Reborn as a concubine's sister, the eldest lady went crazy

"Okay." Xu Yixing stared at Siqin and saw her pull out a secret compartment from the bottom of the dressing table. She then carefully took out the things in the compartment, as if she was afraid of damaging them.

Every movement made her tremble with fear. What on earth could this hidden thing be?

Could it be that Xu Yiyan really had something secret to tell Dad? Should I tell him then?

If I don't tell her, Siqin will definitely be suspicious. But if I tell her, my current situation is already chaotic enough and I will have to make things worse. Is it really necessary?

Siqin presented something that looked like a few books to Xu Yixing. He took them and roughly flipped through a few pages. He realized that he was overthinking it. It turned out to be an account book.

No, the mansion has its own accounting office and the Gu family is in charge of it. Where did this account book come from?

She quickly lowered her head and read a few of them carefully, and instantly understood: these were some of the private properties of the Gu family, probably given to Nanny Gu to manage, and they could not be seen in public. It seemed that Xu Yiyan wanted to let her father know about this.

But what's the use of letting my father know? Every mistress in the capital has a private property worth tens of thousands of taels of silver, and a few acres of land subsidized by her parents. As for farms, shops, and real estate, it's normal. For example, when I got married, the private property my father gave me was much more than what was shown in this account book.

Could it be that Xu Yiyan deliberately collected this evidence because she was dissatisfied with the way Gu treated her, and wanted her father to punish her?

What a fool! Even if Dad knew, he would only know. Could he ask Gu for the money? Spending his wife's small treasury would make him laugh to death.

Besides, maybe my father knows about these private properties, but he just doesn't say it.

Alas, after all, Xu Yiyan is a concubine's daughter and has no biological mother to teach her how to manage household affairs, so she regards this open secret as something shameful and wants to expose it.

Thinking of this, Xu Yixing shook his head regretfully. Xu Yiyan knew how to fight back against injustice. She was a person with a temper, but it was a pity that she didn't understand these things and used the wrong means.

Siqin saw her young lady shaking her head and thought she had backed out, so she quickly knelt beside the bed and said anxiously, "Young lady, don't hesitate. We have been collecting evidence for so long, and now we can finally bring Mrs. Gu down! If you back down at the critical moment, what will happen to your mother's revenge?"

Xu Yixing looked at Siqin, as if he had just thought wrong. They were going to deal with Gu Pozi instead of Gu? And from this, it seemed that Gu Pozi had a grudge against Xu Yiyan's mother?

So she tentatively asked, "Siqin, if you give these property accounts of Gu Pozi to Dad, will he be able to punish Gu Pozi?"

"Of course! The amount of these private properties is so huge, it is obvious that Mrs. Gu has been amassing a lot of wealth on a daily basis. How could she, a family slave, have so much money? If the master knows about this, he will definitely investigate it thoroughly!"

It seems that Xu Yiyan and Siqin regarded the money managed by these Gu ladies as their own. No wonder they wanted to file a complaint.

"Siqin, you also know that this much money cannot possibly belong to Mrs. Gu herself. So, who does this money belong to?"

Siqin woke up as if from a dream, but still couldn't believe it: "Miss, are you saying that this is the Madam's money? That's impossible... She actually let a maid manage such a huge fortune. Isn't she afraid that she will embezzle it if she puts it in her name?"

"I went to see my elder sister today, and suddenly I figured out a lot of things. Siqin, if Dad gave my elder sister a lot of dowry, but he didn't want the lady to know and think he was biased, and he didn't want the Sun family to be jealous, who do you think he would give it to?"

Siqin swallowed her saliva and said, "Leave it to...Mrs. Bai..."

"Yeah, so you say, is this account book useful?"

"I...but...we have been busy for so long, and finally the eldest lady is not at home and will not come to cause trouble. Are we just going to let it go like this?"

When did I ever mess with you?

Xu Yixing held his forehead with his hands, feeling so wronged. "Of course I won't just let it go like this, it's just a matter of giving Mrs. Gu a lesson, I have plenty of ways to deal with it."

Xu Yixing showed a smile that could be considered "sinister" in Siqin's eyes. Siqin looked very familiar with it. What's wrong with this lady?

Soon she realized that she had lost her composure. The real Xu Yiyan would not laugh like that. "Hurry up, I'm the only one with a bad knee in the family. Who will take care of me if there's another one?"

Siqin couldn't help laughing when she heard that. She stood up and stood beside the bed: "Miss, do you have any other way to punish that old woman?"

"Of course. Your young lady has ten thousand ways to make her unlucky." Xu Yixing was not exaggerating. He did not decide to do this just to stand up for Xu Yiyan. Today he found out that the old hag was so arrogant behind the scenes, which really made him unhappy!

But Siqin thought that the young lady was just trying to comfort herself. If there were other ways, she wouldn't have to spend half a year carefully collecting these things. Alas... Poor young lady! If she had the good fortune to be born in the belly of the eldest young lady's mother, she would be as happy as she wants now. Why would she have to spend so much effort?

"You did a great job and were very loyal. Go there and take away a piece of jewelry you like. I'll give it to you as a reward." From Xu Yixing's perspective, Siqin was indeed a person who was devoted to protecting her master, so she deserved a reward. And Xu Yiyan let her do such a private thing, which showed that he really trusted her.

"Ah? No thanks, thank you for the reward, Miss."

Siqin didn't accept the reward, which made Xu Yixing unhappy. She had never failed to reward people, but this was not acceptable! She jumped off the bed and opened the jewelry box. She was dumbfounded.

In the jewelry box, apart from the standard jewelry that must be worn during the New Year and other festivals in the mansion, there were only the headdresses that were used to save face when going out. Apart from those, there was no personal jewelry belonging to Xu Yiyan herself. How did this happen?

Those standard jewelry were all registered, and she had to wear them every year during festivals. If she gave them away as a reward, she would have no use for them. Besides, those jewelry were too conspicuous. The main problem was that if someone investigated, they could say that the servants had stolen them.

Siqin came forward and closed the jewelry box: "I know that the young lady loves me, and I appreciate it. You should keep this reward. When the young lady becomes rich, you can give it to me as a reward!"

"No, no, no, tell me first, where are my jewelry besides these?"

Siqin frowned, not knowing what she meant.

"I don't think I have any jewelry of my own..." Xu Yixing sat down with a guilty conscience and looked in the mirror. He still couldn't get used to this face. "What about the rewards from the past? These are from this year, what about the previous years?"

"Well... every year when new jewelry is given out, the old ones will be taken away..." Siqin looked at her young lady worriedly. Could it be that she was mad because she couldn't take revenge on Nanny Gu?