In the dressing room, the woman in charge was taking a nap. Ning Wan slapped her hand on the desk, and the woman in charge jumped up in shock.
"Miss." The stewardess wiped the sweat from her forehead and asked, "I wonder what brings the eldest lady here?"
Ning Wan didn't talk nonsense to her and asked straight to the point: "Are Qiu Lie's riding clothes ready?"
The woman in charge: "This..."
She murmured for a long time and didn't say anything. Ning Wan's face immediately darkened when he saw this: "It seems that you haven't seen clearly what happened to the housekeeper. I have to teach you another lesson so that I can teach you."
How to do things in the house~"
When she finished speaking, she flicked the whip in her hand, with a cold light in her eyes.
The mother-in-law was so frightened that she shivered and said: "It's not that I'm lazy, it's actually that the money for the fabrics for making clothes has not been paid in full last month. This month, the cloth shop does not allow credit, so..."
Ning Wan raised her eyebrows: "What? Is the Duke's mansion so poor that it can't open the door? It can't even afford the money to make clothes? Then I'd like to have a good talk with my father. Look at the people in these mansions over the years.
How do people covet the money from Mr. Mo?"
After saying that, she turned around and walked out.
The housekeeper was so anxious that she walked around in circles a few times, and finally quietly went to the backyard.
Ning Guogong saw a large amount of money flying away, and he was very angry, but Ning Wan came again.
His face immediately turned dark: "If you didn't go to the ancestral hall to kneel as punishment, why did you come here?"
Ning Wan's mouth twitched and said: "Father, it's impossible for me to go to the ancestral hall as a punishment for kneeling down, but you, on the other hand, have handed over the general affairs of the mansion to those servants over the years, and you have almost emptied the entire Duke's mansion.
?The autumn hunt is about to begin, but up to now, the mansion has no money to buy the riding clothes that the autumn hunt will wear. This is related to the face of the Duke's mansion, father, do you want others to laugh at you?"
Mentioning money, Ning Guogong's face became a little ugly again.
"If you didn't mention the money, I almost forgot. The box of silver that Uncle Xia Guo sent just now was all confiscated. What does a girl like you do with so much money?"
Ning Wan was shocked by his shamelessness: "Father, my mother's dowry was almost squandered by you now, right? In such a big government, are you so poor that you have to rely on your daughter to make money?
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Ning Guogong instantly acted like a cat whose tail had been stepped on, roaring angrily: "What nonsense are you talking about? When did I touch your mother's dowry? Since His Majesty came to the throne, there have been famines every year, and the food and salary of the army officers are often low and low.
If you can't pay it out for a month, how can your father, as the commander-in-chief of an army, only care about himself? Naturally, this money will cost a lot. I order you to return the box of silver to the public."
Ning Wan sat down opposite him and said, "Father, you said you didn't touch my mother's dowry, so can you hand those dowries into my hands? I think I just need to write a letter to my mother's dowry list.
When I get to Danzhou, my grandfather will definitely send someone to deliver the list to me."
Ning Guogong's face turned livid when he heard this: "Your mother's dowry has not yet been handed over to you. Now you just have to be your Miss Ning. You don't need to take care of the rest."
After saying this, he was afraid that Ning Wan would ask him about the dowry again, so he walked away.
He walked faster and faster, as if there was a ghost chasing him behind him.
After returning to the east courtyard, Baozhu learned about Ning Guogong's reaction and immediately laughed and said: "Miss, although Lord Guo is the commander-in-chief of an army, his abilities are mediocre. If he hadn't spent a lot of money to build relationships, he would not be the best person in the army."
How could those generals buy into his account? If the family property left by the old Duke came into his hands, I am afraid it would have been empty long ago."
"Speaking of which, there are indeed a lot of women in his backyard, but those aunts really can't afford to spend his money on intercourse and so on. The only thing he is generous about is probably spending a lot of money to hire gentlemen to marry the ladies and young men in the house.
Let’s teach the lessons.”
After all, the current emperor values civility over military affairs. If you want the Duke of Ning's palace to survive in the future, there must still be one or two people in the palace who can pursue official careers.
"Miss, how much power do you think the housekeeper has to take care of the general affairs of the house? He is just a dog beside the Duke of Guo. As long as it involves money, the Duke of Guo will take care of it, and others will have no chance.
To make profits from it, so the Duke has no money now, but the Duke must have a lot of money in his private treasury."
Baozhu revealed the truth with one word, and Ning Wan suddenly realized it.
After doing it for a long time, her scumbag father is really good at deducting money.
No wonder he kept staring at her box of silver ingots, he turned out to be a money-hungry person!
The cloak that Baozhu had embroidered for her was almost done. He spread it out to show her the effect. Ning Wan was immediately amazed.
I didn't expect that the embroidery work on the orbs could be so good.
"Miss, if you want the Duke to hand over your wife's dowry, you have to understand his weakness. What does he care about most? When the thing he values most is about to be lost, he has to make a decision.
It’s a choice.”
Ning Wan was thoughtful.
What Ning Guogong cares most about is his official reputation and career.
If Helian Mochuan was still an ally with her, she could still take advantage of his influence.