After traveling through time, I thrived in ancient times

Chapter 20: The First Lady's Dowry

Prince Hong said, "Miss Yu is right. This is the Shangshu Mansion's family affair. It was wrong for me to intervene. Sir Yu, please solve it yourself. Besides..."

Shen Jingming nodded to Yu Huaiyi and said, "The emperor has issued an order, you should obey it, otherwise the emperor will be furious, which is not good."

After saying that, he stood aside and stared at Yu Tingwan, acting as if he was saying, "You can rest assured that I am here."

He subconsciously moved a little further away from Yu Tinglin, as if he wanted to draw a clear line between them.

……

Not to mention others, even Yu Tingwan was a little slow to react.

No, what's the matter with this Prince Hong? He made such a big scene when he appeared, and she was ready to fight him, but in the end, this is it?

She thought he was going to do something big, but he ended up shitting a huge load!

Her expression almost collapsed, but what did he mean? Wasn't he an admirer of Yu Tinglin? Why did he change his mind at the last minute? Did the Shangshu know that his future son-in-law was so unreliable?

But no matter what, without a powerful person to compete with her, she can finish things here faster, and she must be getting better over there.

Thinking of this, Yu Tingwan nodded at him, "Prince Hong is a reasonable man. I would like to thank my nephew."

Should I call him the emperor's nephew? No matter what, my generation is older than his anyway!

As a result, these words made Shen Jingming's face turn stiff. Emperor, nephew?

Yes, this person is now his imperial aunt, and she is married to Shen Chenli!

Forced to face reality again, Shen Jingming became even more angry with the Shangshu family, and even began to dislike Yu Tinglin.

Yu Tinglin naturally saw such changes, but even though she hated Yu Tingwan now, she couldn't show it on her face.

Seeing that there was no room for maneuver in this matter and that even his own reputation would be implicated, Yu Huaiyi became even more angry and glared fiercely at Li who was standing next to him.

It was all this woman's fault. She was always causing trouble instead of helping others. Then she waved her hand and signaled the servants in the mansion to carry all those things out of the house.

"It's all here. If you don't believe it, just ask someone to check it out."

Yu Huaiyi snorted coldly. He just didn't believe it. Even if Yu Tingwan was angry, he wouldn't dare to disregard his own reputation and actually ask someone to investigate these things!

Seeing this, Yu Tingwan nodded at Yu Huaiyi, and just when his expression relaxed a little, he spoke softly:

"Thank you very much for your kindness, Lord Yu. As a daughter, I should take stock of my mother's things for her."

Then he signaled the palace guards to come forward and take count.

"Slave maid, let me come. Madam once gave me some advice when she was alive. Now I am happy to be able to do something for Madam."

Lan Yue's words made Yu Tingwan turn to look at her, and he saw tears flashing in her eyes. She must be sad when thinking about what happened in the past few years. Seeing this, Yu Tingwan naturally agreed.

Yu Huaiyi didn't expect that she would not give him any face at all. He could only stand inside the door with a grim face, and he couldn't even rush up to hit her.

The emperor asked him to reflect on his mistakes behind closed doors, and it was a favor from the emperor that he was able to stand at the door. If he had known earlier, he would have let someone in first instead of showing off his power to her at the door.

The crowd watching had not expected that there would actually be an inventory on the spot. Although they felt that it was a bit inappropriate, they agreed with it in their hearts and felt even more sorry for the Princess Chen.

What does this mean? It means that Princess Chen is really disappointed with the Shangshu Mansion, so she doesn't even leave a shred of wiggle room for herself!

Yu Tingwan only felt that nothing of his own could be lost, and had no idea what everyone was thinking or why they were looking at him with such sympathy.

She just stared at everything in front of her, and the idea that she would have a lot of wealth gradually sank into her heart.

Looking at these things, I suddenly felt a strange thought in my heart, and I felt a little sad.

My chest felt a little tight, just like when I first discovered that I had traveled through time and felt reluctant to leave those people in my previous life, but it was also a little different.

She couldn't describe the feeling, a little suffocated, a little breathless, which made her face look a little abnormal. What happened to her?

"princess?"

A soft call woke her up, and she looked up suddenly. She found that it was Qingzhu who was supporting her and looking at her worriedly.

"how?"

When he asked subconsciously, he finally reacted and reached out to touch her cheek. Yu Tingwan was slightly stunned. She was crying?

"Miss……"

Yu Tingwan looked over and found Lan Yue looking at her with red eyes. Yu Tingwan lowered her eyes slightly and gently wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes.

"Have you finished the inventory?"

Lan Yue nodded, "Miss, there are many things missing here, especially the red jadeite pearl phoenix-shaped gold hairpin and the filigree gilt inlaid treasure and kingfisher pearl Huasheng that Madam loved the most, as well as the ganoderma lucidum bamboo pattern jade hairpin and the white jade inlaid red coral bead double knot...

These are the dowries that the old lady gave to the young lady. They were the treasures that our ancestors had because of the blessing of the late emperor. Now they are all gone. There is also a red gold necklace inlaid with red gems bestowed by the current emperor, which is also gone!"

After Lan Yue finished saying all this, the scene became completely quiet.

They didn't care much when the jewelry in front was missing. They thought that Princess Chen was a little too fussy. It would be fine if it was just a rough one!

After so many years, some of these things are bound to be damaged or lost. There's no need to be so serious about it.

But after this last thing was pointed out, everyone fell completely silent and dared not make a sound.

The imperial gift was lost, and the Shangshu Mansion will probably be held accountable.

Yu Tingwan was so angry that she almost laughed. She knew that Li would be greedy, but she didn't expect that she would have no scruples at all and only took these conspicuous things, fearing that she would find trouble with her.

Then he turned his head to look inside the mansion and asked softly:

"May I ask Madam, where did all these things go?"

Before she could open her mouth to argue, she blocked her mouth with one sentence, "Madam, please don't tell me that these things are lost. Losing the things bestowed by the emperor can lead to death!"

"Don't tell me it was lost before my mother passed away. When my mother passed away, the mansion couldn't wait to empty out her private vault! If it was lost at that time, it wouldn't have been silent!"

At this moment, Minister Yu's face was no longer dark or blue, it was so hideous that it was impossible to look directly at it!

Concubine Li didn't even dare to look up, feeling extremely guilty. She had never expected that Yu Tingwan would actually count the items in front of so many people!

Yu Tinglin was shaking with hatred at this moment. This was not only towards Yu Tingwan, but also towards Li.

When the incident happened, she had specifically instructed that these obvious things should not be taken, and only those that were valuable but not easily remembered should be taken.

Who would have thought that he would even hide the gift from the Emperor! This was simply a hindrance to her!

Just when I was about to say a few words to redeem my reputation, I heard the maid start shouting again.

"Oh, isn't that the red jade hairpin with eight-treasure clusters of pearls that the late Madam is wearing? And the one on her hand, the red gold and white jade bracelet, was bought by the old Madam when she took the then unmarried Madam to the temple to pray for blessings!"

"Oh, and the red gold earrings with pearls and the seven-treasure exquisite hairpin that the second young lady is wearing, they were all the dowry of the late Madam. Madam gave them to the young lady back then. I was wondering why they disappeared, and it turns out they are with the second young lady!"

"enough!"

Minister Yu roared, interrupting Lan Yue's words, flicked his sleeves, and looked at the butler standing beside him.

"Go, take all these things out!"

"Yes, yes, I'll go right away!"