Demoted from wife to concubine? Reborn, the mistress of a noble family plots another high-status mar

Chapter 24

Granny Gui shook her head. "Madam said the pharmacy still has ginseng, so there's no need to buy any."

"Then hurry up and get it!" Lin Bao'er said.

Granny Gui looked at the Grand Madam.

The old lady said, "I've already taken the ginseng from the pharmacy, and they're out of it. Tell them to buy some more."

"Let the kitchen prepare a table of dishes that Xuan'er and Yi'er like. We'll stew the ginseng and other ingredients to nourish them after we buy them."

Madam Li and the Dowager exchanged a glance, then pulled their son outside. "Yue'er, Xiyue was also frightened this time. Have you gone to see her?"

Shen Yue shook his head, "Xuan'er and Yi'er are missing, I don't have time."

“Now that the child has been found, she is your wife. You should go and visit her and show her some concern.”

Shen Yue didn't want to go, but after being persuaded by Li, he had no choice but to come to Zizhu Garden.

"Is there something you need, my lord?"

Yunxi Yue had just taken a bath and looked impatient.

"Yun Xiyue, I am your husband. Do I need to have something to say to come see you?" Shen Yue felt uncomfortable seeing her annoyed look.

"I haven't eaten yet. Have someone bring me food."

Qingmei stood still.

Yun Xiyue nodded before she went out to prepare the meal and came back in.

Looking at the meals she usually eats.

Shen Yue was even more displeased. "You make everyone in the Marquis's mansion cut back on food and clothing, while you yourself are feasting on meat and fish?"

“I bought all my food, clothing and daily necessities with my own dowry, not a single penny from the Marquis’s mansion.” Yun Xiyue rolled her eyes and picked up a chicken leg to eat.

"If you don't trust me, then call your Bao'er housekeeper!"

Shen Yue was furious. He had been eating vegetarian food for the past few days, and seeing her eating meat so heartily made him feel incredibly hungry.

Staring at the other chicken leg, wanting to eat it, Yun Xiyue looked at him with a mocking gaze, "My lord, all of this food was bought with my own dowry."

How can you bear to eat this?

Enraged, Shen Yue immediately refrained from eating.

"However, if Your Excellency wishes to eat, you may have a bite."

"I am not hungry."

His face turned ashen, and he got up to go to the bathroom.

Yun Xiyue's expression changed slightly. "If you want to take a bath, go back to your room. You are not allowed to use my bathtub."

Shen Yue: "..."

He hadn't intended to use her bathtub, but upon entering, he discovered a large bathtub and a pool in the washroom, the latter inlaid with natural Hetian jade.

This woman is really extravagant.

"My lord, the young lady is crying and wants to see you," Zhui Feng reported from outside.

Without saying a word, Shen Yue immediately left in a hurry.

"Madam, we've found out everything." Granny Cao entered.

"The rent from the shops and land in the Marquis's residence is indeed different from what's in the ledger. The monthly income is less than half of what it actually is. Some of the land isn't even registered, which is why we don't know about it."

"There are also problems with the pharmacy. Every month, we buy some medicinal herbs, but they are inexplicably disappearing. For example, ginseng and bird's nest have been sold to other pharmacies."

"I checked, and it's the Grand Madam. All the people in the pharmacy are her people."

Yun Xiyue narrowed her eyes slightly, "Do the people from the second and third wives know about this?"

"They probably don't know, because this money didn't go into the public account; it all ended up in the old lady's pocket."

"Because the second and third branches of the family already contribute less money to the public accounts each month, you mentioned this to the Grand Madam, but she made excuses to brush us off."

Since there's not much need to be handed over to the public accounts, the second and third wives naturally won't be investigated, since someone else will support them anyway.

This would give the Dowager Lady the opportunity to pocket most of the Marquis's wealth.

Yun Xiyue sneered, "They really think I'm a fool!"