"Hua Xin, bring all the things I asked you to prepare a few days ago."
"Madam, is it that black box?"
"Yes, that's the one."
Upon hearing this, Huaxin was overjoyed.
"Okay."
"Madam, Madam, I'll go too." Hua Mei came over, also wanting to know what was going on.
Ye Lanyin smiled and replied, "Okay, let's all go together."
【Eeee, let's watch a show! Let's watch a show!】
It's a pity that Third Brother and Eldest Brother went out.
"Big Brother" is how Lin Wanwan addresses Lin Rui'an.
The master and servants walked happily toward the storeroom, and for the first time, Ye Lanyin felt that even snow smelled sweet.
As soon as they arrived near the warehouse, they saw the old lady's cane thumping loudly on the ground.
He cursed under his breath: "You bitch, you obviously did it on purpose!"
When Granny Mei saw them arrive, she put her hand to her mouth.
"Madam, shh, the lady is here."
The old lady snorted in annoyance and turned away.
Seeing her smiling face, he became even angrier and his tone became harsher.
"Lanyin, you've come at the right time. Tell me, what's going on with this warehouse?"
Ye Lanyin, holding Lin Wanwan, stepped forward with a smile, "Mother, didn't you say you would manage this storeroom yourself from now on?"
"Now that you're in charge, why do you seem so unhappy?" Ye Lanyin asked deliberately.
"Are you trying to drive me crazy?" The old lady stretched out her hand, pointing to the empty room. "You call this a storeroom?"
Ye Lanyin's gaze swept around.
“Mother, I already said when I returned it to you that I used my dowry to supplement the Marquis’s mansion, so I took my own money from the treasury to make up for it. Is that wrong?”
"You, you, you..." The old lady said "you" several times in a row, but she couldn't utter a single word.
She's so angry!
"Lanyin, we are all family. Isn't your dowry from the Marquis's mansion? What's wrong with using your dowry?"
“I don’t like what you’re saying, Mother. What do you mean by saying that mine belongs to the Marquis’s mansion? Since ancient times, dowry has been a woman’s private property. This dowry is for my children.”
"Lanyin, the children are heirs of the Marquis's mansion. Aren't the expenses for Shixuan and Shiming also coming from the Marquis's mansion?"
"Who said I was going to give them to them?"
"Wh...what?" The old lady's eyes widened. "They're your children! You won't give them..."
"Mother, my dowry will be passed down to daughters, not sons. This dowry will be given to Wanwan in the future."
Upon hearing this...
The old lady pointed to Ye Lanyin's three-month-old daughter in her arms.
"she?"
"Um."
"Lanyin, are you confused? A married daughter is like water spilled from a bowl; if you give her to her, aren't you giving her to her husband's family?"
"So, how can a daughter-in-law's dowry be given to her husband's family?" Ye Lanyin retorted.
The old man was stunned for a moment, then said, "How can these be the same?"
"Mother, you're being unreasonable. How is it different? When I gave my dowry to Wanwan, you disagreed with her supporting her future husband's family. How come my dowry can support the Marquis's mansion?" Ye Lanyin said with a smile.
The old lady was so angry that her chest felt tight.
When she handed the warehouse over to Ye Lanyin, it was full of her belongings, but now she has received it back as an empty house.
Can she accept this?
She paused.
"In short, my warehouse is overflowing with real gold and silver. It must be that you deliberately exaggerated the amount of silver you were filling up and stole it!"
Having seemingly found a reason, the old lady's attitude hardened.
"That's right, you stole it. If you don't hand it over, I'm going to report you to the authorities!"
"Steal?" Ye Lanyin laughed instead of getting angry. "Mother, are you getting old and useless?"
"I have been married into the Marquis's mansion for fourteen years and have received monthly stipends as a servant of the Marquis's mansion for fourteen years."
"And every expense of the Marquis's mansion over the past fourteen years, the money the master spent on social engagements outside, the money spent on buying the villa, and the monthly allowance for the youngest sister-in-law."
"Including the furniture, decorations, carriages, every tree and blade of grass in the Marquis's mansion, the courtyard you live in now, and the Marquis's study, which one of them wasn't part of my dowry?"
"Oh, right, and those four concubines, they were all paid for with my dowry money."
Upon hearing this, the old lady turned her face away, showing no interest in listening.
"Lanyin, you've already covered these things, but who will believe you just by talking about it?"
"Now that you've taken the silver from the treasury, I can accuse you of theft!"
She still harbors resentment towards Zou Shuang'er for getting her imprisoned.
It ruined the reputation of her beloved grandson's mother.
Ye Lanyin handed Lin Wanwan to Hua Xin, then took the black box from Hua Xin's hands and smiled gently.
"Unfortunately, I have a habit of keeping records. Over the years, I have recorded every expense of the Marquis's mansion."
"The manager also issued receipts for everything the servants bought."
The old lady was dumbfounded after hearing this.
"You've registered everything?"
"Yes," Ye Lanyin nodded innocently, "Every single transaction was recorded, there's absolutely nothing missing."
"Hey, Mother, take a look!"
Ye Lanyin took out a ledger from the black box and handed it to her.
"This is my sister-in-law's monthly allowance; the most recent sum was 100,000 taels."
"And this, a few years ago, when you were unwell, you said you wanted to eat bird's nest and donkey-hide gelatin, so I found this for you. It's three hundred taels here."
"Oh, right, this is the banquet that Shixuan arranged when he came to the mansion. It cost a total of five hundred taels."
"There are also the collateral branches of the Marquis's family. Every year when they come over, I give them a red envelope. If it exceeds ten taels, it is not considered as my own contribution. Every year, the collateral branches add up to one thousand taels, which has reached fourteen thousand taels in the past fourteen years."
"I almost forgot, this year it's one thousand taels. Draw plum blossoms and register them with a pen." Ye Lanyin turned her head and instructed the plum blossom painter.
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