Princess Menglang is hard to change, the whole capital is embarrassed for her

The old lady and Mrs. Wan's faces turned blue, red and purple.

Shen Zhaojiang also felt embarrassed, and even his tone of voice dropped. He said from a distance, "It's been too long, and things are in disarray. I haven't been able to sort it out yet. How about Rong's mother and the others discuss it and give you an answer another day before settling the matter?"

Fang Yao glanced at Shen Li and shook his head, saying, "No need to postpone it, just do it today. Here's a copied account book. Take it to the old lady and the second lady in the back hall to look at it. Once you've figured out how to make up for it, come out and tell me. The emperor has things to ask me every day, so how can I have time to come back another day for such a small matter?"

After saying that, the guard waved his hand and took out an account book and handed it to Shen Zhaojiang.

Fang Yao said, "I'll give you one stick of incense. If you keep dawdling, I'll go straight to Jingzhao Prefecture."

The old lady and Mrs. Wan took the account books to the back hall, and Mrs. Zhao thought about it and followed them.

After a while, a fierce quarrel was heard from inside.

The quarrel stopped before the people sitting outside could hear clearly.

After a while, they started arguing again, with some crying in between.

Shen Li sat there quietly. With her uncle and aunt helping her today, she was happy to be a decoration.

Cry, the pride you felt when you drove your mother away and stole her dowry will be returned to you today. Some people are like this, they only know the pain when they cut their own flesh.

The time of an incense stick passed quickly. Fang Yao sat in the chair impatiently, moving from time to time, and it seemed that he was about to lose control of his anger.

The brothers Shen Zhaojiang and Shen Zhaohe were very nervous, looking at each other.

Just when they decided to go to the back hall to call for help, several ladies from the Shen family came out.

The old lady's face was gloomy, and Wan Shi cried as soon as she saw it.

And there was Zhao, with a dark face, sitting down angrily.

"I've looked at the account books," the old lady said slowly to the Lan family, "My Shen family is not unreasonable."

Lan sneered through his nose.

Reasonable? You're so shameless.

It was because he saw the origin of the objects marked by the general in the account book, and he didn't expect the general to check it so clearly, so he couldn't dare to deny it and had to be reasonable, right?

"Those marked inside that can be recovered can be found," the old lady said. "For those that cannot be found, we can use silver to replace them. What do you think, General and Madam?"

Fang Yao and Lan looked at each other.

"Okay, when can I get the things back? When can I get the money back?"

"Seven days later." said the old lady.

"Okay, I'll come to the Shen family again in seven days to settle the debt completely." Lan agreed readily.

I didn't expect them to come up with the money right away today.

"Originally, I didn't think to calculate these things. My niece told me that the Shen family built her a small kitchen, and if she wants to eat something good, she has to dig out money from her mother's dowry. My niece doesn't know how much her mother's dowry is. What if she eats too much and can't dig out the money, will she starve to death?"

"She cried in front of the general out of helplessness, asking her uncle what to do. But the general loved his niece the most, so he decided to go to the Shen family to calculate the dowry. At first, he wasn't so anxious to calculate it, but now your son lives in the house my sister built, and he even points at my niece's nose and scolds my sister. Master Shen, even a clay man has some blood in him. Tell me, won't my general be angry? Will he come and force her to return everything?"

Lan's tone was already icy as she spoke up. "I've already made this clear today. If Lord Shen takes his anger out on my niece because of the dowry, we don't mind taking her to the General's Mansion to be pampered. Then, we'll have to take back this house, the mansion, and all the things we gave as favors and as betrothal gifts to the second wife."

Yes, the reason why these are not counted is because Li'er lives in the Shen family.

You should know who you are benefiting from.

The Shen family had nothing to say.

No one else would be threatened to this extent.

Who can be blamed for this?

The legitimate daughter of the family has to pay for her own meals when she returns home. This is done by her stepmother. How can her uncle not be angry?

He is a favorite of the emperor.

Shen Zhaojiang, the old lady, and Mrs. Wan stared at Mrs. Zhao with hatred, their gazes like whips.

Zhao wanted to say that it was just an excuse from the Fang family, so she opened her mouth and then closed it again.

After clarifying the matter, Fang Yao and Lan stood up and said goodbye.

Shen Li saw them out the door.

After I came back, I heard from the secret guard,

They had just left Yanshou Hall.

The sound of teacups breaking was heard from inside, and Wan and Zhao started arguing.

Wan said that if Zhao had not forced Shen Li to pay for her own meals, Shen Li would not have been forced to settle Fang's dowry.

So what was said in the back hall just now doesn’t count. She can’t just pay for those things by herself. She was also implicated by the Zhao family, so she has to pay from the public fund.

Zhao said she was dreaming.

This is the first time I've heard someone blame others for being a thief. Don't even think about it.

If anyone dares to set his sights on Gongzhong, she doesn't mind exposing the scandal to the public and see who is more embarrassed.

Then the old lady fainted from anger.

Shen Li sneered.

Where is this?

The best is yet to come.

No one called her to Yanshou Hall anymore, so Shen Li returned to Jiaojiaoyuan.

The day after tomorrow is the day to go to the palace for a banquet, and she needs to listen carefully to what Qiluo says about what to pay attention to when entering the palace.

The next day, Xuanzheng Hall.

After the court session, Fang Yao strode out of the hall as usual.

As soon as he walked down the stairs, he saw Guan Yonghou standing in front of him, looking like he was waiting for him.

Fang Yao walked over with a bow, "Meet the Marquis."

Luo Xiao, the Marquis of Guanyong, patted him on the shoulder and said with a smile, "We're not in the imperial court, why are you calling me Marquis?"

"Yes, Uncle Luo, are you waiting for me?"

"I'm waiting for you," Luo Xiao said, pulling out a portrait from his pocket. He motioned Fang Yao to follow him to a less crowded place and opened the portrait to show him, "Do you recognize this girl?"

Fang Yao actually knew what it was when he took out the portrait. Now looking at it again, it was indeed a small portrait of Shen Li.

He immediately made no secret and said frankly: "I know her. She is my niece, the child of my sister who was lost when she was young."

Luo Xiao nodded, folded the portrait in silence, thought for a moment, and handed it to Fang Yao, saying, "You know she saved my old woman. We've been looking for this child these past few days, right?"

"know."

"Since you know, why don't you just come and tell me the child's true identity?"

The two of them talked in low voices as they walked out of the palace.

Shen Zhaojiang, who was standing behind them, looked at their backs from a distance, feeling very complicated.

Fang Yao asked Luo Xiao, "How did you know it was hers?"

Luo Xiao looked at him, raised his thick black eyebrows, and chuckled: "You are a general, but you are so uninformed?"

Fang Yao looked at him puzzledly.

"Last night, someone came out and said that the girl was suspected of being a spy. I took it very seriously and started a thorough investigation of her background that night. As I was investigating, I found out that it was your little girl. I was relieved at once."

Fang Yao folded the portrait and put it in his sleeve pocket. He turned to Luo Xiao and said, "They said she was a spy? Uncle Luo, have you found out who spread the rumor?"

"Not yet. The more we can't find out, the more it proves that someone did this on purpose. They have two purposes. One is to sow discord between you and me, causing discord among the generals in the army, which will benefit the enemy. The other is to target your daughter. They want to use my Guanyong Marquis Mansion to punish her. As for who did it, it's actually very easy to find out."

The two of them stopped at the same time, turned around and glanced at Shen Zhaojiang who was talking to someone behind them.