In the afternoon, the sun was blazing.

"Where else is seventy percent? I want to know too! Qiu Yulan lazily leaned on the soft couch, stroked the white smooth fur, and said with a smile, "But will Kang Lizhang talk to Qiu Hongzhi?" killed Qiu Jinzhu and Qiu Yinzhi's subordinates, and if he can't recover things, it's also in vain! ”

Previously, when Kang Lizhang suggested that Qiu Hongzhi join forces with her to steal the things around Qiu Jinzhu's sister and brother in exchange for money, Qiu Yulan had an idea and instructed her to give priority to selling the dowries of Concubine Lian and Princess Ruan - in fact, as early as after the death of Mrs. Lu, Kang Lizhang expected that the private house saved by his mother and daughter would be difficult to preserve.

So she ordered her henchmen to send a batch of the most precious things out of the palace overnight and hide them.

Later, in order to win Yu Qiu's trust, Kang Lizhang told her all this - it's just that Qiu Yulan has the big boss of Xihe Wangfu, and she is not in a hurry to get back what she deserves there, so let her continue to take care of it...... Anyway, Qiu Yulan is not really a person who must compare with money.

"My cousin gave the palace three days, but seventy percent of the things were missing, where could they get it together?" Chun Ran also smiled, Zhou's mother and Su He were beside her, but she wanted to say something.

After eating a peach, Qiu Yulan took the handkerchief and wiped his hands, and asked suspiciously, "What's wrong?" ”

"The princess had sold her dowry before and secretly helped the old general." Mother Zhou asked Su He to go out and watch, and then whispered, "At that time, the people who handled it, except for the old slaves, were all sent away by Princess Yang after the princess passed away, I don't know if there will be people like Mother Guan and Dong Yao?" ”

Qiu Yulan thought for a while and said, "I've heard about this too...... However, when selling things, can there be the mark of the mother and the like? ”

Mother Zhou smiled bitterly and said, "There really is!" After all, the things that the princess took out were not something that ordinary people could have. People are also afraid that they will get into trouble if they buy stolen goods, and they are afraid that they will be charged with theft if they give money on the front foot. Yes, they all wrote notes to prove that the princess herself wanted to sell them. ”

“…… The mother concubine only sold her own dowry, right? Qiu Yulan pondered for a moment, sat up straight, and asked.

"Yes." Zhou's mother explained, "The princess said that the concubine's things are all yours, and she can't move anything." ”

Qiu Yulan nodded: "Then the concubine's makeup, Qiu Mengmin and they have no excuse to deduct it." According to the cousin, the concubine had nearly 400,000 yuan in marriage that year. ”

Spring Dye and Summer Dye exclaimed: "So much? "They have seen the world with Ruan Qingyan, but the dowry of 400,000 taels of silver is really not a small amount. In the end, the daughter is a member of the family, and the rich dowry is based on the loss of the mother's property.

"Not as much as our princess!" Zhou's mother blurted out!

"The dowry of the mother is indeed more. And now if you want to pay me back, you can't just follow the list! Qiu Yulan sneered, "Those shop manors, the income of the past years has not been counted." The fields on the dowry are all good, and the shops are also prosperous - not to mention the concubine's, just with the dowry of the concubine in the house, they have not produced more than ninety percent of the originals, and they can't get rid of the crime of misappropriating the concubine's things! Qiu Mengmin dared not to calculate the income according to the market price, and my cousin would never spare him! ”

There is also a reason for the rich dowry of this mother-in-law and daughter-in-law: Xihe Wangfu is a hereditary family, although Concubine Lian was the daughter of Shangshu back then, but the Lian family is not deep, in order to prevent her daughter from being underestimated, it is a dowry for bankruptcy.

The same goes for Princess Ruan, although the Ruan family is a third-generation official, it is still inferior to the Xihe Palace, the king of Kai before the decline. In addition, General Ruan Lao has been fighting horses all his life and has made a lot of war money, so he will naturally not be stingy with his daughter who married into the high gate - after learning about the dowry list left by the Xia Lian and Ruan families, Qiu Yulan knew that Xiuyan really didn't talk nonsense when she opened her mouth for 800,000 taels of silver, and the property left by these two to herself is now calculated, and one million taels is appropriate.

In other words, not counting the private background that Qiu Yulan doesn't know, the current Xihe Royal Mansion has to cut off at least one-third of it to her!

It is conceivable that Qiu Mengmin's family will definitely resist like crazy!

"Fortunately, the Yang family's goddaughter has no way, and now she is strangled to death with the Ding family...... Otherwise, Qiu Mengmin and his wife will definitely have to ask these two families for help, and God knows how many variables will be born when the time comes! Thinking of this, Qiu Yulan couldn't help but wipe a cold sweat.

She made up her mind, "As for the things sold by the mother's concubine, my cousin has long been counting the things and expenses sold by the General's Mansion over the years, and it will be compiled into a book in about two days - the money that the concubine subsidizes the General's Mansion is at most the difference between the things sold by the General's Mansion and the expenses!" ”

Zhou's mother hurriedly asked: "What about our expenses over the years......

"The palace should raise us, Qiu Mengmin dares to let people know that the palace has been deducting us all these years, resulting in many of our necessary things, and the mother concubine can only sell the dowry and go out to buy it?" Qiu Yulan smiled and reminded, "So you don't want to recognize all the strips that the mother concubine agreed to sell, just let Qiu Mengmin's royal majesty not be strict, and there are people who have stolen, and we are not allowed to have servants who betray the master here?" ”

Chun Ran asked: "But in this case, it can also be said that the princess didn't take care of her subordinates and lost things, regardless of their affairs." ”

"Who said that the servant who sold things was to serve me and my mother?" Qiu Yulan said disdainfully, "Since they are now stealing the things of the concubine and the concubine to sell, it is likely that they did the original thing, right?" What's more, the mother concubine has not been at home since Qiu Mengmin took over the prince, and there are people in this mansion who sell the master's property privately, and who is not looking for the accountability of the master! ”

Mother Zhou said cautiously: "But the princess stamped her private seal ......"

"Can you steal so many things and not steal a private seal?" Qiu Yulan said calmly, "What's more, no matter how much the mother concubine sells things, they are all antiques, hairpin rings and the like, right?" The grange and shop outside will not be easily moved? Those alone can make the palace miserable! ”

Zhou's mother thought for a while: "That's the case, but ...... Although the old slave has never heard the princess mention selling shops and fields, after the current prince enters the door, there is no one to pay rent to us. ”

Qiu Yulan was surprised: "There is such a thing?!" After pondering for a while, he asked in a low voice, "Could it be that after the defeat of the war, my grandfather spent money on activities for him?" "This kind of expense is huge, and it's all trivial to smash hundreds of thousands of taels of silver into it.

"The old slave doesn't think so." Fortunately, Mother Zhou pondered for a while and shook her head, "At that time, the first prince and the prince were gone, and the concubine and the princess were so sad that they couldn't say anything, and even the affairs in the house were held by you to comfort each other, and for the affairs of the old general, they were powerless at all!" ”

Qiu Yulan felt very puzzled: "Then why didn't anyone come to pay the rent?" ”

"The old slave asked the princess, and the princess said that she was afraid that she would be taken away by the current prince, so she let those people sell it privately and bring it in exchange for a silver ticket." Mother Zhou said this, her voice was low, "The problem is, the old slave has calculated those incomes, if they are really handed over to the princess, then when the princess takes over the general's mansion, there is no need to be a thing anymore!" So the old slave has always suspected that those industries are probably gone. ”

"But where will it go?" Haruzei couldn't help but ask.

Mother Zhou sighed: "The old slave used to guess with Mother Li, is it that the current prince is angry with the county lord because he was expelled from the concubine, and the princess gave him a part of the dowry in order to keep the county lord, in exchange for them not moving the county lord?" ”

Qiu Yulan frowned and said, "I don't think Qiu Mengmin will agree." The woman's dowry is supported by the list collected by her mother's family, so he is not afraid that my mother will still be there when I grow up and expose it? ”

Xia Ran also said: "At that time, my son-in-law had not yet passed over, and the general's mansion was like an heir. The maid said something bad: as long as the princess and the county lord ...... How much dowry does the princess have, and it is not all in the hands of the palace? "According to the rules, a woman's dowry can only be inherited by her own flesh and blood, and if there is no biological flesh and blood, or if the biological flesh and blood are gone, then return to her mother's family.

But if there is no one in his mother's family, it will naturally belong to his husband's family. At most, it is not for nothing to set up an heir for a woman.

Therefore, the Xihe Royal Mansion wanted to snatch Princess Ruan's dowry, and it was good to kill Princess Ruan and Qiu Yulan at the beginning.

is Concubine Lian's share, if the Lian family hadn't risen and fallen this time, how would they know the life and death of Qiu Yulan? I don't know her life and death, how can I get back the dowry of the concubine? In the end, it's not cheaper Xihe Wangfu.

"No wonder I can't find those two dowry lists." Thinking of this, Qiu Yulan suddenly realized, "It's not that the list was put away at all, but that Princess Ruan deliberately destroyed it, right?" Xihe Wangfu can't find a dowry list, and he can't wipe out the two dowries, so he is unwilling! I also think that Princess Ruan is just a daughter, and she will definitely give me such an important thing...... Take advantage of their greed and set up a means to save my life? ”

She wiped a cold sweat secretly, "Sure enough, life and death are fate, and wealth is in the sky - otherwise, this delicate little girl, with so many conspiracies and tricks, is protected by a poisoned mother, how can she live to be twelve years old!" ”

"The old slave can't guess either." Zhou's mother's voice interrupted her thoughts, "Or take it to help the old general's old family members who were involved?" But this is also unlikely. After all, the princess has been raised in the deep boudoir and doesn't know those people at all. Even if you want to receive help, it is through the General's Mansion, and the things that can be sent to the General's Mansion are all in the hands of the old slaves at that time, and there is absolutely no income from those places! ”

Qiu Yulan pondered for a moment and patted the case: "I can't guess - Ming'er sent someone to ask Ruan An about them?" ”

This night, Qiu Yulan was only settled, and she was awakened by the sound of squirming behind the screen, she stroked her forehead and thought, "Isn't it?" ”

After a while, she saw Jiang Yashuang, who was wearing a dark robe and jade ring, coughing lightly and turning in with a light cough in the hazy gauze lamp used at night, and she sighed deeply: "Why are you here again?" ”

"I heard that the Ruan and Lian families came to ask for your dowry today?" Jiang Yashuang didn't say anything, and asked bluntly.

"Yes, you saw that?" Qiu Yulan rubbed the corners of her forehead across the tent and said lazily, "My cousin and cousin-in-law will come in two days, and there is nothing to say over there." ”

Jiang Yashuang said: "Since it is something that belongs to you, why should you allow Qiu Mengmin to deny and delay?" Tomorrow, I will ask my starling brother to accompany me and do this for you! ”

Qiu Yulan hurriedly got up and sat up: "Rumors, do you forget that it was Princess Chunfu who came forward to round the scene for us?" ”

"It doesn't matter." Jiang Yashuang was confident, "Have you forgotten how much trouble the Yang family and the Ding family have made now?" Now that the government and the opposition are too late to care about them, how can they care about the movements of the Xihe Palace? And said, "Even if you do, just say that my eighteenth sister is good friends with you, so she asked me to ask my starling brother about this." ”

"My grandmother and my mother left me a lot of inheritance!" Qiu Yulan disagreed, "My uncle is always a prince, how can he give it up easily?" ”

Jiang Yashuang understated: "If you can't bear him, you will die!" ”