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

The love of the parents is far-reaching.

In the end, Lu was doing this for her own children.

Bai Youyou felt sad.

"When your brother gets married, you can go home and live a happy life. You don't have to suffer for us."

"You silly girl."

Mrs. Lu nodded her head and said, "If mother divorces, wouldn't that just make room for that bitch Aunt Qiao?"

"I won't do such a stupid thing," she gritted her teeth when she talked about Aunt Qiao, "As long as your mother is alive, she will always be a concubine!"

Seeing her heroic and high-spirited appearance, Bai Youyou burst out laughing, but still advised: "If you are unhappy, there is no need to sacrifice the rest of your life for it. Aunt Qiao is not worth it for you to do so."

"It's life no matter where you live. Don't worry about it. Mother knows."

The cold wind made her cheeks tense and cracked. Lu rubbed her cold hands and said, "I think your black-hearted father has been pissed off and left. Let's go back."

Bai Yanlang had indeed left and returned to the Yongning Marquis' Mansion.

When Aunt Qiao saw him coming back, she immediately put down her bowl and chopsticks, and hurriedly asked, "My husband, are the Madam and the Fourth Miss back?"

"no!"

Bai Yanlang hadn't had a drop of water all day and was already starving. He strode over, picked up the bowl and started to shovel rice into his mouth.

"That is......"

Aunt Qiao looked at him and opened her mouth, but in the end she could only sit silently beside him and pour him a cup of hot tea.

Bai Yanlang finished all the food on the table, picked up the teacup beside him and took a big gulp of tea. Only then did he feel like he was alive again.

Aunt Qiao clutched her handkerchief, looking very pitiful, but Bai Yanlang ignored her and threw the cup on the table casually, saying coldly: "Sort out all the silver and dowry you have, and I'll use them to pay off the debt later."

After saying this, without waiting for Aunt Qiao to cry, he just turned away.

The cold wind came in through the gaps. Aunt Qiao looked at the swaying door curtains and slumped in her chair.

The small kitchen has not been open for the past two months, and Mrs. Liu has not had any money to work with.

As servants, they have always shared the same fate as their masters.

Seeing Aunt Qiao's pale lips, Mrs. Liu said carefully, "Aunt, Madam doesn't want to take care of this matter, why don't you go find the old lady?"

"She won't care."

Aunt Qiao looked depressed.

Nothing in this Marquis's Mansion escapes the old lady's eyes. There is no way she doesn't know what happened yesterday.

The fact that she hasn't sent anyone to ask about it until now is enough to prove that she won't take care of this mess.

Bai Yanlang did not come back at night and stayed in the study.

Aunt Qiao really couldn't think of a solution and could only count her dowry with a gloomy look on her face.

The Qiao family didn't give much dowry, but in addition to silver, she also saved a lot of valuable things over the years.

However, all these things converted into cash only amounted to 5,000 taels of silver, which was still more than half of the 11,000 taels.

She was so anxious that two blisters appeared at the corners of her mouth.

It was obviously impossible to go back to her mother's home for help, as her eldest brother was now the head of the Qiao family.

My eldest brother was born to my aunt, and he has the same father as her but different mothers. Her mother died of illness earlier.

Back then, she was not eager to be someone's concubine. If she had not overheard the conversation between her eldest brother and his father by chance, she would have been sent to the Minister of Revenue, who was over 60 years old at the time, as a concubine.

Since they were all to be concubines, she would naturally choose a taller one among the short ones.

Because of this incident, her elder brother and sister-in-law still don't like her very much. If she wasn't favored in the Marquis' Mansion, they would have cut off relations with her long ago.

The table was piled with valuable gold and silver jewelry, some silver bills, house deeds and land deeds. Mrs. Liu made a rough estimate in her mind and felt a headache for Aunt Qiao.

Seeing Aunt Qiao staring at those things in a trance, she rolled her eyes, leaned down, and deliberately lowered her voice and said, "Aunt, you only have this much private property in your hands. If you give it all away, what will you give to the young ladies and young masters to support them when they get married in the future?"

"Then what do you think we should do?"

Aunt Qiao came back to her senses after hearing this and looked at her hopefully.

"Aren't the fourth young lady and the mistress not at home? The title deed to the manor is probably still in the house. Why don't we -"

Before Mrs. Liu could finish her words, Aunt Qiao shouted at her, "Shut up!"

"I am just saying this, please calm down, Auntie."

Mrs. Liu was frightened by her and immediately bowed her head to admit her mistake.

"That manor is worth two thousand taels. If Lu reports it to the government, it will be a serious crime punishable by exile three thousand miles away!"

Mrs. Liu has been following her to the Yongning Marquis' Mansion for eighteen years. Her son has married her maid who came with her as a dowry, and now she works as a manager in her own shop.

Aunt Qiao knew that she was thinking about her, and her expression softened. "I know you are thinking about me, but this is a crime of theft, and it is no joke."

"Of course I know." Mrs. Liu's tense body relaxed a little, "But since the deed is here, you can't say that you took it."

"You mean..."

Aunt Qiao understood what she meant, paused for a moment, and a hint of heat flashed in her dark eyes.

Yes.

If the land deed was given to Bai Yanlang, would that little bitch Bai Youyou still be able to send her father in jail without mercy?

After struggling for a moment, she gritted her teeth and whispered to Granny Liu: "Granny Liu, please do this quietly and don't let anyone find out."

"it is good."

Mrs. Liu nodded in agreement.

The night was as dark as ink, and you couldn’t see your hand in front of you.

In the middle of the night, Mrs. Liu, wrapped in a thick dark blue cotton jacket, quietly opened the door and slipped out.

When she arrived at Bai Youyou's Tingfang Garden, she looked around, and after making sure that there was no one in the yard, she walked to a small window and sneaked in.

Bai Youyou never thought that they would be so bold as to sneak into her yard in the middle of the night to steal things. The deed to Zaozhuang was actually found by Liu Pozi.

Aunt Qiao didn't sleep well that night. When it was almost dawn, she asked the maid to light the lamp and she got dressed and got out of bed.

After stealing the land deed, Mrs. Liu didn't dare to sleep. When she saw the light on in her room, she quickly knocked on the door and went in, taking the land deed with her.

"Go down."

Seeing her face filled with joy, Aunt Qiao quickly dismissed the familiar maid who was serving her.

Mrs. Liu closed the door vigilantly, and only after making sure that no one was eavesdropping did she take out the land deed that was almost warm in her arms.

"Auntie, I got it."

"Give me."

Aunt Qiao excitedly took the deed, read it over, and after confirming it was authentic, she quickly placed it among the pile of house deeds.

After thinking for a while, she took out a ten-liang silver ingot from her dressing box and placed it in front of Mrs. Liu, "Mrs. Liu, use this ten liang of silver to buy some wine."

"Thank you, auntie."

Mrs. Liu was overjoyed. After thanking him repeatedly, she grabbed the silver ingot and put it into her sleeve.

After Aunt Qiao calmed down, she said solemnly, "You better keep today's incident to yourself."