Luo Wang led one team and Li Feng led another team, splitting up and moving quickly.
Most of the things remained in Tongjia Courtyard and the Begonia Garden where the stepmother originally lived.
The few others were in Lu Jinpei and Lu Yuyi's courtyard.
Needless to say, Tongjia Courtyard was taken care of by Li Feng and his men.
When Granny Wei, the steward of the Begonia Garden, saw Lu Yucheng enter with a large entourage, she immediately ordered people to move things in and bowed to Lu Yucheng with an unpleasant expression.
“Young Master, this is Madam’s courtyard. It’s not appropriate for you to bring people here to search Madam’s courtyard.” Upon seeing Luo Wang, his face showed even more displeasure: “Bringing an outsider with you, Young Master, you are very ignorant of etiquette.”
Wei Mama was an old woman who served Fang Shi. Fang Shi's father died in battle protecting the Duke of Zhenguo, and she was the one who followed Fang Shi into the Duke of Zhenguo's mansion.
Lu Yucheng said coldly, "I will not go through my stepmother's things. I am here today to take away my mother's dowry."
"This...Young Master, but Madam is not in the courtyard. It's really against the rules for you to rummage through things like this. Even if you're here to take Madam's things, you should do it in front of her. Aren't you breaking the rules?"
Zhu Yu chuckled lightly: "Rules? If the stepmother is a person who understands the rules, how could she have kept my mother's dowry? If the stepmother is a person who understands the rules, why didn't she hand over all of my mother's dowry to me to take with me when I got married?"
"I had no idea that the rules of our Duke Zhenguo's mansion had become such that a second wife could steal the first wife's husband and even take away her dowry, and still consider it reasonable."
Lu Yucheng nodded silently.
Mother Wei's face turned pale, and she stammered, unsure how to refute the statement. If word got out, the lady of the house would lose all face.
She muttered under her breath, "You've been divorced and sent back to your residence by Prince An, which has saved you a lot of trouble. Otherwise, the dowry would have been bumped and knocked over while being moved around."
They prepared the dowry with great fanfare back then, and now they want to move it back from the Prince An's mansion. Isn't this just making a fool of themselves in front of the world?
She has completely disgraced the Duke of Zhenguo's mansion.
She's already an abandoned woman; she should try to avoid attracting attention if possible. How dare she move into Tongjia Courtyard the moment she entered the Zhenguo Duke's Mansion, and now she's shamelessly asking for her dowry.
That shameless jerk has such a thick skin!
Zhu Yu glanced down and saw the number on the jade bracelet quickly become 11,050. He sneered, "So, the stepmother carried me into the Anwang Mansion in a sedan chair back then, hoping that one day I would divorce His Highness Anwang?"
Madam Wei pursed her lips, not daring to reply. She dared not speak ill of Prince An behind his back.
Qi Yu stepped forward, grabbed Wei's mother by the collar, and threw her behind him.
Old Mrs. Wei almost fell and hurt herself, which gave her quite a fright. The little maid next to the young lady looked so delicate, but she lifted her up like a chick.
Before Wei's mother could recover from the shock, Zhu Yu said, "Besides, the Emperor's decree states that he approves my divorce from Prince An. How come in your mouth, it's Prince An who divorced me? Wei's mother, you've got some nerve, daring to question the Emperor's decree!"
Zhu Yu's voice was neither loud nor soft, but every word he uttered was imposing.
Wei's mother was so frightened that she knelt down with a thud: "This servant, this servant dares not. Miss, how could you put such a big label on this servant? This servant cannot bear such a burden."
"If you know you can't bear the consequences, then kneel down properly. If you obstruct me again, don't blame me for being impolite! Luo Wang, take all of my mother's belongings away!"
“If it’s not my mother’s property, even if it’s just a blade of grass, we won’t want it. Don’t learn from Fang’s greedy face,” Lu Yucheng ordered.
Luo Wang responded with a resounding "Yes."
Mother Wei timidly looked up at Zhu Yu, but Qi Yu slapped her on the head: "Don't look!"
Before long, Luo Wang, along with his servants and maids, emptied the entire Begonia Courtyard.
Fang's father was just a personal guard of the old Duke Zhenguo, and he didn't have much of a family fortune. Over the years, Fang was not good at managing money, and the dowry of Madam Lu was reduced in her hands.
After this relocation, the Begonia Courtyard was suddenly an empty shell.
Looking at the empty courtyard and storeroom, Madam Wei collapsed to the ground, slapping her thigh and crying loudly, "Madam, please come back soon! If you don't come back, the Duke of Zhenguo's mansion will be turned upside down!"
Qi Yu rushed in, grabbed a piece of paper covered in paste, and slapped it onto Wei's mother's mouth.
Mother Wei stared wide-eyed in horror, not even daring to peel off the paper stuck to her mouth.
"If you keep shouting and yelling, I'll tie your hands and feet, shut your stinking mouth, and let you starve to death!"
The items were moved back to Tongjia Courtyard and filled the entire courtyard.
As Lu Jinpei watched the precious items being carried out of the house one by one, tears welled up in her eyes. She glared angrily at Zhu Yu.
"Lu Xiaoyun, you...you've gone too far! I'm going to tell Father and have him punish you. If you're so capable, then move everything out of my room and see how Father punishes you then!"
Zhu Yu nodded: "I see. Then if I don't grant your wish, I would be letting you down."
He pointed to the rosewood cabinet with three horizontal beams and the jade nanmu screen in Lu Jinpei's room, which were not on the dowry list, and said to Li Feng and Qi Yu, "We can't let down Miss San's kindness. Let's move these two items to Tongjia Courtyard as well. They'll fit perfectly in your rooms."
She is now a woman, and women have the right to be unreasonable.
Li Feng grinned so wide his mouth stretched to his ears: "Yes, Miss."
Qi Yu said in a serious tone, "Miss, I have plenty in my room."
Zhu Yu chuckled and patted Qi Yu on the shoulder, saying, "This girl is too straightforward."
"Sigh, I've never seen anyone make such a request in my entire life. Third sister, if you ever have such a request again, just say so, and I promise I won't let you down. Li Feng, hurry up and thank the Third Miss."
Lu Jinpei was so angry that tears streamed down her face: "You, you're bullying me!"
Li Feng sweetly curtsied to Lu Jinpei: "This servant thanks the Third Miss for the reward."
Lu Jinpei: "..."
"Then, Miss, I want some too," Qi Yu said softly, her face flushed.
Zhu Yu pointed to Lu Jinpei's carved canopy bed: "Okay, move this bed."
Qi Yu curtsied to Lu Jinpei and said, "This servant thanks the Third Miss for the reward."
Lu Jinpei finally burst into tears.
Lu Yuyi's room didn't have many things to begin with. In recent years, Fang Shi had been quite strict with him, forbidding him from indulging in pleasure. Apart from a stewardess, everyone else in the courtyard was a servant.
There wasn't even a maidservant to serve him personally.
In general, young masters from noble families would choose a maidservant to serve them closely when they were seven years old. Once the young master had grown up, the maidservant would teach him about human affairs.
It is extremely rare for a nine-year-old like Lu Yuyi to still not have a maidservant by his side.
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