Chapter 293 You want this princess to sell things?
"Just now, when Sister Bi'er was distributing the silver, she said that this was the princess' order, telling us not to save it, and to buy some local specialties to send back to our families. If we don't need to send it back, we can put it on the carriage. If the carriage is not full, we can ask someone to buy more."
It would be a lie for the Beining envoy and Wei Jieying to say they were not envious after hearing what the guards said, but now was really not the time to be envious. If their guess was correct... starting tomorrow, their princess wouldn't even be able to eat what was fed to the dog.
"Princess, we have something we want to discuss with you."
Guo Shuangwen looked at the two of them and said impatiently, "If you have anything to say, please tell me quickly. This princess is tired and wants to rest early."
She pointed at a maid and said, "You will be responsible for fanning me when I sleep. But don't let the mosquitoes bite me, or I will throw you into the jungle and let the wild beasts eat you until not even a bone is left."
"I don't know what's wrong with the Regent and the Princess for insisting on sleeping outdoors. They're truly sick."
"Also, when we get to Jiangnan tomorrow, I want you to have someone build me a new carriage based on the one used by the Prince Regent's Palace. This princess's carriage is too small and uncomfortable."
The envoy's expression turned grim. "Princess, now is not the time to discuss this. We still owe the Regent Princess 7,900 taels of silver. The Princess said... she'll only give us three days."
Guo Shuangwen was stunned: "Then you should find a way to pay it back. What are you talking to me about? I have already given you money, haven't I?"
Bac Ninh Envoy: ...
Yes, I gave it to him. I gave him two hundred and fifty taels.
"Princess, you only gave me 250 taels. The remaining 6,750 taels were collected by Lord Wei and I. We only have 20 taels each now. If we have more, we will lose it."
But Guo Shuangwen didn't realize the seriousness of the matter at all: "You go tell Bu Ruo to give it to her a few days later, and then send a pigeon to ask my father for it. My father dotes on my mother the most and will definitely not ignore me. If all else fails, you can just ask my mother for the silver directly. It's not much, so what's the big deal?"
Guo Shuangwen had thought about looking for her evil father, but ever since the last incident, her biological father seemed to have disappeared. No matter how she sent out secret signals, he did not show up.
Wei Jieying's face looked very unhappy, but he could only suppress his anger and try to make his voice sound calmer.
"Princess, it's not that we don't want to pass on the news. To be honest, the Emperor was already very dissatisfied with what you did in the Great Zhou. If it weren't for your mother, Concubine Rou, asking the Emperor, he wouldn't want to care about you at all."
"Although the Emperor agreed to compensate Concubine Rou for her sake and sent me to pick you up, Concubine Rou fell ill right after she pleaded for you. If I deliver this letter to Concubine Rou at this time and something happens to her health... I can't afford it."
"So we should find a way to get the money ourselves and we must not let the emperor know. If the emperor dislikes you, all of us, from top to bottom, will not have to go back."
Guo Shuangwen looked at Wei Jieying in shock: "You mean I have to pay back the money myself? I gave you all my money, so how can I still have money? Can't you write back to your family and ask them to send you some?"
When the two heard what Guo Shuangwen said, they really wanted to strangle her to death with their own hands, but they couldn't do that because she was a princess, and killing a princess would mean the death of all nine generations of her family.
"Princess, our salaries are meager and we have a large family to support. We really can't afford to give you that much money. Please find a way yourself."
"I have no other options. I don't care. You must gather the silver. We have so many guards and maids. Ask them to take out all the silver. At worst, I can pay them back tenfold after I return to the palace."
The maidservant beside her sneered in her heart, "Ten times more? Given their princess's temperament, I'm afraid she won't even return the original capital."
"Princess, please understand. Although we have received monthly allowances over the years, you have often deducted almost all of it. On weekdays, the little money we have is barely enough to buy a full meal. How can we have any money left over? If you don't mind, I still have fifteen copper coins here..."
Guo Shuangwen waved her hand in disdain: "Hurry up and take those few broken copper coins back. If those people over there see this, you will completely disgrace me."
Wei Jieying sighed and said, "Princess, I do have a solution to this urgent problem, but... I may have to temporarily inconvenience you."
Putting yourself in a difficult position? Guo Shuangwen frowned deeply after hearing this: "You speak first, I want to listen."
Wei Jieying organized his words and said, "It's just that... I heard that the princess bought some things along the way. After we arrive in Jiangnan tomorrow, we can temporarily... sell them."
"What? You want me to sell my things? No! Those are all mine!"
The Beining envoy had only been in office for a few years, and after enduring so much, he finally lost his temper and muttered softly, "It's true that the things belong to the princess, but isn't the silver also owed by the princess?"
Guo Shuangwen pointed at the two of them and said, "How can this be the debt owed by me? It was originally 5,200 taels of silver, but you guys finally agreed to the 14,900 taels. If you hadn't agreed, I wouldn't have paid back so much silver."
"I don't care. This princess doesn't agree. Those things belong to me and you are not allowed to sell any of them. You can find a way to raise the money yourself!"
Wei Jieying lost his temper at this point: "We've both tried every possible method and raised all the money we could, but now there's really no other way."
"If you, Princess, disagree... then after three days, the Regent Princess of Great Zhou will have to cut off your tongue. When I return, I will report the entire matter to the Emperor and ask for his punishment. Even if the Emperor demands my head, I will accept it."
Guo Shuangwen pointed at the two in disbelief: "You...you...how could you do this to me! I am the princess of Beining, the most beloved princess of my father!"
Wei Jieying did not compromise, but just said "Please think about it carefully" and turned away.
These days he has finally seen through the princess's true nature. For the sake of her tongue, she will agree.
Sure enough, as soon as she arrived in Jiangnan the next afternoon, she called the two of them over. The dark circles on her eyes showed that she hadn't slept well the night before.
"The things in the carriage at the back... you guys take care of them. Hurry up and gather enough silver to send to the princess. If you don't know where something is, ask the maids. They are the ones who collected the things."
Guo Shuangwen took a last look at the things on the carriage and walked into the post station without looking back, followed only by a few maids carrying bundles.
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