In recent years, Ran has been in poor health, and Aunt Sun has been the housekeeper.

Now Jing Ruchen is getting married, and he will have a daughter-in-law soon.

Ran naturally wanted to take back her housekeeping power as the mistress, so she asked someone to invite Marquis Jing'en to her courtyard to discuss the matter.

When Marquis Jing'en came, he brought Aunt Sun with him.

Aunt Sun walked in with a smile on her face, a list in her hand:

"Madam, yesterday I planned all the arrangements for the wedding of the Crown Prince and Sheng Wen. Now I will help you with the household chores, so you can just take a good rest."

Ran deliberately put on makeup to make herself look rosy, "I'm well now, so I don't need to worry about it, Aunt Sun."

Aunt Sun called the court physician over worriedly, saying that it was for the lady's health and she would only feel relieved after the court physician made sure that there was nothing wrong.

The court doctor arrived in a moment, which showed that he had been prepared in advance.

Marquis Jing'en also followed Aunt Sun's advice and asked the court doctor to check on Ran.

Ran lowered her eyes and asked the court doctor to feel her pulse.

After a while, the court doctor worriedly advised Ran: "Madam, your health has been damaged over the years. You should not overwork yourself, otherwise it will shorten your lifespan. It is best to rest."

Before Ran could explain, Marquis Jing'en asked with concern:

"You should take good care of your health in the courtyard and don't worry about the housekeeping. Aunt Sun was also a lady from a wealthy family and has rich experience in housekeeping. With Aunt Sun around, there will be no problems with Ruchen's marriage."

But how real was this concern? Ran thought:

"Then I have to take a look at the preparations for Ruchen and Shengwen's wedding."

Marquis Jing'en asked Aunt Sun to give the list to Ran. Ran looked at the black words on the red paper and her hands trembled slightly.

"Ruchen is the eldest son, the prince of a marquisate who has made a clear marriage with the emperor. How can he not have a betrothal gift?"

Aunt Sun explained kindly, "Madam, have you forgotten? Ruchen was in the countryside at the time and gave the Huang family a betrothal gift of thirty-six taels of silver. The Huang family returned forty taels of dowry. The betrothal gift and dowry are already there, and now we are just holding a wedding banquet."

Ran tore the list in his hand into pieces. He was so angry that he had difficulty breathing. With red eyes, he shouted angrily:

"The eldest son gets a betrothal gift of thirty-six taels, while Jing Shengwen, a bastard's son, can't even get a betrothal gift of thirty-six thousand taels. What kind of logic is this?"

"I think this Marquis's Mansion has been favoring concubines over wives for so many years that all the etiquette and rules have gone to waste. Now there's no distinction between legitimate and illegitimate children. I'm afraid that after a while, the Marquis will even forget that the emperor is the leader of his subjects."

Marquis Jing'en was provoked by Ran's words and slammed his hand on the table, knocking the teacup over and causing it to fall to the ground with a crisp shattering sound, accompanied by Marquis Jing'en's anger:

"You are so outrageous!"

Aunt Sun quickly stood up, patted Marquis Jing'en on the back, and gently coaxed him not to be angry.

Then, with an expression that Ran Shi didn't understand, he frowned and looked at Ran Shi:

"Madam, the betrothal gift list is drawn up based on the dowry. Sheng Wen's Yue family is the Duke of Ying's Mansion, so the dowry is naturally generous. As for the Crown Prince's Yue family, I'm afraid~"

Marquis Jing'en slammed the table and glared. He really didn't want to marry a peasant girl, as he would be speechless when he visited his ancestors' graves in the future.

"You and Ruchen insisted on marrying a peasant girl who was not presentable. I told you to combine the two weddings so that Ruchen's wedding would not be embarrassing."

"You insist on not wanting to do it and want to do it for Ruchen alone. What kind of betrothal gift does Ruchen want? Where should we send it? Are we going to send it to the mountains?"

Ran was furious and trembling:

"Even if she's just a peasant girl, she's Ruchen's savior. How could there be no betrothal gift? Is Ruchen's life so worthless?"

In the previous life, Jing Shengwen saved Jing Ruchen, and Marquis Jing'en used this as an excuse to change the crown prince. When Ran disagreed, Marquis Jing'en asked in return, is Ruchen's life so worthless for a mere crown prince position?

Now that I have a new savior, the difference is huge.

Marquis Jing'en did not step down, so he could not say that the life of his eldest son was worthless.

Aunt Sun said with embarrassment, "Madam, you don't know how difficult it is for the family now that you're not in charge of the household. You have to deal with all the relationships between families, and there are also the marriages for our children. We don't have much money in the treasury now."

Marquis Jing'en felt relieved and nodded in agreement.

When Ran saw that Marquis Jing'en and Sun were singing the same tune, she felt dizzy and fainted from anger.

Marquis Jing'en thought it was bad luck, so he asked the court physician to treat her, then he left with a flick of his sleeves. Aunt Sun gave the court physician a few instructions and left as well.

She originally wanted to stay and watch the Ran family make a fool of themselves, but her son's wedding was more important, and she had to make arrangements.

After Ran fainted, she drank the medicine given by the court doctor and never regained consciousness.

During this period, Ran had been very nice to Danruo, so Danruo wanted to help.

But Nanny Yu was worried. It was not until Jing Ruchen heard the news and rushed over that she persuaded Nanny Yu to let Danruo treat Ran.

Dan Ruo took out a concealed black pill, and then used merit points to slowly repair Ran's body. After three to five days, he would return to a normal healthy body.

In fact, Ran was seriously ill during the confinement period after giving birth because of the affair between Marquis Jing'en and Aunt Sun. Later, she was depressed for many years and her body became increasingly weak. She also had many side effects from the accumulated medicines over the years.

Ran woke up and felt much more relaxed. After hearing what Nanny Yu said, she became more determined in her decision.

She called Jing Ruchen over and told him that she planned to send Danruo to her dowry house to get married. She asked him to go and clean up the house first and buy some reliable servants so that Danruo could live comfortably during this period.

Then she would give half of her dowry to Danruo as a dowry, and the other half would be added to his betrothal gifts.

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