

"compensate……"

Chen's face froze and she looked at Ji Nian in surprise.

The so-called compensation, isn’t it just the one hundred taels of silver?

There is not a penny left in the account of the Marquis' Mansion now, so how can we afford the one hundred taels?

Ji Nian pretended not to notice Chen's expression, lowered his head and said in a deep voice: "Now that the Marquis's Mansion is living a good life, we can't forget everyone!"

"After all, we have helped you take care of the old lady over the years, and we have put in a lot of effort!"

After that, others also echoed.

The demand for money was completely directed at Chen.