Chapter 22: I vomited everything I ate

Xu Jinhuai's face changed when he heard this. Yu Yue'er and her family were still living in the house. It would be terrible if they were discovered by Princess Chaoyang.

He said quickly, "Qing'er, don't worry, I have taken good care of the farm and the house over the years."

"Not only does the farm bring in a lot of income, but the houses also make a lot of money from renting them out."

In this way, even if Princess Chaoyang finds out that Yu Yue'er is the one living next door, he can say that the house is rented to her, and no one will suspect his relationship with Yu Yue'er.

Princess Chaoyang was touched when she heard this and said, "My husband has worked so hard to help me take care of my dowry for eighteen years."

After she finished speaking, a barely perceptible sneer crossed her lips.

"But, Prince Consort, you only gave me the land and the title deed. What about the income from the farm and the rental income from the house over the past 18 years?"

After asking this question, Princess Chaoyang winked at Yuan Xiang.

Yuan Xiang understood and continued with a smile: "The income from the farm and the house is all from the princess's dowry. The prince consort must have helped the princess collect it. After all, in our Fusu country, it is not reasonable for a husband to abuse his wife's dowry."

"My Lord, what Yuan Xiang said is right, right?"

The words that Xu Jinhuai was about to say were instantly blocked, and his face looked embarrassed as if he had eaten shit.

But he still forced a smile and said, "Of course, I'm helping Qing'er collect them."

Princess Chaoyang was touched and said, "Prince Consort, you are so kind to Qing'er."

"If my brother knew this, he would definitely be very relieved, and he might even help the prince consort to be conferred a title of nobility."

When Xu Jinhuai heard the word "marquis", his eyes lit up instantly.

He dreamed of obtaining the status of a marquis, becoming a true aristocrat, and bringing honor to the Xu family.

Xu Jinhuai was about to say something when Princess Chaoyang said with a worried look on her face, "Oh no! My brother is always suspicious. If he knew that all the income from the dowry was with the prince consort, he would think that the prince consort was intentionally embezzling my dowry."

"It's bad, it's bad. To avoid any more trouble, you should return the dowry to me as soon as possible."

Xu Jinhuai's face darkened when he heard this. He had either spent the money or used it to redeem the farms and houses he had sold. There was no way he had a penny left.

But now that he had hope of becoming a marquis, he really didn't want to miss the opportunity, so he forced a smile and said, "Qing'er is right. I'll have someone calculate it and send it to Qing'er as soon as possible."

Princess Chaoyang smiled gently as usual, "Then I'll have to trouble you, Prince Consort."

Xu Jinhuai once again left Princess Chaoyang's courtyard with a face as dark as ink.

He always felt that Princess Chaoyang seemed different from before, but he couldn't tell where the difference was. It seemed that she still cared about his career as before.
Juxiang went out to confirm and found that the prince consort had really left. She couldn't help laughing, "Princess, you don't know, when the prince consort left just now, his face was really wonderful."

Yuan Xiang also said angrily: "She deserves it. She kept a concubine behind our princess' back and even tried to embezzle our princess' dowry."

Juxiang agreed very much, "The princess is really smart. With just a few words, she made the prince consort willingly hand over those farms and houses, and even return all the gains of the past 18 years."

Princess Chaoyang smiled faintly, but her eyes were unusually cold.

She was not a stupid person, but she was obsessed with love and was blinded by it.

Xu Yaoyao had just woken up in the cradle. After listening to the conversation between Yuanxiang and Juxiang, she instantly became alert.

[What? How did mother know that her scumbag father had embezzled her farm and house? ]

[She even returned the farm, the house, and all the money she had earned in the past 18 years?] [Wow~ She is indeed my mother, she is so strong!]

[This time, the scumbag dad will probably faint in the toilet crying]

[Hahaha, this is so cool]

[Who said my mother is a fool who loves her heart? Isn't this quite smart?]

Oh, I think she also said that before she entered the book.
Well, she took that back forever!
Princess Chaoyang: A Fool in Love
Oh, her daughter did not wrongly accuse her. She was indeed a fool who was in love before. Fortunately, her daughter's voice woke her up.

After Xu Jinhuai left Princess Chaoyang's courtyard, he went directly to the accounting office and asked the accountant to calculate for him the income from the fields and houses over the past eighteen years.

The eight farms that Emperor Mingde gave to Princess Chaoyang were all fertile fields, and they were not small in size. They could bring in at least 90,000 taels of silver a year, which means 1.62 million taels of silver in 18 years.

The eight houses were not small and elegantly decorated. The three newly bought houses had been vacated and not rented out. When the time came, I could tell Princess Chaoyang that they had been vacant.

There are four houses rented out, plus the one for the concubine, the annual rental income is about 10,000 taels of silver, which means 180,000 taels of silver in 18 years.

The total amount of land and houses to be given to Princess Chaoyang is 1.8 million taels of silver.

When Xu Jinhuai saw the number, he spat out a mouthful of blood.

One million and eight hundred thousand taels. He had already spent all the money in the mansion to redeem those houses and farms. Even the money in his private treasury was spent completely. Where could he get one million and eight hundred thousand taels?

After much deliberation, Xu Jinhuai finally went to the old lady with tears in his eyes.

Princess Chaoyang was extremely filial. During the 18 years that she had been married to him, she had bought a lot of good things for the old lady, and those things could surely be sold for a lot of silver.

If that wasn't enough, there were four more kids there.

Oh, and there’s also the outer room.

If we all come together and sell it, we should be able to get something similar.

Inside the Prince's Mansion, the scenery is charming with white snow and red plum blossoms.

Crown Prince Di Chaoxing was wearing a white suit and practicing sword in the clean yard.

He has sharp eyebrows, eyes like lightning, and a heroic look with a hint of handsomeness. People can't help but exclaim, "What a handsome young man."

Seeing the servant he had sent out earlier coming back, he sheathed the sword in his hand and threw it to the guard standing next to him.

"How is it? Have you found out clearly?" The prince asked after wiping his hands with the towel handed to him by the maid.

The attendant replied, "I have already checked it out. Those farms and houses have indeed been embezzled by the prince consort for many years, and some of them have even been sold by him."

"However, during my investigation, I discovered that the prince consort recently bought back the farm and house that he had sold before, and personally delivered them to Princess Chaoyang."

The prince frowned slightly. This Xu Jinhuai was too bold. He even dared to embezzle the dowry that his father gave to his aunt.

Is this really something a passionate person would do?
It seems that the rumors may not be true.

But why did he suddenly return the land and farm to his aunt? Did his aunt find out something was wrong and asked him to return it?
It seems that his aunt may not be as obsessed with Xu Jinhuai as the rumors say.

The attendant continued to report, "There is another very strange thing. I found that a lot of things were moved out of the princess's mansion yesterday. Some were directly pawned at the pawnshop, and some were sold by other means. It seems that they are very short of money."

(End of this chapter)