Chapter 330: My Mouth is Getting Swollen
After hearing this, Jia's mother thought about it for a moment, and then said, "Since you have already made up your mind, then return it. It's just a sum of money. Even if your family lives a little tight, it won't affect your official career."
As soon as these words were spoken, Mrs. Wang's expression changed drastically.
"There are five hundred thousand taels in total. There should have been two hundred thousand taels sealed separately in the public treasury. Feng girl, how much silver is left in the public treasury now?"
Wang Xifeng's face changed when she heard this. She was about to speak when she saw Mrs. Wang winking at her. However, Wang Xifeng hesitated for a moment before she knelt down in front of the old lady, gritting her teeth and saying, "Old lady, although our family was in deficit last year, we still had more than 200,000 yuan left after the confiscation of the Lai family and a group of servants. However, I have never seen the silver you mentioned, and it is not in the account book."
Grandmother Jia was startled at first, then she looked towards Madam Wang, "Shuqing, what's going on? Could it be that I, the old lady, remembered it wrong?"
Madam Wang knelt on the ground with a pale face, and then said, "Old lady, this is my fault. In the past few years, the harvests in various places in the family and the rents from the shops were not abundant. I don't know where the money came from, so the expenses in the mansion were gradually spent."
Grandmother Jia narrowed her eyes and looked at Madam Wang for a long while, then closed her eyes and thought for a moment, then said, "Feng girl, transfer 200,000 taels from the palace, I will take 50,000 taels from my private treasury, the eldest wife will pay 50,000 taels, and second brother, your wife will pay 100,000 taels."
"Madam, there is no one in our room..." Madam Wang hurriedly spoke, but before she finished speaking, she heard the old lady snort coldly, "Do you think I am deaf and blind?"
Mrs. Wang quickly shut up, but her heart was bleeding with heartache!
It is true that there was a lot of gold and silver in Wang's private vault, but taking the silver in was one thing, but taking the silver out was almost like taking her life.
However, she did not dare to say anything more. If the old lady really asked her to produce the accounts from previous years, then the matter would really be irreversible.
Mrs. Xing was also unhappy. Although the first wife's property was in her hands, and Jia Cong had given her a lot of money, all this money was saved by her own family. This was obviously the trick of the second wife. Why should she pay tens of thousands of taels of silver? However, the old lady had already spoken, so she had to bite her teeth and agree even if she didn't want to.
"The remaining 100,000 taels..."
"Old lady, let the remaining 100,000 taels be considered as your grandson's contribution to the eldest wife and second uncle! After all, second sister-in-law has been working very hard as a housekeeper, and she cannot be short of money. Fortunately, your grandson doesn't have much to spend, so the money is enough for the time being."
It is true that the current East Palace is much richer than the West Palace.
When the Lai family and other servants were confiscated, the palace was given 300,000 or 400,000 taels of silver. Although Jia Cong only took 10% of the business in the past few months, his actual income was more than 20%. Moreover, even if Jia Cong was not too shady , he still got a share of nearly 200,000 taels of silver from the various major and minor events of the Five City Military Departments in the city.
As for the various industries and money he had obtained from suppressing the rebellion in Jiangnan, Jia Cong himself didn't know how much he had, but it must have been at least three or five hundred thousand taels.
In other words, it is not difficult for Jia Cong to collect a million silver coins now. Of course, at least half of this money is in Jia Cong's private vault, but even so, the public treasury of the East Palace is more abundant than that of the West Palace.
Grandmother Jia was slightly stunned, then she sighed and said, "In that case, I, an old woman, will take advantage of you!"
"That's perfect. Let my second sister-in-law come to the East Palace this afternoon to count the money first. We can get this done in two days!"
At noon, they had lunch in the old lady's courtyard. Afterwards, they chatted with Baochai, Daiyu and others for a while. Then Jia Cong took Wang Xifeng back to the East Palace.
Jia Cong asked someone to invite Youshi and Keqing to Ningzheng Hall, and then said, "Before, our mansion owed the Ministry of Revenue 300,000 taels of silver, and we have to pay it back in the next few days. In addition, the money in the West Mansion is not enough, so we have to select 100,000 taels and let Second Sister-in-law take it over."
"Sister-in-law, Keqing, you can take Sister-in-law with you to withdraw 100,000 taels from the public treasury. As for the other 300,000 taels, you don't have to touch the public treasury. Let Yuanyang and Qingwen take it directly from my private treasury."
Youshi and Keqing both nodded. All the money in the mansion belonged to Jia Cong. Although they were in charge of the accounts and the cards, they naturally would not say much about how much Jia Cong spent and how he spent it.
Wang Xifeng, who was standing by, widened her eyes. Her lover was too rich. He could actually take out 300,000 taels of silver from his private vault. And this was obviously not all. She had only tens of thousands of taels of silver in all these years, including her dowry, and 30% of it was the income from the glass shop that this enemy gave her.
I used to think I was well-off, but now I see that the little money I have is nothing.
One hundred thousand taels of silver is not a small amount. Wang Xifeng counted it until midnight. Fortunately, she had asked Molan to tell the old lady that she would go back the next day.
After she and Keqing returned to the courtyard, Jia Cong followed them soon.
"Have you counted all the silver?" Jia Cong asked with a smile.
"Second Aunt doesn't want to leave because she sees that our East Palace is wealthy!" Keqing on the side said jokingly.
Jia Cong laughed loudly, stepped forward and hugged Wang Xifeng in his arms, "Xiao Feng'er, today I paid an extra 100,000 taels of silver for you!"
"It's not easy for me to get up early and work late to save some money for my wife. Tell me, how can I thank you?"
Wang Xifeng rolled her eyes at Jia Cong and just leaned in his arms without saying anything. This enemy was just teasing her!
"That's hard to say. Let Second Aunt stay in our house to pay off her debts. She can only go back when she has paid off all the debts! If the West Mansion is unwilling, let the West Mansion take 100,000 taels of silver to make friends!" Keqing said with a smile.
"You little slut, you want to detain me, your second wife, for just 100,000 taels of silver. I'm really blinding you!"
Jia Cong played with Wang Xifeng's slender fingers and whispered in her ear, "There's no need to arrest anyone, but Xiao Feng'er should have complied with what I said last time, right?"
Wang Xifeng's face flushed when she heard this. "You idiot, you only know how to bully me. Why don't you go find that little bitch? Why don't you go find your aunt Ping Er? You only find me to bully."
"How could I be bullying you? I just love my little Feng'er so much."
Afterwards, Jia Cong picked up Wang Xifeng and went straight to the inner room.
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The next morning, Wang Xifeng couldn't wait to take Ping'er back to the West Mansion. Ping'er followed helplessly, "Grandma, why are you so anxious? Isn't it the same if we eat and go back?"
Wang Xifeng paused, "You little rascal, you didn't help me yesterday, aren't you anxious? If you stay any longer, Second Madam's mouth will be swollen!"
