Tai Jingwan watched helplessly as her husband married a second wife, only to discover that she could hear the inner voice of the new wife, Madam Jiang.
When Marquis Gu was thinking of using h...
"Don't worry, my dear. The most urgent thing is to save our third brother first." Tai Jingwan stood beside Gu Huaizhi calmly, with an understanding look on her face.
Gu Huaizhi's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he was delighted. At this moment, as long as Tai Jingwan was willing to help, it would not be impossible to save his third brother.
"Madam, it's not that I don't want to save my third brother, but they want one hundred thousand taels of gold, which is not a small amount." Gu Huaizhi looked at Tai Jingwan with embarrassment and said.
"Sister-in-law, please save me, I don't want to die." When Gu Mingzhi heard that Tai Jingwan was willing to save him, he quickly shouted to Tai Jingwan.
[Sister, are you stupid? You are being taken advantage of. They are ungrateful people! 】
Jiang Jinyue was very anxious, but she couldn't say anything to stop Tai Jingwan.
"Husband, there are a few ancient paintings in my dowry. Why don't you pawn them first?" Tai Jingwan said sincerely.
Jiang Jinyue was so angry that she stamped her feet and cursed Tai Jingwan in her heart as a big fool.
Even though her dowry was being secretly used by others, she was still eager to give it back to them.
"How can this be possible? Madam's dowry is the confidence given to her by the Tai family." Gu Huaizhi suppressed the joy in his heart and deliberately said words of refusal.
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You know, as long as Tai Jingwan gives in this time, he will find a way to sell all those things.
By then, Tai Jingwan would definitely not know how much her dowry was worth, right?
"You and I are husband and wife. My third brother is not only your brother, but also my brother. I should do my best." Tai Jingwan lowered her eyes to hide the sarcasm in her eyes, turned around and said to Zhenzhu behind her: "Zhenzhu, go to my storehouse and get my painting "The Heavenly King Delivering a Child"."
She emphasized the words "Heavenly King Delivering a Child" on purpose.
Gu Huaizhi, who was standing by, felt his Adam's apple rolling and sweat beading on his forehead when he heard this.
Everyone was wondering if Tai Jingwan did it on purpose. After all, the painting of the King of Heaven delivering a child was not in the warehouse.
"So there is an authentic one, but you deliberately brought a fake one to scare me? If you don't bring out the authentic one within half an hour, I will chop off one of his arms!" Niu San pressed the knife against Gu Mingzhi's neck, leaving a bloody mark.
"Brother, sister-in-law, please save me, please take out the painting quickly!" Gu Mingzhi had been pampered since he was a child, and had never suffered such a hardship.
"Zhenzhu, why don't you go quickly?" Tai Jingwan urged Zhenzhu who was standing beside her.
Pearl, who was originally very puzzled, went there happily after hearing what was said. She knew very well that her young lady's dowry had long been moved to Xuanwu Street.
"Wait a minute!" Jiang Jinyue suddenly stopped in front of Zhenzhu, looking at Tai Jingwan anxiously and said, "Sister! Wu Daozi's original works are priceless, and they can't be found with money. How can you give them?"
[My dear sister, please don't be silly. There are only a few authentic works of Wu Daozi. You still want to use the "Heavenly King Delivering a Child" to save this ungrateful person. How can they be worthy of each other? 】
Jiang Jinyue thought to herself that she must stop Tai Jing from doing anything stupid.
"Jiang! It's not your turn to interrupt here!" Gu Huaizhi didn't expect Jiang Jinyue to come out to stop him, and he shouted at her for a moment.
Gu Huaizhi then signaled Yanshu beside him to quickly put the painting of the Heavenly King Delivering a Child back into Tai Jingwan's dowry.
Although he was reluctant to take out the painting, if he could get the painting through Tai Jingwan's hand, he could then use some silver to send Niu San away.
This is also a good idea. In this way, the original painting of Heavenly King Delivering a Child will be in his hands. Later, when he wants to take the painting out, he can do so openly.
Yanshu received the order from his master and hurried to the study.
Tai Jingwan gently pulled Jiang Jinyue, who was a little excited, over and patted her hand three times.
Jiang Jinyue, who was originally anxious, was stunned for a moment. At this time, she thought about it carefully. She remembered that Tai Jingwan had told her that the dowry in the betrothal gifts should be kept with her temporarily. She also remembered the expression on Tai Jingwan's face when she found out that the Gu family used her dowry to propose to her.
Jiang Jinyue suddenly thought that maybe Tai Jingwan would have her own arrangements.
Thinking of this, Jiang Jinyue stepped aside obediently, thinking to herself that she must not ruin Sister Tai's good deeds.
Zhenzhu quickly brought over a rosewood painting box.
"Miss, the painting is here." Zhenzhu handed the painting box to Tai Jingwan with a serious look on her face.
"My Lord." Tai Jingwan handed the painting box back to Gu Huaizhi with a gentle look on her face.
"Paint it here, let him go quickly!" At this moment, Gu Huaizhi felt that he had both face and substance, and he became more and more satisfied with Tai Jingwan.
I thought to myself, she is indeed a princess raised by an aristocratic family, not as petty as the one Gu Nianshu treated her.
Niu San snatched the painting and opened the painting box directly. He suddenly became furious: "You are using fakes to fool me again!"
The painting broke into two pieces in his hand, and Gu Mingzhi was so frightened that he wet his pants.
"What nonsense are you talking about?" Gu Huaizhi didn't know at this time that Tai Jingwan had already replaced the original painting. Both the one that Gu Mingzhi took out and the one that was torn into pieces at this time were fake.
However, at this time, Gu Huaizhi just thought that Niu San was ungrateful and actually tore up the priceless ancient painting in their Xuanping Marquis Mansion.
Thinking of this, Gu Huaizhi stood up angrily.
"You are so good, Niu San, you actually destroyed the property of my Xuanping Marquis Mansion. Yanyun, go report to the police. I will ask Lord Chang of Shuntian Prefecture to take good care of this. There are actually people so arrogant under the feet of the emperor!" Gu Huaizhi thought that he was in the right now, so he was not afraid of this rogue Niu San.
He thought to himself that it was just right for him, and he could use Lord Chang's help to punish Niu San for bullying his third brother.
"My painting of the Heavenly King Delivering a Child, this was the dowry my father carefully prepared for me. It was specially brought from Jiangnan when my grandfather was still alive." Tai Jingwan looked at the painting that was torn in half, staggered back a step, and couldn't hold back her tears any longer.
"Miss, don't be sad. The master must be aware of this. I will go back to the mansion and ask the master to come and make the decision for you." Zhenzhu said indignantly while helping Tai Jingwan up.
"Hmph, Niu San, you actually destroyed the dowry that my father-in-law carefully prepared for my wife. You should know that my father-in-law is the Minister of Personnel. You can just wait to go to jail!" Gu Huaizhi was so proud in his heart.
At this time, if his father-in-law came forward, Niu San would probably be imprisoned for life. You know, Shuntian Prefecture also relies on the Ministry of Personnel.
"Are you from the Gu family the thief crying "Stop thief"? This picture of the Heavenly King Delivering a Child is clearly fake. Even I, an illiterate person, know it's fake. And you still want to ask the Minister to come and see? Even if this matter is brought to the Shuntian Prefecture, I will still say it's fake!" Niu San angrily kicked the stretcher over, causing Gu Mingzhi on the stretcher to cry loudly in pain.
"Hey, it seems that this really isn't a picture of the King of Heaven delivering a child." Jiang Jinyue suddenly said.