Lin Siran crawled to Lin Yanqing on her knees and kowtowed deeply.
"Father, my son really didn't know about this! My son just thought it was Liu Jie's petty corruption and didn't ask any more questions. My son only knows now."
Lin Yanqing looked at Liu Wu, who was lying on the back of the hall with his skin and flesh bruised.
"Liu Wu, who else knows about the Second Madam's embezzlement of black money and silver?"
Liu Wu was covered in cold sweat from the pain, and the corners of his mouth were chapped, so he forced himself to raise his head.
"Taifu, the eldest lady said that my uncle and young master could not hide their affairs, and did not let them know. The Liu family... The Liu family all know... Liu Jie was also bailed out by Mr. Chen, the in-law of our second young master."
At the end, Liu Wu's voice became smaller and smaller, and he lowered his head and did not dare to look at the Liu family.
Several members of the Liu family were about to complain, but Lin Yanqing looked at Liu Jie and asked, without giving the Liu family a chance to speak.
"Liu Jie, which other shops has the second lady been greedy for? Are there any problems with all the shops in the eldest lady's trousseau shop?"
Liu Jie said respectfully: "Replying to the Taifu, the eldest lady has a total of ten shops. The second lady has changed eight shops, and the accounts of those eight shops have problems. The second lady did not touch the other grain shop and jewelry shop, because two The shopkeeper has family members who are serving in the Dingbei Army, and the second lady is afraid that if they are touched, the General’s Office will find out. And..."
Liu Jie glanced at Mrs. Liu's back and hesitated whether to say anything.
Lin Yanqing: "What? You also want to be dragged out and beaten before you tell the truth?"
Liu Jie hurriedly said: "Don't dare! As far as I know, the Lin family has three of its own shops that were replaced by the second lady's people. One is a cloth shop, an ink studio and a book shop."
Lin Yanqing: "Liu Wu, why didn't you say this? Is it true?"
Liu Wu was afraid of being beaten and no longer dared to hide anything.
"Everything Liu Jie said is true, I mean... I didn't think of it just now."
Lin Yanqing: "Is there anything else you two know that you haven't told?"
Liu Jie and Liu Wuzhi said: Everything has been told, and there is nothing to hide.
After Lin Yanqing finished asking, he ordered Lin Song to call the government officials to take Liu Jie and Liu Wu away.
He said to the Yamen servant: Go back and tell the Governor that if these two people are bailed out again, the Lin family will present a piece of complaint to His Majesty.
The next step was to discuss how to deal with the Liu family. The Liu family stayed in Songmaotang until dark and returned home hungry.
Man Nao told Lin Jinyan the news.
"I heard that the old lady and the old lady originally wanted to divorce the second wife, but the eldest young master and the second old man have been begging for mercy, and the wife of Liu Shilang knelt in front of the hall and begged. The old lady and Mrs. Liu are the same generation. My dear, Mrs. Liu is really generous with her face."
Yutong was angry when she heard this: "I really can't tell that the Second Madam, who usually acts like a noble lady, is so greedy in private, and actually takes so much of the young lady's money!"
Agate: "Fortunately, the old man has already negotiated with the Liu family and asked them to return all the silver that the second lady took privately. The lady will get back all the money that she lost."
Yutong: "How did the second lady deal with it?"
Agate glanced at Lin Jinyan and said carefully: "The second lady begged her to die. The old lady cherished the second master and the eldest young master and finally couldn't bear it, so she relaxed and left her. But the old master has spoken. If he wants to keep the second wife, the second wife must You have to go out and pass alone. The door from Xiyuan to the mansion will be sealed soon. From now on, the second room will be entered and exited through the side door of Xiyuan."
