Cao originally refused to admit it, but under Song Yi's strategy, Cao himself said that he had leaked his mouth.

Everyone else also saw the ins and outs of the matter clearly, and they all laughed in their hearts that the Cao family was not self-sufficient, and it was ridiculous that she had to fight with Song Yi for her kind of Taoism.

Although the old lady Du Shi was extremely angry, she did not really send the Cao family to the yamen for questioning. After all, family ugliness cannot be publicized, especially for a person with an excellent face like Du Shi, asking Cao Shi for guilt is undoubtedly pouring dirty water on himself. Besides, Du Shi didn't care about the hundreds and thousands of taels of silver at all, just to scare the Cao family, she didn't think about reporting to the official at all.

The reason why the old lady made it so grand was that in fact, the purpose was not for the Cao family and the fourth lady, but because she wanted to take the opportunity to deal with Song Yi. The affairs in the house, which one of the Du clan is not clear. She had long seen that the fourth lady was in charge, and something was going to happen sooner or later. But I didn't expect that she gave Cao Shi so long and still didn't wipe her ass clean. Such an important bill can fall into the hands of Song Yi, which shows that the Cao family is really a dou who can't be supported. Now that Song Yi has the upper hand, Du Shi is depressed, and he feels that Cao Shi is a character who has more than enough success and more than failure.

Du Shi didn't like the Cao family in the first place, and now he feels that the Cao family has no use value, and he doesn't want to see the Cao family at all.

So, he lost his temper, but the thunder was heavy and the rain was small, and Cao was closed to think about it for half a year, not allowed to go out, and was fined for one year and a month.

Cao's family didn't feel distressed at all about the monthly silver that she was fined by the old lady for a year, she just heard that she was going to be fined for half a year and thought about it behind closed doors and couldn't go out.

Thinking that the fourth lady is now at a critical juncture to find her in-laws, this is unbearable for the Cao family.

"Old lady, if the silver is fined, it will be punished. Why do you want me to think about it behind closed doors for half a year, Miss Fourth is now a critical moment to find her mother-in-law's family. The punishment for the mother can't go out in the palace, how can I find my mother-in-law's house for the fourth lady? ”

"Do you still want to find a good in-law for Miss Four? Cao, don't laugh off my big teeth. You are honest in the palace, and if you don't do anything, I will burn high incense for the fourth lady. As for the marriage of the fourth lady, you don't have to worry about it. The fourth lady's elders are not dead yet, and they will not delay her marriage. If you are still not at ease, I will personally go to show Miss Four, and I will definitely be able to find a good marriage for her. ”

"Then what's the matter, when others ask, her own mother doesn't come forward, what will she say about me, how will she say about the fourth miss?" Cao Shi thought that if the matter of being grounded by the old lady was known by others, then she would have no face to attend the banquet held by those ladies and young ladies again.

"Cao, don't be cheap, and be good. I have seen that you have cultivated a good son for our true royal palace, and I am especially kind to you. You steal the seal of the fourth lady, embezzle the public funds of the palace without permission, and if any of them enter the official mansion, you will go to prison. You are still not satisfied, do you still want to continue to harm the fourth lady? You know that Miss Fourth is about to die, and it is a critical time to find your in-laws, at this time, you are not more careful and do such a despicable thing, and you still can't see the current situation clearly. I see that you really don't cry when you don't see the coffin. The punishment I gave you just now was still too light, making you think that what you committed was a small matter the size of a sesame mung bean" Du Shi was so angry that he pointed at Cao's nose and scolded, Cao's heart was unwilling, and he was about to refute.

Zhu Shanlei hurriedly hugged Cao's waist and stopped, "Mother, don't make the old lady angry anymore, right?" This time we did something wrong, and the old lady deserves to punish you. You just admit the punishment."

"Fourth Miss, how can you say that. Who am I doing this for? Isn't it for you? You don't have a sibling brother who is a prince, and you don't have a father who is a big official, if you don't dress up decently, and often leak your face in front of those ladies and young ladies to make a good impression on them, who would have thought that there would be a young lady like flowers and jade in the real palace. How can a good marriage be your turn? Everyone else has said it nicely, so you don't have to worry, you will naturally have good relatives if you are fated. But you have to know, where does the alley smell the aroma of wine? You play with abacus beads at home all day long, and no matter how well you take care of the palace, it is not your mansion, and you will not get a good marriage. I, a mother, don't want to buy you some beautiful clothes, beautiful jewelry, and take you to see the world, do you really think that those ladies in the high-gate compound can come to marry you? I did that, in the end, I just did something wrong with good intentions. It's not for my own pleasure. As for this, is that for me? ”

Cao was not convinced, ostensibly refuting her daughter, but in fact, she wanted to tell everyone present that she embezzled public funds, not just for herself.

"What a Cao, you'll make excuses. What do you mean, do you still mean that we have wronged you? Du Shi said with a sneer.

"Old lady, I am at fault, and I never deny it. But with such a big True Palace, is it no problem to hand over everything to a girl who has not yet reached the end of the palace? The fourth lady was originally a child, and she was not deeply involved in the world, and there was such a situation in the palace, what could she do if she had a child? Life in the house was originally tight, and although I hadn't seen the accounts, I could guess that life was not rich. Those wives and aunts, who are in charge of things everywhere, still don't they see people cooking? ”

"The princess is lazy and doesn't care about things, but lets the fourth lady face the ghosts in the house, those who are dirty, don't you take the opportunity to find a way to make a name? What can Miss Four understand as a child, she was deceived by those rhetoric and did bad things with good intentions. Things were done in a mess, and the money was not spent. The money has been spent, where is the silver paid? ”

"Cao, what do you want to explain by saying so much? Don't go around the bush with me here, just say it," Du Shi looked at Cao Shi with an impatient look on his face and said.

"Old lady, I am not false, I have no opinion on the fine of my silver. But Miss Fourth is innocent in this matter and is taking the blame for others. You can't favor one over the other and delay the marriage of the fourth lady. Whose fault is that no one should try to escape"

What do you mean by that? Do you want to say, "I'm not doing things fairly?" Du asked with a calm face.

"Second lady, don't you want to say that I am the one who should be punished by the old lady, right?" Song Yi looked at Cao Shi all the time looking at herself, how could she not know who she was referring to? didn't dodge, and asked Cao directly.

When Cao Shi heard this, he fell into his own arms and said, "I didn't say that. If the princess thinks so, she must also think that she can't get rid of it."