Fake concubine, real queen

Wan Shu'er only blamed herself for a moment of brain fever, so she believed the advice of the wife of the Earl of Wenchang's mansion, and without thinking deeply, she hastily handed the little villain's horoscope into the palace.

Now that I think about it, she has been in the Marquis of Changyang's mansion all these years, she can be said to be the same, and the woman in the Earl of Wenchang's mansion, the wife of the family is still there, and she is restrained in everything. It is likely that she is jealous and red-eyed. She can't see her living a good life, so she hides her knife in her smile Make a trip.

Wan Shu'er only hated that she had been shrewd for so many years. During Master Hou's trip to Chenghe, she was domineering at home and had been the housekeeper's wife for more than a year. .

She was annoyed in her heart, but she could only honestly follow He Nanfeng and He Gu into the main hall of the Hou Mansion, and sat beside He Laohou.

He Gudao: "To teach father to know that I have something to do, and it happens that my wife is here today, so I will settle it and save trouble in the future."

He Nanfeng stroked his beard and said, "Tell me, what's the matter?"

He Gu sat down next to him, turned his head to look at Zhengye, and ordered in a low voice: "Go back to the courtyard and get the box that Nanny Qu sent yesterday."

Zhengye nodded yes, turned and left.

He Gu then looked at He Nanfeng and said, "Father, Rong'er is your biological daughter, right?"

He asked this strange question, and He Nanfeng was stunned for a moment, confused, and cursed: "What kind of bastard are you asking! It's not your father and my daughter, so it's still yours!"

He Gu Youyou said: "In that case, why did you treat her so harshly?"

He Nanfeng frowned and said, "Nonsense, why did my father treat Rong'er so harshly?"

He Gu picked up the teacup on the table, blew on it, and said slowly: "In Bianjing City, not to mention noble families, but ordinary official ladies, they all start preparing dowry for girls as soon as they are born."

"Rong'er is almost nine years old now. It stands to reason that at this time, even if she puts on makeup, she should have added a lot of energy. The other family is so fast, maybe now she will have to make a fuss to show her daughter."

"After I returned to Beijing from Chenghe, I remembered this, and asked the accountant for the dowry list they prepared for Rong'er. I wanted to see how much I have prepared now? If there are any deficiencies, my brother Yes, so I can buy one or two for my little sister, but in the end..."

He Gu paused, although he was smiling, but there was no smile in his eyes.

"Haha, I really didn't know the result. I was shocked when I saw it. The dowry list of the dignified Marquis's daughter is so shabby that it might not be comparable to the daughter of an ordinary official and gentry."

He looked at Wan Shu'er coldly, and asked coldly: "The madam keeps saying that she is good to Rong'er, but I want to ask the madam, is it good, just give her some rare food, and that's the end of the matter?"

"If that's the case, there's really no need to bother Madam, I, He Gu's younger sister, won't even be able to eat a good meal."

"Oh, I forgot. If the madam hadn't been thinking about it, things like crab cakes would never have appeared in Rong'er's Wangshu Zhai. It's hard to remember that after so many years, Rong'er can't eat anything. Chu, no more ambiguous than my own brother."

He Nanfeng only has one daughter, He Rong, and he has no experience in marrying a daughter before, and Mrs. Hou's wife passed away early. He also doesn't understand how girls and young ladies prepare dowry when they are raised in their boudoirs.

He didn't know much about the affairs of the back house, and even if he still cared about He Rong, he only judged whether Wan Shi took good care of her by seeing whether his daughter had gained weight or lost weight recently.

He Rong has always been white, chubby and tender, and becomes more and more cute day by day, and He Nanfeng believes more and more that Wan Shu'er has never treated He Gu and He Rong brothers and sisters harshly over the years.

He always thought that Wan Shu'er, the stepmother, was still dedicated, but now after listening to He Gu's eloquence, he realized that there are many ways he doesn't know.

He Nanfeng knew that although his son was a bit rebellious, he was always straight-hearted, and he would never do such a thing as lying and framing him.

Nine out of ten what He Gu said is true.

Old Master He looked at Wan Shi with a gloomy expression, and said: "If this is the case, you mother, you are too inattentive. I took Gu'er away from Beijing this year, didn't you say in your letter , are you busy with the general affairs of the mansion? Rong'er is the only young lady in the Changyang Marquis Mansion, and you don't care about her life-long affairs. If so, where have you been so busy?"

He Gudao: "Not caring? I don't think it's not caring, Madam is too caring."

"After my mother passed away, my younger sister and I were young, and my wife called Guanshi Wang to find an excuse for my mother's dowry, saying that Nanny Qu was a servant and had no right to manage the family property, so she forced her to leave."

"It's not that no one has prepared Rong'er's dowry. My mother has been buying property for her before she was alive."

"I just want to ask, now it's my wife's housekeeper. If that's the case, when Wang was in charge, he wanted to leave Mother's dowry and the dowry list for Rong'er. Where did all these things go?"

"My mother's dowry, Rong'er's dowry, madam should return it to the original owner, right?"

Wan Shu'er was stunned, she really didn't expect that what He Gu was going to talk about was actually this matter.

It has been many years, if He Gu hadn't mentioned it today, she probably wouldn't have remembered what happened back then.

After all, when Yan Meiruo died back then, He Nanfeng helped her to become the new wife, and the servants in the mansion were busy flattering her. There were some things that did not need to be ordered by Wan Shu'er herself, and someone would follow her mind and do it first.

As for now, the entire Hou Mansion has been under her control for many years, how can she remember the dowry of the short-lived Miss Guiyan who has been dead for many years?

There was no answer for a while.

Old Master He frowned even tighter: "Instructing Steward Wang to take away his eyebrows like a dowry... Is there such a thing?"

In his previous life, He Gu was very awkward in front of his own father. After Miss Yan passed away, he hated his mother's body before he was cold, so He Nanfeng quickly straightened his concubine's room. He told him that when the father and son met each other, there was only yin and yang strangeness, and the eyebrows were cold.

As for being wronged, it is even more hard-nosed, even if a tooth is knocked out, it will be swallowed with blood. It is impossible to show weakness, and it is impossible to show weakness even if he is killed.

He Guyuan didn't believe that He Nanfeng didn't know anything, and only thought that he was just protecting the Wan family. Who knows, it wasn't until the old man passed away that He Gu realized that he really didn't know anything.

In his heart, Wan Shu'er may always be a delicate and weak white lotus.

Most of He Nanfeng's thoughts were probably spent on the errands in the camp.

Zhengye came back in time, holding a small mahogany box, and ran into the main hall panting.

He Gu took the box, and said calmly: "If you don't believe me, you will know at a glance."

"Several shops in Bianjing City - Wensheng Bookstore, Xing'an Silk and Satin Shop, Zhenke Building... Leaving aside the others, each of these three shops is making money every day. These are all brought by my mother from Yan's house back then. The dowry was also put into Rong'er's dowry list by the mother herself."

"Besides, in this box, there is still a dowry list from when my mother got married. The documents are clear and clear, and all of them are signed by Yan's accountant."

Old Master He's complexion was changing, he stood up abruptly, rushed to He Gu in two steps and snatched the box, opened the box and found the yellowed paper inside——

At the beginning, he and Miss Yan were married by the two elders. If Yan Mei was the only daughter of the old general Yan, the dowry was very rich, and the documents were thick.

He Nanfeng flipped over, the more he looked at his beard, the more violently he trembled.

After a long while, his eyes finally settled on the last picture——

As expected, it was written by Miss Yan herself... I just placed half of the dowry list for He Rong.

He Gu waited for him to finish reading, and then said calmly: "Now I only have these lists left. The deeds of these farm shops have long been in the hands of my wife."

He Nanfeng slowly turned his head to look at Wan Shu'er, and asked blankly, "...do you have anything to say?"

Wan Shu'er has served him for many years, and seeing his appearance, she knew that he was really angry, but today's incident happened so suddenly, she was unprepared, and in a panic, she could only prevaricate: "This... Years have passed, how can I remember..."

He Gu smiled, and said: "It doesn't matter if Ma'am doesn't remember, call the accountant in the mansion, as to whether these shops are in Madam's hands now, or not, what's so difficult about it?"

He said again: "Zhengye, go to the accountant's office and ask steward Wang to come... Also, you can't just call him, call all the stewards in the accountant's office."

Zhengye nodded yes, then turned around immediately.

He Gu has a plan in mind, but Wan Shi, on the other hand, hesitates, unable to answer a single sentence.

He Nanfeng is not a fool, at this moment he already knows what He Gu said, nine out of ten it is true.

He put down the box, walked slowly back to Wan Shu'er, and asked blankly: "I'll ask you one last time, are there any such things? You embezzled Mei Ruo's dowry and Rong'er's dowry, are there any such things? "

No matter what Master He said, he was born with swords and swords all his life. Although he was easy-going on weekdays, when he got really angry at the first moment, Wan Shu'er's legs were so frightened that his legs went weak.

Fortunately, she is still sitting on the bench now, otherwise she might not be able to stand still.

Wan Shu'er knew that He Nanfeng was really angry. If today's matter could not be resolved, her life in the Hou Mansion would be difficult in the future.

...It's better to cry quickly. In the past, as long as she shed tears, Master Hou would always soften his heart.

Immediately wiping away tears, he sobbed tremblingly and said, "How can... How can it be said that the concubine embezzled her dowry? Since she has gone, she is also the woman of the Marquis. Naturally, those properties also belong to the Marquis. How can that be?" Leave it in the hands of a servant?"

It's a pity that Wan Shu'er didn't finish her sentence, but He Nanfeng was furious when he heard it. He pinched her chin with his left hand and raised his head. The index finger of his right hand pointed at her like a stroke and shook for a long time——

Then he raised his hand and slapped Wan Shu'er hard, and the slapped Wan Shu'er was thrown from the chair to the ground, her hair messed up.

This loud slap echoed continuously in the empty main hall of the Hou Mansion, even He Gu who was sitting in the lower hall could not help but feel his ass tighten when he heard it.

Master He looked at Wan Shu'er who was kneeling on the ground covering his face in disbelief, his voice trembling with anger.

"You were just a good concubine. At the beginning, I disregarded the criticism from the outside and put you upright under the pressure of my father-in-law and mother-in-law. I have given you enough dignity. You are already a Mrs. Hou, a dignified Mrs. Hou! What do you want, I never For you? Why...why are you unwilling to let go of what Mei Ruo left for the two children? "

"Are you blinded by lard, or have you blackened your heart?"