"You are just putting on an act for others to see and to save your own dignity. You don't really want to give it to me." Madam Hou was filled with anger and wanted to skin Madam Liu.

Being cheated by her family made her feel like she was being backstabbed. She was so nice to them, why did they treat her like this?

"Okay, I know you're thinking about the family's money, I'm going to beat you to death." Old Madam Liu rushed over and slapped Madam Hou with all her might. The way she slapped her didn't seem like she was slapping her daughter, but more like she was slapping her enemy.

Old Madam Liu was quite sensitive about money. In her opinion, she had done her daughter a great favor by being respectable and not letting her lose face. It was just a dream to want to take the money for herself.

All the money in the family belongs to her son, and she doesn't allow anyone to covet it, not even her daughter.

The Marquis's wife was hit so hard that her face tilted to one side, and it was burning with pain. She had never been beaten since she got married. Although her husband had changed his mind, he still gave her the dignity that a mistress should have, because she had two sons. No one in the Marquis's mansion dared to look down on her just because her husband did not favor her. She still lived like a fish in water. It could be said that in the entire Marquis's mansion, except for the old lady, she was the one who loved her the most, so much so that she had long forgotten the feeling of being beaten.

In fact, at her mother's home, Old Madam Liu would beat her whenever she was unhappy.

No wonder Qin Ruchu said that her family didn't love her. Yes, if they loved her, how could they be willing to treat her like this?

What they value is nothing more than the benefits she brings.

The funny thing is that I can see it clearly now.

Madam Hou touched her face, which was hurt, raised her hand, and slapped him back fiercely: "Who do you think you are? How dare you hit me?"

Madam Liu was old, and the slap from Madam Hou made her spin 180 degrees, fall to the ground, and could not get up for a long time.

"Mother." Liu Yuzhou rolled and crawled to the side of Old Madam Liu. Seeing that she was still breathing, he breathed a sigh of relief, raised his head, and looked at Madam Hou fiercely like a wolf: "Why did you hit mother?"

Is this still the weak and vulnerable sister? Could she be possessed by a ghost?

Madam Hou stared at her good-for-nothing brother, who was spoiled by his family. He was neither good at literature nor martial arts, and was good for nothing. He only asked her for money. She subsidized him with all her money and treated him better than her own children. Thinking of the mistakes she had made in the past, she felt very upset, but her face did not show any regret. "I beat you, how about you?"

She didn't say that it was her mother who beat her first. Such nonsense was meaningless. The most important thing now was to resolve the problem.

Seeing her arrogant and domineering appearance, Liu Yuzhou was furious: "Okay, I'm going to sue you now."

Did she think she was a marquis and could do whatever she wanted? Even if she was the emperor, she would be drowned in spit if she was unfilial to her mother.

Look, this is how she treats her brother with all her heart. If she resists a little, he will kill her. Madam Hou's heart is covered with a thick layer of frost: "Go ahead, I just want to seek justice for myself."

Since she dares to fight and is not afraid, she still has such a powerful handle on us.

As if a bucket of cold water was poured down on him, Liu Yuzhou suddenly came to his senses: "What kind of justice is this? When have we ever treated you unfairly?"

Madam Hou didn't understand how she could say such a thing. She stared at me with a cold gaze and said two words without any warmth: "Dowry."

"What dowry? I don't know what you are talking about." Liu Yuzhou gritted his teeth and refused to admit it.

"It doesn't matter if you don't admit it. Every time my sister-in-law borrowed money, she wrote a receipt and put her fingerprints on it." Madam Hou said calmly.

Liu Yuzhou glared at his wife fiercely, asking her to meddle in other people's business.

Fang Qianshu felt wronged, she did exactly what she was told, it was she who said that the loan note had to be written and the fingerprints had to be put, and she had to let her aunt see her sincerity, so that she would not be suspicious and it would be easier to get money from her. Now that something went wrong, she was blamed.

"Let's go, let's go now." Madam Hou walked out.

"Sister, do you have to be so ruthless?" Liu Yuzhou looked at her disappointedly.

In the past, every time they showed such a look, she panicked terribly, afraid that she had done something wrong and they would no longer like her. Now she would not do that, because she knew that they had never liked her, and they were nice to her for a purpose. Thinking about this clearly, she looked straight into Liu Yuzhou's eyes and said without dodging or avoiding, "Don't blame me for being the one who did it on the first day."

Not only did they plot against her dowry, they even plotted against the Marquis's Mansion.

Have you ever thought about what she would do if the mansion ran out of money? What would happen to her children?

By then, she would become the sinner of the entire mansion, not only would she be in trouble, but her children would also be implicated.

You know, her son is the eldest son of the Marquis's Mansion, which means that the Marquis's Mansion will be the most powerful in the future. Even so, they still have to make plans.

This shows that she has no place in their hearts at all, and they have no feelings for her. It is ridiculous to expect her to show mercy to them.

"I can return your dowry to you." Liu Yuzhou's shoulders slumped.

"No, I won't return it." Old Madam Liu said anxiously.

They have spent all their money, what can they give back?

"Then what should we do? Sister is going to sue us in the government. Are you going to go to jail?" Liu Yuzhou asked in a sharp voice.

"She dares." Old Madam Liu turned her nose up at Madam Hou and said, "If you really go to the government to sue us, I will never acknowledge you as my daughter again."

Madam Hou sneered. If she had heard her say this before, she would have immediately bowed her head, because she was really afraid. She was afraid that her mother would break off relations with her. Even if she ignored her for a moment, she would be afraid and would keep wondering what she had done wrong to upset her mother. Now that she thought about it, was this what Qin Ruchu meant by being tamed?

Since she was little, she knew that her mother liked her brother more and didn't like her. She didn't know what she had done wrong. She was obviously her mother's child, so why didn't her mother treat her the same as her brother? She also longed for her mother to be close to her.

For this reason, she competed with her brother for favor and attention from her mother, and ended up being severely beaten.

Her mother beat her so hard that her skin was torn and she almost thought she was going to see Prince Yan.

From then on, she no longer dared to compete for her brother's affection. Her mother taught her to love and protect her brother and put her brother first in everything, and she dared not disobey.

Seeing that she was obedient, her mother praised her for the first time.

She seemed to have opened the door to a new world. It turned out that this was how she was liked by her mother.

In this way, she became an obedient puppet in their hands.

If she is a little disobedient, they will stay away from her, but only if she is obedient, they will get close to her.

For this closeness, she had been wronging herself, but now she found that even this closeness was fake.

She looked at Old Madam Liu with a smile on her face, but there was no smile in her eyes: "Do you think I would still want a bride who plotted against me?"

"You want to break up with me?" Old Madam Liu couldn't believe what she heard.

You know, Madam Hou has always been the most obedient. As long as she gives her a good look, she will be happy all day long. She is also always proud of holding her daughter firmly in the palm of her hand. She often brags to others that whoever makes their daughters stick to their husband's family after they get married.

"Otherwise, should I keep you here for the New Year?" The Marquis's wife rolled her eyes at her for free.

Seeing her, she remembered her calculations and her own stupidity, and she really didn't want to see her again.

"I'm going to hit you." Old Madam Liu struggled to get up from the bed, raised her hand high, and wanted to hit Madam Hou again.

Liu Yuzhou hugged her waist tightly: "Mom, calm down."

Don't draw it, we still owe you a dowry, and it can't be undone if we draw it.

"Let go."

If I don't beat her to death today, she will change her last name to hers.

Looking at Old Madam Liu, who was like an enraged female lion, Madam Hou said slowly, "Have you forgotten that I am a first-rank conferred lady? Can you bear the consequences of beating a first-rank conferred lady?"

According to the regulations of this dynasty, if a lady of the first rank is beaten, the punishment will be either caning at the lightest or exile or death penalty at the worst.

Madam Liu seemed to have been acupunctured and instantly calmed down, her face full of disbelief: "You threaten me?"

She actually used her identity to threaten her.

But she is her biological mother.