Chapter 125 – Qing Transmigration Tale (34)
Thirteenth Prince looked at the fifty thousand silver certificate in his hand, and he felt an impulse to cry. Ever since his Eniang had died, in these years, it had been him sheltering his two sisters. Who would think that now, someone was standing in front of him to shield him from the wind and rain, holding up the sky for him.
In the years since he left the palace, he only had expenses and no income. While the Imperial Household Department would supply all the things that the establishment used, the expenses due to the relationships was significant. There were gifts for the palace each year, the birthdays of the consorts, the three day and hundred day parties of his nieces and nephews, the birthdays of the elderly members of the imperial family. He did not have to give them outstanding gifts, but they could not be bad. When he calculated, he was giving out silver all day. He was also young, and only had two children, so he even did not have a reason to receive silver.
In the first two years, he had borrowed a hundred thousand from the Ministry of Revenue. The two hundred thousand he had gotten when leaving the palace had been used to supplement his sisters, and there were not a lot left after he spent in the past two years.
Right now, the establishment just had a hundred thousand silver in total. It was only because the princess consort had taken the silver from her dowry. If the debt was paid, the establishment would not have any money. He could not rely on the remaining dowry of the princess consort to survive.
The paternal family of his princess consort could not help. In these years, he had just been tied together with the crown prince, and he was not very close to any other brother. He could not find someone to seek help from.
Just as he was at his wits end, Fourth Brother sent someone with a invitation. Inside the letter was a silver certificate for fifty thousand silver. Most of the burden on him had been moved away.
Thirteenth Princess Consort sighed slightly in relief. Now, they would be able to keep living?
“Take it.” Thirteen handed the silver certificate to Princess Consort. “This is Fourth Brother’s goodwill. Fourth Brother knows the state of the establishment. Do not pretend.”
Thirteenth Princess Consort took it, and a smile appeared on her face. “In the future, I will frequently go to chat with Fourth Sister-in-law.”
“No need to be so deliberate.” Thirteen smiled. They were all sons of the dragon. All of them had plans. If half of Fourth Brother’s goodwill was true, he would accept it. Able to pull him at a difficult time, and able to think of him. This was his true brother.
Fourteen was sitting opposite Si Ye right now.
Si Ye’s face showed faint anger. “…… Fifty thousand is not enough? Did you use all of the hundred and eighty hundred thousand you borrowed?”
Fourteen twisted his lips. Of course he had used it all up. Otherwise, why were the lower ranking officials in the military willing to be close to him? Anything had its price. No one could be like Fourth Brother, who would guide the people who came to him, and then think of a way to get them an official position. Fourth Brother was able to give them an official position, and of course would not need to spend money for his subordinates. His subordinates would think of ways to deliver money to him. When he was in charge of government in the capital, he had great power, and if the people he arranged positions for were not relevant to the overall state of matters, the emperor would turn a blind eye, and did not care. Who did not admire this?
But what about him? He did not have a position at all. He wanted to do something, but he had no silver. Was a hundred and eighty thousand a lot? In any case, it was not enough to spend.
“…… When you left the palace, you originally had two hundred and thirty thousand to set up your establishment. You borrowed a hundred and eighty thousand. Adding together, you had four hundred and eleven thousand. Ye does not believe no one gave you tribute. Where did you spend all this silver? You did not build a garden, or support an acting troupe. Even if you eat gold and drink silver, the numbers do not match,” Si Ye looked at Fourteenth Prince and asked.
Fourteenth Prince was angry. Who did not have their own secrets? Why was he asking in such depth? Would I say that I am silently recruiting people and plotting to take over the crown prince’s position?
Was he not just asking for a beating?
He said irritably, “Just tell me if you will lend or not.”
Si Ye saw that Fourteen was not going to say even on pain of death, and slowly put away his emotions. His finger slowly tapped on the table like he was pondering something.
A long time later, he opened his eyes and called for Su Pei Sheng, “Tell Princess Consort that Ye is in a hurry to use silver, and see how much silver she has right now.”
Su Pei Sheng responded and hurriedly left.
A hint of surprise flashed through Fourteen’s eyes. Did Fourth Brother truly not have any silver? He did not want to believe this, but he knew the conduct of his brother.Unless he truly was helpless, he would not use Princess Consort’s dowry. Fourth Brother was asking about Fourth Sister-in-law’s dowry silver. Fourth Brother would not give the income and the entire establishment to a woman to manage because there were too many important matters outside related to this. He would not make such a mistake.
Then it would only have to be Fourth Sister-in-law’s dowry.
Lin Yu Tong heard Su Pei Sheng’s message and was shocked. Then she said, “Wait a moment.” She went into the inner room. From the hidden spot in the bed, she took out a small box, and then handed it to Su Pei Sheng. “It this is not enough, I will gather more. The home only has this much.”
These were silver certificates. The gold and silver in the warehouse could not be moved right now.
Su Pei Sheng carried the box like this was a phoenix’s eggs. He smiled ingratiatingly, “Princess Consort, how much is this?”
“A hundred thousand whole.” Lin Yu Tong then said, “If not enough, send someone to tell me.”
Su Pei Sheng hurriedly left to report back to Si Ye.
Si Ye looked at the box that Su Pei Sheng presented in front of him and lightly tapped it. He was a bit shocked. Princess Consort’s original dowry, including the furniture and the knick-knacks, was just a bit more than a hundred thousand. He knew the amount of silver. After all these years, it had been managed well, and she had saved up more than he had imagined.
He opened the box. The silver certificates in there were not of the same value. Some were ten thousand, and there were also three and five hundred certificates. It was a hundred thousand total.
Su Pei Sheng said, “Princess Consort told this servant to tell Ye the family only has this such now. If it is not enough, there is time to gather more.”
Fourteen was a bit red. He did not touch his own princess consort’s money, but came to rob his sister-in-law. What was this?
Si Ye nodded, and returned the silver certificates into the box. He pushed the box in front of Fourteen. “This is a hundred thousand. Adding on the fifty thousand I gave you before, it is a hundred and fifty thousand. Take it all.” As to how the other had spent the silver he had before, he did not even ask.
Fourteen’s eyebrows rose. A hundred thousand. This is not a small sum. In total, he only had a debt of a hundred and eighty thousand. Fourth Brother took on a hundred and fifty thousand. It was something that he had not dared to think about before.
He embarrassedly stood up. “Fourth Brother……”
Si Ye waved his hand. “Never mind! You are grown up, you have your own matters. Ye will not interfere much.”
Fourteen did not know how he left the establishment. He did not feel well. He forced his fourth brother to use his fourth sister-in-law’s silver. This was not a good thing to do.
Si Ye took out a box from a secret compartment of the shelf after Fourteen left. He carried it to the inner courtyard.
“What is this?” Lin Yu Tong looked at the box and said. This was not the box she had given away. Before Si Ye answered, she opened the box. Inside were four fifty thousand silver certificates. Two hundred thousand in total. After a round, her money came back doubled. What kind of game was this?
She did not understand if he had silver, why he went to the trouble of coming back to get hers.
“Fourteen is a bottomless hole. If I did not do this, I will not be able to send him away.” Si Ye took off his boots and seemed to relax all over.
But this was too much. While Lin Yu Tong did not care about the silver, Si Ye being so generous was very precious.
She smiled and said, “He likely knows who is his true brother now?”
“Not for that,” Si Ye casually said. But Si Ye did not explain the deeper meaning behind this.
Lin Yu Tong did not ask. He plotted too much. Even if he spoke, based on her own comprehension, she would not understand it completely at this time.
She changed the topic, “Ye, do you need to borrow silver?” Then she pushed the box back.
Si Ye did not understand what she meant, just saying, “No.” Then he understood that Lin Yu Tong was joking and smiled, saying, “You are dazzled by such high interest, and is a money grubber now?”
Lending a hundred thousand and two hundred thousand in return. Everyone would be happy to do such a business.
Lin Yu Tong raised her eyebrows to him. Was this not evident?
Of course Fourteen did not know the plots of his fourth brother’s heart. He was a bit touched. Look, this was his true brother. Regardless of how much he usually cursed, and how black his expression was, at key times, he did not disappoint. Thinking like this, he blushed at the bad things he had said about his fourth brother behind his back. He felt some guilt. But then he thought, had he not done this in order to get some silver from Nine? This was understandable.
When he thought of this and compared, Nine was not very good.
Without a word, Fourth Brother sent over fifty thousand. He came to visit in a try. He had not thought it would succeed. But Fourth Brother gave him a hundred thousand more.
But Nine? He had bewailed of his poverty in front of Nine, and the other did not give a bit. Would he be satisfied with this?
So while he had originally wanted to return to the establishment, he turned to visit Ninth Prince.
Ninth Prince was very annoyed right now because Ten was having a tantrum in front of him. Before this one could be seen off, Fourteen came. It would be strange if he was in a good mood. He did not want to see the other, but if he did not see Fourteen, he would offend Fourteen.
What to do? “Invite Fourteenth Prince,” Ninth Prince said dispiritedly.
Fourteen entered the study, and Ten looked at him resentfully. “Fourteen, you have your own brother, but I do not. Only Ninth Brother is close to me, and you involve yourself. You are not good.”
Ninth Prince suddenly felt that keeping Ten behind was not a bad thing.
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