She strongly suspected that Xie Jingxuan's personal expenses were greater than the expenses of the entire household.
If this continues, the Marquis's mansion will surely be ruined.
Xie Jingxuan casually flipped through the account book, then handed it to Rong Qingqing, smiling as he said, "Now all the accounts in the manor are under Mother's management. Please, Mother, pay off the debts for your son." As he spoke, he yawned, looking like he wanted to go to sleep.
Rong Qingqing did not reach out to take it, and said in a businesslike manner, "Second Master is too kind to me. I was only temporarily appointed by the Marquis to take over the general affairs of the mansion. I do not have such great authority to pay off your debts."
Furthermore, the Marquis had already stated that your and the Third Miss's monthly allowance would be halved, but I've checked the accounts. You two siblings have already advanced this month's allowance, and both have exceeded the amount. I've calculated that you won't receive any allowance for the next six months.”
Compared to Xie Jingyi, Xie Jingxuan was clearly more shameless. He had already taken the monthly allowance in advance, yet he still dared to send someone to collect it from her today. Did he think she was stupid and couldn't read the accounts?
Xie Jingxuan's expression changed, and he finally couldn't keep up the act any longer. He narrowed his eyes and said fiercely, "Rong Qingqing, do you have to be so ruthless?" His tone was full of threat.
Rong Qingqing glanced at him. She was afraid of Xie Jingrun, but she didn't take Xie Jingxuan, this spoiled brat, seriously. In her opinion, Xie Jingxuan was just a paper tiger who was all bluster and no one was afraid of his verbal threats.
"Didn't you hear me, Second Master? I've already said that I'm just following orders. I'll do whatever the Marquis tells me to do. If you have any complaints, Second Master, you can go directly to the Marquis."
Upon hearing this, Xie Jingxuan felt his ribs ache again and was so angry that he couldn't speak.
Rong Qingqing glanced at him and basically knew that he was a bully who preyed on the weak.
He didn't dare to confront Xie Jingrun directly, but thought she was easy to bully.
"I've seen it. You owe more than a thousand taels of silver at Chunyanlou. The manager of Chunyanlou also said that if you really can't pay it back, Chunyanlou also has a male prostitute. We welcome you to sit in their establishment. With your talent and looks, you will surely make a fortune every day and be able to clear your debts in no time!"
"Damn it!" Xie Jingxuan roared in fury. "They really said that?"
"Yes, that's what the manager told me. Otherwise, how would I, a woman, know that Chunyanlou is a place I don't know well?" Rong Qingqing said without batting an eye. Looking at Xie Jingxuan's face, which had turned ashen, she added fuel to the fire, "Chunyanlou is really going too far. How could they say such things? You are, after all, the second master of the dignified Marquis of Weiyuan's mansion. Surely you can afford to pay that little bit of money? They even went so far as to threaten you. It's simply outrageous!"
Xie Jingxuan's face turned red and then pale as he pounded the bed, shouting, "This is too much! This is really too much! Afu!"
Afu immediately ran in, "Second Master?"
"Give the old lady a thousand taels of silver!"
“It’s one thousand and nine taels,” Rong Qingqing corrected.
Xie Jingxuan gritted his teeth and glared at her, then said to Afu, "Aren't you going yet?"
Afu was startled and hurriedly went to fetch the silver notes and some loose silver.
Rong Qingqing took it, and before leaving, she gave Xie Jingxuan a meaningful look.
That brat has quite a bit of hidden money.
He could casually pull out a thousand taels of silver, which shows that he had previously embezzled a lot of money from the mansion.
When Xie Jingxuan looked over, she waved the silver notes in her hand and said earnestly, "Second Master, please don't think I'm being nosy, but you shouldn't go to those kinds of places anymore. It's not worth losing so much silver all at once. A thousand taels isn't easy to save up."
Looking at the gleaming silver notes in her hand, Xie Jingxuan felt a metallic taste rise in his throat; it was too painful to bear!
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