To Be A Virtuous Wife novel · Chapter 18 of 24
Chapter 18: The Land Deeds
The Empress did not answer at once.
"Say what you mean, Princess Dowager," she said at last.
"Four thousand taels have vanished from the household of Anbei since this girl came into it," said Lady Tao.
"Her dowry was forty taels."
"She has pried into the accounts, burned the books, and thrown my niece out of her home."
"And now she brings a herbalist into the palace to slander an old servant."
"The books were burned by a servant who died," Yuwei said.
"Convenient."
"For you, Mother."
A few of the guests gasped at the tone.
Yuwei bowed to the dais.
"Your Majesty, may I answer with papers?"
The Empress inclined her head a fraction.
Yuwei turned to Ma.
The old steward stepped forward with a flat wooden case and set it on the high table.
He lifted the lid.
Twelve blue books lay inside, neatly stacked.
"These are the true accounts of Anbei Mansion for three years," said Yuwei.
"Kept by Steward Ma, who never trusted the Dowager's totals."
"Each month the household bought its rice, coal and winter silk from one merchant, the Wan Fu Granary."
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