The old lady didn't believe it. She supported herself and went to the outer courtyard. She saw sixty-six palanquins carrying the dowry laid out in the courtyard. She ordered them to be opened and examined them casually. The more she looked, the darker her face became: "Go, go and bring Yuan Shi here to me!"
Soon Yuan Fuling was brought in. When she saw the betrothal gifts in the courtyard, her eyelids twitched. Seeing the old lady's expression of wanting to tear her apart, she felt something was wrong: "Mother, what's wrong? Isn't today the day of the betrothal? Why haven't we set off yet?"
"Slap!" The old lady slapped Yuan Fuling across the face.
Caught off guard by the blow, Yuan Fuling's mind went blank. She covered her face and looked innocently at the Grand Madam: "Mother, what exactly happened?"
"These are all fakes! I ask you, how exactly did you handle this?" The Grand Madam was furious and regretted entrusting Princess Jia Hua's dowry to Yuan Fuling.
What a shallow-minded fool, daring to tamper with something like this!
Yuan Fuling was stunned and exclaimed that it was impossible to be wronged. She got up to check and was shocked by what she saw. Even she could tell that it was a fake, let alone the Grand Madam who had such discerning eyes.
"What, what's going on?" Yuan Fuling was dumbfounded.
Song Hengchuan frowned, his face clearly showing disappointment and resentment.
“Someone must be trying to frame me, Mother. I love Chuan-ge’er so much, why would I tamper with the betrothal gifts? Such a simple mistake would be noticed at a glance, and then it would be a disgrace to the entire Jingguo Duke’s Mansion. I wouldn’t be that stupid,” Yuan Fuling explained, crying.
Yuan Fuling raised three fingers and swore, "Mother, these betrothal gifts were all packed by my own hands. They could never be fake. Someone must have switched them."
The old lady scoffed, "Don't you dare say that Yue'er did it."
These days, Song Yue has been leaving early and returning late under her very nose. Besides, with so much dowry, it's impossible for her to change it on her own.
"Mother, that's not what I meant," Yuan Fuling said, forcing herself to speak. If she caught who was causing trouble behind the scenes, she would skin her alive!
After pondering for a moment, the old lady said, "Quickly choose another set of betrothal gifts and send them to the Shen family to apologize."
Song Hengchuan was taken aback: "Now?"
"Go quickly!" the old lady urged.
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