"Master Hou, you also know the situation in our house, I rely on these shops to maintain the family, and my dowry is also hung in the account room of the house for the whole family, and the concubine has no complaints!" Wen's heart was almost heartbreaking, and Wu Dehou, who listened to it, couldn't bear it for a while.

Yes, he is incompetent, he has the title of marquis, but he is not even as good as a seven-grade county official, Wu Dehou gritted his teeth and clenched his palms into fists.

"Miao Ling, look at it, the Wen family's dowry is also counted in the property of the mansion, how can there be a separate one!" Wu Dehou intends to move with emotion and reason.

"Father, do you want my deceased mother to break her word?"

Wu Dehou choked, how could he?

But—

Wen was afraid that Wu Dehou would be shaken, so he hurriedly said: "Master Hou, the money in our mansion is tight, if Miao Ling really wants to take the dowry by himself, the food in our mansion will drop a lot in the future!" ”

Wu Dehou Yulu is not high, but the standard of enjoyment is not low, as far as the boots he wears on his feet, they cost dozens of taels of silver, so that he can lower his standard of living, which is more uncomfortable than killing him.

He hesitated for a moment, and then said, "Wen, our Hou Mansion is so down?" Have they all reached the point where they have to live on dowry? ”

Since Wen's marriage into the mansion, all matters in the mansion are handled by Wen's, and he doesn't ask a word, so when Wen's crying miserably, he still has some hesitation in his heart, after all, he is unreliable and can't earn a family business, but the old marquis is an old minister trusted by the emperor, even if he dies, the property left behind will not be less!

As soon as Wen Rou heard this, she immediately thought of her words, "Master Hou, you have been running outside for a long time, you don't know, the old Hou Ye is upright, he never fishes for oil and water, the money at home is getting less and less every year, and the income is not much, he has always been supported by the old lady's dowry, and the old lady is capable, so she has earned a little money, and now——"

Wen has already made it very clear.

"Master Hou, if Miao Ling insists on asking for a dowry, then there is no way for the concubine." Wen wiped away his tears and lowered his eyebrows.

Wu Dehou was panicked, he looked at his daughter, and then at his wife, in the end, he was a selfish man, he said to Qu Miaoling: "Miaoling, you see that the situation in the house is not good, otherwise, when you get married, these dowries will be returned in full, how about it?" ”

Qu Miaoling almost laughed out loud when she heard this prevarication, her father is really shameless as always, when she gets married, she is afraid that these things of her mother will be robbed by the Wen family, and then she says that she will use it, can she still ask her to return it?

So—

The dowry of the county lord of Huiling, she must get it today.

Qu Miaoling swore in her heart, she thought of the communication she had communicated with her aunt yesterday, and remembered the long list of dowries, and she smiled.

"Auntie, has my mother's dowry always been in the hands of the Wen family?"

Mrs. An's expression was solemn, "Yes, when the Wen family married into the Wude Hou Mansion, your grandmother only had time to send you over, but on the second day of the wedding, when I took you to the door to ask for the dowry, Wu Dehou had already handed over the dowry to the Wen family to take care of." ”

"Why did Wen accept my mother's dowry, and my grandmother didn't care?"

"Your grandmother is also difficult, since she married into the Hou Mansion, she has not enjoyed a day of the mansion, the old Hou Ye is a Qing official, but you also know that a clean official means that no one flatters him, and no one gets to know him, if the emperor doesn't still pay attention to the old Hou Ye, their family will starve to death."

Mrs. An took a sip of tea and continued: "The Wen family's means are also high, she has collected all the money shops in the Hou Mansion in her own hands, and secretly helped the Wen family a lot, it is estimated that the money for the Wen family's birthday banquet in a few days will be paid by the Wen family. ”

When Qu Miaoling heard it, how could she still get it, why should her mother's things be used by the group of white-eyed wolves of the Wen family!

After recalling her conversation with her aunt, Qu Miaoling thought to herself that it was fortunate that her aunt had taken precautions and gave her a dowry list, as well as evidence that she had secretly investigated the gold and silver treasures that the Wen family had secretly sold for profit.

Qu Miaoling smiled, "Gently, give me the list." ”

Wen Shi looked at Qingrou and didn't know what he handed over, there were still a lot of words on it, but he couldn't see what was written.

"In the twelfth year of Daling, my mother's dowry was missing a set of celadon vases from the former dynasty, worth nearly a thousand taels."

"In the fourteenth year of Daling, my mother's dowry was missing two sets of screens, which were given by the Queen Mother, and it took two months for hundreds of embroiderers in Huzhou to embroider a hundred birds, which was priceless."

Wen was stunned, and Wu Dehou was also stunned.

"Mother, do you want me to continue? My mother's dowry list is on file in the Ministry of Rites, and I don't think it's a matter of words. ”

Wen was suddenly shocked, she stared at Qu Miaoling angrily, her eyes seemed to be about to cut her with a thousand knives, but Qu Miaoling didn't care at all.

"Father, after the Wen family entered the door, my mother's dowry was always inexplicably less, why do you say this?"

"Qu Miaoling, don't spray people with blood, your mother's dowry has been locked in the treasury, and even if it is gone, it is also consumed normally by the mansion."

Wen argued with reason, and even the more he said that he still had more confidence.

"Really?" Qu Miaoling smiled slightly, "Let me see, where are the heads of the two sets of South China Sea pearls that were missing from the dowry last month, as well as the quilt made of gold threads?" I guess no one in the house uses these things! ”

Wen's eyes widened, how could this Qu Miaoling know so clearly, there are internal ghosts! Before the Wen family had time to think about it, Qu Miaoling said: "Mother, don't tell me, there is no money in the mansion, so you have to sell my mother's dowry to live, but how do I know that your own dowry has not been less than a cent since the day you entered the Hou Mansion?" ”

Wen's pupils constricted suddenly.

She was so shocked that she couldn't say a word, this little girl secretly found so much, what else she didn't know!

After listening to his daughter's words, Wu Dehou looked at his wife, "Wen, won't you give me an explanation?" ”

"Father, if you have any doubts about what your daughter said, you can open the storeroom, and you will know everything at a glance!"

Qu Miaoling's words were scorching, combined with Wen's flustered expression, Wu Dehou naturally knew the facts.

But even if the Wen family is at fault, he can't expose it at this time, the Hou Mansion needs her to be in charge, and she can't extinguish her prestige as the head of the house, and most importantly, he can't let go of the dowry of the county lord of Huiling.

So, after reprimanding Wen a few words without itching, Wu Dehou said to Qu Miaoling: "Your mother's fault, naturally your father will punish you, but you are still young now, and you are not even old enough to be in charge of such a large sum of money." ”

Wu Dehou's privacy is very clear, if he wants a dowry, it is impossible.

How could Qu Miaoling not understand Qu Fu's virtues, she knew that today's matter must be difficult, but fortunately, there was so much foreshadowing in front of her, and now there is room for negotiations.

She said, "Father, it's true that I'm young, but I'm about to say goodbye, but now I don't even know how to take care of the house, do you think it's appropriate?" ’

Wu Dehou heard this, "Miao Ling, you have to learn the housekeeping skills and your father's support, but your mother's dowry is not a small amount, and we can't eat it in one go, so let's take it step by step!" ”

Wu Dehou's proposal was in Qu Miaoling's arms, she had thought about it before the showdown with the Wen family, she directly asked the Wen family and Wu Dehou to ask Zhuangzi They would definitely not agree, but with the foreshadowing in front, they must have breathed a sigh of relief in their hearts and agreed to her request.

"What my father said is very true, and my daughter is not an unreasonable person, I heard that my mother has some Zhuangzi in the suburbs, and she supplies some food and fruits to the house every year, can you give it to her daughter to take care of?"

Just some Zhuangzi?

Wu Dehou's tense heart was finally relieved, as long as Qu Miaoling didn't want the shops in the capital and the minerals in the suburbs, what if he agreed, it would not hurt the foundation of the Hou Mansion's industry.

"Well, that's it.

"Master Hou, how can you-" Wen glared, although those Zhuangzi did not benefit much, they were also her heart's meat.

The Wen family asked for it, but she was reluctant to give it, but now she wants to give Qu Miaoling that cheap girl, she is unwilling!

But Wu Dehou has already decided, and it seems that there is no way to shake it.

"The concubine obeys the orders of the marquis." Wen gritted his teeth and called Taolei, "You go and get the deed and the title deed, and give them to the eldest lady." ”

Wen gritted his teeth when he spoke, and he almost broke his teeth and swallowed them in his stomach.

"Mother, then I'm tired of Sister Taolei, gentle, you go with me, don't be tired of your mother's people."

The corners of Wen's mouth twitched, tired? It's clear that I'm afraid that she will keep her back!

This Qu Miaoling really doesn't leave her any affection.

Wu Dehou thought that he had solved the problem, but the beauty was not good, so he walked away, and then Wen Rou also took Wen Qingqian away, and glared at Qu Miaoling fiercely by the way.

"We'll see!"

Wen was defeated, and her provocation was no different from a jumping clown in Qu Miaoling's eyes.

"Miss, got it!" Coming back softly and happily, she took out the deed from her sleeve and handed it to Qu Miaoling to read.

Qu Miaoling looked at the pieces of paper, and there were tears in her eyes.

Her mother's dowry has finally returned!

"Auntie, we just let Qu Miaoling snatch things away?" When the two returned to He'an Garden, Wen Qingqian said angrily.

"Wait, is it so easy to run a Zhuangzi?"

"Auntie still has a back hand?" Wen Qingqian exclaimed, and then she saw Wen Rou slowly hooking the corners of her mouth, different from the anger and corruption in the courtyard just now, there was smugness and contempt on it.

"Ginger is still old and spicy." Wen Qingqian praised.

Wen Rou smiled.

"Qingqian, your aunt has a lot of means, so let's learn it!"