After the divorce, the queen mother was pampered by powerful ministers

Chapter 242 The Entanglement of Liu Matchmaker
Matchmaker Liu also saw the deer, she leaned forward and grabbed the deer, as if grabbing the last straw, "I know you! You are the maid next to Miss Shen."

"That day, you took me to meet your young lady in person. I'm Matchmaker Liu, do you still recognize me?"

"Why do you look like this?" Xi Lu threw her away in disgust. The last time I saw her was when Shen Shengge got married, and she was still glamorous at that time.

"It's a long story, take me to Miss Shen Er quickly, I have something important to tell her."

Shen Mengli was playing with the dzi bracelet on his wrist with his head down, smiling strangely.

"Miss, Matchmaker Liu said she has something important to see you." Xi Lu entered the room and reported.Before Shen Shengge got married, the miss asked herself to bring Matchmaker Liu to the room and chatted alone. She thought that Matchmaker Liu hadn't lied, so she led Matchmaker Liu into Shen's residence.

"Matchmaker Liu?" Didn't he send her away with money?

In the room, there were only Shen Mengli and Matchmaker Liu.

"Didn't I tell you to leave the imperial capital and never come back again? Why did you appear in the imperial capital again?" Shen Mengli has never liked this kind of untrustworthy people.

"I met robbers halfway, and they ransacked me. I can't go back to my hometown empty-handed, so I turned back to the imperial capital."

"What are you doing back here? You promised me that you will never appear in the imperial capital again." Shen Mengli said condescendingly.

"I had nowhere to go, so I had the cheek to find Second Miss Shen, hoping that Second Miss Shen could reward me with some money as a way to pay me back to my hometown."

"You!" Shen Mengli gave her a lot of money before and bought the killer, so there is not much left.Her monthly allowance is not much. If she wants to dress up beautifully, she must spend a lot of money to buy dresses, jewelry, and rouge. This is a huge expense.

I wanted to take advantage of Ruyifang's gambling game to make a fortune, so I borrowed a large sum of money from the underground bank. Who knows, Shen Shengge stayed in the general's mansion for three days, and she lost the bet.

She might have guessed that Shen Shengge would not be expelled from the General's Mansion so soon, but the money from the underground bank could only be lent to her for three days, so she made a bold bet that Shen Shengge would be expelled from the General's Mansion in three days.Too many people bet and she thought she could win.

Now not only is she impoverished, but she is also heavily in debt. This greedy old woman wants to make another fortune.Where is she going to get the money?
Although the jewelry given by grandma is expensive and plentiful, it must not be sold, let alone pawnshop.Once discovered, the consequences would be disastrous.

"I was also forced to go back to my hometown if I didn't ask for money, I'm afraid I would starve to death on the way." Liu Matchmaker was also cunning, pretending to be embarrassed, "If I didn't ask for money to go back to my hometown, I had no choice but to stay in the imperial capital."

"If you're hungry and confused, and say something nonsense, Second Miss Shen, don't blame me." This sentence is a blatant threat.

"You—" Shen Mengli panicked. If this difficult old woman was forced into a hurry and said that she had bribed her and deliberately handed Shen Shengge an umbrella with pear blossoms, it would definitely damage her reputation.

She still wants to marry into the general's mansion, how can she tolerate the slightest stain on her reputation?She wanted to maintain her good reputation of being gentle, quiet and knowledgeable, and she must not let this old woman ruin her reputation.

The rabbit is in a hurry and wants to bite someone, so hold her steady first, "Okay, how much money do you want?"

Anyway, the money owed is already enough, so you might as well owe more, anyway, this old woman shouldn't need much.

Matchmaker Liu was delighted to see Shen Mengli retreating, this trick really worked!
If you want to return to your hometown with glory and glory, plus the money all the way, you need at least 1000 taels.Second Miss Shen is the concubine's daughter of the Prime Minister's Mansion, and she has money in her hands. If she leaves this time, she will never be able to beat her again, so she said, "2000 taels."

Shen Mengli's eyes widened, "What did you say? 2000 taels?"

"What do you say when you go back to your hometown, 50 taels is enough, right?"

Matchmaker Liu showed embarrassment, "The folks and elders all know that I have been in the imperial capital for more than 2000 years, and it is unreasonable to just bring me back with me." Then she smiled flatteringly, "As long as you give me these [-] taels, I will disappear from the imperial capital immediately. Never appear in front of you again."

"I guarantee the reputation of my matchmaker Liu in the imperial capital for many years!" She vowed.

"Okay, you leave first, and I'll give it to you when I get the money."

"I want it today." Matchmaker Liu saved the night from having long dreams.

"2000 taels, not 200 taels, where can I get so much money?"

Matchmaker Liu glanced at the hairpin on Shen Mengli's head, "You wear gold and silver, and a few things on your body are enough."

This greedy old woman actually wants my jewelry!Shen Mengli cursed secretly in his heart, suppressed his anger on his face, and said with restraint: "Okay, I agreed to give you 2000 taels, and I will give it to you. What's the hurry?"

"Three days, I will give it to you in three days."

"Let's go."

Matchmaker Liu turned around to leave, but when she thought that she had nowhere to go, she came back cheekily, and said pitifully, "Please ask Second Miss Shen to arrange a place for me, I really have nowhere to go."

Shen Mengli clenched her fists tightly, and her veins suddenly appeared.

After Matchmaker Liu left, Shen Mengli left the mansion in a hurry. After meeting Zhou Lingli in the teahouse, the two changed their clothes and quietly went to the underground bank.

On the carriage, Shen Mengli was uneasy.

"Sister Mengli, are you really going to the underground bank to borrow money?" Zhou Lingli was also puzzled. Although Shen Mengli was only the second young lady, her food and clothing expenses were no different from that of the eldest daughter.What's more, Shen Youxiang and Mrs. Shen love her very much, she should have a lot of money, how could it be gone?
How is it like her, since she was a child, she clenched her fists tightly, calculated carefully, and never dared to spend a lot, except for that time when she was irritated by Shen Shengge in the cheap slave shop and lost her mind.

But since then, she's also been more careful.

"It's just that the turnover is not working well for a while." Shen Mengli originally wanted to borrow money from another underground bank, but who knew that the underground bank was well-informed, and somehow learned that she owed the money to Ruyi's underground bank. Refuse to lend it to her again.

In desperation, she asked Zhou Lingli, thinking that Zhou Hou's mansion was short of money, so there should be a way out, but Zhou Lingli really knew about the underground bank.

"You said, in this underground bank, whenever you bring people to borrow money, the interest rate is extremely low?" Shen Mengli was a little unconvinced.

"Well, you'll find out later."

Coming out of the underground bank, Shen Mengli looked at Zhou Lingli with admiration, and the people in the underground bank treated Zhou Lingli with respect.And I went to other underground banks to borrow money before, and those people had a bad attitude.

"Why did they..."

Zhou Lingli interrupted Shen Mengli's words, and smiled proudly: "Why are you so respectful to me?"

"Because, the boss behind this underground bank is my sister-in-law." Zhou Lingli has never been looked at by Shen Mengli with such eyes, and she is very proud in her heart, and she is quite proud in her words.It seemed that she was the boss of this underground bank.

"I see."

(End of this chapter)