Chapter 75: Do I have a dowry?

Wen's father wanted to give Wen Yan a warning.

Wen Yan was not scared by him.

Instead, he bowed to them slowly and calmly: "Wen Yan greets father and mother."

After the ceremony, she stood upright in the middle of the room and said with a smile, "Father and Mother, when did you come? Why didn't you tell me so I could prepare to welcome you in advance?"

"I told you to kneel down, can't you hear me?" Wen's father scolded again.

Wen Yan looked at him with a puzzled look on her face: "Father? What did my daughter do wrong? Why do you want her to kneel down?"

"You're still playing dumb! Nanny Jiang called you over earlier, why didn't you come? And what did you say? You haven't forgotten, have you?"

Wen Yan looked bewildered. "What? Did Nanny Jiang come to see me before? When did it happen? I came back from the capital early this morning and was very tired. I went back to my room to rest when I got home. I didn't hear anyone came to see me."

Pei'er also stood up at this time and said: "This nanny did come just now. I saw that the master was very tired, so I didn't inform him. This is not my master's fault."

Wen's father is not stupid.

Grasp the key immediately.

He looked at Nanny Jiang with a deep gaze: "Is what this little maid said true? You haven't even seen Wen Yan before?"

Since we haven't even met.

Those words would not have been said by Wen Yan.

Nanny Jiang's expression changed.

Seeing this, Jiang Xinkui knew that she had lied.

She didn't want Nanny Jiang to be punished, so she spoke up to smooth things over: "There must be some misunderstanding here!"

"What misunderstanding? Did Nanny Jiang say something about me in front of Father and Mother?" Wen Yan blinked her innocent eyes and asked, "Father, what on earth did Nanny Jiang say to you that made you act like this?"

Seeing that her instigation was exposed, Nanny Jiang quickly knelt down and apologized.

Jiang Xinkui scolded him a few words, neither too light nor too heavy, and then let the matter go.

"Why don't you step back and reflect on yourself?"

Nanny Jiang retreated reluctantly.

Wen Yan looked at Jiang Xinkui and smiled, without saying anything more.

Mrs. Qiao, who was sitting beside them, curled her lips in disdain, thinking that the third-rank official was so powerful and majestic!

This level of quarrel is not even as good as the quarrel between the village widows!

Perhaps he felt Mrs. Qiao's contemptuous look, but Father Wen slammed the table again.

"Wen Yan, how can you be so unfilial!"

Wen Yan asked in confusion, "Father, when has your daughter ever been unfilial?"

"As long as your parents are alive, the family should not be divided. You have been married into the Ying family for less than a month, and you are already separating from your husband's family. If this isn't unfilial, what is it? Why don't you kneel down quickly, apologize to your grandmother, and beg for her forgiveness?"

Wen Yan blinked: "But...Father, it was Old Madam Qiao who proposed to separate the family! She took the initiative to separate us and even wrote the document to sever the relationship."

Hearing this, his father choked.

He looked at Mrs. Qiao with sharp eyes.

She didn't cry like this just now.

Wen's father cleared his throat and continued, "There are no wrong parents in the world. To have angered the old man to the point of actively proposing a separation shows how ignorant you are and how big a mistake you have made.

The old lady said in a fit of anger that she wanted to sever ties with the family and split up the family. You, the younger generation, not only did not try to persuade her, but instead followed her and made trouble.

This division of the family is totally untenable.

Now your father has made the decision for you. You must tear up the letter of severance immediately and move your household registration back so that we can become one family again.

I heard that you spend money lavishly, so you should quickly bring back your dowry and let your grandmother help you manage it."

It seemed natural to hear his father say that.

Wen Yan chuckled softly, "Dowry? Father, do I have any?"

Wen's father was stunned for a moment. Thinking of the farce on Wen Yan's wedding day, his old face turned slightly hot.

Wen Yan still smiled faintly: "Father and Mother came here today, they are not here to scold me about the division of the family, right?"

Wen's father's lips moved, but he didn't say anything in the end.

He winked at Jiang Xinkui and asked her to speak.

Jiang Xinkui's breath hitched, but as she thought about her husband and son's future, she forced a smile and said to Wen Yan, "You should have heard something when you returned to the capital. The story of you selling your wedding dress has become known to everyone. Even the emperor knows about it, and it has affected the reputation of your father and brother."

"How could this happen!" Wen Yan was surprised.

"Although you're not our biological child, we've treated you as our own and nurtured you with care over the years. You don't want to ruin your father and brother's future because of your immature actions, do you?"

Wen Yan smiled and listened quietly.

Wen's father saw that she was unmoved.

I feel depressed.

He is indeed an ungrateful person who can never be tamed.

Even though I've made it so clear, she's still pretending to be stupid.

Jiang Xinkui had no choice but to continue, "In the eyes of outsiders, we are one. Prosperity and adversity are shared. Even if it's for your own sake, you should do something now, right?"

Wen Yan looked at Jiang Xinkui obediently: "So, what does mother want me to do?"

Jiang Xinkui suppressed her nausea and walked over to Wen Yan, holding her hand. "Mother will take you to the banquet. You will explain to everyone that we didn't treat you unfairly. It was you who wanted to marry the country scholar, and after the marriage, you were dissatisfied with him, so you deliberately did those things."

"If I say that, my reputation will be ruined!" Wen Yan said pretending to be aggrieved.

"You are young, and everyone will just think you are immature and throwing a tantrum, so they will definitely not bother with you.

At most, you'll discuss it a few times and then forget about it. It won't affect you in any way.

Of course, we will compensate you. Isn't your husband studying? Your father will get him a place in the Imperial College.

You know, those who can study in the Imperial College are either rich or noble.

Ying Zhilin, if you can curry favor with one or two of them, your future life will not be bad."

Jiang Xinkui's words almost made Wen Yan laugh.

But she held back.

Instead, he revealed an expression of self-blame: "I never thought that my personal behavior would affect my father and brother. But, I really didn't sell the wedding dress."

Wen Yan looked at Jiang Xinkui and said, "Mother, I explained to you that day that I didn't sell any wedding dresses at all."

"You really didn't sell your wedding dress?" Wen's father looked at Wen Yan in surprise.

"No." Wen Yan shook her head firmly. "Father, if you don't believe me, I'll have someone bring the wedding dress to you for your inspection."

After she finished speaking, she waved her hand, signaling Pei'er to go back and get her wedding dress.

Pei'er ran out like a gust of wind.

Seeing her so calm, Wen's father was already 80% convinced.

Then the person who lied was Jiang Xinkui.

Wen's father looked at his wife with deep eyes.

Wen Yan covered her mouth in surprise: "Oh, father, don't you know about this?

If you had known the truth at the time, you could have clarified it in court and you wouldn't have been suspended."

Wen Yan's bright eyes moved smartly, and finally looked at Jiang Xinkui.

Jiang Xinkui subconsciously clenched her handkerchief.

What a bastard, how dare you sow discord!

She was about to have a fit.

Then Pei'er came back quickly with a bundle.