Chapter 323: Seizing the Dowry!

Lord Xie said angrily, "What kind of trouble did she cause?"

The servant said, "It's not the young lady who caused the trouble, it's the young lady's dowry that's the problem."

Lord Xie frowned.

At the beginning, after the concubine chose Xie Yingmian as a bride for good luck, she gave her a lot of betrothal gifts.

He asked his wife to prepare a generous betrothal gift according to the normal standards for a daughter of a marquis.

He had seen the list of betrothal gifts. Although it was not as good as the betrothal gifts, it was still quite generous. Even Prince Ling's Mansion could not find any fault with it.

"What happened to the dowry?" asked Lord Xie.

The servant said, "They say that the young lady pawned her dowry to fill the vacancy at that affordable medical clinic."

"The dowry was pawned to Baibao Pawnshop, which exhibited the young lady's pawned belongings, but someone pointed out..."

The servant didn't dare to say anything more.

Lord Xie was getting very angry from waiting.

Seeing that the servant was hesitant to speak, he was so angry that he kicked him and said, "If you don't finish speaking in one breath, I will cut off your tongue."

The servant staggered after being kicked.

He didn't dare to hesitate any longer and said quickly, "Yes, someone pointed out that the dowry that the eldest lady pawned was secondhand goods that the second lady had worn and no longer wanted. The ladies who attended the banquet with the second lady had seen the clothes, even the flower juice stains on the skirt, the snagging, and the oil stains all matched."

"Not just the clothes, but also the headdress."

"The ruby ​​tiara in the eldest daughter's dowry was once seen worn by the lady. However, she accidentally lost a ruby ​​and could no longer find an identical replacement. The tiara became defective, and the lady stopped wearing it. It ended up in the eldest daughter's dowry and was discovered."

"Everyone is saying that the stepmother treats her stepdaughter harshly, withholds her dowry, and passes second-hand items off as new. This is really too much..."

Lord Xie felt dizzy after hearing this.

He always knew that his wife was a little short-sighted.

But I didn't expect that I could be so superficial.

Xie Yingmian's dowry must be sent to Prince Ling's Mansion!

Even if Xie Yingmian is ignorant and doesn't know the value of something, how could the people in Prince Ling's Mansion not know the value of something?

Compared to the betrothal gift given by Prince Ling's Mansion, that little bit of dowry is nothing. I don't know what that idiot was thinking when he made enemies with Prince Ling's Mansion just for that little bit of dowry money.

The more Lord Xie thought about it, the angrier he became.

He was not only angry with Lady Xie Hou, but also with Yingmian Xie.

That bitch Xie Yingmian, why would she be a dowry for no reason!

So many things have happened for no reason.

Lord Xie returned to the mansion with a gloomy face.

Mrs. Xie Hou also heard the rumors outside.

She was very nervous.

When Xie Yingmian was about to marry Prince Ling, Prince Ling was already in a state of rage and had no way of escaping. She knew that if Xie Yingmian married him, she would be buried with him.

Xie Yingmian was buried with him, so naturally the dowry had to be buried with him as well.

What's the point of preparing such nice things for a dead person?

She took it upon herself to fill it with Baoyu and Baozhu, as well as her discarded clothes, jewelry, and bedding. The dowry list also listed the value of the new items. As long as people were not checked carefully, it would be easy to fool people.

Unexpectedly, Xie Yingmian got lucky.

Prince Ling was not dead, and Xie Yingmian, a village girl, even jumped onto a tree branch.

Now the issue of pawning the dowry has come up again!

"My Lord," said Mrs. Xie, "please listen to my explanation..."

Bang!

Before Mrs. Xie could say anything, Lord Xie slapped her in the face.

He pointed at Madam Xie Hou and said angrily, "Look at the stupid thing you did."

"Who asked you to replace her dowry?"

"Who told you to act on your own?"

Lord Xie recalled the way his colleagues looked at him, and felt as if he were being pricked by thorns all over his body. "Immediately go find Xie Yingmian, give her the dowry, and shut her up."

No matter how reluctant Lady Xie was, she had no choice but to agree.

Lord Xie gets annoyed whenever he sees Lady Xie.

He went to Hongyao's yard angrily.

Hongyao was promoted to a concubine, only slightly lower in status than Lady Xie.

Hongyao is of low status, but young.

Not only is she young, she is also very good at serving men.

After that accidental threesome, Lord Xie fell in love with that feeling.

When he has nothing to do, he summons the fourth brother to hang out with Hongyao.

Xie Laosi's beloved dog was skinned and eaten, but he didn't even ask about it. Instead, he couldn't forget the threesome that day.

As soon as Lord Xie called him, he obeyed.

In Hongyao's yard, the three of them finished fooling around and were so tired that they fell asleep in a mess.

Mrs. Xie Hou was so angry that she almost gritted her teeth.

But she couldn't change anything.

That vixen Hong Yao, it's not enough for her to hook up with one man, she hooked up with two at once.

I don’t know what method that enchantress used to make the Marquis and the Fourth Master never get tired of each other all day long.

Xie Yingmian didn't know what Mrs. Xie was thinking. If she knew, she would have to say: It's nothing special, just a small pink pill. Anything produced by a small pink pill must be a top quality product.

Of course, the pleasure is temporary, but the damage is permanent.

Hong Yao and Lord Xie, neither of them can escape.

Mrs. Xie Hou reluctantly handed the visiting card to Xie Yingmian.

Xie Yingmian looked at the visiting card with a smile on his face.

The show is finally about to begin.

Xie Yingmian accepted the visiting card from Mrs. Xie, and the next day, when Mrs. Xie arrived, Yumao and Zhuyue respectfully invited her in.

Mrs. Xie Hou thought that Xie Yingmian was scared, so she took a high-handed attitude and accused Xie Yingmian of causing trouble right away.

Xie Yingmian looked at Madam Xie Hou with a half-smile.

She asked Tamamo and Zhuyue to be polite just to show it to the people who were following her.

Mrs. Xie Hou is really getting ahead of herself and treating herself like a dish.

Xie Yingmian didn't even serve tea to Lady Xie.

She said in a deep voice: "Before Madam Xie Hou blames me, you might want to consider who prepared the dowry and who is trying to conceal it."

"I hope you understand that it wasn't me who caused the trouble, but you, Madam Xie Hou."

"If Madam Xie Hou comes to accuse me, please go back."

After Xie Yingmian said this, he didn't let Madam Xie Hou speak and directly had her kicked out.

Mrs. Xie had never been treated so harshly before, and she was so angry that her face turned blue.

She didn't know that there were people following her near Prince Ling's Mansion, and she couldn't help but curse as soon as she got a little further away from Prince Ling's Mansion.

The person who was following her heard every word of her curse.

The stalkers quickly spread the word.

After a day and night of fermentation.

The news that Lady Xie Hou was respectfully invited into Prince Ling's Mansion, and then came out with a face full of anger and cursed Xie Yingmian spread throughout the streets and alleys.

The reputation that Lady Xie Hou had painstakingly built up over the years was destroyed at the fastest speed.

Her abusive words were circulated in the streets and alleys, which directly confirmed her reputation as a vicious stepmother.

There were some people who originally stood on the side of Madam Xie and thought that being a stepmother was difficult, but after hearing Madam Xie's vicious and terrible remarks, they dared not say a word.

For a time, the focus of the people in Shangjing shifted from the Concubine Dowager to the wife of Marquis Xie.

The topic of debate among the scholars became how a stepmother should treat her stepchildren, and Lady Xie became an example of a vicious stepmother.

When Lady Xie Hou heard the news, she almost fainted.