Chapter 18 – Causing Trouble The Evil Prince and his Precious Wife The Sly Lady (2/2)

Murong Xue frowned and said: “Where do you originally get all your money? Isn’t there no more there?” Based on her memory, no matter how much Murong Ye was seen as a wastrel, he would never ask her for money.

“I have always got my money from Uncle Hui, but when I went to look for Uncle Hui just now, he said that based on Dad’s instructions, I have used more than this month’s limit and that he would not give me any more money before the end of this month. However, I want to participate in dog fighting, so I have come to you, sister.” Murong Ye said lightly.

Upon listening to this, Murong Xue narrowed her eyes. Uncle Hui’s name is Ge Hui, and was previously Murong Yue’s right hand man. However, he got a serious injury during battle, and could no longer be on the battlefield. He then became the butler of Marquis’ family, and is in charge of external affairs.

After the death of Murong Yue and his wife, Uncle Hui shouldered all responsibilities and took care of external matters relating to the house, and also took care of young Murong Ye and Murong Xue. You could say, the responsibility of the external matters did not fall into the hands of the old lady dowager, which added a layer of consideration, ensuring that Murong Ye and Murong Xue both grew up well and safe.

Ge Hui is Murong Yue’s official, and is also the benefactor of the two siblings (Murong Ye and Murong Xue). But, Murong Ye is still the master afterall while he is a servant. Despite the fact that Murong Ye engages in dog fighting activities, bringing shame to the family, Ge Hui does not dare to be strict and discipline him, and can only try his best to limit the amount of waste, to ensure that the proceeds are more than the outflows, hoping that the large Marquis’ Household will not decline under the hands of Murong Ye……

“Brother, you know that I have such little monthly allowance, even if I were to add up my allowance over 10 years, I would never get ten thousand taels……” Murong Xue said. If Ge Hui does not want Murong Ye to engage in dog fighting, Murong Xue does not want him to ruin the family name either. She does have a fair bit of money, if Murong Ye had the intention to use it for proper reasons, she would not hesitate to give it to him, but since he wants to use it for dog fighting… … hehe, it’s better that she keeps the money.

Murong Ye disagreed and said cheerfully: “Aren’t you holding the key to mother’s dowry treasury … …”

Murong Xue’s head snapped up and looked at him, her eyes flaring and cold at the same time: “You want to sell your mother’s dowry in exchange for silver to engage in dog fighting, are you not afraid that mother’s spirit will not rest in peace!”

Upon getting reprimanded severely, Murong Ye instantly turned red, anxiously waved his hand dismissively, and explained hastily. “No … … no … … Mother’s dowry would certainly contain some silver, I simply want those silver, I would never take the rest of the things! ”

He understands that he should respect the dead, and even more so knows that the inheritance left by his elders should be properly safe kept, and not easily tampered with. Even if he were to ruin the family name, he would not go to the extent of selling his mother’s dowry.

“How do you know that mother’s dowry contains silver?” Murong Xue frowned and looked at Murong Ye. When the women of Qingyan get married, the dowry will have a document that details the specific amount of silver. But after the woman settles into the family, very seldom will they count the silver, because silver is a circulated currency and can be spent any time.

Murong Xue remembered the accounts had written down the amount of silver, while she was checking the inventory of the dowry, there was not much silver left. She did not count it, because mother had died in ten over years, even if she were to ask the whereabouts of the silver, there would be thousands of excuses where she would be dismissed by Du.

Upon looking at Murong Xue calm down, Murong Ye quietly breathed a sigh of relief, his sister will no longer misunderstand him, and that’s really great!

Upon seeing her puzzled expression, he smiled and said mischievously: “While I was coming out of seeing Uncle Hui, I happened to hear Hong Qiao and another servant quietly talking about mother’s dowry, and that is how I happened to find out that mother’s dowry has some silver.”

Murong Xue laughed, Hong Qiao is Master Du’s second-class servant, who has gained the trust of Du. When Murong Ye lacked silver, it cannot be such a coincidence that Hong Qiao happened to talk to others about mother’s dowry, this is simply old-wives’ tricks.

The key to the treasury is in Murong Xue’s hands, Du can no longer want to take mother’s dowry. To use Murong Ye’s weakness for dog fighting, and motivate him to pawn or sell the dowry, while they use this opportunity to buy them up at a low price, is such a good plan!

Given that Du’s viciousness, wasn’t her previous lesson not enough? Looks like I have to teach Du a very memorable lesson this time, let her know what’s the meaning of trying to steal a chicken and ending up losing the rice: to try to take advantage only to end up worse off than before.

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