Kick the scumbag, she brought space and married the national teacher to rebel

Xiao Changchuan knelt down in front of Long Shirui and said, "Prince, unless you have committed a serious crime, there is no reason for the court to take back your title. Your Highness, please make the decision for me."

"Fei Yan, taking back the title is no joke. Since you said it was a dowry given to you by your royal grandfather, do you have any evidence?" Long Shirui asked.

"Of course there is!" Chu Feiyan stretched out her hand, "Dongmei, bring me the imperial edict!"

"Yes!" Dongmei stepped forward and handed her a bright yellow imperial edict with both hands.

As soon as the imperial edict came out, everyone present knelt down, and Long Shirui also lifted his robe and knelt down.

"This is the imperial edict from the late emperor's grandfather to this princess. It states that the title of Xinwu Marquis will be hereditary for five more generations. It is this princess's dowry. If Xiao Changchuan fails me, or if the two of them divorce for any reason, I should take it back."

Chu Feiyan handed the imperial edict to Long Shirui, "Crown Prince cousin, you should read this imperial edict! Otherwise, the Xiao family will not believe me."

"Wei Chen doesn't dare!"

The Xiao family's father and son, who were kneeling in front, all had cold sweat on their foreheads.

They didn't expect that the late emperor actually kept this trick for Chu Feiyan.

Long Shirui took the imperial edict, opened it and read it carefully, then nodded, "This is indeed the imperial edict of my grandfather. I will report this to my father as well."

"Thank you, cousin the Prince." Chu Feiyan took the imperial edict back and gave it to Dongmei to keep.

Xiao Changchuan lowered his head, his heart dropped to the bottom. So many unexpected changes happened just after he came back, catching him off guard.

All this stems from the fact that Chu Feiyan no longer loves her. Why is this so? In her previous life, she loved him so much and was willing to do anything for him. Why doesn't she love him in this life? He can't figure it out. What's the problem?

The title was taken away, and his father passed away eight years later. Without Chu Feiyan's dowry to help him with his career, the Xiao family would have really fallen on hard times in Kyoto.

And the matter of him taking a concubine before the battle. Without Chu Feiyan's help, all his achievements in the past two years would be wiped out, and the court would punish him. If he had known this would happen, he would not have been so anxious to bring Mei Niang back home.

His previous life had been smooth sailing and he was extremely powerful. He was used to being in a high position and hearing the flattery around him. Suddenly he was reborn back to the starting point and felt really bad.

Thinking of the wealth and glory in his previous life, he clenched his fists.

Even without Chu Feiyan, he believed that he could still bring honor to the Xiao family. At worst, he would have to wait another 18 years until his son graduated from high school. Then he would let everyone see that he did not need to rely on a woman and could still stand at the top of his life.

It’s a pity that Chu Feiyan won’t live to see that day and won’t be able to see his glorious life!

"Dongmei, go to the warehouse, bring up all of this princess's dowry, and count them according to the dowry list." Chu Feiyan took out a key and handed it to Dongmei.

"Yes!"

Dongmei responded, took the key and went out, taking the guards from the princess's mansion to the warehouse.

Old Madam, the Lan mother and daughter looked at each other secretly, feeling anxious.

Chu Feiyan took in their expressions one by one and smiled coldly.

In the past two years, these three women took a lot of money from her, and she wrote it down one by one.

She took out a notebook and said, "Madam Xiao, Mrs. Lan, Xiao Yurong, the money you borrowed from me over the past two years should be returned now, right?"

Xiao Yurong was anxious, "You were willing to give it to us. Since it's a gift to someone, why should we take it back?"

"Is the silver I gave you not enough?"

Chu Feiyan took out a small account book from her sleeve and said, "Three months before this princess married into the Marquis' Mansion, I gave 10,000 taels of silver to the Lan family to subsidize the household expenses. This princess wanted to take it back, but you insisted on saying so, so I can't give you this silver for nothing."

After she finished speaking, she took out some more IOUs and said, "Later, you became greedy and when you asked for the money again, you said it was a loan and even signed an IOU."

The silver she brought into the mansion was all her parents' blood money and spoils of war. Her grandfather had known the situation of Xinwu Marquis's Mansion for a long time, and was afraid that she would be wronged in the mansion, so he gave her this silver as a dowry.

Her father and mother once told her that if they ever met with misfortune, she must take good care of the wounded soldiers for them. So she was cautious, fearing that the Xiao family would be greedy and would require anyone who asked for money to write a promissory note.

Chu Feiyan handed the things to Xia An and said, "Count the money on these IOUs and have them pay back the money."

"Yes!" Xia An took the notebook and opened the first page to do the calculations.

"Princess, you marry into the Marquis' Mansion and become the daughter-in-law of the Xiao family. Your food, clothing and other expenses are also paid for by our Xiao family. Isn't it right for you to use the silver to supplement the household expenses of the mansion?" Lan said unwillingly.

Chu Feiyan's face turned cold again, "This princess has not used a single ounce of silver from your Xiao family. I eat from my own small kitchen and use the dowry that I brought with me. Let me tell you, I can't finish the dowry that I brought with me in my lifetime.

This princess has been married into the Xinwu Marquis' Mansion for two years, and your Xiao family has not paid me a monthly allowance. How dare you ask me to pay money to supplement the household expenses?

Lan, you have been the steward of the Marquis' Mansion. Why don't you bring all the account books to me and see when you have ever given me a tael of silver?"

"Since the princess wants to do this, then we must also take back the betrothal gifts that the Xinwu Marquis Mansion sent to the Weiguo Duke Mansion." Lan said again.

"Don't worry! This princess didn't touch a single cent of the betrothal gifts your Xiao family sent. I brought them together with the dowry! I will return them to you after everything is counted." The betrothal gifts sent by the Xiao family were all cheap and worthless items, but she was very happy in her previous life and kept them like a treasure.

Xia An suddenly asked her, "Princess, why are there only amounts above 200 taels on the loan note? Why are there no amounts below 100 taels?"

The three of them stayed in the Marquis' Mansion for a few months, and often saw Lan and the housekeeper asking the princess for money. At first, they only asked for fifty or one hundred dollars, and there was no IOU for the money.

There is also Xiao Yurong, who would ask the princess for money whenever she went out to buy things, and her attitude was very arrogant, as if the princess owed her something.

"If it's not in the account, don't take it. Just treat it as sending away a beggar!" Chu Feiyan said.

Xiao Zhengde's face flushed. He seldom asked about the affairs of the mansion and had no idea that his mother and Lan treated Chu Feiyan so harshly.

"Princess, the bill has been calculated. The total is 136,200 taels of silver." Xia An said.

When these words were spoken, those who did not know the inside story looked shocked.

In just two short years, the old lady and the Lan family actually took away hundreds of thousands of taels of silver from Chu Feiyan?

Long Shirui also showed displeasure on his face.

Because of years of war, the national treasury had long been empty. Chu Feiyan actually took so much money to squander for the Xiao family for a man. The eldest princess and her husband were frugal all their lives, so how could they give birth to such a stupid daughter!

Although this money had nothing to do with him, the strength of Longyuan Kingdom gradually declined due to the war.

In order to inspire the people and boost morale, my father advocated governing the country with diligence and frugality, and set an example himself by living a simple life and clothing, and the concubines in the harem were not allowed to be extravagant.

Seeing that the emperor was so frugal, wealthy merchants and major families donated money and grain to support the front line. The Xinwu Marquisate was really great, squandering more than 100,000 taels of silver in two years!