However, Master Yan did not wait for Zhang Qing.

It is said that the people sent by Master Yan went to the Grange to arrest Zhang Qing, Zhang Qing knew that his deeds were exposed, so he hurriedly packed up his soft and fled, but he panicked and fell off the cliff and died.

Wen breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, but he made a sad look on his face, wiping his non-existent tears with a handkerchief.

Yan Ran's mood did not fluctuate for a minute, anyway, even if Zhang Qing did not die accidentally, the Wen family would not let him live to Yan's mansion.

For so many years, Zhang Qing has been pampered, how can he withstand the harsh interrogation of Master Yan, and he will definitely bite the Wen family out, how could the Wen family leave such a hidden danger for himself?

Although Zhang Qing is dead, the matter is not over, and his greedy belongings have to be recovered.

Old Master Yan turned to Yan Ran, changed his kind expression that was completely different from Fang Cai, and asked, "Ran'er, do you know where that Zhang Qing has hidden all the belongings?" ”

Yan Ran took out a booklet from the account book on the table, presented it to Master Yan and said: "Dad, Zhang Qing is lawless in Zhuangzi, and he is greedy for ink and harvests Tian Shui is not hidden at all, so after a little investigation, his daughter turned out all his family background. ”

Old Master Yan looked at the huge amount of land purchased by Zhang Qing with the greedy silver over the years, his forehead was bruised, and he slammed the account book on Wen's body, and said with a pale face: "Your good nephew! ”

Wen knelt down with a frightened face and pleaded: "Master, it's all the fault of the concubine, and the concubine is deceived by the traitor!" Please let the concubine make meritorious service and confiscate all these belongings! ”

Master Yan looked at Wen, his eyes flashed, and he said in a deep voice: "No need, I will deal with it, you can prepare for Yao'er's wedding with peace of mind!" ”

Zhang Qing is a member of the Wen family, and Master Yan doesn't believe that the Wen family doesn't know anything.

He was already suspicious of Wen, so naturally he would no longer rest assured that she would go to the aftermath, so he personally led someone to collect the stolen goods.

Wen's desire to take the opportunity to get some money back was frustrated, and he secretly hated it in his heart.

Yan Ran also got up to leave, and instructed Qingxuan: "Prepare the car and go to Miaoxian Nunnery." ”

Qingxuan hurriedly said: "Girl, the person who really designed to murder Xuanyue is the Wen family, let's just let her go?" ”

Yan Ran said calmly: "The Wen family has the only heir of the Yan Mansion, and there is a daughter who is about to become the Duchess of Dingguo, so no matter what big mistake she makes now, my father will help her smooth it out, and it will never affect this family business." Since you can't bring her down, why bother with more effort, if she jumps off the wall in a hurry, we won't be able to please her. The current mess is enough for her to clean up. ”

Yan Ran was right, after the Wen family took over the power again, they were in a hurry.

Since the incident of Zhang Qing's greed for ink, Master Yan has been very suspicious, and he has to check the account book every now and then.

At this glance, you can see that the problem is coming.

During Yan Ran's housekeeping period, the shop's income was very large, but when it was Wen's housekeeper's turn, the shop's income decreased sharply.

Old Man Yan asked Wen with an unkind face: "Why is it so bad?" ”

At that time, Wen only wanted to take out as much silver as possible from Yan Ran's hands, but he never thought that he would leave such a disaster for himself.

She had nothing to say, so she could only excuse herself: "Some time ago, it was just in time for the Chinese New Year, so the business was better than usual, and there was not so much income in the usual time." ”

Master Yan was suspicious and accepted Wen's explanation for the time being, but his suspicion of her became more and more serious.

On the other hand, because Yan Ran increased everyone's share, Wen couldn't go down anymore and caused public anger, so he could only slap his swollen face and become fat, and use all the income of the shop and the grange for basic household use and distribution.

As a result, the Wen family had no additional income, and Fuzhong could only maintain a basic balance of income and expenditure.

However, Yan Yao is about to get married, and the wedding arrangement, reward, and wedding banquet expenses have not yet been settled.

Wen had no choice but to beg Master Yan, but he didn't dare to tell him the truth, only saying that the shop's recent capital turnover could not be realized.

Master Yan was puzzled: "I see that there is still a lot of silver in the account, why is it not enough?" ”

The silver was taken by the Wen family to put the money in the seal, and was deceived by Yan Rankeng.

But how dare Wen say it, he can only say stupidly: "Master, the money in the account is reserved for emergency use, and the concubine does not dare to act rashly." Previously, didn't you confiscate all the property of Zhang Qing's greed, why don't you use that money? ”

Seeing that the Wen family actually had the idea of the silver in his pocket, Master Yan immediately said unhappily: "Since you said that it was for emergency, didn't it just use it to prepare for the wedding banquet?" I usually socialize in officialdom, up and down, and there are times when I can't turn around, have I ever used the money in the inner house? Zhang Qing's greedy money, heh, is not enough for me to give Shangfeng a filial piety! ”

Although the Wen family is in charge of the back house of the Yan Mansion, he is in charge of the light and dark income of Master Yan alone, and it is separate from the income in the mansion.

The Wen family had a closed door at Master Yan's place, so he could only go back and figure out his own way.

Thinking about it, she thought of her dowry.

Originally, Wen promised Yan Yao that he would give her all his dowry, and buy her a large sum of silver, so that she could marry beautifully.

But now, she can only sell part of the dowry to solve her urgent needs, and she has no extra money to add makeup to Yan Yao, so the dowry has been reduced by half.

Of course Yan Yao didn't want to, she couldn't stop crying.

"Mother, you promised me that you would prepare a rich dowry for me and let me marry beautifully! If you don't give me cash, how can you halve everything? You know better than anyone how this marriage was decided! The eldest princess and cousin Yan don't want to see me, and if I can't even get the dowry, they will look down on me even more! Mother, how can you treat me like this, can you bear it? Rather than have people kicked out in the future, I might as well die now! ”

Yan Yao said, and slammed into the door frame, which frightened a group of mothers-in-law and maids to pull them in a hurry, and the scene was chaotic for a while.

Wen couldn't help but feel a little sad when he saw that Yan Yao not only didn't understand her difficulties, but also threatened her with death.

But after all, Yan Yao was brought up by her, and she had deep feelings, and she didn't want Yan Yao to be wronged, so she could only patiently comfort and enlighten her.

"Yao'er, even if you bring a mountain of gold over, they may not take you seriously. What you have to do is not to care about the amount of dowry, but to change your arrogant temper and please your husband. Feelings are made out of getting along, not by money. Over time, if he is a hundred steels, he will also turn into a finger twister. ”

Yan Yao lost her temper, and the facts could not be changed.

She could only sobbed and nodded, not to mention how resentful she was in her heart.

However, what Wen didn't know was that the dowry she sold was actually purchased by Yan Ran after lowering the price.

Qingxuan was puzzled: "Girl, you bought Wen's dowry, didn't this just solve her urgent need?" ”

Yan Ran smiled: "You forgot, I was going to sell the thank you gift of the Qingguo Mansion before, how did my father do it?" ”

Qingxuan recalled: "The master said that selling the thank you gift is a very rude and shameful thing, so I gave you silver and didn't let you barter for money." ”

Yan Ran said: "Yes, in the same way, if he learns that the Wen family sold the dowry, will he sit idly by?" ”

Qingxuan shook her head and thought about it: "No, the master will also think that the Wen family has lost face by selling the dowry, so he will redeem the dowry and give her money to handle the marriage of the second girl." ”

Qingxuan said, and suddenly realized: "So, the girl intercepted Wen's dowry, because she didn't want to be discovered by the master, so Wen could only eat Coptis dumbly!" ”

Yan Ran nodded and said, "If my father really finds out about the deficit in the house's expenses, at most, he will be wary and disgusted with the Wen family, but he won't do anything to her now." Taking advantage of the fact that Wen is still afraid and does not dare to publicize this matter, what if we help her. ”

Qingxuan's eyes showed a look of reverence: "Girl, you showed Zhang Qing's greed for ink, just to make the master suspicious of the Wen family, right?" In this way, the lord will not give Wen's silver for emergency, and Wen can only sell the dowry, and the second girl's dowry will be reduced, which is both faceless and disliked by the eldest princess. This is a wonderful serial plan! ”

If Master Yan hadn't been suspicious of the Wen family because of Zhang Qing's incident, maybe he would have been coaxed by the Wen family to fill the deficit with silver this time without knowing it.

Yan Ran looked at Qingxuan approvingly: "Your brain is spinning fast now." ”

Qingxuan smiled and said: "It's all girls who teach well!" ”

Wen demolished the east wall and repaired the west wall, and after two months of exhaustion, he finally settled everything properly.

On the morning of Yan Yao's wedding, Yan Ran went to add makeup.

Yan Yao saw that the makeup that Yan Ran gave her was an ordinary silver needle, and felt inexplicable.

She threw the silver needle aside in disgust, and said in a sour tone: "I haven't seen those good things in your library, you just use a small silver needle to fool me, it's really generous!" ”

Yan Ran picked up the box containing the silver needle and put it back, and said kindly: "Yao'er, I'm just your eldest sister, not your elder, it's not good to give gifts beyond grandmother, right?" ”

Old Madam Yan only gave Yan Yao a pair of jade bracelets that were not very good, and the things in Yan Ran's library were better than this if they were taken out casually, and there was really nothing to give.

As soon as Yan Yao mentioned this, she became angry and drove people away unceremoniously: "Get out, on this big day, you don't come to add bad luck to me!" ”

Yan Ran was not annoyed, and chuckled: "Yes, don't be angry on the big day, otherwise the days after marriage will not be smooth." Still, there's one thing I think you need to know. ”

Yan Yao looked at Yan Ran suspiciously, always feeling that she was uneasy and kind.

Of course, Yan Ran would not live up to Yan Yao's expectations, and whispered in her ear with a smile: "Yao'er, the Ping'er who poisoned you was originally born in the eldest princess's mansion, and then married into the Wen family with the eldest princess, and then entered the Yan mansion with your mother. Therefore, you must put away this silver needle, and when you enter the Dingguo Mansion, you will be able to use it. ”

Yan Yaodeng's eyes widened, full of horror.