The mistress is reborn, no one who bullies me can escape

The head of the front yard clan had a serious expression on his face. "Yuxuan, your test results this time are not ideal. If you can do better, I can still risk my face to beg for mercy. There are many officials who came back for transfer this time. Your test results are not very high. Even if I go to the higher-ups to beg for mercy, I can't find a suitable reason. Now I can only use money to smooth over the relationship and see if I can get you a sixth-rank official position."

"Everything depends on the patriarch." Zhao Yuxuan followed the patriarch's words and said seriously and calmly.

"You'd better put your plan to buy a yard on hold for now. After all, as you know, it costs a lot of money to maintain relationships. So you'd better prepare more silver, just like charcoal fire in winter, the more the better. This promotion can't be delayed any longer, just like the sun that is about to set, it will be too late if it's any later." The patriarch said earnestly.

Zhao Yuxuan knew in his heart which was more important, promotion or buying a house.

Although Zhao Yuxuan doesn't take care of the household, he knows that the family's current expenses are not enough to do both things at the same time.

Seeing that he didn't say anything, the chief patriarch continued, "I'm not saying anything bad about you, but now is a critical moment, you still have to pay attention to some things. When evaluating officials, in addition to their political achievements, we also need to evaluate their personal morality. Do you understand?"

After saying these words, the chief was silent for a while, as if he was thinking about something. Then, he continued, "As for your adoption of a child, I think you should put it on hold. Now is not the right time. Wait until your promotion is finalized before making a decision."

Hearing this, Zhao Yuxuan couldn't help but frown, obviously unwilling to this suggestion.

"Patriarch, there is no conflict between these two things, right?" Zhao Yuxuan said solemnly, suppressing his dissatisfaction.

The patriarch looked at him seriously and said in a heavy tone: "The imperial city is not like the outside world. It is full of unknowns and dangers. Your current situation is not very good, and the situation is very difficult. And the marquis's mansion is no longer as glorious as before. It is no longer what it used to be." His eyes revealed deep worry and helplessness.

"If you really care about your future and the good of the Marquis's Mansion, you should treat Xue Jinhua well and stop looking for trouble. Although she didn't say anything about the adoption of a child, which woman would be really happy?"

"Every move of the Marquis' Mansion is under your majesty's eyes. If you make any mistakes at this critical moment, it will be useless to look for anyone."

Zhao Yuxuan listened to the words of the patriarch in silence. He felt as if someone had poured a basin of cold water on him from head to toe. But the patriarch knew that he should have listened to him, and warned him: "It is not easy for our Zhao family to maintain relationships. I think you should know what is more important."

After the patriarch left, Wang came in and asked, "What did the patriarch say? Do you have any good ideas?"

Zhao Yuxuan was extremely angry at this moment. His chest was heaving violently, his teeth were clattering, and his hands were unconsciously clenched into fists. He never expected that the patriarch would threaten him so directly! If he insisted on adopting Brother Fan, then the patriarch would no longer help him find connections to get promoted. This made him feel extremely angry and helpless, as if someone was choking his throat.

This kind of involuntary matter was like a thorn in his back, making him feel uncomfortable all over. He closed his eyes and said softly, "Mother, let's put the matter of adopting Brother Fan on hold for now. Go and prepare 20,000 silver notes for me."

If I have no future and cannot provide my son with a good life, what is the point of adopting him?

When Wang heard her son say this, she couldn't help but feel a little bitter and sad. Her heart was filled with helplessness and bitterness. Her grandson was so close to her, but she couldn't recognize him. This feeling made her heartbroken. However, before she could recover from her sadness, she was shocked by her son's next words.

"Yuxuan, why do you need so much?" Wang asked in astonishment, her voice unconsciously rising a few notches.

"Twenty thousand is just used to build relationships. It may not be enough later." Zhao Yuxuan answered calmly, not seeming too surprised by the number.

Over the years, Zhao Yuxuan has been working in other places, with a low rank and a meager salary, and almost all of his living expenses are borne by the Marquis's Mansion. The Marquis's Mansion takes care of him meticulously, and everything is exquisite and delicate. Therefore, in his eyes, 20,000 taels of silver is not a big sum.

"Mother can't afford so much money. Xue has been in charge these years, so we have to ask her opinion." Wang's voice was low and serious, as if every word was carefully considered. She knew that the Marquis' Mansion had been managed by Xue Jinhua for these years, and the accountant would not agree without her approval.

Zhao Yuxuan looked unhappy. He had to depend on her mood before spending money.

Wang saw that Yuxuan looked unhappy, and said quickly: "Yuxuan, she cares about you so much, she will definitely find a way to please you, she will definitely give you this little money, don't worry."

Zhao Yuxuan's eyes flashed with disgust, but he felt it was natural, and said unhappily: "Mom, we have to take care of the relationship during this period of time, so let's hurry up."

"My Lord, this is bad," the servant ran in in a hurry, almost choking, "Madam, Madam has burned all the plum trees in the yard..."

"I'm going to kill this bitch, damn it, what on earth does she want to do?" At this moment, Zhao Yuxuan's heart was bleeding and he was furious.

"Yuxuan, stop." Wang hurriedly grabbed her son.

"We still need her now, and we cannot have any unpleasantness with her at the moment. If you anger her, there will be no good but only harm. The plum tree burned, so let it burn. We can plant it again later. If something goes wrong at this critical moment, the future of our mansion will really be over."

Zhao Yuxuan suppressed his anger and finally stopped himself. He really couldn't panic at this moment!

……

The next morning, Wang couldn't wait to find Xue Jinhua and talked about the matter of the silver in a tactful way.

Xue Jinhua said calmly, "Mother, just tell me how much silver you need."

"Take 20,000 taels first. It's not much. You can take more later if you need it."

You are so arrogant! Why don’t you take 20,000 taels first?

Twenty thousand taels is already the profit of all the industries in the Marquis' Mansion. To say that it is not much right away is simply like a toad yawning.

"Mom, I can't come up with that much money right now."

Wang's expression changed instantly, "How come you can't get it out?"

Life is getting better and better now, how could it be impossible not to take it out? It must be that Xue Jinhua is unwilling to take it.

"Mom, don't be so excited. The account books are all here. You can take a look for yourself if you don't believe me. In fact, before I got married, the Marquis's Mansion had already owed a lot of foreign debts. Over the years, in addition to the daily expenses of the mansion, I have been working hard to make money, just to pay off these debts as soon as possible. Now the Marquis's Mansion only has more than 10,000 taels of silver in foreign debt, and it was originally planned to pay it off completely this year."

"But I didn't expect that the Marquis would come back with a child named Fan. Although the child has not been formally adopted, his food, clothing and other expenses are arranged according to the highest standards. The Marquis also said that he would buy him a courtyard. As a result, the Marquis's Mansion, which was already living frugally, really can't afford so much money now."

"Then let's put the matter of setting up the yard on hold for now," Wang obviously didn't want to let her eldest grandson down.

"Even if that's the case, it's only eight thousand taels at most."

"Eight thousand taels? That's not enough!" Wang said with a frown.

Wang's eyes were rolling around at this time, thinking about what to do. She looked at Xue Jinhua and suddenly had an idea, "Jinhua, I remember there are a few shops in very good locations in your dowry. Why don't you sell them? Wouldn't we have money?"

"Madam, that shop is our young lady's dowry, how can it be sold so easily?" Sakura said anxiously.

"Shut up, you slut, it's your turn to interrupt when your master is talking.

Xue Jinhua looked at Wang's mean expression and wanted to slap her twice.

Sakura lowered her head aggrievedly and stopped talking.

"Mother knows that was your dowry, but there is nothing we can do about it now. Besides, you have already married Yuxuan, so your dowry naturally belongs to the Marquis' Mansion. Now that Yuxuan is in trouble, you can't just not help, right?" Wang said to Xue Jinhua with a smile.