Suddenly, the originally peaceful Anding Marquis became lively! Anding Marquis and Mrs. Li each sent five people to be responsible for counting and copying these dowries. Those responsible for gold, silver, jewelry, and some farm land deeds, etc.
Wait. In the front yard of Anding Houfu, there are mountains of treasures!
Mrs. Cao saw so many treasures being carried into the yard, and when she thought that these things would no longer be hers, she felt so hateful in her heart! Mrs. Cao had made money from this place over the years, of course.
I also used these to make money. But now, I had to save my face first, so I quietly ordered the nanny next to me to get all the jewelry from the yard of the eldest lady and the third lady. I was afraid that
This is not enough to fill the hole!
Mrs. Cao only hoped that Mrs. Li's men would be more confused, so that she might be able to keep a small part of it, otherwise, her entire family fortune would have to be given away!
After half of the counting, Mrs. Li was drinking tea leisurely. Su Xiyue stood next to the old lady. She didn't say much, she just lowered her head and looked well-behaved, which was quite attractive.
like.
"Reporting to Madam, the old lady's inventory has been completed. Every detail is correct!"
"Okay! Of course I can trust the old lady here! What I can't trust are those money-grubbing and shameless villains!" Mrs. Li said, and glared provocatively at Mr. Cao!
This look made Mr. Cao very angry! He gritted his teeth to prevent himself from yelling and losing his manners.
Before the inventory was completely finished, the third lady was heard rushing in, "Mother! Mother, what are you doing? Why did you order someone to take my jewelry?"
Mrs. Cao was so angry! How could she be angry with such a heartless thing? She immediately shouted angrily! "What nonsense are you talking about? Didn't you see that my uncle is here?"
To say that Su Yu was a bit too straightforward, she turned around and asked, "When did my aunt come? Why didn't I know? Where is it?"
As soon as Mrs. Li heard this, her face immediately became ugly. She placed the teacup in her hand heavily on the coffee table and said loudly: "Miss Third, what you said is right! I have to say hello to you later, Mrs. Li."
Master, am I still your uncle’s wife? Are our aunts still your first wife?”
When the old lady heard this, she felt that Su Yu had gone too far! She said angrily: "It's worthless! Why don't you come over and apologize to your aunt?"
Only then did Su Yu realize that the uncle she dared to tell was Su Xiyue's aunt, not her own aunt?
"No need! I don't have a niece who doesn't understand the rules! Besides, I only have one niece, Yue'er. As for Mrs. Cao's daughter, I really don't dare to admit her relatives!"
Mrs. Cao's face turned pale, knowing that Su Yu had completely offended Mrs. Li now! You must know that Su Xiyue may not have liked being close to Li Peng's family at first, but the relationship between Hou Ye and Li Peng was
Excellent! Otherwise, I wouldn’t have fallen in love with Mr. Li Yue back then and got ahead of the emperor!
There was a 'pop', an extremely loud slap, which echoed in the hall.
Su Yu covered her face, widened her eyes and said, "Mother, you, you hit me?"
"You are an unfilial daughter! Why don't you quickly apologize to your aunt? Kowtow and admit your mistake?"
You must know the rules of the Daqing Kingdom. Stepchildren raised from concubines will always treat themselves as concubines in front of the first wife! And their children will always treat themselves as concubines in front of the first wife’s tablet.
She came to greet An with an attitude of saluting. Now Su Yu has made it clear that she does not regard Li Yue as Mr. Hou’s first wife! To be disrespectful to Mrs. Li is to be disrespectful to Li Yue! If Mr. Hou finds out about this, I’m afraid he will let her do it again.
Su Yu went to kneel in the ancestral hall!
Su Lian also hurried over, but she still knew how to measure. In addition, she had asked her grandma before and learned that Mrs. Li came to ask for dowry. So as soon as she entered the door, she bowed to everyone.
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Su Yu finally understood the seriousness of the matter and kowtowed to Mrs. Li three times before Mrs. Li smiled and said: "That's it! Get up! It seems that I am treating you harshly!"
"Thank you, aunt."
"Back to Madam, the Suzhou cloud satin is missing five pieces, the luminous pearls are missing three, and the pearls are missing ten. And the heads and faces of these red gold inlaid with rubies and sapphires have been replaced with silver ones."
"Back to Madam, eight jade pendants are missing. Three pairs of jade bracelets are missing. The jade fairy pillow is missing. The set of sapphire tea sets that the master specially prepared for the miss is also missing."
As soon as the two nuns finished replying, they heard a steward come over and reply: "Madam, these account books are all correct. However, the amount of silver in the account books and the actual amount of silver are not consistent.
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Mrs. Cao's face turned pale after hearing this. She really didn't expect that Mrs. Li came prepared! She even brought seven or eight accountants with her!
Mrs. Li asked coolly, "How much is left?"
"Back to Madam, the total is short of fifty-six thousand, seven hundred and eighty-nine taels of silver! In addition, the land deed of a shop is not there, only the house deed."
When Mrs. Li heard this, she didn't say anything. She just glanced at the old lady above her.
What else did the old lady not understand at this time? Dang even turned livid with anger and said angrily: "Ms. Cao! Tell yourself, where did these things go? Where is the money?"
Mrs. Cao's body swayed, and she looked neither crying nor smiling! "Mom, don't worry! My daughter-in-law asked someone to look for it again. Is there something that was placed elsewhere and I couldn't find it for a while?" She said,
Then he told the woman beside him to go find him quickly.
After a short effort, another seven or eight large mahogany boxes were brought over.
The old lady was so angry that she almost pointed at Mrs. Cao's nose and scolded her for being shameless! Why couldn't she find it for a while? She was clearly hiding it deliberately to take advantage of the loophole! If Mrs. Li hadn't come prepared today, she would have really given up.
She was fooled!
After about two quarters of an hour, several servants responded again, and the numbers all matched!
"Yue'er, these things are your mother's dowry back then! Although there are not many things, they all belong to your mother. According to the rules of our Daqing Dynasty, if your mother is gone, these things will belong to you and your brother.
!Now that your brother is not here, I will leave it here with you. As for you, you should also learn how to take care of yourself first. You will also get married in the future, so you can’t be incompetent! When your brother comes back, ask the old lady to make the decision.
, give another share to you brothers and sisters! Where is this list? I ordered someone to copy it. I will still take my share, and you and the old lady will each take a share, so as not to make any mistakes in the future."
"Yes, aunt. It's just that I don't have many people in the yard. What if there are so many things that I can't keep well?"
"What are you afraid of? Isn't your Shuiyun Pavilion not in the Anding Marquis? Can it be lost?" While Mrs. Li said this, her eyes were looking at the mother and daughter opposite! There was ridicule and defensiveness in her eyes.
, Needless to say, I also know that it is aimed at them!
Seeing that everything was almost sorted, the old lady felt tired. The most important thing was that she was so angry with Mrs. Cao that she didn't want to worry about anything anymore! So she directly said: "Okay! Yue'er, order someone to put the things away."
After returning them to the cage, take them all to the small warehouse in your yard."
After hearing this, Mrs. Cao's face turned ashen! The old lady's tone just now was extremely unkind! Thinking about it, she was also very dissatisfied with herself!
