latelenovela Chapter 173 I Can't Hold On
Chapter 173 I Can't Hold On
Ye Qing'an smiled. When Granny Wei first arrived, she was a little worried that she had changed too much and that it would arouse Granny Wei's suspicion.
After all, this nanny was the one who had taken care of Ye Qing'an as she grew up.
But now it seems that the old woman has accepted her changes well.
“After experiencing some things on the estate, I realized a truth: kindness is often taken advantage of. The more gentle and kind I am, the more people will want to bully me. I have to be tougher so they won’t dare to touch me.”
Granny Wei nodded, seemingly agreeing: "That's right, these servants in the manor are all bullies who prey on the weak and fear the strong. Before, Madam was too kind and gentle, treating everyone with kindness and politeness, and as a result, she ended up with such a tragic end. Alas..."
After a moment of deep emotion, Granny Wei quickly added, "Oh, right, Miss, I just went with the steward and the Sixth Concubine to search all the courtyards in the mansion. We found the mistress's dowry in the courtyards of Liu Xueying, the eldest young master, the second young lady, and the fourth concubine."
Ye Qing'an raised an eyebrow: "Fourth Aunt has them all in her courtyard?"
“Isn’t that right?” Granny Wei sneered. “It was probably a gift from Liu Xueying. Everyone in this mansion knows that Fourth Madam is Liu Xueying’s person. Liu Xueying must have put in a lot of effort to win Fourth Madam’s heart.”
Ye Qing'an raised an eyebrow: "This really is a trusted confidant."
“Yes,” Granny Wei continued, “The steward and the sixth concubine are currently sorting out and registering those items. They will return them to the eldest young lady after the sorting and registration are completed.”
"it is good."
It wasn't until evening that Sixth Aunt, along with the steward, delivered the items to Ye Qing'an.
There were quite a few items, filling half the courtyard.
"This is the list. A total of seventy-three items have been recovered. There are still two hundred and sixty-one items left in the storeroom, so we are short three hundred and twenty-five items. As for the missing items, I will send someone out of the manor tomorrow to inquire about their prices. We will check prices in three different places and bring them back to use the average price as a reference."
Ye Qing'an nodded: "Thank you for your hard work."
The butler smiled and said, "It's no trouble at all."
Ye Qing'an handed over a money pouch: "By the way, around noon today, I was admiring the flowers in the garden of the mansion when I heard someone gossiping and saying some unpleasant things. I was a little angry, so I taught her a lesson and ordered the servants to pull out her tongue."
"..." The steward had been busy with the dowry matters all day and was completely unaware of this matter. Hearing this, he was stunned for a moment before saying, "I wonder what the servant said that angered the young lady?"
Ye Qing'an said casually, "They were just talking about the dowry. They said that my mother has been dead for nearly ten years, so the dowry should naturally belong to the Ye family. They said that since Madam is the mistress of the Ye family and holds the power of managing the household, she is naturally qualified to dispose of the dowry."
"..." The butler sighed. Previously, when the eldest young lady was at the second young lady's place, she had already turned her back on the master because she found the dowry in the second young lady's room. Now, at this moment, she heard these words again. How could she not be angry?
"Yes, this old servant understands. This old servant will take care of it in a moment."
Ye Qing'an nodded slightly: "This is not the first time I've heard such gossip in the manor. My surname is Ye, and when I hear these things, I just deal with the servants and that's it. I don't take it too seriously. But if guests come and these servants continue to speak so recklessly, it might cause some trouble."
"In the end, it's because these servants in the mansion are too unruly."
The steward smiled bitterly to himself: "Yes, this old servant understands. Starting tomorrow, this old servant will have people properly retrain all the servants in the manor."
Having said that, Ye Qing'an didn't make things difficult for the steward and let him leave.
The sixth concubine remained standing in the same spot, her expression timid: "Does the eldest young lady wish me to move these things to her small storeroom?"
Ye Qing'an's gaze swept over the items: "Have someone clean them carefully, and then go outside the mansion to invite a physician to come and examine these items closely."
"Should we call a healer?"
Ye Qing'an nodded: "After I made such a scene at Ye Weilan's place yesterday, Liu Xueying and Ye Weilan already knew that these things were going to be sent to me."
"If they don't do anything, that's fine. But if they do something to these things, then if I put them all in my own storeroom, whether I take them out for my own use or to give them away, wouldn't that be falling into their trap?"
Granny Wei slapped her forehead: "That's true. Liu Xueying and Ye Weilan are not easy to get along with. We have to be careful."
"Don't put the storeroom first. Let's clear out a room in the servants' quarters in the backyard to temporarily store it."
"Yes."
Both the sixth concubine and Granny Wei responded, and only then did Ye Qing'an step into the room.
After Ye Qing'an entered the room, Sixth Aunt and Granny Wei straightened up, then looked at each other and remained silent for a long while.
After a long while, Granny Wei said, "Miss, you are not the same Miss you were five years ago."
Although it was just a simple sentence, Sixth Aunt gleaned several layers of meaning from it.
After a long silence, the sixth concubine nodded with a sense of loss: "Yes, the eldest young lady is no longer the same as before. This time, if it weren't for the eldest young lady's intervention, I'm afraid I would have already fallen into Liu Xueying's trap."
"So many things just vanished into thin air. If I were held responsible for this, I'd probably lose my life."
Speaking of this, Granny Wei sighed, "That's right. Even Liu Xueying, who has been in charge of the household's finances for so many years and has amassed a lot of money, has been severely punished this time."
"The young lady is really something. Liu Xueying is probably furious. But she has no way to deal with her."
Sixth Aunt nodded and said, "What the eldest young lady said in the second young lady's room yesterday was very true. In a family like the Ye family, not just anyone can hold the power of managing the household affairs."
"If I can't hold on, I'm afraid Liu Xueying will have a hard time as well."
The two remained silent for a while before parting ways to do their own things.
Ye Qing'an also went to the Cloud Dreamland. As soon as she entered, she saw a rather large, colorful bubble floating in the Cloud Dreamland.
Ye Qing'an raised an eyebrow, raised her hand and pointed, and saw two figures appear in the colorful bubbles. She recognized one of them as Mr. Ling Jun.