jdhmnovel Chapter 167 What was she thinking at the time?
Chapter 167 What was she thinking at the time?
Zixiao quickly returned to the courtyard and retrieved the list. Granny Wei took the list first, carefully flipped through it, and pointed it out to Ye Qing'an and Ye Qinghao: "Master, Miss, look, this is the octagonal bronze mirror inlaid with gold and rubies on the list."
"This Ruyi Jade Screen is this one, and this Purple Jade Zither, this Purple Imperial Vase is the one on the bookshelf, and this Emerald Cloud Pot is the one on the table..."
Granny Wei meticulously listed all of Su Wan's original dowry items in the room, while Liu Xueying and Ye Weilan both wore extremely unpleasant expressions.
Even though Ye Weilan was ignorant of worldly affairs, she roughly understood that many of the things in her room were Ye Qing'an's mother's dowry.
She also vaguely remembered some things. There were several items here that she had seen in the storeroom before, liked, and begged her mother to move them over for her.
Her mother had also told her that this was Ye Qing'an's mother's dowry.
What did she say at the time?
"Ye Qing'an's mother has been dead for so many years, and even Ye Qing'an herself has been driven to that manor by us. Whether she will come back alive is another matter, let alone getting back these dowries."
"My mother was brought into the family as a concubine, so she certainly didn't have much dowry. When I get married, I'll have to prepare a new dowry. What good are these things that are prepared on the spot?"
"Since it's mine anyway, why not put it in my room beforehand so I can use it and get familiar with it?"
Her mother was riding high at the time and had already been eyeing these things for a while. However, since many people had seen these things before, they were not suitable for her to use. So when her mother asked for them, Liu Xueying agreed without hesitation.
Liu Xueying gritted her teeth. What was she thinking at that moment?
"We'll figure out a way to frame someone for the disappearance of these things, and then they'll all be ours."
The scapegoat should have been the sixth concubine, and everything was going according to her plan; she was almost successful.
Those things have been sitting in the warehouse for so many years, and no one would suddenly come to check them.
As long as Sixth Aunt doesn't discover the things that disappeared from the storeroom.
As long as Ye Weilan gets married safely, she can take all these things with her.
And that was it.
But she never expected that instead of things going smoothly, things would turn out badly.
Sixth Aunt also rushed over. Seeing the situation in the room, she glanced at Ye Qing'an and Granny Wei standing to the side holding the list, and roughly knew what had happened.
"Master, are you looking for me?"
Ye Qinghao nodded, his gaze sweeping over everyone in the room: "When you took over the household affairs, did you carefully check whether the items in the storeroom matched the lists and ledgers?"
Upon hearing this, the sixth concubine immediately looked distressed: "I...I was just about to talk to the master about this matter, but I haven't had the time lately."
"Oh?"
The sixth concubine bit her lip: "The madam gave me all the account books and ledgers in the mansion before. In addition to those in the mansion's storeroom, there were also those in the various courtyards, as well as those in the estate and shops. There were hundreds of account books alone."
"I've never managed household affairs before, and I'm completely clueless about these things. So I can only accept these things for now..."
"But I've never had anyone by my side who could understand the account books, so I had to go through them myself, one by one, checking each item. At first, I thought I could finish them in five or six days. Who knew..."
"Who knew that more than ten days have passed and I have only managed to sort out the estate and shops. I haven't even had time to check the account books of the various courtyards in the mansion, or the warehouses."
The sixth concubine had dark circles under her eyes and looked exhausted: "I originally wanted to come to talk to the master yesterday and ask him to send some people to help me, but then I heard that the second young lady is going to get engaged to the fifth prince. This is a big deal. I have never handled this before. Yesterday I even went to the eldest young lady's place to borrow Granny Wei to help me come up with some ideas."
"In the meantime, I completely forgot about this matter. Since you brought it up, I'd like to take this opportunity to ask you to send a few people to help me sort things out... I really can't take it anymore."
Ye Qinghao narrowed his eyes: "So you mean the warehouse hasn't been checked yet?"
"Yes." The sixth concubine nodded. "We haven't had time yet, but the things in the storeroom won't just disappear for no reason. So I thought we should sort out the other important things first, and then sort out the storeroom."
Liu Xueying gritted her teeth: "Sixth Aunt, what are you saying? Usually, the things that are handed over should be counted in front of the steward of the mansion. It's been so long, and you still say that they haven't been counted?"
"Is there such a rule?" The sixth concubine was clearly taken aback: "I... no one has ever told me this."
Ye Qing'an pursed her lips: "Mother can discuss the issue of how to transfer the power of managing the household affairs with Sixth Aunt in detail later. Now, shouldn't we be having a proper discussion about the dowry issue?"
Whether she wants to take advantage of the situation to muddy the waters and gloss over the matter depends on her willingness.
Liu Xueying gritted her teeth and clenched her fists in her sleeves.
Ye Qing'an turned her head and looked at the sixth concubine: "A few days ago, my concubine gave me a list, saying it was a dowry list that my mother still kept in the storeroom. Do you still remember it, my concubine?"
"I remember." The sixth concubine nodded: "It was the original lady's stuff. I felt that it should be kept by Miss, so I sent it to Miss."
Ye Qing'an nodded: "But just now, when I came to visit my second sister, Granny Wei discovered that there were many things in this room that were my mother's dowry back then."
“I just checked, and these things are still on this warehouse list. But my second sister said that these things have been in her room for several years.”
Sixth Aunt was taken aback, her face blank. After a long while, she said, "Could it be...could it be that Second Miss saw how beautiful Madam's dowry was and had it copied?"
Ye Qing'an glanced at Ye Weilan and nodded slightly: "It's not impossible. To find out the truth, we need Sixth Aunt to open the storeroom and see if these things are still there."
"If it's in the warehouse, then it's probably something my second sister had someone make herself."
"If they are not here, then we must ask Mother and Second Sister carefully what exactly happened."