Mrs. Liu returned home with a lot of anger, and learned that her son had vomited blood in the street and was sent back home.
He was immediately horrified and ran to Liu Yan's yard.
A young man vomiting blood is not a sign of long life.
When Xu Jinyi returned home, the Xu family suddenly became lively.
“Sister, you are really my sister. How come you are so beautiful after living in the palace for half a month?”
Brother Xu always speaks his mind, and as soon as he said this, Madam Liu pinched his ear.
"This is my daughter. She's already so beautiful. What does it have to do with living in a palace?"
Everyone showed concern for Xu Jinyi and asked about Qi Yichen's situation.
The men in the Xu family were a little worried about Xu Jinyi marrying the prince.
"Yier, the prince's legs are getting better now. Have you ever thought about him reaching that position in the future? What about you?"
Xu Jinyi looked heartless: "Dad and Mom, I know what you are worried about. Don't worry, the prince will not betray me."
Seeing her eldest brother's mouth about to open, Xu Jinyi said before he could speak: "Don't compare him to scumbags, Liu Yan is not worthy."
Everyone here seems to be having a great time, but it's the exact opposite at the Liu family.
After Liu Yan woke up, he refused to say anything when Mrs. Liu asked him what had happened.
Madam Liu stopped asking questions and glanced at her son, whose face was still a little pale. She asked, "Son, how much money do you have in your private treasury? The monthly expenses of this mansion are quite high, and the money in the accounting office is not enough to cover them."
Liu Yan frowned. "Doesn't the accounting office have a total of 20,000 taels of silver? How come it's not enough to cover expenses in just over two months?"
The housekeeping power and all matters big and small in the family have always been handled by her mother, and Liu Yan has never asked about it.
Moreover, Liu Yan believed that her mother had suffered all her life, and now she had finally made it and lived in a big house. Her mother wanted the right to manage the household, so Liu Yan gave it to her.
Even after Xu Jinyi got married, Madam Liu was still the housekeeper, so Liu Yan actually didn't know how much the mansion spent every month.
However, Liu Yan still knew how much money was left in the account office after Xu Jinyi took away her dowry during divorce.
In just two months, there weren't that many maids in the house, so how could it be spent?
Madam Liu's expression froze. "Aren't those ladies always asking me to go shopping? Everyone's buying things, so I can't always go back empty-handed."
"Didn't you ask me to hang out with those ladies more often?"
Liu Yan glanced at her mother's expression and asked, "Twenty thousand taels, how much is left now?"
Seeing her son continue to ask, Madam Liu had no choice but to tell the truth: "I originally had more than 6,000 taels left today. If it weren't for that bitch, how could I have spent more than 5,000 taels to buy that whole set of jewelry."
"I just wanted to go and take a look, I had no intention of buying anything. It's all that bitch's fault."
Knowing that the bitch her mother was talking about must be Xu Jinyi, Liu Yan asked what happened.
After hearing this, he was not very angry: "Mom, give me the jewelry. I will take it to another place to pawn it when I have time. Otherwise, our family will really be out of money."
"I don't even have 10,000 taels in my private vault. I'll go to the pawnshop in the town outside the capital in a couple of days. If you have any jewelry or other things you don't need, prepare them and I'll pawn them all."
Madam Liu's eyes widened. "Could it be that the family can't even afford the expenses?"
Although the set of jewelry was very expensive at over five thousand taels, Mrs. Liu actually liked it very much after buying it. She had never worn such expensive jewelry before.
In fact, she can accept not retreating.
Then Madam Liu immediately thought of the princess and asked anxiously, "What about the princess? Is there any news from the princess? Has the emperor not given in yet?"
Speaking of this, Liu Yan's face darkened. He didn't know what was going on, but the princess had been ignoring him recently.
The two met less and less frequently, and even when they did meet, the princess's attitude towards him was strange.
As Liu Yan's mother, she knew what was going on as soon as she saw his expression.
"I told you not to agree to divorce that bitch and let her take the dowry away. Look! Now you've got nothing."
"Is there any hope for the princess? You should wait until the princess is sure before you divorce."
"Or maybe we shouldn't be afraid of offending the Xu family and choose to divorce, and directly demote Xu Jinyi to a concubine. The dowry will still be ours."
After all, Mrs. Liu still couldn't bear to give up that huge dowry.
Liu Yan was also annoyed by what she said: "Mom, please stop talking. What's the point of saying this now?"
After sending her mother away, Liu Yan began to look at the room where he and Xu Jinyi lived.
At this time, he noticed Xu Jinyi's dressing table, walked over and opened the drawer, and found a few inconspicuous small ornaments inside.
Every time I looked at something, I instantly remembered what Xu Jinyi said on the day of the divorce.
Indeed, after Xu Jinyi got married, her mother used excuses several times to take away her valuable jewelry.
Although the remaining jewelry was not valuable, Liu Yan still kept it.
I plan to pawn them together in two days.
A small box in the corner caught his attention. Thinking it might be some valuable jewelry, he took it and opened it.
His brows furrowed. It turned out to be just some scrolls with some papers underneath.
Liu Yan picked up a painting at random and opened it carelessly.
The moment he saw the painting, his expression became shocked and stunned...
This is not a famous painting, but it is a painting of Xu Jinyi himself.
The painting shows the day when he passed the imperial examination and was paraded through the streets on horseback.
In the painting, he is riding a horse, with a bouquet tied around his body, walking on a busy street, looking up with an arrogant and casual look, and the amazement in his eyes is also painted vividly.
The painting brought my thoughts back to that day.
That was the first time he met Xu Jinyi, and the astonishment in his eyes was because he saw her beautiful face standing in front of the restaurant window.
Liu Yan has always known that Xu Jinyi is good at playing the piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, but this is the first time he has seen his paintings.
I didn't expect that her painting skills had reached such a superb and smooth level.
His appearance and eyes in the painting are all vivid and lifelike, as if he had walked out of the painting.
There are two lines of poetry next to this painting: The man on the street is as beautiful as jade, and the young man is unparalleled in the world.
Liu Yan gently put down the painting in her hand and opened the second one. This time, there was not only him in the painting, but also herself.
It was the Lantern Festival of their first year of marriage, and they were guessing riddles at night at a small stall on the street.
He was guessing riddles seriously with a high-spirited smile on his face, while she was focused and staring at him with scorching eyes.
The painting is vivid and lifelike, and the woman in the painting looks like she is looking at her lover.
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