Zhan Yan's cold eyes fell on him: "Du Xingyuan, do you really think that I am easy to bully?"

The Marquis of Huaiyang gritted his teeth and said, "To tell you the truth, we in the Marquis of Huaiyang Mansion don't have a single cent!"

Zhan Yan interrupted in a deep voice: "If you don't have it, then don't have it. I'm not forcing you to take it out!"

The Marquis of Huaiyang said bitterly, "You are not allowed to tell the Emperor. This matter is over!"

Zhan Yanhuo sneered: "Marquis Huaiyang, you are so shameless! Who do you think you are to influence my thoughts?"

He stretched out his hand to push Huaiyang Hou away, and his face immediately turned pale with anger.

Madam Du Hou dared not hesitate any longer. She rushed over and said, "Madam Zhan Hou, this is all my fault. I beg you to forgive our Huaiyang Marquisate this time, considering my sincere apology. We simply can't come up with two hundred thousand taels of silver!"

Zhan Yan reminded: "It's not two hundred thousand taels of silver anymore, it's forty!"

Mrs. Du Hou burst into tears: "We can't even make it to forty, Marquis Zhan Yi, are you trying to force us to death?"

When Zhan Yan was about to speak, Lin Yiwan stopped him: "My Lord, since they can't come up with it, why don't we just take what we have?"

Zhan Yan spoke without hesitation: "Did you two hear that clearly? My wife has shown mercy and allows you to take as much as you can, so you have to let us in to be interrogated by your Marquis of Huaiyang!"

Marquis Huaiyang couldn't help but gasp. What's the difference between this and a house raid?

Zhan Yan is such a ruthless guy!

He said in a serious tone, "We at the Huaiyang Marquisate can only come up with 50,000 taels of silver. We absolutely dare not deceive anyone!"

Madam Du Hou quickly said, "Yes, I can get it out right now. I also hope that Madam Zhan Hou will destroy the IOU written by Concubine De!"

Zhan Yan pointed at the Huaiyang Marquis Mansion and said, "Inside such a huge house, there are only 50,000 taels of silver notes. You are really bullying my husband and me. You are fools. Come, search the Huaiyang Marquis Mansion and move out all the valuables to estimate their value!"

Just as Yinghun was about to lead Yan Jun in, he was stopped by Huaiyang Hou. He bared his teeth and shouted, "Zhan Yan, what right do you have to trespass into a private house?"

Zhan Yan said slowly, "There are only two options before you now. Either let me go in and search, or follow me to the palace to see the emperor and ask him to do justice!"

There was a struggle in the eyes of Marquis Huaiyang, he didn't want to choose either.

Zhan Yan raised his eyebrows sarcastically: "If I were you, I would choose the second path. It wouldn't matter if I went to the emperor. Maybe with his support, you wouldn't have to pay back the four hundred thousand taels of silver!"

Marquis Huaiyang didn't believe that Emperor Sheng'an would favor him. After all, Zhan Yan was his good brother who had been through thick and thin with him.

Whenever he entered the palace, he would not only have to pay compensation in silver, but he might even cause the emperor to dislike Concubine De.

Not worth the candle!

After thinking it over for a while, he gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, I'll pay you back 400,000 taels of silver. I'll prepare it for you now!"

Zhan Yan pointed to a teahouse not far away and said, "Please, Marquis Huaiyang, prepare the food and send it to Ruchun Tea House. My wife and I will be waiting for your arrival!"

After saying that, the couple walked away.

Marquis Huaiyang returned to the mansion with a gloomy face, filled with murderous rage.

Madam Du Hou said worriedly, "My Lord, are we really going to give it to them? That's the capital we have to make a living!"

Marquis Huaiyang grabbed her chin fiercely with one hand and roared, "Then what do you say we should do? This is all you and Concubine De's fault. Why did you provoke Lin Yiwan for no reason? Don't you see that whoever gets involved with her will suffer?"

Madam Du Hou was so choked that she was having difficulty breathing. She forced herself to argue, "It was I who couldn't persuade Consort De. She thought that crazy woman in the cold palace could kill Lin Yiwan, but she never expected that the opposite would happen!"

Marquis Huaiyang raised his hand and threw her to the ground, cursing, "Fool, you are all idiots!"

Madam Du Hou was breathing greedily, her eyes full of fear and anxiety.

She asked in a trembling voice, "My Lord, do you want me to go to my parents' house to raise money? It's so much, we can't come up with it on our own!"

The Marquis of Huaiyang squeezed his eyes shut, gritted his teeth and urged, "Hurry up and finish this first!"

Mrs. Du Hou left quickly and came back quickly!

She received a total of 200,000 taels of silver notes, a thick stack that made the Marquis of Huaiyang so distressed that his mouth twitched.

He gritted his teeth and said, "Giving these banknotes away will give Zhan Yan even more power, and will definitely create a huge obstacle for us to achieve great things in the future!"

Madam Du Hou choked with grievance, "But we have to give it to him. Are we really going to let him report it to the Emperor? If we arouse his wrath, our Huaiyang Marquisate will be in trouble!"

Marquis Huaiyang waved his hands irritably: "Give it to me, give it to me. Let's get through this difficult time first. As for the future, when Ye Tianqing is fully grown, I'll make him spit out all the money Zhan Yan spent!"

Mrs. Du nodded and hurried to Ruchun Tea House with the banknote.

After her figure left, Ye Tianqing immediately went into the study.

He frowned and said, "I didn't expect Zhan Yan to be so stubborn!"

The Marquis of Huaiyang said angrily, "That wife of his is even more despicable. If she hadn't plotted against Concubine De, we wouldn't have had to pay out so much money. Zhan Yan is just a warrior, he doesn't have so many crooked minds!"

Ye Tian lowered his eyes and pondered, "Then let Ling'er marry into the Zhan Yihou Mansion and deal with her. Ling'er has learned the tricks of the rear quarters since she was a child, and she will definitely not let Lin Yiwan survive for more than half a year!"

Marquis Huaiyang's eyes lit up. "That's a good idea, but how can we get Ling'er to catch Zhan Yan's eye? How can we make him marry her?"

Ye Tianqing said quietly: "Go find Concubine De. As one of the four concubines in the harem, she can't be unable to handle such a small matter!"

Marquis Huaiyang nodded quickly: "Okay, I'll write to her right away!"

Soon, Concubine De in the palace got the news. When she heard that the Huaiyang Marquisate had paid 400,000 taels of silver as compensation to Zhan Yan, she was so angry that she vomited blood.

She slammed the table in anger: "Lin Yiwan, I will never stop fighting you!"

At this time, Lin Yiwan had come to the Lin Mansion with a huge sum of money to visit Lin Ran. Although his life was not in danger, he was seriously injured.

Sang Qiutang walked in from the house holding a bowl of medicine, his eyes still red.

Lin Yiwan immediately felt guilty. She murmured, "Qiu Tang, it's my fault that I got my uncle into trouble. If my kung fu was more powerful, he wouldn't have been injured so badly!"

Sang Qiutang interrupted quickly, "Wanwan, what are you talking about? I just, I just feel sorry for him. He was injured so badly, there's even an inch-long gash on his back!"

Lin Yiwan gritted her teeth, a cold chill flashing in her eyes.

She said coldly: "I will avenge my uncle sooner or later!"

Sang Qiutang pressed on, "Have you found the mastermind behind this? To have the audacity to assassinate the emperor in the street is truly audacious!"

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