Quickly wear and change the fate of the little cannon fodder

Chapter 471: The Little Cannon Fodder in Ancient House Fighting Novels 27

"Xiaoxiao, don't pretend to be ignorant. Don't you know that the Marquis' Mansion has been robbed? Your mother's luxurious dowry, including the property of the Marquis' Mansion, were all stolen by the thieves. Otherwise, how could we have ended up like this?" The old lady said gritting her teeth.

"Has the dowry been stolen? All of it? Doesn't that mean I won't have any dowry when I get married? Then why is my father still asking about the dowry?" Cui Xiaoxiao asked with tears in her eyes!

"Your father is referring to the dowry that your mother left for you secretly!" The old woman's tone was also very bad.

"Did mother secretly leave me a dowry? But... where is it? I haven't seen it for so many years? I don't know? Didn't mother entrust it to father? I was only five years old when mother passed away, and she didn't tell me about this! The most money I have ever seen is more than three thousand taels of silver. Wasn't it all used up when mother was in mourning?" Cui Xiaoxiao insisted that she has no money, doesn't know, doesn't understand, and is not clear, so don't ask her!

The Marquis and the old lady closed their eyes. No matter whether Hua Yunrong left money for Cui Xiaoxiao or whether Cui Xiaoxiao knew about it, they had no hope in Cui Xiaoxiao!

Even if the money was left, if Cui Xiaoxiao denied it, they would have no way to do anything to her. After all, it was a fact that they had not seen the money for so many years!

The Marquis was furious, and with red eyes he looked at everyone and said, "In the past, the Marquis' Mansion raised you with precious treasures, but now when we need you, you all stand aside and do nothing. Does the Marquis' Mansion belong to me alone? If the Marquis' Mansion falls into trouble, no one will have a good life.

Sui'an, you can divorce me if you want, but Cui Hongtao and Cui Niannian are from my mansion. Since they are the offspring of my mansion, they should live and die with my mansion! The daughter of the prime minister's mansion is anxious to withdraw when her husband's family encounters trouble. Haha, the daughter of a noble lady is just like this. "

The Marquis sneered, and everyone could hear the warning in his words. If his mansion fell into decline, how could he let his wife, who had shared the glory and wealth with him, live alone?

Since she dared to do it, he dared to spread it to the whole capital to know what she did! He wanted to see if the Prime Minister's Mansion would tolerate her at that time. He knew that there were several girls waiting to be married in the Prime Minister's Mansion...

The Marquis's wife looked at the Marquis in surprise, and at the same time she understood what he meant in his eyes! She knew the affairs of her own family, and she couldn't help but feel chilled in her heart. They were also his children! If he destroyed her, what good would his children have?

In the end, the Marquis's wife still gave 50,000 taels of silver, which was all the cash in her dowry! The old lady and her son had taken the tens of thousands of taels of silver from the Duke, and they had to give it back!

The concubines, young masters and young ladies in the mansion also took out some jewelry to sell, and together they managed to collect more than three thousand taels of silver. But even so, there was still a big gap to three hundred thousand taels!

There was no other way, the Marquis could only turn his attention to the manor and shop, and finally he was ready to sell the shop and manor!

At first he quoted a very high price, but Cui Xiaoxiao told him not to move! When the other families had almost collected their money, the Marquis also started to lower the price!

But Cui Xiaoxiao still did not make a move until the final deadline for payment. Finally, she bargained with the people in the Marquis' Mansion and got a price 20% lower than the market price, buying four shops and two large manors for 230,000 taels!

However, it was not under her name, but under another identity of hers. The Tenth Prince arranged for someone to handle it for her!

After the handover, his people were still afraid that the old owner would clear out all the stock in the shop, so they replaced all the people on the spot and waited for Cui Xiaoxiao to send someone to take over!

By the evening, the transfer documents and the title deed were already in her hands. Cui Xiaoxiao looked at the documents in her hands and she was in a very good mood!

The fifth prince looked at the one million taels of silver in front of him and raised his eyebrows in surprise. He didn't expect that they could really collect the silver in such a short time. The matter was done and the silver was in place. He didn't care where the money came from, and he was in a good mood and praised several people!

The banknotes were finally collected, and after they were handed in, Lord Le'an finally breathed a sigh of relief. The matter was finally over!

He also told everyone in the Marquis' Mansion that although he had temporarily resolved the crisis, she had borrowed more than 100,000 taels of silver in foreign debt, which was only resolved.

Therefore, for the next period of time, everyone in the Marquis' Mansion must live frugally!

In the end, except for Cui Xiaoxiao, everyone in the Marquis's mansion returned to the hard days after the draft! The Marquis's words only made the concubines and servants suffer.

However, no one dared to complain, for fear that the Marquis would be angry and sell them out, so they all lived in fear!

Although the crisis was resolved, the Marquis felt depressed when he looked at the empty Marquis' Mansion! Without money and money, he was like a rootless duckweed, without any confidence!

While on duty, he heard his colleagues' whispers, from which he learned that the official who was working with him and losing money had taken a concubine. The girl was the daughter of a merchant. The girl was very pretty, and the dowry was as much as 200,000 taels of silver, which greatly alleviated the shortage of silver in the mansion!

Another official also had an idea. After all, he had emptied his family's savings to get the 300,000 taels. He also heard about several big merchants who had daughters waiting to be married, and he was eager to try!

The Marquis' eyes lit up when he heard this. That was just a fourth-rank official without even a title who took a concubine, and he had so much dowry money. What about him? He was a Marquis!

Thinking of this, he felt a little regretful. Why didn't he think of taking a concubine back then? Otherwise, his first wife wouldn't be just a joke of a merchant's daughter!

If he had thought about this and taken in a few business women as concubines earlier, the situation would have been alleviated. If he had married a daughter of a powerful noble as his wife, wouldn't he be much better off than he is now?

But at this moment, he couldn't remember that the situation at that time was completely different from now. Even if he wanted to marry, no one would marry him! The eyes of the powerful people are not blind, otherwise, how could the old lady let the only son of the marquis marry Hua Yunrong?

However, the Marquis was really determined now, and sent his trusted servant to inquire about the merchants with daughters waiting to be married. The Tenth Prince's men took the opportunity to deliver a list to the servant without leaving any trace.

That night, the Tenth Prince braved the wind and snow and knocked on Cui Xiaoxiao's window again!

Cui Xiaoxiao immediately let someone in without saying a word and served him a cup of hot, top-quality Maofeng tea, which was the Tenth Prince's favorite!

"I have already done what you asked me to do!" The tenth prince knew what kind of tea it was after taking a sniff. It was not easy! After coming here so many times, he finally tasted the tea he liked.

"Really? Thank you, Your Highness!" Cui Xiaoxiao pushed the snacks in front of her in front of him in a very servile manner.

"It's just a thank you from your mouth!"

"So what does Your Highness want?"

"Well... this prince's handkerchief seems a little old!" said the Tenth Prince slowly.

"No problem! As long as Your Highness does not mind my poor embroidery."

"I don't mind. Then... can I receive it before the New Year?" The Tenth Prince said with anticipation.

"Okay!" Cui Xiaoxiao agreed very readily. It's just a handkerchief, that's easy!

Then she thought of how Xiang Qin had secretly reminded her several times that the man in front of her had a birthday on the twelfth day of the first lunar month! Was she going to prepare a birthday present for him right after the Chinese New Year?

"By the way, does your father still not know about the imperial decree granting the marriage?" The Tenth Prince suddenly thought of something and asked with a frown!

"Hmm? Why do you ask, Your Highness?" But this is indeed possible. The Marquis has been racking his brains to raise money recently, and he probably has no mood to pay attention to other things.

"Today, my people saw him talking about you behind the fifth brother." He was so depressed when his subordinates reported this to him.

"Haha, then I guess he will know it soon." I don't know what kind of expression the Marquis will have after he knows the imperial edict!

"You are still in a mood to laugh! You'd better be more careful, or the Marquis might pretend to obey you but actually go against your will and do bad things in private!" He can handle the things outside, but he is out of reach inside the Marquis' Mansion and cannot protect them all the time!

"Your Highness won't agree, right?" Cui Xiaoxiao smiled wickedly. She was not worried at all.

"Of course I won't agree. I'm afraid he'll use some dirty tricks and I won't be able to save you in time! No, I have to go and tell Madam Zong Fang. I'll feel more at ease if she's watching over you!"

"Don't worry, nothing will happen! You've sent so many people to help me. If I'm still schemed against, I'll be unworthy of your status as a concubine!"

"But in my heart you are worthy of being my principal wife!" The tenth prince is still trying to find a way to make the concubine his principal wife, but he won't talk about it at this time if there is no sign of it yet!

In fact, the Marquis knew about the arranged marriage the next day! He only found out when he mentioned to the old lady that he was going to give Cui Xiaoxiao away. His face turned green at that time.

No wonder when he talked about his daughters, the Fifth Prince asked him how many legitimate daughters he had! When he asked about the situation, he looked at him strangely. He didn't know what was going on at the time!

So this is the problem, but what should I do? Thinking about what he told the Fifth Prince yesterday about how obedient and filial Cui Xiaoxiao was..., he felt embarrassed and wanted to pick his toes.

"Mother, I have been back for several days. Why didn't you tell me earlier about such a big thing happening in the mansion?" The Marquis questioned the old lady angrily!

"You've been so busy collecting money these days that I can't find you. How can I tell you? Besides, Xiaoxiao is followed by Nanny Gong every day. Didn't you notice? I thought you knew it a long time ago!"

"Madame Gong? What Madame Gong? How is she related to Madame Gong again? Why did Madame Gong appear in our house?" He really didn't pay attention. Such a big thing had happened, how could he pay attention to these little things?

The old lady told her son everything about the tenth prince's actions! The Marquis also complained about why the old lady didn't refuse and let him slap the Marquis's face like this?

But the old lady said that the tenth prince didn't want to wrong his concubine, and thought that since the Marquis's Mansion couldn't afford to raise his daughter, he would raise her. And he said it so confidently, what could she do? She still felt wronged!

After hearing this, the Marquis was also very upset. The main thing was, what should he do now?

He tried every means to get close to the Fifth Prince, but his legitimate daughter was the concubine of the Tenth Prince. Would the Fifth Prince still believe him? But it was an imperial decree to marry him, and he couldn't disobey it!

And judging from the Tenth Prince's various actions, he couldn't understand what he meant. Did he value the Marquis' Mansion or not?

Moreover, Cui Xiaoxiao was not valued by him, and her mother was in that situation. Would it be good for the Marquis's Mansion if she got the high position of the prince's concubine? If she knew the cause of her mother's death, how would she treat the Marquis's Mansion?

The Marquis is worried to death!

However, there is good news. His servant finally found out that there are several suitable merchants who are waiting to marry off their daughters, and he has already inquired about the situations of those merchants!

In the next few days, the Marquis reported to the old lady and got her support. He also hired a middleman to help them! Anyway, they were very familiar with the process of how to marry a merchant girl and how to profit from it!

The Marquis is preparing to take a concubine!

And three at a time!

This was a big move, and the Marquis's wife did not stop the Marquis, but was particularly supportive. The last incident really made her sad. In her opinion, this was the Marquis, an old man she no longer wanted, selling a large sum of silver to give her children as betrothal gifts and dowries!

Anyway, she has both a son and a daughter now, and no one can shake her position.

Cui Xiaoxiao also got first-hand information about the Marquis’ three concubines that night!

A concubine named Zhang, a sturdy woman with a strength of 300 kilograms;

A concubine named He, she was good-looking, but she was pregnant. She was anxious to get married because she wanted to find a father for her beloved's child, and she was also ambitious and had her eyes on the title.

Aunt Li has a birthmark on her face. Her biological mother was a prostitute from a brothel. This concubine is proficient in all kinds of means to win favor and the art of sex!

Oh, my goodness, where did the Tenth Prince find these top-notch talents? They really have their own characteristics! With these people in one mansion, does the Marquis think the mansion is too peaceful?

Hasn't the Marquis seen the portraits? How did he like these people? The scumbag father made a huge sacrifice for the Marquis' Mansion this time, and I don't know if he can bear it.

No wonder they give such a generous dowry and give it to their daughter!

Cui Xiaoxiao only found out later that the portrait was even more terrifying than modern photos with level 10 beauty filters turned on.

The days ahead in the Marquis's mansion will be interesting! Cui Xiaoxiao decided that she would go and eavesdrop on the night when the Marquis took in a concubine, mainly because she wanted to see the expression on his scumbag father's face when he found out about the situation.

There are only eight days left until the New Year, and the three concubines will not be able to enter the mansion until after the fifteenth day of the first lunar month!

But they were afraid that the Marquis would regret it after knowing it, so they handed the silver to the Marquis as soon as they got the concubine document! The Marquis received the silver and finally showed his first smile in a while.

The three of them together had a total of 400,000 taels, and they also gave many gifts to the old lady of the Marquis's Mansion! The rich Marquis generously took 20,000 taels of silver and put it in the public treasury of the Marquis's Mansion. This year should be a good year!