The book has no strength, the female supporting role just wants to survive

"Xiao Nan..."

Ye Ruzhen knew that Jiang Tunan's status in the Xiao Mansion was actually a bit awkward, and she had heard from her mother that Madam Xiao and Madam Ji didn't like her very much. Although the young masters in the Xiao Mansion seemed to be good people, she didn't want Jiang Tunan to make the people in the Xiao Mansion unhappy because of her own affairs.

"And for me, it's only fifty taels. I paid for it from the Anguo Mansion."

Ji Lingyue spoke with great confidence, and Ye Ruzhen looked at the two people beside him with emotion.

Jiang Tunan patted Ye Ruzhen's shoulder earnestly.

"Sisters are more important than anything else!"

"sisters!"

"Ok!"

Zhang Qi looked at the three people as if they were idiots, and finally said with a curled mouth,

"Okay, but it's only fifty taels of gold~"

When these words were spoken, everyone around took a deep breath, as if they had not expected Zhang Qi to dare to ask for fifty taels of gold.

"Don't go too far!"

Ye Ruzhen was a little angry. It was obvious that Zhang Qi was deliberately blackmailing her.

Ji Lingyue had an awkward expression on his face.

"Fifty taels of gold is a bit difficult, maybe I have to pawn some jewelry."

Ye Ruzhen had a black question mark on her face.

"You really don't?"

Ye Ruzhen suddenly felt that she might not be the poorest among the three.

"My skirt can't be rubbed with water. It will be ruined if it gets dirty. So it's not unfair for you to pay for the whole skirt."

Jiang Tunan thought to herself, fifty taels of gold is five hundred taels of silver, this amount is almost equal to most of her savings.

"Okay, since Miss Zhang has said so, we naturally have to admit it."

Jiang Tunan suddenly spoke up, which made Ye Ruzhen a little flustered.

"Xiao Nan, this is a bit too much."

Jiang Tunan gave him a calming look, and then continued,

"But the amount involved is too large, so we'd better leave a receipt, so that it won't be used by some people with ulterior motives to gossip about us in the future."

As he spoke, Jiang Tunan looked at Ye Ruxuan carefully.

Ye Ruxuan felt a little annoyed by Jiang Tunan's look, but she didn't dare to refute directly, so she could only be angry alone.

"What do you mean?"

Zhang Qi didn't quite understand Jiang Tunan's behavior. She probably didn't expect them to ask for compensation so readily.

"Sign a document stating that we damaged your skirt worth fifty taels of gold, and then settle the debt and sign it with each other."

Jiang Tunan rummaged through her purse and found that there was only one hundred taels in it. This hundred taels was what she had brought out today on a whim to invest in Nazhe Garden.

Seeing Jiang Tunan's look, Ji Lingyue also searched her purse, and found only a fifty-liang silver note. Then she took off the jewelry on her head, and Jiang Tunan also took off the earrings on her ears. These were given to her by Xiao Mingxu, and should be very valuable.

In the end, Ye Ruzhen, Ji Lingyue and Jiang Tunan collected a bunch of jewelry and silver bills from their bodies, but it was still some distance away from fifty taels of gold.

"I still have some savings that I didn't bring with me. I'll ask someone to go get them later."

Ji Lingyue was the first to speak, but unfortunately most of her money was spent on buying storybooks, so her jewelry was not very expensive. When she went out to attend banquets, she usually had headgear prepared by her mother, but those could not be pawned, otherwise they might be worth fifty taels of gold.

"nothing,"

Jiang Tunan took the pile of things and walked to Zhang Qi.

"Miss Zhang, would you like to sign a document?"

Zhang Qi looked at the pile of banknotes and jewelry and was actually a little tempted. She had originally just wanted to take the opportunity to embarrass Ye Ruzhen, but she didn't expect these people to actually give her money. In that case, don't blame her for accepting all the money.

"Stand up then."

Zhang Qi thought that if he made a written agreement now, he could use it to ridicule others later, so why not?

So after Zhang Qi and Ye Ruzhen signed the agreement, Zhang Qi happily took away the pile of silver bills without caring whether there were fifty taels of gold or not.

"Xiao Nan, what does this mean?"

Ye Ruzhen was a little puzzled when she looked at the document signed by Zhang Qi and herself in her hand. That was fifty taels of gold (although she didn't get enough).

Jiang Tunan smiled mysteriously and took the document from Ye Ruzhen.

"Ms. Zhang, wait a moment."

Zhang Qi looked back in confusion.

"Why, do you want to regret it?"

Jiang Tunan shook the document in his hand and smiled slightly.

"Please come with us to the Discipline Hall, Miss Zhang."

Zhang Qi:?

......

Princess Guangping sat in the upper seat in the Discipline Hall, with Nanny Yi standing next to her.

Today she came here on a whim and wanted to visit Guan Ming in the men's courtyard. Unexpectedly, she heard that Jiang Tunan came to the Discipline Hall and said he wanted to expose Zhang Qi from Xinglan Courtyard. Because she was present, Nanny Yi reported the matter to her.

"Jiang Tunan, what do you want to expose?"

Jiang Tunan stood straight in front of the hall. She didn't expect that Princess Guangping was also here, but judging from the princess's appearance, she didn't seem angry.

"Students want to report Zhang Qi for disrupting the girls' school and committing an unforgivable crime."

Jiang Tunan: What a natural reaction.

Zhang Qi was standing nearby, holding the pile of jewellery in her arms with a confused look on her face. Many students from the female school came to the outside of the Discipline Hall, and even people from the men's academy next door heard the news and secretly ran over to watch the fun.

Chengzhang Xiangjun, who was resting, heard that the students in his class had entered the Discipline Hall, and immediately rushed over with the help of several maids.

"I pay my respects to the princess."

Chengzhang Xiangjun walked up to Princess Guangping and saluted in a proper manner. Although her movements were standard, there was not much respect on her face.

"It's you, Mr. Xiang. Why are you here too? Don't get tired after walking such a long distance."

Princess Guangping glanced at the golden ruler held in Chengzhang Xiangjun's hand and said with a half-smile,

"Oh, you still carry this ruler with you. Put it down and take a rest. You look tired."

Chengzhang Xiangjun looked straight at Princess Guangping.

"The golden ruler was given to me by the late emperor. It has a special meaning and cannot be placed anywhere as an ordinary object."

A trace of disdain flashed across Princess Guangping's face, and then she waved to Nanny Yi.

"Why don't you show me a seat quickly?"

Jiang Tunan watched the confrontation between the two and knew that Princess Guangping and Chengzhang Xiangjun were not on good terms. Just as she lowered her head and was distracted, she heard Princess Guangping say in front of her,

"Jiang Tunan, you said Zhang Qi disrupted the girls' school, do you have any evidence?"

Jiang Tunan held up the document in his hand, and a maid next to him quickly took it and handed it to Princess Guangping.

"This is?"

"During the break today, Miss Ye Ruzhen from Xinglan Academy accidentally soiled the skirt of Miss Zhang Qi from the same academy. Miss Zhang used this as an excuse to demand fifty taels of gold as compensation from Miss Ye."

As soon as these words came out, the students gathered outside the Discipline Hall cried out in surprise.

"Fifty taels of gold? She really dares to ask for it..."

"Oh my god, are all the people in your women's academy so fierce?"

"Yeah, last time someone in Zhuyuan had a fight, they only paid each other ten taels of silver. But they want fifty taels of gold just for staining a skirt?!"

"The people in Xinglan Academy are like this, so it's not surprising..."

Most of the students outside the Discipline Hall came from other classes, and some of them came to watch the show during the break, so except for those who were taking the etiquette class at the time, everyone else was excited.

On the other side, in the music hall of the men's college, Xiao Mingxu was playing with the bamboo flute in his hand out of boredom, while Xiao Mingrui was testing the sound of the guqin in front of him.

"Brother Mingxu, Brother Mingrui, something terrible has happened! Jiang Tunan has been imprisoned in the Discipline Hall!"

Xiao Mingxu heard a sudden "clang" noise next to him, and when he turned his head, he saw Xiao Mingrui's puzzled look.

"Why did she enter the Discipline Hall?"