Chapter 32: Counting the Dowry



"A Rou, look, Brother Heng is living well in the Marquis' Mansion, why do you want to go back?

Chen Ge'er and Heng Ge'er are of similar age and have just reached the age of enlightenment.

Why don't you invite Master Cheng to the Marquis' Mansion? He can teach Heng'er and Chen'er can also benefit from it.

They can have company if they take classes together, what do you think?"

"My Lord, this is a good idea!"

Yun Wanrou nodded, pretending to agree with him.

Jiang Huaishu didn't expect that it would be so easy to convince her.

He was feeling happy in his heart, but he saw Yun Wanrou sighing.

"But Master Cheng is not so easy to invite. The Marquis also knows that the Qingliu lineage looks down on the aristocratic families.

If I go to invite Master Cheng in the name of the Marquis' Mansion, I'm afraid it will be in vain!"

"Then please invite him in the name of the Grand Tutor's Mansion!"

Jiang Huaishu was so anxious that he almost blurted out the answer.

Yun Wanrou sneered in her heart and slowly stood up.

“My Lord, there is no problem for me to invite Master Cheng in the name of the Grand Tutor’s Mansion.

But Master Cheng is not a fool. When he arrived at the Marquis' Mansion, he knew who invited him, right?

At that time, Master Cheng will simply quit his job. If others see him, it will damage the reputation of the Marquisate."

Jiang Huaishu knew that what Yun Wanrou said made sense.

But there was no way he could give up Master Cheng.

He thought for a moment, but couldn't think of any other solution, so he could only look at Yun Wanrou.

"Arou, you are always smart, do you have any ideas?"

"What can I do?" Yun Wanrou shook her head: "My Lord, the only thing we can do now is to focus on Heng Ge'er.

Chen Ge'er is just a child of a side branch, and he will have to go back sooner or later.

Isn't it enough to wait until he returns home and have his family help him find a master?"

"no!"

Jiang Huaishu refused without thinking.

Yun Wanrou tilted her head to look at him and asked knowingly, "Why?"

“I…” Jiang Huaishu’s eyes turned, he thought for a moment, and said, “Although Chen Ge’er is from a side branch, he now lives in the Marquis’ Mansion.

He has reached the age of enlightenment, and I, as the head of the family, am unable to consider him.

If this gets out, people will say I am selfish and don't care about my offspring."

“That makes sense!”

Yun Wanrou nodded slightly and followed his words.

She looked at Jiang Huaishu, knowing clearly that the reason he disagreed was simply because Jiang Beichen was his son.

Now is not the time to fall out, and she has no intention of exposing Jiang Beichen's identity.

I just want her to invite Master Cheng back to the Marquis' Mansion, but that is absolutely impossible!

"My Lord, Master Cheng will definitely not be invited back. Why don't you consider sending Chen Ge'er to another school?"

Hearing this, Jiang Huaishu frowned.

He subconsciously wanted to refuse.

But when the words came to his lips, he swallowed them back.

Yun Wanrou has made it so clear.

If he continued to insist, she might say something to provoke him, saying that Qingliu looked down on the Marquis' Mansion.

Forget it. It would take some time for her to invite Master Cheng anyway.

He took this opportunity to think carefully about countermeasures.

"Okay, let's do as you say! Regarding the enrollment, Heng Ge'er should be the most important thing first."

After saying this, Jiang Huaishu turned around and walked out.

As soon as he stepped out of the door, Yun Wanrou immediately stopped smiling.

In the name of the Grand Tutor's Mansion, he invited Master Cheng to teach in the Marquis' Mansion. How dare he say that!

After Jiang Huaishu left, Yun Wanrou went to the warehouse to count her dowry.

If you want to invite Master Cheng, you don’t need to spend too much money.

But if you want to run a school, it will be a huge expense.

It would have been better if she hadn't counted it. After counting it, she found that most of her dowry was used to subsidize the Marquis' Mansion.

However, after more than half a year, her dowry was almost gone.

It seems that if she wants to open a school, she needs to find another way to raise money.

"Madam, what's wrong, but the dowry amount is wrong?"

Seeing Yun Wanrou sitting at the wooden table in a daze, Wangshu couldn't help but ask a question.

Yun Wanrou pulled herself back to her thoughts and shook her head.

"The dowry has always been kept in my private vault, and I manage the account books myself. There is nothing wrong with it."

"Then what is this, Madam..."

Wangshu pursed his lips and didn't say anything else.

Yun Wanrou sighed and closed the account book.

She slowly tried to find a way to raise the money needed to run the school.

The most urgent task is to invite Master Cheng back.

He is now a popular figure in the imperial city.

If you go too late, forget about running a school.

Even asking him to teach Heng Ge'er would be a luxury.

"Wangshu, prepare the carriage, I want to go and ask Master Cheng!"

As soon as Yun Wanrou left the house, Jiang Huaishu received the news and followed her out of the Marquis' Mansion.

However, he was not going to follow Yun Wanrou, but to look for Chu Qiu.

Chu Qiu opened the door and saw him standing outside, and a look of grievance immediately appeared in her eyes.

"My Lord, you asked me to wait on the street that day, and you said you would definitely take me to the Marquis' Mansion. But why did the carriage suddenly turn around?"

Chu Qiu raised her hand and wiped the corners of her eyes with her sleeve.

Jiang Huaishu just fell for her trick.

Seeing her pitiful appearance, my heart suddenly tightened.

"Don't cry, don't cry. If anyone is to blame, blame Yun Heng from the Yun family. He had a fight with Young Master An that day and got into trouble.

Yun Wanrou was in a bad mood, so she didn't care about anything else and asked the coachman to turn around temporarily."

"Why is there so much going on in the Yun family?"

Chuqiu was a little unhappy.

She put her hand down and glared at Jiang Huaishu unhappily.

"Even if there is a reason, you shouldn't forget me. I almost forgot what you look like after not seeing you for so many days."

"It's not that I don't want to come to you, I just can't get away. Yun Wanrou helped her nephew and offended the An family. I've been busy dealing with this matter recently, so I was delayed."

As Jiang Huaishu spoke, he put his arm around Chuqiu's waist and walked in slowly.

The two of them came to the main room and sat down, and Chu Qiu poured him a cup of tea.

"I have also heard about what happened at An's Academy. Lord, is this matter difficult?"

"Not bad! Young Master An was originally in the wrong in this matter, and the Emperor also punished the An Cabinet because of this.

I originally thought of letting Yun Heng come forward and tell everyone that this was a misunderstanding and do a favor for the An Cabinet.

But today I went to see Yun Wanrou and heard something more important, so I put this matter aside."

"Oh, is there anything more important than doing a favor for the An cabinet?"

Chu Qiu looked at him and immediately perked up.

Jiang Huaishu met her eyes and told her everything about Yun Wanrou's plan to invite Master Cheng to teach Yun Heng, as well as some of his own plans.

When Chu Qiu heard this, her eyes suddenly lit up.

"Did Yun Wanrou agree?"

"No!" Jiang Huaishu shook his head: "I am also worried about this matter today, so I came here to discuss countermeasures with you!"

"I'm just a woman, what can I do? Instead of looking for me, you might as well go back and find your mother to think of a solution."

Chu Qiu turned around and didn't look at him.

Jiang Huaishu couldn't stand her acting as if it had nothing to do with her.

Mingming Chen Ge'er is also her son.

But she didn't seem to care much about Chen Ge'er's enrollment.

He opened his mouth and wanted to say something to her.

But when the words came to his lips, he swallowed them back.

In fact, what Chu Qiu said was right. He had no idea about the matter.

As a woman, what good ideas could she come up with?

"Forget it. I'll go back and discuss it with my mother."

As he spoke, Jiang Huaishu slowly stood up.

Seeing that he was about to leave, Chu Qiu hurriedly grabbed his sleeve.

"My Lord, my entry into the palace..."


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