My stepmother is here, all the rebellious sons and evildoers should kneel down!

Madam Lu looked at her daughter and nodded with satisfaction.

"Sheng Shi is right. I am your mother-in-law. What difference does it make if your dowry is placed with me or with you?"

The word "borrow" made the mother and daughter of the Lu family unhappy.

Wen Qiqi smiled coldly.

"Mom, this is a huge difference."

She looked at the screen carved from a whole piece of jade, her eyes full of deep meaning.

This is a reward for the Wen family's great military achievements. Does it have anything to do with the Lu family?

My mother loves me, so she gave me a generous dowry. Why should the Lu family just sit back and reap the benefits?

"The dowry items are my things. It would be inappropriate to put them in my mother's yard. Those who know would think that my mother has a bad memory and forgot to return them to me. Those who don't know would think that the Lu family was greedy for enjoyment and didn't want to return my dowry after taking it?"

"you……"

Lu Shengshi slammed the table in anger: "Wen Qiqi, what do you mean by this? You are the main wife of the Lu family, do you still have to be so petty with your mother-in-law? Haha, I thought the daughter of the Wen family was so generous, but I didn't expect that she would think the same as the fifth wife! How ridiculous!"

Mother Lu was also angry.

It's just a screen!

Wen Qiqi actually slapped her in the face in front of everyone...

It seems that what Zhan Yao said was right. If it weren't for the Lu family's meticulous thinking, which made Wen Qiqi always inferior to others, I'm afraid she would never take the Lu family seriously!

"Sheng Shi."

Wen Qiqi raised her eyes and looked at Lu Shengshi: "I am indeed not as generous as you! I will not take my sister-in-law's dowry and give it to the daughters of those officials just to please them!"

"I...I am still the same."

Lu Shengshi blushed. Last month, she took away a gold hairpin from Wen Qiqi and gave it to the daughter of an important person.

The sister-in-law didn't say anything at the time, but now she is coming to settle the score.

"You gave it to someone else, how can you return it to me? Why not give me a discount? That hairpin costs at least fifty taels of silver."

"Give it back!"

Lu Shengshi rushed into the house and soon came back with fifty taels of silver.

"Isn't it just fifty taels? We in the Lu Mansion don't need this little money."

When Mrs. Lu saw the huge pile of silver, her heart suddenly tightened.

Wen Qiqi had already settled accounts with Lu Zhanyao and asked for the Lu family's shop to offset her own expenses.

But she couldn't put the shop in her pocket. Zhan Yao said that she could just coax it back after a few days.

This silver is different. If Wen Qiqi really took it away today, wouldn’t he have lost fifty taels in vain?

"Sheng Shi, why are you angry with your sister-in-law? Forget it, just have a good meal and don't make each other unhappy."

After Madam Lu finished speaking, she gave Lu Shengshi a look.

Only then did Lu Shengshi puff out his cheeks and reach out to take the silver back!

"Xiaojiu, take it!"

As soon as Wen Qiqi's words came out, Die Jiu moved quickly and took the silver away from Lu Shengshi in an instant.

Lu Shengshi was so shocked that she forgot to close her mouth.

Everyone gasped and looked at Madam Lu!

At this moment, Madam Lu's face looked terrifying.

Wen Qiqi actually accepted the money from Sheng Shi. Does she still take her mother-in-law seriously?

"Why don't you just move this screen back as well?"

Madam Lu said angrily.

Wen Qiqi nodded: "Even if mother doesn't tell me, I will move back today. I still have to take care of my dowry myself...Xiaojiu, Mengyi, what are you two still standing there for? Move the screen away!"

"Yes!"

Diejiu and Mengyi took action immediately without saying a word.

Wen Qiqi stood up and smiled happily.

"Ruyi, Xinyi. You two should not be idle... The rosewood dressing table in the old lady's room is also a dowry from our Wen family. There is also the running water ornament on the table, the glass vase in the southeast corner, and the jade ornaments and jade candlesticks in the outer room. Move them back together!"

"Yes!"

Ruyi and Xinyi nodded and entered Madam Lu’s room.

When Lu Shengshi saw it, he immediately cursed, "You ignorant slaves, you just moved when I told you to, I want to see how many heads you have! Anyone who went in today, get out of the Lu Mansion!"

Ruyi and Xinyi ignored the lady's instructions, went into the house, moved their things and left.

Lu Shengshi was so angry that her teeth were itching. She rushed forward to hit someone, but just as she raised her arm, Wen Qiqi grabbed it.

"Mother, didn't you see Shengshi was acting wild? I just wanted to move my dowry, and she wanted to beat my girl! Those who know this would think that Lu Shengshi is uneducated, and those who don't would think that you, the Lu family, have never seen a good thing, and you are taking my daughter-in-law's dowry and don't want to return it!"

Madam Lu was trembling all over. The determination she had just made to accumulate virtue and live longer turned dark in an instant.

She looked at Wen Qiqi, her eyes full of hatred.

But things have come to this point. If he questioned and did not allow Wen Qiqi to take her dowry back, if the Wen family found out, the Lu family would naturally lose face.

"Move it. Since it's your stuff, take it back if you want to use it. We in the Lu family are not sure about your dowry, but we just didn't take it seriously before and forgot about it."

"mother……"

"Shut up!"

Madam Lu was far-sighted and suppressed her anger.

In case it gets torn, those jade items are not shatterproof and will have to be discounted after breaking!

Then all the private money that he and Sheng Shi had secretly saved over the years with the help of the housekeeper would probably be lost.

Lu Shengshi stamped her feet and looked at Xinyi with hatred as she saw that they had to run two trips to move all the things.

Old Madam Lu's heart was bleeding.

I wanted to hold a banquet to show off, but I didn't expect to lose both the wife and the army.

The dowry of the Wen family was valuable, but now they have all been moved away, and there is not a single decent thing left in Madam Lu's room.

She has always wanted to save face, so she could only take out most of her savings over the years!

"Sheng Shi, go buy some nice ornaments. Otherwise, when Madam Qin and Madam Yu come to have tea, they will laugh at us for coming from a small town."

Lu Shengshi panted and said, "Wen Qiqi is really too much! Didn't you just take a few of her things? Did you think that our Lu family can't afford them? Mom, don't be angry, I'll go buy them back right away."

Mr. Lu nodded: "Go buy it, but... don't buy something too expensive."

"understood!"

Lu Shengshi left with two hundred taels of silver.

There is a shop in Kyoto that specializes in selling jewelry and ornaments. It is very famous and the customers who come and go are all wives of prominent officials.

Lu Shengshi walked in and took a look around, and saw a jade display table that was similar to the one Wen Qiqi brought as dowry.

"That...I want it!"

"Miss, do you want this jade to be placed on the table? You have good taste!"

"That's right! We used to have this at home... How much silver is it?"

Lu Shengshi thought twenty taels was the maximum.

"Two hundred and ten taels."

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