The more Wei thought about it, the more he felt something was wrong. He then secretly asked a few of Chenlou's employees and found out that Xie Wanyun had sent some food to Chenlou. The quantity was not large, and no one asked about it.
It was not until after those days of extreme heat that I took a few people to open the things, and they were all broken.
Wei was completely unable to sit still. No matter how dumb she was, she realized that Xie Wanyun was trying to trick her and the old lady!
Otherwise, with her businesslike attitude, how could this business not be handled through official accounts? Now thinking back on the scene that day, Xie Wanyun first pretended to be pretentious, and then pretended to agree reluctantly. It turned out that she had dug a trap long ago, waiting for her and the old lady to jump in!
What a vicious intention! Wei was so angry that she was about to smoke. She couldn't wait a moment and rushed back. She called Qin Su'an to come to Old Lady Qin's room and told her everything.
After hearing this, Old Lady Qin twirled the Buddhist beads in her hand, with a gloomy face and remained silent for a long time.
Wei was anxious, staring at her eagerly, and said, "Old lady, please come up with an idea. Are we going to let her cheat us out of our money like this? That's several thousand taels of silver!"
Qin Su'an had a gloomy face and said nothing. He was really about to die of anger.
He didn't feel bad that it wasn't his money that was wasted. What made him angry was that these two old ladies actually hid so much private money and didn't want to give it to him, but instead gave it to Xie Wanyun?
Old Madam Qin had figured it out over the past few days: they had been tricked by Xie Wanyun. The most important thing now was to get the money back; other issues could be dealt with later.
But the money was already in Xie Wanyun's pocket, so how could she get it back? After dealing with her for so many days, she naturally knew that Xie Wanyun was not easy to deal with. Who made her so obsessed with money that she jumped into the trap?
She spoke slowly, her voice full of resentment.
"She's set a trap for us to fall into. There's no point negotiating with her. The only thing we can do now is to make this a big deal. The bigger the better. We have to make it so big that Xie Wanyun can't cover it up and can't get it over with. Only then will we be able to get the money out."
Upon hearing this, Wei nodded repeatedly. She said sincerely, "You're truly thoughtful, Madam. I hadn't thought of this. I'll do as you say. Many people already know about this, but it's all just rumors, and we haven't officially responded. There's a party tomorrow at Madam Li's house, and they sent me a notice. I didn't want to go initially, fearing being laughed at, but now I can't. This is a perfect opportunity to tell them everything and let everyone weigh in. Let's see what Xie Wanyun has to say."
Madam Qin nodded. "This is the only way for now. Let the matter be made public, expose Xie Wanyun's true face, justice will prevail in the hearts of the people, and let public opinion turn to our side. As long as Xie Wanyun still wants to do business in Shangjing City, she can't ignore her reputation. Sooner or later, she will have to return the money. Moreover,"
Madam Qin continued in a sinister tone, "She lost money on this business trip, which means she's incapable of managing such a large family business. She's unfit to be the mistress of the Yuanxing Marquisate, and it's time for her to give up her position."
Qin Su'an perked up when he heard this and said, "Old Madam, are you asking me to divorce her? That's fine, since she's not on the same page with me anyway. But she has so much property. According to the laws of this dynasty, a woman's dowry is private property. If she takes it all away, wouldn't that be too easy for her?"
Wei glared at him and said, "How can it be so easy to divorce a wife? Old Madam, do you mean to ask Xie Wanyun to hand over power? I'm afraid she won't agree."
"This time, she has no say!" Old Madam Qin twirled the Buddhist beads in her hand, half-closing her eyes. "I've always been a little worried since I handed over the family business to her, fearing something might go wrong. And now it's happening! This time, it's a few thousand taels of silver that's lost, and it's you, me, and our private savings. If she squanders all that wealth, it will be truly disastrous."
Wei gasped and nodded repeatedly, completely envious of her mother-in-law. As expected, the old ones are the wisest.
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
