Long Live the Empress

Chapter 250 Dowry List

Yan Liyuan ignored Yue Jinghong, gently rubbing his temple with his hand, and leaning lazily in the carriage. "I remember that the daughter of the Su family was also a concubine in the Yue Mansion."

"My Lord, it is true. At that time, the Su family was just a small official family and their life was very hard. When my daughter entered the Yue Mansion, her dowry was also very shabby." Wang Yiying said.

"Oh? Then her daughter's dowry won't be much. See if she needs anything and I'll give her some!"

"Master, you are wrong! I just took a look and found that Miss Yue's dowry is really a treasure! I am afraid Miss Yue...does not need your kindness."

"How can a mere concubine's daughter have such a large dowry? It seems that Yue Hanwen has been very busy these years!"

When Yue Hanwen came over wiping the sweat off his face and panting, he heard Yan Liyuan say these words in a deep voice.

Isn't this obviously saying that Yue Hanwen is corrupt?

"Your Majesty the Lord!" Yue Hanwen didn't even bother to rest and knelt on the ground.

"Yue Hanwen, I didn't expect you to be so generous!"

Yue Hanwen wiped the sweat off his forehead with his sleeve, cursing Aunt Su in his heart. "This was all done by my concubine. I know nothing about it. Please, Your Highness, investigate this matter!"

"Investigate clearly? Since you are so sincere, I will investigate." Yan Liyuan waved his hand to the side, and a guard knelt on the ground waiting for instructions. "Go and retrieve the dowry list of the Su family's daughter at that time."

"Yes!" The guard took the order and went down.

In ancient times, when a woman got married, she would make three copies of her dowry list: one for her husband's family, one for herself, and one for the government to keep on file. This was so that the government could keep the woman's dowry when the couple divorced, so that the woman would not be left penniless.

Men are ashamed to use women's dowry, so they usually don't touch it.

The waiting time was so long that the people's legs were numb from kneeling and they dared not move.

Fortunately, the guard was very fast and returned in about half an incense stick of time. "My Lord, when I was retrieving it, I happened to see the dowry list of the Lady of Yue Mansion, so I retrieved it as well. Please have a look, Lord!"

Wang Yi took the two bright red dowry lists, weighed them in his hands, and said with a smile, "Sure enough, they are shabby!"

The people bravely took a look and saw that it was indeed three inches thick and consisted of only two sheets of paper.

Yue Jinghong bit her lower lip and said nothing. Aunt Su had been married to Yue Hanwen for so many years, and she was still being laughed at for her dowry. This hurt more than being slapped twice.

Yan Liyuan waved his hand, "Then check them one by one according to the list."

Wang Yi took the two pieces of paper, walked to the dowry team, and checked them one by one.

Yue Hanwen was feeling extremely nervous, while Yue Jinghong collapsed on the ground like a pile of mud, not even noticing that the veil on her head had fallen off.

It must be said that the people under the Nine Thousand Year Old Man were extremely efficient and they counted the items in no time.

When everyone looked, they found that there were only three lifts at most.

"Master Inspector, the inventory is complete! There are only three loads!" Wang glanced at Yue Hanwen and reported.

"The rest...could it be that Lord Yue...came here to embezzle..." Yan Liyuan looked at Yue Hanwen with sidelong glances, murderous intent in his eyes.

"Your Highness, you must have misunderstood!" Yue Hanwen knelt down and crawled in front of Yan Liyuan. "I have always been law-abiding. There must be a misunderstanding."

"Misunderstanding? What's the matter with the extra ones?" Wang Yi asked. "If Master Yue has a magic trick to give birth to a baby, don't hide it. You must teach it to everyone, so that we can make a fortune together!"

"..." Yue Hanwen didn't know any magic. Just when he was racking his brains to come up with an excuse, he saw Wang Yi holding another dowry list in his hand. He made up his mind and pushed Aunt Su out. "Maybe the concubine saw that her daughter's wedding was too shabby, so...she secretly used the first lady's dowry."

"What? A concubine dares to steal the dowry of the mistress of the main wife? And even gives the dowry to her own daughter? It's so shameless!" Wang Yi suddenly started scolding the man, not caring about the man's face at all, and the louder he scolded, the louder his voice became, and the people around him could hear it clearly.

They didn't dare to communicate and could only exchange glances with each other.

Yue Jinghong wanted to argue, but she had no way to explain, so she could only listen to Wang Yi yelling and cursing with trembling hands.

"How dare you!" Yan Liyuan suddenly scolded, "You made a conclusion before checking it, you deserve to be punished!"

"Yes, yes, yes! I'll go check it right away!" After saying that, Wang Yi quickly took another dowry list to check it.