I have suffered enough in my previous life, my cousin will never marry me

Chapter 80: Relying on Power
Chu Yin, who was originally extremely depressed, was rarely amused by Fu Yunni's words.

Seeing Chu Yin smile, Ye Wanshu was also happy from the bottom of her heart.

Worried that she had something to hold back, he took advantage of the opportunity to ask directly, "Sister Yin, did you come to see me today? Is there something you want to tell me?"

Hearing this, Chu Yin's expression suddenly darkened again. She looked around silently without answering in a hurry.

Ye Wanshu could tell she was worried, so she instructed Chunhong and Xingtao, "Take good care of the little princess here."

After giving the instructions, he led Chu Yin into the inner hall.

After having refreshments prepared, Ye Wanshu remained close to her as usual, softly saying, "Ah Yin, please speak. Let's not be so distant from each other."

"Wanwan."

Chu Yin's throat felt like it was stuck with sand, and she kept hesitating to speak. This made Ye Wanshu anxious, so she simply asked bluntly, "Are you having a hard time in the Qi family? Are you being bullied by Qi Yunsheng?"

Chu Yin hurriedly shook her head: "Wanwan, why do you feel this way?"

Seeing that she was still prevaricating, Ye Wanshu took a sip of tea and felt a little displeased.

He directly hugged the left arm that he had just touched, and found that from the wrist to the elbow and above, there were scars from being whipped with a cane. Then he looked at her forehead and saw obvious bruises. Even if she tried to cover it up, it was still visible.

"Who did this?" Ye Wanshu's eyes were filled with anger. "Was it Qi Yunsheng or his mother?"

Chu Yin lowered her head sadly.

"Sister Yin, we've known each other for many years. I'm afraid I know your personality better than you do. You've always treated me like a sister and loved me, sharing everything with me. But I've never seen Shuangshuang, the daughter you gave birth to. If you were doing well in the Qi family, you would have brought her to see me long ago."

Just based on this point, Ye Wanshu felt that it was extremely abnormal, not to mention the scars all over his arms.

Thinking that Shuang'er was already sick and now was left alone in her mother-in-law's yard, Chu Yin couldn't help but tears welled up in her eyes.

"Sister Yin, you know that ever since I received your letter, I have been thinking about you day and night. I can't wait to leave Lin'an just to see you one day earlier."

She believed that Ah Yin could sense her concern: "In this world, there are only a few people I care about most now. I don't want anything to happen to you."

Chu Yin naturally knew what this girl was thinking. She came all the way to Yuezhou instead of returning to Tongyang, more or less because she was thinking about their childhood agreement to stay in Yuhua Town together and live a free and easy life.

She couldn't let Wanwan down again.

Thinking of this, three years of grievances and pain came flooding back like a flood.

"Wanwan, Qi Yunsheng is a beast."

Throwing herself into Ye Wanshu's arms, Chu Yin wept hysterically, "Not only did she spend all my dowry, she also used it to support someone else. Now she wants me to borrow money from you. When I refused, she locked my Shuang'er in the cellar."

Seeing her crying like this, Ye Wanshu's heart was torn apart. It was hard to imagine how this girl survived that life in her previous life.

Fortunately, in this life she understood the sadness behind Ayin's letter, and fortunately, her aunt finally gave the letter to her.

"Ayin, don't cry. No matter how hard it is, I will be here. Even if it means going through mountains of swords and seas of fire, I will accompany you through it all."

Ye Wanshu patted her back repeatedly, comforting her over and over again, "Let's find a way to get Shuangshuang out first, and then we can settle the score with Qi Yunsheng step by step."

Thinking about what she said about borrowing money, Ye Wanshu hurriedly asked, "Ayin, how much money does Qi Yunsheng want you to borrow?"

Chu Yin choked up and said, "He said he wanted 500,000 taels to buy the position of Yuzhou Tongpan." "He's really asking for such a high price." Ye Wanshu shook her head speechlessly.

Who would dare to borrow money from someone and ask for such a large amount? It was obvious that he was not borrowing money, but was trying to take advantage of her and seize the property of her Ye family.

I heard my grandmother mention it many years ago, that there were many people with ulterior motives around Tongyang who were trying to spy on the Ye family's financial resources. Now that the princes in Lin'an were fighting each other to the death, I'm afraid these local officials were not idle either, wishing to plunder all the people's wealth and send it to please those princes.

Ye Wanshu first roughly calculated in her mind that if Qi Yunsheng wanted to find out the financial resources of the Ye family, then instructing Chu Yin to come and borrow money was just a cover. If she borrowed money, it would mean that the Ye family did have money on deposit, and he would further embezzle all her money.

But if I don't lend it to him, I'm afraid Chu Yin and Shuang Shuang will still have a hard time, and he might think of other ways to test me.

"Ayin, do you believe that I can help you and Shuangshuang escape from Qi Yunsheng's clutches?" Ye Wanshu first tried to ask Chu Yin.

Chu Yin didn't want to drag her into the fire pit. After all, it was her own sin, and she didn't want Wanwan to take the risk with her. However, when she saw King Yongning giving gifts to this girl, it seemed that she saw hope.

"Wanwan, can you tell me first what your relationship with King Yongning is?" Chu Yin looked up at her.

Ye Wanshu raised an eyebrow: "He and I have an irreconcilable feud."

"what?"

Chu Yin was stunned. "Is this... so serious? He even gave you gifts. How did you start this feud? As far as I know, Prince Yongning has only been to Lin'an once in recent years and has no dealings with you."

"This man is so bad, it's better not to mention him."

Ye Wanshu had just finished speaking when she realized belatedly that Ayin mentioned Fu Mingchi, perhaps she wanted to use this person.

"Ayin, you haven't dared to tell me about your predicament. Are you afraid that I can't defeat Qi Yunsheng?"

Ye Wanshu curled her lips. "After all, he has the Pacification Commissioner and Prince Yan behind him."

Chu Yin nodded: "Xue Jiu is King Yan's brother-in-law, and Qi Yunsheng is highly regarded by Xue Jiu. I'm afraid he will take advantage of this power to do whatever he wants."

"You have a point." Ye Wanshu smiled and said, "Then let's use our power."

Since that bastard Fu Mingchi was plotting against me, it might just be a good opportunity for me to plot against him this time, so we're even.

"Ayin, I want to borrow this money."

Ye Wanshu smiled at her. "Send someone back to tell him that I have three hundred thousand taels of silver in the treasury. It's from my aunt selling the ancestral home. I'll have Mother Yan chip in the rest. We'll eventually get it together, but you have to have him sign the IOU himself and find someone to take the money back."

"Wanwan, are you really willing to lend me such a large sum of money?"

Chu Yin was surprised. That was five hundred thousand taels.

Ye Wanshu curled her lips and smiled, "Sister Yin, whether I lend this money to you or Qi Yunsheng depends on your attitude."

When Chu Yin thought about what she had experienced over the years, she wanted to eat the mother and son alive.
"Wanwan, you're my best sister. I won't hide anything from you." Chu Yin said, "If I wasn't worried about Shuang'er, I would have died with that mother and son."

"In this case, we will send the lives of that mother and child to the King of Hell."

Ye Wanshu was very secretive. "As for the five hundred thousand taels of silver, I'll give it to you. Consider it Qi Yunsheng's compensation for your dowry."

(End of this chapter)