On the other side, Ji Zehai and Chen had returned to the front hall of the Marquis' Mansion.
After the escape just now, the two were still a little out of breath.
Chen said with lingering fear, "Why did an assassin suddenly appear on the way home? If we hadn't run fast, I'm afraid we would have lost our lives right there!"
Ji Zehai shifted his body and frowned, "I don't know, but this matter involves so many nobles in the capital. I must investigate it thoroughly and give them an explanation!"
Hearing this, Chen's eyes rolled and she suddenly asked, "My Lord, could this be the work of the Shen family? They don't want Shen Ningyuan to stay in the Ji family anymore, so they decided to kill her to silence her?"
Chen continued to analyze: "After all, for the Shen family, if all the members of the Ji family died out, they could naturally bring Shen Ningyuan back to the Shen family!"
Ji Zehai shook his head solemnly: "Not necessarily. When I was escaping, I looked back and it was obvious that those assassins were going after the Shen family."
"What?" Chen's eyes widened. "My Lord, are you saying that today's incident is actually caused by the Shen family and has implicated us?"
Ji Zehai shook his head and said seriously: "This matter... I can't explain it clearly, but it is very likely."
Chen didn't say anything, but just stared at the floor tiles viciously.
He said viciously, "Damn the Shen family! I really hope those assassins will tear Shen Ningyuan and the father and son into pieces, so that no one will snatch the dowry from us!"
"Madam Ji is so obsessed with my dowry that she wishes my father, brother and I would die?"
Just as Chen finished speaking, Shen Ningyuan's crisp voice came from outside the door.
Chen's eyes widened in shock, she suddenly stood up from her chair and looked out the door.
They saw Shen Ningyuan and the Shen family father and son standing outside the door, staring at them with cold expressions.
Chen's face was in a panic, as if she had seen a ghost.
Then she subconsciously looked in the direction of Ji Zehai, hoping that her husband could help her explain a few things.
But Ji Zehai seemed to be frightened by the momentum of Shen Potian and Shen Haobai.
Trembling, he couldn't squeeze out a complete sentence: "Dear, dear, you are finally back. We were just worried that something might happen to you!"
Ji Zehai avoided the main point and did not mention what Chen had just said.
Hearing this, Shen Potian snorted coldly: “Are you worried about us getting into trouble, or are you worried about us coming back alive? You know it in your hearts!”
Ji Zehai smiled awkwardly: "What are you talking about, my dear? Those words just now were just words spoken without restraint by my wife because she was frightened. Don't take them seriously, don't take them seriously!"
After the words fell, Shen Ningyuan stood up and refuted without any hesitation: "What a frightened person, what a mouthful, you just skipped over this question in a few words, do you really think we are fools?"
Shen Ningyuan continued to ask: "I want to ask, Madam Ji, even after such a big shock, she still thinks about my dowry. If she hadn't been frightened, would she have been thinking about it so much?"
These words were undoubtedly a slap in the face of the Ji family.
Chen's face flushed red, and she immediately jumped out, pointing at Shen Ningyuan and scolding: "Shen Ningyuan, Yunchuan has just been buried, are you going to treat the two old people in the family like this?"
Shen Ningyuan raised her eyebrows coldly and said sarcastically, "Madam Ji, don't bring up your husband every time you encounter something. We all know what you are thinking. Is it so difficult to admit that you are thinking about my dowry?"
"you--"
Chen was so angry at Shen Ningyuan's words that she gnashed her teeth.
But because Shen Potian and Shen Haobai were present, she didn't dare to say anything harsh to Shen Ningyuan.
I can only hold back this resentment.
So, Chen found a way out for herself: "Today is the day Yunchuan is buried. I know you are in a bad mood. I will not bother with you for now, but this will not happen again!"
"Will it not happen again?" Shen Ningyuan sneered and said, "There's no need to wait for the next time. Why not take advantage of today when Yunchuan is buried? My father and eldest brother are here too. Let's talk things out!"
Chen's face jumped: "Chen Ningyuan, what do you want to say?"
Shen Ningyuan's face was cold: "Of course it's what Mrs. Ji said just now."
Chen stopped talking and glared at Shen Ningyuan with gritted teeth.
Shen Ningyuan continued, "Mrs. Ji doesn't want to admit that you've always been thinking about my dowry. So let's make it clear today. From now on, my dowry belongs to me and the Marquis' Mansion is not allowed to touch a single cent of it. How about that?"
"W-what?" Chen was stunned.
Ji Zehai's expression changed: "You want to take the dowry back?"
Shen Ningyuan asked in a deep voice: "That was originally my dowry, why can't I take it back?"
Shen Haobai snorted coldly: "Since ancient times, dowry is a gift given by the natal family to a married daughter. It belongs to the woman. Since it is given by our family to my sister, she can naturally take it back!"
Shen Potian's face was as dark as ink: "Don't tell me that the Marquis' Mansion has not only used my daughter's dowry in the past year, but also wanted to take it for themselves?"
"Of course not!" Ji Zehai immediately denied.
If the news that they are coveting their daughter-in-law's dowry gets out, the Marquis' Mansion will be ridiculed.
After receiving Ji Zehai's affirmative response, Shen Ningyuan said with a smile: "Since you don't have any thoughts about it, then the Marquis' Mansion will not be able to use my dowry in the future!"
Hearing this, Chen subconsciously asked, "Are we going to take it back now?"
Shen Ningyuan smiled and asked, "Why? I want to take back my dowry now. Does Madam Ji have any objections?"
"Of course not." Chen hastily defended herself, "I was just thinking that the dowry from the Marquis's Mansion and my daughter-in-law has been mixed up over the past year. I have to settle the accounts first before taking it back. I can't let you suffer any loss, right?"
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