Chapter 224: Send Away
After Chen was dragged away by the servants, the surroundings were quiet for a moment.
But soon, things became lively again.
This group of people from the Ji family surrounded Ji Yunnuo and said flattering words to him.
Ji Yunnuo was surrounded in the crowd, listening to these people's flattery with cold eyes and a contemptuous smile on his face.
Before, when he was still a bastard, these people were not so polite to him!
Thinking of this, Ji Yunnuo no longer had the energy to mess around with this group of people.
After a few perfunctory words, Ji Yunnuo wanted to send this group of people away and go to Xiyuanju to find Shen Ningyuan.
But unexpectedly, as soon as Ji Yunnuo expressed this thought, Ji Nian said awkwardly: "Yunnuo, look... we are all members of the Ji family. Which of the uncles and aunts present here didn't watch you grow up? We came all the way from the old house, shouldn't you show some appreciation?"
Hearing this, Ji Yunnuo sneered in his heart.
This is asking for money.
No wonder Shen Ningyuan looked down on the Ji family, they themselves were indeed not up to par.
Sometimes the expression on your face really makes people look down on you.
What's more, they kept saying that they watched him grow up.
In fact, when he was bullied and looked down upon, these people saw it, but no one stood up to speak for him.
Thinking of this, the expression on Ji Yunnuo's face was not as polite as before.
"Chief, just tell me directly, how much money do you want?" Ji Yunnuo asked with a cold snort.
Ji Nian's face flushed instantly, and his fingers rubbed the dark lines on his cuffs unnaturally. "You are willing to give a hundred taels of gold to bribe the eunuchs in the palace, but for us relatives, that's not the case. Fifty taels of gold should be fine, right?"
As soon as the words fell, the eyes of the other members of the Ji family lit up instantly.
He looked at Ji Yunnuo with eyes shining, staring at him eagerly for money.
But to everyone's surprise, Ji Yunnuo didn't even give them face, and rudely retorted: "You guys are so shameless. You asked for fifty taels of gold right away. Why should I give it to you?"
Ji Nian's face fell instantly. "You can give 100 taels of gold to the eunuchs in the palace, and 50 taels to us uncles. What's wrong with that?"
As soon as he finished speaking, several uncles and aunts around him began to cough and try to smooth things over. "Yes, yes, you are willing to give so much to outsiders, so how can it be inappropriate to give so little to our family? What's more, our Ji family has always been based on filial piety and brotherhood. Now that you have been conferred the title of marquis, you should focus on the family. You will be the leader of our Ji family in the future, so you should think of us when there is any benefit."
"That's enough."
After hearing these words, Ji Yunnuo suddenly sneered and swept his eyes across everyone like a knife.
Leng Shui said, "When I was locked in the woodshed for three days and three nights and nearly died of illness, did you ever care about me? When my mother died, I knelt in the ancestral hall and begged for half an acre of thin land for burial. You stood by and watched my mother's body being thrown into a mass grave. Where was your kinship?"
Ji Yunnuo stood up suddenly, and the jade belt hook on his waist made a crisp sound.
"Now that I'm in power, you want to get a piece of the pie? You also want me to work for the Ji family? How dare you say such things to me?"
The atmosphere in the hall froze instantly.
Shen Ningyuan nodded and looked at Ji Yunnuo, with a hint of surprise in his eyes.
Unexpectedly, Ji Yunnuo experienced all these things in the Ji family.
My mother was thrown into a mass grave, and no one treated her for her serious illness...
Both of these things were much more serious than the ones she investigated.
At this time, an uncle said awkwardly: "Yun Nuo, these things are in the past, and you have inherited the title now, so don't mention the past anymore!"
As soon as he finished speaking, another person immediately followed up, "Yun Nuo, you are now a marquis, so you shouldn't always remember the bad things that happened in the past. Besides, you can't just ignore your people, right?"
Seeing the relentless look of this group of people, Ji Yunnuo knew that if he didn't give them some money today, he would probably not be able to get rid of them.
Ji Yunnuo lowered his head and thought for a moment, then took out a silver note from his sleeve, looked at the group of people and said, "Here are two hundred taels, take the money and leave, and don't bother me again!"
As he spoke, Ji Yunnuo handed over the banknote and looked at Ji Nian with a cold expression.
Looking at the banknote in Ji Yunnuo's hand, Ji Nian didn't know whether to take it or not.
Two hundred taels was a lot, but it was still far from the fifty taels of gold they wanted.
Ji Nian kept thinking in his heart. Seeing this, Ji Yunnuo asked impatiently: "What? Two hundred taels is not enough? You came to the Ji family just to ask for a hundred taels, are you not satisfied?"
Seeing Ji Nian's ugly face, Ji Yunnuo continued to snort coldly: "This is the only amount of money you have. If you love it, then don't love it. If you don't want it, I'll take it back!"
After saying that, Ji Yunnuo pretended to take the banknote back.
“I want it, I want it!”
Seeing his action, Ji Nian quickly reached out and took the silver note from Ji Yunnuo.
"How can you take back the money you took out?" Ji Nian said with a wry smile.
Seeing the satisfaction and greed in his eyes when he got the money, Ji Yunnuo snorted coldly.
When a dog sees a bone, how can it not take a bite?
What's more, there was some meat stuck on the bones.
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