Chapter 324: He Lost His Face
She regretted it.
At the old lady's birthday party, she never got the upper hand over Xie Yingmian.
She had known for a long time that Xie Yingmian was a very difficult person to deal with, so why did she suddenly act so arrogantly and anger Xie Yingmian?
She went to Prince Ling's Mansion to shut Xie Yingmian up and make up for her dowry.
Why are you so impulsive!
Mrs. Xie Hou regretted her decision and sent another invitation to Xie Yingmian, but Xie Yingmian chose to turn a blind eye.
Xie Yingmian controls the wind direction at all times.
After learning that the wind direction had shifted, he urgently sent a letter to Tu Bufan.
Tu Bufan opened the letter.
The letter contained only a few words: "Proceed to Phase Two."
Tu Bufan was very excited.
It feels so good to manipulate public opinion.
It was more satisfying than any other time he had ever made so much money.
He immediately contacted the owner of Baibao Pawnshop.
So, when the reputation of Mrs. Xie, the evil stepmother, spread throughout the capital, Baibao Pawnshop knew that those items were second-hand goods, and in order to make a profit, it chose to auction them off.
The theme of the auction is that the clothes worn by the second daughter of the Xie family will be won by the highest bidder.
The auction is conducted in a completely confidential manner.
In other words, the auction is not a traditional bidding, but a bidding through secret codes.
Whoever offers the highest price gets the dress.
The entire transaction was kept secret. Even Baibao Pawnshop didn't know who had bought the clothes. Even if the Xie family wanted to look for them, they couldn't find the person.
This auction theme is extremely vicious.
If a woman's belongings fall into the hands of a man outside her family, it would ruin her reputation.
This vicious theme was thought up by Xie Yingmian.
On Mrs. Xie’s last birthday, Xie Baozhang and Xie Baoyu plotted to get her to Haitang Garden, hoping to get rid of her with the help of Prince Ruian and Qin Aoshuang.
This time, it was her return gift to Xie Baozhang.
At first, many people scoffed at the idea of auctioning second-hand clothes.
However, there are also many people who have special quirks.
Countless people came quietly to ask for the secret code and bid.
When these things reached the ears of Mrs. Xie Hou, she was so angry that she almost vomited blood.
Her eyes seemed to be spitting fire.
How dare Baibao Pawnshop!
How dare you auction off Baoyu’s worn clothes to those stinky men!
If Baoyu's clothes fell into the hands of a man outside and the matter became such a big deal, Baoyu's reputation would be ruined.
Mrs. Xie was so angry that she wanted to kill Xie Yingmian.
She is not a fool.
She didn't believe that things had escalated to this point without Xie Yingmian's involvement.
Mrs. Xie Hou could no longer sit still and handed the invitation to Xie Yingmian again.
This time, Xie Yingmian accepted the post.
Lady Xie Hou wanted to tear Xie Yingmian apart and skin her alive.
There was hatred in her eyes: "What do you want?"
Xie Yingmian asked calmly, "What does Madam Xie Hou mean by this?"
Madam Xie Hou said angrily, "Why are you pretending to be stupid?"
"Don't think I don't know that you're involved in this matter."
"How dare you!"
"I admit I was wrong about your dowry. Can't I make up for it?"
"Why did you want to harm Baoyu? Baoyu is still a child, she is your sister."
"She's not even married yet, and Baibao Pawnshop is auctioning off her clothes to those stinky men. This is ruining Baoyu's reputation."
"You are also a woman, you know how important reputation is to a woman. How can you be so vicious to destroy Baoyu in this way?"
Xie Yingmian took a sip of tea slowly.
"First, I have already pawned my things to Baibao Pawnshop. Any actions of Baibao Pawnshop have nothing to do with me. Madam Xie Hou should go to Baibao Pawnshop, not me."
"Secondly, the clothes and jewelry in my dowry were placed there by Madam Xie. Second Miss Xie's reputation was ruined because of Madam Xie. I was just pawning my dowry as normal. Madam Xie should never have come to me no matter what."
"Third." Xie Yingmian looked at Madam Xie Hou sarcastically, "I wonder if Madam Xie Hou still remembers what she did at the old lady's birthday party. Compared to Madam Xie Hou's methods, I am ashamed of myself."
Mrs. Xie Hou was so choked that she couldn't utter a word.
Her face was ashen.
These past few days, the Marquis was very angry with her and asked her to calm the situation down quickly. Baoyu also heard the rumors outside and was trying to commit suicide all day long.
The old lady who was recuperating learned about this and scolded her.
Everyone blames her.
She can't bear it anymore.
She had no choice but to come find Xie Yingmian.
Mrs. Xie Hou forced herself to suppress her anger.
She lowered her posture: "I was wrong about what happened before, I apologize to you."
"I was wrong about your dowry. I will make up for it."
"For the sake of us being a family, can you redeem the items in the pawn shop and destroy them?"
Xie Yingmian taunted, "Why doesn't Madam Xie go to Baibao Pawnshop and buy those things back?"
"Is it because Madam Xie Hou doesn't have enough money?"
Mrs. Xie Hou's face froze.
She wanted to redeem those things and destroy them.
However, Baibao Pawnshop actually offered a price that was ten times higher than the value of the new product.
Ten times!
The second-hand clothes were only worth one thousand taels when they were bought, and they were worth even less after they were soiled.
Baibao Pawnshop not only wants to sell new items, but also wants to increase the price tenfold.
In other words, she needs to use ten thousand taels of silver to buy back a piece of tattered clothes. What's the difference between this and directly digging out her flesh?
Besides, there are so many second-hand items.
She couldn't bear to redeem it all at ten times the price.
That's why she found Xie Yingmian and wanted to redeem those things through Xie Yingmian.
"Madam Xie Hou is really calculating," Xie Yingmian said. "The price at Baibao Pawnshop is high, so she's targeting me."
"The Baibao Pawnshop has its own rules. There's no redemption at a flat price. Even if it's someone I pawned, I have to buy them back at the Baibao Pawnshop price."
"Madam Xie Hou gave me my dowry as compensation, but I have to pay nearly ten times the price to redeem it. Does Madam Xie Hou think I'm stupid?"
"Someone, show him out!" Xie Yingmian waved his sleeves and left.
Mrs. Xie Hou was asked to leave Prince Ling's mansion again.
This time she didn't dare to lose her temper at the gate of Prince Ling's Mansion. She returned home with full rage and smashed everything in the house to pieces.
Lord Xie came back from court in a very bad mood.
When he first learned about the problem with the dowry, he didn't take it too seriously.
Things like dowry are personal belongings, and all that is needed is to make up for it.
He even had the leisure to have a threesome.
What he never expected was that
Such a simple issue was made into such a big deal by Madam Xie Hou.
Not only did Lady Xie not give Xie Yingmian a supplementary dowry, she also cursed at her.
It would have been fine if he had just cursed loudly, but he chose to curse in the street and have it heard by people with ulterior motives.
Prince Ling's Mansion was already at the center of the turmoil, and Lady Xie Hou took the initiative to get involved, which made her famous overnight. The name of the vicious stepmother spread throughout Shangjing.
Those imperial censors were just idle and complained about him for not managing his family properly.
He had no way of defending himself.
The emperor did not punish him severely, but only fined him three months' salary.
But the way his colleagues looked at him made him feel uneasy.
He has lost face so much.
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