"Your Highness, please forgive me. In such a hurry, I simply couldn't gather all these things. Perhaps I could exchange them for gold? Or perhaps grain, cloth, or something similar?"
Xie Ze, suppressing his financial pain, cautiously discussed the matter with Helian Jue.
"Can!"
With Xie Yuan's reminder, Helian Jue was no longer an ethereal being "untouched by worldly affairs."
Moreover, the couple was going to Yuezhou, and it would be difficult to deal with their farms, shops, heavy furniture, antiques, and other valuables.
It would be better to switch to hard currencies like gold, silver, and grain, which are easier to transport.
"And my Ah Zhen! I'm taking him with me!"
Seeing that Xie Ze and Helian Jue had exchanged dowry and evidence, and the deal was done, Xie Yuan temporarily suppressed his self-blame and guilt and quickly said something.
A ruthless glint flashed in Xie Ze's eyes, but he smiled and said to Helian Jue, "Xie Zhen is a member of my Xie clan. Although her parents and brothers have all passed away, she still has me, her uncle and clan head, to take care of her. How can she go to another family with her married daughter?"
This is not only a matter of custom, but also a matter of family reputation.
The Xie family isn't completely extinct, so how can we allow male members to depend on someone with a different surname?
Helian Jue gave a wry smile. "I must bring Xie Zhen with me. I hope Patriarch Xie will grant my request."
Talking about rules with royalty? What are you thinking!
Xie Ze clutched the incriminating evidence he had acquired with half of his family fortune, and a surge of rage suddenly rose within him.
“Your Highness, the Xie family is a prestigious clan, not a humble household. They can afford to support Xie Zhen!”
The royal family is indeed domineering, but the Xie family is not to be trifled with either.
Xie Ze was truly fed up with being threatened like this.
Helian Jue raised an eyebrow. "Oh? Is that so?"
As soon as he finished speaking, a commotion arose outside—
"Who are you? How dare you trespass into the Xie family's residence?"
"Halt! How dare you! What are you trying to do?"
Amidst the furious shouts of the servants, Helian Chen, the Crown Prince's Commandant, clad in gleaming armor and wielding a sharp sword, led nearly a hundred of his personal guards into the room.
Xie Ze's expression changed. He had no doubt that if he dared to "disobey" the King of Yue, the King of Yue would wipe out the entire Xie family.
Don't forget, when this person was deposed, the emperor himself wrote in the edict—
"A perverse nature, and madness can easily become an illness!"
Damn it, this is a willful and unruly devil.
He forced a smile, "I entrust Xie Zhen to His Highness the Prince of Yue~~~"
Xie Yuan was deeply moved and exclaimed in his heart: "King Yue is wise! Your Highness is mighty!"
"Sister!"
The little dumpling came running in from outside and buried itself in Xie Yuan's arms.
"Ah Zhen, how have you been these past few days? Have you been wronged?"
Xie Yuan gently pushed Xie Zhen away and looked him up and down.
Seeing that the little dumpling was a bit thin but looked alright, they knew that he might not be having a particularly good time, but he wasn't being abused either.
She then lifted the child's sleeves and trouser legs to carefully check for any injuries underneath the clothes.
Xie Ze and Madam Cui's faces darkened: ...
What does Xie Yuan, that little bastard, mean by this?
Do you suspect they might mistreat a small child?
"And a Ruyi!"
Xie Yuancai didn't care about Xie Ze and the others' reactions; all she wanted was for her people to be safe and sound.
She hadn't forgotten that before she transmigrated, it was that thin, frail maid who stood in front of the original owner of this body.
"Xie Yuan, don't push your luck!"
Madam Cui clutched her handkerchief, her face contorted in anger, and cursed in a hateful voice.
"Auntie, how am I being unreasonable? Ruyi was originally my maid, so she should accompany me when I get married!"
At this point, Xie Yuan suddenly remembered the original owner's memories and hurriedly counted on his fingers, saying, "Right, the maids that Auntie sold off, and the wet nurse that Auntie sent to the estate, should all be returned to me!"
Those were all old people who had served the original owner, useful people left to her by her parents.
After Xie Ze and Cui Shi seized control of the Xie family, they disposed of these loyal servants by either selling them or getting rid of them.
Helian Jue used the incriminating information he had painstakingly gathered to blackmail Xie Yuan, who naturally wanted to maximize his own interests.
"Xie Yuan, what are you saying? The people in the manor are one thing, but how can I return the slaves who have already been sold to you?" Madam Cui trembled all over.
"I don't care. Madam Cui was so powerful when she sold people, she must have a way to buy them back!"
Xie Yuan deliberately adopted a "fox borrowing the tiger's might" posture, relying on the power of the King of Yue, and shouted willfully.
Madam Cui was so angry she almost fainted.
Xie Ze also felt hatred, but he was even more afraid of the King of Yue's wrath.
The nearly one hundred guards of the Prince's mansion could overturn the entire Xie family.
The key issue is that after his home was ransacked, Xie Ze had nowhere to seek justice.
The King of Yue is to be "exiled" tomorrow. Would a sage really cause trouble for the sake of a small Xie family and then kill his own son?
Xie Ze just wanted to get rid of Helian Jue, this great demon king, as soon as possible.
He grabbed Madam Cui's arm and forced a smile, "A-Yuan, how about this?"
"I'll bring back the servants I sent to the estate, but for the others who were sold, I won't give you double the selling price?"
Xie Yuan also knew that buying back the sold maid was absolutely unrealistic.
She just said that to deliberately make things difficult for Xie Ze and Madam Cui.
Xie Ze backed down, and Xie Yuan decided to stop while he was ahead.
Feigning reluctance, Xie Yuan said with dissatisfaction, "Fine! We'll do as Uncle says. Sigh, what can I do? I'm just that kind-hearted and beautiful!"
Xie Ze, Madam Cui, and everyone present: ...
You're still kind?
Who was that aggressive, petty shrew just now?
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