Why are so many missing?
These words made Zhou Shiyuan feel as if his face was burning with embarrassment.
Just moments before, he was in the courtyard, vowing that they would not take Yuan Zhao's dowry and that they would even sue Yuan Zhao.
At this moment, he realized that Yuan Zhao was missing so much of her dowry.
Zhou Shiyuan wasn't stupid. Yuan Zhao couldn't possibly have lost so much of her dowry for no reason. Moreover, Wen Feng's list clearly recorded where every penny of Yuan Zhao's dowry went, leaving no room for him to deny it.
He saw a lot of people on it, almost covering the entire inner quarters of the Yongning Marquis's mansion, especially his mother and sister.
At that moment, Zhou Shiyuan felt as if he had been slapped hard across the face.
His face flushed red, and he couldn't speak.
Seeing his expression, Yuan Zhao felt extremely pleased.
This enormous mansion is sustained by her dowry money. They eat her flesh and drink her blood, yet they still curse her as a lowly woman.
They are the ones who are truly despicable.
Zhou Shiyuan was already on the verge of collapse, and Yuan Zhao added fuel to the fire.
"By the way, Your Highness, weren't you going to report me to the Prefect of the Capital, saying you wanted to clear the Marquis's name?"
Zhou Shiyuan: "..."
Zhou Shiyuan's face turned white, then green, then red, changing color in turn, a truly captivating sight.
After a long pause, he finally spoke:
"...We'll talk about this later."
"No, Your Highness!"
Yuan Zhao refused, saying, "The dowry is such a big matter, and it involves the reputation of the Marquis's family. Let's report it to the authorities."
"Someone, go to the Prefect of the Capital to fetch someone for the young master."
Upon hearing this, Zhou Shiyuan's expression changed, and he quickly said:
"Yuan Zhao!"
The matter has been reported to the authorities and will be thoroughly investigated. Then the fact that my mother and sister took Yuan Zhao's dowry will no longer be able to be hidden. How will my sister find a husband in the future, and how will my mother face people?
Most importantly, how can he possibly embark on a career in politics?
Yuan Zhao didn't take Zhou Shiyuan's obstruction seriously. She gave Linglong a wink, and just as Linglong was about to leave, Zhou's mother, who was supposed to be punished in the ancestral hall, came out.
She abandoned her previous ostentatious and foolish ways, dressed in plain clothes, with only a simple silver hairpin in her hair.
"Daughter-in-law, I know you've been wronged about the dowry."
After she finished speaking, she raised her voice:
“In the past three years, the Marquis’s mansion has suffered a lot and has been living entirely on the money from my daughter-in-law’s dowry. I remember every penny of it.”
"Now that the Marquis's mansion is safe and sound, we will naturally make it up to my daughter-in-law."
"Zhaozhao, don't worry, I will remember everything you have done for the Marquis's mansion."
"Once the Marquis's household situation improves, I will definitely make up for your dowry. You know the current state of the Marquis's household..."
Zhou's mother's words were extremely profound.
On the one hand, she admitted to using her dowry, but her implication was that the dowry was given to her voluntarily by Yuan Zhao, and that they had borrowed it and were willing to return it.
On the other hand, she flattered Yuan Zhao, making it difficult for him to retaliate.
Finally, she explained the current situation of the Marquis's mansion. If the Yuan family came to ask for the dowry now, it would be unreasonable for the Yuan family to do so, since the Marquis's mansion is in such a difficult situation now, and it would be really inappropriate for them to come and ask for it.
Brilliant!
Without even thinking, Yuan Zhao knew whose meaning those words meant; she couldn't think of anyone else but Old Madam Zhou.
If it were anyone else, they would probably be in a tough spot this time.
Thinking of this, Yuan Zhao looked up at Zhou's mother, only to see that Zhou's mother was putting on a righteous and awe-inspiring appearance, but was secretly glaring at Yuan Zhao.
When Yuan Zhao looked over, a smug look appeared in her eyes, clearly saying, "What can you do to me?"
Once this storm passes, what kind of trouble can Yuan Zhao stir up?
In the end, those dowries will just be forgotten, and what can Yuan Zhao do?
Seeing Zhou's mother's smug look, Yuan Zhao smiled slowly.
Seeing her smile, Zhou's mother felt a bad premonition.
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