The Koi Wife of the Prime Minister

"Mrs. Xi, you said I have no evidence. Now look at why Zhao is kneeling here?"

Shen Yan's first move was to scare the matchmaker first, to stop her from talking nonsense, and to make the people around her quiet down.

Xi Po and Zhao looked at each other, but Zhao whispered, "Think it over carefully, don't accuse a good person."

Shen Yan said, "When I got married that day, I clearly counted all my belongings before leaving. How come your dowry disappeared when you and a few porters took my belongings with you?"

Hearing this, the matchmaker smiled and said, "Although we took some things out, they were not your dowry. We were just entrusted to deliver them to a villa in the west of the town. As for what they were, we don't know."

What Shen Yan wanted was for her to say this. This was equivalent to Zhao teaming up with the matchmaker to create a sleight of hand. The gift was indeed not a dowry, just to make Shen Yan misunderstand.

But what Shen Yan cared about was the courtyard in Zhenxi.

She looked at Mr. Shen who was standing beside her, pretending to be surprised, and raised her voice: "Father, this matchmaker said that the things were sent to the yard in the west of the town. Do you know that our family has another yard in the west of the town?"

When Shen Xiucai heard Shen Yan's words, his brows slightly frowned. He took a deep breath, thought for a moment, and then said, "The Shen family does have a yard in the west of the town. It was your mother's property many years ago, but your mother sold the house when the Zhang family fell into trouble."

When Shen Yan heard her father's answer, her heart moved.

Scholar Shen got angry whenever he thought of Zhang. It was clearly the property she brought from her mother's home and should have belonged to the Shen family. But when the Zhang family fell into trouble, she actually sold the house. She was truly a traitor.

He also disliked Zhang, and even her daughter Shen Yan.

Shen Yan smiled and said, of course she knew it, she just used Shen Xiucai's mouth to speak out about it.

"Then Zhao, can you tell me what you asked the matchmaker and the porters to deliver and where they went?" Shen Yan looked at Zhao with a smile, and then at the matchmaker.

Zhao was hesitant and couldn't explain clearly, so Shen Yan took the opportunity to stir up trouble: "Father, tell me, mother gave away so many things in the house without telling you. Doesn't she consider us as a family?"

Having said that, Shen Xiucai did see some boxes and other things in the yard a few days before Shen Yan's wedding, but they disappeared on the wedding day. He didn't pay much attention to it at the time, but now he thinks it's a bit strange.

However, deep down, he sided with Zhao and didn't like the fat girl Shen Yan.

Zhao was anxious and quickly explained, "After you got married, there were a lot of miscellaneous items that you had no place to put, so I asked someone to send them to my parents' home. Is there any problem?"

Shen Yan listened to Zhao's explanation, and she was a little skeptical. After thinking for a moment, she said, "Zhao, is your family in this town? I remember that your family was not originally here. Did they buy a house here without informing Mr. Shen? This is not appropriate."

Zhao's face changed slightly when she heard this. She did not expect Shen Yan to ask this question.

She smiled awkwardly, "Well, Shen Yan, this...my family is indeed in this town. They recently moved here and bought a house."

When Mr. Shen heard this, his brows furrowed, and he couldn't help but feel a little confused. He didn't know that Zhao's parents' home was in this town.

He felt a little strange. Since his mother's family and the Shen family were in the same town, why didn't Zhao tell him before?

When Shen Yan saw Shen Xiucai's hesitation, she knew in her heart that it was she who aroused her father's suspicion of Zhao.

She continued to provoke, "Father, look, Zhao didn't even tell you that her family moved here, nor did she explain that she bought you a house. Isn't it a bit disrespectful to treat you like this?"

These words made Mr. Shen fall into deep thought, and he began to suspect whether there was any hidden story between Zhao and her family.

His face darkened and he took a deep breath without responding immediately.

Seeing this, the bride sneered and said, "Master Shen, look, Shen Yan is accusing our family for no reason and trying to sow discord between you and Zhao. How unfilial she is!"

Shen Yan looked at the matchmaker coldly. She remained calm and continued, "Mrs. Xi, the facts are obvious to all. There are doubts about Zhao and the things you gave away. I am not being unfilial. I just want to find out the truth and prevent my father from being hurt again."

Her voice was firm and resolute, and she would not back down because of the ridicule of the fortune teller.

She was determined to find evidence, clear her name, and give her father a clean bill of health.

If Matchmaker and others delivered the things to the yard in the west of the town, Shen Yan's dowry might be hidden there.

She immediately decided to go and investigate, but was worried that she would be obstructed.

Now, she needed Zhao to say something in person.

After all, the house occupied by Zhao originally belonged to Shen Yan, and Shen Yan's dowry was hidden there, but she couldn't say it now because she had no evidence to prove that the things were hers.

Her dear savior Zhang Dashan lived in a shabby thatched hut, but Zhao actually acted like a tyrant and brought her family and brother here, blatantly occupying Shen Yan's house. This was too much!

"According to what my mother said, she didn't prepare a dowry for me?" Shen Yan asked with interest.

When Zhao heard Shen Yan's questioning, her face turned red and white, and she seemed a little uneasy.

She lowered her head and pretended to be ashamed and said, "Yes, I did not prepare a dowry for you. The family situation was a bit tight at the time, and I didn't have any extra money to prepare it. I...I am really sorry."

When Shen Yan heard this, anger rose in her heart.

Zhao was so shameless that she knew she had the right to own the house and the dowry in it, but she deliberately concealed it.

A raging rage burned in her heart, but she knew that now was not the time to lose her temper. She needed to continue to suppress her emotions and look for an opportunity.

When the people around heard Zhao's answer, they all showed angry and dissatisfied expressions.

"Ms. Zhao, how unreasonable you are! Don't you even fulfill your obligation to prepare a dowry for your daughter? This is simply unbelievable!" someone criticized loudly.

"Yes, according to etiquette, parents should prepare dowries for their children's weddings. You can't even do this. It's too much!"

Another person joined in the accusation.

Zhao was made even more uneasy by the accusations from people around her. She didn't know how to answer and could only repeat her apology over and over again.

Shen Yan looked at this scene and sneered in her heart. She knew that now was the time to reveal the truth.