Lan Yin seemed to have thought of something and continued to ask, "Oh, Miss, there is one thing I can't figure out."
"What's up?"
"You just said that Chen only had her eyes on the position of Marquise. If that's the case, why were you so sad when you found out that the token of love between her and Ji Zehai was a fake?"
"After all, they have been married for decades, so naturally she cannot tolerate her husband trampling on her feelings." Shen Ningyuan's tone was cold, "She will follow this jade pendant to investigate the whereabouts of the authentic one, and finally find Ji Zehai's mistress."
Lan Yin was stunned. "Miss, how do you know so much?"
"Because the original jade pendant is with me."
After saying that, Shen Ningyuan spread out his hands.
An amber jade pendant lay quietly in the palm of her hand.
Lan Yin covered her mouth and looked at Shen Ningyuan in surprise, "So, Miss, you planned all this from the beginning and swapped Ji Zehai's jade pendant?"
Shen Ningyuan raised her eyebrows and nodded slightly.
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On the other side, it took Chen a long time to come back to his senses.
The fake jade pendant was tightly clenched in her hand, almost crushed by her.
"Husband, Madam..."
Seeing Chen's expression, Nanny Hai stepped forward and cautiously advised, "Madam, the most urgent thing is not to dwell on these trivial matters, but to think about the overall situation!"
Hearing this, Chen gripped the jade pendant even tighter.
"Mammy, I won't accept this!" Chen said gritting her teeth.
Without thinking, Madam Hai blurted out, "Why would you be unwilling to accept this? Didn't Madam also carry the—"
Before she could finish her words, Nanny Hai realized that she had said the wrong thing and quickly covered her mouth.
Chen's face darkened slightly, and she glanced at him coldly, "What are you reciting? Finish what you're saying!"
Madam Hai's eyelids twitched, and she quickly apologized to Chen, "Madam, I know I was wrong."
"Don't blame me for being rude if you keep talking nonsense!" Chen snorted coldly, "Remember what to say and what not to say!"
"I understand."
Nanny Hai lowered her head and didn't dare to say another word.
Chen withdrew her gaze, looked at the jade pendant in her hand with cold eyes, and then swept her eyes over the fakes in the yard.
After a long while, he ordered in a deep voice: "Send orders immediately to search for the whereabouts of these genuine items."
"Yes, ma'am!"
Perhaps she had thought of something, and Chen reminded him coldly, "Remember, you are all my dowry. The search for these things must not be known to the Marquis."
“Remember!”
Everyone responded in unison.
After giving all these instructions, Chen's body softened and she collapsed into the chair.
She vaguely sensed that Ji Zehai had done something behind her back.
But now, in order to keep the Ji family's title, although Chen was unwilling, he could only find a way to raise money.
Now, the only family that can help the Marquis' Mansion is the Shen family.
Thinking of this, Chen gritted her teeth and asked in a low voice, "Now, how much money have you raised in total?"
"Madam, the total is about 120,000 taels, which is 380,000 taels short of 500,000 taels."
"I know! I can calculate it, you don't need to remind me of the specific numbers!" Chen roared.
Afterwards, the servants stopped talking.
Chen's body was softer than before.
The whole person looked around in despair as if he had lost his life.
The atmosphere suddenly became tense, and no one dared to breathe, fearing that a disagreement would anger Chen.
After an unknown amount of time, Chen raised her hand tremblingly, "Madam Hai, help me up."
"good."
Nanny Hai helped Chen up.
"Ma'am, what are you going to do?"
Chen sighed, "What can I do? Go back to the Chen family."
"What are you going back to the Chen family for?" Nanny Hai asked in surprise.
"What else can I do?" Chen said weakly, "Borrow money."
"Madam, given the current situation of the Marquis' Mansion, I'm afraid the Chen family is unwilling to lend money, right?"
"It's okay, they'll lend it to you."
Having said that, Chen asked Nanny Hai to support her and stood up to leave Ji Zehai's yard.
Soon, the carriage stopped in front of the marquis's mansion.
After Chen got on the carriage, it drove towards Chen's house.
As soon as Chen left, Shen Ningyuan got the news.
"Oh? You decided to go back to your parents' house to borrow money so soon?" Shen Ningyuan smiled meaningfully. "Such decisiveness is beyond my expectation."
Lan Yin asked quietly, "Miss, can Chen borrow money?"
Shen Ningyuan nodded, "Of course, but not much, at most two hundred thousand taels."
"Two hundred thousand taels, such a large sum of money, can the Chen family give it to you?" Lan Yin asked.
"The Chen family will lend it." Shen Ningyuan nodded. "Over the years, the Chen family has gained a lot of benefits by using the Ji family's identity. For this convenience, they will definitely lend money. But the Chen family is not a wealthy family. The most they can lend to the Chen family is 200,000 taels."
If that's the case, the Chen family won't be able to raise the full 500,000 taels." Lan Yin said truthfully, "The Chen family borrowed 200,000 taels, plus the 100,000 taels they just sold their property, so they still need 200,000 taels. I'm afraid the Chen family won't be able to find a place to borrow the money."
"No, there's another place."
There was a cold look in the corners of Shen Ningyuan's eyes.
"Where?"
"The person behind Ji Yunchuan." Shen Ningyuan gritted his teeth.
Over the past year, most of the dowry that the Ji family had taken from her was given to the mastermind behind the incident.
Now that the Ji family is in trouble and the other party has no way to keep the Ji family's title, he can only ask that person to return the money.
While thinking, Shen Ningyuan looked at Yi Ge in the corner, who had no sense of existence at all.
"Yi Ge, go keep an eye on Chen. After she leaves the Chen family, she will definitely go to see Ji Yunchuan."
"Watch carefully and see where Ji Yunchuan will go in the end."
Yi Ge nodded, turned around and walked out of Xiyuanju.
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Chen family.
"One hundred and fifty thousand taels?"
Chen looked at her father and exclaimed.
Father Chen's face darkened. "It's just 150,000 taels. If you want it, I'll send someone to get the banknote right away."
"Father!" Chen asked in disbelief, "Over the years, the Chen family has made no less than 700,000 taels by leveraging the status of the Marquisate. How could you only lend 150,000 taels?"
Father Chen didn't say anything, but just stared at Chen with a gloomy expression.
"Father, please think about it again. Can you lend me another 200,000 taels?" Chen continued to beg.
At this time, Chen's mother, who had been silent, finally spoke.
"Daughter, it's not that we don't want to lend you money, but these 150,000 taels are already the limit for the Chen family!"
"I don't believe it!" Chen didn't believe it.
Mother Chen sighed and continued, "You only know that over the years, the Chen family has accumulated some wealth by leveraging the influence of the Marquis' Mansion, but you also know that in a business world, some bribes are inevitable. We really only have 150,000 taels, no more money!"
Chen's face darkened, and her heart sank little by little as she looked at Chen's mother who looked helpless.
Fifteen thousand taels, plus the 110,000 taels in the mansion, there is still a shortfall of half. Who can she ask for the money?
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