When the prince has the ability to read minds, he switches to the princess

Fang Sheng felt a little restless when he returned.

He and the Xi family had not interacted with each other for more than ten years, and there must be something fishy about the sudden contact. With how much Xi Min hated himself, he would definitely make a fuss about it.

Are they going to marry Xirou?

Fang Sheng was sitting in the living room, and after a while, Lei came over.

"Master, I heard that my sister's family is here, but are they gone?"

Fang Sheng did not respond to her words, but asked: "How much money does our family have now?"

"Sir, are you going to take care of things again?"

Fang Sheng shook his head.

"The Xi family came over today and mentioned the matter of Xi Yuzhu's dowry, saying that they would give all the dowry left by Xi Yuzhu to Xi Rou."

Lei was shocked after hearing this.

"Master, you know about the dowry and have taken care of it for you over the years. Where can I find more?"

"I asked you how much you have left?"

Lei Shi shook his head.

"It's been used up a long time ago." She had already pocketed it. How could she be willing to give out so much money?

Fang Sheng looked at her with disappointment in his eyes.

"Over the years, I have asked you to manage her dowry. Is this what you have done?"

"master?"

Fang Sheng shook his head at him, and then ordered Dongzi: "Go and ask the accountant to come over."

Lei was surprised and asked, "Master, what do you want to do?"

"I want to check the accounts."

Check the accounts?

This meant that she didn't believe her anymore. Lei Shi was panicked, but she didn't say anything. After all, she had an account.

It's just that Lei Shi didn't know Fang Sheng's determination. He checked the accounts and saw that there was a lot of shortfalls, so he directly took the housekeeper's authority back from Lei Shi.

When Xirou heard the news in her yard, she just pursed her lips and smiled.

Fang Sheng wanted money, but instead of telling Lei directly, he used strong methods to force Lei to use her own dowry to make up for it.

Mr. Lei did not take out his dowry in these years, but directly used the money left by Xi Yuzhu for household expenses.

Obviously Fang Sheng knew and acquiesced to this before, but now it's no different than before.

A few days later, Xilin asked someone to send her a letter, wanting to know what she was thinking.

Xirou thought about it carefully and said that she was willing to consider Xishui.

After Xilin received her reply, although he was helpless, he still planned for her.

He first made an appointment with Mr. Lei, and offered three hundred thousand taels of silver as a temptation, so that Mr. Lei could persuade Fang Sheng to marry Xirou to the Xi family.

Lei Shi didn't care where Xirou married, but because of the previous events, she felt uneasy and didn't dare to find anyone for her.

However, now the Xi family wants to marry her. Although the Xi family is a merchant's family and does not match their family, the Xi family is her maternal grandfather's family, so others cannot fault her.

"Mrs. Fang, it's better not to let Mr. Fang know about this for now. As long as you can persuade Mr. Fang to agree to this marriage, I will give it to you on the day of delivering the betrothal gift of 300,000 taels of silver."

"My dear nephew, it's not that I don't agree, but your uncle usually decides on Xi Rou's marriage."

"Mrs. Fang, there is no need to answer in a hurry. Go back and think about it first. After all, these three hundred thousand taels of silver are not a small amount."

Lei Shi returned home. It was time for dinner, and she ordered people to serve the dishes.

Seeing the vegetables and radishes on the dinner table, she suddenly lost her appetite.

Nanny Qin advised: "Master, I have ordered you to be frugal in your house. I'm afraid this will be the case for a long time."

"Don't we have a small kitchen?"

"Madam, please don't. You still don't know my master's temper. If someone goes against his will, he might do something else."

"Where's the master?"

Nanny Qin didn't dare to answer.

"Are you in that little bitch's room again?" There are two concubines in the house, and they can't be given away by others. Fang Sheng didn't take them seriously before, but today he was clearly forcing her.

Nanny Qin was just about to say to be patient when she heard the two girls outside the door scolding each other.

"Dog slave, stay out of the way, I want to see my mother."

Fang Shurou approached angrily and began to complain.

"Mother, the slaves bullied me and even gave me some meals that even dogs wouldn't eat."

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Lei Shi said angrily: "What nonsense are you talking about?"

"That's right." Fang Shurou looked at her mother's table with several vegetarian dishes on it and protested directly, "Mom, what's going on?"

Aunt Qin said: "Second girl, this is all the master's idea. He said that there is no money in the family and we have to live frugally."

"I am his most beloved daughter, how could he bear to let me eat these?"

"Mother, you just don't care?"

"Madam's stewardship has now been taken away by the master, and the entire house now obeys the master."

Fang Shurou stood up angrily and said, "I'm going to find my father to reason with me." Fang Shurou was angry and ran out without waiting for Lei to speak.

Lei couldn't stop him even if he wanted to.

But she didn't know that Fang Sheng was cruel, and he would show no mercy at all if it affected her interests.

Fang Shurou went to the backyard to make a fuss at her aunt's house, but as soon as she said a word, she was punished by kneeling in the ancestral hall.

When Lei went to plead for mercy, Fang Sheng said coldly: "The good daughter you taught is so unruly."

One sentence made Lei feel cold instantly.

Lei Shi no longer wanted to be polite with him, and went directly back to her parents' home to seek help from her father.

Mr. Lei did not talk about the situation at home. He only said that there was an eldest girl in the family. As a stepmother, she was wrong no matter what she did. She hoped that his father would help find someone to make peace with her.

People from the Lei family found Fang Sheng's old boss. Although he had retired, he had promoted Fang Sheng before, and the two of them were trying to find ways to control each other.

Wen Chengxiu had been inquiring about the Fang family and heard that the Xi family was going to marry Fang Xirou. Wen Chengxiu was not happy when he heard about it.

How does a merchant's home compare with itself?

Wen Chengxiu asked people to check Xilin's shortcomings, but nothing could be found except that he was the son of a merchant.

How can a man be so perfect?

Just when he didn't know how to start, Chen Shizi came and said that he had chosen a piece of land outside the city to build a racecourse, but it was occupied by a group of refugees.

Feeling annoyed.

"I don't know who is fighting inside, but I can't move it."

Wen Chengxiu looked at the information he had investigated. The land was approved by Xilin under the commission of His Highness Ninth Prince to resettle the refugees and build a new home. His Highness the Crown Prince was also involved in it.

He thought for a moment and then said: "If this can still stump you, it will be fine if you turn around and have someone set you on fire."

When Chen Shizi heard this, his eyes instantly lit up.

"Yeah, why didn't I think of that?"