He favored his concubine and I cut off my wealth. Everyone in the mansion was in a panic.

The attitude of the wife of Yangling Marquis softened instantly, but she did not mention the 13,000 taels that Shen Qing had already paid in.

She thought that Shen Qing would never continue to offend her. After all, with the property under Shen Qing's name, it would be more than enough to support not only one Yangling Marquis Mansion, but even ten Yangling Marquis Mansions.

As the wife of Yangling Marquis thought, Shen Qing did not lack money. Not only that, but there were mountains of money in the storehouse, but this did not prevent Shen Qing from not wanting to be a sucker.

"Mother, what you said is not right. Since ancient times, not to mention the aristocratic families, even those small families have been ashamed of the dowry of a beautiful girl. Our Yangling Marquis Mansion is one of the three marquises appointed by the previous emperor. We should not know the shame and humiliate ourselves."

The wife of Yangling Marquis was speechless by Shen Qing's retort and could only ask dryly: "Then what do you want to do?"

Shen Qing said bluntly: "Since mother has handed over the power of managing the family to me, then it stands to reason that all the properties under the name of the mansion should be handed over to me. So if mother still wants me to continue to manage the family, please hand over the deeds of the shops and fields under the name of the Marquis Mansion. Give it to me.

As for the 13,000 taels I gave her before, I can understand that I can't pay it back for the time being, but I can't just ignore it. Mother will give me a part first, and I will deduct the rest from the account little by little. "

The wife of Yangling Marquis looked cold, obviously very much disagreeing with Shen Qing's solution, "You have already married into the Yangling Marquis Mansion, you are a part of the Yangling Marquis Mansion, what is the difference between you and me, and you still talk about deducting it from the account, isn't this a joke?"

The deeds of the shops and fields can still be negotiated, as for the 13,000 taels that have already been spent, the wife of Yangling Marquis said she didn't want to give it at all.

According to her, since Shen Qing has already married, let alone the 13,000 taels, even the priceless dowry belongs to their Mu family.

Shen Qing chuckled, "Mother is wrong again. There is not enough money in the account. I use my own money to supplement the family expenses and pay the servants' monthly wages on time. This is the kindness of me as a mistress, but this does not mean that the debt does not need to be repaid. After all, brothers have to settle accounts clearly. What's more, my husband came to discuss the issue of offspring with me last night, so I should prepare a gift for my son in the future and a dowry for my daughter. What do you think, mother?"

As soon as Shen Qing finished speaking, the expressions on the faces of Yangling Hou's wife and Lin Xuefu, who had just come out of the inner room, froze at the same time.

Mu Ziqian took the initiative to talk to Shen Qing about the issue of offspring?

Feeling the strong gazes of the two, Mu Ziqian's forehead was sweating, and he whispered to Lin Xuefu's ear, "Fuer, I have my own difficulties. Wait for me to explain to you later."

Explanation?

It means that Mu Ziqian really did this thing.

Lin Xuefu's face turned pale as paper in an instant, and her body was shaking uncontrollably, looking extremely fragile.

Mu Ziqian's face was full of distress. He held Lin Xuefu's little hand in his hand and comforted her silently, regardless of the presence of everyone.

The wife of Yangling Marquis gradually lost the battle, but she was still unwilling to hand over the silver in her hand.

Fortunately, Lin Xuefu handed over the medicine at this time. After taking it, the wife of Yangling Marquis pretended to have a headache and held her forehead, trying to get away with it.

Unexpectedly, Shen Qing pressed on step by step, "Does mother disagree? In this case, from today on, I will trouble mother to continue to manage the family. As for the subsidy of 13,000 taels of silver, I can't make up the account, so I will take all the existing ones first. The rest, when mother remembers it one day in the future, she will return it to me."

Said that, Shen Qing turned around and wanted to leave, but was stopped by the wife of Yangling Marquis, "Wait, when did I say I didn't agree? Since I said that you are the head of the family, all the money should naturally be handed over to you."

Then turned to look at Mother Zhang, " Mother Zhang, go get the five thousand taels of silver notes and the deeds of the marquisate in my box. "

After that, she looked at Shen Qing again, "At the end of last year, your father gave me a total of six thousand taels, plus the eight thousand taels of revenue from the shop and the land, a total of fourteen thousand taels. Excluding the deficit left by the previous wedding, there are only five thousand taels left now, all of which are given to you."

The face of the Marquis of Yangling was full of heartache. If she didn't really want to take over the mess of the Marquis of Yangling Mansion, and didn't want to hand over the power of the family to the two concubines, she wouldn't have made so many concessions.

The most important thing is that the things she did before cannot be known by the Marquis of Yangling.

Shen Qing knew that the five thousand taels were definitely not all the money in the hands of the Marquis of Yangling's wife, but she didn't continue to force it.

Things always have to be done step by step. Haste will cause a backlash. Now these are the maximum that the Marquis of Yangling can accept.

Mother Zhang brought the banknotes and land deeds that Lady Yangling wanted, and Lady Yangling handed them all to Shen Qing, "Are you satisfied with this?"

Shen Qing smiled, "What are you talking about, mother? However, the issue of managing the family has been resolved for the time being. Please give your daughter-in-law some instructions on the dowry."

Hearing Shen Qing mention the dowry, Lady Yangling's heart trembled again.

Shen Qing continued, "I compared the dowry list this morning and found that a lot of things were missing. I wonder if mother knows about it?"

Although only she and Shen Qing had the key to the warehouse, Lady Yangling chose not to admit it, "What is missing? I don't know."

Shen Qing had long known that Mrs. Yanglinghou would have such a reaction, so she listed them one by one in a hurry, "Two pairs of jade Ruyi, three jade bracelets, three authentic paintings by famous artists, and five sets of pearls and gold heads and faces." And eight South China Sea night pearls, I roughly calculated, almost eight thousand taels of silver. Before, I thought my mother liked to hold them for viewing, but I didn't expect that my mother didn't know about it. In this way, it can only be theft. Already..."

Shen Qing paused for a moment, then turned to look at Chanyi, "Chanyi, report it to the official and say that the mansion has been robbed, and all the stolen items have been stolen from our Yangling Marquis mansion. We must let Jingzhao Mansion investigate strictly!" "

Chanyi agreed, and just as she was about to leave, she was stopped by Madam Yanglinghou again, "Come back!"

Chanyi turned around and looked at Mrs. Yanglinghou with a puzzled expression, as did Shen Qing.

Mrs. Yanglinghou laughed awkwardly, "I remembered that I asked Mother Zhang to pick up those things you mentioned. They were not lost. They were not lost."

Shen Qing looked suspicious, "What did mother do with those things?"

After saying that, Shen Qing suddenly looked at Lin Xuefu's bun with a slightly stern expression, "The golden hairpin on Aunt Lin's head, if I remember correctly, should be part of the hair and face in my dowry, right? "

Hearing this, Lin Xuefu immediately turned pale, and then looked at Mu Ziqian in shock, "Cousin?"

After being exposed by Shen Qing in public, Mu Ziqian's expression suddenly dropped, but he still pretended to be calm and said, "Don't embarrass Fuler, I gave her this hairpin."

Seeing that both Mu Ziqian and Lin Xuefu were involved, Madam Yanglinghou said, "That's enough! It was me who instructed Qian'er to give the things to Xuefu."

After finishing her words, Mrs. Yanglinghou paused, and then continued to speak earnestly, "You also know that in order to marry you, the Hou family almost spent most of their wealth to get you in, so much so that they didn't even give a decent betrothal gift when they carried Xuefu in. I couldn't get it out, so I dug some out of your dowry. Although it is expensive, it is not a big loss to you, so don't hold on to it anymore. "

Shen Qing laughed directly, "In other words, if Mu Ziqian wants to take a concubine, he still needs money from me, the main wife?"