Chapter 26 Returning the Dowry

Pei regretted her hasty words and said with a smile, "The Marquis told me."

Yuan Shi didn't believe it at all and continued to laugh, "My Lord is really amazing. He can make my sister remember every street and alley just by saying it out of thin air."

Pei smiled apologetically and said, "Maybe I paid more attention at the time and remembered it."

The old lady suddenly opened her eyes and looked at Yuan Shi: "Why bother to get to the bottom of this? It's better to save your energy to deal with Fu Shi."

The implication is that Yuanshi used his strength on the wrong person.

Yuan was indignant, but she did not dare to retort: ​​"Yes, mother-in-law."

Lu Yu had already dismounted and knocked on the door, telling the servant that he was there to return the dowry.

After Fu Danjun learned about it, he brought Lan Fang out.

To show his sincerity, Lu Yu pointed to the two carriages carrying the dowry and said to Fu Danjun, "If you don't believe me, you can go and see. They are all your dowry."

Fu Danjun winked at Lan Fang, and Lan Fang ran to check it out. Then she came back and whispered in her ear, "It's indeed the young lady's stuff."

Fu Danjun was naturally full of suspicion, but he remained calm: "Lan Fang, ask someone to move it to the warehouse."

At this time, the old lady's carriage arrived.

Lu Yu went to pick up his mother from the car. Fu Danjun looked in surprise as the old lady and Pei and Yuan came out one after another.

"Hey, the sun is rising from the west?"

She couldn't help but sneer as Lu Yu and the three women walked directly into the house without being invited.

Lan Fang wanted to stop him, but Fu Danjun looked at her and told her not to do so.

The old lady of the Marquisate sat down at the stone table in the courtyard and looked around: "What a wonderful place! It seems even more spacious and bright than our Marquisate."

Yuan was also quite surprised and took the opportunity to tease: "When big brother gets promoted, we have to renovate our mansion. We can't let it be inferior to this humble family."

Lu Yu was not very happy, but he couldn't show it because of his face.

Pei secretly resented Yuan, thinking that Fu Danjun was too arrogant.

Fu Danjun came over and asked, "Would you like to have lunch? My humble family doesn't have much to eat."

Although the old lady of the Marquis came to return the dowry, she did not want to lower her arrogance: "Why are you so arrogant? What is there to be arrogant about?"

Fu Danjun had long wanted to give this old woman a good beating, but he regretted that he never had the chance.

Now seeing her being mean to him, he couldn't help but sneer: "Whether she's being arrogant or not is in my own house, why should I bother with that?"

This sentence aroused the old lady's anger even more. She sullenly scolded: "I was so blind to marry you back then. You have brought bad luck to our Lu family for seven or eight years. Look at you, you are not virtuous at all. You are a million miles away from our Pei girl."

Fu Danjun was about to retort when Lan Fang came over and said, "Miss, the dowry has been moved. Here is the record list."

Fu Danjun took the list and looked at it, frowning and saying, "This is only one-third. Where did the rest go? I say, old lady, Lord Marquis, if you want to return it, you should show some sincerity. Why bring these few things here to fool people?"

Madam Hou was already shaking with anger: "No matter how much it is, we have come to repay you, don't be ungrateful!"

Yuan Shi had previously displeased her mother-in-law, and now she took the opportunity to curry favor with her and defend her: "That's right, don't you see what your status is? Our old lady is praising you, why don't you accept it quickly?"

Fu Danjun was too lazy to argue verbally and only cared about his own interests: "I say again, the dowry is not enough!"

Lu Yu was anxious and angry. Didn't he know it wasn't enough? The problem was that this was all he could pay back.

"Fu Danjun, don't be so greedy."

Fu Danjun couldn't help but raise his eyebrows: "Lan Fang, go get my dowry list and show it to the Marquis."

Lu Yu was so angry that he had nothing to say, and he was also in the wrong.

Lan Fang ran to get it, and Fu Danjun shouted again: "Guardians, close the gates! No one outside is allowed in, and no one inside is allowed out!"

When the security guard heard this, he hurried to close the gate.

Lu Yu and the three women were not afraid. They all thought that Fu Danjun was a woman and could not do anything to them.

Seeing that there were other people around, Pei refused to step forward and be scolded.

To please the old lady, Yuan Shi taunted her with one sarcasm after another: "Fu Shi, do you think I don't know? There's so much gossip in the Marquis' Mansion, isn't it you who spread it to discredit our mansion? Don't dream on!"

Fu Danjun couldn't help but chuckle: "If I were you, I would just stay home and worry about myself, and try to have a few children, so that I won't be schemed against in the future."

The old lady was so angry that she yelled, "Don't try to instigate me! You're really a merchant's daughter, so bad and uneducated!"

Seeing his mother so angry, Lu Yu angrily scolded Fu Danjun: "That's enough! Open the gate and let us out!"

Fu Danjun took the dowry list from Lan Fang and shook it towards Lu Yu: "Give me everything on it, not a single thing missing!"

Lu Yu gritted his teeth and retreated to advance: "Then you have to open the gate and let me go back to get it!"

Fu Danjun frowned and stared at him, secretly laughing at how bad he was at pretending.

The remaining dowry has all been pawned, so what else can I take?

"Okay! I'll let you go back and get it alone!"

Fu Danjun suppressed a laugh and pointed at the three women below: "They stay here first."

This has really stirred up a hornet's nest. Everyone in the Marquis' Mansion is a bit arrogant.

How can we tolerate holding him hostage now?

Madam Hou was furious: "Mr. Fu Dan! You are getting even worse!"

Yuan Shi also followed suit and cursed: "How will you get married in the future if you act like a shrew like this?"

Even though Pei didn't want to offend Fu Danjun, she couldn't remain silent: "Sister, you're going too far. If you make the old lady angry, it will be a disaster."

Fu Danjun raised his eyebrows and spread his hands in an innocent manner: "I'm not angry with her. She insisted on being angry. What does it have to do with me?

Lu Yuming knew he couldn't get his dowry back, so he stopped pretending: "Mr. Fu Dan! I've done my best for you, and I can't stand it any longer!"

Fu Danjun pretended to be surprised and said, "If you can't stand it any longer, then what are you waiting for? Take action!"

She approached Lu Yu step by step, forcing Lu Yu to retreat: "Come on! Don't hold it back!"

Looking at her beautiful face, Lu Yu's mouth became dry and he was speechless.

Seeing the situation unfold, Madam Hou could only soften her tone and prepare to end it: "We all came here with sincerity, but it's a pity you don't appreciate it. When I go back and have the rest of your dowry sent back, you can take it and get out of Kyoto and return to Jiangnan. We in the Lu family don't want to see you again."

When Fu Danjun heard her say she was going back to get her dowry, she couldn't help but laugh: "Old Madam, why are you following your useless sons in learning to lie?"

Madam Hou was stunned: "What do you mean? Did I lie?"

Fu Danjun's eyes widened and he shouted angrily: "You are lying, because my dowry is no longer in the mansion, it has been pawned!"

This sentence frightened the three women and one man of the Hou family, who were dumbfounded and speechless.

Yuan Shi was even more puzzled: "Why do you say that he was put into the pawn shop? Did you believe the rumors outside?"

Fu Danjun called Lan Fang: "Go, get me an agate Ruyi pillow!"

This item was considered the most expensive item in the dowry, and was once used as a pillow by the old lady of the Marquis for a few days.

After Lan Fang took it, she showed it to a few people: "Look, this is priceless. You are all familiar with it, right?"

Madam Hou was slapped in the face and her arrogance subsided: "Fu, please explain clearly, how did you know these things were in the pawnshop?"

Lu Yu also asked: "Could it be that you are following us or that there is a gap in the mansion and they are tipping you off?"

Fu Danjun crossed his arms and said, "There's no point in pursuing this. I spent a lot of money to redeem these things."