Chapter 15 — On the Big Wedding Night, the Husband Hides Pregnant Bach Nguyet Quang in the Dowry Chest

Bui Tu shouted loudly:

“Shut up!”

I look at him.

“What is urgent, Marquis?”

“The books haven't been read yet.”

Mr. Trieu continued.

“Number twenty-seven, Thua An Lane, within three months received a total of two thousand four hundred taels of silver.”

“There are also two marble trees from Gam Tu ward and a pair of Dong Chau earrings.”

“Recipient, Lieu Phu Am.”

The whole street immediately shook. A clan uncle suddenly turned to look at old lady Bui.

“Young sister, why does the Marquis use the public book to maintain the exterior?”

Old Lady Bui's face turned gray.

“Not the exterior.”

"In Phu Am's belly, he is carrying the bones of the Bui family."

“The bones and flesh of the Bui family?”

Bui Tu's eyes instantly shot straight towards me. I don't look at him. It's not time yet. I just calmly said:

“Then we need to investigate more clearly.”

"The marquis used public accounts to support the family outside, hid the government's wife, and even attempted to swallow the dowry to make up the deficit."

“If this story gets out, who will lose more face?”

The relatives began to talk in low voices.

“A deficit of more than ten thousand taels of silver?”

“No wonder you are so impatient to get the key to Young Lady's dowry.”

“If this matter really reaches the Queen's ears, I'm afraid it will be difficult to arrange.”

Old Lady Bui was so angry that her lips turned purple.

“You were all fooled by it!”

She pointed straight at me.

“It wants to rob the Marquis Palace!”

I burst out laughing.

“The old lady said it wrong.”

“The Marquis Palace is now so empty.”

“If you gave it to me, I would still call it bad luck.”

Bui Tu slammed on the table.

“Tham Thanh Vu!”

I look at him.

“Did I say something wrong?”

“If my dowry wasn't thick enough.”

"Even the money for the wedding banquet, the Marquis Palace couldn't collect enough."

“You guys marry me…”

“Is it to marry the first wife?”

“Or marry a walking money box?”

Bui Tu's face changed from blue to white. Old Lady Bui leaned on her cane, her voice filled with ferocity.

“Even if there is a deficit in the books, it is not the turn of a newlywed woman like you to show her back in front of everyone.”

“Give me the cards to the middle manager.”

I raised my eyebrows.

“Is the old lady going to go back on her word?”

"The affairs within the Marquis's clan must of course be decided by the Marquis's elders."

“I am the Marquess who was given in marriage by the Queen herself.”

I held up the counter card.

"The right to manage the middle fund is given to me by you."

“There is Kinh Trieu Palace as witness.”

“There are relatives as witnesses.”

“Today, who dares to take it away from me…”

“Just wanted to overturn yesterday's bet.”

I look at everyone.

“Uncles…”

“Is there anyone who wants to testify on behalf of the old lady?”

The relatives were all silent. No one is stupid. The Marquis's deficit was laid out before our eyes. Whoever stands up to defend... That person will most likely be pulled into the water to make up for the money. In old lady Bui's eyes, hatred almost overflowed. She suddenly clutched her chest and fell backwards.

“Old lady!”

The ghosts immediately rushed forward. A clan judge also lost his voice and cried out.

“Young lady, you made the old lady so angry that she fainted!”

I still stood in place, not moving at all.

“Please visit Ha's office.”

Bui Tu smiled coldly.

“Mother has fainted, are you still planning to pretend to be cold and heartless?”

I looked at old lady Bui's slightly trembling eyelids.

“Fainting was also at the right time.”

"Correct Right when I was about to investigate Thua An alley, I fainted."

Bui Tu angrily shouted:

“You still dare to slander your elders!”

I calmly replied:

“Then wait for the doctor to arrive.”

Doctor Ha quickly arrived. Not long after he checked his pulse, his expression became confused.

“The old lady was just angry at the moment.”

“Nothing to worry about.”

Behind me, Thanh Dai snorted softly. I looked at old lady Bui. She still closed her eyes tightly. I slowly spoke up.

"If the old lady is not feeling well, then today's clan meeting will stop here."

“But the investigation of the books has not stopped.”

“The owner of the house in Thua An alley, Luu Kinh...”

“I already looked it up.”

Old Lady Bui's eyelids suddenly twitched. I see. Everyone can see it too. Bui Tu's face became even more unsightly. At that moment, a high-pitched announcement suddenly rang out from the street outside.

“The palace people are coming!”

Everyone's faces changed simultaneously. An inner servant led two maids in, holding the Queen's phoenix in his hand. This time, Mrs. Bui really couldn't sit still anymore. Bui Tu also immediately knelt down. I followed him and knelt down. The maid opened the phoenix edict and spoke in a high-pitched, cold voice.

“The Queen's edict.”

"I heard that there was an incident on the wedding night at Vinh An Marquis Palace, the exterior was hidden in a chest, the government officials entered the palace, the interior was chaotic."

“The Marquis of Vinh An, Bui Tu and the Marquis of the Tham family, immediately went to the palace to inquire.”

I gently raised my eyes. The housekeeper's eyes just fell on me. Without any expression, he added another sentence.

“The lady still told me.”

“Books... also bring along.”