eurekapd Chapter 291 Jiang 2's Shocking Moves
Chapter 291 Jiang 2's Shocking Moves
"You..." Madam Lu glared at her son with a look of dismay, "Cheng'er, stop messing around! Your sister-in-law was just speaking in anger, why did you take it so seriously?"
She wanted to get away with it. After all, Jiang Er had always been a scoundrel. Where could he earn so much money?
I can't just ask Lin'er for it, right? It's not easy for her in the palace either.
Unfortunately, Jia didn't give her this opportunity at all.
Although the Jiang family has a royal concubine, Jiang Han is an honest man. He works in a low-paying office like the Ministry of Rites, and he doesn't know how many eyes are watching him. He dare not make a lot of money.
Jiang Chi is even more stubborn, and since he is stationed in a military camp, he has even fewer opportunities to make money.
The Jiang family may seem prosperous, but they don't actually have much cash. The palace has given them many rewards, but those imperial gifts can't be exchanged for money.
So when Jia heard that Jiang Er had taken 30,000 taels of silver to buy land, she became anxious.
Five thousand taels were withdrawn from the public treasury alone. Jiang Han and Madam Lu must have also added a lot to their private pockets, and Jiang Er also owed debts outside.
If she doesn't stand up and stop Jiang Er from misbehaving, he will become even more outrageous. How will the family live?
Moreover, Jiang Er always makes trouble outside, which not only makes him notorious, but also implicates her Yaoer.
So even if she fell out with her mother-in-law, Jia was determined to stand up and be the bad guy.
Fortunately, Jiang Er still had some dignity and agreed to exchange it for silver without her having to waste any more words.
She has already risked her face, so how could she let Madam Lu destroy this hard-earned achievement?
So Jia said directly: "Mother, I didn't say anything angry. We should really set some rules in our family. How can we withdraw the money from the public treasury at will?
Besides, my second brother is not young anymore, he should focus on doing something serious instead of always hanging around with those shady people outside."
When Jiang Er heard her say "a person of questionable character", his expression instantly turned extremely ugly.
He looked at Jia coldly: "Sister-in-law, you are too much! Those people are not only my friends, but also well-known people with names and backgrounds. Sister-in-law said they are not up to par, but what about you who come from the Jia family?"
At the end, he sneered and said quickly, "I will go to the palace to borrow money from my elder sister and pay back the five thousand taels of silver! As for the money I borrowed from others, there is no need for my elder sister to worry about it!
What my sister-in-law just said does make sense. There should be rules in this family, and no one should be able to withdraw public funds at will.
When I get back from the palace later, I'll look through the family's account books over the years to see how much money I've spent!"
After saying this, he didn't care about Jia's instantly pale face. He snorted coldly and walked away with a flick of his sleeves.
Jia looked at his back as he walked away, and she almost bit her teeth off in anger.
She didn't expect that Jiang Er would be so disrespectful to her, his sister-in-law, in front of Madam Lu!
She looked at Madam Lu with dissatisfaction and complained, "Mother, my second brother is too presumptuous!"
"You're so presumptuous?" Mrs. Lu slammed the table angrily, "I thought you had forgotten the rules!
Jia, if you don't want to stay in this family, just tell me directly, and I will immediately let Chi'er divorce you, so as not to disgrace you, a noble lady from a noble family!"
"Mother!" Jia's face turned pale with fear. "I just don't want my second brother to continue making trouble. Are you so dissatisfied with me that you want to force me to die?"
These words successfully made Mrs. Lu so angry that her heart ached.
She covered her heart, looked at Jia in disbelief, and suddenly pointed at the door and said, "Get out!"
Jia's face turned pale, then quickly turned red, and tears flowed like a fountain.
She seemed to have suffered great humiliation, and glared at Mrs. Lu with tearful eyes in anger, then pulled her daughter up, covered her face and ran out.
When Mrs. Lu saw her running away like that, she was so angry that she fell down, holding her chest and regretting it deeply.
How could she be so blind to choose such a daughter-in-law for her eldest son!
How could this be a daughter-in-law? She's clearly a jackal coming home to collect debts!
She and Jiang Han were not dead yet, but Jia had already been eyeing the family property, wanted to be the head of the family, and drove her youngest son out!
What a bastard!
The maids and servants who were serving her were so frightened when they saw her like this that they hurried to ask for the imperial physician, but were stopped by Madam Lu.
"Don't go. I'm fine. I just felt a little upset. Don't tell anyone, or Cheng'er will make a scene again."
Mrs. Lu said helplessly.
What she feared most was that Jiang Cheng would make trouble in the palace, and then Jiang Lin would be so angry that she would divorce Jia, and Jia would hang herself.
How will this end?
She just said that she wanted Chi'er to divorce her in order to scare Jia, but Jia said that she wanted to force her to death.
That woman is definitely capable of hanging herself and bringing shame to the Jiang family!
How would she explain to Chi'er then?
What will Chi'er think of Lin'er and Cheng'er?
What would Yaoer and Xueer think?
Would they think that it was her, the grandmother, as well as her aunt and uncle, who deliberately forced their mother to death?
Mrs. Lu felt bitter just thinking about that scene.
On the other hand, Jiang Er was so angry that he left home and went straight into the palace.
However, he did not go to find Concubine Jiang, but went to Emperor Taihe.
When Emperor Taihe heard his intention, he was completely shocked: "You actually asked me to lend you 5,000 taels of silver?"
Jiang Er said with a bitter face: "Brother-in-law, don't you even want to help me? When I grow herbs and make money, I will definitely return the money to you with interest!"
Emperor Taihe snorted unhappily, "You've never grown anything before, yet you're dreaming of growing herbs? Aren't you afraid the herbs you grow might be poisonous to death?"
Jiang Er was a little embarrassed: "Brother-in-law, look at what you said, although I have never planted it before, I can plant it in the future.
Besides, after growing these herbs, don't they have to be examined by doctors before they can be used? If someone dies after eating them, it's the doctor's fault, how can you blame me?
If I can grow medicinal herbs, the price of medicinal herbs in the capital will be cheaper. Isn't this a great thing that benefits the country and the people? Brother-in-law, you are the emperor, so you should support me. "
"Humph, you're quite good at talking nonsense!"
Emperor Taihe snorted in annoyance and questioned, "I heard that you used the imperial gift to exchange for silver, spending a full 30,000 taels of silver to buy land. Even if you wanted to grow medicinal herbs, there's no need to buy such a large piece of land."
Jiang Er became even more nervous: "Brother-in-law, you must have misunderstood. How could I dare to exchange the imperial gift for silver? I just lent it to someone for worship for a period of time, and then borrowed some silver."
He spoke in a lower voice, paused, and then continued, "Besides, Xie Xiu has already given out 100,000 taels of silver. If I give too little, won't it seem like I'm too stingy? Brother-in-law, you don't want to have a stingy brother-in-law who is embarrassing, do you?"
Emperor Taihe's face instantly turned black: He didn't want to have a stingy brother-in-law, but he didn't want a brother-in-law who was taken advantage of even more!