Marrying a concubine and swallowing her dowry? The mistress turns around and marries a high-ranking

Chapter 8

"One hundred thousand taels?! Are you crazy?"

Qin Shuangya, who was standing to the side, immediately exploded, jumped up, and started shouting.

"Ten thousand taels of silver for a single prescription? You might as well rob us! I thought you were a benevolent doctor, but I didn't expect you to be so outrageous! I think you're just here to extort money!"

"Shuangya!" Qin Shaoze quickly stopped Qin Shuangya.

He then said to Madam Gui with difficulty, "This... 100,000 taels for a prescription is indeed too expensive. Can we discuss the price again?"

Madam Gui scoffed lightly: "Ten thousand taels is ten thousand taels, not a penny less. I won't force you to buy or sell; it's just a matter of whether you think the old lady's life is worth the money. By the way, let me remind you that if she doesn't continue taking the medicine, the old lady has at most two months left."

Upon hearing this, Old Mrs. Qin was terrified.

She just had a brush with death and is terrified!

She would never experience that extreme pain and fear of facing death again!

Besides, she's only in her forties, she hasn't enjoyed this blessing enough yet, how could she be willing to die of illness like this?

Madam Ghost got up as if to leave, but Old Madam Qin hurriedly grabbed her.

"Please wait! Ten thousand taels it is, just give us a few days, we'll try our best to raise the money, you absolutely must give me this prescription!"

The ghost lady glanced at her, agreed, and said she would come again in three days.

After the ghost lady left, the remaining people looked at each other in bewilderment.

Qin Shuangya said indignantly, "That ghost lady is a fraud! What doctor would dare to charge such an exorbitant price?"

Qin Shaoze was also in a dilemma: "I think it's true that she has excellent medical skills, but 100,000 taels of silver for a prescription is really too expensive. Where would we get that much money?"

But Old Mrs. Qin cherishes her own life the most. Her health is the most important thing in the world. If money can buy her health, she will do it no matter how expensive it is!

Old Mrs. Qin said with dissatisfaction, "What do you mean? My life isn't worth 100,000 taels of silver? You're unwilling to spend so much money on my medical treatment, aren't you?"

Qin Shaoze quickly said, "Mother, that's absolutely not what we meant. It's just... you know the Marquis's family's financial situation. This 100,000 taels of silver is simply beyond our means..."

Old Mrs. Qin didn't want to listen. With a chance to live right in front of her, how could she possibly wait to die!

"We have to find a way, even if there's no other way! We must raise these 100,000 taels of silver! Didn't you hear that ghostly lady say that I can only live for two more months if I don't take the medicine? Are you just going to watch me die like this?"

Old Mrs. Qin was furious. Her face turned red, and she started having trouble breathing again. Qin Shaoze and Qin Shuangya were so frightened that they could only try to comfort her.

Just as things were in complete chaos, Shen Lingjun walked in from outside.

With a resolute expression, she took out a thick stack of silver notes and placed them in front of Old Madam Qin.

“Mother, I have heard that you need 100,000 taels of silver to buy a prescription. Here is all the cash in my dowry, a total of 50,000 taels. In the next few days, I can also sell some of the farms, shops and gold and silver items in my dowry, but if I sell them in a hurry, the price will probably be low, and I can probably only raise 20,000 taels.”

As soon as he finished speaking, the scene fell silent.

The three of them, including Old Mrs. Qin, were stunned.

Qin Shaoze stared at Shen Lingjun in astonishment.

"You...you're willing to use your dowry to buy medicine for your mother?"

He had considered asking Shen Lingjun to find a way to raise the money, since she was the wealthiest person in the Marquis's mansion.

However, it was difficult to ask for the money. After all, they had just asked Shen Lingjun to pay for Liu Manman's marriage, and now they wanted to pay another 100,000 taels of silver, which would drain her entire fortune.

But to my surprise, Shen Lingjun went to great lengths to send money over!

Shen Lingjun wore a matter-of-fact expression, as if Qin Shaoze's question was particularly strange.

“My mother is critically ill. Now that there is a good remedy, we should buy it no matter how much it costs. Isn’t my mother’s life and health the most important thing? As her daughter-in-law, I should do my best to help her.”

These words truly touched Qin Shaoze, and a sense of guilt welled up in his heart.

His wife was so understanding, kind, and sincere, wholeheartedly thinking of her mother...

Grandma Qin had finally come to her senses.

She felt that Shen Lingjun was absolutely right.

As a daughter-in-law, shouldn't you be wholeheartedly filial to your mother-in-law? Isn't it only natural for you to do everything you can to treat her illness?

Shen Lingjun said with difficulty, "But I'm completely out of money right now. The marriage between the Marquis and Miss Liu... I'm afraid it will be unfair to Miss Liu. But I think Mother's health is the most important thing, isn't it?"

Grandma Qin didn't care whether Liu Manman was wronged or not, and repeatedly chimed in, "Of course! You're so filial and sensible. I really didn't spoil you for nothing!..."

Now that Shen Lingjun has already contributed more than half of the money, Old Madam Qin is determined to raise the full 100,000 taels.

Over the years, she has actually saved nearly 20,000 yuan in her own savings. In addition, she can raise another sum of money by selling some gold and silver jewelry and antiques.

Shen Lingjun brought out all of her dowry, and Old Madam Qin also emptied her coffers, so naturally they couldn't let Qin Shaoze and Qin Shuangya off the hook.

Old Mrs. Qin forced Qin Shaoze and Qin Shuangya to hand over all their cash and other valuables.

Finally, they managed to scrape together 100,000 taels.

At this moment, Qin Shaoze and Qin Shuangya were practically penniless, even poorer than if they had been ransacked by bandits.

Over the past three years, Qin Shuangya had gotten a lot of good things from Shen Lingjun, but now she has given them all back, and she doesn't even have a decent piece of jewelry left.

She was filled with resentment.

The mother was only concerned with her own illness, and for the sake of a prescription, she emptied the entire Marquis's mansion.

She's already fifteen, the age when she should be of marriageable age. But the Marquis's mansion is so poor now, how can they even talk about marriage? What will happen to her dowry?

But they could only complain but not speak out.

On the third day, Madam Ghost came to the door again as promised, and Old Madam Qin handed over 100,000 taels of silver.

Although her heart was breaking, there was nothing she could do; her life was more important!

The ghost lady took the money and wrote out a stack of prescriptions.

"The medication for the old lady's poisoning is not static. My prescriptions have been adjusted and modified. Please refer to the symptom descriptions above and take the medicine in the order listed."

When Grandma Qin saw the several lengthy prescriptions, which were written in great detail, she felt a little better, realizing that the money had been well spent.

After seeing the ghost lady off, he immediately ordered someone to fetch the medicine according to the prescription.

On the other side, Madam Ghost left the Yongning Marquis's residence, walked around outside, took off her outer clothes, veil, and mask, tore off the fake scars on her face, and returned to the Yongning Marquis's residence through the side gate.

It was none other than Shen Lingjun herself.

The 70,000 taels of dowry that she "wisely" gave away passed through Old Madam Qin's hands and returned to her.

They also took the opportunity to plunder all of Old Mrs. Qin's, Qin Shaoze's, and Qin Shuangya's belongings.

Over the years, she has spent approximately 30,000 taels of silver on the Marquis's residence, and now she has received it all back.

Moreover, in the eyes of outsiders, she is now just a daughter-in-law who has emptied her dowry to pay for her mother-in-law's medical treatment and has no money left.

From now on, the Marquis's mansion will naturally not allow her to contribute any more money.