"Mother, I actually have something I want to discuss with you."

"Whatever is the matter, you just say it directly."

"Before the epidemic, the city was full of storms, and many infected people were forcibly sent out of the city, but now they have recovered and can return to live at home, but during this time, everyone has not worked, and the poor are almost unable to open the pot."

"You're going to help them?"

"That's right, I have a lot of gold and silver in my dowry, and I wonder if I can take it out first to help the people deal with emergencies, which can be regarded as a good thing to accumulate blessings and virtues."

Zhao Jingwen is also a kind-hearted person, and when she heard Su Qingyan's proposal, she nodded approvingly, "You can have such an idea, it is a blessing for the people, but the specific amount of help needs to be determined, and I will be convenient for Mama to revise the dowry list at that time."

"It's enough to take a thousand taels out."

"One thousand hundred taels?" Zhao Jingwen hesitated, "Qingyan, this is not a small amount, are you sure?" ”

"Sure, if the money is gone, it can be earned, and the most important thing is to resettle the poor people at the moment."

"Well, I admire your integrity, and if your father knows about it, he will definitely praise it."

Su Qingyan said with a smile: "Mother is too exalted to me, as a person to be married, it is inconvenient for me to go out of the house, mother, your body is a little uncomfortable, and it is not convenient to run around and be tired, it is better to leave this matter to my sister to do." ”

"Me?" Liu Yujiao exclaimed, "How can I know these things, you go to someone else." ”

Zhao Jingwen stiffened her face, "Qingyan is willing to give so much silver, don't you even want to make some effort?" It's a girl who was raised in the Guogong Mansion, can she have a little integrity! ”

Liu Yujiao has grown so big, and she has never been reprimanded so seriously by her aunt, so she was so frightened that she hurriedly agreed, "I just promise." ”

"It's pretty much the same, it's not difficult to help the people, as long as you check the names, let them press their handprints one by one, and receive the silver taels."

Su Qingyan nodded, "You have to beware of someone fishing in troubled waters and taking money in the name of poverty." ”

Liu Yujiao was still on fire just now, and as soon as she heard this, an idea immediately appeared in her mind.

The money was distributed to the people by her hand, and if any good of it were to be put into her pocket, who would find it?

A whole thousand taels, she touched one or two hundred taels and it was not in vain, this is saving money for her future dowry.

Thinking of this, she suddenly became enthusiastic about the matter of relieving the people, "Auntie, Sister Qingyan, don't worry, I will definitely handle it properly and never let you down." ”

"Well, then this matter is finalized, let's eat first."

"Okay."

Full of wine and food, Liu Yujiao personally went to the treasury, brought out a thousand taels of silver, and then took a group of subordinates out of the mansion.

Su Qingyan sat leisurely in the morning dew courtyard basking in the sun, looking leisurely and contented, like a hunter waiting for his prey to take the bait. Just in the afternoon, Xie Ying, who was inquiring about the movement outside, flashed and appeared in the courtyard.

"Concubine Su, my subordinates are back."

"How's it going?"

"As you guessed, Liu Yujiao's helping the people is fake, but stealing silver is real. One thousand taels of silver, she directly stuffed three hundred taels into her pocket. ”

"It's better than I thought, I thought she would take at least five hundred taels privately."

Xie Ying spurned and said: "Maybe she planned to do so from the beginning, but she didn't expect that there would be so many people who came to receive the relief silver, if she stole five hundred taels, then the rest would not be enough for the people to share." ”

"Whatever you think, it's a sure thing that she stole the silver, do you know where the three hundred taels of silver that were removed were hidden?"

"I know, I was secretly carried by a few maids to the courtyard where Liu Yujiao lived, where there was a small cellar, which was hidden underneath.

"Not long after she moved from Chaolu Courtyard, the cellar was dug up? I was really prepared. ”

"This kind of pickled goods, I feel dirty even when I look at her, what is Concubine Su going to do next?" "Wait for Daddy and Tianhui to come over together in the evening, and when the time comes, the old grievances will be taken out together to settle a general account!

Liu Yujiao had been busy working outside all afternoon, and her tired waist was about to break.

Fortunately, she not only reaped the benefits, but also got the gratitude of the people, it is estimated that it will not be long before this matter will spread to the palace, and then the emperor will be happy, and it is not impossible to reward her with a grade.

"Miss, you can count it back, the lord and the lady are in the main hall, you can hurry over." As soon as Liu Yujiao returned home, someone came to deliver a message, and she knew that her uncle and aunt were ready to reward herself, so she immediately rushed to the front hall with a smile on her face.

But when he arrived, he found that the atmosphere was very wrong, Yao Guogong and Zhao Jingwen both had calm faces, and Su Qingyan, who was sitting on the side, also had a cold and indifferent expression.

Liu Yujiao sighed in her heart, and bowed worriedly, "Uncle, aunt, what's the matter with calling me so late?" ”

"You still have the face to ask?!" Yao Guogong slapped the table hard, and this scolding was full of anger, so frightened that Liu Yujiao's legs couldn't stop trembling.

"Uncle, I really don't know what I've done wrong, please make it clear."

"Humph! I don't even know how to say it. Jingwen, this is a good niece you taught single-handedly, you come to ask! Yao Guogong seemed to be really angry, and he didn't even want to say anything more to her.

Zhao Jingwen looked at Liu Yujiao with extreme disappointment, "Jiaojiao, today you took a thousand taels of silver to go out to help the people, did you hide three hundred taels privately?" ”

"Auntie, did you hear someone chewing the root of your tongue indiscriminately, how could I do such a thing?" Liu Yujiao burst into tears and said, "This afternoon, I have been busy helping hundreds of poor people, and I have not had time for a moment. ”

She was implying that Su Qingyan was the one who fanned the flames, Yao Guogong felt that the old face couldn't hold up, grabbed the tea cup in his hand and smashed it at Liu Yujiao's side, "You still dare to quibble, just now someone dug up three hundred taels of silver in your cellar, how should you explain this!"

"Uncle, those silver have been saved up by my aunt for many years, and I have been keeping them carefully, intending to keep them as a dowry in the future, how can it be that the silver taels have been misappropriated from the relief silver."

Zhao Jingwen was still partial to this niece in her heart, and when she heard this, she immediately echoed: "Master, I have always loved Kyaukjiao, and the rewards have not been broken in the past ten years, and it is not difficult for her to accumulate three hundred taels of silver." ”

"According to what you say, all this is Qingyan deliberately slandering Yujiao?"

"I didn't mean that, I just felt that there was no empirical evidence in the matter, and I couldn't convict Kyaukjiao with just three hundred taels of silver."

Liu Yujiao sobbed and cried, "Auntie, I grew up under your knees, and you know my personality very well. No matter how stupid I am, I can't do such a conscience-defying thing as embezzling the relief money. ”

The words were sincere, and even Yao Guogong was a little shaken.

"Qingyan, you are sure that the three hundred taels were taken out of the dowry box, is there any other ironclad evidence?"

"Of course, these silvers are not ordinary silver lakes used by the people, but the joy silver that Su Ye deliberately sent people to create, and there is a subtle plum blossom pattern engraved underneath."

"Plum blossoms?"

"That's right, I've always liked red plums, and Su Ye regards this flower as a belief and totem between us. If Daddy doesn't believe it, he can take out one of these three hundred taels at will, and he can feel that there is a red plum pattern underneath. ”