Liu Yanrou has always told lies, so it's not surprising that she would lie about this kind of thing.

After all, she is the daughter of the prime minister's house. How could the dowry given to her by the prime minister's house be only that?

How could Liu Yanrou spend less than a thousand taels in the Prime Minister's Mansion for two years?

Liu Qingli returned all the way to the Prime Minister's Mansion and went directly to the accountant and asked him to bring out the account books of all the food and clothing expenses Liu Yanrou had spent in the Prime Minister's Mansion over the years.

Large families have a dedicated accountant, and each master also has a separate account book, recording every account that is debited from the public account of the house.

Liu Yanrou has been back to the prime minister's house for two years, and there is only a thin account book.

But when he opened the account book and saw the contents that were not even full on one page, he was stunned. It took him a long time to find his voice and asked:

"This is the only one she has?"

The cashier replied respectfully, "Second Miss used to have very little expenses."

This is more than a handful.

Except for the normal 50 taels of monthly silver for legitimate sons and daughters in the first and second months, it became 30 taels in the third month. There is no record of receiving monthly silver since then. .

As for the clothes that should be worn in each season, only four sets of summer clothes are recorded above.

Thinking of Liu Yanrou's mocking gaze, Liu Qingli suddenly couldn't say a word.

He asked with a sullen face, "Why does she have no moon silver? Did you deliberately deduct it?"

"Oh, my second young master, even if you give me ten courages, I don't dare to deduct the moon silver from my master. This is all what the madam ordered. If the madam doesn't give the second young lady the moon silver, we servants will also I don’t dare.”

Liu Qingli's expression froze, thinking of Liu Yanrou's several punishments, and said angrily:

"Okay, just asking, I don't blame you."

She couldn't help but question: "Does she really only have this account book?"

"This is really the only one."

"Then why did she only receive summer clothes once?" Liu Qingli asked again.

The accountant said anxiously: "This is also what the lady ordered."

"nonsense!"

Liu Qingli slammed the table and said angrily: "How could mother do this!"

Even if her mother didn't like Liu Yanrou, she wouldn't be able to treat her like this.

The accountant was almost crying and said quickly:

"It's really Madam's order. Otherwise, even if you give me ten courages, I wouldn't dare. I remember that a few months after the second young lady came back, I don't know what happened to anger Madam, so Madam ordered everyone in the house to There is no need to prepare clothes for Second Young Lady, Second Young Master, you should also know about this."

Liu Qingli's breath froze and he was stunned.

He suddenly remembered that once, he brought back some good stuff from outside and distributed it to his sisters, but Liu Yanrou was greedy and wanted to take away Liu Qingwan's. He scolded Liu Yanrou angrily.

Liu Yanrou seemed to have said at that time that she didn't lack these things at all, and her parents in Qingzhou had prepared plenty for her.

Then her mother happened to hear it and got very angry, saying that since her adoptive parents in Qingzhou had prepared it for her, the family would no longer have to prepare clothes for her in all seasons.

At that time, he only felt that Liu Yanrou was extremely vicious. Even though she had said too much, she still wanted to rob Qingwan.

I was also very angry with her. I felt that my mother had done an excellent job and she should be taught a lesson.

but……

Why has she really never worn a single piece of clothing from Xiangfu since then?

Liu Qingli looked at the thin account book with only one page written in his hand, and felt it was extremely dazzling, and asked again:

"You should have the second lady's dowry list here."

"Yes, yes, yes."

The accountant hurriedly went to get it.

Everything that goes out of the house is recorded. For the dowry of a married woman, not only the married woman has a list in her hand, but also the accountant and the mistress of the house each have a copy. This is to prevent the married woman from being bullied by her husband's family after she goes to her husband's family. Things like dowry happen.

The dowry list was brought quickly. Looking at the things on it, Liu Qingli felt his eyes darken.

It’s really so thin!

Eight quilts, eight jars of wine, a few pieces of cloth... The eight hundred and eighty-eight taels of silver at the bottom of the box turned out to be the most valuable thing in it.

He remembered that in Liu Qingwan's dowry, the money given by him as the second brother alone was a full three thousand taels, and the eldest brother and third brother also had the same amount as him.

Thinking of this, Liu Qingli suddenly stopped breathing.

When Liu Yanrou got married, he seemed to have really forgotten to add makeup to her.

Originally, he was prepared, but on the day Liu Yanrou got married, he bullied Qingwan again for some reason. When he and his eldest brother and third brother saw Qingwan's red eyes, they pulled Qingwan away angrily, forgetting to give Liu Yanrou anything. Put on this makeup.

Even when it was finally time to get into the sedan chair, he deliberately did not carry Liu Yanrou into the sedan chair because he was angry.

I originally thought that the eldest brother and the third brother would go, but it turned out that the eldest brother and the third brother were also angry and did not show up at all.

He didn't know who carried Liu Yanrou to the sedan chair in the end, but what he clearly remembered in his mind now was that Liu Qingwan's eyes were red from crying but she was still worried about Liu Yanrou and told them not to blame Liu Yanrou.

Is this really the case?

Liu Qingli suddenly became suspicious.

He held an account book and a dowry list and left with a dazed expression.

The accountant reminded him several times to keep the account book and dowry list so that he could make a copy for him, but Liu Qingli didn't hear it.

He went all the way to Madam Liu's yard, wanting to ask her if she knew what Liu Yanrou had been like during the two years she spent in the Prime Minister's Mansion, and if she knew about Liu Yanrou's dowry.

But when I got to the door, I didn't have the courage to go in.

In a daze, he felt that his mother knew.

Like them, their mother never cared about Liu Yanrou.

Unknowingly, he walked to the place where Liu Yanrou lived before.

He looked up and looked around, frowning.

Why hadn't he noticed before that Liu Yanrou lived in such a remote place when she was in the Prime Minister's Mansion?

Not far away is the corner door through which the servants of the Hou Mansion enter and exit.

He remembered that this courtyard was prepared for guests who came to stay at the Prime Minister's Mansion.

Why is Liu Yanrou living here?

A fire flashed through my mind.

He remembered.

It was Liu Yanrou's first night back. Liu Qingwan was worried that Liu Yanrou would not be used to it, so she took the initiative to accompany her.

As a result, the water suddenly disappeared at night for some reason. Although she was safe, the yard prepared for her by the Prime Minister's Mansion in advance was burned by fire.

At that time, there was no other suitable courtyard in the house, so she could only temporarily place her in this guest courtyard.

But she didn't expect that she would stay here for two years.

"Why didn't she say it?" Liu Qingli murmured.

If you were wronged, why didn't you say it?

You can tell them without moon silver or four-season clothes.

Even if she doesn't want to live in this courtyard, she can just say that.

Why don't you say it? !

Are you going to settle old scores with him now and deliberately make him feel sad?

"She is as vicious as ever."

Liu Qingli murmured, walked into the house, looked at the simple furnishings in the house, and felt agitated in his heart.

Suddenly he didn't want to stay here any longer, so he turned around and staggered away.

That night, he had a dream.

The scene in the dream seemed to be when Liu Yanrou was just taken back to the Prime Minister's Mansion. She cried and said that she did not bully Liu Qingwan, but he, his parents, his eldest brother and his third brother didn't believe it at all, pointing at her and yelling at her for being vicious.

Liu Qingli woke up suddenly, looked at the bright sky in a daze, and wiped the sweat from his forehead.

"Sir, you are finally awake!"

The boy came in with a basin of water. When he saw Liu Qingli waking up, he quickly stepped forward and asked worriedly: "Master, do you feel uncomfortable in any way?"

"What's wrong with me?" Liu Qingli asked doubtfully.

"Young Master, don't you remember? You didn't know where you went last night, and you had a high fever when you came back."

Liu Qingli was stunned for a moment and murmured suspiciously, "Am I having a fever?"

I didn't feel any discomfort, so I didn't pay much attention to it and asked casually: "What time is it now?"

"Chen hour and four quarters."

The young man replied: "For some reason, I will be very angry when I come back next morning. I want you to go and look for him."

"Find me?"

Thinking of what happened on the street yesterday, Liu Qingli felt a little worried.

Could it be that my father knew about this?

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