Chapter Ninety-Five: The Vices of Gambling
It turned out that soon after Jiang Aoxue got married, Jiang Xiu fell into the vice of gambling, leaving Zhuo and his son at home every day, and he soaked in the gambling hall all day long, ignoring all the affairs of the family.
Although a few times he also won money, most of the time he lost, and he has lost more and more in recent times, so that Jiang Xiu himself has no way to pay it back.
There was no way, Jiang Xiu had to ask Zhuo's for money, but Zhuo's was just a woman in the backyard, and she didn't want to give Jiang Xiu the dowry she brought, so she wouldn't have so much money at all.
As a last resort, she set her sights on the middle feed of the waiting house, but the old lady and mother in the waiting house were there, and she didn't have a manual feed at all, even if she wanted to be greedy for money, she didn't know how to start.
Jiang Xiu asked Zhuo's for a few times but didn't get much money, and he couldn't help but complain about Zhuo's incompetence, and the two of them quarreled at home for a long time.
Annoyed, Jiang Xiu no longer entered Zhuo's house, but lived directly in her aunt's house.
Zhuo was angry and sad, but there was nothing he could do. She thought about it carefully, if she wanted Jiang Xiu to return to her house, she would probably have to take out the money to pay off his gambling debts.
However, Zhuo's really doesn't want to contribute her dowry, if she takes out her dowry, she must keep taking money in the future, so what is left of her dowry?
After a long time, Zhuo made up her mind, her sister-in-law Jiang Aoxue had married the prince and became Princess Yan, in charge of the entire palace, there must be a lot of gold and silver, just ask her to borrow some gold and silver.
Although it was a little unpleasant before, Jiang Xiu is her brother after all, if she mentions more family affection, Jiang Aoxue should agree!
Thinking of this, she left the Hou Mansion and hurried towards the Yan Wang's Mansion.
After arriving at King Yan's Mansion, looking at the magnificent decorations around him, Zhuo's greed rose again, thinking that while asking for some money to pay off his gambling debts, he also wanted to take a part of the silver taels to supplement his life.
Anyway, Jiang Aoxue also has to give money, and there is no difference between giving more and giving less.
Zhuo had already made up her mind, but she was also a little hesitant the moment she saw Jiang Aoxue, and she didn't know how to speak.
Because Jiang Aoxue seems to be different from before in her eyes, although Jiang Aoxue was powerful before, she still had the weakness of some boudoir women, but now she saw Jiang Aoxue abandoned this weakness at all.
She sat on the upper seat of the main hall, and looked like a noble princess.
Although Zhuo's face had a flattering smile, she was suddenly a little dissatisfied in her heart, she was originally her sister-in-law, but she had to bow down in front of her sister-in-law, which was really embarrassing.
But for the sake of Jiang Xiu and her own happiness, what other choice does she have? Thinking of this, she still gritted her teeth and endured it.
Jiang Aoxue sat on it, not knowing what Zhuo was thinking, she put the teacup in her hand on the table on the side, and asked with an unchanged expression, "Sister-in-law wants to borrow some money from me?" ”
When Zhuo Shi saw her talking, he thought that this matter was eyebrow-raising, and hurriedly smiled and said, "Yes, yes!" ”
Jiang Aoxue smiled faintly, and then said, "This money is naturally not impossible to lend to my sister-in-law, but ......"
She lengthened her tone, and Zhuo asked anxiously: "But what, sister, you also know the situation of your brother and sister-in-law, we really have no choice but to find my sister's face, and please ask my sister to help us!" ”
"This brother and sister-in-law asked me for help, and my little sister naturally wanted to help, but I don't know when my sister-in-law will be able to return the money to me after I lend it to my sister-in-law?" Jiang Aoxue's tone was soft, but it sounded like a burst of thunder in Zhuo's ears.
Her eyes widened, and she looked at Jiang Aoxue sitting on it in surprise, unable to believe what she had heard. She didn't expect that Jiang Aoxue really wanted to borrow money, and she had to agree on a deadline for returning it.
The sister-in-law asked her sister to borrow money and had to return it when it was due, which was simply relying on her power to bully her and Jiang Xiu, and she didn't respect them at all. Thinking of this, Zhuo's eyes were filled with hatred, and the hand in his sleeve was secretly clenched.
Jiang Aoxue didn't urge her to speak, but sat upright and ate her own snacks, looking like she was out of the way. Of course, she knew what Zhuo's heart was thinking, presumably Zhuo's had no intention of repaying the money at all, just wanting to let herself give the money to their husband and wife for nothing. If she is still in the Hou Mansion, it is enough to borrow some money, but she is now Princess Yan, and everything must be focused on the Yan Mansion. And my brother didn't lose the money because of something else, but because of gambling, if he gave him the money so easily today, he must not have corrected his mistakes, and he would never have made a big deal.
Although he was very disappointed in his brother, Jiang Xiu was his brother after all, and if something happened to him, he would still feel uncomfortable in his heart.
The only way now is to force my brother to grow up and let him take on his own responsibilities. That's why Jiang Aoxue came up with such a solution.
Zhuo Shi wanted to stand up and scold Jiang Aoxue directly, but her reason still stopped her. This is in King Yan's Mansion, if he does anything rude, I'm afraid he won't need Jiang Aoxue to drive him out, I'm afraid that the guards in the palace will throw him out directly, right?
And if she leaves, where will she go to borrow money? She must bring the money back today, even if she writes an IOU, and she will admit it.
Thinking of this, she clenched her hand, then let go again, and after repeating it a few times, she looked up at Jiang Aoxue, tried hard to squeeze out a smile, and said: "This is natural, since it is said to be borrowing money, it will naturally have to be repaid when the time comes." ”
A smile finally appeared on Jiang Aoxue's lips, of course she knew that Zhuo was looking for a staircase for herself, and she didn't expose her, and said: "Since my sister-in-law said so, Wanyun, hurry up and get a pen and paper!" ”
Wanyun tried to hold back a smile, her own princess's trick was really powerful, originally she was standing behind the princess, and she wanted to remind the princess, but she didn't expect the princess to come up with such a solution, presumably at this time, the Zhuo family was angry, right?
Seeing that Wanyun left quickly, Jiang Aoxue turned her head to look at Zhuo's family again, and continued: "I don't know how much my sister-in-law and brother want to borrow?" ”
Since it was to be repaid, Zhuo didn't dare to borrow more, and planned to pay off the gambling debts, so she said a little vaguely: "About 10,000 taels of silver!" ”
Jiang Aoxue was taken aback, she didn't expect her brother to lose so much silver. Although the Hou Mansion is not small, 10,000 taels of silver is indeed not a small number, no wonder the Zhuo family wants to talk to himself.
"10,000 taels is 10,000 taels, if it's not enough, you can ask me to get it, but you just have to make an IOU every time." Jiang Aoxue opened his mouth and said: "As the saying goes: my brother still has to settle accounts, besides, I am married now, and I take all the money from the palace, and I ask my sister-in-law to understand one or two." ”
Seeing that her words had already been said for this sake, Zhuo Shi had nothing to say, so he could only nod and try to maintain a flattering smile.
In less than a while, Wanyun walked back with a pen, ink, paper, and inkstone, and she directly put the thing in front of Zhuo's family.
Zhuo Shi saw that the pen, ink, paper and inkstone had been brought, and she had no reason to shirk, so she directly lifted the pen and wrote the IOU in two or three clicks.
Wan Yun presented the IOU to Jiang Aoxue, Jiang Aoxue looked at it carefully for a long time, and then handed the IOU to Wan Yun, told her to put it away, and then said: "Sister-in-law, please rest assured, the silver will be sent back to the Hou Mansion directly in a while." ”
Zhuo Shi smiled reluctantly, and just wanted to find an excuse to get up and say goodbye, a flash of inspiration suddenly flashed in his mind, as if he had thought of something, he continued to sit, pretending to be chatting with Jiang Aoxue, and said, "Sister, I don't know where the prince is?" ”
"The prince is not in the mansion, he went out to do things for His Majesty." Although she was a little puzzled why Zhuo asked this question, Jiang Aoxue still told the truth.
Hearing that Baili Minghui was not in the palace, Zhuo's courage was also a little bigger, she sighed and said: "It's really bitter for my sister, the prince is so busy, my sister's heart must be very uncomfortable, right?" ”
Jiang Aoxue picked up the teacup and took a sip, uncomfortable? She didn't feel uncomfortable, she just missed it a little, but when she heard the news from Baili Minghui, she could also understand her lovesickness to some extent.
She shook her head, a genuine smile on her face for the first time, and said, "No, I don't feel uncomfortable. ”
Zhuo Shi glanced at her, not believing that she would not be uncomfortable at all, so he directly regarded her words as a cover for sadness.
"I don't know when my sister will get pregnant when the prince is away all the year round." Zhuo's kept mentioning Baili Minghui, just to make Jiang Aoxue's heart sad.
Since Jiang Aoxue didn't let her feel better, then it was impossible for her to let Jiang Aoxue go.
Hearing Zhuo's mention of the child, Jiang Aoxue couldn't help but be stunned, and then a trace of blush quickly appeared on her face. After all, she has only been married to Baili Minghui not long ago, and she is really embarrassed to discuss the matter between the beds.
Zhuo Shi saw the blush on Jiang Aoxue's face, and couldn't help but pause, Jiang Aoxue is already married to the prince, it stands to reason that she shouldn't be shy about this kind of thing, hasn't the prince touched her yet?
No wonder she felt a little puzzled before, King Yan didn't know his sister-in-law at all, why did he suddenly marry her? I'm afraid that King Yan already has someone he likes in his heart, and Jiang Aoxue is just an ornament.
If this is really the case, then I don't know who the position of Princess Yan belongs to in the future? She doesn't respect Jiang Aoxue so much, just like in the palace.