Chapter 6 They were reluctant to give up her dowry

When He turned around, she found that soldiers were carrying her belongings out box by box.

The leader was also wearing the attire of a Vice Minister of the Ministry of Revenue.

Upon seeing He, Bai Anyang, the Minister of Revenue, immediately stepped forward and saluted. "Madam, you are so righteous! If all the officials and wealthy merchants in Da'an could have your awareness, our border troops would have sufficient food and fodder, and there would be no need to worry about wars and border instability! I have reported the donation of the General's Mansion to His Majesty, and I am sure His Majesty will commend you."

The smile on He's face froze.

Wha…what?

Donate?

Seeing that He seemed puzzled, Bai Anyang explained, "The General's Mansion first sold off their land and farms to purchase food and fodder to donate to the Ministry of War and support the border troops. Now they are donating their property to enrich the national treasury..."

He almost fainted after hearing these two sentences.

At this time, Song Yanxi happened to come out.

He pulled Song Yanxi aside and demanded, "Song Yanxi, are you crazy? You bought the farmland and real estate of my general's mansion and donated all the money and property. Do you want to make my general's mansion starve?"

Song Yanxi knelt down and saluted. "Mother-in-law, you're joking. Dad and big brother receive monthly salaries. Even though my husband died in battle, the imperial court also pays a monthly pension to our mansion. How can the General's Mansion be left without a fight?"

He felt like she was going to have a heart attack from anger.

She said anxiously in a deep voice: "Don't tell me all this. Go and tell Lord Bai that I will not donate the property of the General's Mansion!"

"The imperial edict has arrived!"

Just at this moment, the penetrating voice of the eunuch who delivered the imperial edict reached his ears.

Song Yanxi smiled and said, "Mother-in-law, this matter has already been reported to the emperor. If I go back on my word now, it would be a crime of deceiving the emperor and my entire clan would be executed. If you are sure you want to get it back, I will go and tell Lord Bai now."

He felt like her forehead was about to explode with anger.

Seeing that Song Yanxi had already walked towards Lord Bai and the eunuch who delivered the imperial edict, she gritted her teeth and quickly pulled Song Yanxi back, "Come back and receive the imperial edict!"

"The General's Mansion is deeply righteous and has devoted all its wealth to supporting the border troops. It is truly a role model for all officials. I hereby confer the title of Fifth Rank Imperial Edict on the Madam of the General's Mansion, and the title of Princess Yong'an on the General's Wife, Mrs. Song!"

He finally got the imperial edict she had been longing for, but she seemed to be stupid, kneeling there woodenly without any reaction.

It was Song Yanxi who spoke out first: "My wife, thank you, Lord, for your kindness!"

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"Song Yanxi, you did a great job!"

He watched helplessly as the Minister of Revenue and his men emptied the General's Mansion. As soon as the eunuch who delivered the imperial edict left, she immediately raised her hand and slapped Song Yanxi.

Song Yanxi grabbed her wrist.

"ah--"

He screamed, her face turning red as liver.

"It was indeed a good deed of mine. Mother-in-law should be grateful to me. If it weren't for me, I don't know if she would have lived to receive this imperial decree!"

Song Yanxi stared at He with cold eyes.

He's face turned from red to blue, and her body trembled uncontrollably.

She didn't know why, but at that moment, she felt that Song Yanxi was like a demon crawling out of hell, coming to take her life, and a chill rose from the bottom of her heart.

Song Yanxi went straight back to Lingxi Pavilion.

Just now, everyone was frightened by her terrifying eyes, and no one dared to step forward to help He.

It was not until she left that everyone hurriedly surrounded He.

"Mother, she actually sold all our land and farmland, and donated everything in the warehouse. How dare she do that?"

Lin Tingxuan was so angry that her whole body was shaking.

The general's mansion was not rich to begin with.

It was only in the two years after Song Yanxi entered the family that she was able to wear fashionable clothes and jewelry like other noble ladies in the capital.

Now Song Yanxi has used all their family's property to buy face, and she herself has been given the title of princess. What will she do with her food, clothing, and dowry in the future as the legitimate daughter of a general's mansion?

He gritted her teeth and said, "Just give it away. Those things in our house are not worth much. Don't we still have her dowry? She is in charge of the household expenses. She has to support this family."

Just as He finished speaking, the doorman outside came to report, "Old Madam, someone from the Yongchuan Marquis' Mansion has sent a letter."

"Let me see."

When He opened the letter, she was so angry that she gritted her teeth.

"Mom, what did the letter say?" Lin Tingxuan asked hurriedly.

He directly threw the letter to Lin Tingxuan, "Read it for yourself!"

As soon as she finished speaking, she saw Zhuzhi and his men walking towards them carrying a large pile of things.

"Old Madam, First Madam, Third Miss." Zhuzhi politely greeted them and took the things from the maid behind her. "Old Madam, the general is gone. My wife is heartbroken. I have been working day and night to prepare for the general's funeral. Today, I relaxed and fell ill. I really don't have the energy to take care of the household. Here are the keys to the storehouse, the matching card, and the key. Now I am returning these to you on behalf of my wife."

After Zhuzhi finished speaking, she signaled the maids to put down all the account books they had brought, and left with her people.

He pointed at Zhuzhi's back, her fingers trembling violently.

The letter just sent by the Yongchuan Marquis' Mansion was giving them some explicit and implicit warnings. Now that Lin Tingfeng was gone, if anything happened to Song Yanxi, the Yongchuan Marquis' Mansion would take back all of Song Yanxi's dowry.

He had originally thought that no matter how Song Yanxi acted, as long as she succeeded tonight, Song Yanxi would kick her legs, and with her dowry, the general's mansion would remain prosperous and wealthy.

But now...

After receiving this letter from the Yongchuan Marquis Mansion, Song Yanxi simply gave up the job.

He was so angry that her eyes rolled back and she fainted.

"Old lady!"

"Mother-in-law!"

"mother!"

Hearing panicked shouts from behind, Zhuzhi couldn't help but curl the corners of his lips slightly, feeling that most of the anger that had been weighing on his heart for the past two years had been released.

In the past two years, the girl has devoted herself to managing the general's mansion and serving the old lady of the Lin family.

But this family is full of ungrateful people. They take whatever the girl does for granted. Not only do they not appreciate the girl's kindness at all, they also make things difficult for her everywhere. She feels sorry for the girl just watching this.

Now the girl finally came to her senses, emptied his house of money, and quit her job, cutting off the source of his income.

When Zhuzhi went back to report to Song Yanxi, Song Yanxi was drinking bird's nest.

She asked the maid to bring four more bowls and asked Si Genzhu to eat with her.

"Miss, when are we going back to the Marquis' Mansion?" Zhu Yu asked with some anticipation.

Although the Marquis's mansion has the Marquis's concubine, and it is also full of chaos, at least the girl can be with the lady and the prince, which is much better than this cannibalistic general's mansion.

"That depends on when they are willing to sever the engagement letter for me and let me go." Song Yanxi said slowly while drinking bird's nest.

"Girl, that old hag asked Taohua to attack you tonight. How should we respond?" Zhulu asked with some concern.

If Peach Blossom confronts them head-on, they are naturally not afraid.

They are afraid that peach blossoms will play tricks on them, and they can't guard against them.

Song Yanxi was not panicked at all, "Don't worry, Taohua won't do anything tonight."

I guess the letter she asked her mother to write to the general's mansion has been delivered by now.

He was reluctant to part with her generous dowry, so how could she let her die so easily?