As she said this, she was puzzled: "Why do you ask this?"

Even if the Wei family is exiled, they cannot take over the Wei family's property. However, the Wei family's dowry may still be inherited by several of her children.

"Since the family situation is not good, I think Mrs. Wei didn't have much money when she married in. The second master is not in charge of the family, and he spends a lot of money outside, so he probably doesn't have much money. So how much money did Mr. Wei give to Po Wen, so that Po Wen can

Why are you taking risks out of desperation? Where does this money come from?"

Xu Xi didn't want to say this at first, but when Zhao Yuanxun and the eldest lady went to check on Wen Po, they found out that the Wei family had given her two thousand taels of silver, and that the Duke of Guo secretly gave the money to the two concubines, which was naturally exposed.

Already.

But she had never heard the eldest lady mention this matter, and the family was about to be separated tomorrow. Xu Xi was a woman and could not participate in the family separation. She was worried that if she didn't tell Zhao Yuanxun and the eldest lady, neither Zhao Yuanxun nor the eldest lady would know.

You will suffer a loss here.

When the eldest lady heard this, her expression immediately became solemn.

She was the eldest sister-in-law and the wife of the Crown Prince of the Duke's Palace at that time. She and the old lady organized the wedding of Wei and Zhao Yuanxun together. No one knew better than her the dowry of the Wei family and the shabby state of the Wei family at that time.

When Mrs. Wei got married, she had no more or less boxes and cages, and the quantity seemed to be no worse than others. But the boxes and cages were all filled with worthless things. At that time, because she only had her nurse and a maid to accompany her, the eldest lady sent

A nun and two maids went to wait on her. With them, Wei's money at the bottom of the box could not be hidden from the eldest lady.

The Wei family was worried that it was too shabby, and all their money was spent on the dowry, and they didn't give her any money to keep her money.

The old lady was very wary of the two concubines and restrained them very tightly. Except for the monthly salary of fifty taels, she would not give any extra money. They had no private property of their own. Fortunately, Zhao Yuankun married Su

Wei is a merchant girl, and her dowry is rich, which can give him money to spend. But here, the second wife Zhao Yuanliang, because Wei herself is poor, has no extra money at all.

The Wei family has a strong vanity, loves to dress up and loves to compare. Not only can her food and clothing expenses in the house not be worse than those of her two sisters-in-law, but the Wei family's sister-in-law and sister-in-law can't compare with her either.

Therefore, the second house's monthly money was spent every month. If the old lady hadn't allowed them to borrow credit, they might have owed a large sum.

It wasn't until Wei Qiu's official position became bigger and bigger, and the Wei family's family situation completely improved, that Wei's mother was willing to supplement her daughter's support, and also gave two shops as a dowry. The Wei family had living money in their hands, and was now much richer.

Thinking of this, the eldest lady felt that something was fishy about this matter.

But Mr. Wei is already in jail and will be beheaded soon. So what if we find out how much money she gave to Po Wen? Could she still ask Mr. Wei for money?

After thinking about it, the eldest lady asked Xu Xi: "What do you think?"

She knew that her daughter had always been scheming, otherwise they would not have found out that the child had been swapped. Even if they found out, they would still have to endure the humiliation of the Wei family's manipulation of marrying Xu Xi into the Wei family. Things have developed to this point.

, if you think about it carefully, it all depends on Xu Xi’s guidance.

Xu Xi did not expect that Zhao Yuanxun did not find out this matter.

Now that things have come to this, she has no choice but to be like Zhuge Liang again.

"Po Wen is not a fool. She has a big family, so she can't take risks just for a small profit. Without enough profit, she can't dare to change the bloodline of the Duke's family. This is a matter of beheading. So I think

, Wei gave her at least one or two thousand taels of silver."

Xu Xi said and looked at the eldest lady: "Do you think it is possible that my grandfather gave money to the second uncle and the third uncle before his death? Otherwise, how could the Wei family get so much money to give to Po Wen?"

The eldest lady nodded repeatedly and said in approval: "What you said makes sense."

When the father-in-law was still alive, he valued the two bastards very much. Especially Zhao Yuankun. The father-in-law felt that this son was the most like him. But he was still the youngest son, so the father-in-law loved him even more. Before his death, he secretly gave him

It is very possible that they stuffed their personal money.

The eldest lady recalled the scene when her mother-in-law went to clean up his house after her father-in-law passed away, but there was nothing valuable.

"No, I have to tell your father about this." The eldest lady got out of bed.

During the days when Xu Xi lived in Xinlan Courtyard, everyone was busy and did not see each other. She was also worried about being overheard, so she did not let Xu Xi change his story. But in her heart, she had regarded Xu Xi as someone who had doubted the matter as early as

He gave birth to his own daughter. At this time, he changed his words very smoothly.

"There is a curfew outside at this time. Even if you tell... dad, he will not be able to investigate this matter. Instead, it will make him uneasy to rest. Why don't we discuss it tomorrow morning? Anyway, the separation of the family is not urgent and will be postponed to the day after tomorrow.

Everything is fine." Xu Xi quickly reassured her.

Aunt Zhou also advised: "Yes, what the girl said makes sense, let's go tomorrow."

The eldest lady had no choice but to give up and looked at Xu Xi and said, "Then you should go back and rest quickly. If anything happens, I will ask someone to tell you."

She was itching and wanted Xu Xi to call her "mother", but she always felt that such a blithe change of words would be too disrespectful to the child.

When the family members write her name in the family tree, and then ask her to change her story in front of the family members, and you and your husband give her a new meeting gift, then you really love this child.

"Well, okay." Xu Xi even called her father. There was no mental barrier to calling her mother. "Mom, you should rest early. I'm going back." She waved her hand, turned around and left gracefully.

The eldest lady was both sad and happy because of her "mother".

She went back to bed and lay down, thinking about the money that Duke Sui might have left for his concubine. She tossed and turned for a while before drifting off to sleep.

Before dawn the next day, the eldest lady sent someone to find Zhao Yuanxun and told him Xu Xi's guess.

"I ignored it." Zhao Yuanxun said solemnly.

When he went to Suzhou with Zhu Heyu, he only wanted to find out the identities of Xu Xi and Zhao Jingli, and didn't think much about anything else. Later, Po Wen went to surrender, and he didn't see her confession in the Yamen, so he didn't think much about it.

I know how the Wei family bribed Po Wen in the first place.

Now that I think about it, this is indeed a problem.

Zhao Yuanxun didn't care much about money. What he cared about was the meaning of his father's move.

This is how much you don’t trust your mother.

His mother had hired famous doctors from all over for his illness. The government had spent a lot of money because of his father's stupid things, and the family's financial resources had been reduced. However, during the few years when his father was ill, the precious medicinal materials were never cut off.

, it can be said that he spent all his family wealth. But what about his father? He only has his two bastards in his heart.

Over the years, it’s not that my mother didn’t want to separate the family. She was very upset when she saw the two families living in the common room. But because the Zhao family only had land and real estate, and the family was divided, it really became a small family. So.

She would rather endure Wei's domineering attitude and Zhao Yuankun's cold face than separate the family.

It's all because of money.
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