What she was most dissatisfied with was that Yuan always said she had no money, but she always asked the old lady for money. She occupied the money she earned from Mei’s store and went to buy the store farm. Now that the fifth girl has returned, she has repeatedly designed her, so she had to tell the old lady about this, so she would not let her be soft-hearted and favor Yuan again, which would make the fifth girl’s heart cold.

Old Mrs. Chu knew that Yuan had two money-making shops. At that time, she said that the Marquis bought the money for her, and the dowry saved for Ting'er and Yun'er. When she heard that it was a dowry for her granddaughter, she didn't ask much, but she didn't expect that she would buy the money she earned from Mei's shop.

Now that Mei’s dowry is missing so much, she doesn’t know how to fill it. At that time, she thought that the money that Yuan took to get to the Marquis was taken from her dowry.

Old Mrs. Chu closed her eyes and thought for a while, then opened her eyes, made a secret decision and said, "How much dowry can I have? Clear them out and write me a list, and Mei's, and give me a list."

Madam Sun stopped the action, "Old lady, do you want to..."

Old Mrs. Chu knew what she wanted to say, nodded and said, "There is no way, I'm sorry to Mei first. If I hadn't agreed to Yuan's entry, I wouldn't have been favored by her over the years, so I wouldn't have raised her heart. Now that the fifth girl is going to marry into the Duke Rong's mansion, her dowry must not be missing, and the shops and farms in the marquis' hand are also listed."

"But you shouldn't fill these things up. You should fill them in. We also need to check where she used this money over the years." Speaking of this, Madam Sun suddenly remembered something, "I heard that the brother-in-law on the other side of the Yuan family was recently promoted and became a member of the Ministry of Revenue, and was from the fifth rank."

"Real or false? Why didn't I hear about it?" Old Mrs. Chu frowned. This was a happy event. How could he not tell me about Yuan's character?

"At the end of last month, I heard that there were still Director Lin competing for this position at that time. Everyone thought that Director Lin would be promoted, but they didn't expect that they were Director Lin to be airborne by his brother-in-law on the other end."

"I remember he was the Zuosi Cheng of the Sixth-rank Honglu Temple. So he was promoted to two levels in a row?" Old Mrs. Chu was very surprised. She remembered that the eldest brother of Yuan was a very good student. He was ranked third in the second grade that year. Compared to his younger brother, this eldest brother was a talented person, very pragmatic, but he was not so powerful that he jumped two levels in a row?

Madam Sun nodded, "Also, I heard that they want to win back the title. The uncle of the second house now holds an important position. If they refuse to let go, think about it, why should they compete with the second house?"

First, it is to win people's hearts, and second, there is not much difference between the position in the big house and the uncle in the second house and then apply to the emperor and get the support of all the ministers. All of these require money to promote.

However, the money that Yuan gave to the Marquis was not useful at all. It was even found out that the information Yuan gave her was not untrue. So, wasn’t the money used on the Marquis?

If this is true, Yuan deserves to be damned. This kind of daughter-in-law who cheated her husband's family of money to subsidize her parents' family is shameless!

Thinking of this possibility, Old Mrs. Chu was so angry that she trembled all over. She never thought that the eldest daughter-in-law she trusted would deceive her like this. She couldn't help but wonder how she would explain to her when the Marquis came back? However, since she could deceive herself for so long, she must have thought of lying.

"If she really took the money from the Marquis' Mansion to subsidize her parents' home, I would never let her go! You go and check where all the money she has gone, and how did the brother-in-law on the other side get promoted? Who did Yuan win over when he helped the Marquis?"

Madam Sun nodded and breathed a sigh of relief. She was really afraid that the old lady would not believe it. After all, the two uncles in Yuan's family were also the bloodline of the old lady's cousin.

Fortunately, the old lady has a bottom line for being biased, so she will not cheat her grandson.

...

Chu Xinyu returned to Xiaozhuyuan. Lan Yi had already returned and brought her a letter, which was written by the King of Qin. He knew that her feet were inconvenient and said that he would wait for him to find her.

Zhubo put the jewelry rewarded into the makeup box. Nowadays, the girl has more and more jewelry, and she can hardly hold a makeup box. Next time she goes shopping, she must remember to remind the girl to buy another larger makeup box.

"Girl, our house is next to the lake. If it is placed in the warehouse, I am afraid that these cloths will get wet." Zhu Bo walked into the study with the cloth in his arms. Chu Xinyu was reading the letter. She put the letter in the washbasin, and her handwriting immediately blurred when she encountered water.

Lan Yi, who was standing beside him, said, "Girl, it's almost summer. Why not pick a few pieces of Yunjin to make clothes? Put these Shujin into your wardrobe first. This wardrobe is moisture-proof. Wait until it is moved back to the attic and then placed in the warehouse."

Chu Xinyu said, "Okay, just follow what Lan Yi said, pick three pieces of cloud brocade to make clothes, and put the others in the wardrobe."

The Queen Mother gave me some practical things, both gold and fertile fields, which are more useful than anything else. She needs silver now. She can make some fertile fields, vegetables and rice. When she waits for her feet, she can go where to see what to plant.

At this time, Zi Ling took a post and said, "Girl, the fourth girl from Duke Rong's Mansion has posted you."

Chu Xinyu took it and opened it. Lin Yu sent a letter to her and invited her to Yingshui Villa for two days. On the day of the Baihua Banquet, she said that the villa belonged to her third brother, with hot springs inside, which can be fished and barbecued, there is a horse farm there, and you can also go on horseback riding.

Lan Yi glanced at him and asked, "Is it going in three days, will the girl go?"

"Go, why don't you?"

"But your feet..."

Chu Xinyu smiled and said, "Three days are not good. In addition, you massaged me when applying medicine last night. Now it's much better. I can walk freely tomorrow."

"That's good."

Chu Xinyu yawned and was a little sleepy, so he said to them: "I'll go to sleep for a while, you all go to work hard." After that, she got up and walked towards the inner room.

Lan Yi looked at her back, opened her mouth slightly, and said something, but in the end she said nothing, turned around and walked out.

...

Besides, Yuan heard that the Empress Dowager rewarded Chu Xinyu a lot of things, and she was so angry that she almost turned over the table.

She originally framed her the rumors to make her daughter escape. Even if she found out, she could not find her daughter. But who knew that because of the help of the Marquis of Peking, she found the mansion in just half a day. Before she got married, the Marquis of Peking helped her. If she got married, would she still have a status in the Marquis' Mansion in the future?

A woman who was a few years younger than Yuan poured her a cup of tea, "Madam, don't be angry, it will be bad if you get angry."

She is Cao's mother. Like Qin's mother, she is also Yuan's dowry maid and one of Yuan's capable maids. However, she married a manager in Zhuangzi of Houfu and went to Zhuangzi with her husband to do business.

Because her husband died of illness last year, her only son helped Yuan take care of the shop in the city. After she heard that Qin's mother was kicked out of the Marquis's mansion, she came to visit Yuan today to see if she needed any help.

Yuan took a sip of tea and said, "You said that little girl is so lucky, she avoided this way, and made the queen mother be concerned about her and rewarded her with so many things. Do you think I can be willing?"

"Miss Five is your stepdaughter. Even if she has great skills, she still wants to call you mother. She, although she is the future wife of the Marquis of Peking, she will always rely on her parents' home in the future. If the sixth prince inherits the Marquis' Mansion in the future, the gloriousness she is now, and the miserable she will be in the future. Why do you have to worry about these with her?"

Although Cao's mother did not understand why Yuan had to be unable to get along with her stepdaughter, she analyzed it with an onlooker mentality, feeling that Yuan should not be skeptical about a stepdaughter as a member of her status. Anyway, if someone wants to get married, she will be given a dowry.

If she married well, the Marquis's mansion would have a backer. If she lived a bad life, she would not lose as a stepmother. Her married daughter would be like water splashed out, and she would be fine regardless of her.

But she didn't know that what Yuan wanted to be greedy for was Mei's dowry. Of course, she didn't want Chu Xinyu to get married. Once she got married, Mei's dowry would have to be counted and handed over to Chu Xinyu. Moreover, she would still marry to Duke Rong's mansion. If the dowry was not generous, she would lose the Marquis's mansion and her face.

She took a lot of dowry from Mei, so she didn't have so much money to fill the gap. Therefore, Chu Xinyu could not marry the Marquis of Beiping no matter what. If she had no choice, she would have to die before getting married.

"She can't marry the Marquis of Beiping. If she gets married, I'm afraid that after she knows about the past, she will have the help of the Marquis of Beiping. I'm afraid..." Yuan really didn't want to mention this, but her eyelids kept twitching recently. She felt that this was not a good omen, and now she was just preparing for the future.

Like Mrs. Qin, Cao's mother was a participant in that incident, but after so many years, Mrs. Cao had long forgotten about it. Now that he was mentioned by Mrs. Yuan, he immediately understood Yuan's concerns.

"What the lady said is right. This matter really cannot be revealed again. No wonder the lady broke it before the fifth girl was still alive."

Cao's mother asked Yuan, "What do you need help from my wife?" Like Mrs. Qin, she once made a vow to be loyal to Yuan only.

"You are not working in the Marquis' Mansion now, and no one will pay attention to you. So, if you don't finish what Mama Qin hasn't finished, you can do it for her."

Yuan once thought about letting Cao's mother come back to replace Qin's mother, but after yesterday's incident, the old lady or Chu Xinyu would definitely pay attention to the people around her. If Cao's mother was, no one would doubt it. Therefore, she needed someone to run errands for her, and this person, Cao's mother, was the most suitable person.

...

In a corner of the garden, Yang Lianxin squatted beside a willow tree, lowering her head and looking for something on the ground, while her maid Mei Ting squatted five steps away from her, and was also burying her head to look for something.

Chu Jiating and Chu Jiayun took the maid and saw her. When Chu Jiating saw her, a smile appeared in her eyes, and then walked over and said, "Cousin Yang is so leisurely, what are you looking for when you squat here?"

Yang Lianxin turned her head and saw that it was her sisters, saying, "I just lost a bead."

Chu Jiayun bent down, picked up a green bead under a stone, handed it to her and said, "Cousin Yang, is this one?"

Yang Lianxin looked up and said, "Yes, thank you." She stood up, stretched her hand to take it, took out the embroidered handkerchief and wiped it gently, and then carefully put it in her purse.

Chu Jiating looked at her and said, "I guess that was the beads inlaid on the silver hairpin you wore the day before yesterday. Why did it fall? If it is broken, don't have any jewelry. If it is really not available, my fifth sister has so many, she has always been generous. You can ask her for one or two sets of hairpins. I heard that she bought several sets of hairpins when she went to Yufang Pavilion that day."

Yang Lianxin smiled awkwardly. She did not have any jewelry. In order to transfer back to the capital, her father spent a lot of money to handle the jewelry. She and her mother sold the jewelry. When she returned to the capital, she moved into the Marquis' Mansion. Her grandmother rewarded her with several sets, but she only had those sets, so she couldn't bear to throw away the broken hairpin and wanted to pick it up and repair it before using it.

Chu Jiating sighed, "But that was also the fifth sister of the past. She used to be generous. Every time the man in the palace received a reward, he would give us one. Now they all moved into their own small courtyard and were no longer as generous as before. Those Yunjin Shu brocades can make more than a dozen beautiful sets of clothes, but she didn't know how to give us one."

Yang Lianxin knew what she wanted to say, because she wanted to say that her fifth cousin is now stingy and no longer gives her rewards to her sisters. Although she was very angry, she really liked Yunjin, but so what? She was just willing to give it to her.

Since the sixth cousin in front of her guessed that the rumors might have been spread by her, but framed them on Chu Xinyu, she felt that this cousin was not as kind as she showed. Now that she said this to her, there must be other purpose, and she has to be careful.

She glanced at Chu Jiating indifferently and said coldly: "Isn't it just a few sets of clothes? If she doesn't give it to her, can you not wear clothes? Is your mother not your order?"

She remembered that my eldest aunt was very kind to their sisters, and she would add five sets of clothes to them every month, which was two more than her second and third cousins.

Chu Jiating said hurriedly, "I don't mean that. I just think that the fifth sister is not as kind to us as before. She used to get good things. What she likes the most is to share with us. But don't you like the water-blue cloud brocade very much? You are so straightforward. She has so many five, but she didn't give you one. It's really too much!"

Chu Jiating's words hit Yang Lianxin's heart. She lowered her face, snorted, turned around and left.

Behind him, a successful smile appeared on the corner of Chu Jiating's mouth, which was fleeting.

Chu Jiayun turned her face and smiled at the corner of her mouth. Her sister seemed dignified and steady, but she was scheming and scheming, like a scorpion dormant in the dark, dangerous and vicious.

In the past, I liked to make trouble between the fourth and fifth sisters from time to time, and pretended to be friendly with them, allowing them to fight each other and highlight her beauty.

Now that the fourth sister is punished to kneel on the ancestral hall, the sixth sister is itchy again, and she begins to provoke the relationship between Cousin Yang and Fifth sister. Cousin Yang is inferior in his heart because he lives in the Hou Mansion, but is very proud of her. She is provoked by the sixth sister several times. Her jealousy will definitely be like a snowball, getting bigger and bigger, and sooner or later she will lose control.

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