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Chapter 566 One Life, 52,000

"Tian Rong, that's my son, and you're only giving me 100,000 taels?" Prince Ming was somewhat dissatisfied.

Miss Tian's expression also turned cold. "A concubine's son, do you really expect him to inherit the Prince's mansion in the future? Besides, I am your fiancée now, and our children will be the masters of the Prince's mansion in the future. What's wrong with me dealing with them now?"

"You are truly a wicked woman."

“Then go back now and tell the Prince and Princess that you don’t want to marry me.” Miss Tian wasn’t afraid at all.

Prince Ming was also angry. "Tian Rong, let me tell you, I don't necessarily have to marry you. If you continue to be so arrogant, I will definitely break off this engagement."

"Then go back and tell the princess that you are not married yet, but you already have mistresses everywhere. I have dealt with your mistresses and see if the princess will be angry with me."

Before the young prince could say anything more, Tian Rong interrupted him with a single sentence: "A worthless life for 100,000 taels of silver. Go back and tell the prince and princess the truth about this matter. If they are truly dissatisfied, I can directly annul the engagement with you."

"Don't even think about it, unless it's worth two hundred thousand taels of silver for a life."

"No need to consider it. If you don't tell the Princess and the others, I'll go to the Prince's residence tomorrow and make things clear." Tian Rong was preoccupied with Mo and didn't want to argue with Prince Ming here, so she got up and left.

Prince Ming was left standing there, and he was furious, on the verge of exploding, but there was nothing he could do but go home.

His mother naturally knew about his extramarital affairs; they were all his children. Although his mother was unhappy, she wouldn't say anything.

Upon returning to the Prince Ming's residence, the heir went straight to the Princess Ming's courtyard, his face extremely sour.

Princess Ming was pruning flowers when she saw her son come in with a sour face. She put down the pruning shears and went up to ask, "Coming in with such a sour face, aren't you afraid your father will be angry if he sees you?"

"Mother, how can I be happy? All my children outside are dead."

"Xiao Yu got into trouble too?" Princess Ming immediately realized. "Who did this?"

If it were just an accident, the death of one person would be a big deal, but so many people have suddenly died, so something must have happened.

"He was castrated by the people Tian Rong sent, but he's still alive."

How could the royal family want a son who has no roots? Keeping him would be a disgrace, let alone a son from an illegitimate family.

"How could she be so bold?"

Prince Ming was also extremely angry. "Mother, you don't know how arrogant she is now. When I went to find her, she actually said that if I gave her 100,000 taels of silver for her life, the matter would be over. Can you believe what she's saying?"

"That's a bit too few." Princess Ming was not satisfied with the number. As for the few people who died outside, she was not sad at all. Anyway, they were all born to concubines, and her son would definitely be able to have more children after he got married.

Prince Ming nodded emphatically, "I just felt it was too little, so I told her to give me some more, but she refused."

"How many did you want?"

Two hundred thousand taels.

Princess Ming was silent for a moment and then said, "We need money now. If a life is worth 150,000 taels, then we'll let this matter go. If it's less than 150,000 taels, then go and make a scene and demand that the engagement be called off. We'll handle the rest."

"it is good."

On the other side, Du Mingxian followed Tian Rong back to the courtyard. As soon as Tian Rong saw Nan'er, she instructed, "Prepare the silver. Each of Ming Shizi's men will receive 150,000 taels. Send someone to deliver the silver to the Prince's mansion in a little while."

"Yes." Nan'er wasn't surprised at all and silently turned around to prepare.

Tian Rong went straight back to her room and found that Mo was no longer there. "Xiao Du, go tell Young Master Mo to come and find me."

"Yes." Du Mingxian rolled her eyes. It was the first time she had ever seen a woman so impatient. It was truly an eye-opener.

Despite her disdain, she quickly went to inform Mo.

Mo was lying in bed when he heard the notification. Without hesitation, he went straight to Tian Rong's room.

Soon after, noises came from inside the room, so Du Mingxian simply quietly went back to her own room.

There was something she didn't quite understand: how could Tian Rong have so much silver? She could casually ask for tens of thousands of taels without batting an eye, which showed that she had even more money on hand.

Thinking of this, she secretly went to look for Nan'er, but Nan'er was not there.

Nan'er didn't return until evening. Du Mingxian went up to her and asked, "Have you prepared the things Miss asked you to prepare?"

Nan'er glanced at Du Mingxian but didn't raise an objection. She simply replied, "You don't need to worry about such things."

"My concern is what will happen if Prince Ming is not satisfied?"

"You don't have to worry."

"Okay." Du Mingxian turned to leave, and as soon as she reached her room door, she saw Granny Chen standing there. "Auntie, what brings you here?"

Although they all served in the same courtyard, she didn't have much contact with Granny Chen.

Before, when she was still in the backyard, they would occasionally sit down and chat together. But since she lost her freedom, she rarely saw Granny Chen. She spent most of her time in the front yard, so the two of them didn't talk much.

Judging from Granny Chen's appearance, it seemed that she had come specifically to see her; this was the first time since she entered the mansion.

"Something's come up, let's go inside and talk."

"Okay." Du Mingxian stepped forward, pushed open the door, and invited Granny Chen in.

The two went inside and sat down. Du Mingxian poured a cup of tea for Granny Chen before asking, "Isn't the backyard busy?"

"Just arrange for them to do it, I'm not that busy." Granny Chen silently picked up her teacup, took a sip, and gently put it down before asking in a low voice, "I need to talk to you about something."

"what happened?"

Granny Chen looked hesitant to speak.

Du Mingxian asked, "If you have something to say, Auntie, just say it. We're old acquaintances, what's there to be embarrassed about?"

"Here's the thing, when I went out shopping today, I ran into a maid from the Ma family. We met her before when we were shopping, and she said that their young mistress is pregnant and picky about food."

"Knowing that we had fruit in our household before, they asked me where I bought it and even slipped me some money, wanting me to help make a connection. Originally, I didn't want to help, but... the money they gave me was just too much, so I had no choice but to agree."

Du Mingxian finally understood. "Auntie, I'm afraid that won't work. Ever since Miss stopped eating the fruit we provide, my husband hasn't been to the manor for a long time. Besides, I'm serving Miss right here now and rarely go out."

“We didn’t have much fruit at home to begin with. We used to offer it to the young lady because of her high status. If we were to offer her fruit like before, it definitely wouldn’t work, and we wouldn’t have any anyway.”

She's already trapped in the manor, how could she possibly have fruit to offer to others? It would be troublesome if her private space were exposed over a little fruit.

Old Mrs. Chen was a little disappointed when she heard this. "Then forget it. I also told them I'd give it a try, but they didn't agree right away."