webnovelfull Chapter 38 She brought her dog to collect debts
Chapter 38 She brought her dog to collect debts
As soon as someone asked, Chen Hu next to him stood up and said, "The father of our princess is Lord Ji of Yongning Marquis's Mansion."
As soon as these words came out, the whole place fell into silence.
I don't know who reacted first and shouted in the crowd:
"What? So this girl in front of us is Princess Ye, Ji Yuntang?"
"Lord Ji is at least a first-rank official, and the Yongning Marquisate is a century-old family. How can they have the nerve to give such a small dowry when marrying off their daughter?"
Another insider spoke up, "You probably don't know yet, but I heard that this Princess Ye is the illegitimate daughter that Marquis Ji brought back from the countryside, and she was specially brought in as a substitute for Miss Ji II."
"Didn't Miss Ji carry a coffin to the Night Palace a few days ago? She said that the Night Palace had forced her sister to death and she wanted to collect the body of the Night Princess."
"I didn't expect that Princess Ye not only survived, but also threw her into a coffin and sent her back. I think the Yongning Marquis's family has lost all their dignity for the sake of profit!"
I don't know who took the lead, but the people all started shouting.
"Yongning Marquis' Mansion is shameless, return Princess Ye's dowry!"
"Yongning Marquis' Mansion is shameless, return Princess Ye's dowry!"
"..."
Seeing that the effect was achieved, Ji Yuntang curled up the corner of his mouth into a sneer.
She was not lying. When Ji Nanchuan handed these three dowries to her, he did say that they were worth a fortune, even more valuable than the sky-high dowry of the young lady from the Prime Minister's Mansion.
However, the original owner at that time was only concerned with so-called family affection and fatherly love, and didn't care about these properties at all.
She felt that family love could outweigh all worldly things.
But the facts proved that the family affection that the original owner cared about so much was not as valuable as the pile of dog shit that Liu Linlang bought outside.
Dog shit is worth ten taels of silver, but it is nothing in the Yongning Marquis’ Mansion.
Ji Yuntang asked Chen Hu to follow her as she walked the dog towards the direction of the Yongning Marquis' Mansion.
The news that Princess Ye's dowry consisted of a local dog, a duck and a grass carp soon spread like wildfire in the capital.
Naturally, the news also reached the ears of everyone in Yongning Marquis' Mansion.
Meng's face looked grim, and her intuition told her that something big was going to happen this time.
"It's over, it's over. We didn't send the money to Ji Yuntang on time. This must be her revenge."
Ji Nanchuan snorted coldly, picked up the teacup and took a leisurely sip.
"Why panic? Even if she comes, I have nothing to be afraid of."
"She was the one who refused to return home, beat her own sister first, and then blackmailed the Marquis' Mansion. It should be Ji Yuntang's fault. Why should we mess up?"
Just then, a servant ran in hurriedly to report.
"My Lord, Madam, something bad has happened. Princess Ye has come to our house with a dog."
Meng's heart trembled. Speak of the devil and he will appear. Could Ji Yuntang come so quickly?
At this time, outside the Yongning Marquis Mansion, the crowd had already blocked the road.
They stared at the little black dog that Ji Yuntang was holding, all with complicated expressions.
"Look, this dog really hates the Yongning Marquis' Mansion. It started barking the moment it got here, showing how much it dislikes this place."
"Yes, dogs are very spiritual animals. This dog was very well behaved when it was led by Princess Ye, but it suddenly became irritable when it arrived at the Yongning Marquis' Mansion. Could it be that someone in the mansion has abused the dog before?"
"..."
When Ji Nanchuan and Meng came out, Ji Baiyi suddenly broke free from the rope in Ji Yuntang's hand and rushed towards the two of them with bared teeth.
Meng panicked and fell to the ground with her left foot stepping on her right foot.
Ji Nanchuan wasn't much better off. Ji Baiyi bit his trouser leg and urinated on his foot.
"You little beast are looking for death!"
He was furious and without caring about the occasion, he kicked Ji Baiyi hard.
When his feet landed, the whip in Ji Yuntang's hand tightly wrapped around his legs.
"My Lord, my dowry is worth a fortune. Can you afford to pay for it if it's damaged?"
Ji Nanchuan's movements suddenly stopped, his face turned blue, red and purple, looking a little unnatural.
He had indeed told Ji Yuntang in person that this little black dog was worth a fortune.
However, he also said that the affection between father and daughter is priceless and cannot be measured by vulgar things like gold and silver.
Ji Nanchuan looked at Ji Yuntang's face with many less dark spots. He always felt that he couldn't understand this daughter.
He took a deep breath and said with a rebuke, "I know you want to show off, but you can't bring it here to cause trouble. You walk your dog without a leash. Fortunately, it only scared me and your mother. What if it hurt other elderly people and children?"
With just one sentence, all the fault was put on Ji Yuntang.
Ji Yuntang sneered in his heart, but said innocently in front of him: "But Lord, didn't you give Ji Baiyi to me? Isn't it doing this because it sees you and is intimate with you?"
"This princess really envies you. After all, Ji Baiyi has never been so affectionate with me. This shows how much my bride loves the Marquis!"
Ji Yuntang kept calling him "Marquis", which made Ji Nanchuan feel uncomfortable. Seeing that the other person's face was three-quarters similar to his own, he sighed.
"Just accept the gift from this Marquis. From now on, you should stay in the Yewang Mansion and don't bring it to the Yongning Marquis Mansion again."
Seeing that the other party was pretending to be stupid and didn't mention at all that he owed her 100,000 taels of silver, Ji Yuntang directly took out an IOU from her bosom.
"This princess is not here today to reminisce with you and your wife, but to collect money."
"It's written in black and white on the paper that the Yongning Marquis's Mansion will send me 100,000 taels of silver in three days, but now it's already noon on the fourth day, why haven't I seen any silver yet?"
When Ji Nanchuan saw the IOU, he almost couldn't maintain the expression on his face.
He first glared at Meng, a woman who was always causing trouble, and then said to Ji Yuntang with a cold face:
"Ji Yuntang, even if you have married into the Night Palace, you are still my daughter, Ji Nanchuan, and Qingqing is your sister. I may not hold it against you for beating her, but you must not push your luck!"
"You asked for 100,000 taels of silver. You know that this amount of money is not a small sum for ordinary people. They may not be able to earn it in three lifetimes."
Ji Yuntang spread his hands and said innocently: "But the Marquis' Mansion is not an ordinary family. You have a century-old foundation, and you don't need your grandparents to make money for three lifetimes."
"You and your eldest son are officials in the court, and your second son is doing business outside. As the saying goes, two cobblers are better than Zhuge Liang. If you guys just put yourselves together, you should be able to collect 100,000 taels, right?"
Ji Nanchuan: "..."
Why does he feel that it is difficult to fool his daughter now?