Chapter 44: Did they embezzle public funds?

"How can you be the head of a family if you are so indiscriminate?"

Liang Shanyu's face was full of confidence, and she had made up her mind.

Even if Liang Weiyuan used the cook's jade ring to make her case, she insisted that Liang Weiyuan had no evidence and was unable to distinguish right from wrong.

Liang Weiyuan looked at Liang Shanyu's malicious eyes and couldn't help but guess what she was thinking.

He laughed coldly and said, "I had someone check the sweet-scented osmanthus duck you used in your yard for lunch. Was it embezzled from the public treasury?"

Liang Shanyu's face froze, and she remembered the duck she had secretly stewed in the kitchen this morning. She quickly said, "I used my own money to add to the dishes. What's it to you?"

"My own money?"

Liang Weiyuan opened the account book and her fingertips stopped at the column for Liang Shanyu's personal silver.

"A few days ago, you pawned two gold hairpins, but the money was not deposited into the official account. According to family rules, a concubine's daughter-in-law must report the sale of her dowry to the mistress. Did you report it?"

"I!" Liang Shanyu gritted her teeth, but couldn't think of how to argue.

"So, not to mention the sea bass, the cook is from your second wife's house. She helped you secretly stew the osmanthus duck, which is considered knowingly committing a crime and not reporting it. Did I punish her wrongly?" Liang Weiyuan's voice was cold, and every word she said was full of pressure.

After failing to find fault, Liang Shanyu's momentum suddenly weakened by three points.

But he still stiffened his neck and said, "You are just relying on the old lady's support! If you have the ability, don't use the rules to pressure others. Let's talk based on our hearts..."

"What a sincere person." Liang Weiyuan narrowed her eyes suddenly, with a cold look on her face.

"When you were exchanging marriages and climbing into bed, were you ever sincere? Today you stole food from the public sanctuary, and the day before yesterday you even hid the public land deeds. Which one of these wasn't digging into the Huo family's foundation?"

Liang Weiyuan stood up suddenly, her aqua-colored skirt sweeping across the account books on the floor. "If you want to talk about your heart, I will take you to the ancestral hall and have a good talk with our ancestors."

Meeting those sharp eyes, Liang Shanyu couldn't help but take a half step back, bumping into the antique display cabinet, and the jade ornaments made a crisp collision sound.

She looked at the cold light in Liang Weiyuan's eyes, and suddenly remembered what Yu said, that this bitch was more cunning than an old fox, and she immediately deflated.

I could only blush and yell, "You are so narrow-minded. You can't stand seeing me living better than you!"

Liang Weiyuan sneered instantly, "True dignity is not something you wear on your face or body. If I lived like you, the Huo family would have fallen apart long ago."

Liang Shanyu's mask was exposed and her face turned pale and red.

"You...just wait, I'll see how long you can stay so glorious!"

Liang Shanyu angrily swung her sleeves and turned around, but because her skirt was too long, it stepped on her heel and she staggered and almost fell.

Feeling so embarrassed, Liang Shanyu bit her lip and ran away.

Zhu Shu covered his mouth and laughed contemptuously: "This Second Young Master's wife always gets rejected, and yet she still insists on looking for trouble with our girl. I really don't know where she gets the courage from."

Liang Weiyuan knew that Liang Shanyu was certain that she would be reborn with worldly wisdom and, with the help of her memories of her past life, would become the Crown Prince's wife in the future, so she was fearless.

But she was destined to be wrong in this life.

Liang Weiyuan calmed down and continued to deal with chores.

It was not until the afternoon that she finished her work and returned to Qingzhuyuan.

Lanshu and Jushu were guarding the courtyard, which was quiet and elegant. Only the aroma of medicine made by Ye Zhonglin lingered in the corridor.

It's time to wipe and massage Huo Jinjian.

Liang Weiyuan dismissed the maid, brought some warm water herself, wet a handkerchief with it, and gently wiped Huo Jinjian's palm as usual.

He was in a coma for several months, but after daily wiping, his skin still had a refreshing scent of soapberry.

Liang Weiyuan looked at his knuckles, which were as sharp as jade, with thin calluses, and it was a little itchy when their skin touched.

And when the woman's soft fingertips touched his palm, Huo Jin saw the end of his eyebrows tremble slightly on the bed, and his mind couldn't help but become active.

In the past, Liang Weiyuan would come to his room in the morning to see him and personally watch over him while he took his medicine.

But these days, his wife didn't come in the morning.

I never missed a massage and never asked anyone else to do it for me.

Huo Jin couldn't help but wonder if something had happened to her recently. It just so happened that she would send the maid away during the massage, and he couldn't hear any news from their conversation, which made him very anxious.

Liang Weiyuan naturally didn't know that Huo Jinjian was feeling very excited.

As usual, he unbuttoned Huo Jinjian's shirt, revealing his thin and well-defined shoulders and neck. The jade bracelet on his wrist swayed slightly, casting a faint shadow on his pale skin.

Liang Weiyuan poured the warm medicinal oil into her palm and rubbed it. The scent of camphor mixed with mugwort filled the air. As soon as her fingertips touched his shoulder point, she paused.

For some reason, the muscles under my palms feel hotter today than usual, like a piece of warm jade that has been heated for a long time.