The Lucky Heiress

Chapter 551: Chapter 551: Extreme Joy Turns to Sorrow_1

However, Wei Ruo was not at all affected by Wei Qingwan. The matter of pregnancy was not of importance to Wei Ruo.

She watched the whole scene with an amused expression as Wei Qingwan was surrounded by people.

She neither needed to vie for favor by bearing a child, nor did she need to use childbirth to prove her worth.

In the world she lived in, women often gained status through their children. But in Wei Ruo’s opinion, a child should only be born when both the parents are ready and want to have them. To give birth or not is neither to be blamed nor to be proud of.

Once it was known that Wei Qingwan might be pregnant, and it was the first child of King Yu, Wei Qingwan immediately became the focus of everyone’s attention and protection.

Wei Qingwan’s face was full of happiness, she enjoyed the caring attention from everyone at that moment.

Just then, a servant from Wei Residence reported that someone from Huiren Shop had brought a note of debt, it was a note for a thousand taels borrowed by King Yu’s Concubine.

Upon hearing this, Wei Mingting and Chu Heng looked at Wei Qingwan in surprise.

Wei Qingwan, who was immersed in happiness just now, suddenly turned pale.

A note for a thousand taels!

Wei Qingwan certainly remembered that she had signed one!

Yun family frowned and turned away, this had always been a painful matter for her, she could still vividly recall the scene of her daughter disobeying her.

We Ruo raised her eyebrows in surprise, she knew about the note, but the note was given to the Bai Family.

Wei Ruo was curious about how the note had ended up at Huiren Shop?

Having been running a shop in Capital City for some time now, she had heard of Huiren Shop. Sun Sanniang had advised her not to provoke Huiren Shop easily, because the patron behind Huiren Shop was Jinglan Residence.

There was a substantial difference between the person demanding the debt being Bai Family and Huiren Shop.

Wei Ruo looked at Wei Qingwan again, her face had turned from shy to pale, she wondered if this could be considered happiness followed by sorrow.

Wei Mingting was silent for a while before he asked the servant to give him the note.

He took it and looked at it carefully, Wei Qingwan’s name was written on it in black, along with her fingerprint.

Wei Qingwan’s reaction also indicated that this was true.

When he looked at his wife’s reaction, he realized that she must have known about this note for a long time.

Wei Mingting asked the servant who had reported the news, “Did the person who delivered this note say anything?”

The crucial debt note was simply handed over. If the Wei Family tore up the note now, they could simply deny that this incident had ever happened, and it would be useless for the other party to lodge a complaint with the authorities.

“They didn’t say anything, they just asked me to deliver the note to the master.” the servant answered.

Huiren Shop did not ask for money, they simply returned the note.

We Mingting’s hand clenched the note tighter.

We Mingting turned to look at Wei Qingwan, if she had not been married, he could have questioned her properly at the moment. However, now that she has married, it was not his position to discipline her. Moreover, her status as the Concubine of King Yu also did not permit him to do so.

We Mingting said coldly: “The incident happened before your marriage, I am at fault as your father, I will pay back this thousand taels of silver.”

The other party did not ask the Wei family for money, but Wei Mingting could not simply pretend as if nothing had happened, and deny the debt.

Wei Qingwan was extremely nervous, she neither dared to look at Wei Mingting’s eyes nor knew what to do with her hands.

Quickly, Chu Heng said to Wei Mingting: “Father-in-law, Wanwan is now a member of my residence, the thousand taels should naturally be paid by my residence. It is inappropriate to trouble you.”

A thousand taels of silver was not a big deal for King Yu Residence. Chu Heng was naturally willing to pay this amount in exchange for the goodwill of Wei Family.

Wei Mingting said: “It is my negligence for not disciplining her properly that has led to these bad habits in my daughter. This is my responsibility, there is no need to trouble Your Highness, King Yu.”

At this point, the always silent Wei Yichen spoke up: “Father, you need not blame yourself for this. Mother had repeatedly discouraged this behaviour at that time, it was my younger sister who insisted on doing so. My sister has always been headstrong. Even if you were there at that time, you might not have been able to stop her.”

Wei Yichen seemed to be consoling Wei Mingting, but he subtly revealed their family’s attitude towards Wei Qingwan and her behaviour before her marriage.

Wei Qingwan wouldn’t have failed to understand this. After hearing his words, she felt a chill rise from the bottom of her feet, her stomach churned again, and she vomited. This time, however, everyone just stared and did not immediately express concern.

Wei Qingwan looked nervously at Chu Heng. There was no change in his expression, he remained as gentle as ever.

Wei Yichen then stood up, saluted Chu Heng, and said: “Your Highness, what happened today is a mistake made by our family. This debt was incurred by my sister before her marriage, even though I wouldn’t want to admit that the person who made such a foolhardy move is a daughter of the Wei Family and my sister, it is still our responsibility and should be paid off by our family.”

Wei Ruo looked at Wei Yichen on her right, pondering his words.

His words seemed to be an apology to Chu Heng, but they subtly conveyed discord in his relationship with Wei Qingwan. It was hard for Wei Ruo not to suspect it was deliberate.

“Brother-in-law, there is no need to be so polite, we are all family. Wei family’s business is also my business, especially when it’s about Wanwan,” Chu Heng responded.

After exchanging pleasantries, Wei Mingting, regardless of what Chu Heng said, directed someone to get a silver note. He directly handed the note to the person from Huiren shop.

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On the way from the main hall to Anxin Garden, Wei Ruo found an opportunity to speak privately with Wei Yichen.

She came forward and asked Wei Yichen: “Was this debt note arranged by you today?”

Wei Ruo felt that what happened today didn’t seem like something that Bai family could come up with.

She had given the note to Huiren Shop, asking them to recover the money.

Huiren Shop was shrewd. They would not directly ask for money and offend both the Wei Family and King Yu Residence. Instead, they politely returned the note.

Given Wei Mingting’s personality, he would not simply accept the note and avoid paying the debt.

As a result, the Bai Family not only received the money but also avoided the trouble of claiming the money themselves, killing two birds with one stone.

Wei Yichen answered with an indifferent expression: “I just provided the Bai family with a method to reclaim their money. They had no way to directly recover the money, so they chose to sell the note to an external merchant for eight hundred taels of silver. The shop makes a profit by reclaiming a thousand taels, thus earning the difference of two hundred taels.”

“I presume that Huiren Shop accepted this business on Big Brother’s face?” Wei Ruo said.

“Huiren shop is a business, they can make a profit of two hundred taels by simply running an errand, they wouldn’t refuse such a deal.” Wei Yichen didn’t directly respond.

“It seems that Second Brother has still not forgiven Wei Qingwan.” Wei Ruo said.

“Why should I forgive someone who almost got me killed?” Wei Yichen retorted.