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

Chapter 92

Yunnan Sheng clutched his chest and coughed several times, "It's my fault for not protecting Yue'er well..."

Madam Yun hugged her daughter and cried, "If I had known that the Shen family was such a ruthless place, I shouldn't have agreed to let you marry into it. Entering a noble family is like entering a deep sea, it's really true!"

"My poor daughter, I'm so sorry."

Yun Xiyue leaned against her mother's chest and said, "It's not your fault, it's just that Old Master Shen is too cunning."

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"My lord, the Dowager Madam requests your presence."

"It's so late, Grandma, aren't you asleep yet?"

Shen Yue looked exhausted and really didn't want to listen to the old lady insulting Yun Xiyue anymore. If she had treated Yun Xiyue well all these years, she wouldn't have ended up like this today.

"If you can't sleep, go to the palace gate and confront the Yun family. What do they say?" The Grand Madam sighed, her mood also agitated. She hadn't expected the Yun family to be so lucky as to receive special treatment from the Emperor.

If Yun Xiyue is still willing to stay in the Marquis's mansion, the Shen and Yun families are related by marriage, and she can also benefit from it.

It's true that one wrong step leads to another.

Shen Yue said, "I saw her, but Yue'er is unwilling to reconcile with me."

Asking the Yun family is useless; Yun Xiyue's attitude is the most important thing. She doesn't want to come back anymore, so nothing we say will make a difference. In the first place, it was because she was willing to marry him that Yunnan Sheng agreed to the marriage.

The old lady started scolding again, "Why shouldn't she? She's just a merchant's daughter. You, as a marquis, personally went to beg her to come back. What does she have to be proud of?"

"If she really doesn't want to come back and is determined to get a divorce, then let her be! I want to see how she lives after the divorce, and who would dare to marry her again."

Shen Yue rubbed his temples. "What about the 180,000 taels? The Yun family came to the capital to support her and get that money back. Now the Emperor is quite fond of the Yun father and son. If they complain to the Emperor and this matter gets out of hand, it will not do our Shen family any good. It will also affect my and my second and third uncles' careers."

This is no joke.

The Emperor's reliance on the Yun family is probably due to the same reason they need money.

The Yun family is the richest family in Yunzhou. This time, they donated a large sum of disaster relief supplies to the imperial court, which shows their wealth and power.

After five years of war, the national treasury is empty and needs a sum of money to replenish it.

If the Emperor has something that belongs to the Yun family, then he will help the Yun family get that money.

The old lady's face paled slightly. She had never imagined that she would have to give back the money she had taken. "One hundred and three thousand taels is no small sum."

"Grandson knows that this was due to my lack of consideration. I was tricked by Yun Xiyue and had to write an IOU."

Because of the IOU, he had no choice but to compromise in an attempt to win her back.

“Grandmother…” Shen Yue knew that the Grand Madam was wealthy, and Yun Xiyue’s dowry had been almost entirely spent in the Shen family. How could that be?

The old lady must have used some tricks to deceive them.

Of those 183,000 taels, at least half are still in her hands.

The old lady looked at her grandson, her lips trembling, "This money..."

"You want to leave this to Father to continue his life of debauchery? Has Grandmother considered the consequences for the Shen family if the Yun family comes tomorrow and we don't get our money?" Shen Yue closed his eyes. "Grandson doesn't care. He can take the children and Bao'er to the border to live a hard life. But Father will lose his status as the eldest master of the Marquis's mansion. Can he endure that hardship?"

Noble families value integrity and moral character.

If they lose even this backbone, they will not be able to gain a foothold in the capital, and no one will respect them.