Where did the money go?

At this moment, Ge Chunru's maid came in.

"Madam, Concubine Liu is at the door asking to see you."

Ge Chunru always felt that Tao Liu came here because she must have heard that Xiao Yuanshi was in her yard and she had no good intentions.

Just as he was about to refuse the meeting, Xiao Yuanshi spoke first, "Let her in."

Naturally, the maid did not dare to disobey his orders.

Soon Tao Liu walked in, looking pale and tired, and looked sick.

She saw that Xiao Yuanshi seemed surprised, and immediately saluted with a weak posture, "Greetings, General and Madam."

Seeing her vixen look, Ge Chunru gritted her teeth and said, "The general and I have something else to do. If you don't have anything important to do, please leave first."

Tao Liu stood up with red eyes, looking as if he wanted to say something but hesitated.

But he still nodded, "Yes, then I will withdraw."

Ever since Xiao Yuanshi allowed her to call herself "I", she has never changed her words in front of Ge Chunru.

Xiao Yuanshi couldn't help but frown when he saw his concubine like this, "Are you sick?"

Tao Liu looked at him with tearful eyes, "I, I'm fine."

"Since the general and his wife are busy, I won't disturb them." He was sensible and tactful.

Xiao Yuanshi said: "We have finished talking about our business."

He asked, "What do you want to see my lady for?"

"I!" Tao Liu showed a look that was a little difficult to speak, "No, nothing happened."

Ge Chunru: “…” This woman must have done it on purpose. She was pretending just to get Xiao Yuanshi to ask.

Sure enough, Xiao Yuanshi asked: "Don't worry about me, just say it directly."

Tao Liu bit her lip and looked at Ge Chunru, with trepidation and pleading, "Madam, can I get an advance on this month's and next month's monthly allowance?"

Ge Chunru said coldly, "The General's Mansion has no precedent of advance payment of monthly allowance."

There is no money in the account to begin with, yet they advance the monthly salary. What is Tao Liu thinking?

Tao Liu felt very aggrieved, "Then Madam, just pretend that I never said anything."

"I'll step aside first." She bent her body, but when she stood up she looked shaky.

Seeing this, Xiao Yuanshi hurriedly stood up and walked over to support the man, "Why don't you rest in the yard if you are sick?"

"Also, why do you want an advance on your monthly allowance?"

Tao Liu leaned in his arms softly, but did not answer immediately. Instead, she kept looking at Ge Chunru.

Xiao Yuanshi frowned even more when he saw this. "I'm asking you a question?"

Tao Liu then revealed a weak yet strong look, "I have spent all my money on medical treatment recently. I only received half of last month's allowance."

"But the doctor said I still need to take medicine, but I don't have the money to buy more medicine, so I'm thinking about whether I can advance the monthly allowance for this month and next month."

Xiao Yuanshi was stunned. He was busy these days, so he had not been to Liu Ru's yard.

I didn't know she was sick.

"Why don't you seek medical advice?"

Tao Liu pursed her lips and said, "The palace doctor won't treat me."

Xiao Yuanshi's face looked a little unhappy. "Why didn't the palace doctor treat you?"

Tao Liu sighed, "I am of low status, so I am not qualified to be treated by the palace doctor."

Xiao Yuanshi's face darkened. "You are the master of the General's Mansion. Who said that you are of low status and unqualified to be treated by the manor doctor?"

Tao Liu glanced in the direction of Ge Chunru and said, "Yes, it was Madam's order."

He added hastily, "This is none of Madam's business. There is no order without rules. It is normal not to allow the court doctor to treat people of low status like us."

"Don't blame the lady."

Ge Chunru: “…” This is the one who is trying to get ahead by retreating, this shameless bitch.

Xiao Yuanshi turned his head and looked at Ge Chunru with a cold face, "Did you order me to do that?"

Ge Chunru had indeed used this to satirize Tao Liu, so he was stumped by the question.

Xiao Yuanshi was getting furious at this point, "Ge Chunru, I handed this general's mansion over to you, and you manage it like this?"

"Don't let the palace doctor treat the people in the palace."

"The concubine in the general's mansion is sick and has to pawn her jewelry to pay for medical treatment. If this gets out, how will people outside think of you?"

Ge Chunru choked, "Me!"

Just as she was about to explain, Xiao Yuanshi slammed the account book in his hand on the table, "And what's the matter with this account book?"

"The money in the mansion is not even enough to pay the servants' monthly wages, and you only paid half of it last month."

"Where's the money?"

Ge Chunru's eyes flickered, "I, I used it to buy a hot spring resort."

Xiao Yuanshi narrowed his eyes and asked, "Where is the title deed to the manor?"

Ge Chunru bit her lip and said, "Give it to Chunyi as a dowry."

She heard that the other concubine who entered the Second Prince's Palace had a generous dowry and a hot spring villa in the suburbs.

Therefore, not wanting to let his sister down, he used the remaining silver in the general's mansion treasury to buy a farm as a dowry.

This time Xiao Yuanshi was really angry. He threw the teacup on the table to the ground with his hand, "Bang!"

Ge Chunru was frightened by his sudden action, "Ah!"

Tao Liu reacted quickly and stepped forward to support the angry Xiao Yuanshi.

"General, please don't be angry. It's not good for your health."

Then I remembered Shi Qingluo’s tea talk.

So he looked at Ge Chunru with a face full of reproach, "Madam, the general has worked hard enough for this family. It is not easy for him to accumulate some wealth because of his military merits. How can you give it all to your sister as a dowry?

"A daughter who is married off is like spilled water, not to mention that she is just a younger sister."

"The general works very hard in the court, and when he comes home he works very hard to make sure we have good food and clothes. He is so kind, how can you be so angry with him?"

After hearing this, Xiao Yuanshi also felt wronged and heartbroken.

Liu Ru knew that it was not easy for him to accumulate such wealth, and she felt sorry for him.

And where does Ge Chunru, the wife, put her husband?

"Are you upset if you don't empty this house and give it to your brothers and sisters?"

"You are a concubine, and you have to prepare a dowry of 180 loads for her."

"When the Crown Princess got married, she only had this many dowries, and the Second Prince's wife only had 160 dowries. I said this was against the rules, so I asked you to reduce the number of dowries."

"You're still not happy, thinking I'm reluctant to let you go."

"But you still used the money, jewelry, porcelain, ancient paintings, farmland, and furniture made of fine wood from the general's mansion to give your sister a dowry of 120 pieces."

"And thirty thousand taels of silver for your brother."

"This has almost emptied the General's Mansion."

"I didn't expect you to go behind my back and use the money from the expense account to buy a hot spring villa for your sister."

"Now we can't even pay the servants their monthly wages, and we even have to deduct money for the concubines' medical treatment."

"Ge Chunru, why don't you change the surname of the entire general's mansion to Ge?"

The old lady had often ridiculed him before, saying that the general's mansion should be named Ge.

He didn't care at the time, but now he feels that age is more important and his mother was very foresighted.

(End of this chapter)