Marrying a concubine and swallowing her dowry? The mistress turns around and marries a high-ranking

Chapter 41

She coaxed with a smile, "Snakes hibernate; they sleep through the entire winter. Look, these two little snakes have eaten their fill and gone to sleep. Don't disturb them yet; we'll talk about it when they wake up in the spring, okay?"

Qin Jianxi nodded.

Shen Lingjun waved his hand wearily, signaling Pink Butterfly to take the box to a place where Qin Jianxi couldn't reach it.

Let's wait until spring...we'll talk about it then. In the next few months, she needs to quickly get Qin Jianxi some kittens or puppies to keep her company and distract her.

It's not surprising that kids like to keep pets, but shouldn't they at least keep some normal ones?

What kind of noble lady would hold a baby rat with her bare hands and feed it to a poisonous snake?

Shen Lingjun pulled Qin Jianxi: "Go wash your hands quickly, I'll apply medicine to your face after you're done."

When Pink Butterfly brought in water for Qin Jianxi to wash her hands, Bean Maiden returned from outside Rainy Courtyard.

She looked sullen and with a long face. She took out a few silver ingots and some coins and put them on the table.

"Madam, I just went to collect next month's wages, and the treasury said that, as instructed by Madam Liu, your monthly allowance has been reduced to twenty taels of silver, and the young master and young lady's monthly allowance is only ten taels of silver each. The monthly allowances of all the servants in Yufei Courtyard have been halved!"

Pink Butterfly, who was standing nearby, was shocked when she heard this: "How could this be? Madam's monthly allowance has always been eighty taels. Now that the young master and young lady have arrived, why has it suddenly been reduced by so much!"

Dou Niang said angrily, "That's what I thought too. I was so angry at the time that I immediately went to Weixia Courtyard to ask Madam Liu. Madam Liu said that this was ordered by the old lady, and that the monthly allowances distributed by the Marquis's Mansion all came from her dowry. No one has the right to question her. Yufei Courtyard is already lucky to receive a monthly allowance. If you are not satisfied, go to the Marquis and ask for his salary yourself!"

Shen Lingjun gave a mocking laugh.

Liu Manman finally came to her senses and was no longer willing to contribute her dowry to the Marquis's mansion.

However, the idea of ​​cutting back on Yufei Courtyard's monthly allowance was probably not Liu Manman's own, but rather an idea suggested by Old Madam Qin.

Shen Lingjun caused a huge uproar, ruining the reputation of the Marquis's mansion. Now that she has reunited with her two biological children, Old Madam Qin must be filled with hatred towards them. This is deliberately tormenting them.

She knew that Shen Lingjun had "emptied" her dowry, leaving her with no money and only able to rely on the Marquis's family's favor to survive.

If you can please the old lady, you'll get some leftovers; if you displease her, you can forget about living in this mansion.

If it were a dutiful daughter-in-law who gave up all her dowry for this ungrateful mother-in-law, she would now be at the mercy of others, living like a dog, with nothing to do but beg for mercy for the rest of her life.

Just then, someone from the main kitchen delivered lunch for Shen Lingjun and her two children.

When the damselfly opened the food box, her expression changed even more drastically.

The food box contained only three bowls of cold rice, one bowl of stir-fried cabbage with only old cabbage stalks, and one bowl of clear radish soup without even a speck of oil on top.

The damselfly frowned: "What kind of food is this? Did you deliver it to the wrong place?"

This is the food served to the second and third-class servants in the Marquis's mansion. The head maids usually eat much better food.

The old woman who delivered the food box rolled her eyes and said, "You didn't deliver the wrong thing. Madam Liu said that this was also ordered by the old lady. From today onwards, the meals in Yufei Courtyard will be prepared according to this standard. With the income of the Marquis's mansion, this is the only condition. Madam Liu would not use her dowry to support irrelevant idlers."

After saying that, he walked away.

Dou Niang was furious and was about to start cursing when Shen Lingjun stopped her.

Shen Lingjun smiled faintly: "It doesn't matter, let them give us whatever they want, it's not like we're short of money."

The damsel lowered her voice: "We do have money, but we can't use it."

Shen Lingjun has 50,000 taels of silver as dowry money, but this must not be known to the Qin family.

Shen Lingjun laughed and said, "Have you forgotten? I have other businesses too."

Dou Niang suddenly realized: "You mean the three estates and two shops that the Marquis gave you?"

Shen Lingjun instructed, "Sell them all. The market price is at least 30,000 taels. We'll sell them to the Shen family and only charge Mother 10,000 taels as a token."

The income from those estates and shops was quite considerable. Since she didn't yet have control of the Marquis's mansion, she decided to transfer the mansion's assets to her maternal family first.

The damsel laughed, finally happy: "Yes! This servant will go right away!"