After the vicious adoptive mother gave up, the scumbag children regretted it

Chapter 432: The Thorn in Princess Anguo's Heart

In the mansion of Duke Shen, the servants walked very carefully, for fear of being seen by their masters and being scolded.

The Duke and the Princess had never quarreled so fiercely before. This time they were serious. After all, there was a daughter now. It would be strange if the Princess, with her proud personality, could tolerate it.

Princess Anguo had smashed everything she could see in the room, and after venting all her strength, she sat down and gasped for breath.

Duke Shen didn't expect her reaction to be so intense. For the first time, he felt as if he didn't know the person next to him.

Qi Yunxu was right. What he thought was a simple matter would be impossible to accomplish in Anguo.

"Have you finished smashing it? Do you feel better? Have you calmed down? Can we get down to business now?"

Princess Anguo's face, which had been well-maintained, now looked more than ten years older and was no longer as beautiful as before.

She didn't dare go out for fear of being asked about her daughter. Even though she was the Regent Princess, this thorn was stuck in her heart and it hurt whenever it was touched.

Who can understand her feelings?

Now that she is getting married, she wants to marry out of her own family and even give her a generous dowry. Isn't this a slap in her face?

How could Shen Yanxiu say this? If he endured it this time, would he give her the storehouse of the Duke's Mansion next time?

"Shen Yanxiu, if you had considered me a little, you wouldn't have made such an unreasonable request. I won't agree to it. Just give up."

Duke Shen frowned, "She is also my daughter. I admit that I have been unfair to you, but now that things have come to this, more than 20 years have passed. Do you have to hold on to it?"

"Even if a hundred years have passed, it's still not acceptable to me. She is your daughter, not mine. Why did you touch my things?"

Duke Shen was angry: "This family also has half of mine, how can it all be yours? Don't forget, this family is named Shen, not your Anguo Princess Mansion!"

Princess Anguo couldn't believe it: "Are you going to divide it with me like this? It's not like I don't have a princess's mansion or my mother's family. I won't let you bully me like this.

I'm leaving now. I won't care about your Shen family's affairs anymore. You can handle it however you want."

Duke Shen was helpless: "Do you really have to make trouble with me? I didn't pursue the matter even though you sent people to kill her. What else do you want?

That's why I want to compensate her. She will be the regent princess after she gets married, which will also be good for our family. Why can't you be more generous?"

"Yes, I am jealous, not virtuous, and not generous. I am a princess, and I have the right to ask my husband to love only me. Even if you want to take a concubine, you have to get my approval, instead of suddenly having an illegitimate daughter to disgust me."

Duke Shen was tired, "Okay, you are a princess, you are noble, I am not worthy of you, it's my fault, I have lived a joke for so many years."

Duke Shen got up and left. He couldn't win the argument so he had to escape. This was the common problem for men.

"You are a joke? So am I? Go out and listen, everyone will laugh at me saying that our love for so many years was all a lie. I am the biggest joke."

Duke Shen felt heavy-hearted. Everyone was at fault in this matter, but now that things had come to this, they had to resolve it, right?

This is such a good opportunity. If I can't ease the relationship, I will never have the chance to get Nan Zhi's recognition in this life.

She is such a kind child. She protected Ke Ning and even rescued Ke Ning. It was all her credit. Isn't An Guo grateful at all?

After venting her anger, Princess Anguo fell down powerlessly. The servants quietly cleaned up the place, not daring to make any noise for fear of being punished by her.

The chief steward of the outer courtyard stood outside the door and asked: "My lord, I have something important to report."

"come in."

The steward is in charge of her outside businesses. Doesn’t it cost money for the whole family to eat and drink?

Princess Anguo would not joke about her own money. The chief steward asked anxiously, "Princess, do you still remember that you lent out a large sum of money before?"

"You mean the tea merchant? One hundred thousand taels of silver, fifty thousand taels of interest? How could I forget such a large sum of money? What happened?"

"The tea merchant ran away."

"What? Are you kidding? He is trying to cheat me out of my money. How dare he run away? I am a princess and my husband is a duke. It would be as easy to crush a merchant like him as it is to crush an ant. He is so brave."

The chief steward said with a bitter face, "But we really can't find him. His friends have all been dismissed. The innkeeper said he left overnight. If this isn't running away, what is he?"

"Send someone to chase them. If that doesn't work, report it to the police."

"We can't report it to the authorities. The court has issued a clear ban on usury. If people find out that we charge such high interest rates, the Duke will be impeached and we won't be able to explain to the court."

Of course, Duke Shen didn't know about this, and he didn't even know how much money the family had. The man was the breadwinner and the woman was the homemaker, and the county magistrate was good at managing the household, so why should he worry about this?

Now, something went wrong.

Princess Anguo also knew the seriousness of the situation. "Send someone to look for him first. He has been on the run for a few days? Why don't you send someone to keep an eye on him?"

"We kept watching him. He was so cunning. He put a dummy on the window to make us think he was still there, but he had actually run away."

"This was a long-planned plot, and they tricked me."

The chief steward was also feeling bitter, as their mansion had been doing this business for many years and it had always been safe and they had made a lot of money, but this time they had suffered a setback.

"Why don't we talk to the Duke about it? He has a lot of connections outside and there is still hope if he can help find someone."

Princess Anguo shook her head. She had just had an argument with someone and immediately went to ask for help. Didn’t she have any respect?

Besides, he had so much money to lend but no money to buy a dowry for that woman, which showed that he was not taken seriously, which added fuel to the fire.

"It's more important to find someone first. I'll think of a solution."

What could she do? Go back to her parents' home for help?

Otherwise, he would have to swallow the loss in silence, but that was one hundred thousand taels of silver, a full one hundred thousand taels, not just twenty thousand or ten thousand. It was too much, and half of the entire Duke's Mansion's wealth was gone.

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Shen Nanzhi was at the Imperial City Office at this time, with the tea merchant kneeling below him, trembling and begging for mercy: "Sir, I am just doing some business, how dare I disturb you? If you have anything to say, just tell me, I will obey your orders."

"You are quite courageous. You even dare to cheat the Duke's Mansion. I won't kill you. Just hand over all the money you cheated, and we'll let this matter go."

This is a group of professional scammers. Princess Anguo actually fell for it, and for such a large sum of money. Shen Nanzhi didn't know what to say to her.

Perhaps she was tempted by the interest of fifty thousand taels, but she didn't think about it, is there such a thing as pie in the sky?

She was too confident, thinking that no one would dare to cheat the Shen Guo Mansion of its money, but she underestimated the ambitions of these people.

Only the emperor would not leave the palace easily, otherwise he and his men would dare to lie. As long as the benefits are big enough, what would they not dare to do?

One hundred thousand taels of silver!

A county magistrate worked hard for three years and extorted only this much. Why did Princess Anguo think that people would not dare to take the risk?