Just then, Madam Song came out with her dowry. Her servant, Liu Zhuang, had seen her fill the boxes with treasures, so he went up to report it.
“Young master, I have lived up to your expectations. Madam Song has returned all the dowry. There were a few items that were really hard to find, so Madam Song replaced them with others. I have recorded them in the book.”
"By the way, young master, these are the indentures of those maids and servants. Madam Song has also given them to me."
Xie Changling glanced at it, found nothing amiss, and instructed the servants to load the box onto the carriage.
One box after another of jewelry arrived, far exceeding the dowry received that day. This truly opened everyone's eyes; the Song Imperial Censor's family had actually embezzled the original wife's dowry.
Xie Changling was also taken aback.
Xie Changling originally thought that since they had already made a profit by taking the Prime Minister's betrothal gifts and not letting Xi'er bring them to the Prime Minister's residence, they would not embezzle Song Lingxi's dowry.
As it turned out, to be quite unexpected, this good father-in-law was really short-sighted, not even letting go of his daughter's dowry!
After receiving the dowry, Xie Changling did not wish to linger any longer, so he bowed and led Song Lingxi and her aunt back home.
The three members of the Imperial Censor Song family were left looking at each other in dismay, surrounded by a mess, and they became a laughing stock in front of everyone.
The three-day return visit caused chaos in the Song household, resulting in them losing face. However, since they were in the wrong, they could only swallow their anger.
But the Song family's reputation is completely ruined!
The next day, rumors about the Song family were everywhere. Even storytellers were excitedly recounting their shameful deeds, and Song Lingyu and the others were too ashamed to go out.
But that's a story for another time.
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