After rebirth, I married the emperor's uncle and overthrew my ex-husband's kingdom

He stood up and walked to the couch, opened the brocade box and looked at it one by one, then picked out all the good things.

Just when he was about to send these to Weiruixuan, Bai Luochuan lifted the door curtain and walked in.

"Second brother."

Bai Youyou stood up, smiling: "Aunt has distributed the New Year's rations, you can pick out some that you like."

She walked over quickly, opened all the brocade boxes that Bai Yanlang had just picked, pointed at the pair of jade pendants with cloud patterns and said, "These jade pendants with cloud patterns are of excellent quality. My brother is handsome and has a bright moon, and he is the perfect match for you."

How could one not be happy when being flattered? When Bai Luochuan looked at Bai Youyou, his eyes were warm.

He picked up the two cloud-patterned jade pendants and liked them very much. "Thank you, sister."

"Luochuan, Dad has other uses for these things."

Bai Yanlang took the two jade pendants from Bai Luochuan's hand, put them in the brocade box, pointed at the pile that he had left and said, "Those things are not bad either, go pick some."

"Dad, these cloths and jewelry are what the family gave us for the New Year. Are you going to give them away as New Year gifts?"

Bai Youyou of course knew that he had picked all these just to give to Aunt Qiao and her son, deliberately to disgust him.

"how come?"

Bai Yanlang glared at her with gritted teeth and said bluntly: "I picked these things out to give to your eldest brother. He is going to propose marriage next year, so he has to be decent."

He raised his eyes and looked at his second son, "Luochuan, you have always been close to your eldest brother, so I'm sure you can understand your father's good intentions, right?"

Bai Luochuan pursed his lips tightly and clenched his hands tightly under his sleeves.

Seeing that he was enduring like a gourd with a sawed mouth, Bai Youyou continued to add fuel to the fire, "Dad, how is the daily living expenses of eldest brother worse than that of second brother? When the two of them are outside, others think that eldest brother is the legitimate son of the second branch of our Yongning Marquis Mansion, and second brother is the illegitimate one."

"What nonsense are you talking about!" Bai Yanlang glared at her and scolded her harshly.

"I'm not talking nonsense."

Bai Youyou didn't want to be slapped by him, so she quickly jumped aside.

"Let's not talk about other things. Just the jade fan that big brother had before was worth a hundred gold coins. It's really strange. How could a concubine like Qiao get so much money? Big brother could actually afford such a luxurious thing. Even my eldest cousin, the son of a marquis, has never used such a precious thing."

Bai Luochuan's eyes turned red. Of course he knew where the jade bone fan came from.

Two years ago, he went to borrow a book from his eldest brother, and happened to see his father handing a jade fan to his eldest brother.

When he saw himself, he looked embarrassed and said that there was only one jade bone fan, and he would customize one for him after a year.

Year after year passed, but he never got his jade fan.

Mrs. Lu's face turned livid as she said angrily, "A bastard, yet he's so arrogant!"

"Mother, my eldest brother can afford valuables worth hundreds of gold coins, so I guess Aunt Qiao has a lot of money. It would be better to let Aunt Qiao prepare for my eldest brother's engagement next year. Aunt Qiao is his biological mother, and she will definitely not let my eldest brother lose face."

When Bai Youyou tilted her head, she winked at Lu.

If you can get rid of a hot potato, you should get rid of it. Anyone who is stupid enough to hold it in his hand will only burn himself.

Mrs. Lu understood and immediately said, "Anyway, your eldest brother has been raised in the aunt's room since he was a child, and I am too lazy to worry about it, so let Mrs. Qiao take care of it herself."

The mother and son sang in unison, making Bai Yanlang's face turn pale.

"Lu, you are Mu Lin's stepmother. How can you let your aunt handle such an important matter of marriage? Isn't that making a fool of my second wife?!"

"joke?"

Mrs. Lu curled her lips and sneered, "Are you afraid of being laughed at? Haven't the second branch made enough jokes in these years? The whole capital city has more jokes than your little second branch!"

Unable to deal with Lu, Bai Yanlang turned his attention to Bai Youyou, "You damned girl, why are you gossiping and disturbing the family all day long!"

"Why are you taking your anger out on my son?!"

Bai Youyou was Lu's Achilles' heel. She slammed the table, stepped over, and pulled Bai Youyou behind her. "What did my son say was wrong? How could a concubine's bastard afford a jade fan worth a hundred gold coins? Don't you know who you have subsidized with the money you earned from your private property over the years?"

Bai Youyou poked half of his head out from behind Lu and said innocently, "Dad, we only have a hundred taels of silver in our house account. A good cook cannot cook without rice. Even if you want my mother to take care of it, you have to take out the money, right?"

Mrs. Lu raised her eyebrows and said, "If you want money, I can worry about it. But if you don't have money, forget it!"

Bai Yanlang was so angry that his beard stood up, but he was in the wrong and could not find an excuse to reprimand Lu.

Could he have said openly that he wanted Lu to use some of her dowry to supplement the family?

If Lu doesn't help with this matter, then I can only ask Jiaojiao for some money.

He snorted, "I'll get the money myself. If you can't do it, you'll be the one to blame!"

Hearing his unreasonable behavior, Bai Youyou pulled Lu away and said, "Mom, let's not do this thankless task. If Dad gives you ten taels of silver to do a job worth twenty taels, who will you go to for justice?"

"You bastard!"

Bai Yanlang was almost furious. He never knew his daughter was so difficult to deal with.

The key is......

Just like the worm in his stomach, whatever he was thinking was exposed by her!

"Since you don't trust me," he said with a stern expression, waving his sleeves vigorously, "I will let Qiao handle this matter, and you just need to come out to greet the guests."

As long as it was just a superficial effort, Lu didn't refuse.

"Li He."

Bai Yanlang made him angry every time he came. Just when he was about to ask someone to move his things away, Bai Youyou spoke again with helplessness on his face.

"Dad, don't blame me for saying that. They are all your children. It's ok for you to treat them unfairly, but you can't be too partial to them."

Bai Youyou ignored his anger and walked over to open the silk and brocade boxes one by one. The jewelry, paper, inkstone, and writing brush inside were all the best of the pile.

Bai Luochuan's gaze fell on the opened brocade boxes, and something seemed to be slowly breaking in his dark pupils.

He had been holding it in for too long, his voice was hoarse, and the tears he had been holding back finally fell from his eyes, "Dad, for so many years, you have always taught me to be open-minded, indifferent to fame and fortune, and not to lose sight of the big picture for petty gains, and not to lose sight of the big picture for short-term gains."

"I have always adhered to your teachings and never competed with my elder brother and third brother for anything. I even contradicted mother many times for Aunt Qiao and the others."

He raised his head and took a deep breath, trying to hold back his tears. When he lowered his head again, he looked at Bai Yanlang with his red eyes, "Dad, I always thought that even if you favored the eldest brother and the third brother, you always had me in your heart."

He curled his lips and smiled sadly, "It turns out that you have never had me in your heart."