Rebirth as Hou Menfu

Chapter 46

Qiao's mother walked past by 'coincidentally' outside the door. Qiao Qingyou had sharp eyes and shouted, "Isn't this Qiao's mother?"

Qiao's mother looked back at the people in the room, and called out to Qiao Qingyou, "Miss."

"Mrs. Shen, Mother Qiao is an old man in the Shen residence. She must know where the warehouse is. Why don't she take us there? Miss Shen, you still have to accompany us." Mrs. Qiao stood up and walked straight away. Go to the door and say to Qiao's mother, "Now, the eldest lady and I are going to the warehouse where the second lady puts the dowry. Please, mother Qiao, lead the way."

Mrs. Shen stood up and wanted to stop her. Zhuge Yuxin put down the cup in her hand and interjected, "Mrs. Shen, today I was ordered by Mrs. Hou to discuss with you the timing of my second brother's wedding. I wonder if you can help me?" null?"

As the saying goes, there are wolves in front and tigers in back, Madam Shen couldn't advance or retreat, she watched Qiao's mother take Madam Qiao and Qiao Qingyou out, Zhuge Yuxin was looking at her with a smile on her face, waiting for her to sit down and talk to herself When discussing about the wedding, Mrs. Shen gave Yingxiu a look of resentment, ordered a few words to the maid beside her, and looked at Zhuge Yuxin with a smile, "Please come to the wing to talk."

The servant girl hastily followed orders and ran to find Shen Heye, "Master, it's too bad, madam asked me to tell you that the wife and miss of Qiao's family went to the warehouse to check the dowry of the ex-wife!"

The cup in Shen Heye's hand slipped and fell to the ground in an instant, "Then hurry up and stop it!" After that, he got up and came out of the study and walked towards the warehouse.

Mother Qiao moved very quickly. When Shen Heye arrived, Mrs. Qiao had already arrived at the warehouse with the person who picked up the make-up. Shen Heye hurriedly stopped them, "Sister-in-law, what are you doing? Dowry things like carrying dowry make them It’s fine if the servants come, why do you have to come here in person!”

Qiao Qingyou looked at this man and became more and more annoyed. Back then, her sister had a crush on him, and she carried the bride in before her body was cold. At the age when Xiu'er was about to marry, she was so dazed that she dared to accept any marriage. Now even with the dowry She dared to hide it privately. She didn't believe it when the sister-in-law sent someone to tell her. No matter how bad Shen Heye was, she was sincere to her sister back then, but today she saw the bracelet on Mrs. Shen's hand to understand. Mrs. Qiao made the dowry for her and Qiao Qingran as a pair. No two pairs of bracelets like this can be found in the whole world.

"It's not what I thought. It's just that the old man ordered us to clarify Qingran's dowry today. Master Shen, I don't think you will stop me?" Qiao Qingyou glanced behind Shen Heye The servant girl flinched and directed the people behind her to continue to move forward.

"Eldest sister, you are wrong to say that. I will leave Qingran's dowry there intact. If you come here today, you will not give me face in the Shen family." Shen Heye's face changed slightly, looking at Qiao Qingyou Said.

"Master Shen, in front of Princess Ding and Concubine Shizi, are you going to stop us from going in? Don't forget how you begged Dad when he was going to carry this dowry back then, give it to you and Concubine Shizi?" Xiu'er has some thoughts, this dowry will be reserved for Xiu'er to marry with her in the future, but it's true, after marrying a daughter-in-law, she forgets her mother, not to mention that please ran has only been married to you for three years, and has not given birth to a son for you He died." Mrs. Qiao replied unceremoniously, "You can let us go in, we will know how much Qingran's dowry you and your wife have taken, if it is really a lot, it is because our Qiao family is narrow-minded. , I can't compensate you."

"Sister-in-law, why are you talking so much nonsense to him? Just now, the bracelet on Mrs. Shen's hand and the bracelet that my mother made for me and my sister back then. She found it out and wore it. It's too late. I think it's My sister's dowry is just a pile of scraps stuffed into boxes." Qiao Qingyou looked at Shen Heye with contempt, pushed him vigorously, and followed the direction that Qiao's mother had gone to, to the warehouse.

Shen Heye cursed secretly in his heart, and hurriedly followed, "Sister, don't be angry, how could it be Qingran's thing, isn't it just worthless, just looks like it." Mrs. Qiao ordered the people behind to follow, He said to a maid who brought her over, "Princess Ding must be bored, Mrs. Shen has no time to take care of it, so you can take her to this garden for a walk to get some air."

Ruizhu understood, and walked to the front hall.

Qiao's mother quickly took them to the warehouse, Shen Heye suddenly felt a headache, and now he couldn't stop him no matter what, he never thought that Qiao's family would come to count Qingran's dowry before Yingxiu got married, let alone choose today's dowry On that day, the distinguished guests in the mansion have not yet left, if he drives them out now, let King Ding and the people of Nanyang Hou's mansion know, where will he put his old face.

"Open the door!" Mrs. Qiao took out the key and handed it to Mother Qiao. Mother Qiao quickly opened the lock without looking at Shen Heye. As soon as she opened the warehouse, a musty smell that had not been seen in the sun for a long time came out. Mrs. Qiao saw It was indeed tidied up in the warehouse, and the dowry had been put into the box.

"Sister-in-law, look, everything has been tidied up, and Qingran's dowry has also been put away. The inside is dirty, so let's count it outside." Shen Heye asked Mrs. Shen to keep the dowry amount unchanged, and added Mrs. Shen and Shen Heye added a few sets more than Qiao Qingran's previous dowry.

Qiao Qingyou ignored her, and counted silently. Seeing that the number was wrong, she went in directly, picked up the front one, and inside was brocade cloth, the second one was also brocade cloth, and the third one was also brocade cloth , until the eighth stage, there were only some jade beads, and there were not many brocade boxes inside. Qiao Qingyou turned around and looked at Shen Heye and laughed, "People who don't know think that Mr. Shen's house is a cloth village. Dozens of dowries, so many are made of cloth, I don’t remember Qingran’s dowry including these.”

Mrs. Qiao was not as fast as Qiao Qingyou's flipping through. She calmly took out the list from her bosom, and clicked on the box that Qiao Qingyou opened. The maid behind her also thoughtfully handed over a pen. Mrs. Qiao slowly Looking over carefully, hooking one side.

Shen Heye only felt that his whole body was soaked from sweat, his back was drenched, and there was a chill. When Qiao Qingyou drove to more than [-] cars, only the sound of Mrs. Qiao's slow pacing was heard. This one-third of the things have been changed, all of which are precious jewelry and utensils. Mrs. Qiao can tell even if she doesn't look at the list. When she was preparing the dowry, she still accompanied Mrs. Qiao to choose it. .

Qiao Qingyou's applause suddenly sounded in the warehouse. She picked up a lamp in the innermost box and fell to the ground with a bang. The beads that fell on the ground rolled away. , suddenly shattered, "This is the glazed lantern I gave to my sister back then? Mr. Shen, you will not find a similar one. How dare you use this kind of thing to make up the number?"

Qiao Qingyou is a typical virtuous woman outside, and she is a standard shrew in front of her husband after closing the door. The bead was so brittle that it was broken into pieces by her kick. Shen Heye was speechless, and stretched out his hand tremblingly. Wiping the sweat from his forehead, "This, the dowry here is only part of it."

"Oh?" Mrs. Qiao finished ordering all the items, and looked up at him, "It seems that Mrs. Shen is very distressed, and the dowry is divided into two places. It must be too much to put away. Where is it? Take us to have a look, there are not a few precious treasures that the old lady gave back then, Mr. Shen must be afraid of letting them get stolen, right?"

Ignoring the sarcasm in Mrs. Qiao's words, she hurriedly nodded, but thinking about the dowry transferred by Mrs. Shen, she didn't know what to say for a while.

Princess Ding's voice came from the door, "Why are you all here? It's hard for me to dig." Mu Ranzheng walked in under the leadership of Ruizhu, Qiao Qingyou changed her expression and walked out with a smile, " Concubine Ding, it's a coincidence that you came here, I'm praising Master Shen, Xiu'er's dowry is placed in two places, there must be too much, come, let's go and see together."

Mu Ranzheng quickly understood the meaning, and looked at Shen Heye kindly, "Master Shen treats Yingxiu so kindly, I'm also happy for Brother Shen."

Shen Heye couldn't get off the tiger, so he took them to the front hall to look for Mrs. Shen. Mrs. Shen was talking about the wedding with Zhuge Yuxin at this time, and was about to go to them. When she saw a group of people including Princess Ding, they came over together, pressing Panicked from the bottom of my heart, I greeted them, glanced at Shen Heye who was already pale, and my heart skipped a beat, looking at them with some hope in my arms, "Is this the counting?"

"Not yet, Mr. Shen said that the dowry in the warehouse is only part of it, and the other part is on Mrs. Shen's side. It is said that it is separated. It is estimated that all the valuables are placed with Mrs. Shen, so here comes Ask Mrs. Shen to take us there." Mrs. Qiao raised the list in her hand, and Mrs. Shen's heart suddenly turned cold, seeing the helplessness in Shen Heye's eyes, she could only take them to the warehouse in her yard.

Yingxiu couldn't go with her, so she went back to Yun Academy early, and the girls would run back and forth at three or five o'clock, telling her what happened just now. Obedient, sitting there calmly, extremely elegant.

"Miss, they have gone to Madam's yard!" Baoqin ran in panting, but her face was full of excitement, not tiredness, Yingxiu looked up at her, "Who is there?"

"There are Mrs. Qiao, Mrs. Qin, and Concubine Ding and Concubine Shizi. I don't recognize the ones who followed. The master seems to be unwell and his face is pale."

Of course his complexion is not good. In front of the Crown Princess and Princess Ding, how could his complexion be any better? The smile on the corner of Yingxiu's mouth became more and more bright. She wanted to see how they would fill this hole.

A group of people arrived at Mrs. Shen's yard. Mrs. Shen asked someone to bring the key and opened the door. Inside was a clean room with many things on the shelves. In the corner was the dowry that hadn't been processed in time.

"The place where the dowry is placed, Mrs. Shen, is really different." Those who can see it have already seen that this is not the so-called splitting of the dowry at all, but that the stepmother swallowed the dowry left by the mother-in-law for her daughter. private property.

Mrs. Qiao didn't say anything, she walked in and went to the place where the boxes were placed, and ordered clearly according to the booklet, then suddenly frowned and looked at Mrs Shen who had lost her mind, "Mrs Shen, the golden Buddha on the front of the hat and the golden Buddha on the back of the hat Where are the golden flowers, and the gold-inlaid blue peach blossom hanging, and the gold-inlaid coral headband waiting for you?"

Mrs. Shen suddenly seemed to be choked by something, and her face was flushed. Qiao Qingyou looked around, went in to look for it, and went to another corner and shouted, "Sister-in-law, here it seems that Mrs. Shen treats us The embroidery is very good, these are all on the shelf, yo, and the golden lotus crab hairpin and the golden pine spirit birthday hairpin, Mrs. Shen must not have put them in the box yet, you are very kind to our embroiders Really nice."

Mrs. Qiao looked at the shelf of valuables, half of which was Qingran's dowry, and the other half belonged to Mrs. Shen herself. She exchanged a glance with Qiao Qingyou, and Mrs. Qiao naturally wrote the other half on the list Come on, "Mrs. Shen really treats Xiu'er kindly."

Mrs. Shen stretched out her hand tremblingly, "That's not it, it's my own marriage."

"Hey, we all know that Mrs. Shen treats Xiu'er as her own, but I didn't expect you to be so polite, madam. I blamed you wrongly. I will apologize to Mrs. Shen." Qiao Qingyou came over and pulled Mrs. Shen's hand He interrupted her words with his hand, looked at her eyes that were already red with anger, and took her hand, a pair of identical bracelets appeared on the two hands, "Mrs. Shen, you are blushing, don't be shy, it's all yours." It hurts."

Everyone saw that they didn't say a word, it was obvious that they came to seek justice for their niece, besides, this matter of embezzlement of ex-wife's dowry is too unkind, it is not sensible to bully an unmarried girl, if there is no such thing The grandfather's family, this girl's family has no support in this mansion, and I don't know what it will be like to be bullied. Since they are here today, they are willing to sell the face of the Qiao family to befriend them.

Seeing the pair of identical bracelets, Meng uttered at the right time, "Why are Mrs. Qin's and Mrs. Shen's bracelets the same?"

"A Tong, you are talking nonsense. I know Mrs. Qin's bracelets. It is said that Mrs. Qiao specially prepared an identical pair for Mrs. Qin and Miss Qiao before they got married. At that time, my mother told me about the bracelet. How could it be the same as Mrs. Shen's." Princess Ding said softly, everyone looked at this pair of bracelets which were obviously identical, but when Princess Ding touched her lips, even the color of the bracelets was different.

Mrs. Shen looked at the unexplained looks from the crowd, and suddenly felt that the bracelet was about to burn off her hand, and she couldn't breathe, so she fainted in front of them.

(End of this chapter)