Empress Dowager: Husband, please lie down

Chapter 127 I want to swallow the dowry, there is a problem with the account book
Mrs. Xu thought that what she was crying was pear blossoms with rain, which was lovable, but Ruan Hongwei frowned tightly, and asked in a deep voice, "The betrothal gift? That is the betrothal gift from Prince Jing's mansion to February, so she must take good care of it. Let's take it to Prince Jing's mansion in the future!"

"Even if there is not much money left in the mansion now, is it possible that there is no money to prepare the dowry for Er Yue and buy the wedding? How can you coax Er Yue's dowry as an emergency?! How do you become an aunt!"

The more Ruan Hongwei spoke, the more angry he became, he couldn't help but slapped his palm on the table, and asked sharply, "I told you a few months ago that the sixty dowries prepared for February will be doubled. After so long , where is the 120 dowry you prepared for February?!"

"120 lifts?"

Seeing that Ruan Hongwei was angry, Mrs. Xu was a little scared, but she couldn't let Ruan Hongwei see her guilty conscience, and argued with her neck stuck, "Master, you are not in charge of the details of this mansion. On weekdays, the food and clothing of the whole mansion are not in charge. Expenses, firewood, rice, oil, salt, rewards for servants, and the monthly bills of each yard have already exceeded our advance payment. The sixty dowries for the four girls were all prepared by the concubine from her body. Said to be ready to carry sixty."

"Master, don't forget, back then you asked my concubine to prepare only forty dowry for her. If I hadn't felt pity for the fourth girl who didn't have my aunt to worry about these things..."

Xu also became more and more aggrieved as she talked more, she only felt that she had taken advantage of it, and by the way, she accused Ruan Hongwei of misunderstanding her.

Besides, when Ruan Hongwei asked Ping'er to come back, he said that he wanted to double the dowry for Ruan Eryue.At that time, she thought that Ruan Hongwei was just talking casually, just to fool Ruan Eryue into marrying into Prince Jing's mansion willingly.

Moreover, those serious eldest daughters of the family have only a record of more than a hundred marriages at most.Ruan Eryue is just a concubine, but she is still married to a wheelchair-bound son, what is there to show off?
Not only was she thinking about swallowing Ruan Eryue's betrothal gift that was crammed into a small coffer, but she was even thinking about leaving all the good things to her Jing'er.Ruan Jing is the eldest daughter of the mansion, how could Ruan Eryue steal the limelight?
Therefore, I didn't take this matter to heart at all.

Not to mention the 120 liters of dowry, even the [-] liters of dowry, Xu Shi was not prepared at all.She just thought that two days before Ruan Eryue's wedding, she would just pick out some of the semi-new porcelain and jewelry in the mansion for her.

Where did you pay attention?
Now being questioned by Ruan Hongwei, Xu's heart is a little guilty except for being submissive.What's more, the jealousy towards Ruan Eryue actually caused Ruan Hongwei to blame her again!

Ruan Hongwei felt guilty for a moment for neglecting Ruan Eryue before, and remembered Xu's words, "Master, you are not in charge of the details of this mansion", and became angry again.

"Bastard! Although I am not in charge of the small accounts of this mansion, who is running around every day to earn money for you? Who is supporting the family?! Even if you say it exceeds the budget, we still have several shops outside , Zhuangzi, is it possible that I can’t support you anymore?! Is my huge general’s mansion still an empty shell?!”

Ruan Hongwei stared, angrily stretched out his finger and pointed at Xu Shi who was sitting aside with a somewhat guilty expression, and then waved his hand and smashed the teacup in front of him, his anger was hard to dissipate.

Over the years, there has never been a situation where the money in the mansion is not enough.What's wrong today, asking Er Yue to buy a dowry and prepare for the wedding, the Xu family pushed back and forth, and even talked about the shortage of money in the mansion? !

It's hard for him not to think too much!

"Old Zhou! Go and bring me all the books from the mansion over the past few years! I want to see where all the money has been spent?! If someone dares to do anything with it, heh... "

Uncle Zhou gave Mrs. Xu a meaningful look, and hurriedly bent over to fetch the ledger.

It has been several years since Ruan Hongwei got so angry, and then remembered the things he did secretly.Xu's legs were so frightened that she couldn't help but slid off the chair, and said in a trembling voice, "Master..."

"My lord, this old slave here remembers the accounts that the lord uses for his business, as well as the public money for the construction of buildings in the mansion. The details of the backyard ledger are with Madam, and this old slave doesn't know the details."

Uncle Zhou held two thick ledgers and handed them to Ruan Hongwei.

Ruan Hongwei took it with a sullen face, looked through it for a while, then slammed it on the table, and sternly said to Mrs. Xu, "What are you doing still frozen there, why don't you bring me the account book!"

Originally, he just suspected what Xu Shi had done, but now seeing Xu Shi trembling with guilt, he was even more certain in his heart.

After Ruan Hongwei yelled like this, Xu shivered even more.The makeup that was originally carefully drawn is now more than half crying.

Under Ruan Hongwei's fire-breathing gaze, Xu got up quickly and entered the room with trembling legs.

Thinking of the unclear account books and the many unexplained expenses, Xu was terrified.She has been taking care of the backyard for more than ten years, and never thought that Ruan Hongwei would check the accounts one day.

For so many years, she has handled the expenses of the backyard by herself, how can she fool her now?

Xu's anxious heart felt uncomfortable like a cat scratching, Ruan Hongwei waited outside the door, and did not give her a chance to revise the account.After dawdling for a long time, Mrs. Xu bit her lip fiercely, then made up her mind, took out an old ledger from the drawer and walked out.

"Master, this is all the expenses in the backyard in the past few years. It's just that, since last year, the concubine, the concubine, has not kept accounts, but has roughly recorded it in my heart..."

Xu tried her best to look normal, forced a smile, and handed the ledger to Ruan Hongwei.

Oh, do you really think he is a fool?

Ruan Hongwei didn't reach out to take the account book, but just looked at Xu with a half-smile, but the dark clouds in his eyes were getting thicker and thicker.Frightened by Ruan Hongwei's strange stare, Xu's scalp tingled and forced a smile, "Master, what are you doing looking at me like this?"

After a while, Ruan Hongwei took over the account book in Xu's hand, and only after skimming it briefly, he said in a deep voice, "Your memory is so good that you can remember all the accounts in the past two years? If so, I would like to hear, what have you kept in mind for the past two years? You can tell me the expenses of the backyard in the past two years, and I will ask Lao Zhou to write it down, so it is correct. "

"Come on, sit down, have a sip of tea and talk slowly."

Xu's heart skipped a beat, and her whole body trembled even more.

(End of this chapter)