Chapter 19 – Borrowing Money The Evil Prince and his Precious Wife The Sly Lady (1/2)

Murong Xue stood up and leisurely walked out. Her elegant and long robes dragged along the floor, and lightly brushed the clean surface, forming a long mark.

“Sister, where are you going?” Murong Ye looked as she walked further away, filled with uncertainty.

“Going to Yutang Court to see step-grandmother!” Murong Xue did not stop and answered without looking back.

His sister and grandmother had never gotten along. Why did she suddenly think of going to Yutang Court?

Murong Ye was confused, “Sister, I will go together with you.”

“There’s no need. Just wait her for me to come back!” Murong Xue is going to Yutang Court to teach Du a lesson. If Murong Ye went along, it wouldn’t be convenient for her to carry out her plan.

His suggestion rejected, Murong Ye frowned and unwillingly pulled back on the step he took. He said dejectedly, “OK!” Hearing his sister’s reasoning, it seems like she has something private to speak to grandmother about and it is not appropriate for him to follow. Then he shall not follow, but send someone to watch outside of Yutang Court instead. If the two start a dispute, it will not be too late for him to rush over.

Yutang Court was Du’s permanent residence. It was filled with maids and house servants in and out. Seeing Murong Xue coming over from afar, an old maid quickly went indoors to inform Du!

When Murong Xue stepped into Yutang Court, a level three maid and lowly old maids were in the courtyard sweeping and cleaning, going about their work. A level two maid walked up and politely curtsied towards her, and said smiling, “The lady dowager is inside, please come in Young Mistress!”

Murong Xue lightly hummed in reply and slowly walked through the curtain that the maid had pulled aside into the room, only to see Du lying on the soft couch against a large cushion, slowly eating a bowl of double-boiled milk! Faint golden sunlight shone on the sapphire on her forehead, reflecting a bright light.

Du saw Murong Xue and lifted her eyes, calmly saying, “Anything’s the matter?”

Murong Xue lightly smiled and leisurely said, “It is not anything huge. My brother wants to fight dogs but has no money. I have come to borrow some from step-grandmother.”

Du paused mid-action of eating the milk pudding – Chen’s (Murong Xue’s mother) cash in the dowry had cleverly been spent and finished by her. She had let Xiangqiao reveal the information about the cash in the dowry to Murong Ye to make Murong Ye look for Murong Xue for money. If Murong Xue is unable to produce that much money, shouldn’t she pawn some of Chen’s dowry to pool the money? Why has she come here to borrow money?

The noble Marquis’ wife-born daughter borrowing money to spend. Isn’t she afraid that she will be a laughingstock?

However, this is good as well. This way she can openly ask for Chen’s dowry, “How much do you want?”

“A hundred thousand taels!” Murong Xue said lightly and pretended to sigh helplessly, “My brother has always been a spendthrift. These hundred thousand taels will probably will be enough for ten days…”

Du’s eyes formed a smirk. She is clearer then anyone else about how prodigal Murong Ye is. The more playful and incompetent he is, the better it is for her. Naturally, she is willing to allow it to connive it. However, her condition for conniving is that it does not hurt her interests.

“A hundred thousand taels is not a small sum. Converting it into physical money can fill a few large carts. We don’t have an blood ties. If I were to just lend it to you, it wouldn’t be too good, right?”

Murong Xue smiled, “I can write you an IOU. When my brother wins money, I will immediately return it with interest.”

Du raised her eyebrows and looked at her. She snorted, “Out of every ten bets, he gets nine losses. If Murong Ye can never win back that hundred thousand taels, will you never return the money then?”

Murong Xue blinked, “Then what does step-grandmother think?”

Du thought about it and pretended to be casual saying, “Use a trunk of your mother’s dowry as collateral then. When you win the hundred thousand taels then you can retrieve that trunk.”

Murong Xue coldly smiled. Of course Du had her eye on her mother’s dowry. Every trunk of that dowry is worth 200-300 thousand taels. Du actually wants to buy that with a hundred thousand? How overconfident and whimsical she is!

“I remember that my mother’s dowry accounts had listed a few shopfronts. They are all managed by step-grandmother, is that right?”