39. Chapter 39 Mother Xiao comes to visit again

Author: Potato Chips Guaiguai

After all the ups and downs, Jiang Yue was too tired to get up. Gu Mo had no choice but to carry her into the bath and let Ye Zi take her bath, while he himself returned to the study feeling refreshed.

"Is there any news from Shangshu Mansion?"

"Master Shangshu is really a man who loves his daughter as much as her life. Lin Rujin committed the crime of killing the imperial official, and he actually went to the prime minister to help her."

Danqing shook his head and talked about the information he had found out from the Shangshu Mansion: "It's a pity that Boss Lin thought he was a good relative who had climbed into the family, but he didn't expect that he even lost his life."

When Gu Mo heard this, he smiled coldly: "Do you really think that Lin Shangshu is hiding the truth for his daughter?"

"Isn't it?"

"The real purpose of his move is to please Prime Minister Su, Lin Rujin? It's just a chess piece in his hand."

Gu Mo's slender fingers seemed to be teasing the koi in the fish pond, with no expression on his face.

Danqing was stunned for a moment when his master said it, and he didn't quite understand.

"Why do you say he did it to please Prime Minister Su? Wasn't it Shangshufu who committed the crime?"

"Let me ask you, did Mr. Li die of poisoning?" Gu Mo suddenly asked.

"Prozac."

Gu Mo nodded with satisfaction: "Although Mr. Li has a low official position and has become an official, he was in charge of the water transportation in the capital.

Many of the people in the Canal Department today were brought out by him, and they all have the same tough temper as him. They were able to block many good things from Prime Minister Su back then."

Gu Mo mossed around the water plants in the pond, his eyes getting darker and darker: "Now that Mr. Li has died from a disgraceful drug like Prozac, this is the best opportunity for the Prime Minister to make a fuss. What do you think, Shangshu?"

Doesn’t that count as trying to please the Prime Minister?”

"Are you saying that it was Shangshu Yi who killed Mr. Li, and not Lin Rujin?" Dan Qing was a little surprised.

"Kill someone? Lin Rujin doesn't have the courage."

The long hands as proud as green bamboo left the water, causing ripples, "She is just a pebble to ask for directions. A useless daughter, for Lin Shangshu, of course, it is necessary to squeeze out the last bit of value as much as possible."

After listening to Gu Mo's words, Dan Qing suddenly felt that Lin Rujin was really pitiful because she was actually being used by her own father.

"Then don't we do something? It won't be a good thing if the Canal Department is controlled by the Prime Minister."

The Canal Department is in charge of all waterways leading to the capital. If someone is interested, the oil and water that can be harvested from it will be extraordinary.

"Since the Prime Minister wants to swim in the water of the Canal Division, we naturally have to accompany him." Gu Mo calmed down his emotions, and a chill spread throughout his body.

In the Xiao Mansion, Mother Xiao finally had the strength to get out of bed after being raised for a long time. To celebrate, Zhao Yantang specially ordered the people below to cook a table of delicious dishes.

But when dinner time came, Zhao Yantang helped the old lady to the dining hall, only to see that there were only four meat dishes on the table, and the rest turned out to be vegetarian dishes that were usually used as garnishes.

"What's going on? Didn't I ask you to make more nourishing medicinal food to replenish the old lady's health? Is this how you fooled me?"

Zhao Yantang felt that she had been slighted, and the anger in her heart suddenly surged up.

Xiao's mother's face is not good-looking either. Xiao's family has been home to scholars for generations. There are strict requirements for food, how many dishes should be included in each meal, how many meats and vegetables.

Although the Xiao family is not as good as before, it has not fallen to this point. Besides, didn't Jiang Yue open a restaurant and make money? How could they eat so mediocrely? It must be because these people have dirty hands and are greedy.

"I have only been in charge of the house for a few days, but you are so presumptuous and dare to embezzle money from the house."

Although Xiao's mother was not fully recovered, her majesty was still there. As soon as she spoke, the people below immediately knelt down in a row.

"Madam, please forgive me, slaves will never dare to be greedy for money."

"I don't dare to be greedy for money, so what do you think is going on with this dish?" Zhao Yantang helped the old lady sit down, assumed the attitude of a master and started to question.

The people below looked at me and I looked at you. They were all cowering, but no one spoke.

Now Xiao's mother became even more angry. She slammed her cane on the ground and said angrily, "Say! Anyone who dares to hide something will be beaten out with a stick!"

"Old lady, spare your life, my slave said, my slave said." The maid in charge saw her getting angry and quickly took action.

"Old madam, the servants are really not greedy for money. Due to the young master's affairs some time ago, most of the money in the house has been taken away by the officials. In addition, you have been in poor health these days, and you spend a lot of money just to buy medicine.

It cost a lot of money.”

The maid wiped away her tears and continued to cry: "We spend money on daily maintenance in our house, but there is no income. There is not much money left in the house."

"How could this be so?" Xiao's mother felt dizzy after hearing this, "Bring me the account book and show it to me!"

The person below handed over the account book after a while. Mother Xiao took the account book and turned it over page by page, carefully checking the accounts above.

The more I looked at it, the colder my heart became.

For more than a month, I remember all the money was spent, and I really didn’t make any money.

"Hmph! You Jiang Yue, you took money from the Xiao family to open a restaurant, but you didn't pay a penny back. Could it be that you used it all to raise wild men?"

Xiao's mother stood up and threw the account book on the ground.

"Have someone prepare the carriage and go to the Duke's Mansion!"

She was going to ask that bitch where she had spent all the Xiao family's money. She had been so happy and carried away these days that she might have forgotten that she was still the Xiao family's daughter-in-law.

When Xiao's mother rushed to the Duke's Mansion in a hurry, Jiang Yue was looking at the account books. She also knew the situation of Xiao's Mansion at this time, so when Ye Zi said that Xiao's mother came, Jiang Yue quickly took it out from the bottom of the box.

The land deed of Wangyue Tower also has its own dowry list.

"Jiang Yue, you bitch, married into my Xiao family. Not only did you disrespect your mother-in-law, but now you actually dare to embezzle the Xiao family's money. This is simply treason!"

As soon as she arrived in the yard, Jiang Yue heard Xiao's mother cursing.

Jiang Yue wasn't angry at all and thought it was a fly. She straightened her clothes and walked out with a smile on her face.

"Mother, what's wrong with you? Why are you so angry? Could it be that the tonic your daughter-in-law sent you last time was too much?"

"You!" Mother Xiao was brought back by Jiang Yue's words. When she thought of that incident, she was so angry that she couldn't help but burst out of anger.

She used her crutches and wanted to hit Jiang Yue, but her movements were too slow, and Jiang Yue immediately avoided her.

"Mother, your body and bones are no longer what they were back then, so be careful." Jiang Yue didn't forget to mock her.

Zhao Yantang, who was standing next to her, helped Xiao's mother, who was about to fall, and stared at Jiang Yue fiercely.

"Jiang Yue, we are too lazy to talk to you today. Please return the land deed to our Xiao family as soon as possible!"
Chapter completed!