Catching an adulterer at the beginning, the mistress of the Marquisate went crazy

"This……"

Mrs. Hou is a person who cares a lot about her reputation, especially now is the time to arrange a marriage for her son. If people knew that the Hou Mansion is just an empty shell, which girl from a good family would be willing to marry into it?

Thinking of this, Hou couldn't bring herself to ask anyone to move the flowers in the yard away, and she would definitely not agree to pay out 20,000 taels of silver.

"Liu, you are the head of the Marquis' Mansion now. What do you think we should do about this matter?"

"I don't care how you guys negotiate. Either you take out 20,000 taels of silver to buy all the flowers, or you let me move all the flowers in the yard away."

As soon as the flower shop manager said this, Hou immediately objected.

"No, many of the flowers in the garden belong to my mansion. You can't move all the flowers away..."

"Then please take out the silver, Madam..."

The manager of the flower shop looked at Hou with a half-smile.

Feeling guilty when being looked at by a flower shop manager, Hou Shi forced herself to remain calm and said, "I want to know how many flowers you rented in total. They are worth 20,000 taels of silver. Do you really think that our Hou Mansion is easy to mess with?"

"If you don't believe me, you can go ask around. My Sixteen Flower Shop has always been fair in doing business. The Marquis' Mansion just used our 20,000 taels of silver. If you don't believe me, you can go to the government office and file a complaint..."

Transporting the flowers from the yard would be looked down upon by people in the capital. If the Marquis' Mansion were to go to court with the manager of the flower shop over this matter, I'm afraid the Marquis' Mansion would become the biggest joke in the world.

At the same time, the shopkeeper said that they were the manager of the Sixteen Flower Shop. Even if Hou was very dissatisfied, he did not dare to go to court.

Because the symbol of sixteen is so obvious, everyone in Kyoto knows that sixteen represents the Sixteenth Prince.

The Sixteenth Prince is the youngest brother of the current emperor. When the old emperor passed away, he was only five years old and was raised by the emperor.

It can be said that the emperor is both his brother and his father.

Compared with the Sixteenth Prince, the favor their Marquisate has is not enough in front of the Emperor.

Hearing the name of the Sixteen Flower Shop, no matter how angry Hou was, she had to suppress it.

"Butler, the Sixteenth Prince's shop will certainly not make a mistake in its calculations, but the Marquis's Mansion simply cannot afford so much money in a short period of time..."

"I am only here to collect the money. As for who paid the money, I have no business doing that."

The flower shop manager said this and stood aside without saying anything else.

Seeing the manager of the flower shop looking as if it had nothing to do with her, Hou was very angry.

Liu Tianshu said, "Madam, these 20,000 taels of silver are too much. Our mansion simply cannot afford so much money in a short period of time. Why not have someone take all the flowers in the garden away..."

"No."

Hou didn't even think about refusing.

The Marquis's Mansion must not have its reputation ruined because of such a small matter.

With eyes fiercely glaring at Fang Mama, the culprit, Hou wanted to eat her up.

However, even if she really killed the man, she could not escape the 20,000 taels of silver.

Faced with Hou's murderous gaze, Mother Fang was so frightened that she trembled all over and fell to the ground with weak knees.

"Madam, I didn't want to do this either, but the Marquis's banquet was coming up soon, and I went to other shops to ask, and they all offered the same price, so I had no choice..."

After saying this, Mother Fang knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Mrs. Hou.

There were fewer and fewer elderly people around her, and Hou glared at Liu Tianshu fiercely.

"Liu, you are now the head of the Marquisate. This money..."

"Madam, there is only one thousand taels of silver left in the official account of the Marquis' Mansion. If you think this money is not worth it, just have someone take all the flowers in the yard away."

After saying that, Liu Tianshu picked up the teacup in front of her and drank slowly, as if all the farce before her had nothing to do with her.

"you……"

Hou was very angry at Liu Tianshu's nonchalant attitude.

Gu Jinqing walked in from outside and said angrily: "Just send them away, and you thought our mansion cared about those flowers."

The old marquis is no longer around, and the person in charge of the marquis's mansion is Liu Tianshu. If she wants to have a grand wedding in the future, she will need the support of the marquis's dowry.

If Hou had spent all her money on spending money, how would she be able to prepare a generous dowry for him?

“Madam, what the Third Miss meant is what you meant?”

Faced with the question about the flower shop manager, Hou wanted to nod directly in a firm manner, but the moment the words came to her lips, she shook her head vigorously.

"The child is ignorant, so don't bother with her."

Hearing Hou call her a child, Gu Jinqing was unconvinced and wanted to refute. Before she could speak, Hou said to Luo Mama, "Luo Mama, go to my dressing table and get 20,000 taels of silver notes for the steward."

"Yes!"

Mother Luo responded and turned to get the banknote.

"mother……"

Gu Jinqing wanted to stop her, but Hou glared at her when she opened her mouth.

"You are a child and don't know much. Don't talk too much."

"Yes!"

Being treated like a child again, Gu Jinqing's face turned red, but she didn't dare to refute.

Seeing Mother Luo taking out a stack of banknotes from the room and handing them to the manager of the flower shop, Gu Jinqing's eyes were filled with anxiety.

After receiving the banknotes, the manager of the flower shop walked out of the door with the banknotes without even looking at anyone in the room.

"I'll go see the steward off."

After Liu Tianshu finished speaking, she put down the teacup and led Qingshan Guanxue out the door.

"Mom, why did you stop me just now?" Gu Jinqing asked unconvinced after Liu Tianshu left.

"Silly girl, do you know which mansion that steward is from?"

"No matter which mansion he is from, are we afraid of him?"

Looking at Gu Jinqing's fearless appearance, Hou sighed.

In front of ordinary people, the Marquis' Mansion is indeed a huge behemoth, but in front of the royal family, they are nothing.

"That belongs to the Sixteenth Prince's residence. There is no way a family like ours can compete with them."

"what?"

Gu Jinqing looked at the Hou family in surprise, unable to understand why their Hou family owed so much money to the Sixteenth Prince's family.

Hou didn't know how to explain this matter, so she just patted her hands gently and then looked at Fang's mother who was kneeling on the ground, not daring to raise her head.

"Mother Fang, do you admit your guilt?"

Mother Fang knelt on the ground and said in a trembling voice: "This servant deserves death, please punish me, old lady."

She caused the old lady to spend 20,000 taels of silver. She knew that she was doomed this time and only hoped not to implicate her family.

"You really deserve to die, and you deserve to die a thousand times."

He threw the cup to the ground with force, letting the tea scatter on the floor.

"Mother Fang, you are also an elder in the mansion. Such a big thing happened in the garden, why didn't you tell me in advance? If you had told me in advance, I could have made preparations in advance and would not be as passive as I am now..."