After being reborn as a widow, the mistress of the Hou family remarried a powerful official

Chapter 16 Taking back the dowry

In Pingyang Hou's accounting room, Manager Li Nuonuo said: "What kind of wind has brought you here?"

"Manager Li, do you think I'm in the way?"

"As for Madam, it's just that this little guy's place is shabby and I'm afraid the reception won't be good enough, so I just ask Madam to take care of me."

He wiped the cold sweat from his forehead. He had seen the tit-for-tat confrontation in the Hou Mansion a while ago. Although Ke Yiqing had the leverage in his hands, he was opposite the old lady, the head of the Hou Mansion. How could he have the courage to confront her head-on?

"You told the old lady that I paid off the money in my account a while ago, right?"

"Ma'am, don't try to trick me. How dare you, this villain? Is this villain's wealth and life in your hands?"

The old man in front of him was so thin and shivering that he even kowtowed obediently to the ground. He really looked like a miserable and helpless accountant.

But in his previous life, he listened to the old lady's instructions and sold his dowry, leaving her with no more support in the Hou Mansion!

Her natal family is not wealthy, and her father is just a low-ranking minister, old-fashioned and not good at making a living. Her mother saved the dowry for her over ten years of frugality, but in the end it was all given to this family!
Thinking of this, Ke Yiqing took a deep breath and forced himself to calm down.

"Tell me, which pawn shop did you pawn the deed of my dowry to?"

Manager Li was horrified, thinking how could she know this?

"Madam Mingjian, don't you keep your dowry with the old lady? How dare this villain pawn your dowry? If you don't know what you mean, you might think that you suspect the old lady of being a thief."

As he said this, his clothes were soaked with cold sweat on his back.

Ke Yiqing smiled and watched him act quietly.

After a moment, Steward Li sighed and said, "My life is over." He advised, "This is the right thing for the old lady to do. It's been five days now. Madam, it's better not to go against her."

It's actually perfect?Ke Yiqing was stunned, but not surprised.

He explained that it was the second wife's incident that made the old lady mistakenly believe that her second son had a chance to come out, so she hurriedly prepared money to redeem him home.

This absolutely means that if the person who pawns the pawn cannot redeem it within five days, there will be no chance of redemption. Of course, this method of pawning will also get the most money.

The old lady really loved her son so much that she plotted against her, but she couldn't do anything about it. Instead, she had a good reputation as a loving mother!

"How come you didn't even know to tell me about such a big matter?"

"After all, the old lady is the master of the Hou Mansion. When you marry, the dowry should go to your husband's family. Although the old lady handled it a little hastily, it still has a serious purpose. Madam should be considerate."

Ke Yiqing gritted his teeth, "Which Daqi law states that a woman's dowry belongs to her husband's family?"

Manager Li stroked his beard, shook his head and said: "As the saying goes, if you marry a chicken, follow the chicken, if you marry a dog, follow the dog. When you marry into the Marquis Mansion, you are a member of the Marquis Mansion. Now that the Marquis Mansion is gone, naturally everything will be obeyed by the old lady."

Ke Yiqing no longer wasted words on such a rogue, and immediately called Zi Xin to be tied up and sent to the government.

"Madam, what do you mean by this? Aren't you afraid that the old lady will blame you?"

"Don't say that you secretly pawned my dowry, even if you cheated on the Hou Mansion's money, it would still be enough for you to drink a pot!" She walked forward and sneered: "The old lady is in a hurry to spend money at this time. If she knew Yes, what do you think she will do to you?"

Manager Li was frightened when he heard this. He had been working as an errand in the Hou Mansion for many years, and he knew the old lady's ruthlessness very well. If she really knew about it, not only would she not help him, but she would even be beaten to death!
"Madam, please forgive me. I was just confused for a moment, madam!" He couldn't break away, so he could only kowtow. Soon there were blood marks on his forehead, and he continued to do so.

"You know, she is the old lady of the Hou Mansion. How can a villain dare to disobey her? I hope she will give her a way to survive."

Ke Yiqing paced back and forth in the room. After a few back and forth, she already had a plan in mind. She turned around and helped the person up affectionately.

"What are you talking about? Manager Li, you have been working in the Marquis Mansion for many years. You have worked hard without any merit. How can a junior like me dare to force you to death?"

Manager Li was overjoyed, "So, you are willing to let me go?"

She shook her head and sighed: "It's not that I don't want to keep you, but someone in the house wants to operate on you. Who do you think told me about this today?"

"This, I don't understand." "To tell you the truth, the old lady plans to transfer the power of taking care of the housework to the eldest lady." She said this halfway, then drank tea and stopped talking.

Manager Li is a good person, and he immediately realized that the eldest lady was trying to take advantage of him, but there was no news at all about this matter... Could it be that the young lady was coaxing him?

"That's it for now. It's useless for me to say more, so I'll leave first."

Without waiting for his reaction, Ke Yiqing walked far away, leaving the man here to think about something. Soon, Manager Li cheered up and walked towards the old lady's yard.

"Slave, I saw that he has indeed passed. Aren't you afraid that he will know that what we said is false?"

"What I said is true, I can't help but he doesn't believe it." Ke Yiqing smiled calmly. This happened in her previous life. At that time, the old lady was afraid that she would have a grudge against the Hou family, and because the second child was coming back, she hurriedly seized power.

It's a pity that the eldest lady didn't do the job, and the Hou Mansion was too short and she was unwilling to make up for it herself, so this drudgery finally fell on her.

Sure enough, just after noon, Manager Li came to look for her. As soon as she entered the door, he kowtowed again and shouted: "Madam is kind, please save me!"

Ke Yiqing pretended to be puzzled, and waited until the people begged for mercy many times, and the bad anger in her heart came out, then she Shiran asked people to get up.

"Tell me, how should I save you?"

"I don't know, but my wife must have her own tricks."

She chuckled, "You are old, and due to the war in the early years, your wife and children have long since disappeared. Now you only raise a beautiful concubine in a small house outside Shengjing, but what?"

"It's exactly what the lady said."

Yu Jin stepped forward in time, the plate in his hand was heavy.

Manager Li opened it and saw that it was actually 100 taels of silver.

"Take this money and go home to retire. It will be enough for your coffin."

"What does the villain need to do?"

"Take your beautiful concubine and leave Shengjing as far as you can. Go to a place where the officials cannot find you. If anyone asks, you will not come back."

Manager Li felt a chill in his heart, kowtowed to his head again, and hurried back to pack his things.

But in just one afternoon, Yu Jin informed her: "The manager Li has already taken leave, and I think he has gone far away. When does Madam plan to go to the Yamen?"

"Just waiting for the old lady."

Sure enough, within two days, the old lady came over and told her that she felt sorry for her for running the Hou Mansion for many years and planned to let her take care of the house on her behalf.

Ke Yiqing naturally agreed. She no longer wanted to deal with such a mess in the Hou Mansion.

As soon as the right to take charge of a large family was transferred, she took Yu Jin and Zi Xing to the Yamen in Shengjing.

"What did she do in the Yamen?"

Ah Qing's face was full of flattery, "After you left, Madam, today, Madam took Sister Jin out. She said that Manager Li had stolen her dowry and sold it, and she wanted to settle the account with him."

The old lady was shocked, "Are you serious?"

"How dare I hide this from you? Many sisters in the yard have heard it."

"Hurry and prepare the carriage and go to the Yamen."

"Yes."

But now that the old lady was recovering from a serious illness, the groom did not dare to walk too fast. When he arrived at the Yamen, Ke Yiqing had succeeded in reporting to the official and was confronting the pawnshop owner in court.

(End of this chapter)