The Cannon Fodder Female Supporting Character's Sickly Prince Strategy Manual

On the other side, Huo Beixuan went to the front hall alone to pay his respects to Huo's father and mother and offer them tea. Although he and Huo's mother had a bad relationship, it had not yet reached the point where they had completely fallen out.

After all, he still counted on relying on the Huo family for his livelihood. As for Ning Xue, let her suffer the consequences! Anyway, Ning Xue would not be too embarrassed to publicize those shameful things.

Huo Beixuan bowed respectfully and said, "Father, Mother!"

When Mrs. Huo saw that Huo Beixuan was the only one there, she immediately looked unhappy and asked, "Why are you the only one here?"

Huo Beixuan quickly replied: "My wife is not feeling well. I will come to pay my respects another day!"

When Mrs. Huo heard this, she was furious. She slammed the table and shouted, "She is so squeamish! You can pay your respects anytime, but you can only offer tea today. Can you do it another day?"

Huo Beixuan pursed his lips and remained silent.

"It's really outrageous!" Although Mr. Huo did not blame him out loud, his face was very gloomy.

Mother Huo then continued, "When we delivered the betrothal gifts, there were ten loads in total, and the extra eight loads were paid by your wife. Now, I want to take back all the ten loads of betrothal gifts. What do you think?"

Huo Beixuan couldn't help but feel a little angry, but he didn't show it on his face. He said calmly, "I don't want to get involved in the affairs of the harem. Mother, please go and discuss it with my wife."

Mother Huo nodded with satisfaction, thinking that it was a good thing that her son was not wholeheartedly on his wife's side.

"You are filial and sensible!" Father Huo reminded at the right time: "When you ask your daughter-in-law, you should be more careful. After all, her father is the Shangshu."

Mother Huo nodded and said, "I know."

Seeing that it was getting late, Mr. Huo and Huo Beixuan went out to take up their duties.

When Mrs. Huo saw the father and son leave, she immediately called a few servants and said angrily, "Come on, follow me to the backyard to carry the dowry!"

On this quiet night, a loud crash suddenly came from the Huo family's backyard, breaking the original silence.

Mother Huo came to the backyard with a group of servants in a threatening manner and ordered them to break down the gate without mercy, causing quite a noise.

Hongdou was awakened by the sudden noise in the room. She hurriedly got up and walked out of the room, wanting to see what was going on.

Ning Xue was also disturbed by the commotion and could not fall asleep again, so she followed Hongdou to the yard.

Mother Huo strode into the yard with big strides, her eyes full of arrogance and unreasonableness. She saw Hongdou standing there, but ignored her. She just shouted at the servants behind her and walked straight towards the wing room with a clear purpose - to move the dowry.

Hongdou was shocked when she saw this. She quickly opened her arms to stop them and shouted, "What do you want to do? This is my young lady's dowry!"

Upon hearing this, Mother Huo smiled strangely and said in a veiled tone, "What do you mean your daughter's dowry? This is clearly the betrothal gift sent by our Huo family."

Ning Xue was immediately furious when she heard Mother Huo's unreasonable words. She walked out quickly, her eyes wide open, and said in a raised voice: "Since it is a betrothal gift, it is mine after it is given to me. How can I take it back? Can I marry someone else's daughter without spending a penny?"

After hearing Jiang Yun's righteous remarks, Mrs. Huo's face turned pale for a moment, but she quickly recovered her arrogant attitude and continued to argue: "You married into our Huo family, three meals a day, food, clothing, and daily necessities, which one is not paid by the Huo family? Can we support you for nothing! You are a young lady, but you don't do any work! And you are so squeamish, saying that you are not feeling well and you don't even offer tea. How can there be a bride like you?"

Ning Xue was furious at what Huo's mother said. She did not back down and fought back sharply, "What exactly am I going to do after marrying here? Do you have good farmland for me to cultivate? Do you have a shop for me to manage? Or do you plan to hand over the power of the Huo family to me?"

Mother Huo was choked by Ning Xue's series of questions and was speechless for a moment.

She snorted coldly, and after a long while she continued, "People who have read books are good at speaking and arguing. I won't argue with you. Ten of the dowries were originally paid by our Huo family. We agreed that they should be returned to me."

"As for the eight carts you bought with your own money, I don't want them." Mother Huo said, glancing at Ning Xue.

Ning Xue's eyes widened, and she asked in disbelief, "What? I pay?"

"Our Huo family only provided ten loads. Didn't you provide the extra eight?" Huo's mother said in a sharp voice.

She looked at Ning Xue's expression, which seemed as if she had just known something, and it didn't seem like she was faking it.

Huo's mother and Ning Xue fell silent at the same time, and a question flashed through their minds at the same time: Could it be that Huo Beixuan paid for the extra eight pallets? But where did he get the money to buy them?

However, Huo's mother had no time to think about where the money for the eight loads of dowry came from. She only wanted to quickly move the ten loads of dowry belonging to the Huo family back, so she urged the servants again to move them.

"No, that's my dowry!" Ning Xue shouted angrily. She never expected that Huo's mother would be so shameless. She and Huo Beixuan were indeed a family!

"Don't worry about her, move!"

Mrs. Huo ignored Ning Xue's objection. She knew very well that the Huo family had almost emptied their savings to buy the betrothal gifts for this marriage. If she didn't move the ten loads of dowry back, she would have no decent dowries to give to her two daughters when they got married in the future.

After all, Ning Xue was the daughter of an official family. She couldn't rush up like a shrew and fight with the servants for things.

She could only shout loudly and disregard her image, trying to stop them, but the servants only obeyed Mrs. Huo's orders and no one paid any attention to Ning Xue's shouting.

Huo's mother successfully moved the ten loads of dowry. Before leaving, she said to Ning Xue in a haughty manner: "If you are not satisfied, you can go back to your parents' home. It's okay. Anyway, it costs money to support one more person like you!" After that, Huo's mother walked away with a swagger.

Go back to your parents' home! Ning Xue was so angry when she heard these three words. How could she possibly go back to her parents' home? Ning's mother had told her on the day the betrothal gifts were delivered that she should swallow her tears and pain by herself and not think about going back to her parents' home to beg for money.

Besides, this is only the first day of the wedding!

"Miss, the Huo family is really going too far. Should we tell Madam about this?" Hongdou said angrily and anxiously.

Ning Xue bit her lip and fell into deep thought. She knew that once she told her mother about the matter, she might be able to vent her anger temporarily, but her life in the Huo family would probably become more difficult in the future. She didn't know how to choose and her heart was full of grievances and helplessness.