Demoted from wife to concubine? Reborn, the mistress of a noble family plots another high-status mar

Chapter 77

Upon hearing this, Shen Zhoushi, Shen Xushi, and Lin Bao'er all instinctively looked away.

Shen Yue said angrily, "Take it if I tell you to!"

"Alright, I'm just explaining the situation to the Marquis."

Yun Xiyue didn't say anything more and had someone go to the accounting office to get 10,000 taels of silver and give it to Boss Zhu.

But Boss Zhu said it wasn't ten thousand taels, but thirty thousand taels.

Shen Yue's eyes darkened slightly. "Boss Zhu, firstly, don't take advantage of my misfortune."

Boss Zhu's face was full of smiles. "My lord, how could I dare to cheat you! It wasn't that your father agreed to this marriage, saying that 10,000 taels was a deposit, but when we were negotiating, it was 30,000 taels, and I gave him 30,000 taels. I used the other 20,000 taels to pay off your father's gambling debts."

"If you don't believe me, you can ask the people at the gambling den. There are written agreements for all of this."

They sent someone to inquire, and sure enough, it was Boss Zhu who had paid back his gambling debt of 20,000 taels.

Shen Huai'an had already slipped away.

Shen Yue's face was dark and gloomy, as if he wanted to kill someone.

If we don't send Shen Yue to the Zhu family, we can only give them 30,000 taels of silver.

This loss of 30,000 taels of silver is infuriating.

"Let's send Yue'er off to get married! The Zhu family's son is willing to marry her now, but if we delay any longer, no one will be willing to marry her."

The second and third wives were unwilling to spend so much money to fill the hole, and they were unwilling to even divide the family property.

At this point, they couldn't be happier to separate!

"Yue'er, I beg you, please give 30,000 to Boss Zhu, I'm begging you, okay?" Li Shi grasped at Yun Xiyue as her lifeline.

Looking at her, Yun Xiyue thought of her past life, where she had also begged her in the same way, but what had she done?

She cursed herself for being shameless and deserved to have her legs broken...

They schemed against me, ruining my reputation.

If she didn't have the chance to start over, she would have been treated like a dog and tormented, just like in her previous life.

Now it's Shen Yue's turn, and she knows how to ask for favors now!

"I don't have that much money right now."

Li said, "Then go borrow from your elder brother. He runs a restaurant and does business, so he must have money. A mere 30,000 taels is just a drop in the ocean for your Yun family."

"Because of what happened last time, my brother is somewhat disgusted with Shen Yue... There are so many rumors circulating outside, my brother needs to avoid suspicion."

"Besides, the Marquis's family is so wealthy that they can't even come up with 30,000 taels. My elder brother might be suspicious if he finds out, since my dowry has been spent little by little since I married the Marquis."

Shen Yue's forehead throbbed; this was a thorn in his side. He was utterly ashamed that Yun Xiaohan knew about the dowry of Hua Yunxi Yue from the Marquis's mansion.

But Yun Xiyue's refusal to help and her constant bringing up of this matter made him very uncomfortable. "It's just 30,000 taels, isn't it? Is it really that outrageous? The Marquis's mansion spent your money, but they didn't mistreat you either!"

Lin Bao'er said, "Yes! Sister, thirty thousand taels is a small amount of money for you, but it is a life-saving amount for Yue'er."

"As the eldest sister-in-law, can you really bear to watch her be defiled by a fool?"

Yun Xiyue chuckled as she looked at the two of them, "If the eldest brother isn't willing to contribute money, why should the sister-in-law contribute? Besides, Shen Yue's sister-in-law isn't just me, there's also you, young master."

"Shen Yue usually calls you Princess Sister-in-law and tries her best to please and protect you, so why didn't the Princess lend a helping hand when it came to the crucial moment?"

Lin Bao'er's face instantly turned from blue to purple.

Shen Yue's expression wasn't much better.

“Mother, it’s not that I don’t want to help Yue’er, but you can’t just blame me for wasting money, can you? We’re all family, we should split the bill. If the princess can contribute half the money, then I can contribute half the money to help Yue’er.”

Upon hearing this, Madam Li looked at Lin Bao'er with anticipation in her eyes, "Princess... Yue'er usually respects you the most as her sister-in-law."

As long as she takes out 10,000 taels, Yun Xiyue will give out 10,000 taels.

Another ten thousand taels were allocated from the public account.