t home and listening to their elders"Only the few children of the second son were unfilial, each one worse than the last."Old Master Zong let out a cold snort, recalling the details of his recent conv...Chapter 1151: What Else Could He Do to Help Her Through This

Yuan Buyu didn't expect Fang Jinshu to be so stubborn. He had long heard that this wild girl was very good at talking, and today he finally got a firsthand experience of it.

He laughed in anger, "Fine, since Mrs. Wu is not afraid of losing face, then let us go before His Majesty and clarify this matter."

You have medicine in your hands but choose to stand idly by as people die, prescribing prices that are unaffordable. This is clearly intentional harassment.

"Your Majesty will surely take care of your old servant!"

It seems that even a seasoned prime minister with years of experience would wince at such a large sum. Who is being unreasonable here

"Fang Jinshi is not afraid, “Go if you want to, I didn't force you to buy medicine with me.”

"If you can't afford it, just say so. For a prime minister of a great nation, you're being rather stingy."

"Lady Rou, your life is truly hard. From the looks of it, Lord Xiang doesn't want to save you."

"Oh, poor thing. You've just given birth and soon you'll be separated from your child forever. There is medicine that could cure you, but your husband refuses to spend the money on it."

"What a shame."

Fang Jinshi's self-directed and self-acted words, spoken to the point that even the surrounding guards and palace maids couldn't help but whisper and discuss among themselves.

In front of so many people, he couldn't possibly kill all these maids and eunuchs in the palace. Besides, Dr. Yao was also here. It's fine to kill others, but Dr. Yao is the Emperor's most trusted imperial physician.

If anything were to happen to him, Your Majesty would certainly not stand idly by and ignore it.

For a moment, Yuan Buyu was at a loss for words and didn't know what to do.

Fang Jinshu was still talking.

"Isn't it just 50,000 taels of silver every month If Madam Rou recovers well, perhaps after half a year of worrying about her life, she can switch to ordinary medicine to continue conditioning herself."

"My lady just gave birth to a son for the Lord, wouldn't you spare even this little silver for Lady Rou"

Yuan Buyu stared at her coldly, anger burning in his heart, but his face showed nothing of his rage.

If you don't say that this person has been the prime minister for so many years, their skill in managing facial expressions is truly masterful.

"Six months."

Yuan Buyu finally conceded defeat and softened his stance.

Because he knew that if this matter reached the Emperor's ears, the Emperor would at most mediate a few words, and he couldn't really ask Fang Jinshu to forcefully change the price.

If things get out of hand and Wen Xiong learns that he's unwilling to spend money to save Wen Xiaorou's life, Wen Xiong will definitely have second thoughts.

Alright, let's just buy her six months' worth of medicinal herbs from her first to stabilize Wen Xiaorou's condition.

Six months is enough time to change a lot of things.

"How can I be sure your herbs will work I'll give you 500,000 taels upfront to buy six months' worth. If Rou'er recovers, I'll continue purchasing."

"If your medicinal herbs cannot improve her condition, Lady Wu Hou, then you will also have to pay the price!"

Fāng Jǐnxù, with a calm and composed demeanor, said, "Rest assured, if the medicinal herbs are useless, Master Xiang can come find me at any time. I will double your silver back."

Yuan Buyu's expression when he left was terrible, his face was as dark as it could be.

Although he successfully had a son, he lost tens of thousands of taels of silver. Adding the gold and silver gifts he had promised to Fang Jinshu earlier, this time was probably a heavy blow to his finances.

Even if he were a chancellor who had been running the Kyoto Imperial Palace for many years, it wouldn't be easy to come up with tens of thousands of taels of silver all at once.

Fang Jinshi had no intention of taking the silver notes. She had a premonition that Dayi would soon be in chaos. In times of turmoil, only gold and silver were hard currency, able to buy things anywhere.

Banknotes may not be the case.

This request angered Yuan Buyu greatly.

In short, after leaving the palace today, Fang Jinshu was completely refreshed and in high spirits.

I made tens of thousands of taels just by watching the excitement, all in silver! It was incredibly satisfying.

In the carriage, Fang Jinshu excitedly told Zongyu about how she had cheated Yuan Buyu out of a large sum of money today.

"You didn't see Yuan Xiang's face, he even wanted to drag me before the Emperor to bring this up."

"Come on, even the emperor wouldn't have the right to forcibly take things from the people's pockets, would he He can't issue an imperial decree for me to lower the price for Yuan Xiang!"

"My stuff, my price. I decide what I sell it for."

“I put him on a moral high ground in just a few words. Yuan Buyu, that hypocritical old fox, always values his reputation the most. If he doesn't buy it, what if Wen Xiaorou really dies in the mansion His reputation as a virtuous official would be ruined.”

"It's really disgusting, to think that at his age he would still take a young woman like Xiaorou as a concubine. He's not ashamed of himself."

Zongyu hadn't seen his daughter-in-law this happy in a long time, and his mood couldn't help but brighten along with hers.

He shouldn't be doing this for his own reputation.

Fang Jinshi nodded. "I know, he's trying to keep Wen Xiong's tens of thousands of elite troops in check."

"If Wen Xiaorou were truly dead in his mansion, it would be a good thing for us. Although Wen Xiong is cruel to his daughter, he doesn't completely disregard their father-daughter relationship."

"If he knew Yuan Xiang killed his daughter out of greed for silver, he would surely develop a grudge against him. If they weren't united, it would definitely be beneficial to you."

Zongyu nodded, his eyes full of admiration as he looked at his daughter-in-law.

If

Jinxiu were a man, he would surely achieve great things.

How can his wife be so perfect

"You're just saying that. If you truly wanted to use this to create a rift between Wen Xiong and Yuan Xiang, you wouldn't have saved Wen Xiaorou."

Fang Jin turned his head and pretended to drink water, nonchalantly saying,

"Isn't it obvious that I'm looking out for the children"

"He's just a newborn babe, he has no say in his birth or parents. What do adult grudges have to do with him I wouldn't go so far as to let a baby die."

Zong Yu saw that she refused to admit it, her lips hardened. He knew all along that Jinxiu could be harsh with her words sometimes, but her heart was softer than her mouth.

Even as the enemy's child, she had a compassionate and kind heart, unwilling to harm the innocent.

Zong Yu didn't see through her, instead, he indulged her and hummed in agreement.

"Yes, there's no need to pick a fight with a newborn babe."

"It is not the act of a gentleman."

Fang Jinshi was very satisfied with Zongyu's answer. It helped her conceal the fact that she had softened her heart.

"That's right, only those without ability would go to harm the weak and innocent to achieve their own goals."

"Well, my lady is right."

With a half-joking tone, Zong Yu looked at her with a teasing smile in his eyes. If Fang Jinxiu still couldn't see that he was making fun of her, then she must have been blinded by beauty and gone blind.

She snorted, "Oh, now you're learning to amuse yourself at my expense, are you"

"Here's a move!"

She was giggling, Zong Yu was smiling, one radiant and lively, the other doting and affectionate. The laughter in the carriage was tinged with happiness and spread out.

Just moments after the carriage of Marquis Wuding's estate left the palace gates, Jiang Chuang appeared in a corner dressed in black, his gaze complex as he watched the departing vehicle.

He had just received Yuan Buyu's order to go to the Duke of Wuding's mansion and assassinate Fang Jinshui again, bringing back 500,000 taels of silver.

What could he possibly do to help her through this crisis this timegure. She couldn't help but feel a little worried.After coming out of the ground, he shook off the dust from his body and walked into the kitchen."Zongbei, is your older brother not coming back for lu...