Chapter Twenty-One
"These things now belong to the imperial court. If you want to keep them, don't blame me for not telling you when the Ministry of Revenue comes to take them." Lin Jitong had never known that Zhou Yutang could be so rude, and he felt a little regretful.
After all, seeing so many good things that were originally his own now belong to someone else.
The more Lin Jitong thought about it, the more unwilling he became. If he hadn't listened to Zhou Yutang, Li Zhiwei would be his wife now.
So Li Zhiwei's dowry is still not for his use?
"Cousin, are you having second thoughts?" Zhou Yutang, who had originally wanted to tease Lin Jitong again, asked with a hint of unease as she looked at the suddenly silent Lin Jitong.
"Alright, what are you thinking? I'm taking the things to Dad first." Lin Jitong picked up the things and left.
Zhou Yutang was left feeling indignant, but this time, she didn't dare to cause any more trouble.
After all, if things really escalate into a commotion, it won't do me any good.
"Madam, what should we do now?" Qiu'er asked, walking up to Zhou Yutang with some dissatisfaction.
"What should I do? How should I know what to do? This is something the master wants. Do you think I should just snatch it back?" Zhou Yutang stood up and pushed Qiu'er in dissatisfaction.
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Zhou frowned as she looked at the things she had brought back. Although she had brought them all back...
However, there were still some people with Lin Chang there, and they dared not ask for them.
"Is everything ready?" Lin Qihua asked Zhou Shi with some impatience.
He hadn't expected that they would have already divided up all the items before this person even entered the mansion.
If Li Zhiwei were to marry into the Lin family, she probably wouldn't dare to say much.
However, nowadays, even if a good person doesn't marry into the family, these things are still going to the national treasury.
These things need to be taken back.
He had boasted to the Emperor that he would return everything to the court.
"Master, there are still some we haven't found," Zhou said through gritted teeth.
"Didn't find it? Do you think I'm easy to fool?" Lin Qihua stared intently at Zhou Shi and asked coldly.
Upon hearing this, Madam Zhou trembled all over, and finally stammered, "Master, we also gave betrothal gifts to the Li family. Since they want to take the dowry, shouldn't the betrothal gifts be returned to us?"
"Nonsense! Do you want to bring back the little thing we gave you to embarrass this old man?" Lin Qihua said with displeasure.
Zhou remained silent, thinking to herself, "We sent quite a lot of betrothal gifts to the Li family, so why should they get the better deal?"
"Tell me honestly, where did those things go?" Lin Qihua glared at Zhou Shi and asked.
"She's with Her Majesty," Zhou said softly.
"Foolish!" Lin Qihua was furious. They hadn't even married the woman yet, and they were already sending the gifts into the palace.
The Emperor already has a bad impression of them, so going back to the palace to ask Lin Lanzhi for those things back will be no easy task.
After all, Lin Lanzhi was just a minor official; how could she possibly meet her family so easily?
"Master, what should we do now?" Madam Zhou was getting anxious.
"Hmph, if you knew this would happen, what were you doing back then?" Lin Qihua flicked his sleeves, feeling both hatred and resentment towards Zhou's actions, yet he had nothing to say.
After all, their daughter was going to the palace and was pregnant, so they needed to be taken care of.
"Take something from the storeroom to cover the damage. If anyone asks, just say that the items were accidentally broken by a servant in the manor," Lin Qihua instructed.
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