"So, the daughter-in-law took the silver and donated it to Chanfeng Temple in Wanwan's name."

The old lady's eyes rolled back, and she almost fainted. Fortunately, Granny Mei was there and pinched her philtrum tightly, which brought her back to consciousness.

"How much...did you take?" Her voice was trembling.

"Hmm... not much, just 550,000 taels."

The old lady couldn't catch her breath and fell to the ground.

Startled, Ye Lanyin quickly crouched down. "Oh, Mother, what's wrong?"

"Waaah..." The old lady had no words to express her suffering.

"Does Mother think that the amount of money that your daughter-in-law made up during the accounting was too much?" Ye Lanyin asked rhetorically.

"How about this, let the officials from the Justice Hall notarize some matters for the Marquis's residence. If Mother thinks it's acceptable, I'll go find the officials to come and settle the matter in front of you."

The old lady had no choice but to nod.

That vile woman Ye Lanyin has embezzled so much money from the Marquis's mansion; she'll definitely teach her a lesson when the time comes.

This is outrageous! She wants to witness the Justice Hall's purge firsthand!

Isn't the notary public specifically for registering women's private property and marriages?

[Okay, hehe, the old lady will be heartbroken soon.]

In order to protect women's dowries, the Holy Kingdom specially established a place called "Hall of Justice".

This was to protect a woman's dowry from being violated.

Half an hour later.

Lord Park of the Gongjeongdang, dressed in his official robes, followed Huaxin and hurried into the front hall.

Ye Lanyin stood up with a smile, "Lord Park, thank you for your hard work."

“Madam Lin, you’re too kind. It’s my duty. I’ve brought all the receipts you’ve registered with me over the years.”

Lord Park instructed the servant behind him to bring over the receipts.

The old lady sat in the main seat, craning her neck.

"Sir, please excuse my poor appearance."

Lord Park turned around and smiled at the old lady, "You're too kind, let's begin."

The three then sat in the front hall and began to calculate.

"The Marquis's mansion has nine first-class servants, totaling 18,000; eighteen second-class servants, totaling 27,000; twenty third-class servants, totaling 23,000; and ten other odd jobs, totaling 10,000. Over the fourteen years, the total number of servants reached 78,000."

"The banquet for the adopted son to reunite with his family will cost a total of five hundred taels of silver."

"The collateral relatives received 14,000 taels of silver in red envelopes for the New Year."

"The old lady has taken tonics totaling... thirty... thirty thousand taels over the past fourteen years?" Lord Park stared wide-eyed at the old lady.

The old lady lowered her head guiltily, not daring to look.

"The Marquis's expenses are one thousand taels per month, totaling one hundred and sixty-eight thousand taels."

...

...

"Other additional expenses totaled 50,000 taels."

The old lady was terrified when she heard this.

"The total is..." Lord Park held the abacus, calculating while looking at the old lady.

After calculating several times, we finally made a decision!

Lord Park raised his head.

"A total of 835,000 taels!"

"What?" The old lady's eyes nearly popped out of their sockets in shock. "Lord Park, you...you must have miscalculated."

When the old lady questioned him like that, Lord Park's face turned dark.

He immediately put down the abacus and met her gaze.

"Madam, I have served as your official for over ten years, and I was even responsible for calculating the Princess's dowry. How could I have made a mistake?"

The old lady realized she had said the wrong thing, so she quickly stood up and went to Lord Park's side, looking ingratiating.

"Um, Mr. Park, you misunderstand. What I mean is, is there any error in the receipt my daughter-in-law gave you?"

"No!" he said firmly.

Ye Lanyin: "Mother, your daughter-in-law didn't want to cause too much trouble."

"If you want to take charge of the household, I'll give you my wife; if you want to manage the storeroom, I'll give you my wife too."

“Now you don’t trust your wife, but when she calls the adults to testify, you question whether the receipts are fake.”

As Ye Lanyin spoke, her eyes reddened, perhaps because she remembered how all her past efforts had been wasted, and she truly burst into tears.

"It seems that everything my daughter-in-law has done for the Marquis's mansion has been wishful thinking on her part."

"The daughter-in-law originally thought it was fine to let go of the extra silver. Since Mother thinks that the daughter-in-law is lying, then the Marquis's mansion owes the daughter-in-law 335,000 taels. Please have Lord Pu witness and have the Marquis's mansion write an IOU."

As soon as Ye Lanyin finished speaking, the Marquis of Zhenbei, who had just walked in through the door, was so startled that he twisted his ankle and almost fell.

"Oh, my lord, you're back."

When Lord Park saw him, he hurriedly went forward.

The Marquis of Zhenbei, fearing his official hat might fall off, stretched out a hand to steady it.

"Lord Park, what are you doing here?"

"Lord Zhenbei, you've come at the perfect time. The old lady and Madam Lin just invited me here to properly handle their dowries."

"The accounts have now been settled, and the Marquis's mansion still owes Madam Lin a total of 335,000 taels."

The Marquis of Zhenbei was so frightened that he snatched the notarized document from Lord Park's hand and began to read it quickly.

With each line he read, he felt a jolt of surprise.

Finally, I couldn't even hold it steady anymore.

He glanced at the old lady. "Mother, was this your idea?"

The old lady clicked her tongue. "Lanyin used all the silver from the treasury to make up for her dowry. I was just upset about it, which is why I sent the officials from the Justice Hall here..."

"Are you out of your mind?" The Marquis of Zhenbei was almost in tears. "My wife has devoted herself to the Marquis's mansion. How can you be so heartless to her?"

"Even if she wanted to empty the entire Marquis's mansion, she could!"

"I—" the old lady said guiltily.

"Lord Park, please leave. I will ask you to return for further assistance regarding this matter another time..."

Upon hearing this, the old lady quickly agreed, "Yes, let's have it judged another day."

"No, that won't do." Ye Lanyin stopped Lord Park. "Lord Park, I invited you here, and the Justice Hall has already made a record of it, hasn't it?"

"Yes, Mrs. Lin."

"If I remember correctly, the Hall of Justice is under the Regent's jurisdiction, isn't it?"

"Madam Lin has a good memory." Lord Park gave him an admiring look.

Ye Lanyin turned around with a smile, "My lord, this matter cannot be decided by Lanyin alone. The Holy Kingdom stipulates that whenever a woman hires the Justice Hall, the proceedings must be fair and clear, and the records must be reviewed by the Regent."

"If the Regent finds out that there were any flaws in the notarization of Lan Yin's dowry, I imagine the Marquis wouldn't want that either, would he?"

The Marquis of Zhenbei trembled inexplicably when he thought of the regent who had killed countless people and was full of malice.

His fingertips turned white from clenching his fists, and finally he said in a deep voice, "Lord Park, please register."

[Hehe, that scumbag dad's scared.]

【&*#@￥#But he's my dad!】

As Ye listened to Lin Wanwan's innermost thoughts, she was in a daze, only hearing the last two words, "my father."

I wanted to listen some more, but then I saw her yawn, close her eyes, and fall asleep.

Ye twitched the corner of her mouth.

We agreed to just watch the drama unfold.

Did you eat half of it and then go to sleep?

Finally, with Lord Pu as a witness, Ye Lanyin accepted the IOU written by the Marquis's mansion, with a special note stating that it was to be used to make up for her dowry.

He also made two copies of all the receipts from these years, one for the Marquis of Zhenbei.

Thinking of the courtyard where the concubine lived, Ye Lanyin smiled.