Chapter 391 - 137: Dye Recipe_2
Yueying followed Yuebing over, and upon entering the room, she said to Yueyao, "Third younger sister, I really don’t know why there are such rumors in the mansion. Third younger sister, it really has nothing to do with me."
Yueyao, with a look of surprise, asked, "Elder sister, what happened?" She was too lazy to argue with Yueying over such trivial matters.
Yueying was immediately at a loss for words.
Yuebing, of course, knew about the mansion’s rumors. Seeing Yueyao playing dumb, she thought that perhaps the third younger sister’s schemes were deeper than she had imagined.
Since Lian Dongfang had declared that her expenses would be paid by the mansion and she no longer needed to pay out of her own pocket, Yueyao unapologetically listed a long list for Lady family. The list mostly included tonics and also many good medicinal ingredients, which would cost a lot to buy all. Lady family, wanting or not, had no choice but to reluctantly send someone to the accounting room to report the expenses.
Every year at year’s end, the shops and Tian Zhuang were required to settle accounts. The Shopkeeper from the shops included in Madam Ma’s dowry sent word asking Yueyao when she would settle the accounts, but Yueyao, claiming illness, did not meet with them.
Nanny Hao was a bit worried: "Miss, the servants are overriding their master." Since the lady does not handle the accounts, these people will inevitably feel tempted to defraud, and corruption is certain. What worries her the most is that they might end up ruining the shops.
Yueyao smiled faintly: "Don’t worry, they can’t escape." When servants override their masters, it is usually because the master is incompetent or too young to manage affairs, but she was not in such a situation. If these shopkeepers dared to embezzle money, she would make them spit it all out when the time came.
On the twenty-seventh of the twelfth lunar month, Tingzheng came back. Yueyao had an accident, and Tingzheng didn’t know about it. Everyone around him had kept it from him, and it was only after Tingzheng returned to Lian Mansion that he found out about the accident with Yueyao’s carriage.
Tingzheng, furious, his eyes rimmed red, demanded, "Sister, how could you not tell me about such a big matter? What would I do if anything happened to you?" The more Tingzheng thought about it, the sadder he became. He only had this one relative left; what would he do if his sister suffered a mishap and left him alone? No matter how good the Li family was, it was still someone else’s home.
Tingzheng cried heartbreakingly, and Yueyao could not calm him down no matter how she tried. Finally, Yueyao helplessly said, "Tingzheng, this time sister was wrong. From now on, no matter what happens, sister will not hide it from you. I’ll tell you immediately. Okay? Stop crying, or you’ll really look terrible."