Becoming a widow for the sake of good fortune? The short-lived prince lived a hundred years

Chapter 16 Even if my father is a piece of shit, I can’t let them scold me

"Yan Xining, I know what you're up to. You just married into the royal palace and thought you had the support of the palace, so you're emboldened and want to extort money from me?" Tian Jiaying said disdainfully, "What your mother left behind was just a few melons and dates, and I don't even care about it. Stop slandering me!"

"Then don't regret it!"

Yan Xining smiled, looking relaxed and carefree.

"You, what do you want to do?" Nanxia stipulated that dowry was a woman's private property, generally passed down to daughters, not sons. If her husband's family used a woman's dowry, it would be extremely embarrassing if it got out. If she spread rumors outside, and people thought the Weiyuan Marquisate had swallowed the original wife's dowry, wouldn't the Marquisate be embarrassed?

Seeing that she stopped asking, Tian Jiaying became more and more certain that she was just asking casually. Fortunately, she kept her composure, otherwise, she would have fallen into the trap of this country girl.

Yan Xining stopped asking about her mother's dowry and changed the subject: "I brought some of the servants you gave me as a dowry today!"

Tian Jiaying looked at her suspiciously: "What do you mean?"

Yan Xining spread her hands and said, "It's nothing. Seeing that the prince is in poor health, they think the same as you do. They think it's better to rely on the Marquis' Mansion than the prince's mansion in the future. They don't want to stay in the prince's mansion. I don't like to force people, so I brought them back!"

Tian Jiaying sneered, "Where is he?"

Yan Xining turned to Caizhu and said, "Go and bring the person over!"

After a while, the servants stood in two rows in front of Tian Jiaying.

Yan Xining opened his palm towards her.

Tian Jiaying glanced at her: "What?"

"These servants are my dowry. I've returned them. I'll convert them into silver. Each one will only be worth two taels. Twenty taels of silver is not too much, right?"

"You send them back, and you ask me for money?"

"You don't want to pay? Then I'll just take it back!"

"That's your freedom!"

Yan Xining smiled and said, "You're right!" She turned her palms up again!

"What do you mean?"

"Twelve dowries, weren't they listed on the dowry list? Do you want to keep the indenture so you can have children?"

Tian Jiaying was stunned by her careless and unscrupulous words. She didn't put these people's indentures in there because she wanted to disgust Yan Xining. She also wanted to use these indentures to control these people and pass on Yan Xining's situation to them. She didn't expect that she had the courage to ask for them in person.

However, compared with the dowry left by Mrs. Luo, what are these twelve indentures?

She said angrily: "I'll give it to you later!"

"It's better not to wait a moment. Send someone to get it now, or I'll go with you. Madam, you have no credibility in my eyes!"

Tian Jiaying was furious, but for some reason, when she met Yan Xining's smiling eyes, she felt as if a bucket of snow water was poured on her. She couldn't help but feel cold, and couldn't say anything unpleasant. She squeezed out a word from between her teeth: "I'll send someone to get it right away!"

When the ten servants heard that something was amiss, one of them knelt down and said, "Madam, please take us in. We don't want to go back to the palace!"

As she knelt, ten people knelt down one after another, all begging Tian Jiaying to take them in.

Tian Jiaying glanced at Yan Xining with a hint of pride, and asked her personal nanny to bring the list and the indenture.

Afterwards, Yan Xining happily received twenty taels of silver and two indentures, then she turned around and left without any regrets.

Tian Jiaying asked anxiously, "Where are you going?"

"Didn't you just say that Prince An wouldn't live long and I'd soon become a widow? Before I become a widow, I have to stay by the prince's side and pass on your regards!"

"What greeting?"

Yan Xining paused: "I want to be the widow's greeting!"

"Did I mean that? You, come back!"

Yan Xining ignored her and walked away quickly.

Tian Jiaying had no choice but to follow quickly.

Chu Jinxun said he wanted to visit Weiyuan Marquis Mansion, but he stopped every few steps. Jingfeng was beside him and helped to hold the ginseng tea. Yan Xiaozhen felt that the boss was impatient, but he had to patiently accompany him.

After feeling contemptuous, his expression was very perfunctory. But Chu Jinxun was in high spirits and kept asking questions that sounded too boring for him to answer.

But Marquis Weiyuan was worthy of being the man who could prop up a declining third-class marquisate, and he actually accompanied Chu Jinxun for half a circle.

Until they met Tian Jiaying and Yan Xining.

Yan Xiaozhen smiled kindly, "Xining, what are you guys talking about? You seem quite happy."

"We weren't talking about anything. We were talking about when the Marquis' Mansion would count my biological mother's dowry and let me take it back!"

Yan Xiaozhen: “…”

He glanced at Yan Xining unhappily and said, "Where did your mother get the dowry? What nonsense are you talking about?"

He turned around and said to Chu Jinxun with a smile: "My dear son-in-law, please forgive me for laughing. Xining has been raised in the countryside for many years and is not very familiar with the situation in the mansion. She probably thinks that her mother left a dowry, but it is not true."

On this point, he and Tian Jiaying had the same idea: if there was no evidence, they could just say there was no evidence.

But after he said this, he saw Chu Jinxun smiling at him, and that smile was meaningful.

He didn't understand, but he always felt something was wrong.

At this moment, the butler suddenly came running over. He ran to Yan Xiaozhen in one breath and said, "My Lord, the Holy Imperial Edict has arrived!"

Yan Xiaozhen was surprised. Nothing had happened in the court recently, so why did the imperial edict suddenly come?

He ordered, "Set up the incense table quickly!" while looking at Chu Jinxun: "My dear son-in-law, does this imperial edict have anything to do with you?"

Yan Xining came over to support Chu Jinxun: "Is this related to yesterday's thanksgiving?"

"What happened to Xie En yesterday?" Yan Xiaozhen saw that her expression was a little strange, and he had a bad feeling in his heart.

"Nothing!" Yan Xining said slowly, "It was just that at the wine tasting party held by the Third Prince yesterday, there was a conflict with some princes and princesses. I accidentally injured a few of them."

"What what?" Yan Xiaozhen stuttered, "You hit the prince?"

"He hit the princess too!"

"You...you..." Yan Xiaozhen pointed at her, feeling like he couldn't breathe properly. "How dare you attack the prince and princess in the palace? Who gave you the courage?"

"Those princes and princesses called me a country girl, born with a mother but no father! We country people are straightforward. If anyone makes me unhappy, I will make him happy!"

"Then you can't do anything!"

"No, that won't do. Even if my dad is a piece of shit, I can't let them scold me!"

"Thank you so much!" Yan Xiaozhen gritted his teeth and squeezed out the sounds.

"You don't have to be so polite!"

Yan Xiaozhen pointed his index finger at her and blurted out angrily: "How dare you shift the blame to someone else? I will settle the score with you later!" After saying that, he ran out in a hurry.

The incense table has been set up in the front yard.

It was Quanzhong who came to convey the imperial edict.

The corners of Yan Xining's mouth twitched. This eunuch Quan is really busy.

Yan Xiaozhen wanted to exchange a few pleasantries, but Quanzhong looked at him and said, "My Lord, we are following the Emperor's orders, so let's get down to business first!"

Yan Xiaozhen didn't feel embarrassed, but his heart was beating fast. Everyone in Weiyuan Marquis's Mansion fell to their knees.

Chu Jinxun and Yan Xining also knelt down to listen to the order, but because of their different status, they knelt in front.

Yan Xiaozhen glared fiercely at Yan Xining's back again. He was convinced that Yan Xining must have beaten the prince or princess in the palace, and the emperor was punishing her!

This rebellious girl dared to drag Weiyuan Marquis's family into the trouble. She will be in trouble when she receives the imperial edict!