"Sister-in-law, are you finally done with your work?"

"yes."

Pei Xiuli held her breath, but couldn't help but said sarcastically, "Sister-in-law is really busy. Is it because she's become a court lady?"

Su Li pretended not to understand what she meant and said proudly, "Yes, I didn't know before that the ladies of the imperial court were so busy."

Pei Xiuli was suddenly choked and extremely angry.

She kept telling herself to hold on and not get angry, as she was still relying on this bitch's shop to make a good living.

Zhou Yi said that as long as he got the shop, he would buy a big house for just the two of them to live in, and then he would hold a grand wedding for her and marry her back into the family.

When the time comes, the shop will be under his management, and she will just need to dress up beautifully and enjoy herself every day.

Thinking about living in a big house with Zhou Yi in the future and enjoying wealth and glory, she felt happy and the anger in her heart was relieved a lot.

She forced a smile and said, "Sister-in-law, Zhou Yi and I have been married for more than a month, but we were not in the capital at that time."

On the way to Beijing, Zhou Yi was afraid of losing her, so he urged her to go to the local government to get a marriage certificate, so the wedding was not held.

Who would have thought that after coming to Beijing, she found out that Zhou Yi's family was not as rich as she imagined, and even the house was crowded. Fortunately, it was better than the Lin family, so she would not regret it.

"Look, as my eldest sister-in-law, shouldn't you give me some dowry?"

"Oh?" Su Li curled her lips, "What do you want as a dowry?"

So easy to talk to?

Pei Xiuli's eyes lit up, and a glimmer of greed flashed across them.

What my mother said turned out to be true. After becoming an official, not only my eldest brother, but even my wife Su Li became extremely concerned about face!

Oh!

From now on, she won’t have to worry about anything. If she needs something or wants something, she just needs to tell Su Li, right?

"I heard that my sister-in-law owns dozens of shops on Jinxiu Street. You may not know that my husband is also a businessman. As for the dowry, my sister-in-law only needs to give me three or five shops."

Originally, Zhou Yi wanted her to ask Su Li for a shop, but judging from her attitude just now, if she only asked for one shop, it would definitely be too little.

After all, there are dozens of shops, so what if I give her three or five? She doesn't want all of them.

"As for the rest, just order me two sets of the finest sapphire and ruby ​​jewels, and buy me a few bracelets with good water content."

Zhou Yi's sister-in-law had a set of ruby ​​head ornaments. A few days ago, she wore them in front of her and dazzled her eyes.

The most hateful thing is that the bitch said in a sarcastic tone that she had no face, and every word she said was looking down on her, saying that she had no dowry from her family.

Isn't it just a ruby ​​tiara? Doesn't she have one?

After she got the head ornaments, she would wear them in front of her every day, and then put bracelets all over her hands, to see who dared to look down on her!

Xiao Ye was almost laughing in anger. "Three or five shops? Do you think it's just three or five copper coins?" This was the first time she had seen such a shameless person.

Su Li was not surprised at all. Based on her understanding of Zhang's mother and daughter, Pei Xiuli might think that all the shops on Jinxiu Street should belong to her.

She asked back, "You want so much? Then I want to ask, doesn't your mother love you the most? What did she give you as a dowry? Didn't she also give you three or five shops, two sets of headwear, and a few bracelets?"

Pei Xiuli said bluntly: "What does this have to do with you? Just do your thing!"

"Oh! Just take mine?"

Su Li taunted him, "You broke off the engagement first, then eloped with someone else. My father-in-law has already written to inform you that he has severed all ties with you. He is the head of the family, so his words must count. Pei Xiuli, you are no longer a member of the Pei family. What qualifications do you have to ask me for a dowry?"

Even if this hadn't happened, given the relationship between her and him, it would have been good enough to give her some money as a gift for the sake of the original owner's father-in-law, but a dowry was out of the question.

"You!" Pei Xiuli's eyes widened, not in surprise or panic, but in anger.

In that case, don't blame her for turning against you!

"Do you think that just because my father disowned me, I can't do anything to you? Su Li! If you don't give me what I deserve, I'll go around the streets of the capital and spread the word that just because you've acknowledged your relationship with the Duke's Mansion, you look down on me, your sister, and you won't even acknowledge me as your sister! Just wait and see how I ruin your reputation. Then, let's see how you and Pei Ji can gain a foothold in the capital!"

My mother said that this is how the operas in the city are sung. Officials must be clean and honest. If there is anything wrong with them, the emperor will not like them. If he doesn't like them, he will not use them anymore.

She wanted to let Pei Ji bear the reputation of being ungrateful. She wanted to see whether the emperor still wanted to use him and whether they were afraid!

This is also why she is not afraid at all that Su Li will know that her father has severed their father-daughter relationship.

She is not an official, Pei Ji is an official, they should be afraid of her.

Su Li sneered in her heart. Based on her understanding of Zhou Yi in the original book, Zhou Yi's brother just wanted to use Pei Xiuli to get close to Pei Ji. Even if he couldn't get close to her, he would never want to break up with Pei Ji.

Not to mention, Pei Ji is now the heir of the Duke of Ji's Mansion. The Duke of Ji's Mansion is not something that his Zhou brothers can afford to offend, nor can it be destroyed by a few rumors.

I just don’t know who taught Pei Xiuli this idea. Was it herself?

If it was really her, then she was really naive. She overestimated her own abilities and underestimated Pei Ji's current status.

"How can you ruin Pei Ji's reputation? Say he's ungrateful and refuses to acknowledge you, his adoptive father's daughter? You have to understand that it was your father who severed ties with you, not Pei Ji, and it was you who eloped. Do you think anyone would believe the words of someone who disobeyed their parents and eloped with someone else? Even if they did, so what?"

"Do you know what happens when you slander an official of the imperial court?"

Pei Xiuli's mind buzzed. What would happen? What could it possibly be? What could happen if she said a few words?

Su Li continued, "Slandering an official of the imperial court is considered a provocation to the imperial power. The punishment can be as light as dozens of lashes, or as severe as exile to a wasteland or even beheading. If you want to try, go ahead!"

"You lied to me! Don't try to scare me!" Pei Xiuli panicked instantly. Imperial power, caning and exile, in her opinion, these things were a million miles away from her and could never happen to her.

But what that bitch Su Li said was reasonable and well-founded, and she was really panicked and scared.

"I'm lying to you." Su Li sneered, "Doesn't Zhou Yi have a brother who works in the Ministry of Industry? If you don't believe me, you can go back and ask him."

Without waiting for her response, he directly instructed Xiao Ye: "Mrs. Zhou has stayed here for a day. She probably wants to go back to the Zhou family. Xiao Ye, please help pack the luggage and send Mrs. Zhou off."

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