The daughter of the first wife is a black lotus, reborn and remarried to kill

When she looked up again, her eyes were red. "My father and grandmother trusted me and gave me the power of housekeeper. But I was so careless. It was a big mistake. I ask my father to take back Ah Qian's power of housekeeper as a punishment."

When Li Shuyue heard this, she thought it was a good thing. She was worried that she couldn't find a reason to get the housekeeper rights back for her mother.

But Liu didn't dare to take over this hot potato at this time, so she took the initiative to suggest: "I have done many wrong things in the past, and I dare not take on this important task. Recently, the old lady is in good health, and I am happy. It would be better to trouble the old lady to take charge of the household. But..."

She raised her eyes and glanced at Li Qingqian. "The old lady has just recovered from a serious illness. If she is tired and hurting her body, I can do it for her. Ah Qian is right. I will definitely reflect on myself and never let people think that everyone in the Li family is rebellious and disrespectful to their parents."

Her original intention was to implicitly criticize Li Qingqian's disrespect towards her just now.

Unexpectedly, the other party curled his lips slightly and said, "Don't worry, Madam, this will never happen. Ah Qian made such a wish because she was originally planning to let grandma take care of it. Ah Ning told me that grandma's illness is getting better now, so there is no need to worry about her getting hurt. I heard that grandma was a very good housekeeper when she was young, and she was also the most majestic person in the mansion. Ah Qian really can't think of anyone more suitable than grandma."

What she meant was that in this mansion, she was not even as majestic as a little girl like her.

Liu was angry, but she didn't dare to say anything more at this moment.

Li Zhengkang had more important things to do, so he naturally didn't bother with household chores. He said perfunctorily, "Then you can hand the key to the household to your grandmother when you get back."

After Li Qingqian responded, he walked away with big strides.

Li Shuyue was the first one who couldn't hold back and yelled at Li Qingqian, "What do you mean? You can't be the housekeeper yourself, so can't you let my mother be the housekeeper?"

Li Qingqian turned around and looked at her calmly, "What do you mean? Madam herself said just now that she didn't want to take over the housekeeping power. Could it be that grandma is not as capable of housekeeping as Madam?"

Now he doesn’t even want to call me “Mother”.

Liu said coldly, "There is nothing for you to do here, what are you still doing here?"

"Are you trying to chase me away?" Li Qingqian smiled. "Ah Qian is a smart person. You don't need to chase me away. I will leave right away."

After she left, Liu grabbed Li Shuyue's arm and walked into the inner room.

She walked in front, and Li Shuyue followed closely behind, crying out, "It hurts! Why are you pulling me?"

This time, Liu did not try to coax her in a good mood. Instead, she raised her hand with a stone face and slapped her mercilessly.

A crisp slapping sound was heard in the house, and Li Shuyue looked at her mother in disbelief.

It took a long time for him to find his voice again, and he said with a dull look in his eyes: "Mother, you hit me?"

Liu ignored her dissatisfaction and looked at her coldly.

Li Shuyue felt uncomfortable when her mother didn't say anything. She immediately raised her hand to throw things in the house, "Are you going to hit me because of what happened today?"

She quickly aimed at a blue and white porcelain vase, picked it up and was about to throw it to the ground.

Liu was quick to stop her and snatch the vase back into her arms. She yelled at her, "Do you want to throw things again? Open your eyes and take a good look. There are so many things in this room that you can vent your anger on!"

Li Shuyue was about to retort, but when she looked around, she realized that the room seemed much emptier, even emptier than the last time she came.

She was very puzzled and asked: "Mother, where are the furnishings in this room? Why are they all gone?"

Even though the Liu family was in a state of decline and could not support them, the Li Mansion was the residence of a first-rank official after all. How could even the mistress's house be so shabby?

Liu held the blue and white porcelain vase in her arms and burst into tears: "They are all gone. Mother used them to exchange for your dowry."

"What?" Li Shuyue was so surprised that her mouth opened wide, almost enough to fit an egg in it.

She knew that the Liu family was poor, but no matter what, they were once one of the richest families in Dawei. A lean camel is bigger than a horse, and a broken ship still has 3,000 nails. How could they have fallen to the point where their mother had to pawn her belongings to get the dowry?

Li Shuyue questioned Liu, but Liu felt very guilty.

"No, it's not pawning, it's..." She glanced at Li Shuyue, "It's selling privately."

"What!" Li Shuyue was shocked.

Pawning and selling privately are two completely different things.

According to Dawei law, pawning is legal, but private selling is usually done with people in the black market.

In order to prevent those with ulterior motives from exchanging Dawei's confidential items for silver, Dawei has cracked down on the black market since the founding of the country.

Over the past few hundred years, although the black market is not as rampant as in previous dynasties, there are still people who commit crimes in defiance of the law.

Once discovered, it will be a disaster for the whole family.

Moreover, those people in the black market are not necessarily from Dawei. They may also be spies from other countries who have sneaked in. Therefore, even if they trade, they are just exchanging goods and silver without any receipts.

If one day the truth is revealed, even if I feel wronged, I won't be able to explain myself even if I open my mouth wide.

Although Liu was just a lady in seclusion and it was impossible for her to sell important items from Dawei, trading with people in the black market was against the laws of Dawei.

Besides, my father is an important official in the court. Isn't this tantamount to challenging the emperor's authority right under his nose? If people find out, won't we be in trouble?

Li Shuyue recalled in her mind that every year at the end of the year, those foreign countries would come to Dawei to pay annual tribute. The envoys from Beiyuan, who were the closest to them, were probably already in Beijing by now.

This period is when the risk is greatest!

"Mother, are you crazy?" Li Shuyue said in a trembling voice, "How could you do such a ridiculous thing as selling it privately?"

It would be fine if she had committed the crime herself, but now that I haven't even gotten married yet, she doesn't care about me. How could she not fall into the sea of ​​money and drown?

Thinking of this, Li Shuyue looked towards Liu with a somewhat vicious look.

"Why are you looking at me like that?" Liu said with a lack of confidence, "I am doing this to get more dowry for you. All your dowry was swallowed up by that little bitch Li Qingqian. If I don't find a way for you, who else can you count on?"

The light in Li Shuyue's eyes flickered.

"In the end, it's all your fault. There was originally half of the dowry, but you insisted on running into her room and smashing things. You actually broke two of her most valuable things. I cleaned up the mess for you, and you're not happy about it?"

But only Li Shuyue knew that the things she broke were the least valuable things in Li Qingqian's house.

She was not a fool who only picked out expensive things. She just felt relieved to smash them because those two things were the most inconspicuous in the room.

Thinking of this, Li Shuyue felt even more unbalanced.

Li Qingqian's maternal grandfather had been a capable general in front of the late emperor and the current emperor in his early years. Her two uncles were also very capable. Even if they are not as successful as before, they still have a strong family fortune left, which is enough for Li Qingqian to squander for several lifetimes.

Not to mention that since Li Qingqian set the wedding date, the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion has provided her with 188 loads of betrothal gifts, as well as sending Li Qingqian rare toys every now and then.

These are things I didn’t have in my previous life.

But Li Shuyue held a stubborn breath in her heart. She knew that the Duke of Zhenguo’s Mansion was now at its peak, but this was only temporary.

It won't be long before Shen Changyun will suffer, and then Li Qingqian will suffer as well. Even if she is in high spirits now, what does it matter? Won't she still have to kneel at her feet and call her "Empress" in the future?

Li Shuyue wiped away her tears and suddenly thought of a question.

Why was it that in his previous life, Jiang Lin only favored Li Qingqian all his life, but in this life, he seemed like a different person and had a special liking for Ling Ling?

It's impossible. One needs God's grace to be reborn, and not everyone has such a good thing.

Could it be that Ling Ling suddenly appeared? No, this matter must be investigated.

At this time, Yu Lian entered the room, bowed to the two and said, "Madam, Fourth Miss, an old woman wants to see you."

"What old woman?"

Yu Lian raised her eyes and said, "It's Mr. Jiang's aunt."

Li Shuyue stood up in a flash. Yes, this aunt had been taking care of Jiang Lin since he was a child, so she must know everything about him. Why shouldn't she ask her for help?

Liu's heart was filled with alarm bells, and she even had a hint of resentment: "You are probably here to ask for money again. I tell you, if you dare to give money to Jiang Lin again, I will break your legs myself!"

Li Shuyue pushed her away impatiently and said to Yulian, "Quick, please let Madam in."