"Continue," Su Xuening instructed Bihe and Lülian.

The two continued to compare the dowry list of the Mu family, and it was another incense stick's time before they reached a conclusion.

“Miss, these are the items that are missing from Madam’s dowry list.”

Su Xuening glanced at the list, and it was pretty much what she had expected. There were indeed quite a few items missing, mostly jewelry and clothing: "For those items that were only half used, let them pay in silver and give them the items back. Then do a final tally to see how much silver they need to pay back."

"Yes." Bihe responded and then she and Lülian began to calculate the prices according to the list written by Su Xuening earlier.

After a moment, Bihe raised her eyes: "A total of 113,520 taels."

When this amount was revealed, the Zhong family and their colleagues trembled.

If they lose all that money, they'll probably wipe out their entire fortune.

Su Xuening glanced at the ugly faces of Zhong Shi and the others, showing no pity whatsoever: "Go and count the money in my second aunt's money box. If there isn't enough gold, silver, and banknotes, use her dowry to make up the difference."

Upon hearing this, Bihe went over and took the money box from which Zhong kept the silver notes and gold and silver and began to count them.

Fortunately, the gold, silver, and banknotes in the Zhong family's money box were barely enough after being tallied up.

Seeing her money box emptied, Madam Zhong tried to rush over to grab it back, but was stopped by the guards. In her panic, she sat down on the ground and wailed, "Su Xuening, this is blatant robbery! Help! Someone's stealing from here! Help!"

"Oh, I forgot something." Just as Madam Zhong was wailing, Su Xuening suddenly seemed to remember something: "Also, I've settled the profits from the three months you managed my mother's dowry. It totaled 28,300 taels. I'll leave the 300 taels as a reward for your hard work, and I'll round it up to 28,000 taels."