Chapter 1338: Being exposed in front of others
Bai Shuqing was stunned.
She thought her aunt-in-law would be ripped off, but she didn't expect her to be ripped off so harshly.
You know, when her second sister Bai Shuxiang got married, the Bai family only gave her a dowry of 8,000 taels of silver.
The Bai family looks prosperous on the surface, but they don't have much money inside.
This is what she heard from her mother.
She thought that since she was a princess who was to be married off to a foreign country, the Imperial Household Department would definitely prepare her dowry.
As for the Bai family, the amount of dowry contributed by the father-in-law should be roughly the same as that of my second sister.
Now, Tang Bao actually asked for more than 20,000 taels of silver...
Bai Shuqing felt that her aunt's private money was about to be taken away!
Bai Shuqing had no idea that the eldest lady had been in charge of the family for so many years and naturally made some money.
However, up to now, he has only saved up about 25,000 taels of silver in private money.
This was because Su Laowu won the first place and defeated the candidates from the Su family, a century-old family. Madam Bai made a lot of money by betting.
Otherwise, she wouldn't be able to take out the money.
The amount Tang Bao mentioned was exactly within the range she could afford.
The eldest lady's head was buzzing and her vision was getting darker.
This is going to drain her entire family!
It has to be said that if it were in the past, during the heyday of the Bai family, let alone more than 20,000 taels of silver, even if it was several times more, the eldest lady of the Bai family could easily take it out.
But now, the Bai family has become an empty shell.
"You're blackmailing me! This is robbery!"
The eldest lady rubbed her chest and screamed in panic with a red face.
Tang Bao's face darkened and she said, "What does Madam mean by this? Are you trying to default on your debt?"
Tang Bao snorted when she said this.
He added, "I never thought that the mistress of the Bai family would do such a shameless thing. It's really laughable!"
The eldest lady of the Bai family: "..."
A stagnation.
Tang Bao continued aggressively, "If this matter gets out, will the Madam still be able to face other people in the future? If the Madam attends the weddings and funerals of various noble families, or the large banquets held in the palace, will she be looked at strangely by others?"
Before Tang Bao finished speaking, the eldest lady's face turned red.
The nanny who was close to the eldest lady immediately said loudly: "Little Princess, you have misunderstood. Our lady is of noble status. It is only a few tens of thousands of taels of silver. How could she take it seriously? It's just that -"
The nanny glanced at the eldest lady, then changed her tone and said, "The young princess is asking for an exorbitant price, which is unfair. Our lady cannot let others bully her, right?"
"Slaughter?" Tang Bao sneered and said, "If this princess were to slaughter me, the price wouldn't be this!"
After Tang Bao finished speaking, she looked at the Madam and added sarcastically, "I sell a meal for twenty taels of silver. Do you really think that's expensive, Madam? Then do you know how many families, during the Spring Examination, brought no less than a thousand taels of silver and asked people to send it to the Princess's Mansion, just to buy a few days of self-heating meals for their family members to eat in the examination halls?"
Madam: “…”
She had also vaguely heard about this matter.
"Such as the Liu family, the Qian family, the Zhao family... Madam, do you want me to mention a few more families?"
Tang Bao mentioned several wealthy families in succession, some of which were officials’ families in the capital, and some were wealthy children from other places.
These families are not short of money, but they are short of the future of their children!
In order to ensure that their children can perform in the best condition and get the best ranking in the exam, they don't care how much money they spend.
If you fail the exam and ask others for gifts, it will not be just a few thousand taels of silver.
The lady was speechless.
Tang Bao continued, "If it weren't for the fact that the Bai and Xia families are related by marriage, do you think Bai Shuzhi would be able to eat those meals?"
"Among all the candidates in the Imperial Examination Hall, besides the students from our Fude Academy, only your Bai family has this honor."
"Not only that, you also used these meals as a favor and gave them to Prime Minister Zheng's son!"
"You know, I once said that these meals are exclusively for the students of our Fude Academy!"
"For this reason, no matter who came to me for help, I didn't give in or offer them a single meal."
"On the contrary, it was your Bai family who easily gained favors from the Zheng family!"
"Now, you've received favors and benefits, and you're still trying to renege on your debts!"
Madam: “…”
The eldest lady's face turned from red to purple and then from purple to red after being confronted by Tang Bao.
To put it bluntly, the Bai family got the benefits and also gained favors.
It’s really wrong not to pay!
If it weren't for the marriage relationship between the Bai and Xia families, if she knew that the Princess's Mansion had that kind of self-heating meals, she would have tried every possible means to get it and bring it to her son for the examination hall, no matter how much money it cost.
The eldest lady's trusted nanny observed her expression and, following her thoughts, said, "Even if the food isn't expensive, the little princess is really overpriced for those pills. Even if she's truly worthy, she's asking for over 20,000 taels of silver."
Tang Bao looked at the nanny with pity, then looked at the eldest lady.
She naturally knew that it was beneath her dignity for the eldest lady to personally argue with a little girl like her about such a matter of money.
Therefore, this nanny is the spokesperson for the eldest lady.
"What a joke! If it were dragon liver and phoenix gall, do you think you could buy it with just over 20,000 taels of silver?" Tang Bao said sarcastically, "As for my medicine, even though it's not dragon liver and phoenix gall, it's something no one else has!"
"Whether those medicines are effective or not, I believe you Bai family members know best. Otherwise, you wouldn't ask for so many of them time and time again!"
"Let's not talk about anything else. The pills your Bai family wanted to take were nominally for Bai Shuzhi, but in reality, they were distributed among the younger members of the clan. Some were even used to curry favor and win over people..."
"The eldest grandson of Lord Liu, the youngest son of Minister Zhang, the second son of Minister Sun, the youngest grandson of Supervisor Zhao... all of these people have taken the pills sent by your Bai Mansion, right?"
Tangbao directly uses affirmative sentences.
Madam: “…”
I was both frightened and ashamed.
She was shocked that Tang Bao was right about everything she said, and she was ashamed that her Bai family took other people's things as a favor and was exposed in front of them.
For a moment, the eldest lady felt her face burning.
Tang Bao snorted and continued, "The Bai family is so generous, using other people's things as favors! Since ancient times, money has a price, but favors are priceless. The Bai family has received so many priceless favors, but they don't want to spend a penny. It's really eye-opening!"
Xuanyuan Jin glanced at the Madam and said to Tang Bao, "I originally said that you asked for too little, but you thought that everyone else was like you, kind-hearted, honest, and wouldn't do anything shameful..."
Madam: “…”
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