Old Madam Chen's face looked a little unhappy. Although she had not taken care of the family in recent years, she knew what these dowries meant to the Chen family.
The Chen family is not like those noble families with abundant wealth. They have relied on Zhou's dowry to live a life with many servants and spend money like water.
Later, before her death, Zhou instructed that all her dowry be left to her daughter as a dowry.
Chen Jingxi was granted marriage to Prince Su. In order to save face, the Chen family did not withhold Zhou's dowry and gave it all to Chen Jingxi as a dowry.
Seeing that Old Madam Chen was silent, Chen Jingxi didn't rush to speak. She just thought to herself that the original owner must have had quite a bit of dowry, which was why the old lady was so reluctant to part with it.
Chen's father was just a boy from a poor family. He studied hard for more than ten years and finally passed the imperial examination, becoming the third place in the imperial examination. He was favored by the original owner's mother, Zhou.
The Zhou family had been generals for three generations and had accumulated military merits, so naturally they received a lot of rewards. Zhou Mu had only one daughter, Zhou, so I think her dowry should be quite large.
The last time she went back to the Zhou family, she could tell from the words between the lines that Zhou Zhengyuan felt regret and remorse for his young sister's passing. However, this resentment was probably directed towards the Chen family.
Zhou must have grown up in a place of great care and love.
Although she didn't know the cause of Zhou's death, judging from Zhou Zhengyuan's attitude towards the Chen family, it must be related to the Chen family.
Thinking of this, Chen Jingxi felt that the dowry must be taken back no matter what. If they continued to spend Zhou's money, she was afraid that Zhou in the underworld would be so angry that she would vomit blood.
After a long while, Mrs. Chen said, "There's no rush for this matter. I'll discuss it with your father later."
Chen Jingxi smiled and said, "I should tell my father. I'll come back the day after tomorrow."
Without waiting for them to object, he continued, "I have something else to do in the palace, so I'll go back first."
Upon seeing this, Old Madam Chen immediately said, "Xi'er, if you have something to do, go back first. Chunmei will stay. I'll prepare some things. You can go with Mrs. Wang to get them later."
Chen Jingxi glanced at Chunmei and nodded in agreement.
After leaving Old Madam Chen's courtyard, Han Yu said, "Princess, this Chen family seems..."
"Let's talk about it when we get back to the palace."
"Han Yu, Princess, I'm going to be rich, hahahaha."
"It's almost noon. I guess there's no food to eat if we go back. Hanyu, let's go to the restaurant to eat."
Han Yu, who was following behind, smiled.
In the Chen residence, Wang's face was distorted. She pointed at Chunmei, who was standing silently with her head down, and cursed angrily, "You useless thing! You didn't even inform me of something as important as her return. I've really raised you for nothing for so many years!"
Chunmei's face was pale, her hands were tightly clutching the corners of her clothes, and she didn't dare to look up.
"Okay, shut up." Old Madam Chen said in a deep voice.
Wang turned around and faced Old Madam Chen, her face still filled with dissatisfaction and resentment. "Mother, she's taking back all the dowry. What are we going to do? You know, there are a lot of people from well-off families proposing marriage these days. What will happen to Xu'er's dowry? And Bao'er will need money for his wedding."
Sitting in the main seat, Old Madam Chen took a deep breath, as if weighing something: "What should we do? Zhou's dowry has been in your hands for the past ten years. Isn't the money you took from it enough? Xi'er is now the Princess of Su. She will help Tianbao in the future. As long as she gets better, our Chen family will be better off. And that thing originally belonged to her."
Wang gritted her teeth and whispered, "Mother, business has been bad these past two years. Those shops are probably losing money."
Old Madam Chen snorted coldly, "Since you're losing money, wouldn't it be better to return it to Xi'er? It would also save you from having to put money into it."
"But...but how could the girl care about these things?"
"She won't? Don't think I don't know how you raised her after Zhou's death."
"My daughter-in-law knows she hasn't treated her badly in the slightest. She's got everything Xu'er has and doesn't have."
Old Madam Chen rubbed her brows and said, "Okay, it's settled. Go back and prepare everything."
Wang wanted to say something more, but seeing Old Madam Chen's firm attitude, she had to give up and said with gritted teeth, "I understand. I will go back and prepare the account books."
Looking at Wang's departing back, Old Madam Chen sighed deeply. She was so short-sighted that as a second wife, she still wanted to covet the original wife's dowry.
"Chunmei, tell me what the princess has encountered these days."
Chunmei whispered, "Yes."
When Wang returned to her yard, she smashed the teacups and teapots on the table to the ground.
Chen Jingxu, who was standing by, watched her mother lose her temper before saying, "Mom, don't get so angry that you become ill. It's just a dowry, so why don't you just return it to her?"
"What do you know? For so many years, I have worked hard to manage this family and have never wronged her. Now that she is the Princess Su, she actually wants to take this little thing back. What right does she have?"
Chen Jingxu whispered, "Mom, aren't these all hers?"
Wang scolded, "What nonsense are you talking about? What's hers? If I hadn't worked so hard to take care of it all these years, what would be left? And you want to marry with nothing? Aren't you afraid of being laughed at?"
Chen Jingxu's expression froze. "How could that be, mother? Does our Chen family still rely on her dowry?"
"If it weren't for these, where would you get the clothes and hairpins you wear?"
Chen Jingxu was shocked and said, "Mom, isn't my father the Minister of Rites?"
Wang said, "Your father is a minister of rites, and his annual salary is only a few hundred taels. How much can you buy for a few sets of clothes and hairpins?"
Chen Jingxu looked at her in shock, her heart as if a bucket of cold water had been poured on her. "Mom, what should I do? How can I go out and see people without these clothes and hair ornaments?"
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