After being divorced for three years, the bad husband brought his son to ask for forgiveness

Chapter 49 Finale
Butler Wu felt that he had nothing to do as long as Lawyer Niu was around, so he watched the show calmly. Just as he had enjoyed coveting his wife's dowry back then, he would make them suffer today.

The girl from the Jiang family was speechless after being asked such questions, and she quickly collapsed under the continuous questions from Lawyer Niu.

Only half an hour later, the vicious Yan in the Jiang family's mouths became Madam Yuan who was deliberately targeted and framed. As for the instigator, Lord Zhang, he chose to leave the Jiang family with a last bit of face and only ordered the dowry to be returned in full.

When Jiang Wencheng received the news, his face turned pale and he asked Jia Ruzhen to carry out all of Yan Chaonian's dowry.

"I can't lift it."

Jia Ruzhen was desperate, "The dowry on the list is missing half."

"How did you take care of it? Who allowed you to touch the dowry?"

Jiang Wencheng was furious. Jia Ruzhen sneered, "To tell you the truth, the dowry has already been used. Where do you think you got the money to go out and bribe people?"

"The old lady used quite a lot of it. I wonder if she wore other people's jewelry when she attended the banquet yesterday?"

"Some of them were given to my parents. Don't forget that you gave me the dowry and told me to take care of it."

"Since it was given to me, it's naturally up to me to decide how to use it."

"Snapped!"

Jiang Wencheng slapped her in the face and said, "You disappoint me so much. I don't care what method you use, you must get all the items on this list together."

"It's a joke. These things have already been used. What else can we use to make up for it?"

"What if I don't give it to Yan's?"

The couple was still arguing when the housekeeper came to report that people from the Ministry of War had arrived. Jiang Wencheng thought that his arrangements had worked and he was going to work for the Ministry of War, so he quickly tidied his clothes and went to the front yard.

In the front yard, Lord Fang and his men from the Ministry of War greeted him with a smile and said, "Master Jiang, I have been ordered to come and receive the dowry that Madam Yuan left behind at the Earl's Mansion. Do you need any help from the brothers?"

Jiang Wencheng was stunned, his face showing embarrassment, "The things have been piled up in the warehouse for a long time, I'm afraid they need to be sorted out. I want to ask why it was the officials from the Ministry of War who came to pick up Madam Yan Yuan's dowry?"

Lord Fang smiled and said, "Mrs. Yuan is very generous and has donated the dowries on the list to the Ministry of War. Lord Jiang also knows that our Ministry of War is poor and many things are waiting for the rice to be cooked. I am here on orders. I must bring all the dowries back to the Ministry of War today. Please don't make it difficult for me, Lord Jiang."

"Give it to the Ministry of War?"

Jiang Wencheng couldn't believe what he heard, "You said she gave all the dowry to the Ministry of War?"

"It's said that Madam Yuan is righteous. General Yuan is away at the battle, and Madam Yuan also sympathizes with the hard work of the soldiers."

"Master Jiang, we are all here, why don't we clean it up together? The sooner we carry it away, the sooner we can free up the warehouse in the Bo Mansion."

Jiang Wencheng tried to keep himself calm, "Please wait a moment, I'll go and urge them again."

This time Jiang Wencheng did not treat Jia Ruzhen well. He explained the pros and cons and told her, "In the past two years, Feiying Fort has done a lot of things with the help of the Bo's Mansion. If something happens to the Bo's Mansion, Feiying Fort will not be well. Find a way to make up for what you have taken. If you don't have the things, use cash or something of equivalent value to make up for it."

Jia Ruzhen took a deep breath and said that she had to ask the old lady to open her private vault, after all, many valuable items were in the old lady's hands.

In this way, the old lady, whose heart was still in great pain, could only watch her son open her private vault, unpack the boxes that contained her treasures, and take out all the jewelry inside according to the list. In the end, at Jia Ruzhen's suggestion, he directly moved the boxes away.

Two incense sticks later, Jiang Wenchen carried more than twenty boxes to Lord Fang. Lord Fang took out the list and checked them one by one. Although he found that many of them were not the same as the ones ordered, the price difference was not big. He could guess what was going on inside, so he ordered people to take all the boxes away.

The Bo family had accumulated wealth over the years, and although the loss of this dowry did not cause them to suffer a serious loss, they were becoming increasingly stretched. Jiang Wencheng became a laughing stock in the capital, while Jia Ruzhen suffered little loss and even took a few things from the old lady during the chaos. Only the old lady suffered heavy losses, with more than 70% of her years of accumulation lost. She fainted with her head tilted.

"Mrs. Yuan, this is your jewelry, please take a look."

Lord Fang returned the two boxes of jewelry as agreed. Because the jewelry was valuable, even though the old lady and Jia Ruzhen were greedy, they were not sold or given away. Instead, they were returned to Yan Chaonian as they were.

"Thank you, Master Fang."

"Thank you also to Madam Yuan for your generosity."

The remaining ones are worth more than 80,000 taels according to the current market price. "Lord Fang has reported this matter to the emperor. Madam Yuan is generous and deserves a reward."

"Madam Yuan can seek protection from the Ministry of War if she encounters any difficulties in the future."

Yan Chaonian smiled and nodded, feeling that this deal was truly worth doing.

The matter had come to an end with Yan Chaonian, but there was still a lot of discussion in the city. The Jiang family was about to be condemned by everyone, so they began to stay indoors.

That day, Yan Chaonian stood in front of the Queen Mother again. The Queen Mother praised Yan Chaonian for asking for and donating her dowry. "I have the idea of ​​opening a brocade workshop in the capital, and I want you to take the lead. Are you willing?" Yan Chaonian asked, "Is the Queen Mother opening a brocade workshop to make money or to let more women have a skill?"

"I just want to make money."

The Queen Mother smiled and said, "But what's more important is to let more women have the ability to survive, so that they can stand up again even in desperate situations like you."

"This is what I am doing at Chaojinfang in the southwest. We recruit girls over eight years old and teach them how to weave for free. After they finish learning, they sign a ten-year agreement with the Jinfang. During these ten years, the Jinfang will pay her monthly salary as usual. After ten years, it is her freedom to stay or open her own Jinfang. The Jinfang will no longer stop her."

"These girls who have a skill will have a good life whether in their parents' home or in their husband's home."

The Queen Mother was very happy to hear such news and asked her to go back and draft the rules. "When the rules are ready, please send them to the palace. If it is feasible, I will leave this matter to you."

"Yes."

Yan Chaonian was very willing to do things for the empress dowager and do something meaningful. Besides, these things were familiar to her and not too difficult.

"Madam, there have been quite a few invitations to dinner these past two days."

Aunt Wu happily came over with the invitation, "Are you all going?"

Yan Chaonian shook his head, "Just reject them all. If there is a wedding in the mansion, you can prepare gifts and send them over. These people invited me at this time just to watch the fun. We are currently in the center of the storm, so let's stay away for the next few days and talk about it later."

Aunt Wu thought about it and realized that this was the truth. After Yan Chaonian returned to her bedroom, she picked up a pen and wrote a letter to her mother. She needed to tell her mother about her association with the empress dowager and she also needed her mother's support.

Half a month later, Yan Chaonian delivered the drafted charter to the empress dowager. The empress dowager took her charter to the emperor. It was unknown how they discussed it, but in the end the emperor agreed to it. However, there was no extra money allocated from the national treasury. The empress dowager originally wanted to use her own private money, but Yan Chaonian suggested that the ladies of each family contribute money as a share, and then share the money with them when they could make money in the future.

For this purpose, the empress dowager summoned the ladies she liked into the palace, and Yan Chaonian asked everyone to raise funds. With the empress dowager sitting behind her, naturally none of the ladies were unwilling to do so. Soon Yan Chaonian had enough money to handle the matter.

Half a year later, the Taichang Brocade Workshop in the capital was officially opened, and the first batch of thirty weavers and thirty apprentices from the southwest arrived. The ladies who participated in the investment accompanied the Queen Mother and the Empress to personally watch the familiar weavers operate the looms.

Yan Chaonian said, "These thirty weavers are skilled. They will teach apprentices here. After a year or so, some will be sent to other places to open weaving workshops. In about five or ten years, it is expected that 20 more cities will be opened. By then, not only will they be able to teach many women the skills of weaving, but more people will also be able to afford tailored clothes."

"it is good."

The Queen Mother was very satisfied, "I really was right about you."

Everyone praised Yan Chaonian. From this moment on, Yan Chaonian's position in the capital was consolidated and his reputation became famous.

"Mother."

On this day, Jiang Chongyuan stood carefully in front of Yan Chaonian. The Earl's Mansion had declined very quickly in the past six months, and the emperor had already issued an order to revoke the title of the Earl's Mansion. Now it was just the Jiang family.

Without power and title, the Jiang family quickly disappeared among the powerful people in the capital. In addition, Jiang Wencheng no longer had even a nominal position and had to pawn old items in the mansion to make a living. Jia Ruzhen demanded a divorce and returned to Feiying Fort.

"Young Master Jiang, there is no need to be like this. This lady still likes your domineering and stupid appearance."

These days, Jiang Chongyuan came to her several times and asked to follow her, and said a lot of bad things about the Jiang family, which made Yan Chaonian very heartbroken.

The old lady was not a good mother-in-law, but she truly loved Jiang Chongyuan, and Jiang Wencheng had never treated him harshly. But now he has no gratitude at all. In order to live a good life, he insults his loving grandmother and calls her worthless.

"Mother~"

Little Yuanxun, who had grown taller and could speak more fluently, ran to Yan Chaonian and hugged her legs, "Mom, this is the pony Uncle Fang gave me, Xun'er likes it."

Lord Fang from the Ministry of War got a pony and gave it to him, which made him extremely happy.

"Since you like it, you will have to take care of it yourself from now on. Don't be lazy. You and the foal will grow up together. When dad comes back, let him teach you how to ride a horse, okay?"

Little Yuanxun nodded with a smile, turned his head to look at Jiang Chongyuan and hugged his mother's legs tightly, "Mom, Brother Jiang is glaring at me."

Jiang Chongyuan.
Yan Chaonian raised his eyes and looked at him. "You are a descendant of the Jiang family. You have enjoyed the care and love of the Jiang family. Now that the Jiang family has fallen, you should not abandon the Jiang family. Instead, you should study hard and support the Jiang family. I will watch over you. Don't let me look down on you all the time."

Given the Jiang family's financial resources, it is impossible for them to fall to the point of having nothing. They took out the bottles and jars in the warehouse and sold them slowly, and laid off 70% of the servants in the mansion. They are still living a better life than many other families. What's more, it is a shop and a farm, so they can live a good life.

Jiang Chongyuan went back. Jiang Wencheng knew the result from his look and did not ask any more questions. He was busy marrying a woman from a lower family to take care of his mother and children.

Yan Chaonian didn't care about the Jiang family's affairs. She was still busy with her brocade shop and inquired about Yuan Shen's news. She didn't breathe a sigh of relief until the news of the great victory came back in a year and a half. She learned that the army would return victorious in half a year. She hugged Yuan Xun and turned around, "Xun'er, Daddy will be back in half a year."

"Hahahaha~"

"Xun'er misses daddy~~~"