The Demon Queen of Divine Doctor is not to be trifled with

Chapter 402 Did you take her life?

Ye Wenyan felt that it was not direct at all. "As for the money that Yanhua Palace can't pay back..." She cast her eyes on the mother and daughter, looking them up and down, "Why not sell you two? The old one as a slave, and the young one to sing in a brothel until the money is paid back."

"Are you crazy?" Xiao Shubai collapsed, "Ye Wenyan, are you crazy?"

After hearing this, Gu said to Ye Wenyan, "There is another way. Fourth Miss, take a look at this courtyard. It is a double courtyard, quite large, with an independent gate. This courtyard was actually built on the site of the original Marquis's Mansion. It is relatively new and more imposing. The old lady likes imposing things, so she chose to live here. If this place is separated from the Marquis's Mansion, it will be very easy. If they really can't pay the money, they can also cut this courtyard out and sell it."

Madam Xiao was anxious, "Then where do I live?"

Xiao Fang then spoke up and said, "Mother can live in the courtyard where my aunt lived before, so she can reminisce about it and take something from my aunt. Or..." He paused, "Or did you take her life?"

Old Madam Xiao broke out in a cold sweat and her body shook several times. Xiao Shubai wanted to say something else, but she found that her mother pinched her secretly. She probably knew what was going on, so she said nothing more.

By the time everything was counted, it was already afternoon. Lian Shi and Yun Chen were particularly rude and had lunch at Xiao's house. After eating, they commented, "It's not as good as the food at Yanhua Palace."

Gu was very good at talking. She said, "How can the Yanhua Palace compare to us? We have simple food and drink in our house, but it is thanks to the two adults that we do not despise it." Actually, Mrs. Xiao was quite rich. Even if Gu and Xiao Fang took away all her things, the remaining things would not be worth three million taels, but it would still be more than enough to worth one million taels.

Lian Shi looked at those items, then looked at Old Madam Xiao and Xiao Shubai, and asked Ye Wenyan: "Fourth Miss, do you think we should sell these two people? Although they are not worth much money, it's better to have a little money, so we can save a little loss."

Madam Xiao's face turned pale, and she sat down on the ground with a plop. In front of the people from Yanhua Palace, she didn't even dare to struggle.

Xiao Shubai also shook his head like a lunatic, and kept muttering: "You can't do this. I am the mistress of the first-rank general's mansion. I am an official. You can't sell me out."

Ye Wenyan thought about it and said, "There's no point in selling it. Why not just do as Madam Ningguo said and separate this courtyard from the Marquis' Mansion? Block the connection between this courtyard and the Marquis' Mansion, and then find someone to point out a location to reopen the gate. We may still need it in the future."

Yun Chen thought this was a good idea, so he said to Lian Shi, "Listen to the Fourth Miss."

Lian Shi nodded immediately, "Of course I will listen to Fourth Miss. I will do whatever Fourth Miss says."

Gu spoke again after hearing this: "Leave the door blocking and repairing to me. I promise to do it right away. You, Miss Four, just come and inspect it. As for our old lady, didn't the Marquis just point out a place for her to live? I'll have someone move all her bedding over there." After saying that, she waved at the servants, "What are you still standing there for? Move it!"

The servants immediately rushed into the house and emptied it in a short while, even taking away the washbasin.

Xiao Fang looked at the old lady with a dark face. After a while, he snorted fiercely and walked away with his hands behind his back.

Gu also snorted, and then said to Ye Wenyan: "Don't blame your uncle Xiao, he is really in a bad mood today because of this matter, I will persuade him later. I won't keep you any longer, another day, when the mansion is cleaned up, when you come to inspect this yard, aunt will definitely cook for you personally, and we will have a good meal together."

After saying that, he winked at Ye Wenyan, "I know you can drink. In the past, when your father and your Uncle Xiao drank together, as long as you went, you would definitely try half a bowl. Okay, go back quickly. I'll send a car to take you there. The rest is our family matter. Family disgrace should not be made public. I'm not too embarrassed to settle this account in front of so many of you. Please understand me."

Ye Wenyan really liked Gu's personality, so he nodded and said, "Aunt, if there is anything I can help you with, please don't hesitate to ask me. In addition, I am planning to open a jewelry store in the outer city. All the jewelry will be drawn by me and made by the skilled craftsmen of the Ying family. When the time comes, I will pick out a few pieces that are suitable for you and send them to you. Thank you for your help today."

Gu happily sent Ye Wenyan away. When getting in the car, Xiao Shubai also wanted to follow Ye Wenyan, but Gu grabbed his collar and pulled him down.

Ye Wenyan smiled and told the driver not to wait for the second lady and to set off for home immediately.

Lian Shi and Yun Chen also returned to Yanhua Palace. They placed all the things they took out from the Xiao family on the palace carriage. If there was not enough room, they added two more carriages from the Xiao family, which followed behind.

Gu held Xiao Shubai in her hand and stood at the door, watching for a long time until she could no longer see the carriages on either side. Then she turned around and went back home.

At this time, Ye Wenyan was counting the house deeds and land deeds in the carriage. Zhuier and Ye Chulian were each holding a pile of papers and reading them. They were amazed as they read, "Mrs. Xiao really has a lot of inventory. With so many shops, how much money did she make this year?"

Ye Chulian frowned and calculated, then shook her head, "In fact, I can't collect much. These shops look numerous, but few of them are profitable. At least the shops in the inner and outer cities that we have heard of that are doing well are not on these." She picked out a few of them and said, "Look, these are farms, but they are a bit far from the capital. Only one of them is in the suburbs of Beijing. Even if you rent out such farms, you can't make much money, and it's not worth it to farm them yourself."

"So is it useless for us to come here?" Zhuier was a little disappointed. "I thought I got something good, but it turned out to be useless. So what Madam Xiao has in her hands is all junk?"

Ye Wenyan smiled and said, "Not all of them are junk. Things that don't make money in her hands may be run well here." She looked at Ye Chulian, "Pick a shop to run a winery! Even if you can't run it openly, you can send someone to be the shopkeeper, and you just need to go there every now and then."

Ye Chulian was not hypocritical, "Then I'll pick one, so that I'll have a place to brew wine in the future, and I don't have to borrow from the Third Prince all the time."

She began to look for a shop suitable for opening a winery.

But after removing the wine shop, there are still a lot of shops left. Zhuier looked at them and felt worried: "There are both inner and outer cities. What should I do?"

Ye Wenyan was not in a hurry. No one would complain about having too many houses and lands. If she couldn't figure out what to do today, she could figure it out tomorrow. As for the manors outside the city, it would be easier. She could turn them all into her private cemeteries and ask the Ji family in Quanzhou to have people guard them.

On this day, everyone in the Xiao and Ye families was in a panic.

The Xiao family was in a real panic, and the Ye family was mainly in a panic because Old Madam Ye was sitting in the room thinking about it, and the more she thought about it, the more panicked she became.

She also sent people to the gate of the mansion from time to time to see if Ye Wenyan and Xiao Shubai had returned.

Jun Tao advised her: "Don't think too much. No matter what the fourth young lady does, it is the Xiao family's business and has nothing to do with us."

The old lady didn't think so: "Does Ye Wenyan have a clear mind? Maybe he didn't vent his anger at the Xiao family and went home to make trouble again."

Jun Tao added, "How could she not have vented her anger in the Xiao family? The fourth young lady is not the type of person who would come back before venting her anger! Don't worry, she will definitely be able to vent her anger. Besides, there is nothing to be angry about. It's just for money. At most, the house will be confiscated and emptied. I don't believe that a Ningguo Marquis's Mansion is not worth a million taels of silver."

The old lady didn't say anything else, and just sat in Fulu Courtyard and waited silently. But after waiting for a long time, Ye Wenyan came back, but Xiao Shubai was detained in the Xiao family. It was said that he was taken back by Madam Ningguo.

There were also servants who reported that the Fourth Young Lady and the people from Yanhua Palace had raided Madam Xiao's yard, not only moving out all the valuables, but also taking away all the property deeds that Madam Xiao had accumulated over the years. They also cut off the yard and separated it from the Ningguo Marquis's mansion. Not only did the Ningguo Marquis not care about this matter, he also asked Madam Ningguo to help with the raid.

Jun Tao said, "It seems that the Xiao family is not harmonious. It would not sound good if the daughter-in-law treated her mother-in-law and elder sister like this."

Madam Ye snorted, "How can Gu Chunhe care if the news gets out? If she had any concerns, the Ningguo Marquisate would not have ignored Xiao Shubai's matter, let alone let someone occupy the whole yard!"

The old lady was so angry that Jun Tao didn't know whether to laugh or cry. "Why are you so angry? You just want to see the Xiao family suffer! The second master wants to marry a concubine, and the old lady Xiao came to our house in a rage, which is a slap in the face of our Ye Mansion. In my opinion, it's better to let the fourth lady destroy their prestige. In the future, they won't dare to come here to bully you and your widowed mother."

The old lady sighed, "That's what she said, but everyone knows that the fox mourns when the rabbit dies. Ye Wenyan has pushed the Xiao family to this point, and sooner or later she will take action against us. Or rather...she has already taken action."

Jun Tao thought of the ghost story in Fulu Courtyard again and shuddered, but she still plucked up the courage to persuade the old lady, "We just scared ourselves, maybe it was all an illusion. Didn't the fourth young lady not bother with the tree these days? She must have no real evidence, otherwise she would have started the trouble a long time ago. In the final analysis, she is just bluffing and trying to scare people. We can't be fooled by her."

As he was speaking, a servant came in to report: "Madam, the second wife has returned home..."