As these words fell, Aunt Mei gasped and looked hurriedly toward Madam She. Madam She, however, not only failed to refute the statement but also began to avoid her gaze.
"Is the Marquis Manor… truly reduced to an empty shell?" Aunt Mei could no longer steady herself in her seat. "No wonder I have felt that something was amiss lately. The food portions at every meal have been cut by thirty percent, and every time I send a maid to collect the monthly allowance, it is delayed by two or three days."
"I thought it was just the Marquis Manor being overly busy, but to think it is actually because the family fortune is nearly depleted!"
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