Chapter 460: Silver or Gold

At this time, Ye Wenyan had already helped Mu Shi back to the hall to sit down, and the whole family of the eldest house who were about to leave sat back down. Ye Wenyan even crossed his legs and said to the maid in the hall: "Bring some snacks, I'm afraid today's work won't be finished in a short time, it's almost noon, we have to fill our stomachs."

The servants hurried to prepare, and soon the snacks were served, and a plate was also sent to the Sixth Prince.

Ye Wenyan whispered to Mu: "Mother, today the Sixth Prince seems to be looking for trouble with the Second House. Let's just watch the show and ignore other things for now. As for your venting, if you haven't vented your anger this time, I will accompany you to the Prince Su's Mansion to beat him up next time, and I will keep beating him up until you calm down, okay?" She held Mu's hand and sent a spell of clearing her mind to Mu without leaving any trace, which finally made Mu's anger temporarily subside and her mood calm down. "Yan'er, I will listen to you." Mu finally nodded, and Ye Wenyan reached out to wipe her tears, and at the same time turned around to comfort Ye Qingmei, "Sister, don't cry, if you cry again, mother will cry with you, and it will never end."

Ye Qingmei nodded and finally stopped crying.

Looking at Ye Jingsheng, after asking the Sixth Prince why he was here, he also wanted to sit down. As a result, Quan Qingyin glared and slammed the table - "Old Man Ye! Do you think I'm dead? I'm still sitting here, but you can't pay your respects and ask me why I'm here. What country's rules are you following? Who taught you not to take my Quan family seriously?" He became more and more angry as he spoke, "Really! I'm out of power now, and I can't inherit the throne, so you don't take me seriously, right? The Ye family, from top to bottom, no one pays respect to me, and no one respects the hierarchy of my Northern Qi. What do you want to do? Do you want to rebel? If you want to rebel, just say it, and I'll help you. Let's fight now!"

Ye Jingsheng was really preoccupied with the lawsuit, and in his heart he cursed those bastards who said that the Sixth Prince had become a good person.

This is not only not getting better, it's even worse than before. How on earth is he supposed to communicate with this kind of person?

The first one to stand up was Ye Wenyan. Not only did she stand up herself, she also helped Ye Qingmei. Seeing the two sisters stand up, Ye Feiyu and Ye Feizhou also stood up.

Several people walked to the middle of Xuming Hall, knelt on the ground, and shouted in unison: "Knock to the Sixth Prince, may His Highness live a thousand years!" After saying that, they kowtowed. Then Ye Wenyan said, "The first wife's ceremony has been completed. As for my mother, she doesn't need to do it, right?"

Quan Qingyin nodded, "It seems that the eldest branch of the Ye family still knows the rules." He didn't mention the Mu family at all, and raised his hand to signal them to stand up, and then said to Ye Jingsheng, "Second Brother Ye, it's your turn! Hurry up, kneel down for me!"

Ye Jingsheng had no choice but to lead his two wives, two concubines and two daughters to kneel down together, and imitated the eldest wife to shout "Long Live the Highness" and then kowtow. Quan Qingyin nodded, and did not ask them to stand up. He leaned against the chair and said slowly: "Well, this is more formal. This is what a minister should do. When you see the royal family, you have to kneel down. Otherwise, if outsiders see it, they will think that your Ye family is proud of your achievements and don't take our Quan family seriously! Oh, by the way, there is no one in your family serving in the court now, which means that you are not even a minister, but only a commoner. Hey, are commoners so arrogant nowadays? Do they have to be urged by the king before they are willing to kneel? How dissatisfied are you with my Quan family?" After speaking, he looked at the old lady, "Oh, the old lady is still standing!"

Madam Ye suppressed her anger and said, "I have an imperial decree. When I see Your Highness, you need to bow and greet him, but you don't have to kneel." After that, she bowed slightly and said, "Greetings to Your Highness, Sixth Prince. May Your Highness live a thousand years."

The Sixth Prince was not satisfied. "Oh, there is an imperial edict! In fact, it is not important whether there is an imperial edict or not. What is important is that I have heard a rumor that on this continent, there are not only the dynasties we know about now, but also a dynasty called the Night Saint Dynasty. It is also said that this Night Saint Dynasty wants to replace my Northern Qi. I wonder if Madam Ye has heard of this Night Saint?" The old lady was defeated! As soon as she said the Night Saint Dynasty, she was completely defeated. She felt that she might not be able to get rid of the damn Night Saint Dynasty in her life. As long as someone mentioned the word Night Saint, her heart trembled.

But the Sixth Prince had just brought it up at this time. He had previously been stubborn and refused to kneel, but now it seemed that he had no choice but to kneel. If he did not kneel, he would be implicated with the Yesheng Dynasty.

So she knelt on the ground tremblingly, and said tremblingly: "I am confused, I kowtow to His Highness the Sixth Prince."

The Sixth Prince was very satisfied.

"Okay, it's good that you know the rules, let's get up!" He took a sip of tea, thought about it, and ate a piece of snack that Ye Wenyan ordered the servants to bring, then looked at Ye Jingsheng again, "Didn't you ask me what I'm doing here today? I'm going to tell you now, listen carefully. Ye Lao~er, I'm here to collect the debt, the one million taels of gold that your Ye family owes me."

Bang! Xiao Shubai stood up, and because he stood up too quickly, he knocked over the chair, which fell to the ground with a bang. "What did you say? One million taels of what?"

Quan Qingyin smiled wickedly, "Gold! Why, Madam Ye Er has doubts about this?" Then he looked at Chang Xueqiao, "Oh, that one is Madam Ye Er, then what are you? Madam Xiao?"

"I am the Second Madam of Ye!" Xiao Shubai immediately shouted, "I am the mistress of this First-Rank General's Mansion, and the wife that Ye Jingsheng married in a formal ceremony. The one who entered the mansion today is just a co-wife, and cannot be called the Second Madam."

"Oh, so that's it!" Quan Qingyin nodded, "Alright, I don't care which of you is Madam Ye Er, I will collect the debt with all my heart today. One million taels of gold, written in black and white, signed, no one can deny it."

As soon as he waved his hand, the servant who followed him immediately took out a piece of paper from his sleeve pocket, spread it out and held it up, walked around the room, and showed it to each member of the Ye family. He even stopped at Ye Wenyan for a while and said, "This is the signature signed by the second wife of the Ye family, Xiao. She acknowledged the debt herself. We in the Su Wang Mansion have not wrongly accused anyone. Everyone, take a look. Is it one million taels of gold?" Ye Wenyan nodded and said very cooperatively, "Yes, it is the signature of my second aunt." Then he asked, "Why did she acknowledge this debt? How did she owe this debt?"

The servant said, "Miss Fourth, you asked a good question. How did you get this debt? It has something to do with you, Miss Fourth."

"Oh?" Ye Wenyan narrowed his eyes and asked again, "What is your connection with me? I'd like to hear the details."

The man said, "This connection is very deep. It can be said that if it weren't for Fourth Miss Ye, Second Madam Ye wouldn't have owed the one million taels of gold. Because Fourth Miss Ye was engaged to our prince, and they loved each other. Originally, our prince was happily waiting for Fourth Miss to marry him at home, but he found out that the Ye family had replaced the bride with Third Miss Ye. This was a big deal, and it was also a matter of disobeying the emperor's order. Our prince would definitely not do it! Later, something happened, and Third Miss Ye ran away. Our prince was quite happy. But then Third Miss Ye met with an accident again, and was picked up by someone in our house and brought back."

The man sighed as he spoke, "It's all because of my prince's kindness. He thought that since he had found the person, he couldn't just throw her away again. Besides, Miss Third Ye begged my prince to take her in, saying that she didn't want to go back to the Ye family and wanted to stay in our house. But you also know that my prince has nothing to do with Miss Third Ye, and he has no obligation to take her in. But she insisted on staying, and we had no choice but to treat her as a guest and let her stay temporarily in our house. When someone from her family comes to pick her up, she can report the expenses during this period to her family, pay the money back, and then she can be taken away."

He looked at Xiao Shubai and said, "Your Highness is kind and could not bear to see Second Madam crying and talking about separation of mother and daughter, so he asked Second Madam to take Third Miss Ye away without getting the money. But Second Madam Ye wrote an IOU and put her handprint on it, requiring her to return it within three days. Now, the three-day deadline has come, and we are here today to collect the debt."

Ye Wenyan understood, thinking that it was no wonder that Ye Hongzhuang returned to the Ye family. At first, she thought that Quan Qingyin had taken revenge and felt that it was boring, so she released Ye Hongzhuang. She didn't expect that there was such a thing. This is not releasing people, but kidnapping Xiao Shubai as well! Well, looking at the situation today, I'm afraid it's not just Xiao Shubai, Ye Jingsheng is also responsible for this.

"Did you understand everything?" Quan Qingyin leaned back in his chair, crossing his legs like Ye Wenyan. "Second Brother Ye, your family replaced my bride, I'll settle this matter with you later, but now I have to deal with this IOU. It's only natural to pay back a debt, do you have anything else to say?"

Without waiting for Ye Jingsheng to speak, Xiao Shubai could no longer wait and immediately said, "It's not one million taels of gold, it's just one million taels of silver. When you asked me to press my fingerprints, you only said that I owed one million taels of silver. Why did it turn into gold today? No, I don't recognize it. I definitely can't recognize it. One million taels of gold, even if you sell me, it's not worth that much money. I can't take it out."

Quan Qingyin laughed when he heard this, "It's definitely not worth it to sell you! You don't need to say this, everyone knows it. So I didn't intend to sell you, I just wanted you to pay back the money you owed me. Of course, you are the second wife of the Ye family, what you owe is equivalent to what the Ye family owes, if you can't pay it back, let the Ye family pay it back, so you don't have to get too excited. The Ye family is so big, it has been passed down for generations, and it can't afford to pay back this little gold? Isn't that a joke."

He tapped the handle of the chair one by one with his hand, "Of course, as a victim, the eldest branch of the Ye family where the fourth young lady is located does not have to participate in repaying the debt. What do you think? Am I being fair?"

The second branch of the Ye family collapsed collectively...

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