"Madam Shang, one month has passed. Have you prepared your ten thousand taels of gold?"
Li had deliberately asked the wife of Duke Shang to stay, thinking that Duke Shang and the others would be too embarrassed to speak up in the Lin family.
"Today is the full moon banquet for the two children, so let's put the Shangshu Madam's matter aside for now."
Ye Huatong still maintained a dignified smile on her face.
"Madam Shang, it is clearly written in this confession that you spoke disrespectfully to my mother. My mother showed leniency and did not punish you, but she also wanted you to have some respect and remember a lesson, so she only fined you ten thousand taels of gold.
It also states that 10,000 taels of gold must be paid out within one month. Today is the last day. Could it be that Madam Shang wants to go back on her word?"
Li didn't expect Ye Huatong to bring up this matter. If he had known this, he should have used the excuse of being injured and not come out again.
Duke Shang frowned. "Although you have severed ties with the Duke's Mansion, you are still using the name of the Duke's Mansion outside. If you made a mistake, you must admit it. There is no such thing as shirking your responsibility."
Li said quickly, "Your Majesty is right. I have already prepared ten thousand taels of gold."
Li turned around and gave a look to Nanny Cong behind her, and Nanny Cong took out the silver bill.
Li's eyes were full of heartache as she handed the banknote to Ye Huatong.
When Duke Shang saw that everything had been dealt with, he smiled and looked at Prime Minister Lin and said, "Old Lin, I'm going to the palace."
"I will go to the palace with the Duke."
After the two of them finished talking, they set off together. Shang Yuanshan stepped forward to escort the two families out of the general's mansion together.
Shang Yangyang, who had fallen asleep earlier because Li Shibaba had not finished sleeping, twisted her body and suddenly woke up with her eyes wide open.
[Who entered the palace? Yangyang seemed to have forgotten something. ]
When Lin Siqing heard Shang Yangyang's inner voice, she said casually, "Oh, our Yangyang is awake. Just now, your grandfather and your Duke grandfather left in a hurry to go to the palace."
[Oh, it's Grandfather and Grandpa Guogong. I need to think about what happened today.]
Lin Siqing was just waiting for Shang Yangyang to remember something.
Seeing that everyone had left, Li's face turned cold and she shouted sternly, "How could you move all those gifts that Lin Siqing sent to the mansion into your private vault?"
This shout interrupted Shang Yangyang's train of thought.
Lin Siqing thought it was ridiculous, and she laughed angrily: "Mother-in-law, what you said is wrong. This is the general's mansion, and the gifts sent to the mansion are always for Yangyang.
And the things I moved into the yard were all gifts for Yangyang, and I didn’t move out the gifts for Wanyue.”
"You... Lin Siqing, what are you doing? We are all one family. These gifts won't get lost even if they are placed in the warehouse. Why do you have to do this and move all the things to your yard?"
"Really? But I think these are for Yangyang, so I'd better keep them for Yangyang to avoid confusion later."
Cheng Lianlian wiped her tears with a handkerchief, looking aggrieved. "Sister-in-law, you are on guard against us."
Lin Siqing: "Brothers should still settle accounts clearly, Yuanshan's salary has been handed over to the government.
We only have five taels of pocket money every month. If we don’t keep some money in our hands, how can Yuanshan invite colleagues to have dinner at Wangze Tower like Wanning did?”
Li was speechless for a moment, and she didn't dare to argue any further. If Lin Siqing checked the accounts and found out that she had been subsidizing the Wan Ning family all these years, who knows what kind of trouble she would make.
As soon as Shang Yuanshan and Shang Wanning came in, they saw Li standing there glaring at Lin Siqing, unable to speak.
"Mother, why do you look at me as if I were your enemy?" Shang Yuanshan said as he walked forward and hugged Lin Siqing.
"Yuanshan, you really have forgotten your mother now that you have a wife." Li burst into tears sadly.
Shang Yangyang pouted in Shang Yanqing's arms. [This old lady is really good at acting. No wonder Dad didn't realize the suffering Mom had suffered in the mansion all these years.]
Shang Yuanshan felt even more distressed for Lin Siqing when he heard his daughter's voice. He had trusted his mother too much in the past and thought that she was only mean to him, but he didn't expect that she was even worse to Siqing.
"Mother, please speak with your conscience. How have Siqing and I been unfilial over the years?"
"You you..." Li was even more speechless now. Lin Siqing had been taking care of her all these years.
Except for not listening to her and marrying Lin Siqing, Shang Yuanshan has listened to her in all other aspects over the years, which really leaves her speechless.
Shang Yuanshan didn't want to say anything to her, so he took Lin Siqing and others back to his yard.
As soon as she entered the yard, Shang Yangyang saw the servants counting the gifts, and crystal saliva flowed from the corners of her mouth.
[Wow, wow, wow~~ They are all golden and glittering, Yangyang likes them very much. 】
Lin Siqing couldn't stop smiling when she saw her daughter's money-loving look.
Shang Yuanshan laughed out loud: "I didn't expect that our Yangyang is such a money-grubber. Daddy has to work hard to give Yangyang more gold."
[Hehe, Daddy's daughters can earn their own money when they grow up, so you can't become a corrupt official for me. ]
Shang Yuanshan didn't expect to be taught a lesson by his own daughter. He was also very happy. His daughter was so sensible at such a young age, which made him very relieved.
Shang Yangyang was also laughing, and suddenly she seemed to remember something. [Ah~~ I remember that this time, the Duke was sent by Emperor Yuanming to investigate the missing girl case, and the Duke also found out that the source of the missing girl case was in Yangcheng.
Yes, the current Emperor Yuanming still cherishes his people and is a wise ruler, but I don’t know why he became so incompetent later. 】
Shang Yuanshan was shocked to hear about the missing girl. He wanted to listen more carefully, but Shang Yangyang's thoughts turned to Emperor Yuan Ming again.
But Yangyang was right. The current Emperor Yuanming was definitely a wise ruler. As for what happened later, he also had to investigate why Emperor Yuanming had such a change.
Shang Yangyang shook his head. [I don't care what happens to Emperor Yuanming, but I will let my uncle investigate the case of the missing girl.]
[My uncle was so stubborn that when he arrived in Yangcheng, he didn't even notice that the people there were watching closely and just kept investigating.]
[He did find out some things, but he also offended everyone. In the end, he didn't find any evidence against the male protagonist, but was drugged and framed, and went to bed with the daughter of the local governor.]
[The maid of the prefect's mansion discovered this, and everyone in the mansion knew about it. As a result, the reputation of my uncle, who had never had a tainted life, was ruined and he became decadent. In the end, he married the prefect's daughter back to the mansion.]
[After that incident, my uncle chose to resign and go home. He locked himself in his room and drank.]
[My aunt was also upset. Although my grandmother tried to comfort her, she still couldn't accept that her husband was so decadent.
And the daughter of the governor was beside her every day, telling her how she and my uncle knew each other. In the end, my aunt died of depression. 】
[After learning about this, my uncle committed suicide by cutting his wrists.]
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