The prince supports her, and the reborn princess kills people

Qin Fenglan's face turned pale. Shen Qingyan didn't give her a chance to speak and continued.

"If you say that seven hundred and fifty taels is not a lot of money, then well, let's count something else."

Shen Qingyan looked into Qin Fenglan's eyes, and every word she spoke was powerful and could be heard clearly by everyone.

"Second Madam, you and Shen Yunjiao have to go to the largest ready-made clothing store in the capital every month, Jinxiu Pavilion, to order clothes made from the latest Shu brocade from Jiangnan. Each set costs thousands of taels of silver. You also need pearl hairpins from Zhenbao Pavilion, the latest head ornaments, and rouge and powder that only concubines in the harem can afford..."

Every time Shen Qingyan spoke a word, she took a step towards Qin Fenglan, her sharp and cold eyes seemed to see through her heart.

Qin Fenglan stepped back unconsciously, her face turning paler and paler.

However, Shen Qingyan's voice did not stop.

"You buy these things for yourself and Shen Yunjiao every month, just to make her stand out among the noble ladies. But have you ever calculated that all these things add up to more than 100,000 taels of silver every month, which is more than ten times more expensive than the old lady's medicine. Did you get all this money by the wind?!"

"Not to mention the hundreds of people in the Prime Minister's Mansion, the monthly salary for the servants alone is tens of thousands of taels, not to mention the food and clothing expenses of all the people. One hundred thousand taels is too little, right?"

"Also, you have to entertain all the ladies in the capital every month, and each banquet costs at least tens of thousands of taels."

"Adding up all the expenses, big and small, we need 500,000 taels every month to support the operation of the Prime Minister's Mansion."

"But my father and grandmother's salaries combined only amount to 100,000 taels."

"Second Madam, why don't you tell me where all this money comes from?"

After Shen Qingyan's last word, Qin Fenglan had no place to retreat and sat down on the chair, sweat pouring down her forehead and panic clearly visible in her eyes. She forced herself to remain calm and said.

"Qingyan, what are you talking about? How is this possible?"

When Old Madam Shen heard this, she was so shaken that she asked angrily, "Qin Fenglan, is what Qingyan said true?!"

She was angry not because Qin Fenglan spent so much money every month, but because she actually made her take such cheap medicine, which was really not in line with her status.

Besides, she is the owner of the entire Shen Mansion, so why doesn’t she have the latest Shu brocade clothes and headwear every month?

Qin Fenglan’s arrangement is too unreasonable!

Qin Fenglan had no idea that this was what made Old Madam Shen angry. She hurriedly explained, "Old Madam, I have been in charge of the affairs of the mansion for so many years and have never made any mistakes. Even if the monthly expenses are so high, that is..."

"What is that?" Shen Qingyan took over the conversation, her eyes as cold as ink, and her chill was overwhelming. "Are you trying to say that these are all the revenue from the family's shops and farmland? Or are they my mother's dowry?"

Qin Fenglan's face turned red and white, and she said angrily: "Don't talk nonsense, how could I touch my sister's things..."

If outsiders knew that the Prime Minister's Mansion had relied on the dowry of the Prime Minister's deceased wife to support the huge expenses of the mansion for so many years, they would be laughed out loud.

"It's better not to move." Shen Qingyan looked down at Qin Fenglan. She was smiling, but the coldness in her bones penetrated through layers of her body and went straight into Qin Fenglan's heart.

Qin Fenglan's forehead was covered with more cold sweat.

Shen Qingyan used the power of Chu Yue Pavilion to find out about the expenses of the Shen Mansion. It was the first time it was used and the effect was very good.

"By the way, I heard one more thing." Qin Fenglan's heart hadn't yet settled down when she heard Shen Qingyan speak again, which made the cold sweat fall on her forehead again.

"Not only is there no one to take good care of the business my mother left behind, it has also suffered a lot of losses. If my brother hadn't given up his career to take over, I don't know how much more it would have lost."

Shen Qingyan turned to look at Old Madam Shen, her voice clear and neither humble nor arrogant.

"Since my mother's things are so unappreciated, there's nothing wrong with me taking them back, right?"

The woman stood alone, her eyes full of arrogance and determination, making people dare not look down on her.

Old Madam Shen's mood stabilized a lot, and her thoughts were a little confused for a while.

She didn't expect that Qin Fenglan had been managing the household like this for so many years. The reason why she had not spent more than she earned was, firstly, because of Chu Qingyue's dowry, and secondly, because many people secretly bribed Prime Minister Shen Pinghe, which resulted in a steady flow of money.

So no matter how you look at it, Shen Qingyan's request is not excessive.

but……

Madam Shen cleared her throat and finally spoke.

"Qingyan girl, if you want to manage the business left by your mother, of course you can."

Those shops are suffering heavy losses, and Fengyue Tower, the only profitable one, is still controlled by Shen Yuanmu. There is really no point in controlling it by force.

"But the dowry..."

Old Madam Shen glanced at Qin Fenglan and saw panic in her eyes. She glared at her with disappointment and realized that she could not give the dowry.

"After all, your mother belongs to the Shen family. Although she has passed away, the dowry is still registered under the name of the Shen family. Even if your mother divorced your father during her lifetime, according to the law, the dowry still belongs to the Shen family."

I don't intend to pay it back.

Shen Qingyan sneered in her heart. They had to return their mother's dowry today, whether they wanted to or not!

"Really?" Shen Qingyan raised her eyes slowly, her eyes were cold, "Could it be that my mother's dowry has been squandered by you, and you can't take it out, so you say this?"

"When I married into Prince Su's Mansion, my mother didn't give me any of her dowry. As her daughter, is it wrong for me to inherit her things?"

Qin Fenglan twisted the handkerchief tightly in her hand. Shen Qingyan, this little bitch, is as insidious and cunning as her mother. She acts recklessly relying on her little cleverness! Even if Prince Su comes today, there is absolutely no reason to give her this dowry!

So she stood up and said loudly, "Yan'er, I think you misunderstood. Grandmother is right. Your mother belongs to the Prime Minister's Mansion for life and death. There is absolutely no reason to give the dowry to outsiders."

Shen Qingyan sneered, "You said I'm an outsider?"

Shen Yunjiao couldn't stand it anymore and interrupted, "A daughter who is married off is like water spilled out. Aren't you an outsider?"

"That makes sense." Shen Qingyan agreed, "So you are all outsiders to me. How can a group of outsiders occupy my mother's things and not give them back to me?"

Everyone was speechless for a moment.

"If my mother were still alive, she would never say such a cruel thing as saying that a daughter who is married is an outsider, so there is no outsider between my mother and I."

"..."

Shen Yunjiao's face was grim, and she angrily said, "Shen Qingyan, who are you calling a ruthless person?!"

"You." Shen Qingyan said straightforwardly, "Why, do you want to slap me?"

Zhiqing and Zhiyu immediately stepped forward, looking ready to take action at any time.

Shen Yunjiao was so scared that the wounds on her forehead and buttocks began to hurt slightly. She quickly took a step back and shrank behind Old Madam Shen.