bookrebus Chapter 168 I
Chapter 168 I
The items are already laid out here, so what can we find in the warehouse?
Ye Weilan gripped the blanket tightly, her heart filled with extreme anger. Was Ye Qing'an here to bring her bad luck? Ever since Ye Qing'an returned, she felt that everything was extremely unpleasant.
Ye Weilan gritted her teeth and said angrily, "No need to look anymore. These things were indeed moved out of the warehouse by me."
Liu Xueying looked up, her tightly clenched fingernails digging deep into her palm, the pain almost making her scream.
“When I went to the storeroom with my mother before, I saw these things and they were pretty, so I kept pestering my mother to bring them out and put them in my room.”
"They're no use sitting in the storeroom anyway, so why can't I put them here?"
"I didn't break anything, and I didn't do anything wrong. If you want it, then just take it back."
Ye Qing'an almost burst out laughing. Ye Weilan really was a child who had grown up in a sweet environment, thinking things were so simple.
"Second sister, do you know? This is my mother's dowry."
Ye Weilan snorted coldly: "So what? Once it's brought into the Ye family, isn't it still a member of the Ye family?"
Ye Qing'an finally couldn't help but burst out laughing.
Ye Qing'an smiled, but Ye Qinghao and Liu Xueying's expressions turned very ugly.
Ye Weilan became even more annoyed by Ye Qing'an's laughter: "What are you laughing at?"
“I laugh…” Ye Qing’an squinted at Liu Xueying: “I laugh. Mother was indeed brought in as a concubine. She was born into a illegitimate family and doesn’t know many things. She also has no way to properly teach my second sister.”
"You!" Ye Weilan's eyes widened...
Ye Qing'an didn't give her a chance to speak: "Once the dowry is brought into the mansion, it becomes the Ye family's property. Second sister, please don't say such things in the future, lest you become a laughing stock."
"A dowry is a private property that parents prepare for their daughter. Precisely because it is private property, it is a guarantee that their daughter can live well in her husband's family. Therefore, parents will try their best to make the dowry as generous as possible."
"Because it is private property, even if it is brought into the husband's family, no one in the husband's family, including the husband and the head of the family, has the right to use it privately."
"Even in the Siyou Kingdom, there are clear laws. If someone illegally seizes or misappropriates a dowry, they can report it to the authorities directly. If the amount misappropriated is too large, it's a capital offense..."
Liu Xueying had indeed never taught Ye Weilan these things.
Ye Weilan's face suddenly turned ashen, and her whole body trembled slightly.
Illegally appropriating or misappropriating dowry...
capital offense……
Ye Qing'an chuckled: "Such an important matter, doesn't Mother know?"
"Even if Mother doesn't know, with so many stewards and nannies around, wouldn't she remind her?"
"Even if I reminded her, or even if she knew perfectly well, my mother still allowed my second younger sister to take my mother's dowry from the storeroom, and even took..."
Ye Qing'an raised her hand, her fingers circling around the room: "They took so much with them..."
"Ah...maybe there's more than that."
Ye Qing'an squinted at Liu Xueying and her daughter: "After all, my second sister admitted it herself. Do you think I should report it to the authorities?"
As soon as Ye Qing'an finished speaking, Ye Qinghao coughed lightly.
Ye Qing'an then looked up at Ye Qinghao: "Father, is there something I said wrong?"
“No, you’re right.” Ye Qinghao lowered his eyes: “It’s just that your mother was only a concubine and didn’t have a dowry…”
Upon hearing Ye Qinghao's words, Liu Xueying also gritted her teeth.
What she hated most was having people mention that she was born a concubine, but today, it was being brought up again and again.
"It's understandable that your mother didn't know about this and didn't tell your second sister. Harmony in the family is the most important thing. Let them return the things and apologize to you, and that will settle the matter, right?"
After Ye Qinghao finished speaking, he looked up at Ye Qing'an, but his gaze paused slightly.
Ye Qing'an's eyes were slightly red, and there were still tears on her eyelashes, as if she was about to cry.
Ye Qing'an took a deep breath: "Father, I also want our family to be harmonious and prosperous, but I don't want to be unable to even keep my mother's dowry after so many years since she died."
"We don't even know how much of the dowry on this list is left in the storeroom. And the missing items are probably not just what's in Second Sister's room."
"Some can be found, but what about those that can't?"
Ye Weilan grew increasingly angry: "What does it have to do with us if we can't find it?"
"Shut up!" Ye Qinghao's gaze swept over Ye Weilan, his eyes filled with anger.
Ye Weilan shrank back slightly and dared not speak.
"After Mother passed away, the Madam took over the storeroom. When she took over, everything in the storeroom should have been inventoried. That's why everything was recorded..."
"Before Sixth Aunt took over, the key to the storeroom was always in Mother's hands, and only in Mother's hands. If those things are missing, who else can I ask if not Mother?"
"I don't want my wife and sister to apologize to me either. After all, judging from their attitude, they don't seem to think they did anything wrong."
Ye Qinghao felt a headache coming on, and after a long while, he pursed his lips and asked, "Then what do you think should be done about this?"
"I will check the list to see how many items are missing, and then send people to search the mansion to find what we can. If we can't find them, I ask that you, Madam and Second Sister, compensate me at twice the market value."
"By..."
Ye Weilan was about to shout, but Ye Qinghao stopped her with a look.
"anything else?"
Ye Qing'an pursed her lips: "Madam comes from a humble family and was born a concubine. She probably doesn't understand many of the rules and regulations in this household."
“But the Ye family is Father’s support. If anything goes wrong, it will implicate Father. I personally think that Madam is not suitable to manage the household affairs.”
Liu Xueying sneered: "Then, Miss, who do you think is suitable? If that's what you say, then there's no one in this manor who is suitable. After all..."
"Sixth Aunt is also a concubine, and she was just a maidservant of the Madam before. Her background is even worse than mine."
Ye Qing'an nodded: "Yes, so Sixth Aunt is indeed not very suitable."
"There are suitable people in this mansion."
Liu Xueying narrowed her eyes: "Oh? Who is it? I'm all ears."
“Me.” Ye Qing’an smiled, “I think I’m the most suitable.”
“My mother was born into a prestigious family and was the principal wife of the household. I am the eldest daughter of the Ye family and received the most orthodox education as the matriarch. Am I not the most suitable candidate?”