Song Nanzhi's face was dark, and he said angrily: "When will it be your turn as an outsider to take charge of our family affairs?"

He turned around and saw the two people behind him. The anger on his face subsided and his face was visibly panicked: "Second, second brother."

Liu Zimo snorted coldly, walked past Song Nanzhi and went straight to Liu Yueru.

He asked with a sullen face: "Why didn't you tell us about these things from the beginning? The dowry was for you to live on, not for you..."

Liu Zimo looked at Liu Yueru with disappointment.

He looked at the shameless Song Nanzhi again.

Liu Zimo pointed at the house and asked, "You said that Yue'er bought this house with the money from your mansion?"

He took the account book from Liu Yueru's hand and turned to the last page. It was obvious that the income was unbalanced, and the money spent was far more than twice the income!

Liu Zimo threw the account book in front of Song Nanzhi with a dark face and said, "Take a good look at the account here and see what it means to spend more than you earn."

After a while.

Liu Zimo continued, "Since the prince said that this house was bought with the money of the Marquis' Mansion, and Yue'er's food, clothing and other expenses after marrying into your Marquis' Mansion were all paid for by the Marquis' Mansion, then first make up for the money Yue'er used to supplement the household expenses with her dowry over the years, and then give me the money used for the entire house as well. This can be regarded as the prince's compensation to Yue'er for favoring his concubine and abandoning his wife."

Song Nanzhi's face turned pale.

He had gone through the accounts carefully last night in order to find out the flaws in the accounts and to accuse Liu Yueru of making mistakes as the head of the family.

In recent years, the Marquis' Mansion has relied on Liu Yueru's dowry and the harvest from the shops and fields included in the dowry, and their lives have become more and more luxurious.

Song Nanzhi definitely couldn't pay out the huge sum of money he owed Liu Yueru now.

Now Liu Zimo was looking down at Song Nanzhi, with anger on his face not concealed at all.

Song Nanzhi's heart sank to the bottom.

Finally, I could only shamelessly say, "Well, that money was spent voluntarily by Yue'er for the entire Marquis' Mansion. I never asked her to use the dowry to supplement it. Why do you want me to take it out now?"

Liu Zimo protected Liu Yueru behind him: "So, the prince has admitted that the Marquis' Mansion used Yue'er's dowry?"

Song Nanzhi felt a pang of pain in his heart and couldn't help but clench his hands into fists. Only then did he realize that he had just fallen into a trap set by Liu Zimo and Liu Yueru.

He turned around and ran towards the door.

But Liu Zimo stopped him in his tracks: "My Lord, I'm asking you a question. Is this what the Marquis' Mansion taught you? You don't even have basic manners!"

Song Nanzhi felt extremely ashamed by the strange looks from the people outside. He was usually gentle in public, but now he no longer cared about the image he usually maintained.

He pushed Liu Zimo hard.

Rushed towards the crowd.

Liu Zimo was caught off guard and staggered back a few steps.

Seeing this, Liu Yueru hurried forward to help Liu Zimo steady himself.

Looking at the direction Song Nanzhi fled.

Liu Zimo sighed softly: "The prince is so irresponsible."

Liu Yueru said nothing and picked up the account book on the ground.

The people who came to watch the fun then dispersed.

They closed the door.

Liu Zimo then asked in a deep voice: "Are the income and expenditure in these accounts true?"

Liu Yueru nodded gently: "Yes!"

Liu Zimo took a deep breath and looked at Liu Yueru, not knowing what to say to her for a moment.

He seems to be very careful with his money on weekdays, but when it comes to his own affairs, he doesn't know what to do!

Seeing Liu Zimo's worry, Liu Yueru hurriedly explained, "However, I have already taken back all the money that was used to subsidize my dowry from my grandmother. These are the accounts I made in the past. I did some tricks in the accounts of the Marquis' Mansion later, and I also asked my grandmother to get back some banknotes. Although the dowry was pawned, it was a valid pawn. I can get it back with the money."

"We can't take back the dowry now. Most of the items in the dowry list have been turned into pawn tickets. We won't be so passive, and Song Nanzhi won't covet my dowry anymore."

After hearing this, Liu Zimo's mood eased a little.

Then he took out an invitation from his pocket and handed it to Liu Yueru: "The annual hunting day will be in a few days. Brother Yan has recovered a lot. I want to take him with me. You can also take this opportunity to go out and relax."

Liu Yueru lowered her eyes and stared at the invitation, her eyes slightly gloomy.

She remembered that in her previous life, when hunting, Xie Jingrui was seriously injured in order to save the emperor. Although he survived, he lost one arm.

Now that the princes are fighting, the Third Prince appears to be humble and warm, treats his subordinates courteously and politely, and does not behave competitively in front of outsiders.

But secretly he was thinking about how to gain power. He was afraid of Xie Jingrui's power and was afraid that Xie Jingrui would snatch his position as crown prince.

Therefore, he set up an ambush in the hunting ground. On the one hand, he wanted to get rid of the prince, and on the other hand, he wanted to frame Xie Jingrui for the murder of the prince, thus killing two birds with one stone.

"Yue'er?" Seeing her staring at the invitation in a daze, Liu Zimo gently pushed Liu Yueru's arm.

Liu Yueru came back to her senses, she put away the invitation and reminded: "Send more people to guard us when the time comes."

Liu Zimo nodded slightly.

He also knew that the emperor was intentionally observing several princes through this hunting trip and finally determining the heir to the throne.

Therefore, this hunt will not be peaceful.

After Yang Yuning took Yuan Qinglian's tiger-head jade pendant, he made some inquiries and got some clues.

He learned that the Ningguo Mansion had been secretly searching for the lost child. The child's age matched Yuan Qinglian's, but the other party did not mention the tiger-head jade pendant. Yang Yuning was not sure whether Yuan Qinglian was the lost child of the Ningguo Mansion.

He first asked the housekeeper to call a doctor to the marquis's mansion, and gave him a sum of money, asking him to stay in the mansion as a palace physician and monitor Song Nanzhi's every move.

Arrange these.

Yang Yuning got on the carriage and decided to go to Ningguo Mansion to find out what was going on.

The Queen of Kyoto came from the Ningguo Mansion, so the Ningguo Mansion was also a very powerful existence in Kyoto.

If the Liu Mansion is a place with both literary and military talents, then the Ningguo Mansion has no one in power in the court. Relying on the Empress, no one in the entire Kyoto dares to provoke them.

Thinking about these things, Yang Yuning also came to the gate of Ningguo Mansion.

There are two stone lions standing in front of the gate, guarding the gate with upright postures and vigorous looks.

Seeing Yang Yuning coming, the guard looked down and asked in a stern voice, "Who is visiting?"

"I am Yang Yuning, the owner of Zui Xiang Lou. I was asked by someone to come here to look for something with the Duke's wife. It's about the Duke's wife's lost daughter."

When the guard heard that this was about the lost daughter of the Duke's wife, he did not dare to neglect it: "Here in the Marquis' Mansion, I will have someone inform them."

"Thank you." Yang Yuning bowed.

The guard turned and went inside.

When he came back again, he was followed by a noble lady with gray hair.

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