Chapter 991 Using Sister-in-Law's Dowry to Pay Off

At this point, Shu Yu looked up at Mei Shi on the bed, and sure enough, her eyelids started to twitch.

She smiled slightly, "If we calculate it this way, one of Lord Yao's pictures is worth a thousand taels of gold, and two pictures would be worth two thousand taels of gold. As for the repair of my house, if we add up the manpower and material resources, as well as the mental and emotional losses I incur from having to go to Lord Yao to explain myself, it will cost at least two thousand taels of gold."

Two thousand gold coins plus two thousand taels.

Shu Yu did the math and said, "Let's ask the eldest young mistress to pay 22,000 taels in compensation. That's a respectable amount for the Fan family, isn't it?"

Yu screamed, "Twenty-two thousand taels? This is robbery!"

Shu Yu glanced at her casually, "Does Mrs. Fan mean that Lord Yao's blueprints are worthless?"

"I... I didn't say that."

Shu Yu then looked at Young Master Fan, "What did Young Master Fan say?"

“Okay, but this money isn’t from the Fan family. Whoever did something wrong has to take responsibility. Let’s use my sister-in-law’s dowry.”

After Fan Sanshao finished speaking, Mei Shi, who had been unable to get up from the bed, suddenly sat up.

"Impossible, I don't have any money." Twenty-two thousand taels? Are you kidding me? Her entire dowry didn't even amount to that much.

"Then send him to the authorities."

Madam Mei couldn't believe it, and Madam Yu also tugged at Fan Sanshao's hand, "Third brother, this is your sister-in-law. If you hand her over to the authorities, what will outsiders say?"

“She made a mistake first.” Fan Sanshao said with a serious expression. “Are you saying those blueprints were just destroyed for nothing? Ask Lu Xiangjun if he’s willing to accept that.”

Shu Yu said, "I feel the same way. If you don't pay compensation, then let's go to court."

Madam Yu opened her mouth, wanting to say that even if she had to pay compensation, it wouldn't be this much. But this matter wasn't really her business; her eldest daughter-in-law had caused the trouble herself, and if she went to argue with her, Lu Xiangjun would definitely point the finger at her.

Besides, if the eldest daughter-in-law's own dowry is used to make up the money, then she won't suffer any loss.

Anyway, apart from the eldest daughter-in-law, no one else can spend this dowry.

Mei could clearly see her obvious attempt to avoid the situation.

Mei knew her very well; she immediately realized that her mother-in-law and the third son's family were on the same side.

She gritted her teeth and said bitterly, "I told you I have no money. Even if you beat me to death, I can't come up with 20,000 taels of silver. Since Lord Lu insists on paying so much, then let's go to court. When the eldest daughter-in-law of the Fan family is in jail, none of you will have an easy time either."

Madam Yu immediately objected, "No, we can't go to the officials." The Fan family couldn't afford to lose face like that.

Shu Yu just watched her detachedly; it seemed that the Yu family couldn't stay out of it anymore.

Ms. Yu wanted to negotiate with Shu Yu, but the latter wouldn't give her the chance, saying, "Not a penny less."

Yu finally shut her mouth. Twenty thousand taels of silver! Although the Fan family was wealthy, it would still hurt to lose so much money all at once.

After thinking for a long time, Madam Yu finally told the old woman beside her, "Go to the public office and get the money to compensate Lord Lu Xiang first."

As the old woman was about to leave, Young Master Fan laughed and said, "I just said, it's not the Fan family that's paying compensation; it's my sister-in-law herself. The public funds don't belong solely to the eldest son's family; the second and third sons' families also have a share. Why should our money be used to compensate for my sister-in-law's mistakes?"

Ding Yuehua chimed in, "That's right. If we, the third branch of the family, don't agree, then Second Sister-in-law won't agree either. With Second Brother gone, do you really think you can bully Second Sister-in-law, an orphan and widow?"

Madam Yu was furious. "So what exactly do you want? Do you really want your sister-in-law to go to court?"

(End of this chapter)