Chapter 199 You Pay Back the Money for Xie Ziqian
Xie Ziqian wanted the woman to take the child away, but seeing that Xu Yinghe was a little out of control, he didn't dare to say anything harsh in front of her.
He tried to lower his posture and reasoned with Xu Yinghe in a gentle voice: "Madam, you insist on keeping the children by your side. Do you want to starve them to death?"
"nonsense."
Xu Yinghe hugged the child tighter: "Even if I starve to death, I will not let the child starve to death."
Xie Ziqian couldn't help but emphasize his tone: "Take a good look at our children. Can you feed them for a few days? After they finish their snacks, what are you going to let them eat next?"
Xie Ziqian took the steamed bun he was given and knocked it twice on the ground in pain.
The sound of dong dong.
It was like two stones colliding.
Xu Yinghe gritted her teeth and couldn't speak, tears streaming down her face.
Xie Ziqian watched her cry and could no longer speak.
How could he not regret it?
If he could do it again, he would definitely treat Lu Wanyin as an ancestor the moment she married into the Xie family.
Xie Ziqian closed his eyes and lowered his voice again: "Madam, think about our children. Even if they follow us to the wilderness and survive, they will be slaves for the rest of their lives. Their lives will be ruined."
Xu Yinghe burst into tears. Looking at Xie Ziqian's bleeding forehead, she couldn't help but throw herself into his arms and burst into tears: "Husband, I just can't bear to let you go."
“Tsk.”
A sneer came from the door: "You are wishful thinking, you have arranged everything, but the key is, do you have the final say?"
The crying in the room stopped abruptly.
Everyone behaved themselves.
Only the elegant lady looked at Xuan Qi with anger: "Who are you?"
She glanced at Xuan Qi and saw that a corner of the cloth bag in his arms had slipped off, revealing half a "radish". Her eyes became contemptuous.
She sneered, "So you're a servant who buys food for the inn. Who are you? Do you have the right to speak here?"
Xuan Qi looked down and covered the exposed corner of the ginseng again.
He sneered and looked at Xie Ziqian: "Whether I have the qualifications to speak or not, everyone present knows it. What do you think?"
Xie Ziqian slowly lowered his head.
Who doesn’t know now that Xuan Qi is one of the few people who can have the final say in front of Lu Wanyin?
His words are more effective than those of Hou Yuanji, who is nominally in charge.
Seeing Xie Ziqian like this, the woman had nothing to understand.
She held her head high and said, "In that case, I want to take the two children away. You name a price."
Xuan Qi was too lazy to pay attention to her.
He glanced at Xie Ziqian, snorted coldly, and turned away.
He was very dissatisfied with the way Xie Ziqian had just arranged his own retreat.
Now it is their wives who have the final say here.
Madam, have you guys decided to settle this?
The woman was so angry at being completely ignored that she hurried after him: "You slave, you have absolutely no manners!"
She wanted to see who was so arrogant in Fanzhou.
Xuan Qi did not deliberately speed up, but the woman in her complicated long dress still could not keep up.
She asked for directions and found Xuan Qi at the door of the small kitchen.
He quickly repeated to Lu Wanyin what happened over there.
Lu Wanyin listened quietly to Xuan Qi's words, and saw the woman rushing towards her angrily.
She spoke first: "You want to take those two children away?"
The woman was filled with anger and was questioned by Lu Wanyin before she could even stand firmly.
For a moment, I didn't know whether to continue to be angry or answer first.
She held her breath for a while, and finally decided to get down to business first: "It's about those two children. How much ransom do you want?"
She was afraid that Lu Wanyin would ask for too much, so she quickly added, "I know the laws of Dasheng. These two children are still young, their crimes are the least serious, and the ransom won't be much. Don't even think about asking for an exorbitant price."
Lu Wanyin became interested and looked at her with his chin propped up. "They are just two children. If you want to take them away, then let them go. What's the big deal? As for the ransom, it's better not to take it. I'm not someone who needs that little money."
Xuan Qi stood aside with a stern face, glancing at Lu Wanyin suspiciously.
No ransom, just release
This is not like their wives' style.
Could it be that...
"but--"
Xuan Qi's expression froze.
Sure enough, there is a but.
He said, this is not the style of their wives at all.
Under the woman's gaze, Lu Wanyin slowly reached out and fished in his sleeves: "Xie Ziqian still owes me money. The son repays the father's debt. After you take the children away, I won't come all the way here to find them. You pay me back the money he owes me, and then you can take the two children."
The woman's eyes were even more contemptuous: "You said you don't want a ransom, but you are just greedy for this little money."
She was about to pick up the IOU on the table, but Lu Wanyin held her back: "Just look at it here. Who knows if you'll cheat and tear up this IOU? After all, you're a relative of the Xie family. I don't trust your character."
The woman was furious: "It's just a little silver, and you are the only one who cares about it. I..."
Her eyes accidentally swept over the words on the note, and her voice stopped abruptly.
Lu Wanyin took the notes and showed them to her one by one: "Don't worry, as long as you pay back the money, I will give you the IOU. There's no need to fight with me."
The woman couldn't hear what she said at all, and she felt dizzy when she looked at the words on the paper.
How did Xie Ziqian owe so much money?
How come some IOUs are written in blood?
That's tens of thousands of taels of silver.
Even if I sell her, she's not worth that much.
After Lu Wanyin finished showing it, she took the IOU with a smile and said, "Looking at you, you shouldn't be short of this small amount of ten thousand taels of silver. Here, give it to me. If you pay me now, you can go home with your two children."
The woman's face turned pale and blue.
She subconsciously adjusted the golden hairpin on her bun, and her momentum instantly weakened. "How, how is this possible? He used to be the master of the General's Mansion. How could he owe money? Even if he was exiled now, he wouldn't need so much money on the road. It's fake. This IOU must be fake."
After she got married, she didn't have much say in her husband's family, nor did she have any power to manage the household.
This set of jewelry was specially prepared by her husband's family so that she would not lose face when going out. She would not wear it normally.
Now she was asked to take out tens of thousands of taels of silver at once. How could she come up with it?
The woman stretched her neck and looked around: "Who are you? The escort team is clearly under the command of the Marquis's Young Master. Why don't you let them go?"
She had heard the news a long time ago that this time Hou Yuanji would lead the team.
When did it become a woman's job to have the final say?
Lu Wanyin knocked on the table lightly: "Hou Yuanji... is my friend, he listens to me more. Do you want me to call him over for you and ask him in person?"
She raised her eyes and smiled without any warmth, "Let's see if what I say here has any effect."
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