She loses if she divorces, the reborn mistress only divorces her husband

Qin Changzhou was sitting in the main hall of Youlanxuan with a furious look on his face. When he saw Li Jingwan come in, he immediately stood up and questioned her.

"Where have you been? You kept me waiting for so long!"

Li Jingwan looked at the teacup on the table. It was still steaming. It was less than half a cup of tea, but he thought it was too long?

I waited for him for five years before returning to Beijing.

Li Jingwan's expression was indifferent. She didn't even look at him and sat down directly. "What's the matter, Lord?"

Seeing that she not only did not answer his questions, but also did not show any panic as she usually did when he was slightly dissatisfied, Qin Changzhou became even more angry.

"The accountant said you removed the ancestral house management fee. Who told you to stop?!"

He was going to see Tang Qiaoyin today, so he asked the servant to withdraw next month's ancestral house management fee in advance and bring it over.

As a result, the servant came back empty-handed and said that the accountant received an order from Li Jingwan and crossed out this expense.

As expected, he came for this matter. Li Jingwan had expected it.

"My Lord, the ancestral house of the Marquisate is uninhabited. In recent years, there is no need to go there even during the holidays. There is only one servant to watch over the door. The management fee of three hundred taels of silver per month is not necessary."

"Moreover, this expenditure is too general, and it does not specify where it was spent and what it was used for. Shouldn't it be stopped?"

Qin Changzhou's face paused. This expenditure had already occurred three years ago. Why did she suddenly want to check it now? Did she discover something?

impossible.

Only he and his grandmother knew about this, no one else knew.

Qin Changzhou said in a firm tone, "The ancestral house is the birthplace of the Marquisate. We cannot forget our roots. Of course, we have to spend money to maintain it. Besides, this is also what my grandmother asked."

"I will go and talk to the old lady." Li Jingwan did not give in. "Since the old lady asked me to manage the mansion, every expenditure must be clearly accounted for and money cannot be wasted."

"Can't a dignified Marquisate even come up with three hundred taels?" Qin Changzhou asked with a sullen look, "How can you be the head of the family? Are you even going to deduct this little bit of silver?"

These words made Li Jingwan's mouth curl up slightly, and she finally turned her head to look at him, her beautiful eyes curved, as if mocking him.

Then, she said to the door, "Cui Yu, bring the things in."

Just now, when the maid said that Qin Changzhou came to see her, she had already guessed his purpose, so she asked Cuiyu to go to the accounting office to get the account book first.

Cui Yu offered it with both hands. Li Jingwan took it and threw it directly on the table. "My Lord, this is the account of the mansion for the past year. Please take a look."

This action was not respectful at all as usual, and Qin Changzhou became even angrier, but now he had to get the silver, so he had to hold his anger and open the account book.

Although Qin Changzhou never managed the accounts, the account books were recorded very clearly, especially the monthly income and expenditure results, which were written down clearly stroke by stroke.

Are we in deficit every month?

His anger turned into confusion and he couldn't help but frown. Why was the mansion's expenses so high?

Li Jingwan picked up the teacup and took a sip slowly before saying, "My Lord, have you seen this? The mansion is always spending more than it earns every month, and has lost nearly seven thousand taels in the past year."

"Since I entered the palace, there has been a deficit every month. Do you know how these deficits are made up?"

Qin Changzhou looked up at her, and this time he saw the sarcasm on her face clearly.

"I used my dowry to pay for all of it." Li Jingwan stared at him without hesitation and said word by word, "I used the Li family's money to support the Marquis' Mansion."

Qin Changzhou tightened his hand holding the account book and his face turned hot.

In fact, he had known for a long time that Li Jingwan had been spending the dowry she brought.

However, Madam Qin said that Li Jingwan belonged to the Marquis' Mansion, so her things naturally belonged to the Marquis' Mansion as well.

Moreover, Li Jingwan had a gentle personality and never complained. She spent money willingly, so he naturally took it for granted.

Now that she had said it bluntly in front of the servants, Qin Changzhou suddenly felt humiliated and his shame turned into anger.

Not to mention the Marquis's Mansion, even for a small family, it would be a shameful thing if they spent their daughter-in-law's dowry.

"What nonsense are you talking about?" Qin Changzhou scolded, "Why would the Marquis' Mansion spend your money? You are not good at management, so you will naturally make up for the deficit yourself. Who forced you to use your dowry?"

Li Jingwan was so angry that she almost laughed at such shameless words.

She was so blind in her previous life that she would fall for a man like this.

"Your Majesty is right. I did not do well." Li Jingwan picked up the account book and said slowly.

"Then cancel the old lady's monthly five hundred taels of blood bird's nest, Yao'er's three hundred taels of study expenses, Yun'er's five hundred taels of clothing and jewelry, the Marquis's six hundred taels of banquet expenses, and the four hundred taels of rewards."

"In this way, we can save more than 2,000 taels of silver each month, and the account will be balanced soon."

"No." Qin Changzhou immediately refused, "These cannot be cut off."

"Then please give me some money, Lord Marquis." Li Jingwan raised her eyebrows slightly. "The income of the Marquis's Mansion is clearly written in the account book. How can we maintain these expenses without money?"

"As the saying goes, if you marry a man, you will have clothes and food. Lord, you are the head of the family, so it is natural that you are responsible for making money."

Qin Changzhou was speechless. How could his salary be enough?

Although the servants lowered their heads, they were all listening.

Qin Changzhou's face flushed, and as he was about to leave with a flick of his sleeves, an old woman came in holding a wooden box, with a smile on her face.

"Madam, I have bought the things you asked me to buy. You will definitely be satisfied."

After she finished speaking, she noticed Qin Changzhou standing beside her and quickly bowed, "Meet the Marquis."

Qin Changzhou was about to leave, but was stopped by Li Jingwan.

"My Lord, I bought this for you. You can take it with you."

"What is it?" Qin Changzhou looked at the rough wooden box in the old woman's hand and was unwilling to take it. "Take it out and put it on the table."

"Yes." The old woman then opened the box, took out a palm-length statue of Guanyin and placed it on the table.

"What is this?" Qin Changzhou looked at the crudely made Guanyin statue with disdain. The statue had emerald green mixed with ink and looked very ugly.

Li Jingwan replied, "My Lord, this is the jadeite Guanyin statue you wanted."

"This?" Qin Changzhou pointed with his hand and said angrily, "You want me to use this as a gift? This is not what I want."

Qin Changzhou was extremely angry. What he wanted was the jadeite statue of Guanyin Bodhisattva in Li Jingwan's dowry. It was priceless and he knew it was a treasure at first sight.

Shangfeng's mother was a Buddhist, so he naturally catered to her wishes and revealed to Shangfeng that he had received a very good statue of Guanyin Bodhisattva as a gift.

"What does the Marquis want?" Li Jingwan pretended to be ignorant and asked, "This one cost fifty taels of silver."

Qin Changzhou couldn't say it. He couldn't just ask for Li Jingwan's dowry. "This Guanyin statue won't work. Prepare a new one."

"A good glass statue of Guanyin Bodhisattva will cost at least five thousand taels." Li Jingwan nodded obediently, "If the Marquis wants something better, that's fine."

Qin Changzhou was about to breathe a sigh of relief when he heard her say this again.

"Then please prepare the money, or cut the mansion's expenses by half for the next few months and save the money to buy it."

Then, for the first time, Bitao saw Qin Changzhou's face turn purple.