After rebirth, I married the emperor's uncle and overthrew my ex-husband's kingdom

The old lady looked at her with a much kinder look in her eyes, "You have grown up and become sensible."

Outside the door, Bai Yanlang, who had just received a message from Aunt Qiao's people, came hurriedly.

His face was flushed and his nose was covered with sweat. As soon as he came in, Aunt Qiao and Bai Yaoyao hugged his legs.

"Husband, you are finally here."

"Dad, please save me. I really didn't know that I had upset the princess just because of a Dongzhu headpiece. I didn't mean it."

Bai Yanlang had a headache. He pushed them away with one hand each. He then walked to the old lady and bowed to apologize, "Mother."

"Humph!"

The old lady snorted coldly, "Do you know that your concubine's daughter almost brought disaster to the Marquis' Mansion today?"

Bai Yanlang broke out in a cold sweat. He had heard some of the causes and consequences of the incident, but he didn't know the whole story.

"Yaoyao is young, and besides, this matter cannot be entirely blamed on her. It's just that she bumped into the eldest princess. There's no need to make a fuss about it, right?"

Li was so angry that she laughed. "Now that the South City has suffered a snowstorm, the court is collecting food and money for disaster relief. Second brother, do you know that just because your concubine's daughter is so ostentatious, the eldest princess said in front of everyone that my Yongning Marquis's mansion is full of gold and jade, and has a huge fortune? What do you think this means?"

You want to pay money?!

Bai Yanlang is not stupid. The cold sweat on his forehead broke out faster. He turned around and glared at Bai Yaoyao fiercely.

"Sister-in-law, even if this didn't happen, the emperor also intended for us noble families to donate money. You blamed everything on Yaoyao alone. Isn't that a bit too serious?"

"Humph, what you said is really easy." Li sneered, "Before this incident, donating three to five thousand taels of silver would have been fine, but now after what she did, how much do you think a donation can stop the gossips?"

"This huge mansion looks glamorous, but take a look at how much it spends every month. The annual income from public property can only cover the mansion's expenses and interpersonal relationships, and there is not much left."

"After this incident, if the Marquis's donation is too little, others will say: Marquis Yongning's concubine's daughter can wear precious jewelry worth a hundred gold coins, but she only donated this little. Don't you think the emperor cares? If it's too much, you will pay for the deficit."

Which wealthy family doesn’t have thousands of acres of fertile land and a huge fortune?

But this matter cannot be brought out into the open and told to others!

Bai Yanlang wiped the sweat from his forehead.

It was a very cold day and his inner clothes were already soaked with sweat. He was so cold that he couldn't help shivering.

He didn't have any silver. He had only two hundred taels on him before, and that troublemaker cheated him out of one hundred taels. Now, he had just over one hundred taels left.

Moreover, there was no money in the second house’s public account.

Since he couldn't take out the silver, he strode to Bai Yaoyao, kicked her on the shoulder, and said viciously: "Rebellious girl, look at the trouble you have caused!"

"My dear husband, Yaoyao really didn't mean it. If you want to hit me, hit me first!"

Aunt Qiao hugged Bai Yaoyao, who was lying on the ground and crying, and said, "How could a child like her know all that? She just dressed up decently because she was thinking about the prince's banquet."

Bai Youyou also felt that Xiao Baihua had suffered an unprovoked disaster this time. After all, who knew that the eldest princess also wore a Dongzhu headdress.

As expected, wealth should not be shown off!

Mrs. Lu was enjoying the show. She said sarcastically, "You're not going to see me, why are you dressing up so fancy?"

Aunt Qiao's eyes were red, and she held Bai Yaoyao's hands tightly, sobbing from time to time.

Li's idea now is to let the second wife come up with money to supplement the family income, but one of the second wife is pretending to be stupid and the other is really stupid.

She simply said, "This disaster was caused by your second branch, you can't just not give a penny, right?"

When Lu mentioned the money, she became anxious. "Sister-in-law, we only have a hundred taels of silver in our second house account. This matter was caused by that little bitch. Go find them."

Bai Yanlang looked embarrassed. He stammered, "I only have so much personal property. After deducting the social activities, there is not much left."

Aunt Qiao would not take out any money. She cried and said, "My dowry is just a few pieces. I am an aunt, and my monthly salary is only ten taels..."

Li laughed in anger, "If you two don't have any money, can your eldest son afford a jade fan worth a hundred gold coins? Can Bai Yaoyao afford a pearl headpiece worth a hundred gold coins?"

She believed that Mrs. Lu had no money, but these two people cried poor to her, thinking she was a fool?

She looked at the old lady sitting beside her, "Mother, if this matter is not handled well, our Yongning Marquisate may cause His Majesty to dislike us, but we don't have much money in the account now..."

The old lady turned the sandalwood Buddhist beads in her hand, lowered her eyes and said nothing.

Everyone looked at her quietly for a long time, then she raised her eyes and said calmly, "Take two thousand taels from me for this matter, Second Brother, you pay two thousand taels, and the rest will come from Zhonggong."

This was similar to Li's estimate. She nodded and said, "If we can get 10,000 taels together, no one else will say anything."

"Just do it."

The old lady made the final decision. She raised her hand and Zhang Momo immediately helped her up. The two of them walked out the door.

When Lu stood up, she stayed away from Bai Yanlang, fearing that he would shamelessly set his sights on her again.

"Go faster."

Qi Lian and Bai Youyou followed behind her, and they walked very fast.

When Qi Lian saw that there was no more show to watch, he immediately slipped away. When it was dark, Bai Yanlang came to Bai Youyou's yard with a small lantern.

"Daughter, what are you busy with?"

When Bai Youyou saw him, she immediately asked Xiaoju to take the shells off the table.

Before he could speak, Bai Youyou blocked his way: "I don't have money, and Zhuangzi won't give it to me. Don't try to persuade me to go find my mother."

Bai Yanlang: "......"

How come it's not cute at all?

He choked for a moment, but still handed the little rabbit lantern in his hand to her, "You used to like little rabbit lanterns the most, so Dad bought one especially for you today."

Bai Youyou glanced at him and said, "You are a weasel trying to pay New Year's greetings to a chicken. You should at least give me a new gift, right? You are trying to trick me with something that Fifth Sister no longer wants to play with?"

She looked at Bai Yanlang seriously, "Dad, I was a little stupid before, but I'm really not stupid."

“This is new.”

Bai Yanlang insisted that he had carefully checked the lantern before and found that it was not damaged at all and looked like a new one.

Bai Youyou rolled her eyes and took the little rabbit lantern from him. She pointed at the rabbit's nose and said, "Fifth sister was afraid that I would steal hers, so she specially marked the rabbit's nose with cinnabar."

Bai Yanlang looked in the direction he pointed, and upon closer inspection, he saw a little cinnabar, and his eyes suddenly sparkled.

He laughed dryly and said, "Dad saw that this rabbit lantern was quite new and no different from the new ones he bought, so he thought of saving some money."