Lan Kexin looked deeply at Lord Lan.

He kept a mistress outside.

He spends so much money on his mistress every month.

But he never knew to take the silver back home.

As expected, a wife is not as good as a concubine, and a concubine is not as good as a mistress.

Now that he needs money, he knows to come to the mansion to ask for it.

Why don’t you go to the outer room to get it?

It's ridiculous.

Then he looked at Mrs. Lan, who looked aggrieved and innocent.

Apparently, she is still in the dark.

Thinking about what she had done before.

Lan Kexin didn't feel sorry for her at all.

Soon, the accountant and the housekeeper appeared in Wanxiangyuan together.

The accountant handed the account book to the Marquis and the old lady.

"My Lord, the account book clearly records the income and expenditure of the mansion over the years."

The butler also handed an account book to the Marquis.

"My Lord, these are the expenses for the front yard. They are clearly recorded on them."

He opened the accountant's account book, filtered out all the previous pages, and turned directly to the last page.

Just look at the remaining silver.

Ten thousand taels of silver?

He looked at the accountant in surprise.

"After all these years, this is the only silver left in the Marquis' Mansion?"

"Yes, sir, all this money, including the income from the farm and the shop, is here."

Lord Lan asked in return: "Apart from this income, the mansion has nothing else."

Mrs. Lan also handed him an account book.

"My Lord, this is the expenses of the inner courtyard. You should also take a look at it."

Lord Lan didn't want to embarrass himself in front of others, so he waved his hand and signaled the butler and the accountant to leave first.

He looked at Mrs. Lan with dissatisfaction.

"Why don't you save what you can normally save?"

Mrs. Lan closed her eyes:

"My Lord, please look at the account book first and tell me which amount can be saved.

Can you save on your social engagements?

Can the expenses of four children be saved?

Can the monthly wages of the maids in the mansion be saved?

Or can we save the money for my mother's medical treatment?"

This question left the Marquis speechless.

Indeed, none of this money can be saved.

"So what should we do now?"

"My Lord, I have no choice. If I donate all this money, not only will I not be able to pay the maids and servants their monthly wages, but we won't even have enough to eat."

Lan Kexin heard that the Marquis' Mansion only had 10,000 silver coins in circulation.

He was also incredulous and looked at the brothers Lan Mufeng and Lan Muqing.

They are both old enough to get married.

And Lan Weiwei is also of marriageable age.

All of these cost money.

What can you do with ten thousand taels of silver?

It's a pity that they thought of asking Lan Mufeng and his brother to marry out of their status.

He didn't even think about his meager family background, thinking that it was good enough that he could marry a wife.

The result is that others still value the marquisate and can inherit the title.

If the Marquis' Mansion continues to do this.

They could only marry the village girl they looked down upon the most.

The old lady sat in the main seat. She had gone through many ups and downs in her life.

She knew how much wealth the Marquis's Mansion had, and she did not blame Madam Lan.

He sighed deeply there.

"This is the situation in the mansion. We'll see how it goes then and donate as much as we can. We don't need to be the one to take the lead."

Lord Lan directly objected:

"Mother, our mansion needs to move to a higher level. How can we give up such a good opportunity? Qing'er and Feng'er's official positions will both be promoted."

"Can't we think of another way?"

"Mother, this is the best solution. Can we borrow some money from someone? Or is there anything in the mansion that can be sold?"

This was the only solution Lord Lan could think of.

borrow?

The old lady immediately cast her eyes on Lan Kexin.

There are so many people in the mansion, but perhaps only this girl can borrow money and dares to go out to borrow money.

She knew a lot of powerful people, even people of the same status as the princess.

Wouldn’t it be easy to ask her to borrow money?

As for them, they really can't bring themselves to do that.

Lan Kexin sensed the old lady's gaze.

She kept her brows lowered, pretending not to see.

The old lady had no choice but to name the names:

"Big girl, what do you think we should do about this?"

Lan Kexin shook her head:

"I don't know. You guys figure it out on your own. Don't use the fact that I'm also from the Marquis' Mansion as an excuse."

"You are." Mrs. Lan was displeased.

Lan Kexin sneered.

"You just said it yourself, the four children in the Marquis' Mansion need expenses, and obviously, I was left out.

I need to make sacrifices, so I remember that I am a member of the Marquis' Mansion. Stop dreaming about this."

Lan Kexin didn't want to continue listening to their nonsense, so she stood up.

"It's unnecessary for me to sit here. I won't be here to bother you and disturb your thoughts."

Madam Lan: "Aren't you willing to help the Marquis' Mansion a little bit?"

"How do you want me to help you? Tell me."

The old lady said shamelessly:

"You can go and borrow some silver from the Princess and the others. I believe they will definitely give it to you."

The old lady's reminder.

Lan Weiwei's thoughts were opened up.

"Yes, aren't you going to treat Madam Min's eye disease soon? With the Min family's financial resources, I believe they won't refuse you as long as you ask."

Lord Lan’s eyes lit up, yes!

How could he forget about Min's family?

"Big girl, aren't you going to Min's house tomorrow? Talk to them then."

Lan Kexin looked at them mockingly.

"You guys are so shameless! After I borrowed it from their house, what did you give me back?"

Lord Lan didn't care: "Let's solve this matter first. As for the future, as long as the Marquis' Mansion is favored by the Emperor, will we still be worried about not being able to pay back the money?"

"Oh, please give me a definite number first! When will it be returned?"

Lord Lan thought there was hope.

"Don't worry, one year from now, I will definitely find a way to pay you back."

Lan Kexin asked back, "What will you do if I can't pay it back by then?"

Lord Lan waved his hand: "This is not your concern, you just need to go and borrow it."

Lan Kexin was amused by his words.

"You want me to borrow money, it's none of my business, then go ahead and borrow it!"

Lord Lan: "Tell me, how can you borrow this money?"

Lan Kexin heard this and asked, "How much money do you want to borrow?"

Lord Lan opened his mouth loudly:

"One hundred thousand taels of silver."

Lan Kexin laughed sarcastically: "Are you sure it's 100,000 taels of silver? And it has to be handed over to the court."

"When did your father ever joke with you?"

Lan Kexin glanced at his neck.

"You are just a marquis, how much is your annual salary? Don't you know it?

One hundred thousand taels of silver, are you trying to get yourself into trouble? Unless you are an honest official and are not afraid of a thorough investigation by the emperor."

This reminded Lord Lan.

"So, what should we do? We can't just let this opportunity go to waste and do nothing."

There was a hint of calculation in Lan Kexin's eyes as she swept her gaze over Lan Weiwei and everyone present.

"It's very simple. Sell all the valuables on them and use them for disaster relief. Then the emperor might look upon you with more respect."

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