Liu was dizzy from being shaken by her and forced a smile: "Good boy, get up quickly, the floor is dirty." She looked down and saw the tear marks and snot stains on her skirt. She gasped with heartache, but could only bear it.
Shen Weiwan then let go of her hand, wiped her tears, and picked up the lotus seed soup on the table: "Aunt, is this made for me? It's so delicious!" As she said that, she scooped a large spoonful and stuffed it into her mouth, eating it all over her face.
As Liu watched her wolf down her food, she became even more convinced that this girl was a brainless idiot. She must have heard some old woman's nonsense about what she had just said. She snorted and turned away, "Take your time eating. Auntie has things to do."
"Aunt, take care!" Shen Weiwan called vaguely with lotus seeds in her mouth. As soon as Liu left, she immediately put the lotus seed soup on the table, took out a handkerchief to wipe her mouth, and winked at Chuntao: "How is it? Is my crying skill okay?"
Chun Tao covered her mouth and laughed: "Miss, your tears just now fell faster than pearls. The Second Madam must have believed it!"
"Believe it?" Shen Weiwan sneered. "Whether she believes it or not is not important. What's important is that everyone in the mansion heard it." She walked to the window and watched Liu's hurried departure. "I just don't believe that Liu dares to bear the reputation of 'being punished for touching the late lady's belongings.'"
Chun Tao asked curiously, "Miss, are you really going to let the Second Madam go to Hanshan Temple?"
"It would be strange if she went." Shen Weiwan picked up the comb and combed her hair. "If she doesn't go, it proves that she is guilty and afraid of retribution. If she goes..." A cunning flashed in her eyes, "The road to Hanshan Temple is so difficult to walk, it's just right for her to suffer a little."
As he was speaking, the old housekeeper coughed outside the door and said, "Miss, the accountant has delivered this month's allowance."
Shen Weiwan’s eyes lit up: “Let him in!”
The old housekeeper came in holding a wooden box, which contained a few taels of silver and a stack of banknotes. Shen Weiwan counted them and frowned: "Why is it half less than last month?"
The old housekeeper sighed, "My dear Miss, the Second Madam said... the expenses in the mansion are high, and the monthly allowances of all the courtyards have been reduced."
Shen Weiwan slammed the banknotes on the table and said, "High expenses? I think she embezzled some of the money herself!" She remembered that Liu was like this in her previous life, eating away at the general's property bit by bit, and she was so angry that her teeth itched.
"Miss, calm down," the old housekeeper whispered. "Now that the Second Madam is in charge of the household, I can't say much. But..." He pulled a slip of paper from his sleeve. "Here are some accounts I secretly wrote down. Please take a look."
Chen Weiwan took the slip of paper, which had several strange expenditures written on it: "Twenty pieces of brocade from the silk shop, recorded under the kitchen purchase account?" "A jade hairpin from the jewelry store, recorded under sacrificial supplies?"
"Okay, Liu!" Shen Weiwan was so angry that she crumpled the note into a ball, "You used the General's Mansion's money to buy jewelry and silk for yourself, and put it on the public account!"
The old housekeeper was worried: "Miss, if this continues, I'm afraid she will drain the general's family fortune."
Shen Weiwan took a deep breath and forced herself to calm down. Now was not the time to confront Liu head-on. She had to stabilize her position first.
"Old housekeeper," Shen Weiwan stuffed the money back into the wooden box, "from today on, I will go to the accounting office to collect my monthly allowance myself, and she doesn't need to send anyone to deliver it. Also, you keep the key to the warehouse. No one is allowed to open it without my warrant."
"Yes, Miss." The old housekeeper bowed and responded, looking at Shen Weiwan's determined eyes, he nodded secretly in his heart. This young lady is indeed different from before.
After everyone left, Chun Tao asked cautiously, "Miss, what if the Second Madam asks you for her hairpin again?"
Shen Weiwan walked to the memorial tablet and looked at her mother's portrait with gentle yet firm eyes: "If she knows what's good for her, she should know when to stop. If she doesn't know what's good for her..." She sneered, "I don't mind giving her a few more bowls of confusing soup, making her dizzy and getting herself into trouble!"
Chuntao looked at the gleam in her young lady's eyes and suddenly felt that following a young lady like this, her future days would definitely not be boring.
Meanwhile, Liu had returned to her own courtyard and was having her maid rub her wrists. The more she thought about it, the more she felt something was amiss. Shen Weiwan, that girl, had been crying so much today, it looked like she was acting. And that "retribution" thing, it must have been said deliberately for her!
"Madam," Liu sat up suddenly, "Tell me, did that little bitch deliberately not want to give her the hairpin and make up those lies?"
The nanny thought for a moment and nodded, "Madam, I find this strange too. Madam loved the eldest daughter the most before she passed away, so how could she say something like that? I'm afraid the eldest daughter made it up to appease you."
Liu slammed the table and said, "I knew it! What a little bitch! You've learned to play tricks on me!" She rubbed her aching temples and said, "No, I must get the hairpin! Ruorou's marriage can't be ruined!"
"Then Madam, are you still going to Hanshan Temple to ask?" the nanny asked cautiously.
"Go?" Liu sneered, "I won't go to that remote mountain area!" Her eyes rolled as a plan came to mind, "But... I can let someone else go."
"other people?"
"Well," Liu said, a hint of viciousness flashing across her lips. "Send the new maid from the kitchen. Tell her that the young lady is very filial and send her to Hanshan Temple to pray for her. And ask her about the hairpin."
The nanny suddenly realized, "Madam, this is a brilliant idea! This way, the eldest daughter's filial piety is fulfilled, and Madam doesn't have to go in person. It's brilliant!"
Liu smiled triumphantly: "Huh, Chen Weiwan, you want to fight with me? You are still a little naive! Wait until that woman comes back from Hanshan Temple, no matter what she says, I will say that the Buddha agreed, and see how you can shirk it!"
Little did she know that Shen Weiwan had anticipated her move. At this moment, Shen Weiwan had Chuntao go to the kitchen to pass on a message, saying that the Second Madam was compassionate and had specially sent a maid to Hanshan Temple to pray for the eldest daughter, and the cost would be deducted from the Second Madam's monthly allowance.
Chun Tao took the order and left, while Shen Weiwan picked up the account book on the table and began to study it carefully. She would write down every account that Liu had deducted, and in the future, she would get it back one by one, with interest!
The sunlight outside the window was just right, shining through the window lattice onto Shen Weiwan's face, making her eyes look particularly bright. Playing dumb was just the first step. Next, she had more "surprises" waiting for Liu and Shen Ruoruo.
Liu, just wait. I'll make you drink this bowl of confusing soup willingly, and then I'll jump into the pit myself, unable to climb out!
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