He licked his lips, hesitated for a moment, and then cautiously began, "Actually... Mother-in-law..."
Zhao Qianlan looked up at him in confusion: "Is there anything else?"
“I actually owe not only the Jingzhao Prefecture eight hundred taels, but also two thousand four hundred taels of usurious loans. In addition, I also owe my sister-in-law fifteen hundred taels of silver…”
"It adds up to four thousand seven hundred taels... not even counting the money owed to my mother and the money for the shop's renovation..."
He Yunze recited the details with great familiarity, causing Zhao Qianlan's face to turn deathly pale instantly.
"You...you...you actually owe four thousand seven hundred taels of silver? How am I supposed to pay it back?"
Zhao Qianlan's voice suddenly became sharp, and she accidentally fell off the soft couch, her lower body burning with pain.
Seeing her intense reaction, He Yunze knelt down in front of Zhao Qianlan in great pain: "Mother-in-law, I am sorry for what I did. Please think of another way!"
"Do you know what usury means to an official... If he can't repay it, he will be disgraced. And if I can't repay my sister-in-law's money for cosmetics, she will definitely make a scene. When this matter comes to light, Father will have to know the truth!"
"By then, my father will have completely abandoned me, and inheriting the title will be impossible!"
As He Yunze spoke, he crawled two steps on his knees, grabbed Zhao Qianlan's skirt, and his eyes filled with tears: "Mother! I want to call you Mother!"
"Even if it's for Ruo'an's sake, even if it's so that Ruo'an can become the wife of the heir apparent and a first-rank noblewoman in the future! You must save your son-in-law!"
Upon hearing this, Song Ruoan knelt down before Zhao Qianlan, as if grasping at the only straw: "Mother, please borrow some more money from Grandmother!"
"Please, please save my husband! He is my only hope!"
Zhao Qianlan clutched her chest in anguish, the two men's pleas echoing in her ears, and her lips trembled.
Good heavens! Good heavens!
What is all this about?
She humbly earned money under that man's body, only to use it to buy cosmetics for Song Xizhi!
One thousand five hundred taels!
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