The Duke's Daughter is Reborn

Song Hongwen had also considered the matter of collecting money in the government office: "I will have someone send 20,000 taels of silver over later, and you can collect the rest. If it is not enough, see if you can embezzle it from the public account. If you have embezzled it, return it as soon as possible."

Ever since she married into the Duke of Song's mansion, An had been keeping all the money herself.

Song Hongwen did not have a specific number for how much money An had, but it should be more than 20,000 taels. The remaining 30,000 taels were not a difficult matter for An.

An didn't want to worry about this at all, but after all, it was her nephew who was in trouble. If she didn't take care of it, she would be handing An Xiaoyi over to the underground money lender.

Now, Song Hongwen has thrown this matter to herself. Even if An wants to quit, she has no way out: "Duke, I'll find a way to make up the difference." If she really wants to move the money in the account, she has to inform the old lady, and she's afraid she'll get a lecture.

Having agreed with the people at the underground money lender to give him news the next day, An took out all the silver he had on him that night and put his valuables together, planning to pawn them at the pawn shop the next day. Otherwise, he would not be able to take out the 30,000 taels of silver.

After dinner, Nanny Zhu reported to Yang Qi everything that happened in the main house and An Xiaoyi today.

Flipping through the book in his hand, Yang Qi nodded. The second sister was really ruthless.

The 50,000 taels of silver would definitely be charged to the An family in the end. For a merchant like the An family, it would be no problem to take out 50,000 taels of silver, but this would cause problems for the funds of all the An family's stores. Once there were some "accidents", the chain reaction would probably kill the An family!

It's true that one bad apple spoils the whole bunch. An Xiaoyi's plot against Yang Lan has ruined the An family's future. I just don't know what the second sister wants to do.

Based on Yang Qi's understanding of Yang Lan, it seems that once An Xiaoyi is driven out of the capital, Yang Lan will stop.

On the second day, An took a group of people to various pawnshops and pawned all her valuable jewelry. Only then did she manage to collect 50,000 taels of silver.

Then, An also received 10,000 taels of silver from the account as interest. The interest of underground banks was frighteningly high, and only a fool like An Xiaoyi would abandon ordinary banks and turn to underground banks.

As soon as An Xiaoyi got the silver from the An family, he went to the underground money house to pay off his debt.

An had no choice but to bite the bullet and report the misappropriation of public funds to the old lady.

The old lady knew about this as early as when An took the money from the public treasury. This An was really amazing. She didn't even inform in advance to take so much money, but she learned to act first and report later.

An's foolish behavior unknowingly increased the old lady's anger.

In fact, when the incident happened, An could have come to the upper room and explained the matter clearly, and the old lady might not have been angry.

Firstly, the money would be paid by the An family sooner or later, and the Duke's Mansion was just providing a cushion for the time being;

Secondly, this idea was proposed by Song Hongwen, and even if the old lady was unhappy, she would not offend her son;

Thirdly, the underground bank had clearly set its sights on the Duke of Song's Mansion. If the money was not handed over soon, the Duke of Song's Mansion would be in a lot of trouble in the future. After so many years, with the help of the Xu family, the old lady was still very confident in the strength of the Duke of Song's Mansion.

Staring at An who was sitting in her seat and speaking timidly, the old lady snorted coldly: "When will the An family come over? Will the one coming this time be another trouble-making brat?"

An lowered her head and said, "Don't worry, mother. Although I haven't received the letter from the northwest, I think it will be my brother who will come in person this time."

The old lady said coldly, "Ms. An, you have been in the mansion for so many years, but you have never seriously learned the rules of the Duke's Mansion. As a result, you have done some embarrassing things during your time in the capital. From tomorrow on, you will come to the Duke's Mansion in the morning to learn the rules."

The old lady's words were unquestionable, and she did not give An a chance to refute. After she finished speaking, she left the room.

An felt that her face was turning red and white, which was so embarrassing.

What the old lady meant this time by "learning the rules" did not mean just sitting in the upper room on weekdays, but coming to the upper room early every day to help the old lady get dressed and get up.

If it weren't for An Xiaoyi's incident, Mrs. An wouldn't have felt so ashamed and would have been able to treat the old lady's suggestion of "learning the rules" with a normal mind.

After coming out of the underground money house, An Xiaoyi started to have people pack their luggage, but was stopped by the people sent by the An family to watch over them.

It was Song Hongwen who reminded An Xiaoyi to escape.

When An and Song Hongwen were discussing raising money in the house, Song Hongwen emphasized at the end that after returning all the principal and interest, An Xiaoyi would not have to leave the house, and his brother-in-law would have to look after him first.

Song Hongwen's words were very straightforward. An also understood that her husband was worried that once the money An Xiaoyi owed was repaid, he would just walk away.

Nodding, An listened to Song Hongwen's words and sent someone to look after An Xiaoyi.

Xu had no interest in the affairs of the main house. Since she quit her job as housekeeper, she had been living a more comfortable life. Therefore, she was slower to learn about the news in the mansion.

After hearing what Fang's mother said, Xu felt relieved and said, "It's what they deserve. A toad wants to eat swan flesh." How could it be possible that all the good things would happen to the An family?

Mother Fang felt that the matter was not that simple: "The Hong family is a well-known merchant in the capital, and it is said that they have connections with nobles in the palace. As the young master of the Hong family, how could Hong Hu covet the money in An Xiaoyi's hands? You know, once Hong Hu did this, it would mean that he would tear his face with the An family. Why did the An family set up such a trap for the young master An?"

As a businessman, how could they choose to actively provoke the enemy? There must be some unknown hidden story here.

In other words, the relationship between the Hong family and the Yongyi Marquis' Mansion is not known to outsiders, otherwise, Yang Lan's behavior would soon arouse everyone's suspicion.

However, I think this is exactly the reason why Yang Lan chose Hong Hu to carry out this task.

Xu's thoughts were much simpler, mainly because she didn't want to worry about these people from the An family: "Maybe it's because An Xiaoyi is too flamboyant and irritates people, so they remember it and want to teach him a lesson. Those people from the An family should be thankful that they still have the relationship with the Duke's Mansion, otherwise what they would have found would be An Xiaoyi's body." Let the people from the An family take the two siblings away quickly. It's annoying to see them hanging around in the Duke's Mansion on weekdays.