Wasn't the reason why he married her in the first place because the Mei family had no foundation in the capital? Mei Yuan Qingkong had the title of No. 1 Scholar, but suffered from lack of support. He was almost sent out to be a county magistrate. Only then did the Mei family remember the marriage they had agreed upon in their early years. After knowing that her father Wei was the Minister of Household Affairs, did they shamelessly agree to it?
Now I have the nerve to say it because I feel sorry for her! What a joke.
After hearing this, Mei Yuanqing's face immediately darkened, and he turned to look at Wei Jingwei, "Ms. Wei, how do you explain this matter?"
"What explanation do you want?"
Wei Jingwei's tone was very indifferent, and in a blink of an eye, she found a chair and sat down.
"You allowed your maid to bully my sister and make my mother angry. Don't you have a point in mind?"
Mei Yuanqing frowned suddenly when he looked at Wei Jingwei, who used to be docile and virtuous, and now looked like a cold and aloof lady from a noble family.
"If you can't give me a good explanation today, then go back to Hongxia Court and think about your mistakes behind closed doors. Don't come out in the near future to make my sister and mother angry again!"
Wei Jingwei raised her eyebrows, "You want me to shut up and think about my faults indiscriminately?"
"Can Xiaoqin still accuse you unjustly?"
"Su'er, hand me what I asked you to copy earlier."
Su'er slowly stepped forward and handed the paper in hand to Mei Yuanqing's hand.
Mei Yuanqing opened the paper, and there were dense numbers recorded inside. The more he looked at it, the more surprised he became. His expression changed again and again, which was very exciting.
After a long time, he put the letter away and looked at Mei Xiaoqin, his eyes stopping on the very conspicuous ruby head on the table.
"What's going on with this ruby head?"
Mei Xiaoqin didn't expect to be asked so suddenly, she rushed forward in panic and hugged Ruby's head, "This thing...this thing was given to me by my sister-in-law! It's mine!"
"Brother, you still have time to ask these questions. My sister-in-law's maid has already beaten your sister. You should teach her a lesson!"
After she finished speaking, she suddenly noticed that Mei Yuanqing's face was even colder, and she shrank behind Mei's mother very uneasily.
Wei Jingwei smiled and said, "Your sister took this ruby head privately from my warehouse. It is the only one in the east and west capitals. Everyone knows that it was the dowry prepared for me when my mother was still alive. She took it out After someone accused me of taking my sister-in-law's dowry, and then came back to act and cry to me, how come you are now my fault?"
"But Xiaoqin is quite discerning. Once you get it, it will be a unique one."
After saying that, she blinked, looking like she was watching a good show.
Mei Xiaoqin didn't expect that there were so many stories about this face. She lowered her head and looked at the things in her arms again, with greed in her eyes. Then he hugged her tighter.
When Mei Yuanqing saw that she was not prepared to return it, his face darkened and he stepped forward and took the things out of Mei Xiaoqin's arms, causing her to yell.
"Brother! What are you doing! That's mine!"
Mei Yuanqing ignored the yelling Mei Xiaoqin, turned around and handed the thing to Su'er.
"The property is now back to its original owner."
The corner of Wei Jingwei's mouth curled up, "I used to think that she was still your sister after all. So I didn't care much about some of her deviant behaviors. She cried and complained that the Mei family was poor and could not afford her clothes and jewelry, so I allowed her Occasionally I use some jewelry fabrics to dress up, but I haven’t cleaned the warehouse for so long.”
"If you don't know the result, half of the fabrics and jewelry on my dowry list are missing. Su'er and Lian'er were so anxious that they thought they had been robbed. As for her saying that my maid pushed her, she did it first."
Wei Jingwei's unhurried words seemed to hammer into Mei Yuanqing's heart. Hearing this, his face turned pale again and again, and his jaw tightened.
Mei's mother even pinched Mei Xiaoqin angrily, "On weekdays, my mother provides you with delicious food and drinks! You actually say that about my Mei family behind my back! Do you have any conscience?"
Mei Xiaoqin didn't expect that the situation would turn one-sided so quickly. With an ugly face, she even argued: "You gave me the key to the warehouse yourself, and now you humiliate me like this! Who cares about your charity!"
After saying that, he angrily pulled a key from his waist, threw it on the ground with a "pop", turned around and ran out of Ci'an Hall.
No matter how hard Ren Mei Yuanqing called her, she never looked back.
Wei Jingwei knew that he was angry. Normally, Mei Yuanqing was the most important person to save face. Today, he had lost so much face that he couldn't keep it on his face.
After a while, he pursed his lips and said, "I will repay the things Xiaoqin took away, including the clothes and jewelry made with your private money, and I will never take anything from you."
"Master, you said compensation? The list in your hand is just the money Xiaoqin spends on clothes, jewelry, and powder, a total of three thousand taels. But do you know that many of the things she took from my private treasury are precious old items? . As far as I know, some of them she kept for herself, and some of them were given away as rewards. How do you compensate?"
"Even if there is a price, my salary... I'm afraid it won't be enough."
Mei Yuanqing's handsome face had bulging veins, and he was obviously very angry at her straightforward words.
"Don't worry, I will definitely return all the things Xiaoqin took. If it's not enough, I will also find a way to get the money to compensate you! She is just a sister-in-law, and she definitely has no face to touch your dowry."
Carrying a gun and a stick would not affect Wei Jingwei at all.
"Okay, I'll wait for you."
After saying that, he stood up calmly and left Ci'an Hall with Su'er and Lian'er.
Mei Yuanqing sat slumped on the chair, watching her graceful back slowly leave, and squeezed the handle of the chair tightly, not regaining consciousness for a long time.
He was annoyed in his heart. Could it be that Wei's past gentleness and virtuousness were all just acting? Today, I am afraid that is her true face!
Wei Jingwei thought as she returned to Hongxia Pavilion.
She was really confused in her last life, and the indulgent Mei family didn't know the heights of the world.
Taking the sky-high dowry left by her mother, she didn't even enjoy it for a few days before she gave it all to the Mei family.
Every day, the delicacies on the table in Mei Mansion, the clothes and jewelry made by Mei Xiaoqin and Mei Mu, and the expensive powder and paste applied on them, the relationships between Mei Yuanqing in his official career, the management of personnel, the repair and decoration of Mei Mansion... ..
Countless.
But in order to protect Mei Yuanqing's arrogant reputation as a scholar, she always did nothing but said nothing, for fear of hurting the other person's heart.
She thought that husband and wife did not differentiate between each other, and sooner or later what she did would be seen by her husband and he would know how good she was.
The result, haha.
Mei Yuanqing probably really thought that his scum-like salary could support the entire government.
It's only been a year, and I'm afraid it's a huge number for him to use Guangmei Xiaoqin alone.
On the second day, the Pianranju where Mei Xiaoqin was was in a panic.
"Brother! This thing is mine! Why should I return it!" Mei Xiaoqin sat on the ground, holding a plum bottle and not letting go.
