Chapter 8 Aunt Zheng, it's time to pay your monthly salary
Aristocratic families would be ridiculed if they used their wife's dowry.
Bai Changhao is a man of dignity, so of course he would not say that he thinks the same way in his heart.
"that..."
Lu Wanning despised him even more, thinking he was a hypocrite who pretended to be noble.
"In fact, my mother's family, the An Ning Marquis Mansion, gave me a ten-mile red dowry. Since I love the Prime Minister deeply, I naturally don't hesitate to spend money. However, the expenses of the mansion and the gifts and favors over the years have been huge, and I am not good at managing them. No matter how much money I have, I can't afford to spend it."
"Madame Liu, if the Prime Minister doesn't believe me, go open the small storehouse in the courtyard and let the Prime Minister have a look."
Aunt Liu was holding her breath. She went to the inner room to get the key and said coldly:
"Please, my Lord."
After Bai Changhao went in, he looked at the empty small warehouse with only a few pieces of fine cotton cloth and a box, and he was somewhat incredulous.
Lu Wanning's dowry back then weighed 108 pieces. They lived in a three-story courtyard and could barely fit all of it.
When Aunt Zheng saw the box, she felt like she had caught something on Lu Wanning.
"Isn't there still some left? What do you mean by all the money has been spent?"
He walked up to it, opened it, and took out a jade cabbage, with greed in his eyes undisguised.
It is crystal clear and colorful, and it must be priceless.
"My Lord, this thing is very valuable, right?"
Nanny Liu despised her greed for money.
"Valuable? Of course it is valuable. It is a priceless treasure."
"Prime Minister, what did I say? Madam is hiding this privately. If we take it out, it will sell for at least tens of thousands of taels. The Prime Minister's Mansion will be saved."
With a huge sum of tens of thousands of taels of silver in hand, Qingyou no longer has to worry about her dowry.
There are several jade ornaments of similar quality in the box. How much silver would that cost?
Aunt Zheng was immersed in her dream of becoming rich instantly when she was hit hard by Matron Liu.
"Prime Minister, this is a gift from the Emperor. Are you sure you want Aunt Zheng to sell it?"
After hearing this, Bai Changhao broke out in a cold sweat. He had the same idea as Aunt Zheng just now.
His lips trembled a little: "Is this a gift from the emperor?"
"Yes, this was a gift from the late emperor when the old marquis was still alive. It is understandable that the prime minister has never seen it."
Bai Changhao found his voice after a long time: "The things given by the emperor cannot be sold."
Disrespecting the Emperor is a capital crime, no matter how high one's official rank is.
Aunt Zheng felt like she was struck by lightning, and all the silver flew away? This is not digging her flesh.
"Prime Minister...what should I do?"
Aunt Zheng was at a loss, looking expectantly at the man she depended on.
Bai Changhao coughed and said, "There are still a few shops on the account. Jiao'er, from now on, the management of the Xiangfu will be handed over to you."
He left without looking back.
Aunt Zheng was in a hurry to chase after him, but Butler Cui stopped her.
"Aunt Zheng, it's time to pay this month's salary."
"Then send it."
"There's not enough money on the books."
"What? More than seven hundred taels are not enough?"
"We have a lot of people in our house, including hundreds of maids and servants, and some of the debts from the shops outside will come to collect the debts in the next few days."
Aunt Zheng took a deep breath and pinched her philtrum, fearing that she would faint: "How much more is left!"
"There is still a shortfall of one thousand taels."
"Why are there so many?"
"The second young lady bought a lot of jewelry this month, and your rouge and powder have not been paid for yet, aunt."
Butler Cui looked down on the mother and daughter, saying that a concubine and a concubine's daughter cost more than the lady.
In the past, the lady would use her dowry to make up for the loss, but now she is unwilling to do so. This mother and daughter will have no good days from now on.
Aunt Zheng gritted her teeth and said, "...I'll have the maid take it over later."
Before leaving, she glared at Aunt Liu coldly and said, "You are so calculating."
She lost so much face today that she was really angry.
When she first took charge of the household, she put her own money into the household. She really wanted to have the nerve to throw the key to the storehouse back to her.
But I couldn't bear to give up the thing I had been looking forward to for many years, so I left in shame.
Bai Moyang ran into her Rose Courtyard, shouting.
"Mother, give me one hundred taels of silver quickly."
Aunt Zheng stood up and asked, "What do you want so much money for?"
Bai Moyang looked at his mother with doubts, who had a bad look on his face.
"Of course I am useful. When I go out with my classmates, I can't always eat at their table. It's time for me to treat them."
After saying this, he felt a little guilty. In fact, he didn't need so much money for just one meal. It had other uses.
"Mom, are you going to give it to me or not? When did you become so stingy?"
"Ten taels at most."
"What? What can ten taels do?"
Bai Moyang jumped on the spot and shouted:
"If mother is unwilling to give it, I will go to my wife."
"You...why did I give birth to such an evil creature like you?"
"Is it not enough for me to give it to you?"
Bai Moyang's evil plan succeeded, and her mother was most reluctant to ask the lady for help. If she said so, she would definitely compromise.
He ran out happily with the silver.
Aunt Zheng was so angry that her heart ached.
"What a curse..."
Bai Qingyou took a fancy to a white jade plum blossom hairpin with gold thread from Linlang Pavilion and asked the waiter to take it and go with her to the accounting office to withdraw money.
Her mother is in charge of the money now, so she can spend the accountant's money as she pleases from now on.
Just when he was happy, he was told by Butler Cui that there were only a few taels of silver left in the account and he couldn't even afford a jewelry box.
The waiter who followed her from Linlang Pavilion asked her if she wanted more.
She was so embarrassed.
A penny can make a hero fall, so she can only ask her mother for it.
Aunt Zheng felt pained, but she couldn't afford to lose face.
Fortunately, she had saved a lot of money over the years and paid the money.
She held Bai Qingyou's shoulders tightly:
"Snow Viewing Feast, Qingyou, you must make a stunning debut and crush Bai Qinghuan under your feet."
When she becomes the Third Prince's consort, any money that slips through her fingers will be more than enough for her to spend.
The mother and daughter are full of fighting spirit.
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The five days passed quickly, and in the blink of an eye, the snow-viewing banquet at Prince Yu's Mansion arrived.
Fortunately, the sky, which had been gloomy for several days, suddenly cleared up. The snow on the eaves reflected the cold white light, which was dazzling.
Bai Qinghuan's health has improved a lot, and a new dress has been delivered, the color is much more normal.
She chose a bright red skirt and put it on. As she walked, the hem of the skirt was gleaming with plum blossoms embroidered with silver thread, and the plum blossoms bloomed, full of vitality.
She had a smile on her face. She was in good health without any heart disease and was full of energy. She wanted to run around the yard, but it was too late to go out.
After coming back, I must put fitness on my schedule. Nothing is more important than your body, so you must take good care of it.
Bai Qingyou spent two hours carefully dressing up. In her flowing white dress and a gold-threaded and white jade plum blossom hairpin, she looked like a walking plum blossom.
Being aloof and noble, she achieved the effect she wanted.
She is proud of herself and believes that she will definitely outshine all the other girls today.
But when she got to the door, she was outshined by the bright and flamboyant Bai Qinghuan.
One red and the other white, Bai Qinghuan is the blooming plum blossom, and she is like the snowflake next to it, completely reduced to a foil.
Bai Qingyou looked at her suspiciously. When did Bai Qinghuan become so beautiful?
She knew that Bai Qinghuan was pretty, so she and her aunt always had her dress up in fancy ways, with her makeup and jewelry being extremely old-fashioned, and lied to her that the Third Prince liked her.
She used to do what they said obediently, but now she seems to be completely different from the inside out.
"The Third Prince might not like it if he sees my sister dressed like this."
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