Transmigrated into a short-lived widow? Cold-faced uncle fights for my life

Jiang Mingwei watched the show with a smile on her face.

Lu Yun's eyes were blurred with tears, and Zhou was silent for a while, then asked, "Have you thought it through?"

Lu Yun nodded, and Zhou looked at Jiang Mingwei.

Jiang Mingwei thought that the highlight had finally arrived, and Zhou and Lu Yun didn't feel tired after acting for so long.

Zhou said, "You don't agree to Lu Yun coming in as a co-wife, which is already unvirtuous and unfilial. Lu Yun doesn't have to come in, but you have to promise one thing."

"If you agree, I will agree that Lu Yun won't come in."

Jiang Mingwei almost laughed. Zhou's twisted logic was really unbeatable.

Zhou said, "Heng'er is about to turn three years old, and he is about to start learning. He is the only male child left by Zhi'er in our Wei family. Not just any shabby person can be his master."

Jiang Mingwei nodded: "Yes. Then what?"

Zhou: "I heard that your father was close to the Wang family when he was alive, and he was also your brother's teacher. You should find a way to invite him to teach Heng'er. If you agree, Lu Yun will follow your wishes and not marry into the Wei family."

Jiang Mingwei thought to herself, this old woman is quite shameless. Who is the Wang family? They are the head of the literary world and can even educate the prince. What kind of family are you from, the Wei family? How dare you covet them!

But she did not refuse. Instead, she smiled and said, "That's fine. How can I not obey my mother's order? But Mr. Wang is getting older and rarely goes out. If you want to invite him, you have to spend some effort."

To put it simply, it requires money.

Zhou had no money, and looked embarrassed. Jiang Mingwei pretended to be considerate and said, "This child is your husband's blood, and also my child. The money needed can be paid from my dowry, so you don't need to worry about it, mother."

First of all, you have to get your dowry back!

Jiang Mingwei knew very well that without money, life in those days was a hundred times more difficult than in modern times.

"No!" Zhou refused subconsciously, but then realized that she was overreacting, so she lowered her voice and said, "This, this doesn't make sense..."

Jiang Mingwei's dowry had long been secretly moved by her to her private vault, and a lot of it had been spent. As soon as Jiang Mingwei opened the door of the dowry vault, the matter was exposed!

Lu Yun was also a little surprised. Why did Zhou react like this?

"I know that mother loves me, but money is a vulgar thing. How can it be as important as Heng'er's enlightenment?"

Jiang Mingwei smiled and grabbed Zhou's arm and walked towards the storeroom in the mansion. "Speaking of which, Master Wang is the best at calligraphy and painting. My dowry also includes a painting of "Autumn Wind" by Master Dong of the previous dynasty that my father found for me. It will definitely impress Master Wang..."

Zhou was unable to resist and was forced to open the warehouse door.

The warehouse was in full view, with dozens of empty boxes coming into view.

Jiang Mingwei sneered in her heart and said in shock: "How could this happen? Could it be that there were thieves in the house? Come quickly! Report to the police immediately--"

"Wait!" Zhou hurriedly stopped him, "No, you can't report it to the police..."

Lu Yun also understood what was going on at this time, and followed to stop Jiang Mingwei, "Madam..."

But was interrupted by a voice.

"What do you mean?"

Several people turned around.

Wei Jing stood behind, frowning.

Zhou didn't want him to hear about Lu Yun marrying into the Wei family, so she drove him out of the main hall. After waiting for a long time, he saw several people walking towards Jiang Mingwei's dowry warehouse, so he followed them.

Jiang Mingwei suddenly had an idea: "I wanted to take a painting from my dowry to give to Wei Heng as a gift for his apprenticeship, but when I opened the door, the storeroom was empty. I was just about to ask someone to report to the police."

Wei Jing had no doubts and said in a deep voice: "Mother, the house has been robbed, so it would be better to send officials to investigate."

Zhou was angry at Jiang Mingwei and Wei Jing, but there were servants around her. She was being stared at by dozens of eyes, and she was sweating profusely. For the sake of her face, she finally couldn't hold it in.

She said, "Your dowry was not stolen. I thought you were young and didn't know much about household affairs, so I ordered someone to move it to the storehouse in the mansion to help you take care of it..."

Help take care of it?

Jiang Mingwei sneered.

That sounds nice, but why didn't you tell me about it before helping me take care of it? And you had to move out?

Afraid that Jiang Mingwei would make a fuss again if she saw that the dowry was less, Zhou said awkwardly: "The expenses in the mansion have been huge in the past two years, and it has been difficult to make ends meet, so I borrowed your dowry to make up for some of it..."

Borrow? I'm afraid a lot of it has already been embezzled!

She was angry, and she knew that it would be difficult to return the part of the dowry that Zhou had embezzled, so she was determined to get the rest back from Zhou:

"I think it's because my mother is old and doesn't have enough energy to manage the household expenses, so the Wei family has been in trouble. My mother already has a grandson, so why not return the dowry to me so that I can enjoy my grandson and live out my days in peace."

Zhou's face changed. She knew that this bitch would not be so kind, and she wanted to take the opportunity to get the dowry back!

She refused, "No! You don't know how to take care of it, and giving it to you will only make you lose more money. Can't I take care of it for you?"

Jiang Mingwei was not annoyed and smiled: "In this case, my daughter-in-law can only report to the police. Who knows whether the dowry was used by my mother or stolen by thieves."

Wei Jing listened for a while, his face gradually darkened, and he couldn't help but said: "Mother, the dowry belongs to my sister-in-law, don't hold on to it anymore."

If the matter gets out, everyone will know that the Wei family secretly misappropriated their daughter-in-law's dowry.

Zhou's face turned pale with anger, and she knew in her heart that what Wei Jing said made sense.

She threw the key to the ground angrily and left angrily.

Jiang Mingwei achieved her wish, picked up the key, and smiled brightly at Wei Jing and Lu Yun.

"If the painting is still there, Wei Heng's enlightenment will not be a problem, but if it is not there, I am helpless. I hope Miss Lu will tell mother this."

"If mother has any objections, I will go to the government and ask for their help. I should be able to get the painting back."

The sarcasm in her eyes was not concealed. Lu Yun was so humiliated that he felt extremely embarrassed and his face turned pale without responding.

Jiang Mingwei ignored the two people beside her and asked the servants to go to the treasury to move her dowry to the private treasury allocated to her by Wei Zhi.

You could even hear cursing when passing by the gate of Zhou's courtyard.

Jiang Mingwei took back her dowry. She was in a good mood, so she pretended not to hear anything and listened to Hua Cui reporting the items on the dowry list one by one.

"Six pairs of green jade bracelets, twelve pairs of silver jewelry..."

It was not until dark that the inventory was basically completed.

Jiang Mingwei roughly calculated that the money squandered by Zhou was only one-tenth of the dowry, but it was not a small amount when taken alone. Jiang Mingwei still felt painful when she thought about it.

Hua Cui was also very angry: "The old lady is too much, this is the young lady's dowry, and she actually spent so much!"

Jiang Mingwei sighed and said, "The money has been spent, Zhou will not return it, it's good enough to get the dowry back."

Thinking of something, Jiang Mingwei said, "Go back and tell Chunyun first, I want to eat the sweet and sour pork she made. I'm starving."

Hua Cui took the order and trotted away.

Jiang Mingwei walked back slowly, thinking about how to leave the Wei Mansion.

Suddenly, Jiang Mingwei caught a glimpse of a dark shadow rushing past from not far away. Jiang Mingwei became alert immediately and her eyes fell on the gate in front of her.

The wooden door was extremely old, without even a wooden plaque. It was Wei Jing's yard.

Zhou didn't like Wei Jing, and it was only at Wei Zhi's insistence that she got a small courtyard, which was far away from the main hall and even more shabby than Jiang Mingwei's.

That black shadow...did he enter Wei Jing's yard? Could he be an assassin?

Jiang Mingwei tiptoed to the door, hesitated for a moment, then raised her hand and pushed the door open.

creak-

The wooden door made a sound, and before Jiang Mingwei could see clearly, she was pulled in with great force. With a clang, the gate closed.

Jiang Mingwei was strangled by the neck, and the hot breath was close to her ears.

Wei Jing said in a hoarse voice: "Did you drug me?"