Forced to marry, I picked up a young powerful official

Miss Shen?

Shen Nankui set out from the capital with the wedding party. Along the way, Aunt Gu called her Yichuan's wife. Unexpectedly, when she arrived at the door of Gu's house, she was called Miss Shen and was stopped outside. It seemed that someone didn't want her to enter easily.

She slowly got out of the car, stood still and asked, "What advice do you have for me, young lady?"

Obviously, she just walked towards that station and asked a polite question, but she made people unable to take their eyes away. It was hard to tell whether it was her appearance or temperament that attracted people. She stood on this country road, and made people feel ashamed for some reason.

After being surprised, Song Dong'er couldn't help but straighten her waist a little more.

"It's not me, it's my aunt, Brother Chuan's mother. She has something to ask you."

At this time, there was a commotion at the gate of the courtyard, and the crowd came out, surrounding a woman who was about 40 or 50 years old, wearing a camel-colored new dress. It was obviously a wedding day, but she didn't even smile at the bride when she saw her.

Looking at this situation, Shen Nankui also guessed who she was.

I guess this must be my mother-in-law.

But in the previous life, Shen Pingwan was not stopped outside the door on the wedding day. What could be the reason for this incident now?

Second Aunt Gu asked in confusion: "Sister-in-law, what are you doing? If you have anything to say, can't you wait until we get in to say it? How can you stop the new bride outside on the wedding day?"

Mother Gu waved her hand and said, "Second brother's family, you don't know that we had someone set up this marriage."

Aunt Gu was shocked, "How could this happen!"

When everyone heard this, they all looked confused.

I heard that Gu Yichuan married a daughter of an official family in the capital. Judging from her style, she certainly doesn't look like an ordinary person. How could he have been deceived?

Mother Gu looked at Shen Nankui with a sullen face, "Let me ask you, are you the daughter of the master of the Shen family?"

Shen Nankui nodded, "Yes."

"Nonsense! Don't you know that I'm looking at you? Lord Shen's biological daughter is called Shen Pingwan, and my son Chuan'er is engaged to her. So who are you?"

"I'm Shen Nankui."

Mother Gu glared at her and said, "From what I know, you seem to be just the adopted daughter of the Shen family. You are not considered a member of the Shen family, right?"

Shen Nankui said: "An adopted daughter is also a daughter."

"It's true that my sister was the one who was originally betrothed to the Gu family, but later it was my turn. The two families also exchanged engagement letters, compared horoscopes, and even signed the marriage certificate. Since it was a marriage jointly promoted by the two families, I wonder what your intention is in bringing this up now?"

Mother Gu squinted at her.

"You don't have to stop me with words. The Shen family didn't keep their word and replaced their biological daughter with an adopted daughter, but our Gu family will not break their promise. Now that the marriage is settled, I will recognize you as my daughter-in-law, but before you enter the house, I must let everyone know how the Shen family bullies people!"

She couldn't help getting angry when she mentioned these things.

My own Chuan'er is a rare talent. Although he is only a juren now, with his ability, he will definitely be able to pass the imperial examination next year. When he becomes an official, he will be a person of status. It would be a good match for him to marry the daughter of an official in Beijing.

But she never expected that the Shen family would be so bullying and replace their biological daughter with an adopted one. How could she swallow this?

Therefore, even if they wanted to let this adopted daughter into the family, they would have to give her a warning to let her know that the Gu family could not be manipulated by others.

Shen Nankui asked back, "Since ancient times, marriages have been a union of two families. Since both families agree to this, how can it be considered that the Shen family is bullying others?"

"Hmph, sharp teeth and sharp mouth!"

Mother Gu rolled her eyes at her and said, "You are an adopted daughter, and if you look at it in detail, you are not even as good as a relative. The Shen family asked you to marry here, so doesn't that mean they don't take our Gu family seriously?"

Second Aunt Gu brought Shen Nankui back home and had already accepted her as her niece-in-law.

She couldn't help but defend herself, "Sister-in-law, how can you say that about my niece-in-law? Just look at these ten boxes of dowry. If the Shen family didn't value this marriage, how could they buy so many things for my niece-in-law?"

Mother Gu glanced at the boxes and something came to her mind.

"When marrying a daughter-in-law, you have to give a betrothal gift, and when marrying a daughter, you have to give a dowry. You are the daughter-in-law that my family spent money to marry. Since you said that an adopted daughter is also a daughter, then you can open these boxes and let everyone see what the dowry is that the Gu family got in exchange for?"

Shen Nankui's eyes darkened. "Dowry is the woman's private property. Strictly speaking, it is my own thing and has nothing to do with the Gu family. Besides, it would not be good to have a reputation of calculating the daughter-in-law's dowry, right?"

Mother Gu sneered, "What do you mean by 'live your own life'? The betrothal gift of one hundred taels of silver was raised by the Gu family with all their savings. Do you think that after your daughter-in-law gets married, you can enjoy the good life while the rest of the family starves?"

"That won't happen. Family members still need to support each other."

"Then don't be so reluctant. Could it be that your dowry is really too shameful to be seen by others?"

As Mother Gu spoke, she called a few relatives of the Gu family and asked them to open the box.

Shen Nankui knew that she couldn't stop this momentum, so she simply didn't move and just stood there quietly with her hands in her sleeves.

But she was a little confused.

There has been so much commotion at the door for so long, why hasn't Gu Yichuan come out?

There was no valuables in Shen Nankui's dowry box, so it was naturally not locked. The Gu family easily opened all ten boxes.

Everyone saw it and was shocked.

I saw that these ten boxes were filled with books neatly.

Mother Gu was so angry that she nearly passed out. She went to check in person, and after looking through all the boxes, she really didn't see any valuables?

Her expression was so ugly that it could not be described. She stared at Shen Nankui with a murderous look.

"These useless books are the dowry sent by your Shen family?!"

Mother Gu was regretting her decision to the core.

She spent a hundred taels of silver, but only got these books?

The Shen family didn't give a penny for dowry, which means they don't care about this adopted daughter from the bottom of their hearts. How could they support Chuan'er in the future?

When the villagers saw this scene, they all felt a little unfair for the Gu family.

After all, one hundred taels of silver is not a small amount of money. When ordinary farmers get married, the betrothal gift is rarely more than twenty taels of silver. The Gu family spent one hundred taels, which is already a sky-high price, but the woman did not even bring half a dowry. It is really unacceptable.

Everyone was pointing and talking. Second Aunt Gu wanted to speak up for Shen Nankui, but she couldn't open her mouth and could only give him an apologetic look.

Shen Nankui shook his head to indicate that he was fine.

She always had a calm smile on her face, and even though she was being despised and scolded at the moment, her expression did not change at all. After a moment, she suddenly spoke.

"I understand your feelings, but I want to ask you a few questions."

Mother Gu wanted to tear her apart. She scolded her, "You only brought these boxes of tattered books. What do you have the nerve to ask?"

She guessed that the adopted daughter's dowry was small, and Yuan just wanted to save her face in front of everyone so that she would behave herself in the Gu family in the future.

But I didn't expect that when the box was opened, it would be like this?

Now, even the Gu family will be embarrassed along with her!

Everyone was also very curious. With the fig leaf being lifted in public, how could this seemingly dignified and weak adopted daughter defend herself?