The dowry sent by the palace is so rich, the dowry must be doubled, and the dowry list will naturally have to be pulled out again.

The eldest lady was also resolute, and soon found two confidants, the bookkeeper, and pulled out a dowry list again. accompanied a number of Zhuangzi and shops, but the cash silver brought over was only 20,000 taels. Although the Zhuangzi shop looks like a lot, it is just shoddy, for example, it is also a field, and the high-quality land is valuable, if it is replaced by the saline-alkali land, it is really given to others and no one wants it.

After working so hard for a while, I finally made this account beautiful, so I took it to the old lady first.

The big lady really underestimated the old lady. Although her old man has ignored the chores for a long time, her eyes are bright. It's just that she has been sick for a long time, her body is not good, and the dowry list is half a foot thick, how can the old lady have the energy to look at them one by one.

After looking at the big numbers at random, the old lady just asked, "Why is there only such a little cash for Lan Yatou?" ”

The eldest lady was weak for a while, and when she saw that the old lady didn't see any clues, she said: "No matter how much silver there is, there will be a day when you sit and eat empty, I am thinking, Lan Yatou has not gone through too many things since she was a child, where will these chores be taken care of, if all this cash silver is exchanged for land and shops, there will be income every year, it is better than she put the silver there and don't know how to operate." Bringing 20,000 taels of silver in her hand is enough for her expenses. What do you say? ”

When the old lady heard this, she only said lightly: "You are also reasonable." How much is this list worth? She is so familiar with this daughter-in-law that she already has doubts in her heart, when did she think so much about her children?

The eldest lady said: "The dowry of the royal palace plus the accompanying gift from our family is a total of 125,000 taels. ”

The old lady said: "I am sick and crooked now, and I don't have the energy to study this list carefully, so you go and discuss it with the fifth daughter-in-law." I said ugly things ahead, Lan Yatou married the palace this time, you must not do that shoddy, false report, greedy for those small gains, but the face of the entire Yang Mansion. If such a thing really happens, how can we have the face to walk around with the palace in the future? ”

The eldest lady smiled and said: "My daughter-in-law is also from a noble family, how can she do such a shallow thing!" Mother, don't worry. After a pause, he said: "I heard the doctor in the house say that the fifth brother and sister's child coughed again, Sister Lan's dowry, don't bother the fifth brother and sister?" ”

The relationship between Mrs. Fifth and Yulan is good, and I don't know which one of the mansions is up. The fifth wife is not the young lady who knows the wind and snow, if she really takes this list to the right one, although this list is full of flowers, I don't know if I can hide it.

When the old lady heard this, she muttered in her heart: "This is a once-in-a-lifetime incident in Lan Yatou's life, how can it be said to be a trivial matter?" The fifth daughter-in-law came back to me early in the morning, my brother drank the medicine prescribed by the doctor, and he is already well, you go to her, and you will come back to me after you have discussed! ”

The eldest lady was helpless and agreed to leave the Songhe Hall. Mother Wu followed behind and waited for her, Mother Wu didn't approve of the eldest lady doing this kind of thing, but she persuaded and persuaded her, but the eldest lady just didn't listen, and she had nothing to do as a slave. Seeing that the eldest lady was worried, she had to suggest: "Why don't you show this list to the seventh girl first, if the seventh girl nods, the fifth lady is an aunt after all, even if she has any doubts, it is not good to say goodbye to your sister-in-law in charge, you can give her some benefits, and this matter will pass like this." ”

The eldest lady thought about this as soon as she thought about it, so she handed over the dowry list to Mother Wu and asked Mother Wu to go to Lujingzhai in person and give it to Yulan to take a look.

At this time, Lu Jingzhai was different from the past, and every day I don't know how many minions rushed over to flatter. In the hall, the third young master Cheng Zongzheng and Yulan sat opposite each other. Chengzong is getting older, and the back house is becoming less and less, but he has the best relationship with Yulan, and I heard that Yulan's marriage is decided, and he always has to come over to take a look.

While the two sisters and brothers were talking, the little maid outside shouted: "Mother Wu is here!" The little girl raised the curtain high, Mother Wu is the confidant of the eldest lady's confidant, and she is very dignified in the house. The two siblings all stood up.

Mother Wu entered the house, but she looked respectful and respectfully met Yulan and Chengzong. Today is different from the past, now Yulan is the future princess, where does Mother Wu dare not take her seriously.

After a few polite words, Mother Wu explained her intentions: "Because the palace sent a dowry gift, my wife asked someone to re-pull the dowry list and asked me to send it over to the seventh girl to see if there was anything that needed to be added or subtracted." He flattered him again: "The girl's dowry is worth 125,000 silver, and this is the first one in our house!" The old lady and the lady really love you. ”

She thought that this little girl was not deeply involved in the world after all, so she coaxed a few words with good words, and just waited for her to say, "There is nothing to add or subtract, but it is up to the mother to decide!" And that was settled.

Who knew that Lu Dao heard that this list was worth more than 100,000 silver, and this little girl's face did not change at all, and this bearing alone surprised Wu's mother. Yulan said with a smile: "It's hard for my mother to take a trip, it is said that I shouldn't have left this matter alone, but since my mother loves me so much, and it is not easy to refute my mother's kindness, then I will stay and take a look, take me to see it, and then send the girl to invite my mother over, can I make it?" ”

Mother Wu didn't expect Yulan to really leave this list here. was a little stunned for a while, and before she could say anything, Yulan had already preemptively said, "Mom, is there anything else?" ”

This is an eviction order. Mother Wu hurriedly said, "Then the slave will go back to listen to the letter of the seventh girl." ”

After sending Wu's mother away, the two sisters and brothers sat down again, and a bright light flashed in Chengzong's eyes: "This list, my sister should really take a look!" ”

The eldest lady is mean and harsh, and both sisters and brothers have a deep understanding. The two looked at each other, and they both smiled knowingly. Yulan looked through the list and skimmed it roughly, and the eldest lady thought that Yulan was not familiar with general affairs, so she was very wrong. Yulan had been doing sales for half her life in her previous life, all of which were dealing with money, and Yulan was very familiar with such complex business dealings in modern society, so it was too natural to hide such a list from her.

In this era, although she did not have the opportunity to manage the director, but she could also understand it when she watched from the sidelines, not to mention the fact that there was such a thing as making false accounts, those unsightly means were the same in ancient and modern times, Yulan was only right about the total number of Zhuangzi shops, estimated the total number of acres of land and the approximate location of the shop, plus the cash sent by the companion was only 20,000 taels, and he had a number in his heart.

Yulan smiled and raised the list in his hand: "It's really good to take a look!" ”

Chengzong was taken aback, and immediately understood what Yulan had to say. The sentence just now was just a wake-up call to Yulan, Yulan was the future princess after all, he thought that the eldest lady would not be so shallow-eyed, and dared to openly swallow the prince's dowry, no matter how you look at it, it will do more harm than good, but who knows that the eldest lady really dares to do this.

I don't know if she's stupid or bold.

Chengzong hurriedly took it and took a closer look. The more I looked at it, the tighter my brow wrinkled. "I know this piece of land, just on the edge of the Juma River in the suburbs of Beijing, there is a lot of water all the year round, and it is so barren that it has long been impossible to grow anything. Actually made it for three thousand taels? She's so embarrassed, too! ”

Chengzong flipped through it casually, he really didn't know much about general affairs, but after all, he was outside all the year round, since he entered the Guozijian, he had made a lot of friends, and his horizons were also very broad, not to mention that others were smart, so he also saw a lot of ways. "Seventh sister?"

Yulan glanced at him: "If I guessed correctly, this list can be worth fifty or sixty thousand silver." Yulan smiled, the eldest lady really didn't surprise her by doing this, and she didn't feel so angry and sad, because she didn't have much hope for the eldest lady. It's inconvenient for me to go out, so I want your brother to help me inquire outside. ”

Chengzong nodded and said, "Seventh sister, don't worry, I will definitely help you find out." ”

Chengzong carried this list out of Green Jingzhai. Mother Wu sent someone three times a day to ask Yulan if she had read the list, but Yulan only said that she had not finished reading it. On the third day, Chengzong finally entered the Green Jingzhai with the news. Yulan waved his subordinates away, and as soon as Chengzong sat down, he said angrily: "I have found the most famous accounting master in Jingshi to see it, and this list is worth 60,000 taels of silver at most!" I asked someone to inquire again, and only checked a dozen of the largest shops and a few of the largest Zhuangzi, these grange shops, either the harvest of the fields is not good, or the location is poor, almost every Zhuangzi shop is said to be twice the value. Sister, you're not wrong at all! The dowry gift from the prince is 100,000 silver! She's really good at it! ”

He sneered again: "It's really strange that my wife used this kind of method to embezzle the man's dowry!" What are you going to do with it? If not, I will accompany you to the grandfather to complain in person! ”

Yulan said: "You don't have to meddle in this matter, I am about to get married, even if I become a relative in the future, I will live under the nose of my wife, don't make too much trouble with my wife, I have my own way." ”

"Can you make it?"

Yulan patted him on the shoulder: "Don't worry, my good brother!" I have already made a marriage with the prince, and I will get married soon, but my wife still treats me as the little concubine I used to be, thinking that I can do it at will! This time, I won't let her succeed again no matter what! ”

Chengzong was still a little worried, and Yulan repeatedly assured her that he could handle this matter, so he sent his younger brother away. When I turned around, I asked the literate girl to copy a copy of the list. Wu's mother came to ask her again, and she found all kinds of excuses to shirk it, only saying that the dowry list was too long and she hadn't finished reading it.

Another day passed, Yuxin's girl Luzhi came to the house to greet her, and Yulan gave her the list and asked her to take it back for Yuxin to see.

The green branch went back to Yuxin. Yu Xin took the list and looked at it for a long time, and when she saw that Yu Lan wrote an estimated amount after the worst, she understood a little in her heart. When she called the eunuch in charge of the accounts in the palace over and asked, she knew what to expect.

I can't help but be angry and angry!

What is this called what his own mother did? Yulan showed her this list, which was to show her position that she didn't want to suffer a loss in the dowry. Think about it, dowry is a place where a woman lives in peace for a lifetime, and no one will be so generous, knowing that Lu Dao's grandmother has done something and pretending not to know.

But there are still old ladies and old ladies above the eldest lady, Yulan pinched such tangible evidence, and when she sued it, the eldest lady not only lost face, but it was not good that the old lady could take away all the power of her housekeeper.

Yu Xin sighed, Yu Lan still saved face for the eldest lady. She is about to become the princess's person, and the eldest lady is still thinking about calculating her. I don't want to think about how arrogant and domineering Ye Yichen is, just from the recent ceremony, I can see how much he attaches importance to Yulan and loves him, the eldest lady dares to provoke this kind of person, it is really a brain in water!

Yuxin was helpless, and sent the eunuch Mrs. Xuanda into the palace early the next morning. Although the eldest lady is Yuxin's mother-in-law, she can't come to see her from time to time, and when she heard that the eunuch had 100,000 urgent things to summon her into the palace, she thought that something had happened to Yuxin, so she threw down the matter at hand, and the anger came.

"You are in such a hurry to put your mother into the palace, but is there anything wrong?" Seeing that her daughter had all beards and tails, the eldest lady was half relieved first.

Yuxin has already kicked all the palace maids and eunuchs out of the palace. Directly threw out the list and said, "Mother, what's going on?" The dowry prepared for the seventh sister is said to be 125,000 taels on the surface, but how come it is actually only 50,000 or 60,000 taels? You still think that you are doing it secretly, and the seventh sister has long known everything! ”

The eldest lady was taken aback: "Why is this list in your hands?" Xuan understood again: "This dead girl, the complaint has come to you?" ”

Yu Xin shouted angrily: "Mother! You're such a fool! ”

The eldest lady called Yuxin to speak a little weakly, but she couldn't get down for a while. "Her dowry is not prepared by me, my mother-in-law, whether I give her 50,000 or 100,000, she will be grateful and decent, I have never heard of a girl from anyone's family, so she is looking for her mother-in-law to ask for a dowry!"

Yu Xin said angrily: "Mother! Are you still reasonable? It makes sense that why do you want to make 50,000 or 60,000 into hundreds of thousands. Now who doesn't know the Tao in the capital, the prince of Jin gave 100,000 silver just as a dowry, and our family can't keep this 100,000 taels, even if we leave one or two, it will also make the people in the whole capital poke our backbone, do you let your grandfather, father, second uncle, and fifth uncle still be a man in the future? How can you let your daughter, the crown princess, stand up straight in the harem? ”

"As long as she doesn't say anything about this herself, who will know whether the dowry that our family has prepared for her is 50,000 or 100,000?"

Yuxin really has no way to take her mother. "Seventh Sister showed me this list, what does it mean, don't you know? If you refuse to spit out the money, she will sue the old lady and the old lady, and then you will not only spit out the money, but you will also have to make a shame, and maybe your grandfather and grandmother will punish you, so why bother? The seventh sister entrusted Ken to me this matter, and that is also for the sake of me, leaving you with dignity. She also personally asked the green branch to come back to me, and she was the only one who had seen the list, and she didn't even give the fifth wife to see her. Don't you understand what that means? ”

Thinking of this consequence, the eldest lady couldn't help but turn pale: "She, she, is just a little concubine, how dare she treat her mother-in-law like this......"

Yu Xin pulled her mother and persuaded her earnestly: "Mother, she will soon be the prince's concubine." In the future, we will have more places to use others. is the crown prince, and there will be many days with the help of the prince of Jin in the future, why bother to make such an unpleasant quarrel with her for such a small amount of money. She and I had a good relationship, and we should support each other in the future, and now I want you to do this, so how can I see her in the future! ”

When Yu Xin said this, the eldest lady was forced to a desperate situation by Yu Lan, and she only repented. "When I go back, I'll ask someone to make a new list, it should be hers, and I'll give her a lot of money." Thinking of that silver, my heart is really as painful as a blunt knife cutting meat.

Yu Xin breathed a sigh of relief: "Mrs. finally understood!" ”

The eldest lady came out of the palace, got into a carriage and walked for a while, and walked to Tangzi Hutong, which is a downtown area, with cars coming and going, shouting and shouting. The famous restaurant Chunxi Building in Beijing is near the left. The carriage was walking well, and suddenly a group of men and horses jumped out of the oblique stab to block the way of the carriage, with knives and swords, and everyone carried a murderous aura. The first reckless man was very majestic, wearing bright silver armor.

The coachman was taken aback, and was about to ask, when the man had already grasped the reins of the horse with one hand, and the carriage came to a halt. The eldest lady was unprepared, and the carriage came to a sudden stop, and her forehead almost hit the carriage. She was already in a bad mood, but now she was even more angry, opened the curtain and asked, "What's the matter?" ”

When I saw the rough man at a glance, I was taken aback, and after a closer look, I was a little familiar: "It's you?" "This big lady has seen it in Biyun Temple, and at that time, Dafa Shenwei beat down all the brocade guards brought out by the eldest lady in three strokes. It was the prince's personal soldier captain Yuan's big head.

The big head opened his mouth and smiled innocently, revealing two rows of neat teeth: "The last general is in armor, and he can't salute, I hope my wife will forgive me!" My prince is waiting for you in the private room of Chunxi Building. Please move on to it. The group of guards with him suddenly surrounded the carriage and surrounded it in a storm.

When the eldest lady went out, she also brought a dozen or so guards, but how could these guards compare with the prince's own soldiers, and before they could react, they were immediately held hostage and unable to move. The eldest lady's face changed: "What do you mean by this?" ”

The big head smiled: "The brothers don't understand the rules, and the last general will clean them up when he goes back, but now, it's not a good thing to ask my wife to go up with me quickly, and let the prince wait for a long time." ”

"Very good, I won't reason with you, I'll tell him when I see your lord!" When the eldest lady saw these people, she felt a chill down her spine, and she knew that there was no reason to talk to these big-headed soldiers, these people relied on the power of the prince, even if the court officials were in front of them, they dared to rampage, not to mention that she was a woman. Reluctantly got out of the car, and took the two girls to follow the big head to Chunxi Tower.

entered a private room, and sure enough, I saw Ye Yichen wearing a moon-white robe, sitting at the table with a cold face, and the table was already full of dishes.

Ye Yichen saw the eldest lady come in and showed a cool smile: "Mother-in-law is here?" No need to be polite, please take a seat! Two of the little servants beside him pulled out their stools and asked the eldest lady to sit down, but they didn't even stand up.

The eldest lady came up with a stomach full of anger, and wanted to ask him why he had half kidnapped herself here. But as soon as she saw Ye Yichen, her anger immediately turned into nothing. Although Ye Yichen is not wearing armor like a big head, or wearing a sword and a sword, he is wearing regular clothes, and when he sits casually, there is a sea of corpses and blood on his body.

Ye Yichen smiled slightly: "I don't know what flavor my mother-in-law likes, my son-in-law ordered these on his own initiative, I don't know if it still meets my mother-in-law's taste." ”

"The prince and the seventh girl have not yet married, and the words 'mother-in-law' seem to be a little early!"

"It's just a matter of time, and it's okay to call it sooner."

The eldest lady sat there feeling uncomfortable, thinking that Ye Yichen was about to become her son-in-law after all, and as a future mother-in-law, she couldn't be too cowardly: "I don't know what happened when the prince invited me here?" Why didn't you go to the house to discuss something, why did you come to the restaurant, what kind of etiquette is this? ”

Ye Yichen smiled slightly: "Mrs. wants to know the Tao of Lu, this king has grown up in the northwest since he was a child, and Zhenri is a war in addition to soldiers, this etiquette is inevitably lacking, this old lady Yang knows the Tao, but he didn't say anything in front of this king!" "It means that even the old lady doesn't ask me for courtesy, which onion are you.

Ye Yichen's status is precious, his prestige is unprecedented, and the entire Yang family is really only the old lady who is qualified to talk to him on an equal footing in front of him, and the eldest lady has no confidence, and when the prince said this, she was immediately choked. This guy is clearly unreasonable, what can you do with him?

Ye Yichen was obviously reluctant to perfunctory her, and glanced at her coldly and said, "Mrs. is not very old, but why is her brain confused!" The eldest lady was seen by his cold glance, and her whole body was cold, and her hair stood up. What do you mean by that? ”

The prince slowly picked up the teacup and took a small sip: "Fortunately, you have a reasonable daughter!" ”

No matter how stupid the eldest lady is, she understands what he is talking about, as if she has been struck by lightning, how did he know about this? Even in the Yang family, there are only three or two people who know about it. Could it be the news from Yulan? The eldest lady quickly vetoed the idea. None of the maids and daughters around Yulan have gone out recently, and it is absolutely impossible for her to send the news out.

Ye Yichen seemed to understand what she was thinking: "Mrs. doesn't have to think nonsense, the news of the East and West Factories is naturally read by the king if he wants, not to mention that the king has other sources." He glanced at her again, as if to warn her: Don't play tricks in front of this king!

The eldest lady's body trembled, and her face was uncertain. "What the hell are you going to do?"

Ye Yichen stood up, paced two steps in the room, and said, "This king doesn't want to do anything, but there is something I want to tell my mother-in-law earlier!" ”

Bang Bang Bang! He clapped his hands, the door of the inner room opened, and two soldiers dragged into the room with a man covered in blood, who was beaten all over his body, and his mouth was covered with a cloth, and he made a "woo-woo" sound, leaving a pool of blood on the ground. It was the bookkeeper who helped the eldest lady to make false accounts.

The eldest lady stood up suddenly, and now she completely believed that Ye Yichen knew everything, but she didn't understand how Ye Yichen acted so fast and arrested the bookkeeper. "You, you, don't mess around!" This kind of scene is still the only time in her life, how can she not be afraid. "How dare you abuse lynching like this!"

Ye Yichen smiled, and seemed to feel very ridiculous: "I have abused lynching, and Shuntianfu still dares to arrest me!" With a wave of his hand, the two soldiers dragged the gentleman back again. Ye Yichen looked at the eldest lady with a smile: "I'm afraid that my mother-in-law doesn't know the way yet, this king was born with a bad problem, and he can't stand the slightest grievance." Not only can he not be wronged, but even the people who are valued by this king must not be wronged at all. If anyone makes the king unhappy for a while, the king will make him unhappy for the rest of his life. ”

"The seven girls of your mansion are about to become the concubines of this king, the so-called husband and wife are one, she has been wronged, and it is no different from this king who has been wronged. Can my wife understand this? ”

The eldest lady's legs and stomach are a little tendoned, and she regrets it to death. Ye Yichen made it clear that she was oppressive with power, and she didn't reason with you at all, what could she do? Under power, what can you do but give in? What's more, if you really want to be reasonable, the reason is not on the side of the eldest lady.

Ye Yichen said again: "What's more, the wife uses the respect of her mother-in-law to snatch the dowry of the concubine, if this word spreads, it is really not good." I don't think Boss Yang wants to hear such rumors circulate outside. ”

Such a big handle was grasped in Ye Yichen's hands, and the eldest lady didn't even have the strength to fight back. What's more, Ye Yichen had already treated her well with grace and power just now, and she would have been subdued a long time ago. Hurriedly said: "I know what Lu Dao has done, and I know what Lu Dao has done." When I go back, I will pull a new dowry list, and then manage her marriage well, and I will definitely marry her to the prince. I won't let her suffer the slightest grievance! ”

After hearing this, the prince showed a sincere smile: "My mother-in-law is really a smart person!" He poured a bowl of tea for the eldest lady: "You take a sip of tea first to suppress the shock!" ”

The eldest lady picked up the teacup and took a sip of tea tremblingly, and Ye Yichen said again: "I specially invite you to come over today, and there is one more thing I ask you to help with it!" ”

The eldest lady said again and again: "Lord Wang, please say, as long as I can do it, I can't give up the definition!" ”

Ye Yichen said: "It's easy to say!" Recently, there has been a lot of discussion in the capital about my marriage with the Seventh Girl, and the most talked about is that the Seventh Girl is from a humble background, just a concubine, and the Beijing has a lot of criticism of her, and the king is also very upset......"

The eldest lady was blessed to the heart, and blurted out: "When I went back, I opened the ancestral hall and recorded her in my name." In this way, she became a concubine, with a different identity, and naturally there was nothing to talk about outside. ”

Ye Yichen clapped his hands: "My mother-in-law really understands things, and this king also means this." ”

The eldest lady hurriedly said: "I'll do it when I go back, I'll do it when I go back!" "I already regret it in my heart, I was really blinded by lard, and I actually wanted to fight the idea of this demon king of the mixed world, I was really impatient.

Ye Yichen said with a smile: "So the son-in-law will be grateful for it." As soon as he stretched out his hand, he took out a silver ticket from his arms: "Since Mrs. takes care of her son-in-law and the seventh girl like this, the son-in-law is grateful. Please be sure to accept it! ”

As he spoke, he handed over the silver ticket. The eldest lady hurriedly shook her hand and said, "No need, no need, this is all my business, and I dare not ask for the prince's silver." But when she saw the numbers on the silver ticket, her words seemed weak.

Thirty thousand taels! This son-in-law is too rich!

Ye Yichen looked at her with a smile and forced the silver ticket into her hand. "Mother-in-law doesn't need to be polite to my son-in-law." At this time, it has become like a spring breeze, and it is like the murderous Ye Yichen just now.

The eldest lady wanted to excuse herself, but after all, she couldn't resist the temptation of silver. He took the silver ticket in a sneering manner: "There are still many things to deal with in my house, if the prince has no other instructions, I will leave first!" ”

Ye Yichen said with a smile: "The chef of Chunxi Building is very rare, and the dishes he makes are also unique, why don't you taste one or two of your mother-in-law." ”

"No, no, no! Besides, I'm not hungry now! She said that she didn't want to stay with Ye Yichen anymore.

Ye Yichen said: "Since this is the case, the son-in-law will not be reluctant. Big head, send my mother-in-law downstairs for me! The big head agreed, and the eldest lady was about to go out, when Ye Yichen suddenly said, "Slow!" ”

The eldest lady's heart beat uncontrollably: "What else does the prince command?" ”

Ye Yichen smiled and said: "I don't want others to know about this matter today, especially the seventh girl, can my mother-in-law understand?" ”

The eldest lady nodded again and again: "Don't worry, I will never pass it on." ”

"That's great!"

It wasn't until the eldest lady got into her carriage that she found herself in a cold sweat, and her clothes were wet. She thought very depressedly in her heart: Ye Yichen is so concerned about Yulan, such a trivial matter actually came forward in person, he is such a domineering person, in the future, he will rely on the identity of his mother-in-law, and want to shake his majesty in front of Yulan, I am afraid that it is wishful thinking!