THE EVIL PRINCE AND HIS PRECIOUS WIFE
Chapter 19 – Borrow Money

Murong Xue stood up and walked leisurely out. Her graceful, long robe was dragged along the floor, and lightly touched the clean surface, forming a long mark.

"Sister, where are you going?" Murong Ye watched as he walked further, filled with uncertainty.

“Go to Yutang Court to meet step-grandmother!” Murong Xue did not stop and replied without looking back.

His sister and grandmother never got along. Why was he suddenly thinking of going to the Yutang Court?

Murong Ye was confused, "Sister, I'll go with you."

“No need. Just wait until I get back!” Murong Xue was going to the Yutang Court to teach Du a lesson. If Murong Ye came along, it would be uncomfortable for him to carry out his plan.

His suggestion was rejected, Murong Ye frowned and was unwilling to back down from the step he took. She said sadly, "Okay!" Hearing her brother's reason, it seemed like she had something personal to talk to grandma about and was uncomfortable for her to follow. Then he will not follow, but send someone to stand guard outside the Tribunal of Yutang. If the two of them started a dispute, it was not too late for him to rush over.

The Yutang Court is Du's permanent residence. It was full of maids and maids coming in and out. Seeing Murong Ye coming from afar, an old servant quickly went inside to tell Du!

When Murong Xue stepped into the Yutang Court, a third-rate servant and a lowly servant were in the sweeping and cleaning courtyard, doing their job. A second-level maid walked over and politely bowed towards her, and said with a smile, "Widow lady is inside, please come in, Young Madam!"

Murong Xue lightly hummed in response and slowly walked past the curtain that had been pulled by the maid into the room, only to see Du lying on a cushioned sofa on a large pillow, slowly eat a bowl of boiled milk! Golden sunlight shone on the sapphire on his forehead, reflecting a bright light.

Du looked at Murong Xue and raised his eyes, calmly saying, "What's wrong?"

Murong Xue lightly smiled and casually said, “This is not something big. My brother wants to fight dogs but has no money. I came to borrow some from step-grandmother.”

Du stopped in the middle of the action of eating milk pudding – Chen's dowry money (mother Murong Xue) had been cleverly spent by him. He had let Xiangqiao reveal information about the dowry cash to Murong Ye to let Murong Ye look for Murong Xue to earn money. If Murong Xue was unable to make that much money, wouldn't she have pawned a portion of Chen's dowry to raise money? What did he come here to borrow money?

The daughter born to the noble wife of the Marquis borrowed money to spend. Was he not afraid that he would become a laughingstock?

However, it is also good. That way she can openly ask Chen for a dowry, "How much do you want?"

"One hundred thousand taels!" Murong Xue said lightly and pretended to sigh helplessly, “My brother has always been wasteful. One hundred thousand taels this will probably be enough for ten days.”.

Du's eyes formed a grin. He was clearer than anyone else about how extravagant Murong Ye was. The more he was playful and incompetent, the better for him. Naturally, he was willing to allow her to conspire. However, his condition for conspiring was not to harm his interests.

“A hundred thousand taels is not a small amount. Turning it into physical money can fill several large carts. We don't have blood ties. If I just lend it to you, it won't be too good, will it?

Murong Xue smiled, “I can write an IOU for you. When my brother won the money, I will immediately return it with interest.”

Du raised his eyebrows and looked at him. He snorted, “From every ten bets, nine lost. If Murong Ye could never win back that hundred thousand taels, would you never return that money?

Murong Xue blinked, "Then what does step-grandmother think?"

Du thought about it and pretended to casually say, “Use your mother's dowry as a guarantee then. When you win a hundred thousand taels then you can take back that crate.”

Murong Xue smiled, smiling coldly. Of course Du's after his mother's dowry. Each dowry is worth 200-300 thousand taels. Du actually wants to buy that with a hundred thousand? How overconfident and strange he is!

Du dumbfounded. From money, dowry, and suddenly to the shop, Murong Xue had completely changed the subject quickly.

Back then, Chen had quite a number of shops coming with his dowry. The name of the store, the location were all clearly written on the dowry list. He could not deny it and therefore shamelessly said, "So what if I?"

“The shops are located in a busy area. A ten year profit might be equivalent to several hundred thousand taels, no..” Murong Xue fell silent and did not continue, grinning at him. For the past ten years, the natives had not seen a single penny of profit as everything was pocketed by Du.

“The six stores are not very good and rarely visited by customers. Each store makes a profit of at most a thousand taels every year, hardly enough to cover household expenses.

"really?" Murong Xue looked at Du and casually said, "Then I want to ask step-grandmother to take out an account and let me take a look."

“This is not the beginning or end of the month. All accounts are in the hands of the store manager. How will I have it.” Du lightly said, his mouth curling in excitement. She had never liked this step-granddaughter and every time she saw her being beaten and regressed, she would always feel very comfortable!

"Someone went and called my mother's 6 dowry shop managers here and asked them to bring the account of the last ten years!" Murong Xue coldly instructed, her gaze cold. Didn't Du say that the profits were small? Then he would question the 6 managers in front of Du to see if they really made a small profit or if someone was cooking the bookkeeping.

"Yes Mom!" Hongxiu, who was standing outside, acknowledged and left.

Du's face suddenly turned black to the point of almost dripping black ink. Bad girl, against my will and suspect my words – how disrespectful my kindness! Calling the manager with the account was really because Murong Xue suspected that the account was incorrect and wanted to verify. He would see what kind of trouble this unearthly young lady could find.

An hour later, the managers arrived and waited outside the room.

Murong Xue lifted the curtain and walked out, "You've been waiting a long time!"

The managers raised their heads only to see a young lady walking over. Her bright and small face, and her dedicated hairdo, were filled with fascination, enchanting people. He only smiled lightly, fresh and natural, but his eyes were deep and carried a hidden demon, mesmerizing everyone with his aura so they held their breath.

The managers immediately woke up from their madness and quickly bowed, "My respect to the Young Madam!"

Murong Xue lightly smiled, “You managers do not need to be polite, sit down and have tea. I'll first look at the account and if there's anything I don't understand I'll ask for your help!

A middle-aged manager with a moustache under his nose smiled brightly and said, “They are too good. If anything is not understood, please ask. I'll tell you everything I know. ”

"Yes yes. Please let us know if there is, young lady!” The other five managers agreed with all smiles.

Murong Xue lightly smiled and leisurely sat down at the round table filled with accounts and took the topmost account book, analyzing it carefully.

The managers sat at a long table not far away and slowly drank the tea. The large waiting room immediately became quiet.

The sun is rising higher. Murong Xue continued to sit there without moving, flipping through the accounts. The more he looked, the more he frowned.

The managers leaned their heads in their hands, bored, with their eyes slightly closed as if they were sleeping.

Suddenly, "applause!" a bright voice rang out and the sleepy managers were immediately alert. They quickly turned their heads to look only to see Murong Xue close the account book and angrily stare at them …