84_84041 When Aunt Zhao said that they had no money, everyone was dumbfounded. Fendai was the first to react: "Nonsense! How could the Feng family have no money?"
Feng Yuheng was immediately amused, "Father is not a corrupt official, why does he have to be rich?"
"It's impossible that there's not even enough money to make headgear for us! Did the wolves eat all the money in the account office?" She glared at Chenyu as she spoke, "I heard that Big Sister has been sending gifts to Grandma a lot recently. We all live on the monthly allowance of the Feng family, so how come Big Sister is richer than others?"
Chen Yu said helplessly: "All the money and items I have were given by the Shen family in the past. I took this opportunity to give them to my grandmother. I will have no more in the future."
"That's enough! Stop arguing!" The old lady was already upset, and she was even more upset when they started making a fuss. However, she was also puzzled: "How could there be no money in the account? Didn't we just collect the rent from the farm before the New Year?"
Madam Zhao sighed and told the old lady, "The accountant said that the master has been buying things for Tianxiangyuan recently and has spent all the money."
"What?" The old lady was furious. "The preparations for Tianxiangyuan were taken care of by servants, why did he do it himself? Besides, even if he wanted to buy something for Tianxiangyuan, he wouldn't spend all the money in the account. After collecting rent from the village before the New Year, there should be at least 400,000 taels in the account!" The old lady had been in charge of the household affairs of the mansion. Although she was absent for a while due to a back disease before the New Year, she immediately took charge again after she recovered. She was confused about other things, but she was not careless about money.
Zhao Ma had no idea why, so she could only reply to the old lady, "That's what the account says."
"Hmph!" The old lady snorted angrily, put her staff on the ground, and stood up: "I'll go and ask in person."
The old lady wanted to go there in person, so naturally the others had to follow. A group of people rushed to the accounting office, and when they got there, they saw that the accountant had expected the old lady to come and was already waiting at the door with the account book in his hand.
"Although the Feng family's finances have always been managed by the old lady, you said before that others who want to touch the public money must report to you, but the master is the head of the family, so you don't need to ask." The gentleman said word by word: "The master started to pay out money five days ago. The first time was 10,000 taels, the second time was 50,000 taels, the third time was 200,000 taels, and the fourth time was also 200,000 taels. In total, not only did he spend all the rent collected before the New Year, but he also used up the tens of thousands of taels left in the account. Now there is only 120 taels of silver on the account, which is not enough to buy four sets of headwear anyway."
The old lady held the account book in her hand, her face was blue with anger - "Four hundred and sixty thousand, a full four hundred and sixty thousand taels! I want to see what he bought for that bitch... that princess!" She wanted to say that bitch, but in the end she couldn't say it because of Kang Yi's status. But people can see that after this incident, the imperial edict that Kang Yi had currying favor with was probably useless. In front of money, the old lady absolutely doesn't recognize any relatives.
A group of people followed in a mighty procession towards Tianxiangyuan.
At the Tianxiang Courtyard, the maids were busy. One maid said as she was moving things: "The master is really good to the eldest princess. These things seem to me to be better than those in the Jinyu Courtyard."
A maid answered her, "They are not better than those in Jinyuyuan. Not to mention the ones bought later, the ones the master found in the storehouse were all awarded by the palace in recent years. Shen has never used them."
"Have all the things in the storehouse been moved here?" A sudden roar startled all the servants in the courtyard. They turned their heads and saw that under the angry leadership of Old Lady Feng, the masters of all the courtyards of the Feng family had squeezed in. The old lady stared at the woman and asked sternly, "What did you just say? Have all the royal rewards in the storehouse been moved here?"
The old woman quickly replied: "Madam, we did move some in."
"Besides the imperial reward, what else is there?"
"And here are the new things that the master bought these days." The old woman pointed to the master bedroom, "The servants have moved into the room according to the master's instructions."
The old lady walked into the house without saying anything. Behind her, Han said sourly: "The master really loves the eldest princess. He is willing to spend all the money in the mansion to make her smile!"
These words sounded even more sharp to the old lady's ears. She held her breath with nowhere to vent, and when she saw a maid squatting at the door wiping a chair, she raised her foot and kicked her.
The girl was caught off guard and fell to the ground with a scream. When she looked up and saw that it was the old lady, she quickly knelt down again.
But the old lady's anger couldn't be relieved by just kicking someone, especially after entering this room, especially looking at all the gold and jade items in the room, her heart was bleeding.
Money! This is all the money on the Feng Mansion's account! She was reluctant to spend the money, nor to give it to the children, but she didn't expect that Feng Jinyuan would use it all to decorate a room for Kang Yi. How could she balance this?
The old lady felt that all the blood in her body was rushing up. She took two quick breaths and raised her hands to smash the things. Zhao Mama was so scared that she quickly stopped her: "Old lady, you can't do that! Each of these things is real gold and silver, and they are very valuable!"
An also advised, "Yes, I heard that they were all bought by him personally, which shows that the master liked them very much. If they are broken, I am afraid the master will be angry."
"Has he ever thought that I would be angry?" The old lady saw that she couldn't smash this or throw that, and she couldn't vent her anger. Her eyes went dark and she didn't faint at all.
Fortunately, Madam Zhao helped her and put her on a chair. She stroked her back and looked at Feng Yuheng. The old lady's illness was obviously a blood surge, but she had already taken the miraculous medicine that the second young lady gave her last year.
Zhao Ma looked at Feng Yuheng for help, but Feng Yuheng was completely unmoved, as if he didn't understand what she meant at all. Zhao Ma thought about the old lady's attitude towards the second young lady these days, so she didn't say anything.
At this time, Chenyu's eyes turned and she took the initiative to ask the servants of Tianxiangyuan: "Have you heard that these things were bought by the master on his own initiative, or did Princess Kangyi make any requests to the master?"
The maids looked at each other and shook their heads to indicate that they didn't know. However, one maid thought for a moment and said, "Once the master came back from buying something, he seemed to have said something that Kang Yi would definitely be happy to see. It sounded like he was going to give the princess a surprise."
When Chenyu heard this, she quickly told the old lady, "I think it was all father's idea, not Princess Kangyi's intention to make our family spend money."
"Big sister, you are obviously speaking for the eldest princess." Fendai rolled her eyes, "I don't know what benefits she has promised you."
Chen Yu frowned and said, "Fourth sister, you are already eleven years old this year, you should be sensible. The eldest princess didn't promise me any benefits, but as the mistress, we sisters will be proud. Even if we get married in the future, we will have a decent mistress to support us. I thought you should have understood this last time!"
Last time, Fen Dai understood, but understanding the rules doesn't mean she doesn't feel wronged. She originally planned to let Han climb up a step by using her belly, but unfortunately Princess Qian Zhou showed up and dispelled her idea. How could she be willing to accept it?
"Hmph." She rolled her eyes at Chenyu again. "Big sister is really far-sighted. You will be a marriageable girl on your birthday this year, but we still have several years to go. I don't have such long-term thoughts. I just feel upset that I can't make the headgear that grandma promised me."
"Yes!" Han also sighed, "My biological daughter is not as good as my stepdaughter. She doesn't give me any flowers or lanterns, and now even the money for buying headwear has been used up by my stepmother. Old lady, the young ladies in our family who haven't married the eldest princess and her daughter yet have to suffer such grievances. Once they enter the mansion, will we be able to survive?" She pressed her belly as she spoke, stroking it again and again, "Other things are trivial, but my belly is about to swell. The money for daily supplements is not a small amount. There is only so much left in the mansion's account, which is not enough for daily expenses. What else can I use to buy supplements?"
Fendai nodded and said, "That's right, this is not for Auntie to eat, but for the baby in Auntie's belly."
The old lady naturally understood this principle. It was important for pregnant women to take supplements. No one should be short of food, but Han. So she quickly said, "Don't worry about this. Even if I have to pay for it myself, I can't let my grandson go short of food."
Feng Yuheng looked at the old lady, then at the furnishings in the room, and couldn't help laughing in her heart. Feng Jinyuan is really great! She just arranged for someone to say a few words in front of him that Princess Kang Yi likes gold and jade furnishings and antiques. She didn't expect that her father was really concerned and actually took out the treasure of the Feng Mansion's account office to add fragrance to the beauty.
"Tianxiangyuan is indeed worthy of its name." She said with a smile, "Since there is no money in the account, then I won't do it. As a daughter, I have to make my father happy."
When the old lady heard this, she felt even more upset. Other fathers had to make their children happy, but in her family, the children had to give in to their father. How could this be true?
Fendai snorted, "Second sister is really generous."
Feng Yuheng looked at her and asked, "What else can I do? Father is the head of the family. What in this house is not earned by father? Now that mother is about to enter the house, is it wrong for father to spend the money he earned himself?"
Fen Dai was speechless because of her blockage. The old lady also thought about it in her heart, but the more she thought about it, the angrier she became. It's true that Feng Jinyuan earned all the wealth and fortune, but he was still her child! Why has she never seen a son come to honor her as a mother?
The old lady's anger rose again and she kicked and looked around, always trying to find something to vent her anger and express her attitude.
At this moment, a little girl came in from outside with a scroll in her hand.
The old lady asked angrily, "What is that?"
The little girl replied, "It's the painting that the master just ordered someone to bring back."
As soon as these words came out, the old lady's anger instantly reached its peak! Without saying a word, she snatched the scroll and tore it to pieces without even looking at it.
Jade is valuable and cannot be thrown away, so she tears up the painting. She has to vent her anger.
However, as the scroll was torn to pieces and the girl looked shocked, the butler He Zhong brought an old man to the old lady and said, "Madam, the master just bought an ancient painting in Qibaozhai and asked the clerk from Qibaozhai to come to the house to get the money."
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