Huh? The Tyrant Cries After My Inner Thoughts Were Exposed!-Chapter 203: Such a Good Moneybag

Ah Juan’s call of "Father" almost sent Old Master Su away.

All eyes were on him. Old Master Su, with a forced smile, glanced around and spoke softly and kindly to Ah Juan, "Dear daughter, why not wait until the banquet is over to move?"

"Look at all these guests here. Moving things now would surely disrupt their enjoyment, wouldn’t it?"

Ah Juan smiled, "Father has a point there."

Old Master Su grinned awkwardly, "Yes, indeed."

Ah Juan then turned to the guests and proclaimed loudly, "Ladies and gentlemen, I apologize for disrupting your enjoyment today. If you don’t mind, please honor me with your presence at my housewarming banquet another day, just bring today’s invitation card!"

Hearing this, the guests were all smiles, "Your Highness, you exaggerate; it’s no disruption at all!"

[Look, no one feels disturbed, do they?]

"Your Highness, just attend to your own business. We count today as just enjoying the spectacle."

"Indeed, Boss Su, hurry up, these are palace folks; their time is precious."

[This person has such a way with words, keep talking more.]

"If there’s too much delay and the palace inquires, wouldn’t that put the princess in a difficult spot?"

[Such a considerate person, let me see which household this clever talker belongs to.]

"Indeed, let’s hurry so we can catch a glimpse of Princess Jinyang’s dowry."

Old Master Su’s smile was fading fast.

At this moment, Madam Su tugged at his sleeve and whispered, "Just give it. The people here today are all prominent figures from the Capital City. If news spreads and reaches the palace..."

Despite her reluctance, she weighed it over in her mind. Compared to the title of Princess Jinyang, those real estates and silver weren’t that hard to part with.

After all, silver can be earned again, but connections to the royal family are not easily obtained.

Now, because of Princess Jinyang’s name, the attitudes of those influential figures towards the Su Family had changed completely. If Ah Juan fell out with the family, not to mention half of the Su Mansion, if the Emperor and Empress dug into past matters, taking over the whole Su Mansion wouldn’t be impossible.

By spending this silver, which everyone in the Capital City could see, even if Ah Juan changed her surname to Song, when people mention the Su Family in the future, there would still be a touch of royalty.

Despite his anger, Old Master Su dared not act out in front of so many people, "You handle it."

Madam Su immediately put on a smile, "Ah Juan, I’ll lead them. Only I know where these things are stored."

Ah Juan smiled sweetly, "I’ll leave it to Madam then."

Over twenty people followed Madam Su away. Xie Xun quietly asked Ah Juan, "Will you follow them? What if they give less than expected?"

Ah Juan curled her lips, "She’s a smart person."

Smart people know how to make choices. For a woman like her, as long as the Su Family doesn’t fall, her everyday needs won’t change much. Even if the Su Mansion earns more silver, she wouldn’t use it. But the royal reputation is different. After all, she cares about her daughter’s future and naturally considers her son-in-law’s prospects too.

It’s beneficial to use half of someone else’s wealth. Even if it pains her, she would find it worthwhile.

After nearly half an hour, those twenty people carried out one chest after another, parading out of the backyard. They made four trips back and forth to move everything.

The chests weren’t closed, and their contents amazed the guests. Truly, the Su Family, the wealthiest merchants in the Capital City, had hidden so many treasures in their mansion.

Finally, Madam Su handed a relatively small wooden chest to Ah Juan with a loving smile, "Ah Juan, inside are some deed papers to shops and houses left to you by your birth mother, as well as the dowry the family prepared for you earlier. Take good care of them."

Ah Juan received it and smiled, "Thank you, madam."

She then turned to her good father and beamed innocently twice, "Thank you, Father, your kindness is deeply remembered by your daughter."

Beside him, Old Master Su was seething, feeling like his every pore was emitting smoke. Facing the gazes of others, he awkwardly forced a smile, "We are family; there’s no need to speak as if we’re strangers."

Watching Ah Juan take those people and all those things away, he felt himself collapsing, being held up forcefully by Madam Su.

"How much does the storeroom... still have left?"

Madam Su wore a fake smile, "Nothing, it’s all been taken."

Old Master Su’s heart felt like it would stop beating.

At this moment, Ah Juan’s inner thoughts floated leisurely by, [Old thing, did you really think my mother’s dowry became yours when you kept it for me?]

[Do you not realize that you have no fate to spend it? Can’t even part with some for your son and daughter, planning to take it with you to the grave, are you?]

Madam Su wholeheartedly agreed with this.

When Su Lingling got married, only a little was given. The rest was made up by her own dowry and private savings over the years.

Her son was inept, and her daughter wasn’t given anything when she got married. Did he really plan to hold onto these dead assets into his coffin?

Ah Juan looked at the chests, nodded in satisfaction, "Close them up and have them delivered to my residence."

[My father is really nice, such a good purse; if I run out of money, I’ll be back.]

Ungrateful daughter... Old Master Su’s vision went black, unable to hold on, he fainted.

Leaving the Su Mansion, watching the fully loaded convoy of carriages roll away, Xie Xun gave Ah Juan a thumbs-up, "You’re impressive."

Looking at such a big pile, she probably cleared out the entire Su Mansion.

Ah Juan was feeling sleepy, yawning, "Not bad."

She calculated that if those dozen chests of valuables were converted into silver taels, there would be at least over a million taels. She would keep two hundred thousand taels for herself and donate the rest to fill the national treasury, currently depleted due to disasters in various regions, to earn a reputation as a virtuous and wise princess, despite currently having only an empty title of Imperial Grandson.

As for these shops and houses, they are the real money-makers and should be kept, with Shen Ruhui finding people to manage them anew, money generating more money.

After all, if they had to go to war with the Southern Country in the future, no amount of money would ever be enough.

Inside the carriage, she counted the land deeds and silver notes, feeling a frantic glee akin to a poor person becoming suddenly wealthy, almost wanting to laugh loudly.

[Severing ties with the Su Mansion is impossible, never in this lifetime.]

At this moment, Xie Xun realized that Ah Juan, who usually seemed indifferent to worldly possessions, was actually a complete money-grubber.

[Although this nominal father of mine is nothing, the heavens have favored him. This man just knows how to make money... ]

Ah Juan smiled broadly, [Such a good purse, inexhaustible, it needs to be kept at hand for good use; how could I throw it away?]

Xie Xun was dazed, looking at the little financial addict in front of him, he suddenly started to feel a bit sorry for the Su-named one.

As long as he couldn’t part with the royal connections, he’d keep pouring money out, earning or losing, perhaps even he couldn’t calculate it.