Chapter 231: Controlling Cui

Zhu shook her head and said, "Mother, you are too kind. If I did that, my black-hearted mother-in-law would have taken action against me long ago! If it doesn't work, send her to a nunnery to practice, so that she won't be upset at home."

Mrs. Zhu disagreed. "I can keep an eye on her at home. If I let her out, who knows what she will do if she goes crazy? Your eldest brother has a mistress and a child outside. I can't let her find the person before me."

Zhu was shocked, "Mother, are you really planning to find those two? What if they are not sons?"

Mrs. Zhu didn't like what she heard, and reprimanded with a stern face: "Even if he's not a son, he's still the bloodline of our Zhu family. Isn't that what you said?"

Zhu was a little embarrassed. She just said that casually that day just to disgust Cui, but she didn't know that her mother had taken it to heart.

Mrs. Zhu glanced at her daughter and asked about Su Chunsen's family. "You said your eldest brother took the initiative to ask that family to serve his mistress. Why is that?"

In her opinion, her son was smart and shrewd, and would never take the initiative to hand over the handle to the other party. It was very risky to use the servants of the Bai family, so it would be better to find an excuse to find an inconspicuous servant from home! At worst, he could buy a few from the people. He must have a reason for doing this.

Zhu curled her lips, not wanting to use her brain at all, "How should I know what big brother is thinking! To me, the Su family is nothing special. Su Chuan is a coward. Bai Feng, that bastard, was hanging out with Cui Lan behind my back, and Su Chuan was willing to take the blame for Bai Feng.

And his mother, who has served in my mother-in-law's courtyard for so many years, has never been able to make a name for herself, and is often tripped up by Li Ma. Not to mention his father, who is honest, dull and has no temper, and I don't think highly of him at all."

Madam Zhu looked at her stupid daughter and couldn't help sighing, "You say others are stupid, but aren't you stupid? You don't even know that the maidservant who came with you as a dowry is climbing into the bed, and you still dare to laugh at others?

The Su Chuan family are all servants, how dare they disobey the master's wishes? I'm afraid they must be full of hatred in their hearts!"

"Mother! You are not my real mother anymore! How can you talk about your own daughter like that!" Zhu's cheeks puffed up with anger.

Mrs. Zhu silently pondered the relationship between the Su family and the mistress. Her son must have trusted the Su family and would not betray him, so they dared to let them serve the mistress. However, her son had no connection with the Su family, and the only possibility was because of the mistress.

The concubine is related to the Su family!

Mrs. Zhu, who had figured it out, stood up suddenly, with an expression of uncontrollable excitement on her face, "Where do you think the Su family's hometown is?"

"Dongdongmen Village."

As soon as Zhu left, Mrs. Zhu went to Cui's yard in person.

The bleakness of winter made the yard look even more dilapidated, and the fact that the mistress of the yard was in poor condition made it seem even more lifeless.

Mrs. Zhu pushed open the door and walked in quickly.

Bilian saluted with red eyes.

Mrs. Zhu was very unhappy with her crying appearance, and her eyebrows and eyes showed a little more displeasure, "How is your master?"

Today is the second day of the Chinese New Year. In previous years, Cui would run back to her parents' home early, but this year there was no movement at all.

Bilian replied cautiously, "Madam, my master had a fever last night and just retired today. He refused to eat or drink. I tried to persuade him for a long time but to no avail."

Madam Zhu's face fell instantly and she shouted angrily, "What? Are you trying to threaten me with death so that I can adopt your Cui family's child as you wish?

Cui! Today I will make it very clear to you that everything in our Zhu family can only be given to the people with Zhu family blood! Even if I want to find a son-in-law for my illegitimate granddaughter, I will not let you adopt a child from the Cui family. You better give up this idea as soon as possible!"

Cui stood up suddenly and roared at Madam Zhu in excitement, "I also gave birth to children for the Zhu family! Why can't I make the decision about my children! Since you don't agree with me adopting Cui's children, fine! Then none of you can touch my dowry, I will send it back to my parents' home now!"

When she got married, the Cui family was at its peak, and the Zhu family was far inferior to the Cui family. Her parents doted on her and gave her a very generous dowry. Over the years, no girl in Zhaohua County had received a dowry comparable to hers.

Madam Zhu looked at her in shock and laughed angrily, "Cui, do you know what kind of woman would send her dowry back to her parents' home?"

Bilian knelt down in fear and begged for mercy, "Madam, Madam, my master is sick, she is talking nonsense, Madam, please don't bother with her, Madam, please forgive my master this time!"

Cui's domineering expression became a little timid, but she still refused to admit her mistake.

Seeing her like this, Madam Zhu's face darkened immediately. "Come here, call the housekeeper and the accountant. Bilian, today you will count your master's dowry with the housekeeper and the accountant. If your master's dowry is less in the future, I will treat it as sending things back to her parents' home.

In this case, we in the Zhu family will not keep the rest, and will send them all back, including you two, master and servant!"

Cui's pupils trembled and she was so angry that her whole body was shaking.

As soon as Madam Zhu left, Bilian hurriedly crawled to the bedside and begged, "Master, please stop making trouble. The Cui family has gone bankrupt. They have always wanted your dowry. We could still give you some money secretly before, but now that Madam has spoken, if you continue to give them money, I'm afraid you will be kicked out of the Zhu family.

Isn't that what the Cui family is looking forward to? If your dowry is gone, the Cui family will despise you and you will be left alone. We can't let this be the case!"

"Then what do you say I should do?" Cui Ruyi murmured in a lost voice, his eyes unfocused.

Zhu Yixuan's two concubines' daughters in the backyard are grown up now. She will not get any benefits if she adopts them under her name now. Besides, she looked down on the women in the backyard before and set many rules for them. She is afraid that the two children still hate her in their hearts, so it is unrealistic to expect them.

Besides them, there is also the mistress and the bastard who are somewhere unknown. If this continues, everything in the Zhu family will have nothing to do with her.

But if she makes a fuss, no one will agree with her.

The more Cui Ruyi thought about it, the more unwilling she became, and she knocked over the medicine bowl beside her.

Bilian was startled, and said quickly: "Master, you can take the initiative to admit your mistake to Madam, and ask Madam to adopt a baby from the clan, isn't that enough?"

Cui Ruyi didn't want to, but this method was indeed the best one for her.

So the master and servant packed up their things, took the initiative to find Mrs. Zhu to admit their mistakes, and asked to adopt the child.

Mrs. Zhu could not fail to guess what they were planning. She just waved her hands impatiently and said indifferently, "My son is still alive and well, young and strong. How can you adopt a child now? We can talk about everything after my son comes back."

Both the master and the servant turned pale.

They were really confused and only cared about solving the current problem. They forgot the fact that Zhu Yixuan was still alive. It was really not a good idea to act rashly.

But the concubine and the bastard cannot be kept.