Chapter 421 Needlework

Song Mo sneered, asked Wuyi to invite Liao Bifeng over, and went to the study to get a booklet.

"Take a few people with you to the Upper House," he handed the list to Liao Bifeng, "and check all the things in the Upper House according to this booklet. Even if there is a single needle or thread missing, have Song Han hand it over to me."

Liao Bifeng had already heard about what happened in the Upper House. Although he didn't know why Song Mo and Song Han had made such a fuss, he was Song Mo's aide and of course had to make plans for Song Mo. After listening to Song Mo's instructions, he said nothing, bowed his head respectfully, and went to the Upper House with a few guards and more than twenty maids and servants.

This night is destined to be a sleepless night.

Liao Bifeng and others were counting things until midnight, and Xiangxiangyuan received a message temporarily, asking them to clean up the house for the Second Master, make soup and pour tea, and they were busy until midnight.

Jiang had no sisters-in-law, and Song Yichun's cousins ​​from the side branches had long since separated and lived separately. Everything in the Duke of England's mansion was hers, and her dowry and the Duke of England's mansion's things had long been indistinguishable, and she could use whatever she wanted. After Jiang's death, Song Han had been living in the upper house. Song Mo had proposed to divide Jiang's dowry with Song Han, not to argue with Song Han, but because he didn't want to leave his mother's relics in the Duke of England's mansion to be ruined by Song Yichun. He also thought that if Song Yichun remarried and gave birth to another legitimate son in the future, Song Han's position in the family would be awkward, so it would be better to let him live separately after getting married. Therefore, Song Han was divided into Jiang's fields, shops, furniture and antiques, and Song Mo only took Jiang's jewelry and some small things she used to use, as well as manuscripts, calligraphy and paintings.

Because Song Han got the lion's share, Lu Fuli praised Song Mo for his kindness and brotherly love.

So the Upper House remains the same as it was during Chiang's lifetime. In spring, Huang Quan's Peony Painting would be hung in the central hall. In summer, large blue and white porcelain jars would be used to grow lotus flowers and placed in the house. In autumn, the chicken-wing wood screen inlaid with mother-of-pearl would be taken out and used. In winter, the Jun porcelain vase would be used to display plum blossoms, which was the most elegant thing.

The booklet that Song Mo gave to Liao Bifeng was exactly the list of Chiang Kai-shek's belongings when he was in the Senate during his lifetime.

This also includes a pair of jade peace lockets that the Empress awarded to Jiang in the spring of the fourth year of Chengping.

Since Song Han was moving to Osmanthus Courtyard, his usual belongings had to be moved there as well - we couldn't let him be without even a teacup to drink water from. In the middle of the night, we had to ask Zeng Wu to open Song Yichun's warehouse!

When Liao Bifeng was counting things, what was lost was not just needles and threads.

A set of pastel-colored flower-embroidered teacups, a purple clay bamboo-knot teacup, a glazed lotus teacup, a pair of chrysanthemum and peach crystal plates... ten pairs of nanmu chopsticks, ten pairs of ebony chopsticks inlaid with ivory, ten fruit plates with red lacquer carvings of flowers and birds... six mutton-fat jade lion-embroidered ball-pressed curtain feet, a light green jade tree-root brush washer, a Hetian jade dragonfly-patterned water pot... there are so many things, no less than two or three hundred items.

Song Luo, who came over with him, had sweat on his nose and asked Liao Bifeng, "What should we do?"

"What should I do?" Liao Bifeng smiled bitterly, "Of course I should ask the Second Master for it!"

"But the Second Master is in Xixiang Courtyard..." Songluo murmured.

"Otherwise, why would the prince specifically instruct the second master to hand over even a needle or a thread." Liao Bifeng glanced at Song Luo with hatred, pointed a few guards, and went to Xiangxiangyuan with the list.

Song Han was lying on the bed, holding his neck and groaning. The doctor who was called in in the middle of the night was wiping his cold sweat and said to Song Yichun who was standing at the head of the bed, "Second Master, there's nothing serious. Two doses of medicine will do." After hearing the purpose of Liao Bifeng's visit, Song Yichun and Song Han were dumbfounded.

Song Mo, we are going to kill each other immediately after we've fallen out!

The doctor complained bitterly, hunched his shoulders and bent his waist, wishing he could turn into dust in the corner so that no one would notice him.

Song Yichun's face flushed red, and she shouted at Song Han, "You little bastard, how can you be so careless? They are just some cups, chopsticks, bowls and plates, they are used once and that's it, but you want to move them to the Xiangxiang Courtyard? Do you think there are no numbers of things in the mansion? You are not ashamed, but I am! Why don't you return all these things to me!"

Qixia seemed to want to say something but stopped herself.

Song Han couldn't help but said aggrievedly: "These are what I usually use. Brother actually wants to argue with me about this. Do you want me to use my father's things?"

Song Yichun choked.

Song Han lowered his eyelids and began to cry.

Song Yichun had no choice but to say to Song Luo who brought in the list, "Go and tell the prince that these things belong to the mansion. Ask Huang to record them in the Osmanthus Courtyard."

If Songluo was not smart, she would not be serving in Yizhitang.

He smiled and bowed to Song Yichun, saying, "Then I will send the list to Manager Huang. However, some of the things here are Mrs. Jiang's dowry. Do you want us to write another list and have the Second Master give the Crown Prince a receipt so that we can settle the account?"

Song Yichun was very surprised and couldn't help but glare at Song Han who was causing trouble for him.

Song Han was very clear about Jiang's dowry. He might have brought one or two items of Jiang's dowry accidentally, but it was impossible that there were so many.

Thinking that Song Mo now regarded him as an enemy, he couldn't help but say, "Show me the list!"

Songluo hurriedly handed the list over.

Song Han pointed to the "six mutton-fat jade lion scrolls and embroidered balls pressing the foot of the curtain" and said, "I also have a copy of the list of my mother's dowry. How come I don't see it?"

Songluo smiled and said, "Second Master, you don't know that this mutton-fat jade curtain foot was originally a decoration. It was placed on a sandalwood plate on the kang table for people to play with. There were a total of twelve. I don't know if you still remember that day when you went to pay your respects to the Duke's wife, the wind was strong and the curtain swayed all over the place, almost hitting your instep. The Duke's wife asked Zhujun to use this mutton-fat jade lion embroidery ball to tie the curtain corner. Later, the Upper House has been using this lion embroidery ball as the curtain foot. The people in the warehouse changed it to a foot on the account. If you don't believe it, I'll go get the account book and we'll also It took me a long time to find the origin of this thing. There is also this glazed lotus teacup, which was originally a pair. That year, the eldest uncle of the Jiang family sent someone to give it to you. One was given to the prince and the other was given to you. Yours was broken, so the prince gave his own to you. The Jiang family later added a dowry list, and this glazed lotus teacup was on it... However, it is not unclear that it is recorded in the account. If you really want the glazed lotus teacup, you can keep it, but I would like to trouble you to record it in the account book, so that when the prince asks about it, we know how to report it!"

Song Han laughed angrily and said, "What account book? Find it for me. I want to take a closer look!"

What curtain almost hit his instep? The tassels with the twelve lions rolling the embroidered ball were clearly the birthday gift that the commander of Miyun Guard gave him on his eighth birthday that year, okay?

There was also the glass teacup, which was bought from Guangdong by my mother for Mrs. Lu's birthday that year. There were ten in total, and he thought it was beautiful, so he kept one after making a fuss. The money used to buy the glass teacup was from the family, so how did it become my mother's dowry?

Could it be that he has become a tiger that has fallen into the trap? Even Songluo, a servant with mud on the soles of his shoes, dares to speak nonsense in front of him in a serious manner!

Songluo smiled and said "yes", then turned around and walked out.

That figure was not ambiguous at all.

Song Han gnashed his teeth in anger.

Song Yichun became suspicious.

Regardless of whether what the boy said was true or false, how could he dare to answer so readily if he was not absolutely sure?

He thought of Song Mo's angry eyes when he pinched Song Han's neck.

Song Mo is very angry now, and he is always looking for something to do. Since he dares to come to Song Han, he might have dug a trap for Song Han to fall into!

It's not like he hasn't done this before.

Then he suddenly realized that letting Song Han live in Xiangxiangyuan was definitely a wrong decision.

Since Song Mo wanted to take back even these little things from the Jiang family, how could he give away those land and shops that he had previously given to Song Han for free?

Without Jiang's dowry, Song Han would be left with nothing and would have to rely on him for support in the future... He was already short of money, and here came a freeloader...

Song Yichun started to have a headache.

Song Han also thought of the same question.

He had already tactfully told his father that he had no money, but his father seemed not to have heard him and did nothing, letting him argue with Song Mo's servant... This was too stingy!

What if Song Mo takes back Jiang's dowry under his name? What will he eat and drink?

No! The industry that Jiang left to him must not be handed over!

Just as he was panicking, Songluo walked in.

"My Lord, Second Lord, please have a look!" He placed a thick account book in front of Song Yichun. "Look, is this the ornament of the mutton-fat jade lion embroidered ball? Look again, in the ninth month of the Dingsi year, it became tied with feet... That was the time when summer things were put into storage. Look at this, in the fifth month of the Wuwu year, twelve mutton-fat jade lion embroidered balls, tied with feet, were used in the upper room, and the person who handled it was Zhujun. This is Gai's handprint..."

Song Luo was flipping through the account book, and Song Yichun could only see lines of black words. How could he tell the real from the fake?

The light in the house gradually brightened. It was already dawn. From knowing that Song Han was reprimanded by Song Mo to now that Song Han was asked for something by Song Mo, he was panicked, uneasy, angry, annoyed, and irritable. This night, he felt as if he had climbed from the foot of a mountain to the top of a mountain, and then rolled down from the top of the mountain to the foot of the mountain. His whole body was aching. He yelled at Song Han: "Move the things back to me the same way you moved them out of the Upper House! You are the second master of the Duke of Yingguo's Mansion, not a beggar on the street. You drag everything you see into your house. Can you save your dignity? Don't always act like dog meat and can't show your face!"

He walked away in anger.

Song Luo looked at Song Han with sparkling eyes, but was thinking in his heart, Mr. Liao was really amazing. When he found that something was missing, he called the accounting staff in to copy an account book overnight. He didn't expect that it would really come in handy.

Should I urge the Second Master?

The prince is waiting for their reply!

He was secretly happy, but Song Han had already grabbed the medicine bowl beside the bed and threw it towards Song Luo.

Song Luo covered his forehead with his hands and cried "ouch".

Qixia was so frightened that her face turned pale.

Songluo thought, if it bleeds, it will be fine. When the prince sees it when he returns, he will definitely praise him for his hard work...