Chapter 428: Chapter 428 Entering The Capital For A Reward (21)

Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation

Good. Find out why the third son of the Gu family is here as soon as possible.

Got it. Mother, you go to bed early; I still have official doc.u.ments to deal with.

Through their conversation, Zhou Ying quickly confirmed that this man was the Minister of Revenue, Yang s.h.i.+cheng.

She thought to herself that this man sure took good care of himself. She would have thought he was only in his thirties if she didnt know that he was almost forty.

She thought of the dowry list that Yang Wanning had mentioned before. She immediately searched Madam Cuis house. Sure enough, a dowry list was on the wall in a small secret compartment.

She hesitated momentarily, tried to see if she could take it out, and was surprised to see she had succeeded.

She opened the booklet in her hand and read it. She got envious after reading it.

On it were five shops, two villages, and a residence. There was also jewelry, cloth, calligraphy, antiques, ornaments, porcelain, and more.

Zhou Ying closed it and muttered, No wonder ancient weddings were said to have ten miles of red dresses. Its sure scary.

No wonder the Gu family was targeted. Their raid probably filled up more than half of the national treasury.

After looking at it, she took it and returned to the villa.

She made a copy of it before putting it back in the safe.

Zhou Ying then turned around and went to work.

Later, she handed the photocopied list to Gu Chengrui and said, Take a look at this. This is the dowry list of your aunt. 1 just dont know how we should deal with this.

What a ridiculous list of dowries. Its a pity that even this many things havent fed them enough. Gu Chengrui sighed.

He added, The handwriting on this is Second Uncles. Ill write a letter back later. If theres a copy on their end, Ill ask them to send it over. Otherwise, well just create one and fake it.

Alright, send a letter to Uncle Liu as well so that this isnt leaked.

I will. I hope this can help the siblings.

Right, I suspect that Yang Wanning is a regressor. Zhou Ying told him what she found today.

Regressor? You mean she returned here from the future?

Yes, I heard from her that the Emperor plans to choose concubines for the few princes. It might be because of this that someone is plotting against her.

Her stepmother

Thats right. Yang Wanning is the eldest daughter of the Yang family.

It looks like weve caught up in something fun. Theres going to be a good show.

Yeah, but we must be careful if we get dragged in.

In addition, be more careful from now on. I feel that Lord Yang will investigate us and the Gu family.

Dont worry, he wont be able to make it in time. The Third Prince said that the concubine selection banquet will be held in the afternoon three days from now. It will also be the rewarding ceremony. Gu Chengrui paused and continued, Oh right, the Third Emperor said that someone would come tomorrow morning to tailor our clothes. So, he told us not to head out tomorrow morning.

Alright. Zhou Ying nodded.

To avoid causing trouble for the Third Prince, they stayed in residence for the next two days. They sightsee the vast residence, and Zhou Ying started learning palace etiquette from the old women.

The Yang family, on the other hand, was not as peaceful. Madam Cui and her nephew, including Yang Wanyu, the Yang familys second daughter, had devised a plan with the guards to prevent Yang Wanning from partic.i.p.ating in the selection.

Yang Wanning, who had planned it, had avoided their sly schemes. Instead, she replaced Qing Tao, one of Mrs. Cuis maidservants, as the one who fell victim to the trap.

In the end, with the scholar in her hands as a hostage, Lord Yang finally allowed her to partic.i.p.ate in the consort selection.

However, he had not prepared any appropriate clothing or jewelry for her. She also had no money, so she had no choice but to ask the couple for a.s.sistance..