Favoring Concubines and Destroying Wife: Reborn, I Married to a Rich Man and Destroyed His Whole Fam

Time flies and it is the tenth day of the first lunar month.

Several merchants in the capital had their properties confiscated, and several minor officials were demoted. All of these people were involved in the recent price hike of grain and charcoal.

Some other families paid a large sum of money and escaped this disaster.

The least they paid was 20,000 to 30,000 taels of silver, and the most they paid was more than 100,000 to 200,000 taels of silver.

There were millions of taels of silver added to the emperor's private treasury.

When Gu Zhao heard this, she was shocked.

She had thought that the money would go into the national treasury and be used for disaster relief or to distribute to soldiers at the border. However, she did not expect that the money did not go into the national treasury at all, but was taken directly by the emperor.

This matter was also discovered by her people.

"Miss, Old Master Xie and Third Master Xie are here."

Hearing this, Gu Zhao walked towards the East Courtyard.

When he arrived at the courtyard, Gu Zhao saw his grandfather and uncle sitting in the hall.

"I've met my grandmother, grandfather, and third uncle."

Hearing Gu Zhao's words, Old Madam Gu said with a smile.

"You've come just in time, Zhao'er. Your grandfather and uncle are here to visit you."

Hearing what Old Madam Gu said, Gu Zhao laughed.

Old Madam Gu knew the purpose of her grandfather and uncle's visit.

She came here just for the dowry.

"Father-in-law, this dowry list is Zhao'er's dowry. Please take a closer look."

Old Madam Gu handed a booklet to Old Master Xie.

After taking it, Old Master Xie looked at it carefully.

The dowry list was dozens of pages long.

The more Old Master Xie looked, the uglier his expression became.

His daughter's dowry was carefully prepared by him and his wife. They had carefully selected the valuable items. Even after more than ten years, he still remembered them clearly.

"Madam Gu, my daughter's dowry back then is missing a lot..."

Hearing what Old Master Xie said, Old Madam Gu said with a smile.

"Some of the things from that time are broken and cannot be repaired. We in the Gu Mansion added a lot of things to them..."

Seeing that Old Master Xie still looked unhappy, Old Madam Gu continued to explain.

"There are indeed some of Xie's things in the mansion. But those things have been used for many years, so it's not appropriate to give them to Zhao'er as a dowry. This also has a bad connotation..."

"Madam Gu, we said before that Yuan'er's dowry will all be given to Zhao'er. If you are unwilling to give it, then we will meet at the government office."

When Mrs. Gu heard that Old Master Xie was so determined to meet with the government, her face changed drastically.

These things were already 60% of the stuff, and Zhu had people melt down a lot of gold jewelry to make dozens of pieces of jewelry. These were all given to Gu Zhao to take to Qin Hou Mansion.

"My dear father-in-law, his third uncle, these are all that my Gu family can afford... Just these dowries are already nearly 100,000 taels of silver..."

Old Madam Gu looked at Old Master Xie and Uncle Xie San and said again.

"Please forgive me, my father-in-law and his third uncle..."

When Old Master Xie heard Old Madam Gu complaining about her misery, he sneered.

"This little stuff is worth 100,000 taels of silver? Madam Gu, are you taking advantage of my Xie family for not knowing the value of it? Or are you taking advantage of my Xie family for having no one? These things are not even worth 50,000 taels of silver. Since you have no sincerity, then let's go to the government."

"Father-in-law, calm down."

Madam Gu felt extremely embarrassed. She was a third-rank imperial lady, and now she had to please a merchant.