Chapter 97: My Chu family is unlucky for eight generations. I will take you back as my jinx.

Chen Shuwei was naturally not the type to stand still and be scolded. She glanced at Chu Furong and slowly spoke in the face of her disdainful expression, "The white jade hibiscus hairpin in Madam Chu's hair is quite nice."

Chu Furong was a little confused. She didn't know why she was praising the hairpin on her head, but she still reached out and touched the hairpin on her temples, raised her chin slightly and looked at Chen Shuwei with contempt.

Although she married far away, her husband's family was quite well-off, which was something she was always proud of.

"If I remember correctly, Madam Chu asked me for this white jade hairpin two days before her wedding," Chen Shu said with a faint smile. Without waiting for Chu Furong to argue, he raised his voice and said, "At that time, I was still in the Marquis of Jingning's mansion. Madam Chu said that she was marrying far away, and if her dowry was too small, her husband's family would look down on her. So she emptied the mansion's treasures to buy her dowry."

"This white jade hairpin was originally a birthday gift from Princess Yongning. Madam Chu insisted that she had a connection with it and wanted to wear it when she married in Jiangzhou."

"Not only that, I also asked you to take all the jewelry and hairpins I had that caught your eye, Madam Chu, to Jiangzhou."

The elders snatched things from the younger generation in order to add to their makeup, and were exposed by Chen Shuwei in front of so many people. Chu Furong gritted her teeth and her face looked a little ferocious.

What nonsense is that bitch Shen Shuwei talking about? He just took a little thing from her, is there any need to be so fussy about it now?!

Besides, she was married far away, so what if she could take some extra money to support her husband's family? It's not like they can't make more money in Jingning Marquis Mansion!

"Shut up! This happened so long ago, what's the point of bringing it up now!" Chu Furong screamed.

Chen Shu smiled, his eyes glancing at the crowd around him who were craning their necks to listen to the show, and continued, "Not long ago, it was only three years ago that Madam Chu married into Jiangzhou."

"I still remember that the Marquis of Jingning's Mansion sold several shops and lands because they couldn't raise the dowry for Madam Chu. They then asked me to take over the household expenses and handed over the remaining shops that had been running at a loss year after year. They forced me to raise a dowry of 50,000 taels for you, Madam Chu, within six months."

The crowd nearby suddenly became lively. Many people sat upright and seemed to be drinking tea, but in fact their minds had already drifted to Chen Shuwei.

Many of them still remember the wedding of their daughter by the Marquis of Jingning three years ago. The Marquis’ Mansion, which was extremely poor in the past, actually managed to collect more than 60 loads of dowry. The female relatives who had some friendship with Chu Furong still remembered the satisfaction and pride on her face at that time.

"I remember when I was adding makeup to Chu Furong's jewelry, I saw her box of jewelry, and inside it was the white jade hibiscus hairpin," a female relative said. She remembered the hairpin vividly because of its exquisite design. "I even asked her where the hairpin and the box of jewelry came from, and she swore that they were her mother's most precious dowry."

"It turns out that it wasn't hers. She stole it from Shen Shuwei, who was her niece at the time."

Once the first person appears, the second person will appear. People like to join in the fun, and when there is such a big event, they all join in the discussion.

One of Chu Furong's in-laws' daughters happened to marry in Luojing. Seeing Chu Furong causing so much controversy, her face turned dark. Looking at Chu Furong's unpredictable expression, she decided to write a letter to her parents' home when she returned home in the evening, asking them to come and pick her up quickly.

Marrying such a stupid and greedy daughter-in-law has brought shame to their family!

Chu Furong shouted angrily, "So what if I took her things? They belong to my mansion! What's wrong with me taking them? Otherwise, she, a member of the Shen family, would have gotten away with it!"

When Shen Shuwei heard her words without thinking, the corners of her lips raised, "Mrs. Chu is now saying that I am a member of the Shen family. Just now, she accused me of being unfilial and not knowing how to go back to the mansion to serve the old lady."

"If it were me, my nieces would have to work hard to collect the dowry. How could I have the face to go out?" Wang Peilan said sarcastically, "It's just that you Chu family members are shameless. You took advantage of Shen Shuwei and kicked him out of the house. Now you see that the Shen family is so powerful again and want him to go home."

"So all the advantages in the world are being taken by you people from the Jingning Marquis Mansion."

With Wang Peilan taking the lead, people began to discuss the Jingning Marquis Mansion one after another.

"Have you all forgotten what the Jingning Marquis' Mansion was like in the past? The life of a Marquis' Mansion was worse than that of an ordinary family. They can only have what they have today because of Miss Shen who used to run the business there."

"She, Chen Shuwei, was only a teenager and had to take care of the whole household. She even had to worry about her sister-in-law's marriage. In the end, she didn't get any good results and was even kicked out of the house. Not to mention that she's not a biological child, even her biological children were cut off from her. How could she be so shameless?"

Chen Shuwei's words today reminded many people of Chu Xinrou's family recognition banquet. At that time, many people exposed the secrets of Jingning Marquis Mansion, causing Jingning Marquis Mansion to lose a lot of face.

However, those words did not spread too far, and some people in Luojing were still not aware of it.

But now, there has been another incident at this banquet. All the people present today are the upper class dignitaries in Luojing. The Jingning Marquisate has lost all its face because of Chu Furong.

When a family marries off their daughter, the dowry has to be contributed by their niece's younger generation. Now that she is ill, the daughter-in-law and sister-in-law in the family have to force the outsider who has already returned home to take care of their grandmother.

This is a strategy that won't stop until people are squeezed dry.

Chu Furong didn't expect that she originally wanted to use moral kidnapping to make Shen Shuwei go back to serve her mother, but she didn't expect that Shen Shuwei would reveal her secrets in turn, causing her to be blamed.

She was angry and anxious, but she didn't dare to challenge Shen Shuwei again, fearing that she would say something else. She could only hold her breath and glare at Ji Jinglan fiercely, taking out her anger on her, "This is the good daughter you taught!"

"You've really grown wings, daring to go against your elders!"

Chu Furong didn't dare to stand in front of Shen Shuwei any longer, but was reluctant to leave, so she returned to her seat in shame.

Chu Xinrou knew that these people wanted to take Shen Shuwei back to the mansion. She was originally resentful in her heart, but when she saw that Chu Furong suffered a great loss at the hands of Shen Shuwei, her mind became active again.

She earnestly brewed a cup of tea for Chu Furong, sighed, and said, "Sister is just like that. I don't know how our mansion has offended her, but she has repeatedly embarrassed us."

"It was the Marquis' Mansion that raised her, but she doesn't know how to be grateful."

Just because Chu Furong was bullied by Shen Shuwei didn't mean she couldn't see through Chu Xinrou's cunning intentions. She heard during the past two days since she returned home that all the troubles at home were caused by her.

First, she robbed Chen Shuwei's people, causing their mansion to be cursed by others. Then, she thought that the Prince of Jing was interested in her, so she spread the news widely. As a result, not only did she offend the Prince of Jing, but she also ruined the only male in the mansion, Chu Yunlan.

Chu Furong sneered and pushed away Chu Xinrou's hand offering tea, "How dare I drink tea poured by a jinx like you?"

"Lucky star? I think that master is blind. I don't know how many lifetimes of bad luck our Jingning Marquisate must have had to take home a jinx like you!"

Chu Xinrou was caught off guard by being scolded so harshly that her face turned red and white, and she immediately sobbed and cried.