Chapter 19 Favoring One over the Other

Cui Liu was angry. In the final analysis, the housekeeper and Jiang Yuan used the excuse of medical treatment to falsely report the price of inferior medicinal materials and make huge profits.

But in the past two years, the old lady has trusted the housekeeper very much, and Jiang Yuan was recommended by the housekeeper to enter the mansion.

If the matter is exposed directly, it will not only alert the enemy, but also make these people destroy the evidence in panic.

But if the theft of dowry is used as an excuse, plus a three-day deadline, the marquis will have to think twice even if he wants to cover up.

It must be said that the lady's move is really smart. As long as Jiang Yuan's matter is exposed, the housekeeper will reveal his feet.

"Cui Liu, find a few trustworthy people to wait around the warehouse. If Jiang Yuan dares to appear again, just take action directly." Xu Yuan ordered Cui Liu.

This time she must ensure that the matter is foolproof.

"I understand." Cui Liu responded respectfully and turned to leave the house.

Xu Yuan looked at the sleeping child in the cradle, and all kinds of things in his previous life emerged in his mind.

At the beginning, she had discovered the problem with the account book, and thus discovered that the housekeeper had falsely reported the price and sought personal gain. When she counted the accounts and wanted to make trouble, the housekeeper tried to suppress the matter on the grounds that he was a confidant of her mother-in-law.

At that time, she was very angry about this matter, and found Shen Yun'an and Old Lady Shen's mother and son. Who would have thought that after they knew about this, not only did they not punish the housekeeper, but they also criticized her.

Later, she learned that a large part of the silver earned by the housekeeper was given to her mother-in-law, and Shen Yun'an also had a share.

It was precisely because of this that these people joined forces to put pressure on her and prevent her from making a big deal.

Under Shen Yun'an's pleading, she was soft-hearted at the beginning, but now she should be the one who can't be left out.

The next day.

Jiang Yuan came to check Old Lady Shen's pulse as usual, and went to the housekeeper's courtyard first on the pretext of visiting the injured.

In the courtyard.

When there was no one around, the housekeeper showed a greedy look on his face and asked Jiang Yuan, "How is it, did you get the silver?"

"Only fifty taels, according to what we said before, I get seven and you get three."

The housekeeper's face darkened instantly when he heard this.

"Jiang Yuan, don't forget that if I hadn't secretly transferred the guards outside the storehouse, do you think you could enter so smoothly?"

"I don't care that the silver must be half each."

"But..." Jiang Yuan was obviously hesitant about the housekeeper's sudden change of mind.

"But what, don't you want to go into the storehouse again?"

The housekeeper glared at Jiang Yuan and said disdainfully, "You should know that the storehouse contains the dowry of the Marquis's wife. Apart from the silver, the jewelry and treasures are worth at least several hundred taels. If it weren't for my help, you wouldn't be able to get it at all!"

Jiang Yuan heard this, although he was hesitant on his face, but thinking of the scene he saw when he sneaked into the storehouse yesterday, he could only agree.

"Okay, then half for each of us."

"That's right."

The housekeeper nodded in satisfaction, and when Jiang Yuan handed over 25 taels, he said disdainfully, "Why don't you take more?"

"Forget it, forget it. When you go in later, remember to pick out more valuable jewelry, and don't just take 20 taels like yesterday."

Jiang Yuan nodded, and subconsciously looked around through the window.

"If the Marquis's wife knew about this, I'm afraid she would..."

"What are you afraid of!" Compared to Jiang Yuan's worries, the housekeeper didn't think so.

"The Marquis's wife thinks she has a different status because she gave birth to a little boy. In fact, the old lady and the Marquis have already complained about her."

"Just do what I say. Even if you are discovered, you will be punished at most. I, the housekeeper, have been in the mansion for more than ten years. It's not something she, a woman who has only been married to the Marquis's mansion for two seconds, can bring down."

When Jiang Yuan heard this, the worry on his face was reduced a little.

After Jiang Yuan left, the housekeeper's eyes were full of malice. She was just a woman who had been married into the mansion for two years, but she was really showing off her power as the mistress.

She dared to humiliate him in front of so many people. As a result, he had all the dowry stolen.

In the end, Xu Yuan had no place to complain even if she had any complaints.

Little did he know that after Jiang Yuan left, a figure followed closely behind.

Cui Liu quickly returned to the room where Xu Yuan was, and said anxiously, "Madam, things are just as you expected. Jiang Yuan went to the direction of the warehouse."

Xu Yuan listened and nodded. The fish was finally hooked.

She looked up through the window and looked at the sky outside. At this time, Shen Yun'an should be paying respects to her mother-in-law.

This is a good time.

Thinking of this, Xu Yuan held the child in his arms, and then said to Cui Liu, "You go and get ready."

"Yes."

After Cui Liu left the house, Xu Yuan also held the child and walked towards the courtyard of Old Lady Shen.

At this time in Old Lady Shen's courtyard.

When Shen Yun'an mentioned Xu Xiangyuan's dowry, Old Lady Shen paused, her face was obviously hesitant, and she asked Shen Yun'an, "Yun'an, what do you mean by this? Do you think I privately embezzled Xu's dowry?" Facing

his mother's anger, Shen Yun'an hurriedly explained, "Mother, I didn't say that, but from the empty account book that Xu Yuan took out, it seems that someone did something with it."

"Once the matter gets out of hand, it will inevitably affect the reputation of the Marquis's Mansion."

"Ridiculous!" Old Lady Shen threw the teacup on the table heavily to the ground.

"Yun'an, I think you are increasingly biased towards Xu. Since she got pregnant, everyone in the mansion knows that it was me who temporarily handed over the power to the housekeeper."

"You come to me now to say this, just to ask me if I know what the housekeeper has done, right?"

Shen Yun'an, whose thoughts were exposed, sighed lightly, his tone somewhat helpless.

"Mother, I also want to find out the whole story. If the people from the Dali Temple really investigate, we can be prepared in advance." "

Prepare for what? Yun'an, let me tell you, the housekeeper has been in the mansion for more than ten years, and I promoted him. He would never do such a thing."

"As for that Xu, you know very well that she is just a tool to raise children. The one who really gave birth to a child for our Shen family is Lu Rou, who you raised outside."

"Don't be partial."

"As for that Xu..." When Old Lady Shen mentioned Xu Yuan, her face darkened.

"I said that she looked a little strange these days. It turns out that she had this plan. I thought she was willing to take out money from her dowry to find a doctor for me. This was quite appropriate. But now she is just trying to use this as a threat!"

"Mother, calm down first. The doctor said that you should rest well now."

Old Madam Shen snorted coldly and said to Shen Yun'an, "Yun'an, if you really want to make me happy, divorce Xu Yuan, this vicious woman!"