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The keys to the Hou Mansion's storeroom and the main house's storeroom were all taken away. Where would they get the money to compensate them?

They no longer have the money to buy these hairpins and jewelry.

"No more, no more!" Song Qingyan stood up, almost covering her face and crying.

Not only are these pieces of jewelry unwanted, but she also wants to take out all her previous jewelry as a donation from the Marquis's mansion to the disaster relief efforts in Runan County.

Thinking of this, Song Qingyan felt depressed and had difficulty breathing.

The shopkeeper instructed his servant to put the jewelry away and calculated the value of the jade bracelets: "Both pairs of jade bracelets are of superior quality, and the total value is eight thousand taels of silver."

"Eight thousand taels?!" Liu exclaimed in surprise.

Song Qingyan's pupils also widened slightly in surprise.

Where would she get eight thousand taels?

Song Qingyan looked at Madam Liu, "Second Aunt..."

In the past, whenever something happened, all it took was a glance and a plaintive cry of "Second Aunt," and Madam Liu would do everything in her power to smooth things over for her.

This time is no exception.

"Yan'er, don't worry, your second aunt is here," Liu comforted her.

Then he looked at Song Qingning and said, "Qingning, how much money do you have in your private treasury? Take it all out. Your cousin is in trouble today, and as her younger sister, you should share her burden."

He added, "Don't worry, I won't take your money for nothing. After your cousin sells a few more paintings and earns some money, I'll pay you back every penny."

Liu Shi maintained her usual commanding tone, but softened her voice.

Liu, she seems to have forgotten that she painted all those pictures.

Song Qingning looked up and met her gaze. "Mother has forgotten that all my rewards were put into the main storeroom by Mother. I have no private treasury and no money."

"How come you have no money? Where is your monthly allowance?" Liu asked anxiously.

Song Qingning remained calm. "My mother said, what would a daughter do with money? The Marquis's mansion provides for our food and clothing. We can't spend the money anyway. I haven't received my monthly allowance for many years."

Liu's face darkened instantly.

It wasn't that she blamed herself for treating Song Qingning harshly, but rather that she resented Song Qingning for being unable to relieve Yan'er's worries.

So what should we do now?

"Second Madam, does the Marquis's mansion not have the money to compensate?" The shopkeeper's tone was not as friendly as before. "Then we only have..."

Before she could even utter the words "report to the authorities," Song Qingyan urgently interrupted the shopkeeper, "Second Aunt, don't you have a private treasury? Don't you also have the second branch's treasury? Don't you want to help Yan'er?"

"I..." Liu felt a pang of heartache.

The second warehouse was essentially her private treasury.

She absolutely did not want to use her private treasury funds.

But Yan'er's eyes gradually filled with resentment.

She didn't want Yan'er to harbor any more resentment towards her, so she could only suppress her heartache and say, "Of course, Second Aunt will help Yan'er. Aunt Liu, go get the keys."

The second wife doesn't own many properties.

Over the years, Liu's eyes have been fixed on the main storeroom.

In her eyes, everything in the main house would eventually belong to Tang'er and Yan'er, so the more the better.

The second wife's children were Song Shiyin and Song Qingning.

She hoped that Song Shiyin and Song Qingning would get nothing.

The fewer concubines she had, the better it suited her.

In her previous life, when Song Qingning married into the Jiang family, the dowry prepared for her by Madam Liu was barely anything; most of it came from Madam Lu.

But in this life, Liu will ultimately suffer the consequences of everything she did.

Liu Mama took the key to the second branch's storeroom and retrieved two thousand taels of silver. "Madam, this is all the cash in the storeroom. We're still short..."

We are still short 6,000 taels.

"Then let's go see the officials," the shopkeeper said.

"No, no, no, I cannot see the officials."

Madam Liu stopped the shopkeeper and quickly pleaded, "For the sake of the Marquis's family, please be lenient. We'll pay these two thousand taels first, and we can scrape together the remaining six thousand taels and deliver them to Jin Yu Zhai. Is that alright?"

"Alright, two days. I can only give you two days. If you don't send the remaining six thousand taels by the end of the two days, then I'll have to go to the authorities."

The shopkeeper left after saying those words, took the two thousand taels of silver, and went away.

Liu was both heartbroken and furious.

She hates.

She hated the Jiang family's scoundrels and rascals, and she also hated the old Marquis for taking away the keys and control of the household, disregarding her years of hard work for the Marquis's mansion.

Song Qingyan also felt hatred.

I hate that I failed to achieve my goal last night and lost face. I hate that it wasn't Song Qingning who lost face.

She hated her grandfather's terrible idea even more, which led to him taking away all her jewelry.

When Song Qingyan returned to Youlan Courtyard, she saw that there wasn't a single earring left in the dressing table and dressing case. She was so angry that she smashed the dressing case.

Song Qingning was in a very good mood.

The key to the main house was returned to the Lu family.

In her previous life, Song Qingyan married Shen Yue, the heir of the Duke of Shen's mansion. The ten-mile-long red bridal procession was entirely funded by the wealth of the eldest son's family and the gold and silver of the Lu family.

Song Qingyan married into the Duke's mansion in grand style, and on the same day, she also married into the Jiang family.

Lady Liu said that the second branch of the family was born out of wedlock and should not disrupt the joy of the eldest daughter of the Marquis's family. So she carried her out of the Marquis's family through the back gate in a sedan chair.

Seeing that she was being looked down upon by the Marquis's mansion, the Jiang family became even more unscrupulous in manipulating her.

Everything felt like a distant memory.

When Song Qingning arrived at the East Courtyard, the steward had just brought out the storeroom keys and the family seal.

"Second Miss." The steward greeted Song Qingning with proper etiquette.

Song Qingning simply nodded and then went into the courtyard.

The steward watched her retreating figure and knew that things had changed drastically in the Marquis's mansion.

Inside the East Courtyard.

Madam Lu stared intently at the family seal and the warehouse key in front of her.

The steward just brought these two items, saying that the old Marquis instructed her, as the mistress of the Marquis's mansion, to take on the responsibility of managing the household.

The Lu family came from a scholarly family.

In addition to learning music, chess, calligraphy, and painting, she also learned how to manage a household while she was in her boudoir.

When she first married into the Yongning Marquis's mansion, she managed the mansion in an orderly manner as the mistress of the household.

However, she later suffered a miscarriage and premature birth, which weakened her body. She also became estranged from her husband, and her health deteriorated day by day. After making a mistake, the old Marquis took away the keys and the power to manage the household and handed them over to Liu.

Liu liked to argue with her.

She, however, loathed the infighting within the inner quarters.

She is not greedy for power, money, fame, or profit.

All I want is to stay with my two children.

But over the years she has been bedridden with illness, and even the will to discipline her children has been broken.

That bowl of lotus seed soup brought her back to her senses.

Even if she felt powerless, she still had to grasp onto something.

"Madam, the old Marquis has put you in charge of the household. Can your health handle it?" Chen's mother was a little worried. She felt sorry for her wife's hard work, but she also hoped that her wife would hold onto the power that rightfully belonged to her.

"I can handle it," said Mrs. Lu.

She reached out and grasped the key and seal. "Ning'er invited Madam Zhang for me, along with those Seven Flower Pills. My health has improved a lot."

"The second young lady is good to the madam," said Chen's mother.

"Yes, Ning'er is a good child, but Yan'er..."

Everyone kept quiet about the lotus seed soup, but Madam Lu knew that the lotus seed soup she had been drinking every month for years had been poisoned.

Her prolonged illness was caused by the lotus seed soup.

Seeing that Madam Lu looked so sad, Chen's mother couldn't bear to see her upset and comforted her:

"Madam, sometimes I feel that the Second Miss is the real daughter of Madam."