"Qing Tong, take the servants outside and move all of Song Ruo'an's dowry into the courtyard!"
Everyone present was stunned by Song Xizhi's sudden outburst.
Sanqi and Baishu were stunned for a moment. Everyone knew their young mistress, but they hurriedly brought out a hemp rope.
They were quick and agile; the strength of two strong young servants was far beyond what a maid could withstand.
Xia He looked at her in disbelief: "Song Xizhi! What do you want to do? I'm the second young lady's dowry!"
Chunlan panicked at this moment: "How dare you! You are not allowed to touch the dowry! That is the second young lady's dowry!"
Song Xizhi slowly got off the bed: "Of course I know that was her dowry. It was filled with gold and silver jewelry, shop deeds, silk brocade, silver and antiques, a total of eighty-eight loads."
In her previous life, her stepmother said that sixty-eight loads were the standard for a daughter of the Song family to get married, and it was clearly written on the dowry list. The extra twenty loads for Song Ruo'an were added by Song Ruo'an's uncle and maternal grandfather.
So Song Xizhi didn't say anything.
But she later learned that her mother had also left her a lot of dowry and property before she died.
Of the sixty-eight loads of dowry her stepmother gave her, only five loads contained some cheap jewelry; the rest were all pastries, cheap bedding, and scrap metal.
This was all her stepmother's clever scheme!
In the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, Qing Tong and the cleaning servant brought in the most important box containing jewelry and land deeds.
The chests were made of red pear wood, and each chest was securely secured with a lock.
Seeing this, Chunlan and Xiahe shut their mouths smugly, not intending to say a word.
Song Xizhi just smiled and pointed to one of the boxes: "Go and pry open the box from the bottom, but don't break the lock on top."
Bronze, go and do it right away.
The wooden box, which was originally indestructible, was as easy to pry open from the bottom in Qing Tong's hands as if it were made of clay.
Chunlan and Xiahe, who were tied up, along with two elderly nannies, all stared at Song Xizhi in disbelief.
But Song Xizhi stepped forward decisively, bent down and rummaged through the box to find the most important thing: the indentures of the four of them.
Without hesitation, Song Xizhi handed their indentures to Qing Tong.
"In the name of the Marquis's mansion, sell these four maids and servants—sell them cheaply!"
“They said they failed to protect their master and instigated him to do bad things. They should be sold as far away as possible, preferably on tonight’s ship.”
Everyone present was stunned by Song Xizhi's actions.
Chunlan and Xiahe originally thought that even if Song Xizhi was angry, he would only beat them up and they could just bear it and take revenge another day.
But who would have thought that she would try to keep all the dowry and even sell out Song Ruoan's confidant!
If they are sold off cheaply, they will be on the ship tonight, and they may never be able to return to the capital in their lifetime!
Upon seeing their indentures, the two old women's heads exploded: "No! No way!"
"You can't do this! I was hired by Madam Song with a thousand taels of silver!"
One person is worth a thousand taels of silver!
Upon hearing this, Song Xizhi's eyes lit up instantly, and she grinned, showing her big teeth, and laughed even more heartily.
"Qing Tong, did you hear that? Even if we sell them cheaply, we'll still get five hundred taels back from these four people!"
"If the slave trader asks what happened, tell him the truth about what happened in the manor: Song Ruo'an was alone in her room last night, and her innocence was questioned this morning. The more details you give, the better."
Chunlan and Xiahe screamed, "You slut! You slut! How dare you do such a thing, secretly selling us out! Miss will definitely come after you!"
Song Xizhi found it annoying, so with a glance, Sanqi and Baishu promptly stuffed cloths into their mouths.
Qing Tong accepted the indenture from Song Xizhi with both hands, and the corner of his mouth twitched violently.
Bronze lived an upright life and never did anything so petty or despicable.
However, now that they are married, Song Xizhi's words are He Jingyan's words, and Qing Tong would not object to a single word.
So, with a single chop, Qing Tong knocked out the four maids and servants who were crying in a huddle, and then carried two of them over the wall and out of the Marquis's mansion.
He summoned a carriage, threw all the men he was carrying onto it, and in the blink of an eye, they were sold off to Lingnan.
Meanwhile, Song Xizhi was still bent over, busily searching through the dowry chest.
Although Bai Zhu, Sanqi, and the few cleaning servants in the courtyard were not as skilled as bronze-level warriors, their skills were still quite impressive.
So they each grabbed a small hammer, and wherever Song Xizhi pointed, they struck, uncovering all the land deeds, banknotes, and gold and silver jewelry from the dowry.
"Sell all the land deeds I have on hand to those most troublesome scoundrels in the capital, cash on delivery."
“After pawning the jewelry, I withdrew all the silver from the money shop. Once I had the silver, I bought eight or nine shops on the east side of Yong'an Street in the capital. With the rest, I bought land and estates in the suburbs of the capital.”
The shops on the east side of Yong'an Street are still cheap right now.
This winter, however, a poetry gathering was held at Qianweilou, where many famous poems were written, attracting talented men and women from all over the country. As a result, the shops along the street became very popular, and their prices increased more than fivefold.
As for the estates and fields on the outskirts of the capital, if another plague breaks out in this lifetime, then we will be prepared.
Thinking it over, Song Xizhi continued to instruct, "There are still many bolts of cloth and quilts inside. The materials are expensive, and the cotton is top-notch. Take what you like and put the old quilts, tattered shoes, and socks back in."
"The rest of the dowry chests were filled with pots, pans, brooms, and hoes to ensure they were all the same weight. Then the bottoms were sealed and painted to make sure there was nothing unusual about them."
Song Xizhi's decisive and efficient manner left everyone speechless, and even Granny Wu was stunned by her unconventional actions.
"Miss, after all you've done, are you going to use this pile of junk to exchange for your own dowry?"
Song Xizhi raised an eyebrow and revealed a mysterious smile: "I won't exchange it yet. I still need Song Ruoan's dowry chest."
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