The next day, Chunzhi and Chuntao came over with a stack of account books.
Looking at the calculated numbers, even though Chen was mentally prepared, she was still shocked.
Jiang Yuanxi, who was sitting in Chen's arms, was even more surprised.
[My mother actually added so much money to the Duke's Mansion. ]
A full twenty thousand taels!
When Chen married into the family, her dowry and the shop she brought as a gift were worth at least 100,000 taels.
In addition to filling the deficit for the Duke's Mansion, some money was also given out during festivals.
All in all, it’s at least thirty thousand taels.
As a result, the money fed tigers and wolves.
Everyone in the Jiang family was extremely wealthy, except Chen's dowry, which was getting smaller and smaller day by day.
"Chunzhi, how much money is left in the account?"
"Madam, there are still five thousand taels of silver."
Chen frowned, "Jiang's cloth shop has a monthly revenue of 2,000 taels. Together with other shops, there should be at least 30,000 taels of silver in the account. How can it be so little?"
Chun Tao: "During the time when Madam was giving birth, the Second House took away a lot of money."
The second house spends money like water. Now that the second housekeeper is in charge, I’m afraid it won’t be long before the Duke’s Mansion will return to its old ways.
The Duke's Mansion is so big, but it only has 5,000 taels of silver. If this gets out, people will laugh at it.
"Take back the five thousand taels, and then take all these account books to the second room."
Chen didn't intend to leave them a single cent.
Wu Cuirou was so happy since she got the power of housekeeper that she couldn't sleep.
She didn't even care when Jiang Qisheng went to other concubines' rooms.
But when she opened the account book, she was stunned.
So she took the account book to the old lady and cried. Not long after, the old lady sent someone to summon Chen.
"Madam, the old lady and the Duke want to see you."
The person who came was the old lady's confidant, Nanny Wang.
The tone was very bad and Chunzhi was a little worried.
Madam took away all the money from the Duke's Mansion at once, and the Duke would probably punish her.
Chen changed her clothes and did not bring her daughter with her this time.
One was that he was afraid of hurting his daughter, and the other was that he was afraid that his daughter would say something shocking.
When she arrived at Cangwu Courtyard, Duke Anguo and the old lady were already waiting for her, and Wu Cuirou looked like she was looking forward to a good show.
"Hello, Father and Mother." Chen bowed.
Duke Anguo frowned. After all, it was a matter of the backyard, so the old lady had to speak.
"Ms. Chen, you handed over the management to the second wife, but you took away all the money in the account. Is that true?"
Chen said frankly: "That's what happened."
The old lady was angry: "Now the second housekeeper, you took the money away, what do you mean?"
Wu Cuirou wiped her tears and said, "Sister-in-law, have you ever thought about the second house? It's almost time to pay the monthly salary. Are you deliberately embarrassing the second house?"
Chen pretended to be innocent and said, "Dad, Mom, sister-in-law, I thought you knew."
The three of them looked at each other, knowing?
Know what.
Chen stood very straight. Chunzhi took out an account book and handed it to Duke Anguo.
Duke Anguo just flipped through a few pages and his face turned as dark as the bottom of a pot.
Chen said aggrievedly, "In the past few years, the Duke's Mansion was short of money, and my daughter-in-law added a lot of dowry, which was about 30,000 taels in total."
"Now that the Duke's Mansion has some income, my daughter-in-law is thinking about completing the dowry."
The old lady was about to say that if someone married into their family, all the things would naturally belong to them, but was stopped by Chen.
"My daughter-in-law thinks that the Duke's Mansion, which is so big, will definitely not covet the dowry of the daughter-in-law who marries into the family."
Duke Anguo snorted coldly.
If the news that the Duke's Mansion coveted his daughter-in-law's dowry were to get out, how would he, the Duke of An, live his life?
The entire Anguo Mansion might become a laughing stock in Shengjing.
The old lady didn't think so.
When Chen married into the Duke's Mansion, it was a grand affair that stretched ten miles in length, and everyone who saw her was jealous.
Wouldn't it be better if these silver shops fell into her hands?
The old lady walked up to Chen with a smile and took her hand.
"Ms. Chen, you are also a member of the Duke's Mansion. We are a family, and there is no distinction between you and me."
【Ouch, you are so shameless. 】
Chen's heart skipped a beat.
Why is this little ancestor here?
Jiang Yuancheng held Jiang Yuanxi and hid outside the door.
Jiang Yuancheng originally planned to come and see his sister, but who would have thought that his sister actually begged him to bring her here.
As a qualified brother, Jiang Yuancheng naturally has to help his sister.
But I didn't expect to hear this.
Jiang Yuanxi continued to complain.
[You don't even distinguish between you and me. It's obvious that you want to take my mother's dowry. Is your face made of titanium alloy? 】
【Shame on you! 】
Jiang Yuancheng agreed in his heart, what a shameless guy.
But what is titanium alloy?
Wu Cuirou felt even happier when she heard the old lady say this.
"Sister-in-law, we are one family, so why are we talking about two different things? Anyway, we will all belong to the Duke's Mansion by then."
The old lady glared at Wu Cuirou fiercely.
If you can’t speak, don’t speak!
"Xinwan, you have been in the Duke's Mansion for many years and have made a lot of efforts. We all know that you have worked hard over the years."
In the past, Chen would have been so moved that she would cry bitterly after hearing the old lady's words.
But now, seeing how hypocritical they are, I just feel sick.
She pulled her hand out calmly.
"What are you talking about, mother? We are of course a family. That's why I believe that you won't be like other vicious mothers-in-law in the city who plot against their daughters-in-law's dowry."
"I know that my mother has always loved Ai Wan." Chen was so moved that she even squeezed out two tears.
[My mother is the Oscar of the film industry.]
Jiang Yuancheng: What kind of card is Oscar?
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