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

Chapter 81 Lend You Some Money

Chu Yin was stunned. "Wanwan, what nonsense are you talking about? That's five hundred thousand taels of silver. Even if you really gave it to me, I wouldn't dare to accept it."

"Sister Yin, don't overthink it. This money was not paid by me, but by Qi Yunsheng."

Ye Wanshu smiled and said, "If I really have to pay such a large sum of money myself, how will all the people in my house survive?"

The more Chu Yin listened, the more confused she became: "Where can he come up with such a large sum of money?"

"Don't worry about this," Ye Wanshu said. "Tell the two maids who are watching you to go back and deliver the letter. Have Qi Yunsheng bring Shuangshuang to collect the silver."

Chu Yin frowned nervously: "Is he really willing to hand Shuang'er over?"

Ye Wanshu glanced at her and said, "Qi Yunsheng is holding you and your daughter hostage just for the money. He used to want to take it from Uncle Chu, but now that I'm here, he'll naturally stop making things difficult for Uncle Chu."

"Wanwan, but I'm afraid he will do something bad to you." Chu Yin looked anxious.

Ye Wanshu shook her head: "Don't worry, I know what's going on."

In the previous life, when I married into the Duke's Mansion, Qi Yunsheng did not dare to plot against me. Now that I have returned to Yuhua Town, he is probably sure that I have no one to rely on. Even if Chu Yin and her daughter are not here, he will still find ways to test whether my grandmother left any property.

"Let's go, Sister Yin. You can stay in my Taowu for a while and take good care of yourself."

Seeing that she was almost skin and bones, Ye Wanshu felt very distressed. She ordered someone to stew some tonic and took her back to the backyard.

Knowing that she was worried about Shuangshuang, Ye Wanshu reminded her, "At the moment, Qi Yunsheng hasn't received the money yet, so he will definitely take good care of Shuangshuang. Later, when I send the two maids back to pass on the message, I will ask Madam Yan to arrange two attentive wet nurses to take care of Shuangshuang."

Only then did Chu Yin feel completely relieved. Instead of staying in the Qi family and letting Shuang'er suffer with her, it would be better to listen to Wanwan and fight for herself and Shuang'er.

Holding her palm, Chu Yin expressed her sincere gratitude, "Wanwan, it's great to have you."

Hearing this, Ye Wanshu felt particularly uncomfortable. If she had taken Ayin into consideration in her previous life, she and Shuangshuang would not have suffered so much.

"Then just listen to me and stop thinking about the bad things that happened to the Qi family. Let's stay in Yuhua Town and live happily together."

Ye Wanshu consoled Chu Yin a few more times before Chunhong walked in with a delighted look on her face. "Miss, Prince Yongning is here to see the young princess. He said he wanted to stop by and see you."

Ye Wanshu and Chu Yin exchanged a glance, then smiled and said, "You've arrived just in time. Ah Yin, take a good rest. I'll go out and meet him."

After settling Chu Yin, Ye Wanshu led Chunhong to the front yard, where she saw Fu Yunni complaining and blaming the servant of the county government in front of Fu Mingchi.

Fu Mingchi glanced at the things sent over and rubbed his brows speechlessly: "So this king asked you to send some food and clothing, and you just remembered to eat one."

Seeing Ye Wanshu coming over, he dismissed the servants and smiled, "Thank you Miss Ye for taking care of me these past two days."

"Your Highness is busy with official duties all day and has no time to take care of the princess. I am just doing a small favor. Your Highness is very polite."

Ye Wanshu calmly approached him and whispered, "I just happen to have something I want to discuss with Your Highness. Can we chat alone?"

"Chat alone?" Fu Mingchi was slightly taken aback. Thinking of his promise to seduce her, he couldn't help but frowned: "I came here in a hurry today and I'm not ready yet."

"Why do I need to prepare it?" Ye Wanshu looked at him thoughtfully, "I want to lend His Highness some money."

"Borrow some money?" Fu Mingchi looked confused and slowly looked at Fu Yunni.

The little guy realized that Sister Ye had remembered the joke he made in front of Mother Yan, so he covered his mouth and ran away quickly.

Fu Mingchi seemed to understand: "So the young lady is concerned about me?"

“I guess so.” Ye Wanshu rolled her eyes silently.

No one wants to care about him.

Rather than letting these people dwell on me all day, it's better to let them fight amongst themselves so I can have some peace and quiet. "After all, I heard that His Highness paid two years of Yuezhou's taxes for me. I feel really bad about it," Ye Wanshu lied without blushing or beating her heart.

Fu Mingchi Mo Ran's eyes moved slightly, and a warm feeling arose spontaneously: "Just because of this matter, there is no need for the young lady to worry about it. This is also a matter of benefiting the people. The Yongning Palace can still bear it."

Ye Wanshu bit her lip in annoyance. "Then Your Highness, are you going to lend it or not?"

Fu Mingchi was completely stunned. It was the first time he saw someone begging to borrow money.

Seeing that she seemed unwilling to give up unless she lent him the money, Fu Mingchi had no choice but to nod his head: "Lend it to me. How do you want to borrow it, young lady?"

"I would like to lend your Highness five hundred thousand taels of silver."

Ye Wanshu had just started to speak when she changed the subject: "But Your Highness needs to snatch it back from someone else."

Fu Mingchi was not interested at first, but upon hearing this, he immediately became interested: "This is interesting."

Just after coming out of the Pacification Commissioner's Office yesterday, she suddenly mentioned 500,000 taels of silver. Fu Mingchi had already guessed what it meant: "Did the Pacification Commissioner's Office send someone to borrow the silver from you, young lady?"

"Your Highness is truly insightful." Ye Wanshu couldn't help but show a hint of admiration for this man.

He was willing to exempt the people of Yuezhou from taxes for two years, and he only mentioned borrowing money, but this man immediately thought of the Pacification Commissioner's Office. He was not like the playboy that the Gu brothers described.

Looking at Fu Mingchi, Ye Wanshu said bluntly, "It was Qi Yunsheng, an aide to the governor."

"The girl wants to take advantage of me?"

Fu Mingchi then realized that she had been plotting against him for so long.

I heard that she and Ji Yuan didn't have a good relationship, and now her engagement was broken off by the Duke's Mansion. I guess she was being treated as a soft persimmon by those people in the Pacification Office.

Ye Wanshu wasn't afraid that he wouldn't agree, so she curled her lips and smiled, "Does Your Highness mind?"

"I don't mind." Fu Mingchi shook his head. "But I have a question. You and Qi Yunsheng are in love, so why are you thinking of plotting against him?"

"Qi Yunsheng and I are in love?" Ye Wanshu felt like she had just heard a huge joke.

That person almost dug up her Ye family's ancestral grave. I really don't know where he heard the words "become a perfect match" from.

If the five hundred thousand taels of silver were destined to be lost, she would rather give it to Fu Mingchi. At least, apart from plotting against her marriage, this man had never done anything to harm anyone's life.

Looking at her eyes, Fu Mingchi realized that this woman and Qi Yunsheng did not seem to be as he thought. He was secretly happy and his brows relaxed a lot.

"It seems that I made a mistake." Fu Mingchi pursed his lips and said, "Tell me, what does the young lady want me to do?"

"If I remember correctly, Your Highness has been urging the Pacification Commissioner to send troops to eliminate the maritime threat. If these 500,000 taels of silver were stolen by pirates, Your Highness, do you think they would send troops immediately?"

Ye Wanshu had heard about this in her previous life. The reason why Xue Jiu was able to stay in Yuezhou was that he took advantage of the sea threat to nurture the enemy and monitor Yuezhou's every move for Prince Yan, which caused a lot of headaches for the Yongning Palace.

Glancing at Fu Mingchi with a smile, she continued, "I know there are some risks in doing this, but it will only benefit Your Highness more than it will harm him. However, I have a promise. My silver is mine, and the silver I got back from Qi Yunsheng is still mine. If Your Highness feels that you are at a disadvantage, I can take care of the little princess for a while longer."

Fu Mingchi just sneered in his heart, thinking that he had met a money-grubber who valued money more than his life.

But on second thought, being able to encourage the Pacification Commissioner to go to sea as soon as possible is indeed more beneficial than harmful.

"Not bad, the king agrees."

Fu Mingchi smiled faintly: "If you need to use someone in the future, remember to only look for me, don't look for anyone else."

(End of this chapter)