Chapter 129 This is the biggest concession she can think of
When they came back, Pei had just woken up and was sitting by the window, having her hair done by a servant.
As soon as the sisters Lu Xinling and Lu Xintong entered the house, they started to tell the story of their encounter with Qian and Xu on the mountain.
Seeing that Lu Xinran had not yet entered the yard, he hurriedly repeated what he had heard in his heart.
"Sun is the second wife of the Guanglu Temple Minister, right? I haven't heard of any problems in their house, so how could it be..."
Guanglu Temple was obviously a place with a lot of money. Liu Guangcheng had been in the position of Guanglu Temple Minister for nearly ten years. I don't know how much money and good things he had embezzled. There would be no shortage of materials and furs to make new clothes.
That Sun family and the Liu family were just greedy and wanted to take advantage of the situation, and they felt particularly satisfied when they bullied Xu family.
When Pei thought of the old woman Pang from the Liu family, she couldn't help but curl her lips in disdain.
"Grandma, do you think the six families will come to trouble my second sister?"
Lu Xintong felt a little regretful when she thought of this. She shouldn't have ignored everything just for the sake of eating melons.
Pei moved his gaze to the window, looked at Lu Xinran who was not sure what he was thinking, and chuckled.
"Who knows? But... don't worry, she will be fine."
During the Empress Dowager's birthday banquet, Lu Xinran revealed the corruption of Wang Jianmin, the Minister of the Ministry of Rites.
A few days after the birthday banquet, the Wang family was confiscated and exiled.
If the Liu family is not afraid of suffering the same fate, then they will come and cause trouble for Lu Xinran.
However, she is now secretly protected by someone, so it is difficult to cause trouble for her and it is very likely that you will end up in a miserable situation.
"Okay, it's getting late, let's go back early."
It will be safe on the way back to Beijing with several princes.
Lu Xinran was looking through Sun's booklet in the yard, and she found that Sun's yard was right next door.
Being close makes it easier to eat melons.
The Liu family was not as wealthy as Pei thought. On the contrary, Liu Guangcun was very timid and did not dare to be corrupt. He only accepted the gifts from his subordinates during festivals.
He was considered a rare honest official in the capital, so life in his mansion was very difficult.
Although this mansion should be extremely magnificent in the eyes of outsiders, only the Liu family themselves know how poor it is.
Sun would cling to Xu and look down on her but would also try to gain benefits from her in order to supplement the family income.
The Liu family was really waiting for Xu's cloth and furs to arrive before they started buying winter clothes.
After reading all this, Lu Xinran felt very complicated.
This is another way of taking advantage of someone's situation!
He could have just robbed it, but he still used the cover of a handkerchief to hide it.
"Sister, do you think Sun can collect enough money to return it to Madam Xu?"
The Liu family shouldn't be extremely poor, but everyone in the family likes to show off.
Even if you don't have money, you have to have the best food and clothing.
The Liu family was fertile, and they had nine branches in total, including those of the legitimate and illegitimate children, and each branch had at least four or five children.
The Liu family was definitely a large and prosperous family, but their meager financial resources simply could not support so many masters.
Lu Xinlan listened to all her mumblings and glanced at the yard next door.
"Maybe. People always have to pay an equal price for their actions."
Even without Lu Xinran's system and voice, Xu would have discovered Sun's intentions sooner or later, and the breakup would have triggered all the subsequent troubles.
Lu Xinran simply revealed this matter one step ahead of time.
"Sister is right. It's really disgusting to look down on others and take advantage of them."
In the next yard, Sun's fingernails had already dug into his palms.
How is Xu better than her? Why is she luckier than her?
She is well-dressed, and the couple lives in harmony. Even her mother-in-law treats her like her own mother.
That would have been fine, but she gave birth to three sons in one go and was still not satisfied, always telling them that she wanted a daughter.
Isn't this just blatant showing off?
Despise her for going through so much trouble to give birth to a son.
The rumors she spread in the city were just a response to her showing off and contempt. She didn't think she was wrong at all!
"Madam, Madam Xu and the others are going back to the city, let's..."
Bang!
"Shut up. It's not up to you to decide what I want to do."
His anger was vented on the maid, who retreated with swollen cheeks and red eyes.
Lu Xinran heard the noise next door and saw Sun's impotent rage from the system.
In just three days, they had taken advantage of the Xu family for several years, buying them so many cloths, furs, and New Year and festival gifts, which would cost more than ten thousand taels of silver.
She was looking forward to seeing how the Sun and Liu families would get so much money.
On the way back to the city, the carriages from various mansions formed a convoy, entered the city tacitly and then returned to their homes.
It was not until she returned to the Lu Mansion that Lu Xinran remembered that she had not found a chance to say a few words to Song Junyan today.
How can I thank you for saving my life?
Baldness
When Sun returned home, she cried and told everyone what happened in the White Horse Temple that day. She also deliberately let everyone see the slap mark on her face.
Mrs. Pang frowned. She had never expected that just a trip to the White Horse Temple would lead to a quarrel between her daughter-in-law and the sucker from the Xu family.
"What about our winter clothes this year? If Xu doesn't give us fabric, won't we only be able to wear last year's old clothes?"
Sun's hand paused as she was wiping her tears. She had never expected that her mother-in-law's attention would be focused on this.
"Mother, Xu asked me for the things she gave to our house over the years. These... must cost a lot of money."
"Asking for it? It's just a New Year gift. What's there to ask for? Will they ask for the New Year gifts they sent to other houses?"
Pang didn't take it seriously and was completely unaware of the coming storm. Her attention was still on the winter clothes for everyone in the mansion.
"Second son's wife, go to the Xu family and apologize, and ask them to send us the fabrics and furs again. Doesn't she want to marry into our family? We can marry the third son's legitimate daughter to them."
The third child mentioned by Mrs. Pang was a concubine's son born to her aunt.
Marrying her illegitimate daughter to the Xu family was the biggest concession she could think of.
Sun returned to her yard with a heavy heart, and the more she thought about it, the more worried she became.
Three days, tens of thousands of taels of silver... Could it be that she really had to go to the Xu family to apologize to that idiot Xu?
She was unwilling in her heart, but she had to bow her head for the sake of money.
He gritted his teeth and wrote a visiting card, and asked the servant to deliver it to Xu's house early the next morning.
At night, Lu Xinran fell on the bed and happily asked the system about today's battle results. The system looked at the health points that had not been calculated, and the program was about to crash again.
The melons we ate today were perfectly normal, so why couldn’t the settlement be made?
"It's not good that it can't be settled. It means there will be more excitement to watch later. Maybe I can settle a little more life points."
If the system is generous enough to give us one or two months, then five years would be enough time very quickly.
Tongzi was pleased with what she said, "If we get five years together, maybe we can come and eat the melons from fifty steps away."
Lu Xinran enjoyed the pancake very much. She closed her eyes and fell asleep happily.
The next morning, I received an invitation from the anxious Qian.
The two sisters Lu Xintong and Lu Xinling fought hard and finally got on the carriage to Qi Mansion.