Chapter 325 Vomiting Blood

Zeng Wu ran back with a gloomy face: "My Lord, Yi Zhitang is really arguing with the accounts. He has been arguing with the accounts all along. It is said that all of it is Madam's makeup."

Song Yichun's head buzzed and it took him a while to come back to his senses.

"How is that possible?!" He jumped three feet high, and was stunned before he could finish his sentence, "How much makeup would that take..."

"Duke," Tao Qizhong walked in hurriedly. He was worried and didn't notice the unusual situation in the room. Instead, he frowned and said, "I heard that the Dou family added some dowry for the lady. Logically, the list of dowry should be given to you. Why did the Dou family give all the dowry to the prince? And they even sent the third master of the Dou family to hand it over to the prince... This, this is too unreasonable!"

Song Yichun's eyes lit up when he heard this.

Why didn’t I think of this just now?

He is Song Mo's father and Dou's father-in-law. Since the Dou family gave Dou dowry, how can they bypass him? Otherwise, it would be unfair. If the two families don't make it clear, even if the Song family forcibly seizes Dou's dowry, Dou can only swallow it. Who said that your dowry is not allowed?

"Hurry up and invite the prince!" Song Mo has managed Yizhitang like an iron barrel in the past two years. Whether it is openly or secretly, it is difficult for him to find out the news of Yizhitang, and sometimes he is even misled by Yizhitang. He wants to spend time on this, but he has no one who can take charge of the overall situation, and it is too expensive. He is afraid that he will have to pay half of the income every year, which makes him feel distressed and he has been unable to make up his mind. "I want to ask the prince in person, can he dare to hide it? Isn't he afraid that I will not admit these additions when the time comes?"

Tao Qizhong nodded secretly.

This matter is so important!

Even if the Dou family didn't know about the conflict between the Duke and the Crown Prince before the lady got married, they probably know it now. But they still took out a large sum of money to buy makeup for the lady. What does that mean?

Is he helping the Crown Prince to suppress the Duke? Or is he hinting that the Dou family of Beilou is behind the Duke's wife?

The Crown Prince has now gained the support of the Emperor. If he gets the support of those ministers through Dou Ge Lao, the future of the Duke will be worrying.

But if you think about it carefully, this doesn't make sense.

If the Dou family wanted to, they could have asked Elder Dou to come forward and talk to the Duke. Why would they have to spend so much money to build up momentum for the lady?

This is really something that makes people think about it over and over again and still can't figure it out.

It would be better to ask the prince in person, maybe we will find out something - the Dou family is not stupid, it is impossible for them to give money to the prince for no reason and without seeking fame or profit.

Zeng Wudi sat there in a daze, wondering: How much money does the lady have?

Why did the prince marry such a person with so much money?

No wonder the madam is so generous when it comes to rewarding people!

How much advantage do those who serve the lady get?

The three people have their own thoughts.

For a moment, the main hall of Xixiangyuan was silent except for the whistling sound of the north wind.

After a while, Song Mo came.

But Song Mo didn't come alone.

Also coming with him was Princess Ningde's son, the second elder of the Lu family, Lu Shi.

Song Yichun was shocked.

Lu Shi smiled and said, "The wedding of my eldest nephew and his niece's wife was hastily prepared. Some of the properties that the Dou family had prepared for my nephew's wife early on were not written on the dowry list in time. This time, the third master of the Dou family was specially sent to deliver the properties under the name of my nephew's wife. My eldest nephew specially went to the mansion to ask me to come over as a witness."

Song Yichun felt a breath stuck in his chest.

When did Lu Shi come?

How come I don’t know?

It turns out that this little bastard has thought of everything and set a trap for me to fall into!

No wonder the Dou family dared to move money to Yizhitang!

He couldn't help but glance at Tao Qizhong grimly.

Tao Qizhong was very confused.

How did Lu Shi emerge?

How come there is no news at all?

Since when did the prince become so powerful? He invited Princess Ningde's son to his house without making any noise. It seems that he just came up with this idea a few days ago...

Tao Qizhong suddenly felt a sense of sadness, like a hero in his twilight years.

Zeng Wu couldn't help but shrink his shoulders and step back cautiously, hoping that when the Duke got angry, he wouldn't be the first one to be vented on.

Song Yichun turned to look at his son who was standing beside him with a smile on his face, his eyes twitching. After a while, he gritted his teeth and said, "What did the Dou family add to the Dou family? Yantang even specially invited you to come here as a witness. Are they afraid that I will covet my daughter-in-law's dowry?" As he spoke, he glanced at Song Mo coldly, revealing his dissatisfaction with this matter.

Lu Shi laughed: "My cousin, even I was moved by the dowry that the Dou family gave to their nephew's wife. No wonder the Dou family asked us elders to come forward to testify."

Song Yichun was stunned and looked at Song Mo.

Song Mo stood aside with a smile, his demeanor was reserved and elegant like the moon.

Song Yichun's heart trembled again.

But Lu Shi's smiling voice came to my ears: "My eldest nephew asked his big shopkeeper in the Thirteen Hongs in Guangdong to lead six or seven experienced people in the accounting office of Yizhitang. After four or five days of checking the accounts, they only checked half of them. You can imagine how much property my nephew's wife has. If this is written on the dowry list, there will probably be several dowry lists. I think my nephew's wife's dowry is the first one I will get." Then he sighed, "That pile of banknotes attracted those desperate criminals to break into the Duke of Ying's mansion at night. If it were me, I would also do like the Dou family and secretly send someone to add dowry to my nephew's wife..."

"What did you say?" Song Yichun only felt his temples throbbing, and the sounds around him didn't seem real. "Six or seven people have been doing the accounting for four or five days, but they only got half of it..."

"Yes!" Lu Shi's voice echoed in his ears from time to time, "These industries were registered in the name of my nephew's wife more than ten years ago, and all the profits in these years belong to my nephew's wife. All these profits need to be reconciled, which is why we have been delayed..."

How much silver is that?

Song Mo, that rebellious son, is a man who can make two more cents out of one cent of silver. How could he not know how many properties Dou had under her name?

No wonder he said nothing when I mentioned this marriage.

He must have known Dou for a long time and planned to marry her!

Song Yichun only felt golden stars in front of his eyes.

Got fooled!

He was fooled!

He could have easily arranged Song Mo's marriage, but he was fooled.

He also personally delivered a mountain of gold to Song Mo!

I personally gave money to Song Mo, allowing him to raise assassins and win people's hearts, so that he could have money to raise spies when I didn't have money to raise spies, and then use it to deal with me... I am washing my neck clean for that rebellious son to chop off!

Is there anyone in the world who is more stupid than me?

Song Yichun felt a sweetness in his throat, his eyes went dark, and he fell down powerlessly.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty..." Tao Qizhong and Zeng Wu surrounded him in fear.

The guard at the door rushed in upon hearing the noise.

Song Mo stood there without moving.

Lu Shi frowned.

Later, he returned to the Princess's Mansion and whispered to Princess Ningde who was waiting for him: "I think the rumors are not groundless! How can a father secretly arrange guards at the door before meeting his son? Tianci's child is in a worrying situation!"

Princess Ningde sighed and said, "This is their family affair, we can't interfere. Tianci is a smart child. Looking at what he has done these days, we know that he knows what's going on." At this point, she paused slightly and asked her son, "What have daughters-in-law Han'er and Qin'er been doing these days? Tell them to go to Yizhi Hall often if they have nothing to do. There is only one female member in the Duke of Ying's Mansion, daughter-in-law Tianci, and she is a new daughter-in-law who has just married into the family. It is inevitable that she will be at a loss sometimes. As sisters-in-law, they should take better care of daughter-in-law Tianci."

Lu Han and Lu Qin are Lu Shi's two sons.

The emperor has always been wary of forming cliques. In order to avoid suspicion, Princess Ningde has always restricted the people in her family, and people from the Lu family rarely visit other families.

Lu Shi looked at his mother in astonishment.

Princess Ningde couldn't help but sigh.

My son has been too obedient under my supervision. If he passes away, what will happen to this family?

She leaned on the big pillow with some fatigue and said, "Just follow my arrangements. Since Tianci has invited you this time, you should help Tianci well." Then she asked about the Duke of England, "...How is he now?"

Lu Shi really stopped asking questions and said respectfully, "Doctor Yu has checked my pulse and said it's caused by depression in my heart. I'll need to take some medicine and rest for a few days and it will be fine."

"I'm afraid this mental illness needs to be treated with mental medicine." Princess Ningde did not agree with Doctor Yu's words, "He has always been narrow-minded, and he is so old, it would be better if he doesn't develop a chronic illness."

Lu Shi thought of how Song Yichun was so angry that she vomited blood when she heard that her daughter-in-law's dowry was generous. He really didn't know how to comment, so he could only respond with a low "yes".

Princess Ningde asked Dou Zhao again: "How much dowry did the Dou family give her? Have you seen it clearly? Are the accounting staff too slow? Or are there really so many accounts to be counted?"

Lu Shi smiled bitterly: "Those accountants have been doing inventory overnight for several days. I took a look and found that the industries they counted alone are more than our family's industries..."

"Oh!" Princess Ningde sat up straight immediately, her expression becoming serious. "How could this happen?"

I don't know when Lu Shi came.

Lord Ningde fell into deep thought.

Lu Shi held his breath and concentrated for fear of disturbing his mother's thoughts.

After a long while, Princess Ningde turned around and said to Lu Shi, "It's getting late. You still have to go to Yizhi Hall tomorrow. Go to bed early!"

Lu Shi retreated quietly.

The big red lanterns under the porch were swaying in the wind, and the shadows of the trees were dancing in the howling north wind, as if they were trying to bite people.

He was dazed as he stared at the bright North Star in the dark blue sky.

No one knows when Song Yichun will recover from this illness.

I'm afraid Tianci and Tianci's wife will have to take care of the patient.

I don’t know if he will make things difficult for these two children?

It's not so bad for a daughter-in-law who is gifted by heaven, after all, she doesn't have a mother-in-law, and at most she just has to cook a few more bowls of medicine. But for a gifted daughter-in-law, I'm afraid she will have to suffer.