Hong Xi never expected that things would change so much. She was just here to perform meritorious service and help the prince ask for Xiyi Zhai. Why is it like this now?
Looking at the sharp official from the Ministry of Justice in front of her, Hong Xi stretched out her hand and pointed in the air. But she couldn't say a word.
"Second Young Master Chu, maybe it's not Yu Lanyan, there may be someone else." Yu Xijiao said calmly.
"Why isn't it Yu Lanyan? Yu Lanyan had an affair with others, plotted the dowry of County Lord Lanxuan, and deliberately framed my eldest brother...she, she will bear the guilt even if she dies."
Chu Zidan was really anxious, cold sweat broke out on his forehead. He believed that Kangbo Kangbo Mansion would not be able to handle this crime. He stamped his feet hard and glared at Hongxi fiercely: "Bitch girl, if you haven't told the truth, why are you still caring about it now?"
Isn’t your old master good?”
Chu Zidan deliberately emphasized the word "old".
"Yes...these were given to me by the third girl. I don't know that they are...fake." Hongxi once again had a "quick wit" and found the only feasible explanation for her at the moment.
After saying that, tears fell down, "I'm serious, I really didn't know that Miss Three had this intention. I thought what I was having with Miss Three was genuine."
At this time, every "slave" would be heard, crying inconsolably.
"Did you prepare it early?" Looking at her performance, Yu Xijiao said coldly.
"I don't know. I don't know anything. I was sent to the third girl after the county king's accident. At that time, the third girl pointed to these and said that these are all hers...from now on...
...Everything from now on will be hers." Hong Xi cried miserably. At this time, she could no longer care about her dignity, and she had a lot of tears and runny nose.
Of course this kind of thing was blamed on Yu Lanyan, who was already "dead" anyway.
"Marquis Zhengyuan was away fighting for the country, and he returned home wrapped in horse leather. Unexpectedly, after his death, his daughter would be plotted in this way. Could these fake contracts and the dowry have been plotted by Yu Lanyan a long time ago?" Yu Xi
She said in a low voice, with sadness in her voice, "The county king saved my life back then, and I will try my best to repay the county king's kindness. I just don't know how many people Zhengyuanhou saved back then still remember!"
Before he finished speaking, many people present remembered the rebellion more than twenty years ago. At that time, the capital was a river of blood and how many people died. It was Zhengyuan Hou who led his people to pacify the capital and protect the capital at that time.
common people.
Even if those present have no personal experience, their elders will talk about it from time to time. Therefore, compared to other officials, Zhengyuanhou is more likely to resonate with others.
Yu Lanyan is not a good woman, that's for sure. However, everyone only thought that she had a bad reputation before. Unexpectedly, she actually plotted against Yu Lanxuan early. This means that Yu Lanyan's marriage on behalf of others was originally a scam. How could it be?
The words left by Mr. Lanxuan County are clearly plotting the dowry of Mr. Lanxuan County.
There were some things that everyone only suspected in their hearts before, but now Yu Xijiao exposed them again and again. Everyone was very angry. They didn't know who started it first. A rotten egg was thrown at Hong Xi, and then some rotten eggs were thrown at her.
Vegetable leaves...
No matter how nice Hong Xi said it, it was hard for others to believe that this maid who betrayed her master had true intentions. How could she happily follow Yu Lanyan into the door of Xin Kangbo Mansion when her master just died?
What's more, when she came in just now, this maid was very domineering.
She kept saying "I" and didn't regard herself as a maid at all. The Xiyi Zhai was in chaos. The member of the Criminal Department scolded people to leave while maintaining order. Yu Xijiao asked Manager Qi to help maintain the order.
,dredge.
The crowd was slowly led outside the door. The crowd blocked the door and refused to retreat. Everyone was filled with indignation. Some even shouted and beat the maid to death.
Under the protection of two servants, Chu Zidan was about to sneak out and escape. The crowd was so excited that he panicked.
"Is the Second Young Master Chu returning home to talk about the return of the dowry?" Yu Xijiao bowed to Chu Zidan generously and asked with a smile, "Although the Crown Prince of Zhengyuan Hou is not in the capital, if Xin Kangbo Mansion returns the dowry,
The dowry is affectionate and righteous."
A married woman can have her dowry refunded if she leaves no heirs, but the dowry refund must be done by someone from the woman's natal family.
Now it is impossible for other people from the Zhengyuanhou Mansion to come forward, and the Crown Prince of Zhengyuanhou is not in the capital, which means that it is impossible to take the initiative to ask for it.
Then the Xinkang Bo Mansion needs to return the dowry itself.
As if the crowd had been reminded, someone immediately shouted: "Yes, look for Xin Kangbo Mansion."
"Let Xin Kangbo Mansion refund the dowry."
"Marquis Zhengyuan protected us back then, now we can't just watch his children suffer."...
As soon as they responded to the call, the people turned around and rushed towards Xin Kangbo Mansion. Chu Zidan was so crowded that he almost fell down. Only after being protected by two servants did he regain his footing.
"Second Young Master, what should we do?" A servant asked eagerly, "This... something big is going to happen."
"Let's go back home immediately." Chu Zidan said hurriedly. His carriage was parked in an alley on one side. At this moment, he didn't care about anything else and had to go back to report the news.
In Xin Kangbo's house, Mrs. Xin Kangbo found her son uneasily.
"Han'er, your brother has been out for a while, why haven't you sent someone back yet?" Mrs. Xin Kangbo was very uneasy, so she asked when she came in, "Is there anything going on with the deed?"
"Mom, nothing will happen to you." Yu Zihan smiled gently, comforting Mrs. Xin Kangbo.
"These days... things always go wrong, so be careful." Mrs. Xin Kangbo said, sitting down on a chair on the side, "Your brother has been gone for so long... Didn't you ask him to send a letter early?
"
"Second brother has always been like this, mother, don't worry." Yu Zihan said.
"These shops were originally included in the dowry given by the county prince, and they are considered to belong to our family. Even if there are some mistakes, it doesn't matter. Things like love and reason are ours." Although Mrs. Xin Kangbo was uneasy, she still said to herself
He said these words to himself.
This was said to Chu Zihan, but also to herself.
After saying that, I really felt a lot calmer, and my previous uneasiness was relieved. I raised my eyes and looked at my son confidently: "No matter what, these things came into our house, they belong to our house. Why did the county magistrate buy them early?"
Get out, who knows what’s going on.”
"That's what mother said." Chu Zihan responded with a good temper.
Mrs. Xin Kangbo suddenly turned her eyes: "Han'er, do you think this is the plot of the second house of Zhengyuan Hou Mansion? They deliberately blocked a lot of dowries and took away a few important things.
The Pinghou Mansion and the Zhengyuanhou Mansion both belong to the Yu family, and the daughter of the Xuanping Hou Mansion has become the owner of the county gentleman's shop. You must be lying!"
"What does mother mean?"
"Ms. Ning is not an honest person at first glance. What does it matter if she is just a wife of a foreign minister? She suddenly had no choice but to marry a daughter before, but how could she really let the entire dowry go to her younger daughter? How could she still do it?
He has a son and an eldest daughter." Mrs. Xincombo sneered.
The more I talk about it, the more it feels like it.
She had always looked down upon the second lady of the Zhengyuan Marquis Mansion, and she didn't know how her despicable daughter hooked up with her son, but she actually let him have a secret relationship with her.
But even so, Mrs. Xin Kangbo had at most agreed to let her enter her house as a concubine. She didn't expect that she was so lucky that she could actually marry him when the county prince was in trouble.
For the sake of the dowry, Mrs. Xin Kangbo would not agree to it in any case.
She had always known how generous Lanxuan County's dowry was, and Mrs. Xin Kangbo had repeatedly expressed her satisfaction with this daughter-in-law who came with a full dowry.
But now, the more Mrs. Xin Kangbo thinks about it, the more she feels that Ning did not really mean to send the dowry at that time, and secretly left several shops secretly, claiming that the girls from the Xuanping Marquis Mansion bought them.
"Who doesn't know that Mrs. Qian of Xuanpinghou is Ning's cousin. The two sisters colluded and it was easy to keep the dowry shop. Li Daitao was able to get married, and what else?
Things can't be done." Mrs. Xincombo said, slapping the table.
These words involved Chu Zihan, who couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed on his face, and coughed lowly: "Mom, no matter what the reason is, these shops will eventually come back."
As soon as she said this, Mrs. Xin Kangbo's face showed joy. Xiyi Zhai was a big shop, and such a good shop was about to become her own. How could she not like it?
Although she had long regarded Yu Lanxuan's things as her own, she had not officially seen them yet.
The joy on Mrs. Xin Kangbo's face turned into a sigh: "If we had gotten married a month earlier, when the Anguo Palace was still there, there would have been a heavy dowry. If the county prince married into the family, the dowry would not have been less than half a penny. If something happened to the Anguo Palace again,
, you can also divorce the person back."
At that time, something had happened in An Guogong's palace. Who would care about a divorced woman? As for the dowry, it was impossible to pay it back. In that way, it would be possible to get a complete dowry and not lack anything.
"Mom, be careful what you say." Chu Zihan's face darkened and he warned in a low voice.
"I know that I won't talk nonsense. It's just you at this moment. There's nothing we, mother and son, can't say." Mrs. Xincombo said nonchalantly.
She was now filled with regrets, and the more she thought about it, the more she felt she was at a loss. She just lamented why she had not strongly requested to advance the marriage, otherwise such a thing would not have happened. It was because she was not strong-willed.
"Mother, you can talk about other things, but you must not talk about the affairs of Duke An Guo's Mansion." Seeing that his mother didn't listen, Chu Zihan reminded her specifically.
"Why can't you say it? This matter is over. What does Duke Anguo's collaboration with the enemy have to do with us?" Mrs. Xin Kangbo said disapprovingly.
"Mother, if you don't want anything to happen to our house, just remember not to mention it again, not even at all." Chu Zihan's face changed drastically, and his voice was high and low, as if he were two different people from his gentle demeanor before.
Mrs. Xin Kangbo was startled, and just as she was about to speak, she suddenly saw a woman stumbling over. She fell to the ground just after entering the door: "Madam, it's bad, something big has happened!"