Chapter 56: A Heart-to-heart Talk (1) (1/2)

She folded the dowry list back up and began to play with it, tapping it against her other palm.

Chu Lian abruptly asked, “Momo, I can’t really remember… Was there any money in my dowry?”

Senior Servant Gui cast a careful glance at her. Afraid some misunderstanding would arise in Chu Lian’s heart, she said in a measured tone, “Of course there’s money! Why wouldn’t there be?”

Due to Sixth Miss’s unhappiness over the match, on the day of her marriage, Senior Servant Gui had kept the banknotes that the presiding lady of the house, the wife of House Ying’s heir, had sent over. After Chu Lian had married over, she had been frightened by the way her mistress and her new husband were interacting, so she had completely forgotten about the money in her care.

Finally, something that wouldn’t disappoint her. Chu Lian’s eyes instantly lit up and, with a degree of urgency, she asked, “How much?”

Senior Servant Gui looked a little put on the spot. She awkwardly chuckled and held up five fingers.

Chu Lian returned the smile. “Five hundred taels?”

Senior Servant Gui’s eyes widened in shock. She hadn’t expected Chu Lian to get the figure right. Wouldn’t most noble ladies guess five thousand taels instead?

Seeing Chu Lian smiling happily, Xiyan’s heart felt like it was being crushed. Conversely, Chu Lian’s seeming happiness and contentment with that sum made her heart ache even more for her mistress.

Although the House of Duke Ying had no qualified successors and was slowly becoming a shell of its former self, a starving camel was still bigger than a horse. When the main branch’s illegitimate fourth miss had gotten married, due to the favour of the main branch’s legitimate wife, she had been sent out from the house with a thousand taels of silver as dowry!

Their young miss was a legitimate daughter of House Ying, yet she had to suffer this kind of treatment.

“Sixth Miss…” Xiyan called out in a low voice.