Yang Zhao smiled faintly. Since she was not allowed to sit down, she stood straight in the middle of the hall: "Old Madam, if you ask, I will tell you everything I know."
"But you ordered these maids in charge to reduce the allowances for each courtyard?" asked Old Lady Shen.
Yang Zhao nodded: "Yes."
“Nonsense!”
Madam Shen slammed her hand on the table and said angrily, "Don't you know that your father-in-law and the others just returned? They're all still injured and need to be properly recuperated. Not only did you not increase their allowance, but you actually cut back on their food, clothing, and other expenses. Who allowed you to do this?"
"As the headmistress of the Shen family, in charge of the household finances, instead of thinking about how to take care of the inner household affairs, you are now withholding the expenses of the clan members and doing such a shallow thing. Is this the good daughter raised by your Yang family?"
"That's right, even the elders' share is deducted. How unfilial!"
"You're not afraid of being stabbed in the back!"
"If this gets out, it will be hard for any of you Yang family girls to marry into a good family in the future..."
The female relatives of the clan all agreed with anger.
Yang Zhao was almost amused.
Of course, she didn't show it on the surface, and still looked submissive and respectful. She waited until they finished speaking before she bowed slightly and spoke in a gentle voice:
"So the old lady and the uncles and aunts are discussing the division of the household's allowance! It's my fault for forgetting to tell you about this."
"What else do you have to say?" This was asked by my third uncle's grandmother.
Yang Zhao ignored her and turned his head to instruct Dong Shuang, who was standing beside him: "Dong Shuang, go back to Qin Garden and have someone bring all the account books over. Oh, and if Xia Ying comes back, ask her to come along as well."
"yes."
The winter frost leaves.
Yang Zhao then looked at Madam Shen and said softly, "Madam, my grandson's health is really not good. She has been ill for so many days that I forgot to tell you about this matter first."
Old Madam Shen frowned, but thinking about how Yang Zhao usually did things cautiously, it was impossible for him to make such a big mistake for no reason. She couldn't help but slow down her tone: "A Zhao, tell me, why did you withhold the allowances of each courtyard? There must be a reason."
"What other reason could there be? My man is back, so why would he want to favor his own courtyard?"
Third Uncle's grandmother had a cold face, filled with resentment. "We agreed to have the Yang family's army escort us back, but they left halfway. If they hadn't left, how could the men of our Shen family have suffered such a disaster? My master still can't get out of bed, and now he's withholding our share. He's doing such a cruel thing, isn't he afraid of retribution..."
"Third brother's wife!" Old Madam Shen shouted angrily.
Isn't it stupid to resent the Yang family in front of Yang Zhao?
Old Madam Shen subconsciously glanced at Yang Zhao, but saw that she had her eyes lowered and her emotion could not be seen.
"Sister-in-law, don't be so loud. We all know this clearly. You can talk about it nicely, saying we're of the same blood and share weal and woe. But over the years, how has your main courtyard's food and drink been better than ours in the East and West Courtyards?"
"Now that the men of the clan have returned, you haven't even put in the effort to appear polite and are openly cutting our expenses. Sister-in-law, don't you think your greed is too ugly..."
As soon as Third Uncle's grandmother said this, the rest of the clan members nodded in agreement.
"you……"
Old Madam Shen was almost angry to death.
Saying she eats in an ugly way? Which of them hasn't been living in her main courtyard all these years?
"Sister-in-law, although eldest brother is gone, our master and second master are still alive. You are openly bullying our east and west compounds. Have you ever thought that if eldest brother were still alive, he would be so angry that he would divorce you if he knew that you treated his closest brothers so harshly..." The voice of the third uncle's grandmother was as loud as a bell.
"You, you are so outrageous!"
Old Madam Shen was so angry that she covered her chest and gasped for breath with her face as pale as pig liver. Seeing this, Madam Liu hurriedly helped her to smooth her back.
"Old Madam, please don't be angry. You must not get angry. You must take care of your body!"
Uncle San’s grandmother snorted coldly, but didn’t dare to say anything else, for fear of angering people to death!
But when she looked at the annoyingly 'docile' Yang Zhao, she raised her voice again and started to attack: "Yang Zhao, today's incident is all because of you. You are just a junior, and you dare to deduct the share of your elders. It's really despicable."
"I'm telling you, if you can't give us a satisfactory explanation today, I'll definitely ask the head of the Shen family to come and divorce you, this vicious woman, on behalf of Li'er!"
The status of women in the Mo Dynasty was weak. Even if a woman was divorced, she would have to suffer a lot, not to mention a woman who was divorced.
Being divorced means having no way out.
Especially for the prominent and well-known families, they would never allow a girl in the family to be divorced by her husband's family. That would not only bring shame to the entire family, but would also affect the marriage of the children in the family. Therefore, girls who were divorced by their husband's family would usually be hanged with a white silk cloth.
This is also the reason why Mrs. Shen was so angry that she almost died after hearing what her third uncle’s grandmother said.
Yang Zhao didn't react at all, not even his expression changed.
She raised her eyes to look at her Third Uncle's grandmother and said calmly, "Third Uncle's grandmother, there's no need to go to such great lengths to invite the clan leader. My father and brothers have already worked very hard for an unfilial daughter like me over the years. If the Shen family really can't tolerate me, I will ask to leave."
Ask to leave the hall?
Everyone was shocked.
Including Old Madam Shen, she didn't even breathe, and looked at Yang Zhao, who was standing in the middle of the hall with a gentle and humble look, with a look of surprise: "A Zhao, you..."
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