Chapter 55 Audit
  Aunt Yang's figure turned a corner and disappeared, but she could still be vaguely heard humming a tune.
  "What's wrong with her, pretending to be crazy under the pretext of drinking?" Huizhi frowned and said, "The smell of alcohol is so strong, I don't know how much she drank."
  Shen Zhuoxi looked at the direction Aunt Yang was leaving and said, "Do you think what she just said is true or false?"
  "I don't know." Hui Zhi shook her head and said, "I heard someone say before that the deep mansion is just like the harem. The women in it are so evil-minded that you can't believe anything they say."
  "When Aunt Yang followed Shen Heshan, he was not yet the Grand Master." Shen Zhuoxi counted the time and said, "It has been seven or eight years since Aunt Yang entered the mansion. Does she know anything?"
  Hui Zhi shook her head again and said, "Not necessarily. If you really know, she won't say these words. She should tell you everything."
  "That's right." Shen Zhuoxi continued to walk forward, and there seemed to be a faint smell of alcohol in the air: "I can't remember some things. I'll ask Grandma Ju when I go back. She should know."
  After they left, Shen Heshan and Yu Qinglian were both called to Jing'an Court.
  The old lady didn't even bother to greet them in the past few days, and they didn't dare to neglect them when summoned in the middle of the night.
  Shen Heshan was very filial and asked anxiously when he entered the door: "Is mother in bad health again?"
  "It's not my body, it's something else." The old lady ordered Aunt Yuan to take out all the servants and servants. After only a few people were left, she asked Yu Qinglian: "Where is the account book in the house? "
  "Here I am, it's so late, why do you want to look at the account book?" Yu Qinglian asked, quite strangely.
  "Let's see where Princess Xiaoqing's dowry went." The old lady said with a cold face, "She left a lot of things behind. Aunt Yuan and I did a rough calculation just now."
  "In addition to real gold and silver, other gold, silver and jade articles, houses and shops, several yards, and the property left to her by the Jiang family, all add up to five million taels of silver."
  "Han Xiangru has subsidized her over the years, so her dowry will not be ruined."
  Yu Qinglian glanced at Shen Heshan and said with a sneer: "You used to be in charge of these things. The gold, silver, jade and jewelry that didn't leave any mark were all taken out and given away."
  "Those with the stamps have long since been pawned for money, some of the land deeds for the fields and houses are still there, and some have been sold long ago. As for the shops, they changed hands after he took the position of Grand Master in Heshan."
  The old lady placed the teacup heavily on the table: "Five years ago, I handed over the account book and the house's accounts to you to take care of. In just a few years, the money is gone?"
  Yu Qinglian said aggrievedly: "All the money is recorded in the book. You can read it and check it. The Taishi Mansion is worried about the expenses. You also know that the Taishi sits in this position and must be careful every step."
  "I dare not accept heavy gifts from others for fear of being impeached for taking bribes, but I don't want the things I send to other people's houses to be shabby. Take the gift from the princess and hairpin of the Prince's Mansion last month for example."
  "The jade Ruyi we gave is worth hundreds of thousands taels of silver. There are still seventy or eighty people in the house waiting for food. We can't rely entirely on the salary and rewards of the Grand Master."
  Knowing that her words were true, the old lady snorted coldly and said: "The Queen Mother saw that Shen Zhuoxi was sober and told her that Princess Xiaoqing still had a generous dowry and asked her to renovate the Xiaoxiang Tower."
  "No matter what method you use, you must make up for the money. It is best to find all the items in the dowry."
  "How is that possible?!" Yu Qinglian was surprised and raised her voice: "Many good jade jewelry have been given away. Is it possible that I want to get them back?"
  Shen Heshan also felt that it was outrageous: "Yes, mother, more than ten years have passed, and there were so many dowries at that time. Who knows what they were?"
  "Are you confused as a Grand Master?" The old lady slapped her hand heavily on the table and said, "Not to mention how many things Jiang Lie, the loyal Marquis, left for Princess Xiaoqing."
  "Just saying that she married from the Empress Dowager's Cining Palace and was treated as a princess, even every stitch and every stitch must be recorded. If we don't know, how can the records of the Ministry of Internal Affairs not be clear?"
  Shen Heshan's face suddenly darkened: "Even if you know the list, it's impossible to find everything."
  "Then what's the use of being the Grand Master?" The old lady thought more and more angrily: "When I was a minister in the past, I still had some money and water, and I could just accept the things given by others."
  "When you become the prince's master, you have to keep your integrity. Hmm, how much is your integrity worth?"
  "Mom, calm down, the Grand Master is also doing it for Ze Huan's future." Yu Qinglian quickly smoothed things over: "He Shan is the Prince's master. In the future, when the Prince ascends the throne, the Grand Master's status will rise."
  "As the legitimate son of the Taishi Mansion, Zehuan has a bright future. He is also a literary scholar. He Shan is thinking about him."
  Speaking of the only legitimate son of the Taishi Mansion, the old Taijun's expression finally softened, but his tone was still bad: "No matter what method you use, just hand it over to Shen Zhuoxi as soon as possible."
  "If she wants more for herself, we can always find a reason to evade it, but the Queen Mother is also involved in it. We can't let the Queen Mother know that we are greedy for Princess Xiaoqing's dowry!"
  "If word gets out, how should He Shan behave and how should Zehuan behave?"
  "Yes." Yu Qinglian responded: "I will go back and discuss it with the Grand Master."
  Shen Heshan never cared about the family's money, so there was nothing to discuss.
  After leaving Jing'an Garden, Yu Qinglian was dismissed with "You handle it yourself" and she went to rest in Han Xiangru's yard.
  Yu Qinglian was left alone, stamping her feet angrily: "Look at this bastard, you shouldn't have married him in the first place, you don't want to do anything, leave all the mess to me!"
  "You didn't take a fancy to the Grand Master's talent and ambition at the beginning." Aunt Hua persuaded in a low voice: "While we are still at the gate of Jing'an Garden, please keep your voice down. Let's go back and look at the account book first."
  "If it doesn't work, just take out part of the money and move it away later when you find an opportunity."
  Yu Qinglian returned to Bihe Garden angrily, and sent away all the maids and Aunt Hua to find the book and check them one by one, without leaving Huizhi hiding behind the curtain.
  By the time Houhou finished checking the two accounts, it was already midnight, and Yu Qinglian didn't even bother to wash up and went straight to bed.
  She was so asleep that she didn't even notice that Hui Zhi had taken away the accounts and put them in the secret compartment of the closet.
  Qingfeng Tower is brightly lit all night long.
  Shen Zhuoxi hasn't slept, waiting for news about Huizhi.
  After she came back, she asked Aunt Ju carefully what grudges there were between Aunt Yang and Yu Qinglian.
  Aunt Ju was trapped in Xiaoxiang Building with Shen Zhuoxi. She only went to the kitchen to get a meal, and she didn't know everything about some things.
  I have only heard people mention that Aunt Yang was pregnant with a child when she was six months old. She accidentally fell into the lotus pond and almost killed two children.
  In the end, she was saved, but the child was stillborn and was delivered as a baby boy. Aunt Yang could not have any more children. She was so sad that she was ill for several months. After she recovered, she seemed to be a different person, cautious and cautious.
  Shen Zhuoxi guessed that the child was Yu Qinglian's hand.
  (End of this chapter)

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