She happily accepted the key, and after the management of the household affairs was handed over to her, her mother-in-law and several sisters-in-law went to the storeroom to check the finances.
When they opened the chest according to the dowry list, it was full of stones.
The smile on Lady Hou's face instantly turned cold.
"The Minister's mansion is truly sincere; who knew that the ten-mile-long bridal procession would turn out to be nothing but huge rocks."
Several of the women's wives were also making sarcastic remarks.
No matter how much Murong Rong tried to argue, the Lady of the Marquis ignored her completely.
Zhao Zhiyuan was even more hostile towards her, and he was always running around outside, I don't know what he was doing.
But it shouldn't be like this. Zhao Zhiyuan treated Mu Wanting, whose reputation was ruined, so well in his previous life. There's no reason why he would treat a talented woman like himself from the capital so badly.
In order to find out about the dowry, she decided to go back to her parents' home.
Upon returning, I saw the Mu family members looking worried and distressed.
Mu Guozhong, who had always doted on Liu, slapped her to the ground.
"You, Liu, how dare you seduce a man and let him empty our Minister's mansion."
Liu was in tears: "My lord, I'm innocent! I've always been devoted to you, and I never intended to empty the Minister's mansion."
Mu Guozhong slapped Liu across the face again.
"How did she know your maiden name was Piaopiao?"
"Tell me quickly, where did all the things from the Minister's residence go?"
After learning that Liu had emptied the storeroom of the Minister's mansion, Murong Rong looked at her with resentment.
“Father, my dowry is also all stones. Now the Yongle Marquis’s mansion is saying that our family is playing a trick on them.”
Then, Murong Rong looked anxiously at Liu Shi.
“My lady, that dowry is really important to me. It determines whether I can gain a foothold in the Yongle Marquis’s mansion. Please return the dowry.”
Liu looked at Murong Rong with disappointment; she hadn't expected her own daughter to add fuel to the fire at this moment.
Liu was slapped again by Mu Guozhong, who then ordered her to be locked in the woodshed and tortured by the steward.
Liu kept protesting her innocence, but no one believed her.
After all, if it weren't for Liu's instructions, why would the dowry have been changed to stones?
If Liu hadn't deliberately revealed it, who would be so familiar with the Minister's residence?
Without the cooperation of the head of the household, how could the Minister's mansion have been emptied out so quietly?
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