"Old Madam, there is something wrong with the betrothal gift."
"What?"
"Aunt Yin said that most of the items in the betrothal gift overlap with the betrothal gifts of the second young master and the third young lady.
She had recently taken over as housekeeper and had just taken inventory of the warehouse, so she had an impression of all these things. It’s definitely something in our house! "
Grandma Fan reported the situation to Mrs. Xi in a low voice and quickly, and she winked at the maid next to her to stop Mrs. Zhao.
Mrs. Zhao was suddenly stopped and her heart tightened.
She was trembling, and when she was about to ask why, Mrs. Xi suddenly asked her with a cold smile, "Mrs. Zhao, it's very rare for you, a single woman, to be able to raise your son to such an old age and provide for him to study and pass the exam." What’s even more rare is that you can come up with such a generous betrothal gift in the blink of an eye, which is really eye-opening.”
"W-where..."
Mrs. Zhao broke into cold sweat on her forehead and couldn't help but explain, "Actually, those are things passed down from home and have nothing to do with me."
"It doesn't matter? I'm afraid not?"
Mrs. Xi asked meaningfully.
At the same time, Yin Xiaorou had already led people to move all the problematic betrothal gifts to the front of the hall.
She bypassed Mrs. Zhao, went straight to the center of the hall, and said respectfully to Mrs. Xi: "Madam, except for those cakes, chickens, ducks, and cloth and silk, all the valuable jade, gold, toys, calligraphy and paintings in the betrothal gift came from our house. .”
As she spoke, she took out the betrothal slip that Ruan Yunluo had handed over to her before. The places on the list that overlap with Lu Yitong's betrothal gift have been marked to facilitate Mrs. Xi's comparison.
Mrs. Xi glanced at the dowry list and was shocked.
Everything on this list that was valuable and easy to carry was actually marked and became Lu Yitong's betrothal gift!
Looking at the betrothal gifts filling the courtyard in front of the hall, and then looking at the timid look of Mrs. Zhao, what else does Mrs. Xi not understand?
She slammed the two betrothal bills in the middle of the hall.
Glancing at Old Mrs. Zhao with gritted teeth, she first asked Yin Xiaorou, "What's going on! Don't you have the key to the warehouse? Everything in it has been emptied, and you don't even know?!"
"Please forgive me, madam!"
Yin Xiaorou secretly cursed Xiao Qintang, knelt down quickly and said aggrievedly: "The third lady did come to see Xiaorou a few days ago, saying that she wanted to check her dowry. Xiaorou had no other choice, so she took out the key and accompanied her. ...Maybe it was that day that she came into contact with the key, so..."
"waste!"
Mrs. Xi scolded angrily and looked at Mrs. Zhao coldly, "So, you actually used my Xiao family's things as betrothal gifts to marry my Xiao family's daughter? Are you and Lu Yitong, mother and son, also bullying? Too much?"
"this……"
Mrs. Zhao laughed along with her and was speechless for a long time.
She pretended to pick up the list on the ground and looked at it for a while, then she said bravely: "Old madam, actually if you ask me, I don't know what the situation is... it may be a coincidence..."
"coincide?"
Mrs. Xi looked at Nanny Fan with a sneer.
Nanny Fan immediately went to the front of the hall and picked up a calligraphy and painting from the open pile of betrothal gifts.
Opening the calligraphy and painting, she pointed at the seal in the lower left corner and looked at Mrs. Zhao, saying contemptuously: "Mrs. Zhao, do you know how to read?"
"No, I don't know him."
Mrs. Zhao glanced at General Xiao's name on the seal and quickly shook her head.
At the same time, he secretly blamed Xiao Qintang, saying that he couldn't use these things as betrothal gifts directly, he had to sell them and buy them again.
She refused.
It's fine now, but it made her unable to get off the stage.
And the same goes for the Xiao family. No matter whose belongings it is, isn't it sent back to them in full?
Why are you fussing over so much...
Thinking this way, she felt angry.
So she stood wearily in front of the hall, and she simply confessed: "Old madam, you also know the situation of my family. It's not that I don't want to, it's that I really can't afford that much betrothal gift. Qintang is also sensible, so she came up with such an idea. , I want to deal with it first and then talk about it...
Anyway, these things have been sent back to you in the same amount. If you are so arrogant, don't take it too seriously.
Originally, this was Qintang's property after all, and there was nothing wrong with her being willing to use it for our family.
We will all be a family from now on..."
"Who is with your family!"
Mrs. Xi was angry.
She thought to herself, this is not even a family, there are so many thoughts. What if we really become a family in the future?
Just that idiot Xiao Qintang...
Thinking of Xiao Qintang, Mrs. Xi had a headache.
If it weren't for such a stupid daughter, she wouldn't have lowered her status and wasted words with such a person...
"Why aren't we a family?"
Hearing that Mrs. Xi wanted to end the relationship, Mrs. Zhao quit.
She was afraid that the bamboo basket would be in vain, so she quickly opened her eyes and argued, "Not to mention that everyone in the capital knows that the third lady hugged my son at Lingzhao Temple, just this morning I came to present the appointment, and many people testified . Oh, you accepted the betrothal gift, but your daughter refuses to marry, how can this make sense?"
"How dare you mention the betrothal gift!" Mrs. Xi was angry, "Don't you know what the betrothal gift is about?"
"I do not care."
Mrs. Zhao curled her lips, rolled up her sleeves and said: "Anyway, so many people can testify for me. Either you return the betrothal gift to me, or you marry the third lady to me, otherwise...otherwise I won't gone!"
"You..." Seeing Mrs. Zhao acting like a rogue, Mrs. Xi was so angry that she felt dizzy.
"It's a good idea not to leave!"
At this time, Yin Xiaorou suddenly spoke.
She knew that she had been implicated by Xiao Qintang, so in order to make up for her mistakes, she could only cater to Mrs. Xi and become a pioneer.
He said angrily to Mrs. Zhao: "Since you want to act rogue, then let's report it to the official!"
"Report to the official, report to the official!"
Mrs. Zhao curled her lips and looked very bachelor, "If you are not afraid of embarrassment, just take revenge."
"It's nothing to be embarrassed. At most, you will be laughed at for a while. If you get entangled with people like you, you will be unlucky for the rest of your life."
Yin Xiaorou's face was full of disgust, and she continued: "And it just so happens that I will take this opportunity to let the whole capital know what your son is. Let's see how he can survive in the officialdom in the future!"
"that is!"
Mrs. Xi immediately agreed.
She actually knew in her heart that the marriage was finalized, but getting married came down to getting married, and how to get married was another matter.
Through today's fortune-telling, she must temper the Lu family's temperament.
Otherwise, if she handles such a ridiculous thing lightly, will the Lu family still take the Xiao family and her seriously in the future?
I'm afraid I'm not going to shit on her neck!
Thinking like this, she glanced at Mrs. Zhao coolly, then frowned and looked at Aunt Fan, "Didn't you hear what Aunt Yin said? Go and ask Dali Temple to come and comment."
"this……"
Grandma Fan was surprised.
When she was about to confirm again, Xiao Qintang's voice suddenly sounded outside the door.
She shouted anxiously: "Don't report to the official!"
