After she finished speaking, the atmosphere in the hall fell into an eerie silence.
Su Zhiyao's heart was beating fast now. She had wanted Su Chengjiang to teach Su Jinyue a lesson, but she never expected that she would actually dare to attack her brother!
"Sister, are you really going to break the hearts of our father, mother, and brother by doing this?"
Su Zhiyao was about to cry as she spoke, "If you want to make your family no longer a family and your sisters no longer sisters because of me, then I would rather leave the Marquis' Mansion by myself."
Su Zhiyao stood up with tears in her eyes and was about to kneel down towards Jiang Caiping, "Mother, I...can't show my filial piety in front of you anymore!"
"Yao'er!"
Jiang Caiping quickly raised her hand to help Su Zhiyao, and looked at her little daughter with great heartache, "My Yao'er, what have you done wrong!"
She looked at Su Jinyue with a sad face, her voice angry and sad, "Su Jinyue, I thought you were spoiled in the farm, but I didn't expect you to force the whole family to this point! Do you want to offend the whole family?!"
Her heart, which had long since cooled, was not moved at all when she heard Jiang Caiping's words at this moment. After being reborn, Su Jinyue knew that there was no one behind her.
Su Jinyue lowered her eyes and looked at Su Chengjiang, "How about this arm, do you want it or not?"
Now that the quarter of an hour was getting closer and closer, Su Chengjiang could no longer hold back, "Yes! I want it!"
"I apologize, Su Jinyue, I was wrong! I shouldn't have hit you!"
Su Chengjiang almost shouted this with his eyes closed and trembling!
Su Jinyue bent down, raised her hand and twisted the silver needle, then neatly removed it from Su Chengjiang's arm.
Su Chengjiang only felt his arm suddenly go numb, and the pain disappeared instantly. He fell limp in Su Jingnian's arms, no longer having the strength to say a word.
I didn't expect things to turn out so ugly, and Old Lady Su looked particularly embarrassed.
At this moment, Madam Xie added fuel to the fire. She leaned back in her chair and watched the show, then spoke in a somewhat veiled tone, "Jin Yue's behavior today, if it gets out in the future, other men would never dare to marry her."
If what happened in the mansion today were to get out, who knows how many people would be in trouble in the mansion!
Old Lady Su couldn't sit still. She raised her wrinkled eyes and looked at Su Jinyue with anger. "Since ancient times, marriage has been decided by parents and matchmakers! You can't be so presumptuous here!"
"I have decided today that you must be married in three days, and Zhiyao will marry into the Xie family as a co-wife. There is no turning back!"
This matter was decided by Old Madam Su, which meant that on the wedding day, Su Jinyue would be brought into the Xie family even if she had to be tied up!
Seeing that Su Jinyue had been struggling for so long, but still ended up falling and suffering a great loss, Su Zhiyao, who was sitting beside her, raised her hand to wipe the tears from her cheeks, but under the cover of her sleeves, she couldn't help but smile at the corners of her lips.
I have always known that Old Madam Su only cares about interests, so when Su Jinyue heard her say this, she didn't care.
She simply turned around and bowed to Old Lady Su, "Since you want me to get married, Grandmother should return my dowry to me."
When the dowry was mentioned, Old Lady Su's face changed. "Didn't you say at the beginning that you would give half of the dowry to the Marquis' Mansion? Why are you talking about the dowry again now?!"
"I gave half of my dowry to the Marquis' Mansion because Grandmother agreed to cancel the marriage. Now that Grandmother has changed her mind, the dowry should be returned to me."
Old Lady Su looked a little embarrassed, but she was reluctant to give up the generous dowry. She said in a deep voice, "You caused such trouble, and you still have the nerve to ask for the dowry!"
"nature."
Su Jinyue's voice was light, but it struck directly at the heart of Old Madam Xie who was sitting in the hall. "That was the dowry my grandmother left me. Eight million taels of silver is not a small amount. Could it be that... Grandmother wanted to embezzle it?"
Old Madam Xie came here originally for Su Jinyue's dowry. How could she watch the eight million taels of silver she had obtained just fly away like that!
Madam Xie coughed twice and looked in the direction of Madam Su. "Jin Yue is right. Your mansion is so big, you wouldn't want to embezzle the dowry of your daughter. If this gets out, it will be bad news."
Liu couldn't help but speak up, "The dowry for this young generation is decided by the elders. How can you decide how much dowry you want..."
"Just shut up!"
Old Madam Su's face turned red and she scolded Liu coldly.
If the dowry of that dead girl was really missing, and word got out that the Marquis's Mansion withheld the dowry of the legitimate daughter, the reputation of the entire Su family would be ruined!
Hating Su Jinyue for mentioning the dowry at this moment, Old Lady Su looked at her with a cold expression, "Su Jinyue, are you going to sever your relationship with the entire Su family by doing this?"
"mother!"
Although Jiang Caiping was angry that Su Jinyue acted too radically today, she felt nervous when she heard what Old Madam Su said.
Old Lady Su glared at him, "You shut up too!"
Su Jinyue snorted softly, "Grandmother, are you planning to remove me from the Su family's genealogy?"
"It just so happens that I don't want this daughter of the Marquis's family. Grandmother, why don't you take advantage of today to sever my relationship with the Su family, so that I won't embarrass you all."
"Jinyue!" Jiang Caiping looked in Su Jinyue's direction in disbelief, as if she couldn't believe that these were the words she said.
Bang!
Su Yan slammed the wooden table next to him, "Ridiculous!"
"Is this something you can just say casually?!"
Su Jinyue looked at the old lady Su who was sitting in the upper seat, "Isn't that what Grandmother meant?"
"good!"
Old Lady Su covered her chest and pointed at Su Jinyue, "Okay, okay! Eight million taels of silver, not a cent less, you must marry me in three days! Don't make trouble anymore!"
"Grandmother." Su Jinyue said, "This eight million taels of dowry was left to me by my grandmother. How much more dowry can the Marquisate give me?"
Liu became unhappy when she heard her say this, and looked at Su Jinyue with sarcasm, "Who just said that you don't want the daughter of the Marquis's family? Now you're asking for a dowry, which is really not worthy of being on the stage."
"Aunt is right, but the Marquis's Mansion doesn't want to sever the relationship with me right now. I'm the Marquis's legitimate daughter, so it's not too much to give me a dowry."
Su Jinyue was determined to disgust them, so she naturally didn't care how they viewed her. As long as they were unhappy, she would be happy.
Since Xie Qingxu heard that Su Jinyue was willing to get married, she began to become interested.
Although eight million taels of silver was already a lot of money, no one would complain about having too much silver.
No matter how much dowry Su Jinyue takes away from the Marquis' Mansion now, as long as she marries into the Xie family, all the dowry will belong to the Xie family!
"I also think what Jin Yue said is right." Xie Qingxu said: "After all, Jin Yue is also the daughter of the Marquis's family, so she will need the help of the Marquis's family for her marriage."
Old Lady Su felt like a mouthful of blood was stuck in her throat, and she almost gritted her teeth and said, "I'll make the decision. The Marquis's Mansion will add another two million taels to make up a dowry of ten million taels for Jin Yue!"
Su Zhiyao didn't expect that Old Madam Su would give Su Jinyue so much dowry. The expression on her face almost couldn't be frozen, and she secretly clenched her fists.
That was originally her dowry!!! Su Jinyue, this bitch should have died long ago!!!
Old Lady Su held her forehead weakly and ordered the people around her, "Go, get the marriage certificate and settle the marriage today."
"yes."
Before the marriage certificate was taken, the servant at the door stumbled in and said, "My Lord, outside... outside..."
Su Yan frowned, "Why are you in such a hurry? What a mess!"
Before the servant could speak, a sharp and high-pitched voice rang out from outside the hall, "The imperial edict has arrived!"