Granny Zhao saying that there was no money caused everyone to become dazed. Fen Dai was the first to react: "Nonsense! How could the Feng family not have money? "
Feng Yu Heng immediately laughed, "Father is not a corrupt official. Why must he have money?"
"That's not possible. He doesn't even have enough money to make head ornaments for us! Was all of the money in the treasury eaten by wolves? " She said this while glaring at Chen Yu, "I heard that eldest sister has been sending quite a few things to grandmother. We are all living off the Feng family's monthly allowance. How is it that eldest sister has more money than everyone else?"
Chen Yu helplessly said: "My money and things were all given to me by the Chen family. I used this opportunity to give them to grandmother, but they are gone in the future."
"Enough! Stop arguing! " The matriarch's heart was already in a mess, so she became even more annoyed when they began arguing, but she was also curious: "How could there be no money in the treasury? Wasn't the rent from the manor just received before the end of the year? "
Granny Zhao sighed and told the matriarch: "The people in the treasury said that master has been buying things for Tian Xiang courtyard recently, and he has spent all of the money."
"What?" The matriarch immediately became angry, "Weren't there servants to take care of Tian Xiang courtyard? How could he personally take care of it? Also, even if he wanted to buy things, it would not be to the extent of spending all of the money in the treasury. Before the end of the year, the rent from the manor should be at least 400,000 taels in the treasury! " The matriarch had always been in charge of the manor's finances. Although she had fallen ill before the end of the year, she immediately regained control of the manor once she recovered. She was muddle-headed when it came to other things, but she was not the slightest bit careless when it came to money.
How could granny Zhao know the reason, so she could only reply to the matriarch: "That's what the treasury said."
"Hmph!" The matriarch angrily snorted. Slamming her cane on the ground, she stood up: "I will personally go and ask."
The matriarch wanted to personally go, so the others naturally had to follow. The group went over to the treasury. Arriving there, they saw that the accountant had already anticipated that the matriarch would come. He was already waiting at the door with an account book.
"Although the Feng family's finances have always been in elder madam's hands, because of what you said before, other people who want to use the public funds will naturally have to inform you, but master is the head of the family, so there is no need to ask." The gentleman said word by word, "Laoye began to withdraw the money five days ago. The first time was ten thousand taels, the second time was fifty thousand taels, the third time was two hundred thousand taels, and the fourth time was also two hundred thousand taels. Adding up the four times, not only did he pay out all the rent he had collected before the new year, but he also used up all the remaining tens of thousands of yuan in his account. Right now, we only have 120 taels of silver in our account. No matter what, it's not enough to make four sets of head ornaments. "
The old lady held the account book in her hand and was so angry that her face turned green. "Four hundred and sixty thousand taels, a whole four hundred and sixty thousand taels! I want to see what he bought for that bitch ….. that princess! "She wanted to say that bitch, but because of Kang Yi's status, she couldn't say it out loud. However, everyone could see that after this matter, the title of noble lady that Kang Yi had tried to curry favor with had lost its use. In front of money, Old Madam Fu would definitely disregard all her relatives.
The group of people majestically followed her to Tian Xiang courtyard.
In Tian Xiang courtyard, the maidservants and grannies were busy in full swing. A maidservant moved things while saying: "Laoye truly treats the eldest princess well. Why do I feel like these things are even better than the ones in Jin Yu courtyard?"
A granny replied to her: "Of course they're better than the ones in Jin Yu courtyard. Not to mention the things that were bought later, just the things laoye found in the storehouse were bestowed by the palace over the years. The Shen Clan has never used them before. "
"The things in the storehouse have all been moved here?" A sudden roar startled all the servants in the courtyard. Everyone turned their heads to look and shockingly found that under the Feng matriarch's angry lead, all the masters of the Feng family's courtyards had squeezed their way in. Old Madam Fu stared at the granny and sternly asked: "What did you just say? The imperial rewards from the storehouse have all been moved here? "
The granny quickly replied: "Replying to elder madam, some have been moved here."
"Aside from the imperial rewards, what else is there?"
"There are also the new things laoye bought over the past few days." The granny pointed at the master bedroom, "These servants have all moved into the room according to laoye's orders."
The matriarch did not say another word and walked into the room. Behind her, Han shi sourly said: "Laoye really dotes on that eldest princess. He is using all of the manor's wealth to make her smile!"
These words were even more piercing to the matriarch's ears. She had been holding back her anger and had no place to vent it. Seeing a servant at the door wiping a chair, she actually raised her foot and kicked her.
The servant was caught off guard and fell to the ground with an "ah" sound. Raising her head, she saw that it was the matriarch and quickly kneeled.
But how could the matriarch's anger be vented by kicking someone, especially after entering the room and seeing the room filled with gold and jade. Her heart was bleeding.
Money! This was all the money in the Feng manor's treasury! She was not willing to use that money, nor was she willing to give it to the children; however, she never thought that Feng Jin Yuan would use it all to decorate Kang Yi's room. How could she feel at ease with this?
The matriarch felt all of the blood in her body rush up. She took a couple deep breaths and raised her hand to smash something. Granny Zhao quickly stopped her in fear: "Elder madam, you must not! Every single one of these things is real gold and silver. They are all very valuable! "
An shi also advised, "That's right, I heard that they were all personally arranged by elder. It seems that laoye has taken a liking to them. If they are broken, I fear that laoye will get angry."
"Then did he ever think that I would get angry?" The matriarch saw that this could not be smashed and that could not be broken. The anger in her heart could not be vented. Her vision darkened, and she did not faint in the slightest.
Fortunately, granny Zhao supported her from the side and helped her sit down in a chair. While patting her back, she turned her gaze to Feng Yu Heng. The matriarch's illness was clearly caused by the blood rushing up, but the miraculous medicine that the second young miss had given her the previous year had already been used up.
Granny Zhao looked towards Feng Yu Heng for help, but Feng Yu Heng was completely unmoved. It was as though she could not understand what she was trying to say. Granny Zhao thought of the matriarch's attitude towards the second young miss over the past few days, thus she did not speak up.
At this time, Chen Yu thought quickly and took the initiative to ask the servants of Tian Xiang courtyard: "Have you heard that these things were purchased by master on his own initiative, or did imperial daughter Kang Yi request something from master?"
The maidservants looked at each other then shook their heads, expressing that they did not know. Instead, a granny thought a little then said: "There was a time when master bought some things and returned. He seemed to have said that Kang Yi would definitely be happy to see them. It sounded as though he wanted to give eldest princess a pleasant surprise."
Upon hearing this, Chen Yu quickly said to the matriarch: "Thinking about it, it was all father's idea. It was not eldest princess Kang Yi that wanted our manor to spend money."
"Eldest sister, are you clearly speaking up for eldest princess?" Fen Dai rolled her eyes, "Who knows what sort of benefits she promised you."
Chen Yu frowned and said: "Fourth sister, you are already eleven years old this year. You should be at an age where you can understand things. Eldest princess did not promise me any benefits. Instead, she is the head wife. Us sisters will all have some face. In the future, when we get married, we will have a head wife to support us. Elder sister thought that you should have understood this principle last time! "
Last time, Fen Dai had understood, but understanding the rules did not mean that she did not feel wronged. Originally, she had planned to have Han shi use her belly to take another step forward. Unfortunately, the eldest princess of Qian Zhou had appeared out of nowhere and completely dispelled this idea. How could she be reconciled.
"Hmph." She rolled her eyes at Chen Yu, "Eldest sister really is far-sighted. You will be of marriageable age this year, but we are still a few years away. Younger sister, I, do not have that sort of long-term thinking. I was just thinking about the head ornaments that grandmother had promised, but now that I can no longer make them, I feel a little depressed. "
"That's right!" Han shi also sighed, "Your own daughter is not as good as an outsider's stepdaughter. The lanterns were not given, and now even the money for the head ornaments has been used by the stepmother. Elder madam, the eldest princess and her daughter have not yet married into the manor, yet the young misses of the family are already suffering this sort of grievance. Once they enter the manor, how will we be allowed to live! " While she spoke, she rubbed her belly and stroked it, "Everything else is a small matter, but this concubine's belly is about to swell. The amount of money spent every day on supplements is not a small amount. The manor's accounts only have that much left. It is not even enough for daily expenses, so what will be used to buy supplements?"
Fen Dai nodded and said: "That's right. These are not for concubine mother to eat. Instead, they are for the child in concubine mother's belly to eat."
The matriarch naturally understood this reasoning. Supplements for a pregnant person was an important matter. No matter who was lacking, it could not be lacking Han shi. Thus she quickly said: "There is no need for you to worry about this. Even if I have to spend my own money, I will not allow my grandson to be lacking in food."
Feng Yu Heng looked at the matriarch then looked at the room's furnishings. She could not help but laugh internally. Sure enough, Feng Jin Yuan was a good person! She had just arranged for someone to say a few words to him about eldest princess Kang Yi liking gold and jade furnishings and antiques. Who knew that this father would truly be interested. He actually dug out the Feng manor's accounts to pay for this beauty.
"Sure enough, Tian Xiang courtyard is worthy of its name." She said with a smile, "Since there is no money in the accounts, it's fine if there is no head ornament. As a daughter, I must focus on making father happy."
Upon hearing this, the matriarch's heart became even more flustered. The fathers of other families all focused on making their children happy, yet their children had to give in to their father. What sort of reasoning was this?
Fen Dai snorted, "Second sister really is generous."
Feng Yu Heng looked at her and asked: "What else can be done? Father is the head of the family. What sort of thing in this manor was not earned by father. Now that head wife is about to enter the manor, father is spending the money that he earned. Is there anything wrong with that? "
Fen Dai was rendered speechless by her words. The matriarch also began to think, but the more she thought, the angrier she became. The family's business was large, and it was all earned by Feng Jin Yuan, but she had given birth to him! Why was it that she had never seen a son show filial piety to his mother?
The matriarch's anger surged forth once more, as she began to kick. While kicking, she looked all around. She was always looking for something to vent her anger on and express her own attitude.
At this time, a young servant happened to walk in with a scroll in her hand.
The matriarch angrily asked: "What is that?"
The young servant replied: "It's a painting that master just ordered someone to bring back."
Once this was said, the matriarch's anger immediately reached its peak! Without another word, he snatched the scroll and tore it into pieces without even looking at it.
Jade was valuable and could not be broken, so she tore the painting. She needed to vent a bit.
However, after the painting was torn to pieces and the servant's face was filled with shock, housekeeper He Zhong led an old man over to the matriarch. He Zhong then said: "Reporting to elder madam, master just bought an ancient painting from Wonderful Treasure House and specially ordered a clerk from Wonderful Treasure House to come to the manor to withdraw the money."
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