mtlumby2d Chapter 251 How can I be so unruly in front of my father-in-law?
Chapter 251 How can I be so unruly in front of my father-in-law?
When Gu Xi and Gu Yunqing arrived at the gate of the east courtyard, Chu Zhao immediately stood up and stood aside. He stopped eating the orchid beans and became as obedient as a quail.
How can I be so unruly in front of my father-in-law?
"Tell me, what do you want to do?" Gu Xi asked with a faint look on his face.
Seeing Gu Xi coming out, the driver also hid aside, and he probably wouldn't hit anyone. Li immediately rushed to the front, forced a smile, and said:
"My niece, our house was robbed and we lost everything. Your sister Wei will soon be entering the palace as a concubine, so we have to prepare some dowry and maids for her, and give her some money to live on. Once Wei has established herself in the palace, she can also help the family, right?"
Gu Xi blinked and asked knowingly:
"That's right. Why did Second Aunt come to our East Courtyard instead of buying her dowry?"
Li choked and said:
"How can the second house have the money to buy a dowry now? Your first house should advance the money first, and when the government catches the thief, it will be returned to the first house."
A smile appeared on Gu Xi's face.
The people in the second house all stared at Gu Xi's face, their hearts tensed. Seeing Gu Xi like this, he should be easy to talk to, right?
"Uncle and aunt, I was just about to tell you about this."
Everyone was delighted, and Gu Wei also breathed a sigh of relief. She put on arrogance again on her face, knowing that she was going to enter the palace to become an empress, and the eldest wife would definitely want to curry favor with her.
Gu Xi looked not far ahead and saw two imperial servants looking at him intentionally or unintentionally.
"Among the things you received from the Ministry of Revenue yesterday, some belonged to the eldest wife, and some belonged to grandfather. Please return the things from the eldest wife. As for grandfather's part, the imperial decree requires us to give grandfather a grand funeral. So we should use the things left by grandfather for the funeral. If there is any surplus, we will divide it according to the law."
Gu Xi still had a smile on his face. Look, my temper is so good that it makes people feel like spring breeze.
"What?" Li screamed, "There is no such thing as the first wife's things. Those were given to the second wife by His Majesty for Wei'er's sake!"
"Besides, there was a thief last night and all those things were stolen!"
Gu Xi chuckled and asked:
"Does Second Uncle think so too?"
Gu Yunze stiffened his neck and said:
"Of course, if Wei'er wasn't valued by His Majesty, how could he have given her so many things? These things have nothing to do with the first wife and my father. They were all given by His Majesty to the second wife."
Gu Xi nodded, said "Oh", and said:
"Since it is granted by His Majesty, please take a look at the imperial edict. If it is not, then what you said is a false imperial edict. Let me think about it. What is the crime of falsely conveying an imperial edict?"
As Gu Xi spoke, he glanced at everyone.
Gu Yunze's face turned pale instantly.
Li was about to start cursing when Gu Yunze, who was sitting on the ground, pulled the hem of her skirt.
Gu Yunze said with a dark face:
"Shut up! Stop talking!"
They didn't expect that their niece had become so eloquent and they were all fooled by her.
Falsifying the imperial edict is a capital crime!
Li gradually came to her senses and suddenly panicked. She glared at Gu Xi hatefully but dared not say a word.
Gu Yunze began to speak well:
"Niece, those properties do belong to the entire Gu family. We moved them yesterday, but it was too late and we didn't have time to return the things to the eldest wife. So they were stolen by the damn thief. When the government catches the thief, they will naturally return the part that belongs to the eldest wife to the eldest wife."
Anyway, all the things were lost, so he made some promises to the eldest wife to calm them down first.
Gu Xi is not stupid. Eating this cake will cause indigestion. He said coldly:
"But I heard that there were imperial servants guarding the door last night, and there was no sign of the locks of those warehouses being pried open. It is very likely that it was done by thieves. Didn't Second Aunt also say that it is difficult to prevent thieves in the house? Only your second room has the keys to those warehouses. Who knows if you moved the things away?"
Gu Yunze choked. Just now, when the Jingzhao Yin was inspecting the stolen house, there were so many people and it was so chaotic that he didn't realize that what they said was heard by Gu Xi.
"Niece, your second aunt was just talking nonsense because she was angry. How could there be a thief in our Gu Mansion, a first-rank general's mansion?"
After a pause, he said, as if doing it for your own good:
"You can't write two Gus with one stroke. The two branches of the Gu family are closely connected. They prosper together and suffer together. Now that the second branch is in trouble, the first branch is helping. When the second branch gains power in the future, it will naturally help the first branch. Isn't Yuan'er sick? When Wei'er enters the palace, ask the best imperial physician to treat Yuan'er."
Gu Xi curled his lips. Who wants to be in the same boat with a bunch of scum like you?
Li also chimed in:
"That's right, my niece will lend me 100,000 taels of silver first. Once Wei'er has established a firm foothold in the palace, you will naturally benefit from her."
Gu Xi was so angry that he laughed:
"Oh, Second Aunt is so arrogant! Forget about a hundred thousand taels. The eldest wife can't even come up with ten taels right now."
"When we were exiled, we were penniless. We did some small business to earn a little money, and we also lent 20 taels to the second wife as travel expenses."
"I had hoped that after returning to Beijing, the court would return my property and I could live a good life, but I didn't expect that the second house would lose all the property."
"Now the first wife's livelihood has been cut off. Second uncle is still an official, so he will have a salary. Why don't we advance part of it and repay the twenty taels borrowed from the first wife, so that we, an orphan and a widow, can have something to eat. I think the people in the Ministry of Revenue will agree to this because they see how pitiful we are."
Gu Yunze still cared about his reputation, and said hurriedly:
"No way! How can you advance your salary before taking office? Wei'er is going to enter the palace soon. If this gets out, won't everyone laugh at you?"
Gu Xi said:
"Then there is only one way to get the money."
The eyes of the people in the second room lit up, and they all looked at Gu Xi:
"any solution?"
Gu Xi said:
"The property I received from the Ministry of Revenue yesterday not only includes money, but also the deeds to the land and shops. Even if these are stolen, they are already registered with the government. We can just make a new copy and then sell it for money."
Before Gu Yunze could speak, Gu Wei spoke first:
"That's it. First, gather up 100,000 taels for me."
After saying that, she turned around and left. She was a concubine, but not only did she not have a servant by her side, but she was even hungry. She had had enough!
Anyway, she couldn't bring those fields and shops into the palace, so the money was what mattered.
Aunt Mei and Aunt Ju helped Gu Yunze up and prepared to go to the government to renew the land deed. Gu Xi said:
"Uncle, wait a moment. You don't need to worry about the property belonging to the eldest house. Butler Gu will go with you."
Gu Yunze frowned. He still wanted to take all the assets for himself. However, there were no adult men in the first house, so he only sent a housekeeper over. He had a way to embezzle most of the assets.
Gu Xi didn't care. He just wanted his father to see the ugly faces of the second family so that he wouldn't be soft-hearted in the future.