The nanny next to him came over, with a look on her face not surprised, as if she had known it for a long time. Today, she represented Concubine Kang and the Mei family, and everything she did was justified! She didn't say anything, but she just hummed twice, but it was enough for the two brothers Chu Xiao to wish there was a hole in front of them to hide.

It was so embarrassing that the dignified wife of her husband was actually greedy for the dowry of her husband and almost emptied her dowry.

"Cough cough!" Chu Xiao coughed twice, concealing his embarrassment, and said, "How many are there in total?"

Upon hearing this, the housekeeper immediately handed Chu Xiao the bills he had calculated before. The silver bills were reduced by 450,000 yuan, the silver was reduced by 9,000 taels, the gold was reduced by 38,000 taels, and the gold was worth tens of millions of taels. How could such a huge amount be reduced?

"When my ex-sister was there, did you have any accounts missing?"

Chu Xiao read the list. With such a large number, where did Yuan spend these silver coins?

On weekdays, she and her children don’t have any luxury in their clothes, and they have not changed their place for ten years, so he still can’t believe that Yuan has been greedy for so much money, and the Chu family has not yet separated, so the Chu family will also take half of his salary and rewards. The Chu family will not be so poor that they need to embezzle the dowry of their former sister-in-law.

When Mei's family had not passed away, the housekeeper was also the housekeeper at that time. He knew some of the Mei's family's habits of managing accounts, so he immediately denied: "Second master, this is impossible. Every time the wife of the vanguard's dowry was calculated by several accounting firms. The old slave was always present, and the accounts were listed one by one, so it was impossible to make mistakes."

When Yuan was in charge of the family, he wondered why the previous few people who had done a good job in the accounting department were fired by their wife for no reason. Now he finally understood that Yuan was afraid that someone would know that she used the dowry of the pioneer wife.

Chu Xiao was silent. He was no longer in charge of these matters. No wonder Yuan wanted to wait for his elder brother to come back before counting them. With such a large number, he believed that without his elder brother nodding, Yuan would not be able to move these dowries unless his elder brother was an insider.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but shivering. No, how could the elder brother be such a person?

However, he knew that Yuan had really taken the dowry of his former sister-in-law, otherwise he would not have heard the unstoppable fashion of the accounting office brought by the nanny. Now that the facts are in front of her, she can't help but be humble.

"I don't understand. If there is such a large amount of money, where will my sister-in-law spend?" Chu Hong, who had been silent, asked a question.

Chu Xiao shook his head and said he was not clear. He was away for almost all the time, and women were worried about the things in the house. Moreover, his wife never complained to him about the affairs in the mansion. It was just that sometimes Yuan did things too much that she would whisper in front of him.

At this time, Madam Sun walked in, held a stack of things in her hand, walked towards Chu Xiao, and handed the things in her hand to him and said, "This is what the old lady asked me to send. It records why the eldest lady spent so much money over the years."

She received this stack of things last night. Since the old lady was mentioned by the fifth girl, she asked her to secretly investigate Yuan's current situation, including her parents' home or those who were close to her. As expected, they found something.

The Yuan family was in the wrong team and lost the title. It was Yuan's father who worked hard and made great contributions to restore half of the title. He is now Ning Yuan Bo, but because Yuan's father sacrificed his life for the country and his children were young, he was temporarily inherited by the second wife and his eldest son was only taken over when he was over twenty years old.

However, the second wife inherited the throne and received the sweetness and sought after, so she was willing to let go like this. Therefore, the three brothers and sisters of Yuan did not live well in the Yuan family and were often suppressed and bullied by the second wife. Old Mrs. Chu thought that she was a cousin with Yuan's mother and felt sorry for her, so she brought her to the mansion to raise her in person.

After the Yuan family came to the Zhongyi Hou Mansion, although the second uncle of the Yuan family did not dare to neglect the two younger brothers on the surface, he would still secretly stumbling in private, causing the two to feel insufficient and give up taking over.

However, Yuan’s eldest brother Yuan Feifan was very successful. He passed the imperial examination at the age of 20 and entered the second level and became a Jinshi. Two years later, he brought his uncle back, and this year happened to be the eighth year that Yuan married Chu Zheng. From then on, Yuan Feifan’s career was gradually promoted to the fifth-rank foreigner of the Ministry of Revenue.

However, Yuan Chaofan, the brother of Yuan, took back his throne from the big house, and did not do his job properly. He often cheated on food and drinks under the name of Zhongyi Hou being his brother-in-law, and even used money to buy an official position and colluded with local traitors, causing fish and meat to the people. He also implicated Zhongyi Hou demoted two levels and was demoted to another place.

Yuan Chaofan was removed from office and imprisoned, but Madam Sun found out that he had been released half a year ago. Now he is working in a joint venture with others in Jiangnan, buying land and buying a farm in Jiangnan, and his life is not very comfortable.

As for the reasons and consequences of how Yuan Feifan took back his throne back then, Madam Sun also found out that before he took it back, Yuan Feifan spent a lot of gold and silver to bribe relevant officials, and gave precious calligraphy, paintings and porcelain.

Yuan Feifan was just a scholar, and his economic power was under the control of the second house. How could he get so much money? Everyone should not think too much about Mei's dowry was almost emptied, and the money must have been taken by Yuan to clear the relationship for his younger brother.

There is also Yuan Chaofan who was released early, and the silver for doing business and buying properties in Jiangnan was not a small amount. Where did the silver come from?

Madam Sun obtained these evidences at that time. After reading them, a chill surged from the bottom of her heart. The second young master was abducted and disappeared, and then she died of tragic death. The fifth girl who was spoiled was assassinated many times in Puling Temple...

If there was no one to protect the people sent by the King of Qin at that time, would the fifth girl be no longer in this world? Then, the Mei family's dowry, and no successor, wouldn't it be the treasure of the current big house?

Madam Sun considered this level and did not dare to neglect it. She immediately handed over the evidence to the old lady. The old lady could imagine it, which was both angry and distressed.

He was angry with Yuan's boldness and concealed himself using Mei's dowry to pave the way for his family to seek career; he felt sorry for his years of teaching, and he would raise an ungrateful wolf. Even when he married into the Marquis' Mansion, he would be outward. At the same time, he understood that he could no longer shelter and indulge himself, otherwise his reputation in his later years would be destroyed by Yuan's hands.

For the sake of his parents' family, Yuan almost emptied Mei's dowry. This matter cannot be hidden at all. If Chu Xinyu was succeeded by the shadow in Puling Temple, this matter might be covered up, but the sky had a look at it, and Chu Xinyu was back.

No wonder the person who almost died changed so much!

After returning, he made himself famous overnight with lightning speed and was given a marriage by the emperor. He then gained a firm foothold in the noble women's circle in the middle of the Beijing. With his talent and wisdom, he is now named the county lord.

Yuan was afraid that this time he would be in trouble, so he must be no match for her.

Forget it, just by looking at her treating the second and third rooms, she can see that she is thunderous, but she has a bottom line and has not done anything that will harm the Marquis' Mansion. Yuan should also pay some price for what she did, otherwise she would not teach her some lessons and reflect on herself, and do something wrong in the future, which would harm the entire Marquis' Mansion.

Knowing that the nanny counted Mei's dowry on behalf of Concubine Kang, the paper would not keep the fire. Sooner or later, these things would be found. Instead of letting them find out, it would be better to provide them on their own initiative, so that the damage may be reduced a little.

Just like this, Old Lady Chu asked Madam Sun to take the evidence to Madam, and she no longer covered up Yuan, so as not to make her two sons feel upset.

Besides, she knew that Chu Xinyu was a person with a proper sense. Even if she knew that Yuan had done so many wrong things, she would not make a big deal for the reputation of the Marquis' Mansion.

But the old lady Chu was wrong. The current "Chu Xinyu" is not the Holy Mother. Since Chu Xinyu's identity is hers, Chu Xinyu's affairs are hers, and her enemies are her enemies, and she will never tolerate any related person.

When Brother Chu Xiao saw this evidence, he didn't dare to say anything when facing the nanny's questioning eyes.

One of the two brothers has been away for many years, the other is obsessed with painting, and knows nothing about the matters in the house. They usually listen to their daughter-in-law nagging and know a little bit about the strategy. The second wife, He, never mentions the matters in the house in front of her husband, so that he can do his own thing with peace of mind. He always thought that this sister-in-law had done a good job in the house.

Until this time when he returned to Beijing, the power of the family was actually in the hands of his wife. The eldest sister-in-law and sister were both disfigured. The younger sister was even more injured and she still had not woken up. The reason was that the eldest sister-in-law and sister said that there was a monster in the place where the fifth nieces lived, so they found a Taoist priest to do it, which caused anger.

After hearing the statements from all parties, he concluded that the monster was fake. In fact, he wanted to deal with the fifth nieces, but he didn't expect that the demon was 1 zhang tall and was tricked by the fifth nieces. He did not agree with the fifth nieces before, but after reading the evidence given by Madam Sun, he now had to think that she was doing the right thing.

Being kind to others means being cruel to yourself.

Of course, he did not think that the fifth niece could do these things alone. It was probably the King of Qin who helped her behind her. Since the King of Qin intervened, it was impossible for Yuan's family to steal Mei's dowry to pass by like this silently.

"I will report this to the Empress." The nanny put away the evidence and remembered something. She said to Chu Xiao: "Everyone, there is something that I want to tell you. The fifth girl is our Empress's only niece. The Empress loves her like her biological child. Even if this person is her father, she cannot bully her like this.

There is a four-in-one house in the dowry list of our second girl, which is called Zhangxiangyuan on Tsinghua Street. Our second girl once said that if she had a daughter, this house would be left for her to dowry, but recently our empress found out that Zhangxiangyuan had been renamed Luyuan, but the owner of the house was Chu Zhiyi. Isn’t this person the sixth son of your mansion? How could he have the dowry house where our second girl was dowry?"

After speaking, the nanny took out the report of investigation from the Ministry of Revenue and gave it to Chu Xiao.

Chu Xiao took it and saw that the records were clearly recorded on it. The head of the household in Luyuan was Chu Zhiyi. Luyuan used to write it clearly with both the name and the head of the household, but the person who transferred the household was the eldest brother Chu Zheng.

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This is the last volume.
Chapter completed!