The Hou family's mistress was reborn and destroyed the household registration book of the scumb

Chapter 47 To get her dowry

He said to Mrs. Lu in a displeased tone: "Mom, how long has it been since you were here? You are still mouthing a ripple. During these days when you were lying on the bed, has she ever come to see you? On the contrary, Lian'er has been visiting you every day. If the light is not on, she will wait outside the house, serving you with tea and water, why don’t you show her a good look!”

"It's because it's at this time that we need her the most!"

Seeing the confused look on Lu Shangxuan's face, Mrs. Lu had no choice but to explain patiently: "Now the food and drink expenses in the mansion are several times less than in the past. It's just because there is no silver in the account, and the large dowry on Lianyi's body is If it could be taken out, wouldn’t it solve our urgent need?”

Lu Shangxuan suddenly realized it, and his frown relaxed.

"Mother, do you want me to use this reason to force Mother Lian to hand over all her dowry?"

"What do you mean, we are a family," Mrs. Lu smiled proudly, looking confident, "Lianyi has always been devoted to you. As long as you say a few soft words to her, you can make her happy. In a few days, won’t it be possible to solve the problem of not having any silver?”

If it were in the past, Lu Shangxuan would have nodded yes.

But after experiencing some of the things that happened during this period, he always felt that Dou Lianyi was now somewhat elusive to him.

In other words, Lu Shangxuan was not completely sure that he could coax Dou Lianyi into handing over the dowry.

However, he did not tell Mrs. Lu what he was thinking about. Instead, he forced a smile and said, "My son knows, just go ahead and do it."

"Go."

Mrs. Lu waved her hand to signal Lu Shangxuan to step back, and then lay back on the bed tiredly.

At this time, in the housekeeper's yard, the chief housekeeper Chen Xiyuan was sitting on a chair and furious at the kneeling servants in the room.

"Are you all trash? If you can't even do such a small thing as serving the master, you might as well get out of the Prince's Mansion as soon as possible!"

"You can't even cook some Chinese medicine," Chen Xiyuan pointed fiercely at the maid who was scolded just now. Seeing that she didn't even dare to raise her head, he glared at another maid and cursed loudly: "Today, let me Have you delivered the bird's nest you gave to the old lady? If you don't do any work all day long, will the county prince's palace support idlers like you?"

The servants below were obedient, and no one dared to offend the butler and speak at this time.

"Get out, get out of here!"

After Chen Xiyuan vented his frustration at Mrs. Lu, he angrily drove the servants out of the house.

But he didn't know that the second housekeeper Fang De was watching here not far away from the house. When he saw a maid walking towards him crying, he rolled his eyes and called her over.

The maid quickly wiped away her tears, lowered her head and followed Fang De to behind a willow tree.

"Second butler."

"What's your name? Why are you crying like this pitifully? If the masters find out, your monthly payment will be deducted."

Fang De has always been much more lenient towards his servants than Chen Xiyuan, so even if he is only the second butler, he is far more popular among the servants than the first butler.

"When I get back to the second housekeeper, my servant's name is Xia Cao, and she serves the old lady."

Fang De frowned slightly and asked: "I remember that Chunxi was the one who served the old lady before. Why did it change to you?"

"Sister Chunxi has taken leave these days to visit relatives in her hometown, so the housekeeper asked me to take Sister Chunxi's place first."

"Then why are you all downcast when you came out of the housekeeper's room just now?" Xia Cao's face was a little angry. Seeing no one around, she complained in a low voice: "I don't know what happened to the housekeeper. Since I After he came out, he lost his temper and called every one of us to scold us."

Hearing this, Fang De immediately asked: "Then do you know what happened in the old lady's room?"

Xia Cao responded with a somewhat uncertain tone: "We were all kicked out of the house at that time, but we could vaguely hear a few words coming from inside the house, about running out of money and saving money."

"I understand," Fang De nodded thoughtfully, and said to her in a warm and caring voice: "You didn't have the habit of serving the old lady in the past. Now that you are suddenly asked to take Chunxi's place, you will inevitably make mistakes. The butler scolded her. It’s for your own good, so don’t take it to heart.”

Hearing this, Xia Cao blushed with embarrassment and responded in a low voice: "I understand, second housekeeper."

Compared with Mrs. Lu's distress, Dou Lianyi's life in the Prince's Mansion at this time can be said to be smooth.

After all, Qin Mu just didn't want to do business with the county prince's palace, and he didn't say he wouldn't continue to cooperate with Dou Lianyi. Several deeds he signed personally at that time are still locked in small boxes.

"Young lady."

Bai Zhi put the freshly stewed blood swallow on the table. She turned around and saw Dou Lianyi sitting by the window, pruning lilies with silver scissors.

"Ah."

Dou Lianyi responded, then stared at the lily in front of her and asked, "Did Fu Qing also send it to you?"

"Yuzhu has been sent over. Don't worry, young lady. Fu Qing's current food and drink expenses are not bad at all."

Hearing this, Dou Lianyi just curled up the corners of her mouth and said nothing.

On the contrary, Bai Zhi seemed to have something on her mind and hesitated to speak. Dou Lianyi couldn't help but sigh and said, "If you have anything to say, just say it. Why be so hesitant."

Bai Zhi hesitated for a moment, and finally stepped forward and whispered: "Second Miss has been running to the old lady's house these days. She waited outside early in the morning to wait for her, but the old lady never let her in. Been in there."

"Oh? Did Xiao Liuzi tell you?"

"Yes," Bai Zhi nodded. Seeing that Dou Lianyi had no intention of scolding her for being nosy, he continued: "And he also learned from the second housekeeper that the old lady had often lost her temper in the house in recent days, throwing several people into the house. The servants were scolded and cried."

"It's probably because we can't eat blood swallows."

Dou Lianyi thought about it and soon understood the joints.

It seemed that Lu Lianzhi really shot herself in the foot this time.

After making a casual joke, she saw that Bai Zhi was still a little confused, so she put down the silver scissors and explained to her: "The old lady is used to living a life of fine clothes and fine food, but now she has to watch her food and drink expenses be reduced by most, and... This kind of disaster was caused by her adopted daughter who brought her up, do you think she can help it?"

"So the old lady doesn't want to see the second young lady, and she takes out her anger on us servants."

Although Bai Zhi was a little angry, she also felt inexplicably lucky.

Fortunately, she and Yuzhu were with the young lady and had never been treated harshly.

(End of this chapter)