Chapter 065 Counting the Dowry

?? Do you finally remember that Brother Xiaoxin and Sister Yuan Niang are here?

Wang Qifang stood at the foot of the hall, lowered her eyelids, and covered the forest under her eyes.

She is not a fool, Zhao Yongnian proposed in public at this time to let his brother send the three children back to the Zhao family, which was originally the idea of threats and revenge.

Very good, very good, since you are unkind, then don't blame me for being unjust.

Wang Qifang had long expected that the Zhao family would talk about the three children, but she never thought that it would be Zhao Yongnian who would bring it up first.

To be honest, Wang Qifang's impression of Zhao Yongnian is not bad, especially when he generously handed over the nameplate of Tianzi No. 9 Confucian Merchant to her, she was more or less affectionate.

It's a pity that the trace of gratitude for Zhao Yongnian in Wang Qifang's heart was completely wiped out by what he said just now.

"That's right, the sister of the Wang family has reconciled with Zhao Tianqing, but the three sisters and brothers of Yuan Niang are the descendants of the Zhao family, especially the little new brother, or the eldest grandson of the Zhao family, how can they be raised in a foreign family?"

Princess Jingwei saw that although things were not completely satisfactory, she finally drove Wang Qifang out of the Zhao family, and in the future, the Su family was corrected, and their Zheng family was officially connected with the Confucian Business Association. I saw her stand up with a smile and leave with such a sentence.

"That's right, that's right, Her Royal Highness is right. Oh, speaking of which, the concubine really thinks about those children," Mrs. Zhao saw that the general trend had been decided, and her lord and princess had expressed their attitudes, so she didn't have too many worries, and said with a loving smile on her face, "Don't bother the king to give the husband, I'll let Mother Guo take the carriage to pick up the three children back." ”

That look, just like all the grandmothers who dote on their grandsons and granddaughters, but unfortunately the smile did not extend to the bottom of her eyes, she said to Wang Qifang with deep meaning, "Qi Niang, don't worry, I will definitely take care of my baby golden grandson." ”

"Master Zhao, Mrs. Zhao, I'm not in a hurry to see the child's affairs," the ninth princess watched the play for most of the day, and was also a little tired, her white little hands covered her nose, yawned gracefully, and said, "Isn't this and the departure procedures not yet completed?" By the way, the dowry of the Wang family has been cleaned up. I heard the old lady say that when Wang Qiniang married into the Zhao family, the Wang family married one hundred and twenty-eight units, which is definitely ten miles of red makeup, and the palace really wants to see it."

"This ......" Mrs. Zhao was suffocated, she looked at Zhao Yongnian with some embarrassment, and then smiled reluctantly, "Oh, when Qi Niang divided her property and lived separately a few months ago, didn't she already count the dowry, and she also took her things away, how, how-"

"Brother, take the dowry list"

When Wang Qifang heard this, she slowly raised her head, she did not reply directly to Mrs. Zhao's words, but turned her head and said to her brother and Mama Zhao, "Mama Zhao, you also took out the detailed list of things we took away when we left the Zhao family, whether my dowry has been counted, for the time being, a pair"

"Okay," Wang Jinyu didn't hesitate, directly took out a dozen yellowed white papers from his sleeve pocket, handed them to Fang Zheng, who was a witness on the side, and said politely, "Lao Fu Fang is checking it." ”

Fang Zheng was not in a hurry to receive the dowry list, but cautiously glanced at the Jingzhao Mansion sitting not far away, and saw that the old man nodded without a trace, and then took the two lists from Wang Jinyu and Zhao Mama respectively.

"How's it going? Is that done? ”

Princess Jingwei was originally planning to leave, but she thought that the ninth princess would have such a moth again, since the 'imperial sister' did not leave, it was not good for her, a sister, to leave the table in advance.

In addition, she also wanted to see what other tricks Wang Qifang had.

Hmm, about the dowry list?

Could it be that the Zhao family embezzled the Wang family's dowry?

"Go back, go back to Her Royal Highness the Princess, there are more items on the list, and the small ones and small ones will have to be checked for a while."

Fang Zheng is just the most incomparable petty official, where have he seen so many big people.

Now when he heard the question of Her Royal Highness the princess, he was so frightened that he knelt on the ground, and strings of cold sweat broke out on his forehead.

As soon as Zhao Yongnian saw his wife's weak appearance, he knew that she must have deducted the dowry of the Wang family, and it was worth a lot of money.

secretly only scolded this uncalculated bastard lady, their Zhao family is not that poor and narrow family, greedy for the dowry of the daughter-in-law, this is good to say.

However, now was not the time to complain, and he had to find a way to get the matter done.

"Hehe, since there are more things, it must take a long time. The two princesses are both daughters, and there are many important things in the house, and the petty officials really dare not waste the time of Her Royal Highness the princess because of this little matter in the family, it is better to-"

When the ninth princess heard this, she didn't raise her eyelids, waved her hand casually, interrupted Zhao Yongnian's words, and said: "It's okay, the left and right palaces are also idle, and I want to see the treasure of the Taiyuan royal family." ”

Then he raised his eyes and swept Princess Jingwei, and said coldly, "If Jingwei girl is busy, she can leave early, and you don't have to wait for the palace."

When Princess Jingwei heard this, even if she wanted to leave, it was not easy to leave directly. She smiled slightly, sat back in her seat, and said, "Hehe, Jingwei thank Sister Jiu for your concern, I don't have anything important there, since I came, I have to start and finish well."

Come on, the two princesses won't leave, and Jingzhao Mansion won't dare to say that it's flashing.

In this way, Zhao Yongnian didn't pay attention to it, so he had to watch Fang Zheng check the dowry list.

After another hour, Fang Zheng, who was sweating profusely, finally checked the two lists, only to see him kneeling respectfully in front of the ninth princess, and said loudly, "Qiyu Ninth Princess, the little one has finished checking the list." According to the dowry list provided by Wang to Shilang, the things that Wang Qiniang married that year include, a three-screen mirror table carved with vermilion lacquer and gold carving, ten pairs of red carved lacquer long drawers, six pairs of carved rosewood rectangular boxes, and two pairs of red lacquer chrysanthemum fancy boxes...... Eighty pieces of poplin, eighty pieces of Wu's cotton, and ten pieces of silk...... A pair of white jade inlaid with gold and jade bracelets, two pieces of gold and gold inlaid with multicolored glass, and a gold necklace surrounded by gold inlaid clam beads and precious stones——"

"Stop"

Listening to a long list of things, the ninth princess felt dizzy.

She stretched out her hand to interrupt Fang Zheng's words, and asked dryly, "Just say it directly, whether this dowry bill is consistent with the list registered later." ”

Fang Zheng babbled for a long time, his voice was a little hoarse, he saw that the ninth princess was a little impatient, he hurriedly wiped the sweat on his forehead, nodded and answered, "Back to the ninth princess, the bottom list and the registered list do not match." ”

"What, it doesn't match? More or less? ”

The Ninth Princess asked pretending to be surprised.

"Eh, back to the princess, the list registered afterwards is much less than the dowry list."

Fang Zheng listened to the words of the ninth princess, and spoke in his heart, Your Royal Highness Princess, your old man is really good at telling jokes, this list is naturally less. After whose daughter-in-law marries into her in-law's family, she does not make up some dowry? What's more, it's Zhao Er's grandmother, who was once famous for her weakness in the capital?

"Oh, what's missing?" Wang Jinyu suddenly opened his mouth, his face was a little solemn, and said: "If I remember correctly, then the pair of white jade inlaid gold jade bracelets can be used?" You must know that this pair of bracelets is a gift from the Empress Dowager Shengde, and there are records in the inner court. ”

"Back to the king to Shilang, this pair of bracelets is not on the list registered later."

Fang Zheng heard that it was a royal thing, subconsciously swallowed his saliva, and whispered back.

"Heh~~ In other words, that pair of bracelets was 'lost' in the Zhao family?"

Wang Jinyu said with a somewhat mocking smile, and his eyes were full of coldness.

"Da Lang, this bracelet is with me."

At this time, Mrs. Li, who had not spoken, spoke up, and she said with a little sadness, "Not only this pair of bracelets, but also many of the valuable jewelry that Qi Niang married are here with me...... I redeemed it in a pawnshop."

Boom –

The old faces of Zhao Yongnian and Mrs. Zhao turned red almost at the same time, especially Mrs. Zhao, who hung her head in embarrassment under the smiling gaze of the ninth princess.

"Master Zhao, what's going on?"

Wang Jinyu is Wang Qifang's brother and has the most say in this matter. He stood up with a bang and said with a pale face, "If it's just an ordinary object, how can you even take away the things that are given by the emperor?" Master Zhao, if your Zhao family is in difficulty, it is normal for the sister to take some silver money to come out to make up for it, but why doesn't your mansion even let go of the royal gifts? This is 'disrespectful'."

"This、This is Qi Niang's own responsibility"

After Zhao Tianqing was repaired by Wang Jinyu, he was a little afraid every time he saw this brother-in-law. However, at the moment, this matter is too important to their Zhao family, and if they can't refute it clearly, their Zhao family will fall with a 'big disrespectful' hat.

"Hmph, joke, my wife has a life, and her husband has spoken, how dare Qi Niang not 'do it herself'?"

Wang Jinyu glanced at the trembling Zhao with disdain, and snorted coldly from his nose.

"Oh, fortunately, Mrs. Li redeemed it," Zhao Yongnian had seen a wide range of the world after all, and after a short period of stunnedness, he forced a smile and said, "According to the rules, how much money is this bracelet for, our Zhao family will supply Qi Niang at the price." ”

"And how many have not been redeemed?"

Wang Jinyu didn't save face for Zhao Yongnian at all, and asked very bluntly.

"Discount and depreciation of silver at market price"

Zhao Yongnian gritted his back molars and said distressedly.

"It's okay to fold silver into ordinary objects, but what about the things that are given?" Wang Jinyu took back the dowry slip from Fang Zheng's hand, pointed to a few pieces of rare jewelry on it and said, "The four butterflies of red gold are flying and shaking, and the gold armbands are inlaid with red sapphires...... These are all treasures rewarded by the Inner Court Mansion, how is Master Zhao going to fold the silver? ”

“……”

How to fold? How does he know? Zhao Yongnian took a deep breath and said, "Our Zhao family will search again to see if we can redeem these treasures."

"Okay, thank Master Zhao in the next generation of sisters" Wang Jinyu said words of thanks, there was no trace of gratitude on his face, he folded up the dowry list, and said lightly, "Since the dowry has not been settled, the little new brother and sister will stay in Ping'anfang first, when will your mansion make up the dowry of the sister, let's talk about the child."

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