Jin Qianqian silently sipped the tea in her cup. She wasn't the one who needed to be anxious right now; it was just a matter of seeing who would cave first.
Madam Huang, on the other hand, was losing her composure. A lowly doctor was nothing to fear.
However, the Huang Mansion was terrible at managing their finances. For years, they had relied solely on a few storefronts to scrape by. If their businesses stopped generating income, there was no telling how much longer the entire Minister's Mansion could hold out.
While the various branches of the family each managed their own dowries, even she—as the household manager—would never use her personal dowry to fill this massive deficit before the family estate was officially divided. Let alone those daughters-in-law who held no power over the household.
