Concubine, you can't be sick, the prince favors the evil concubine

Chapter 6 The Dowry
Jiang Shi was already extremely sensitive to that word, so she immediately recognized it, and immediately gritted her teeth, but she was afraid of losing Ning'er's dowry, so she didn't make a sound.

"For Yue'er's dowry, the mansion can pay a little. Isn't there still the dowry left by my mother back then? Those silver taels and shops are enough." He Lanyue's voice was soft and harmless to humans and animals.

When Jiang heard this, her eyes widened immediately, her teeth were bitten, and she subconsciously said, "This is impossible!"

After more than ten years, part of the money has subsidized the expenses of Zuo Xiangfu, and part of it went into her own pocket.And those shops also earn a lot of money, so she still has to save up to make a generous dowry for He Lanning.There is no need to accompany so much for a malevolent star to marry a prince who is about to be deposed!

The smile on He Lanyue's face slowly faded away, she looked at Jiang Shi with a trace of coldness, and said, "What does my concubine mean, I can't touch the dowry left by my mother?"

Jiang was at a loss for words, and the surprise in her mind had overshadowed the word 'concubine' she hated most in the past.Before Xuanyuan's death, she did leave a message to leave her dowry to He Lanyue, but only she, the old lady and the master knew about it. How did this evil star know?
"Yue'er, that's not what I meant. I did this for Zuo Xiang's mansion." Mrs. Jiang put on a loving mother's face and said earnestly to He Lanyue, "There are so many people in the mansion, food, clothing, housing and transportation. Everything has to be spent, and the master's salary alone is definitely not enough. Moreover, my sister has been married to Zuo Xiang's mansion for many years, and has already regarded Zuo Xiang's mansion as her home. If she is still there, she will not be willing to look at Zuo Xiang. The Xiangfu has become so tight."

"Before my mother passed away, she said that she would keep all the dowry as my escort. Is there such a thing?" He Lanyue sneered and asked bluntly.She was in the Zuoxiang mansion, her concubine mother cheated her, her concubine sister bullied her, and her father ignored her. She no longer had the slightest feeling for this place, so naturally she wanted to take away all the dowry from her biological mother.

Moreover, Zuo Xiang's mansion will never be as poor as Jiang said, so poor that it has to rely on her biological mother's dowry to maintain it.There are ten shops in Zuo Xiangfu, seven of them are profitable although they don't make much money.The other three are rice shops, antique shops, and jewelry shops, and the profits are extremely high.If Zuo Xiang's mansion is really like what Jiang said, it can't make ends meet, then most of the money earned by these three shops has gone into Jiang's own pocket.

"This..." Jiang shi hesitated.This evil star actually knew about it!But who told it?master?Or the old lady?
"Grandmother, can you tell Yue'er if this is really the case?" Mrs. Jiang didn't answer, so He Lanyue asked the old lady slowly, her tone was neither disrespectful nor coquettish.She knew that the old lady had always had a good face, and she would never do something like Jiang's taking other people's things for herself.

"Well, it's true." Although the old lady's voice was soft, she answered loudly without any pause, "Your mother once said that all her dowry will be left to you."

When Mrs. Jiang heard this, she was even more startled, and immediately stopped her: "Mother, no! Now the family's income is very low..."

"Very little income?" He Lanyue said coldly, although there was no obvious chill in her tone, but the faint sarcasm in it was very obvious, "As far as I know, the rice shop, antique shop and jewelry shop in the mansion are open every year. With a profit of tens of thousands of taels, why is there so little income?"

When Jiang heard this, her face turned pale and her eyes were uncertain.

Seeing what He Lanyue said, the old lady also lowered her eyes slightly, and looked at Mrs. Jiang.

Looking at the expressions of the two from the corner of the eye, He Lanyue secretly smiled.She originally planned to throw a smoke bomb so that she could get back the dowry, but she didn't want to make it wrong. The Jiang family was really greedy for Mo's money.You know, she seldom leaves the house, and she only has Xiaodie as a maid by her side, so how can she know the annual income of the shop?

"Mother, no... don't listen to evil... Yue'er is talking nonsense, the daughter-in-law has always been very serious about the accounting, and dare not make any omissions. If the mother doesn't believe it, the daughter-in-law will bring the account book in front of the mother. Check with those shopkeepers one by one." Jiang hurriedly opened her mouth to defend, stuttering at first, but then calmed down and spoke much more smoothly.She is very confident about the ledger and the shopkeepers below, and she will never have any clues.

The old lady just took a deep look at Mrs. Jiang, didn't say she believed or doubted, and then slowly turned her head back.

The perfect curve around her lips was slightly raised, and He Lanyue smiled with satisfaction.The old lady has already had doubts about Jiang, and that's enough.It is not so easy to really investigate Jiang Shi, not to mention, she is about to leave Zuo Xiangfu, and she has no intention of bringing down Jiang Shi.

Many times, doubt is like a sprout. After being buried in the bottom of my heart, it will slowly take root and sprout. Even if the suspected thing will not happen again, or even never committed, but once the sprout sprouts, it will definitely break out!

"That's it!" the old lady said, with a final word, "Since Xuanyuan's last words were to leave all her dowry to Yue girl, then take out the gift list from that year, and give it to Yue girl according to the items on the list. The girl is the dowry. Zuo Xiangfu will give another 3 taels of silver as the dowry for the girl Yue."

He Lanyue lowered her eyes, the light in her eyes flashed away.

"Mother!" Jiang's eyes were full of surprise that couldn't be concealed!She didn't believe that the old lady would be willing to give up the whole 3 taels!She didn't believe that those things were going to be taken out of her pocket!

"Needless to say! You go down and get ready! You must make proper preparations before picking up the bride in two days!" The old lady's voice became obviously colder, with a slight hint of alienation.

Jiang's body paused for a moment, and then she answered: "Yes, mother, daughter-in-law is going down to prepare."

The old lady hummed lightly, and she agreed.

Jiang immediately bowed, took a deep look at He Lanyue secretly, and then quickly stepped back, her pace was more than twice as fast as before, as if she was in a hurry to prepare He Lanyue's dowry.

He Lanyue raised her eyes, looked at Jiang's back who was leaving quickly, smiled slightly, and then slowly looked away.

With Jiang's gone in the room, the old lady's previously gloomy face instantly brightened, and she looked at He Lanyue with a smile, "Yue girl, are you satisfied?"

"Thank you, grandma." He Lanyue bowed to the old lady and said slowly.She was not surprised that the old lady could see through her schemes.What surprised her slightly was that when the old lady chose to help her, she didn't hesitate at all. This...

"In that case, I have something to ask the Crown Princess." The old lady stood up and said solemnly.

Princess?He Lanyue raised her eyebrows. No one in the world favored Jun Moqi as the crown prince. The only difference was that he was deposed sooner or later.But the old lady calls her the princess, is it because she is optimistic that Jun Moqi will be able to sit firmly as the crown prince?

(End of this chapter)