Chapter 20: Embezzlement of Dowry 3
In the outer room, the old lady was flipping through the list of "credit" of the Shilang Mansion presented by a few shopkeepers, and saw that the whole person was shaking in the end, "Okay, you Liu, I thought you were just greedy, but I didn't expect your mother's family to be all the way, and the total amount of 41,000 taels of silver used in the past two years, I said how to dress well when I came to the door a few days ago, and I was holding Yangxi's dowry silver, raising a large number of vampires!" ”
Liu opened his mouth, but he didn't know what to say, and in the face of tangible evidence, any rebuttal seemed very pale.
"The old body doesn't care about anything else, the things left by Yangxi, except for the six girls and Yao'er, no one in the house is qualified to use it, Liu's, you say it yourself, what should I do about this, or you marry the silver and the things you took to the six girls and make up for it, you are still the aunt of our prime minister's house, but this family can't tolerate a thief with unclean hands and feet like you to take care of it." Or, I'll have someone tie you up and send you to the official, of course, the silver still has to be clear, you can't let your family take it for nothing, and the second girl and the third girl, I didn't look at it carefully, but now I found out that the two of you are dressed no worse than the six girls, I, who is a grandmother, can't be because of your mother, but this time, she made too big a mistake to be tolerated, you two, go to the Buddha Hall to kneel for me, and make amends for your mother! The old lady drank tea, "Mother Chen, you personally sent the second girl and the third girl to the Buddhist hall, and no one is allowed to see them without my permission!" ”
"Grandmother... Grandmother ......, "Shen Yimeng's eyes darkened when she heard this, if her mother is no longer in charge, how can she eat and drink spicy food, she doesn't want to return everything...
Shen Yijia didn't say anything, just raised her head and looked at the inner room, do these things have anything to do with her good sixth sister? The thought of having to live that tight life again made her feel uncomfortable.
Not long after the two left, Shen Qingwan and the four of them came out and presented the account books that several people had put together.
"Yes, yes, yes." The more the old lady thought about it, the more angry she became, "In the past two years, you have eaten and climbed outside the things that have moved a total of 450,000 taels of silver from the Yangxi girl to marry, and no matter how you think of it, I will give you ten days at most, if it is not clear by then, don't blame the old body for turning his face and being ruthless!" ”
He turned his head to look at Shen Qingwan, whose eyes were red, and sighed, "Sixth girl, don't worry, grandmother won't let you suffer in vain, did your mother leave a dowry list, you brought it to your grandmother, grandmother asked people to go one by one, Yao'er is still on the frontier, plus these things left by your mother, most of them belong to your daughter's family, grandmother will call the shots and move them all to you!" ”
Shen Qingwan sighed in her heart, but she didn't show it at all on her face, she just choked up and said, "Mother... My mother said that the list of her dowries was... It was given to the second aunt for safekeeping......"
"Send someone to the General's Mansion to invite Mrs. Yushi over." The old lady commanded, and looked at Shen Qingwan's crying, "Look at this poor child, grandmother will never let you suffer." ”
Half an hour later, Mrs. Yushi walked in, and the old lady looked at her ashamedly, "This... Alas......"
Second Madam Gu smiled, "Old lady, don't be careful, after all, I don't blame you, you don't want to see the bad intentions of the people below." ”
gently helped Shen Qingwan up again, "Wan'er, this second aunt is here, your mother said before she got married, if she has a daughter, all her dowries are daughters, and her son's words will naturally rely on himself to find a future." ”
"Old lady, don't blame me for speaking ugly, this Aunt Liu even dares to use her wife's dowry, and if she can't keep it, she will also move the silver in your mansion, you better let people check it thoroughly."
The old lady responded, she was not very relieved, who knows if this Liu family will touch the silver in the public, it is better to check it.
Liu's heart was like ashes when she heard this, in the past two years, she had secretly embezzled the silver from the public to help her mother's family, and the previous few times she used the little slut's dowry to make up for it, but this time the 30,000 yuan has not yet had time......
"Four hundred and fifty thousand taels of silver, I don't care if your Liu family smashes the pot and sells iron, or what, you must get it together and hand it over to the six girls within ten days, otherwise the old body will give you a twist and send it to the government, and you still have to take this silver!" The old lady gritted her teeth and said, "Let people go down and watch carefully, don't let this thing eat inside and outside to take out the things of the Prime Minister's Mansion and pawn them!" ”
"Yes."
Shen Qingwan left Yi'anju with a sad look and walked straight to Luwuyuan, now, she wanted to see how the Liu family planned to make up the 450,000 taels of silver.
"Let our people keep an eye on Qingdaixuan and Zhuxiang Pavilion to appreciate the Lotus Pavilion for me, don't let the Liu family fish in troubled waters and pawn my mother's dowry." Shen Qingwan instructed that the Liu family wanted to get together the more than 400,000 yuan in ten days, and there was only one way, to ask the Shilang Mansion for a part of the pawn jewelry and ten to make up the silver, but how did she think that the Liu family wanted to get back the silver taken out from the Shilang Mansion, which was more difficult than ascending to the sky.
The Liu family, who returned to the yard, was paralyzed, 450,000 taels, and she couldn't make it up after selling it, not to mention that the part she subsidized her mother's family to dredge up the relationship was not a small amount, others didn't understand her and didn't understand what virtue her sister-in-law was, how could she take it out when it came to her? In the end, you'll have to figure it out yourself... Then you can only smash the pot and sell iron to make up. Liu gritted her teeth, no matter what, she couldn't be sent to the official mansion, otherwise Ming'er, Jia'er's future and future would be ruined.
Aunt Liu sat on the chair for a long time, before she came back to her senses, staggered into the inner room, took the exquisite jewelry box on the dresser, opened it to see, the colorful exquisite jewelry dazzled people's eyes, and a bitter smile appeared on her well-maintained face, these jewelry were bought with the 450,000 taels of silver, even if all of them were returned, it would be worth nearly 10,000 taels of silver, and the distance from 450,000 was still far away.
"Lu Lin Lu Jin, bring all the jewelry of the second girl and the third girl, and then see if there are any new ones and new clothes that have not been worn, and bring them all."
"Yes!" The two agreed, and Lu Lin went to the Bamboo Pavilion and Lu Jin went to the Lotus Pavilion.
Tsukuen Garden
Shen Qingwan sat at the table reading a book, Mu Tao walked in gently, "Aunt Liu took her and the second girl and the third girl's jewelry, ready to sell it, and there are many clothes of the second girl and the third girl, some have not been worn, some have only been worn once or twice, they look like new, ready to be sold as new clothes in the ready-to-wear store and those expensive embellishments on their clothes, Aunt Liu has also removed them all, ready to exchange them for silver" At the end, she gloated and said, "Aunt Liu is ready to smash the pot and sell the iron to return the silver!" ”
Shen Qingwan smiled, "Even if all these things are sold, it is only a small amount, and it is far from four hundred and fifty thousand taels of silver, but Aunt Liu is also smart, now that it is approaching the middle of the year, many young ladies are buying new clothes, and the clothes of Shen Yijia and Shen Yimeng, whether it is color or style, are suitable for the Qixi Palace banquet, and they should be able to sell at a good price." ”
Shen Qingwan's eyes sank slightly, opening a gold store requires a high cost, Aunt Liu should not be able to afford it, the account book of the gold store under Gu Yangxi's name is here, Aunt Liu doesn't dare to do anything more, naturally she won't sell jewelry from here, and those jewelry are more expensive than clothes, Aunt Liu will definitely sell them all within ten days to fill the gap, looking at the entire capital, the biggest and most famous gold store is Ruibaotang, Aunt Liu is in a hurry to get rid of it, and she will inevitably find the largest jewelry store to collect it.
"Tell me to go down, if Ruibaotang recently collects jewelry, the price will be lowered for me." Shen Qingwan thought for a while, "After receiving it, I melted it and repainted it, and put it in the Jinzhutang before the third day of the seventh month." "It's almost the Qixi Palace banquet, everyone's daughter naturally doesn't want to collide with others about the style of jewelry, and she is seizing this business opportunity, all the jewelry in the brocade hall is only one piece, and the lady who buys the dress doesn't have to worry about hitting the style, and all the dresses of the same Tang Silk Yike are only sold one, which ensures the freshness, and also makes the ladies want to stop.
Shen Qingwan stood up slowly, it was almost Qixi Festival, if she remembered correctly... At this time, the prince has only one side concubine is Miss Li Xingmi, the concubine of the Ministry of Industry Shangshu Mansion, a year ago the Holy Decree gave marriage into the East Palace, if they all come according to the previous life, after the Qixi Palace banquet, the prince's concubine will be from his mother's family The concubine of the Shangshu Mansion will be the concubine Xi Yinwan, and the other side concubine will be married in the second year of the concubine's mother's house; The concubine of the King of Jin will be the daughter of the Marquis of Zhenguo, Yao Yihuan; Duan Yuyan's scumbag's side concubine will be set in the Shangshu Mansion of the Ministry of Officials, in order to win over the former queen's mother's family to stand on his side; And his senior brother King Yu, there is only one side concubine from the Hubu Shangshu Mansion in the house, and the one who was married into the Yu Wangfu was Lin Zhiyu, the eldest daughter of the Marquis of Dingguo.
"The Shoshu Mansion of the Household Department... Ah Ning ......" Shen Qingwan slowly spit out a few words, what outsiders didn't know in her previous life was that she had always befriended the youngest daughter of the Hubu Shangshu Mansion, and she also knew very well that Ah Ning would marry into the East Palace without an accident in the future, but she also knew very well what the final outcome of the prince was, letting her sister step into such an abyss, it didn't feel authentic to think about it, and the picture of Ah Ning dying in front of her eyes in her previous life seemed to be yesterday... Shen Qingwan sighed, Ah Ning, you are the only friend I have in this world... You're going to live a good life in this life, aren't you... She was going to try it anyway, and she didn't want to go through the feeling of watching her best friend die and not being able to do anything about it.
Shen Qingwan sighed, if she remembers correctly, Ah Ning's sweetheart is her own senior brother, but her own sister has married into the Yuwang Mansion, and the Hubu Shangshu Mansion is still the maiden family of the former queen, before she is disappointed in the prince today, she will not let them abandon the prince and support the Yu king today, and naturally the eggs can't be put in one basket, and she is not too old today, and her body is still quite tough, so she must not be used to these gangs.