If Xie Jingrun wasn't lying to her, then the original owner's mother's dowry was quite generous, but Rong Shiqing didn't give her a single thing.
What is he planning to do? Is he planning to keep it for Rong Yiyi in the future?
This is outrageous!
Xiao Tao said angrily from the side, "Miss, I heard from the old people in the mansion that the madam's dowry was extremely generous back then, causing a sensation throughout the capital. But when you got married, the master didn't give you a single thing. It's really too much!"
"It's not just excessive, they're taking advantage of my lack of support and blatantly trying to seize my mother's dowry," Rong Qingqing said, narrowing her eyes.
"Are you really going to let them off so easily, Miss?" Xiao Tao felt indignant for her mistress. "Miss, that Aunt Chen is just a servant and has no assets at all. Did she instigate Master to do this? So that when Rong Yiyi gets married in the future, she will have a generous dowry."
“What you say makes sense.” Rong Qingqing nodded in agreement, but this matter was definitely related to Aunt Chen, and Rong Shiqing was not innocent either.
If he hadn't tacitly approved, Aunt Chen wouldn't have dared to be so blatant.
However, there is something even more important right now.
Rong Qingqing put aside the matter of the dowry for the time being and asked, "By the way, what illness does my grandmother suffer from?"
Xiao Tao was still thinking about her dowry when she suddenly heard her mention the old lady, and she almost couldn't process it.
Realizing what was happening, she frowned and said, "This servant isn't really sure either. Ever since the old lady fell ill, it's been Concubine Chen taking care of her. The old lady's courtyard is full of her people, and no one else can get close at all. Don't you remember, Miss? Even when you wanted to visit the old lady, you were stopped at the door by Concubine Chen's people. We have no idea what illness the old lady has."
Rong Qingqing already knew all this from the original owner's memories, but the original owner didn't think much of it at all, and was instead kept in a daze by Aunt Chen every day.
Now it seems that the old lady may not necessarily be ill.
"Did you see Aunt Chen ask a doctor to treat the old lady?" she asked. In the original owner's memory, she had not personally seen a doctor enter or leave the old lady's courtyard; all the information she knew came from other people.
Xiao Tao thought for a moment and said, "Yes, I've seen him once or twice. But that doctor is a stranger to me. He's not the old doctor who often comes to the mansion to take the old lady's pulse. I've never seen that doctor before. I don't know where Aunt Chen found him."
Upon hearing this, Rong Qingqing already had a good idea of what was going on.
She hesitated for a moment, then said, "Xiao Tao, there's something I need you to do."
"What is it, Miss?"
Rong Qingqing beckoned to her with her finger.
Xiao Tao immediately leaned in to listen.
After whispering something, Xiao Tao's eyes lit up. "Miss, I'll go and do it right away."
"Yes, be careful not to get caught, or we'll alert them," Rong Qingqing cautioned.
"I understand," Xiao Tao said and quickly left.
Rong Qingqing smoothed out the dowry list that she had crumpled in her hand.
She wanted Rong Shiqing to return all of the original owner's mother's dowry.
She also wanted to save the only kind old lady who was good to the original owner.
If she wasn't mistaken, the old lady wasn't actually sick; it was probably just that Aunt Chen thought she was in the way and had someone poison her.
Once the old lady falls, the original owner will have no one to back her up. Not only will she be at the mercy of everyone in the Rong family, but Aunt Chen will also be able to take the opportunity to become the official wife and seize the original owner's mother's dowry.
She didn't believe that the old lady's illness was a coincidence.
If her guess was correct, then Aunt Chen's mind was truly vicious.
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