Time Travel: The Noble Family

Hong Mei opened her mouth, and after a long while, she finally asked shakily, "Why? Why does Maternal Auntie want the young lady to give all her dowry money to Madam?"

Hong Mei was a family-born servant, and she was very aware of the treatment of daughters born of concubines in the Lian Mansion. The dowry for a daughter born of a concubine usually amounted to three to four thousand taels. The Old Madam’s additional dowry gifts were equivalent to a young lady’s entire dowry; now Maternal Aunt Su was letting the young lady give her dowry to Madam, but what was this for?

Yuehuan revealed a bitter smile, "I don’t know why either. After Maternal Auntie saw that I gave three thousand taels of silver to Madam, she asked me to give all my jewelry to Madam as well. I didn’t agree." Yuehuan added this last sentence herself.

Hong Mei was full of doubts and uncertainty.

Yuehuan looked at Hong Mei and said, "You know my situation. The few items I made sold for tens of thousands of taels of silver, yet I didn’t get a single tael. That was bearable, but they even took all the silver I had on me. I can’t trust Madam and Maternal Auntie anymore. Hong Mei, we can’t rely on Madam and Maternal Auntie; I only have myself to rely on."

Hong Mei reacted quickly and said, "Is the young lady planning to collaborate with the Third Young Lady and share the profit after selling the items?"

Yuehuan shook her head, "That was my original plan, but the Third Young Lady sees money as dirt and even thinks doing business is lowly, so I gave up that idea."

Hong Mei nodded and said, "The Third Young Lady indeed does not care much about money." Yueyao was the most generous master in the Lian Mansion, which was why everyone in the mansion hoped to serve at Lanxi Courtyard. It was just unfortunate that Yueyao only employed people she brought from Jiangnan.

Yuehuan, seeing Hong Mei’s expression devoid of any doubt, felt somewhat relieved. It seems Yueyao’s reputation of viewing money as dirt had helped her quite a bit.