After I traveled through the book, I was spoiled by five little villains

Marquis Boyuan rubbed his hands awkwardly and said, "Your Highness, to be honest, the Marquis' Mansion really can't produce anything good."

Since the founding of the country, each generation of Boyuanhou has been weaker than the previous one.

My ancestor was a general who followed Emperor Taizu of Qin to conquer the world. He had military merits and held real power, making his family prominent.

Nowadays, there has been no proper job for several generations.

Relying on the little amount of rice salary issued by the court and some land and shops, he had to support dozens of people and maintain the dignity of the marquis's mansion outside.

If possible, why would he, a grown man, cry poor in front of the princess?

"Autumn Landscape" was the only thing he could still present after searching through all his family's possessions and could barely be called an antique.

As for its origin, Marquis Bo Yuan was not clear.

Since it was painted by a painter of the previous dynasty, I think it was a reward given to our ancestor by Emperor Taizu of Qin when he conquered the imperial city!

An unknown painting, and the painting skills are not very high.

He took it out to use as interest, and he felt ashamed.

Qin Yaoguang withdrew his gaze from the scroll, his heart beating faster and his mouth dry with excitement.

She took a deep breath, suppressed the emotions surging in her chest, and tried to calm herself down.

However, she suppressed her emotions too much, and her eyes and eyebrows were filled with coldness.

Qin Yaoguang was born beautiful. When she smiled, she was as bright as the summer sun. But when she didn't smile, she was cold and arrogant, with a intimidating aura.

Seeing the fierce look on her face, Marquis Bo Yuan was so frightened that his hands and feet turned cold.

Finished!

After much difficulty, I finally met the eldest princess, and her attitude softened somewhat.

Once I present this picture, I will definitely feel like I am just being perfunctory.

How to do how to do?

Marquis Boyuan's legs were trembling, and he held his knees with his hands to prevent himself from kneeling down again.

I can’t kneel. If I do, wouldn’t that just prove that I’m just being perfunctory?

Just as he was thinking about a solution in his heart, Qin Yaoguang finally controlled his emotions and spoke slowly.

"Since Marquis Boyuan said it himself, I will believe you for once."

To Marquis Boyuan's ears, these words sounded like the sound of nature.

"Your Highness, I will never forget your great kindness!"

Marquis Boyuan bowed deeply, tears of gratitude filling his heart.

Qin Yaoguang took a sip of tea to moisten her dry lips and tongue, and said slowly: "If the Marquis can agree to one condition of mine, I will regard the remaining ransom as received and will not pursue it any further."

"really?"

Marquis Boyuan was overjoyed and said these two words without thinking.

That’s one hundred taels of gold!

The best that the Marquis Boyuan's Mansion could come up with now was twenty taels, which was the price they had agreed upon when he asked the Duke Ningguo's Mansion to intercede for him.

But even these twenty taels came at the cost of tightening one's belt during the New Year.

If the princess insisted on pursuing the remaining eighty taels, the Marquis's Mansion would have to live a tight life for several years even if they had to sell off part of the family property and the slaves.

Now, the princess said she wants to exempt them all?!

He didn't want to get excited, but he couldn't control himself.

As soon as the words came out of his mouth, he regretted them.

How could one question the eldest princess?

At this juncture, it was natural for her to back off and confirm what she had said.

Marquis Boyuan suddenly pinched his thigh and hurriedly clasped his hands and said, "Your Highness, please give me your orders! I will not refuse even if I die!"

He was so anxious that his words were out of control.

Qin Yaoguang smiled and said, "My Lord, there is no need to do this. My conditions are very simple and will not make it difficult for you."

Marquis Boyuan finally came to his senses, and felt his face burning: "Please explain clearly, Your Highness."

Qin Yaoguang restrained his smile and said solemnly: "As the Marquis said, lax management of the family is the root of disaster."

"The Prince Consort's idea is the same as mine. We both hope that after your Madam and the Fifth Young Master have been through the Zongzheng Temple Prison, they will understand the laws of the country and the general situation. From now on, you should turn over a new leaf and make a new life. Don't come to me and make the Prince Consort worry."

Translation: Take care of your wife and son, and stay away from me!

Didn’t Madam Boyuanhou always bring up the fact that she was Yan Changqing’s aunt?

This time, Qin Yaoguang told them clearly that the prince consort had the same idea as her.

There is no need to worry about the trivial matter that Yan Changqing was still on his way back to Beijing. After Dong Haoyuan ran back through the dog hole, it was Hu Yan, the advance officer sent by Yan Changqing back to Beijing, who went in to arrest him and brought him to justice.

Without Yan Changqing's authorization, how could Hu Yanjin, a mere fifth-rank official, dare to enter the Marquis' Mansion and act wildly?

The living facts were right before his eyes, and Marquis Bo Yuan had no choice but to believe them.

Marquis Boyuan obviously understood.

He still felt frightened when he thought of the scene where Hu Yanjin broke into the backyard of the marquis's mansion to arrest someone.

"Your Highness!"

He said loudly: "I promise you that I will be well disciplined and will never let you worry about my family affairs in the future."

If this happens again, the Marquis' Mansion won't be able to withstand it!

As he said this, he gave a wink to the servant.

Upon seeing this, the servant hurriedly and respectfully presented the silver box.

In any case, he dared not deny the twenty taels of gold that had been given to him by the princess.

Hanlu took it, opened the lid, and held it in front of Qin Yaoguang.

Although it was said that there were twenty taels of gold, there was not a trace of gold in the silver box. There were a few complete silver ingots weighing ten taels, and the rest were of different sizes, and there was even some loose silver.

I could barely scrape together two hundred taels of silver.

Qin Yaoguang took a glance and nodded.

Regardless of whether Marquis Boyuan deliberately used this method to gain sympathy or he was really miserable, he would not dare to fool himself.

After receiving the "Autumn Landscape Painting", Qin Yaoguang remained in the same state except for the remaining eighty taels of gold.

Otherwise, if you behave too abnormally, it will cause more trouble.

Seeing that she accepted it, Marquis Boyuan was delighted and said, "Your Highness, I heard that you will leave Beijing tomorrow. What do you think about the Zongzheng Temple?"

Qin Yaoguang smiled slightly and instructed Chunfen: "You accompany the Marquis to the outer courtyard to find Manager Zeng and ask him to send someone to take my name card to the Zongzheng Temple."

Glancing at Bo Yuanhou who didn't even dare to breathe, she continued, "Just say that I said the ransom has been paid and the person must be released immediately without any mistakes."

Marquis Boyuan finally felt relieved and said hesitantly, "Your Highness, the overdue board..."

He hasn't forgotten this.

Human desires are always greedy.

Before Qin Yaoguang agreed to release them, he only hoped that his wife and children could return home and that he could slowly pay off the debt he owed.

He released the man, forgave the debt, and thought of striking while the iron was hot to make his son suffer less.

"Oh?"

Qin Yaoguang glanced at him with a half-smile and said, "My Lord, since there is a precedent, the rules cannot be abolished. Otherwise, wouldn't those people who were beaten with sticks before be resentful?"

Marquis Boyuan nodded in agreement and said shamelessly, "Your Highness is right. Please consider the kindness of the Prince Consort..."

Seeing him bring up Yan Changqing, Qin Yaoguang's face darkened and she asked, "Prince consort? My Lord, are you talking about my husband whom I haven't seen for ten years?!"

She would let Marquis Bo Yuan know today what a wrong decision it was to try to use Yan Changqing to control her.

We must cut off Marquis Boyuan’s thoughts of going up and down from the root!

To avoid future troubles.