The mistress of a marquis's family divorced her husband and married someone else: the scumbag&#

But Ye Qingluo was still there making trouble with me, totally not willing to share the burden with me.

Sooner or later, I will find an opportunity to divorce her!

But the issue of the bride price had to be resolved, and he didn't want to let Wan'er down.

As soon as it was daybreak, he called the housekeeper over.

When the housekeeper learned that Chu Beiyu wanted to withdraw money from the mansion, he looked embarrassed and said, "My Lord, your wife has been the housekeeper all these years when you were away on the expedition. I really can't come up with any extra money?"

"I heard that Madam still has 10,000 taels, otherwise..."

Chu Beiyu's face was gloomy. If Ye Qingluo was willing to take out the remaining silver, he would have done so long ago. However, after looking at the account book, he found that the only money that could be withdrawn was the money left in Ye Qingluo's dowry.

Lock her up for a few days first to tame her temper.

"Besides hers, there is no other income?"

Chu Beiyu asked, he didn't believe that it would be useless without Ye Qingluo's money.

"I remember that Huichuntang in the east of the capital and Wangyue Restaurant in the west are both our properties, but Wangyue Restaurant is now managed by a cousin."

Chu Beiyu frowned, "Ridiculous, if it is your own property, why give it to someone else?"

"That's what the old lady meant."

Hearing this, Chu Beiyu calmed down a little. He knew his mother's temper. If he went over there, it would only hurt their relationship.

"What about the clinic in the east?"

"The clinic is run by the old lady's shopkeeper Zhong, but..."

The butler wanted to continue speaking but saw Chu Beiyu had already strode away. He felt something was wrong. He just wanted to remind him that no matter whether the restaurant or the clinic claimed to be theirs, they were actually under the name of the Madam.

Especially the clinic, where the lady kicked out the manager Zhong not long ago.

But if the Marquis goes in person, Madam will probably have some concerns.

In the courtyard.

"Madam, are you leaving the house?"

“But those guards…”

Watching Ye Qingluo walking out, Cuizhu felt a little worried. The news that the lady was put in solitary confinement yesterday spread throughout the mansion, and the Marquis even sent a few people to guard not far from the yard.

It might be difficult for Madam to leave the house at this time.

Ye Qingluo hummed softly and responded to Cuizhu, "There are still some things that have not been resolved in the clinic. I have to go over and take a look. As for the guards, don't worry."

"They can't find me, and they can't stop me."

"You wait here for me to come back."

Ye Qingluo left the yard after he finished speaking. Chu Beiyu thought that he could make him surrender by using this method.

But I don't know what these ugly people in the mansion can do to me.

At this time, Chu Beiyu had already arrived at Huichun Hall, and Zhong Huai was so eager to see the newcomer.

When he learned that Chu Beiyu needed to withdraw money, he felt so sad that he wished he could pour out all the suffering he had experienced in the past few days.

"You said there is no more money to be taken from this clinic?"

Chu Beiyu, whose hopes were dashed, said angrily, "Zhong Huai, if I remember correctly, you have always been in charge of Huichun Hall. How come there is no money to take? Could it be that you have embezzled it?"

Chu Beiyu was a man who had been to the battlefield. His aura frightened Zhong Huai so much that he went limp. He replied tremblingly, "My Lord, you are wronged. It was true that I was in charge of the clinic before, but these few days, Madam..."

"What happened to her again?"

Now Chu Beiyu gets in a very bad mood whenever he hears others mention Ye Qingluo, and asks impatiently.

"Madam has firmly controlled the clinic's money. As far as I know, yesterday's free clinic brought in a total of 500 taels."

Zhong Huai saw that Chu Beiyu disliked Ye Qingluo, and smeared him without leaving any room for doubt.

"My Lord, you also know that free clinics are a good thing to accumulate virtue, but you took five hundred taels of silver. We are just servants, and we dare not offend the lady."

"This Ye Qingluo is so bold that he even dares to take advantage of the money from the free clinic!"

Chu Beiyu slammed the table angrily, scaring everyone present so much that they dared not say a word.

He didn't dare to be too blatant about the dowry, but he had to deny that Ye Qingluo had indeed contributed to the mansion in the past three years.

But the matter of Huichuntang was different. With this matter, he could easily control Ye Qingluo and make him spit out all the remaining silver.

After Chu Beiyu left, Li Er came to Zhong Huai angrily and asked, "Manager Zhong, why did you slander the Marquis' wife just now?"

"Do you know what the consequences of doing this will be?"

It was obvious that the free medical consultation was not done by the Madam. If the Madam had not helped, the money would have fallen into Zhong Huai's hands.

But Zhong Huai does not repent and is even trying to turn the tables here.

It's really abominable.

Zhong Huai was humming a little tune and was in a very good mood. He couldn't do anything to his wife, but it was different for the Marquis.

It would be best to deal with the Madam so that she has no time to take care of Huichuntang's affairs. That way, the huge sum of money will fall into my hands again.

When Zhong Huai was having a "sweet dream", Ye Qingluo's voice brought him back to reality.

"What happened today that made it so lively?"

Seeing Ye Qingluo coming in, Zhong Huai lowered his head, not daring to say a word for a moment, and turned around to busy himself with his own business.

The happiest person was Li Er. He came to Ye Qingluo's side and said in a low voice, "Madam, the Marquis was here just now."

"My Lord? What is he doing here?"

"I don't know about this either. I just heard that the Marquis asked Manager Zhong to withdraw money from the clinic."

"Is he coming?" Ye Qingluo asked again.

"That's not the case, but Manager Zhong said that all the money in the clinic is now managed by you, Madam, and he also said a lot of bad things about you in front of the Marquis."

"The Marquis was very angry when he left, Madam, you must be careful."

Ye Qingluo happened to see Zhong Huai looking towards her out of the corner of her eye. She knew exactly what this man was thinking.

But what about Chu Beiyu? Logically speaking, he had won the battle and received the reward from the emperor, so he should not be short of money.

Since the money from her dowry was not available, she set her sights on opening the clinic.

After thinking for a moment, she turned to Li Er and asked, "Has anything special happened in Beijing recently?"

"Special?" Li Er thought for a moment and whispered, "The emperor just named the second young lady of the Shangshu Mansion as the county lady. Is this special?"

Although she is called the second lady, she is at best an illegitimate daughter, but her status and identity are different after she was rewarded by the emperor.

"Madam, I may know why the Marquis is so anxious to get the silver."

"Oh?"

Ye Qingluo became interested. This Li Er was quick to understand some things. He was not only clever but also smart and could guess what she was thinking at once.

"What do you think."

"I know someone who works in the Shangshu Mansion. I heard from the people there that the Shangshu changed the original prize money from 30,000 taels to 40,000 taels because the second young lady was given the title of county lady."

"If you can't afford it, postpone the wedding. I think the Marquis is upset about this."