Chapter 161: Emptying the Entire Shangshu Mansion
The palace maid was frightened by Ye Anling's vicious eyes and picked up the return gift that had fallen on the ground.
"Madam, the eunuch has ordered you to take your dowry and go back early."
That’s right, the reason why Eunuch De asked Ye Anling to return home was to let her bring her dowry to him.
If he wants to maintain his current position, he needs money.
But his Xishou Palace and the emperor's private treasury were completely stolen.
With no money and no reward, he could only set his sights on Ye Anling's dowry.
Although her dowry was not much, it was better than nothing.
Ye Anling knew that the dowry was her only bargaining chip.
She took a deep breath, tried to calm herself down, and snatched the return gift from the palace maid.
"You don't need to remind me. I haven't forgotten the purpose of returning home."
After saying this, she limped into the Shangshu Mansion.
The Ye family does not have a mistress now, and Ye Jingchuan is not here either, so Old Madam Ye will come forward to receive Ye Anling who has returned home.
She looked at the two return gifts on the table and her eyes twitched.
She married so well, but the return gift was so shabby, it shows that she doesn't take her family seriously at all!
"Ling'er, why didn't Eunuch De come back with you?"
Ye Anling smiled and said, "Eunuch De is highly regarded by the Emperor. He has to review memorials and is too busy to leave the palace. Please forgive me, Grandmother."
Although she did not lie, Eunuch De did not come because he did not care about her.
Naturally, Old Madam Ye did not dare to say anything bad about Eunuch De in front of the palace maids.
She reminded Ye Anling, "Since you are married, you must serve your husband well and live in harmony with him."
"Granddaughter understands. Please rest assured, Grandmother. When will Dad be back?"
Because Ye Jingchuan was busy with Ye Chutang's wedding, the emperor allowed him to take five days off.
He is currently in the Ministry of Revenue, handing over work to the two assistant ministers on the left and right.
Old Madam Ye knew about this and said, "Your father will be back around lunch time."
"Grandma, where is my dowry?"
"You just came into the house and you're asking for a dowry before you've even had time to sit down. You're really like water spilled once you're married!"
The Shangshu Mansion is now managed by Old Madam Ye, and the deficit in the mansion is a headache for her.
Even though she knew she couldn't keep Ye Anling's dowry, she was still very angry.
Ye Anling's suppressed emotions burst out, and she said sarcastically, "Grandma, if you don't want me to take the dowry, go and tell Eunuch De. I have no objection."
"you……"
"Grandma, think it over before you lose your temper. I am the wife of the chief eunuch now!"
Old Madam Ye’s face turned red and she stood up angrily.
"I am not feeling well and cannot entertain the wife of the Grand Eunuch. Please go ahead."
Ye Anling looked at the old lady's angry back and asked, "Grandma, can my brother be saved?"
She doesn't want to be alone, even if her brother is a loser.
Old Madam Ye truly loves Ye Anzhi.
Hearing this, her body swayed violently and she almost fell down.
"Your brother will be executed in the autumn."
After she finished speaking, her body suddenly collapsed and her steps became unsteady.
Ye Anling thought of the culprit Ye Chutang and clenched his fists.
This bitch caused her family to be destroyed, but she was still able to marry the man she loved. She hated her so much!
Eunuch De hated Ye Chutang so much for stealing her dowry, why didn't he deal with her?
The maid reminded: "Madam, you should go and see the dowry."
Ye Anling thought that Eunuch De needed her dowry, so she slapped the palace maid in the face.
"Remember, I am the master!"
After saying this, she looked at her red and hot palms and felt much better.
She called housekeeper Chen and asked, "Where is my dowry?"
"My dear, it's in the side room of Ningxiang Courtyard."
After Ye Chutang took away the dowry that Tang Wanning left for her, Ye Jingchuan sent the little remaining dowry back to Ye Anling's yard.
Seeing that the dowry was indeed rather shabby, he added ten or so boxes, making a total of thirty-two boxes.
Ye Anling returned to Ningxiang Courtyard and entered the side room.
She looked at the extra dowry box and felt better.
"Butler Chen, have you prepared the dowry list? Have you submitted it to the government for filing?"
As long as it is filed, she can get it back intact when Eunuch De loses power!
Butler Chen said respectfully, "The master has already taken care of it."
After saying that, he opened the dowry box closest to the door, took out the dowry list and handed it to Ye Anling.
"Please keep it, Madam Grand Supervisor."
Just as Ye Anling was about to take it, his feet suddenly began to shake.
"ah!"
She screamed and immediately held onto the door frame, but she still couldn't stand still.
Butler Chen escaped from the side room immediately.
Then I saw a strange scene.
Everything around was normal, except for the side room, which was shaking violently and tiles kept falling with clanging sounds.
"Someone, come quickly, save the second young lady!"
When Ye Anling and the palace maid were rescued by the guards, there was a loud "bang" and the side room collapsed into ruins.
Ye Anling was dumbfounded looking at the rising dust.
But she reacted quickly, her face changed drastically and she shouted: "Dowry, find my dowry!"
Before he finished speaking, the ground stopped shaking.
The security guards immediately stepped forward and moved away the fallen tiles, smashed wooden beams, and collapsed earth walls.
After moving these debris away, the broken wooden floor was revealed.
Not to mention the dowry, even the dowry box was not seen.
When Butler Chen saw this, his face changed drastically.
"Ghost... 'Ghost Thief' is here again!"
After shouting, he ordered the guard, "Go to the eldest lady's yard and see if her dowry is still there?"
When the guard was heading to Ningchuyuan, he met Ye Jingchuan who had returned from the Ministry of Revenue.
Ye Jingchuan frowned unhappily, "Why are you in such a hurry?"
"My Lord, the second young lady's dowry was stolen by the 'ghost thief'. The eldest young lady's dowry may not have been spared either."
Hearing this, Ye Jingchuan was more panicked than the security guard.
"Go check it out quickly! Check out Qingyou Courtyard and the storehouse as well!"
After saying that, he ran towards the Buddhist temple, his legs like wheels.
When he arrived at the Buddhist temple, he immediately asked people to dig up the floor and check the dowry box buried underneath.
As a result, after digging three inches deep, they found only soil and no box!
The guard who went to Ningchuyuan also replied.
"My Lord, the dowry that the eldest lady had left in the woodshed is gone."
"And Qingyouyuan was also completely robbed."
"The warehouse... the warehouse is also empty."
Ye Jingchuan was already very angry, and after hearing this, he spat out a mouthful of blood and fainted.
Ningchuyuan.
Ye Chutang looked at the empty woodshed and pretended to be sad.
"Why does the 'ghost thief' like to steal my things so much? I have become a pauper because of all the thieves!"
She didn't intend to take away all the dowry so quickly. She only came up with the idea after hearing what the palace maid said to Ye Anling.
As long as Ye Anling is no longer of any value to Eunuch De, she will live a life worse than death!
But stealing only Ye Anling's dowry was too obvious, so she emptied the entire Shangshu Mansion.
Shan'er and Jinzhi were unaware of the true situation and scolded the "ghost thief" harshly.
Jun'er took out the red birthday envelope that Ye Chutang had given him before.
"Eldest sister, this is for you. When Jun'er grows up, I'll make a lot of money for you to spend."
Ye Chutang smiled and touched Jun'er's head.
"Okay, I still have a lot of banknotes on me, so I'm not short of money. You can keep this red envelope for yourself."
After saying that, she grabbed a handful of coins from the space, with denominations ranging from fifty taels to ten thousand taels.
"Shan'er, Aunt Jin, the 'ghost thief' saved my life, so it's not excessive for him to take any amount of gold, silver, and jewelry from me."
After hearing this, the two were not relieved.
Aunt Jin looked at the empty woodshed and said worriedly, "The young lady's dowry is gone. What should she do when she gets married?"
If a woman brings more dowry to her husband's family, his family will pay more attention to her.
Ye Chutang knew what Jinzhi was worried about, and comforted her: "Aunt Jin, the Chen Wang family is not superficial, and as long as I want to make money, I will not lack money to spend."
Jinzhi had no doubt about Ye Chutang's abilities.
She thought again of Qi Yanzhou's intentions towards Ye Chutang, and her depressed mood dissipated a little.
"Miss, do you want to find an auspicious day to release the pair of wild geese?"
Ye Chutang glanced at the bamboo cage next to the eye socket bamboo and said, "Let's find an auspicious day to kill it."
It is difficult for a lone goose to fly north alive.
It is better to eat it yourself than to give it to others.
Anyway, there has always been a tradition in ancient times of eating "tribute" to gain blessings.
Jinzhi had no objection, "Okay."
At this time, Le'er, who had gone to the big kitchen to get some food, came back.
I also brought back two pieces of news.
"Miss, I heard that the 'ghost thief' came to the Shangshu Mansion. Ningchu Courtyard, the Buddhist Hall, Qingyou Courtyard and the storeroom were all stolen. The master and the second young lady were so angry that they fainted. The things in the storeroom..."
Before she could finish her words, she saw the empty woodshed and her face changed drastically.
"Really...really got stolen? The eldest lady is getting married soon, what should I do?"
Ye Chutang looked calm, "My father will find a way. He won't let the future princess marry empty-handed."
She will have a lot of dowry, but it will not contain gold, silver or jewelry, but weapons!
When Jinzhi and the others heard her words, they were immediately relieved.
"You guys cook, I'm going to go check on my scumbag dad."
Ye Chutang went to Ye Jingchuan's yard.
He was already awake, lying on the bed with lifeless eyes and a deathly pale face.
There is a kind of sorrow that is greater than the tragic feeling of a dead heart.
Ye Chutang found it funny and said, "If you didn't know, you would have thought your parents were dead."
Ye Jingchuan was so angry that he sat up, "Will you die if you don't say something sarcastic?"
"Yes, so I have to say one more thing, you deserve it."
"Wasn't Ningchuyuan also robbed? I deserve it and so do you!"
Ye Chutang shrugged nonchalantly.
"It's fine if they steal it. Anyway, the consequence of bringing the dowry to the palace is that it will be stolen by the 'ghost thief'."
Ye Jingchuan immediately refuted.
"How are they the same? If your dowry is stolen in the Shangshu Mansion, you will have to marry in disgrace and be laughed at, just like Ling'er. But if your dowry is stolen in the palace, it is the responsibility of the Imperial Guards and the Imperial Household Guards!"
Ye Chutang showed sarcasm.
"So? Dad has a way to get the dowry back?"
Of course Ye Jingchuan had no choice but to complain and get upset.
He lay back on the bed and turned over with his back facing Ye Chutang.
"Go away, I don't want to see you."
Ye Chutang raised his foot and kicked Ye Jingchuan on the back.
Ye Jingchuan sat up in pain and roared, "What on earth do you want to do?"
"Get up, go and block the news that the Shangshu Mansion was robbed. Otherwise, everyone will know that my dowry was stolen, but I was able to carry it all to Prince Chen's Mansion. I will be suspected."
These words made Ye Jingchuan break out in a cold sweat, and he immediately stood up and left.
The reason why Ye Chutang helped the dog emperor to find out the loopholes and fill in the gaps was because he wanted to implement the exile plan by searching the Chen Palace.
She returned to Ningchuyuan.
After lunch, he took Jun'er out of the house and went to Huating Academy.
Song Zhiyan was very surprised by Ye Chutang's arrival.
"Miss Ye, aren't you busy with your marriage? How come you have time to come here?"
"Today is the fifteenth, the day I promised to teach calligraphy. No matter how busy you are, you have to make time to come here."
After saying that, Ye Chutang pushed Jun'er forward.
"Dean Song, can I take the entrance exam today?"
"Of course, Zigui, take Mr. Song to Xueqianju."
Xueqianju is the place where students who want to enroll in Huating Academy take the entrance examination.
Jun'er knew about the assessment on his way to the academy.
"Eldest sister, Jun'er will definitely pass and won't embarrass you."
Ye Chutang touched Jun'er's head and said, "Don't put too much pressure on yourself. Go ahead."
After Zigui took Jun'er away, Song Zhiyan said, "Please wait for a moment, Miss Ye. I will go and make arrangements."
He thought that Ye Chutang's wedding schedule was so tight that she would have no time to teach calligraphy, so he cancelled the calligraphy class he had arranged.
"Okay, I'm free all afternoon."
Not long after Song Zhiyan left, a refined man in his forties entered the main hall.
When he saw Ye Chutang, he was slightly stunned.
"I heard Zhiyan say before that Miss Ye's eyebrows and eyes are exactly the same as Jingning's. What I saw today is that it is really not exaggerated at all."
After saying this, he introduced himself.
"I am Zhiyan's father, Song Mingyu."
Ye Chutang immediately stood up and saluted, "My daughter greets the head of the Song family."
"Miss Ye, there's no need to be polite. Please take a seat."
Song Mingyu walked to the main seat and sat down, and the servant immediately brought tea.
He waved his hand and sent the servant away.
"Congratulations Miss Ye on finding a happy marriage. Please forgive me for any offense I caused you before."
Ye Chutang knew that Song Mingyu was talking about wanting to match her up with Song Jingning.
"It is my honor to be valued by the head of the Song family."
Song Mingyu shook her head and said seriously: "Miss Ye is too modest. It is Jingning who is not worthy of you."
"Mr. Haoyue lives up to his reputation and deserves a better girl."
"That boy hasn't settled down yet and doesn't want to get married. No matter how good the girl is, she's not meant for him."
Ye Chutang was not familiar with Song Mingyu and didn't know how to respond, so he just smiled politely.
Song Mingyu thought of a certain guess in his mind and sighed.
"I have met Miss Ye's mother. Although she did her best to help those in need and paved the way for Ye Jingchuan to rise to prominence, the good things she did were real and countless people benefited from her. However, she died due to the sinister tactics of the harem. It was such a pity. And the eldest son..."
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