"Your mother's dowry?" Qu Qiuyan was stunned for a moment, her heart suddenly tightened. She looked at Qu Xuexin on the side, only to see Qu Xuexin nodded to her.
"Yes, it's my mother's dowry." Qu Moying said lightly, with the corners of his lips curled up, revealing a hint of sarcasm.
"You...you're talking nonsense, this is in the mansion, it's my father's shop." Qu Qiuyan shook her head in disbelief and said subconsciously.
Qu Moying's smile remained unchanged. "How did my mother's things become ours? Grandmother has explained it clearly. Please take them out, Third Sister. I will take them back and investigate them clearly. This will also prevent the Ministry of Justice from coming to our house again and investigating our family for fraud."
"What...what do you mean?" Qu Qiuyan's face changed drastically. Does this involve the Ministry of Justice
"I heard that someone from Madam Yu's family was watching my mother's shop and made up false sales information. He took people's money but didn't give them the shop. Now someone has reported him to the Ministry of Justice." Qu Moying said.
"What...what family?" Qu Qiuyan was confused.
"I really don't know, but it looks like they must be from a noble family, otherwise it wouldn't have caused such a big fuss, even to the Ministry of Justice. Maybe my father has also been questioned." Qu Moying looked at Qu Qiuyan with a smile.
Qu Qiuyan turned her head to look at Qu Xuexin, trying to tell from Qu Xuexin's face that Qu Moying's words were false, but Qu Xuexin just nodded again.
"You..." Qu Qiuyan felt that her mouth had lost its voice and she couldn't utter a word. She just opened her mouth but couldn't utter a single word.
"Third sister, please return my mother's dowry shop to me." Qu Moying looked at Qu Qiuyan and said slowly and firmly, "If you feel something is wrong, you can ask father. It just so happens that my father has something to ask you. He said that he has found some clues about that scoundrel and may need your help to confirm it!"
The matter of the scoundrel was about Aunt Qing who was beside Qu Qiuyan. Although Aunt Qing was dead, the suspicion on Qu Qiuyan could not be cleared. Now that this scoundrel was in Qu Zhizhen's hands, it was hard to say what could be asked out of him. Qu Qiuyan felt that with her father's ability, he would definitely find out the truth of the matter.
Didn’t the slap in the face earlier prove this point
She was no longer her father's beloved daughter. Thinking of this, Qu Qiuyan's eyes turned red. She gritted her teeth and her face became stiff.
If her mother was still the mistress of the Qu family, how could that slut Qu Moying dare to humiliate her like this? But she was powerless to do anything now.
"Third sister, please hurry up. Grandmother is still waiting for me to come back." Qu Moying looked at her and spoke word by word.
This made her feel even more humiliated. She pressed her hands on the corner of the table, clenched her fists tightly, and stared at Qu Moying with red eyes, almost biting him.
"Third sister, please take it out quickly. Grandmother is really waiting." When Qu Xuexin saw her situation, she hurried forward and held her hand.
"Go and get the account books of these shops." Qu Qiuyan gritted her teeth, suppressed all the emotions in her heart, and said.
The jealousy in my heart was hard to dispel and it burned fiercely.
Qingju hurried in and took out a set of account books. These were for the recent period. The rest were in the shop and had been stored in the warehouse.
Yudong stepped forward, took it from Qingju's hand, took a look at it, and nodded to Qu Moying.
"Third sister, now that the matter is settled
, then we will go back first. "Qu Moying stood up leisurely, as if he didn't see Qu Qiuyan's hateful look, and said.
Qu Qiuyan bit her lips tightly and said nothing. She was afraid that she would lose control of herself if she spoke, so she just glared at Qu Moying fiercely.
Qu Moying smiled at Qu Qiuyan again, then turned around and left with Yu Dong.
Qu Xuexin wanted to say something to Qu Qiuyan, but seeing Qu Qiuyan's expression, she knew that she would not listen to anything she said. The three young ladies in the Qu family had always respected Qu Qiuyan, and it was true that Qu Qiuyan was the most outstanding. In the past, whatever was good, Qu Qiuyan was also unique. But now, the situation was reversed.
Shaking her head slightly, Qu Xuexin stood up and followed Qu Moying away.
Wu Ma walked at the end and bowed to Qu Qiuyan. She comforted her in a gentle voice, "Third Miss, don't be angry. These originally belonged to the late Madam, and they are indeed to be left for the Fourth Miss."
Qu Qiuyan bit her lips until they were red, and she couldn't hide the hatred in her eyes. She lowered her head hard.
Seeing that she remained silent, Wu Ma sighed and advised: "Miss San, there are still many shops in the mansion, and they are still managed by Miss San. Miss San, just manage them well."
Qu Qiuyan still didn't respond.
Seeing her like this, Aunt Wu couldn't say anything else and could only turn around and leave...
The process of getting the account books was so smooth, which really surprised Qu Moying. At the same time, he was even more moved by the old lady. If the old lady had not had the intention, it would not have been so easy for these things to fall into Yu's hands.
My nanny found some old account books, moved them from the warehouse, and sent them to Qianyueju.
Nanny Yan rarely intervened and actually helped Qu Moying look at the previous account books, which was a great help to Qu Moying.
The other people were not very familiar with the account books, so Qu Moying was originally supposed to look at them alone. But now with Nanny Yan's help, she was able to quickly sort out the account books of so many years.
Qu Moying did not want to ask for all the profits of the mansion in the past. After all, some of them were still in the mansion. Yu herself had embezzled a lot, but there were also some in the mansion. It would not be good to calculate too much. After all, she had not broken up with the Qu Mansion forcefully, and at this time, she still needed the Qu Mansion.
Besides, there is the lady here, and she is only moved by her.
I don't want to make the lady unhappy because of this matter. It was already a surprise that I could get all the shops so quickly. I originally thought that it would take a lot of effort, but now I am much less worried.
Then it will be much easier...
When Hai Lan came back from the Ministry of Justice, she went to see the lady first.
"What happened? Which family did he cheat?" asked the lady.
"It's someone from the Yuguo Mansion." Aunt Hailan's face was pale and she looked unhappy. She looked at the Madam and knelt down and started crying. "Madam, you must tell me. This has nothing to do with our Madam. She knows nothing and has never seen Yu Qian since then. How could she... How could she ask him to buy the shop? Besides, the deed to the shop is not in Madam's hands."
Hailan is Yu's confidant and of course knows the truth. Yu only has accounts and account books, or profits, and the most fundamental things are still with the lady, so there is no way he would let anyone sell the shop.
Yu Qian insisted that Yu sent someone to tell him so.
There was a purse with some silver in it, but this purse was very ordinary and many servants in the Qu Mansion had one. As for what Yu said the maid came to ask, Hai Lan also explained it. She thought Yu Qian was asking about the matters in the shop, and her meaning was to do as the lady said.
As for Yu Qian's misunderstanding, that was not something she knew about.
One thing can absolutely prove that Yu is innocent. After all, the title deed of the shop is not in Yu's hands. Of course, this also requires Madam Tai to send someone to prove it.
The most difficult thing to deal with is that the matter involves the Yuguo Mansion.
Although the Duke Yu's Mansion had fallen into decline, it was still the Duke's Mansion after all, and it was not something that ordinary people could discredit. Moreover, although the Duke Yu did not manage affairs on weekdays and was considered an idler, and he did not even live in the Duke's Mansion on weekdays, no one dared to underestimate him, after all, he was once a brave general of the Great Zhou.
It was only because of some involvement that the Duke's Mansion became low-key and gloomy. The Duke of Yu was actually not very old and was about the same age as Qu Zhizhen.
But when Qu Zhizhen was still nothing, this man had already become famous throughout the world. There were even rumors that the Prince of Yun would not listen to anyone, but he would still listen to the words of the Duke of Yu. After all, the Duke of Yu was as good as the Duke of Qi in fighting, and was a generation younger than the Duke of Qi.
"Who is it from the Duke of Yuguo's Mansion?" The old lady's face looked unhappy. She didn't expect that the Duke of Yuguo's Mansion would be involved.
"It seems to be a steward of the wife of Duke Yu." Aunt Hailan cried.
"The wife of Duke Yu?" the lady-in-waiting asked uncertainly.
"Yes, it's the wife of Duke Yu." Aunt Hailan said affirmatively.
The lady dowager was silent. When the wife of the Duke of Yu was young, she was the most famous beauty in the Great Zhou. She met the Duke of Yu, who was still the crown prince at that time. The marriage between the two once caused a sensation in the whole capital. Whether in terms of family background, status, or appearance, they could be called a perfect match.
It's a pity that later on, the Mansion of Duke Yu was implicated because of the wife of Duke Yu, leading to the decline of Duke Yu. However, there is one thing that people in the capital still talk about and praise: Even though Duke Yu was implicated and even his military power was taken away because of the affairs of the wife of Duke Yu, Duke Yu was still deeply in love with her.
She seldom lives in the Mansion of Duke Yuguo, and that is also because the wife of Duke Yuguo is in poor health and is recuperating in a farm outside the Mansion. It is said that the wife of Duke Yuguo has been bedridden since she returned to the capital, and her health is very poor. She has not appeared in front of other wives in the capital for so many years.
Even if there are things that must happen, it is the wife of Duke Yu and the prince of Yu who will come forward. It is said that the prince of Yu is a capable man. At a young age, he is not only well-versed in human relations, but also has extraordinary martial arts skills and is very famous in the capital.
The lady dowager cannot see the people around the wife of Duke Yu. The wife of Duke Yu has not shown up for so many years, so the only one she can do is to find Duke Yu.
"Is the Second Master back?" The old lady looked at my nanny with a frown. She couldn't interfere in the affairs of the Duke of Yu's Mansion. The wife of the Duke of Yu was in poor health and was not even present for royal affairs, let alone such trivial matters of her own family.
"I'm back." said my nanny.
"Let's go see him." The lady stood up and said that this matter was no longer something she could handle and had to be dealt with as soon as possible, otherwise it would be even more difficult to deal with.