Chen Zhaoci remained silent after hearing this, and Xu Zhi also did not speak. Xu Zhi naturally understood that in such a large capital city, among so many noble families' daughters, who else would offend even a prince like her, just to make her life comfortable?

Seeing that neither the mother nor the daughter spoke, Ning smiled and said, "Your eldest sister has been spoiled by our mother. She clearly had a good hand, but she didn't play it well. Fortunately, her family is helpful and they are thinking of helping her from other places. As for money, she doesn't need to worry about it. Someone like Lady Yongping, who knows that her daughter-in-law has money, will definitely find a way to get it from her. That old hag, she looks like a living bodhisattva, but she is really ruthless and cunning. You are not often in the capital, so you don't know her very well."

Chen Zhaoci said with some regret, "My elder sister was a famous socialite in Beijing back then, how could she have stepped into such a pit of fire?"

Ning sneered and said, "How did he step in? He was coaxed into it. Everyone says that the eldest son of the Yongping Marquis's mansion is exceptionally handsome and a famous noble young master in the capital, but they don't know that the Yongping Marquis's mansion was nothing but a pile of dung back then. It only looked glamorous on the surface. The Yongping Marquis's wife is a power-hungry person, but she is not a shrewd person. In the few years that the Yongping Marquis's mansion was handed over to her, the shops and estates in the mansion were almost all lost. She only thought of finding a daughter-in-law with a rich dowry and easy to control to fill the hole for herself."

Upon hearing this, Chen Zhaoci and Xu Zhi exchanged bewildered glances. Chen Zhaoci exclaimed in surprise, "Sister-in-law, is there anything in the capital you don't know?"

Ning said with a smile, "Knowing the news about all the big and small families in the capital is a skill that a head of the household should have. Do you think I'm just busy drinking tea at one house and wine at another all day long? I've found out a lot of people's little secrets."