Chapter 346 Good News
Even if the girl from the Dou family was wrong, not everyone can slap the Dou family in the face.
The fifth wife glanced at Cai.
Cai understood and sneered, "What the eldest aunt of the Marquis of Jining said is very strange! Even a tiger will not eat its own cubs. Our fifth aunt knew that she was pregnant, but she still lost it? That's her eldest son! The eldest grandson of the Wei family! Even if she doesn't care about the incense of her husband's family, she has to care about her own body! You are also a woman, don't you know that childbirth is like giving birth, and if you are not careful, you will lose your life. Our fifth aunt has only been married for four or five months, how could she not even want her life?! I'm afraid it's not that our fifth aunt is stupid and failed to save the heir of the Wei family, but that the rules of your family are too strict. In order to torture your daughter-in-law, you even don't want your grandson!"
What you fear will come true!
Tian's face turned pale and she didn't know what to say.
Wei Tingzhen glared at Cai with a frown on his face: "Speak with evidence, don't just talk nonsense and put all the blame on others! My brother is already in his twenties. Others of his age would have sons running around. My mother and my brother are looking forward to having a baby. Dou Ming is not a illegitimate child. Why don't my mother and my brother want the evidence?"
Cai, however, seized upon her words and started to yell, "There are people who can't talk, but I've never seen anyone as bad at talking as you! What do you mean by raising a private child?! Don't forget that you were the ones who wanted to get married. Our fifth aunt didn't get married because her mother-in-law died. She didn't have any elders either. Didn't the mother-in-law know whether she was pregnant or not? Now that the child is gone, you think it's all our aunt's fault? Why don't you say that it was her mother-in-law who didn't treat her as a human being and didn't even know that the new daughter-in-law was pregnant?! I tell you, there is no such thing in the world! If you don't make things clear today, I'll go to Shuntian Prefecture with you to reason. If Shuntian Prefecture can't explain it clearly, we'll go to Dali Temple! I don't believe it. There is no place for reason in the world!"
After these words, Tian was also scolded.
Tian had never suffered such humiliation in her life. Her face turned red and she wished she could find a crack in the ground to crawl into.
Mrs. Wu pretended not to hear and took the teacup and took a sip slowly.
Wei Tingzhen is not the kind of person who would accept the loss in front of him.
If we go to Shuntianfu and expose the truth, everyone will be embarrassed.
She just didn't believe that the Dou family could afford to lose face like this!
"Okay, let's go to Shuntian Prefecture to seek justice." She calculated that the Dou family was just bluffing, and said arrogantly, "It's just right to ask the governor of Shuntian Prefecture to judge. It was originally your fourth aunt who married into the family, but it became the fifth aunt when she got married, and even the dowry clearly written in the marriage certificate was changed..." If we can get back the dowry that the Wei family deserves, that would be the best. Even if we can't get it back, we have to let that little bitch Dou Ming know how powerful he is and behave in the Wei family in the future!
Cai sneered and said, "If you want to beg for money, just say so. There's no need to be a whore and still want to be a saint. You're talking about our aunt's dowry! What's wrong with our aunt's dowry? Looking at the whole capital, how many families can compare with it? But your Wei family's betrothal gift is a set of pure gold headwear. I don't know which generation of old finances it was passed down from, but they were reluctant to spend it. It's so black, and it's a pity that you can show it off, and you think we can't see it. The so-called West Lake Longjing is all tree branches. Let alone giving it to relatives and friends, even if it's to reward maids, our Dou family can't afford it. Not only did they not help, they also had to prepare some tea for their aunts and uncles. The wedding cakes were as thin as pancakes. This was the first time I had seen them in my life... We in the Dou family haven't said anything yet, but you guys are already complaining. You want to go to Shuntian Prefecture? Sure, I'll tell the servants to harness the carriage and accompany you. We in the Dou family don't have many other people, but we have the most Jinshi in the two lists. It just so happens that Mr. Huang, the prefect of Shuntian Prefecture, is also a Jinshi in the two lists, and he has some relationship with our family. It's not shameful to ask him to judge the matter. "As he said this, he shouted "harness the carriage" loudly, and he looked like he was going to confront Wei Tingzhen.
Wei Tingzhen suddenly felt a little panicked.
Especially considering that Dou Shishu was the prime minister of the current dynasty, the three elders of the Dou family in Kyoto were all successful candidates in the two imperial examinations.
Sweat broke out on her forehead.
As a daughter, only the mother knows best.
As soon as Tian saw it, she knew that her daughter was strong on the outside but weak on the inside. She became anxious and turned to look at the Fifth Madam, but saw that the Fifth Madam had her eyelids drooping and was blowing the floating leaves in the teacup. She suddenly had an idea and shouted, "Stop arguing," then she cried out, "Ouch," and fell backwards, holding her chest.
"Mother, mother!" Wei Tingzhen was so frightened that she was shaking like a sieve. She held onto Tian and kept shouting, "Why don't you help me find a doctor?"
The Fifth Madam then exchanged glances with Cai, and ordered the maid to call a doctor, and said indifferently: "It's the coldest time of winter, and there's only one brazier in the room. It's very cold. Why don't you move the Madam to the warm room next door to lie down?"
Wei Tingzhen nodded helplessly.
The fifth wife asked someone to take Tian to the warm room next door to lie down.
A little maid came in smiling and said, "Fifth Madam, someone from Jing'an Temple Hutong has come to tell you that Fourth Aunt has diagnosed a pregnancy."
"Oh, this is great news!" Mrs. Wu couldn't help but smile and asked hurriedly, "Who brought the news? Let her in!"
She still needs to find out what is going on.
The little maid went away happily.
Wei Tingzhen's face was as ugly as it could be.
The Fifth Madam acted as if she saw nothing and said with a smile, "Don't worry, aunt. The doctor will be here soon. I have something to do just now and will be back soon." Then she instructed Cai, "You stay here and help aunt to take good care of the lady." After saying that, she walked out of the warm room without waiting for Wei Tingzhen to say anything.
Cai's eyes rolled as she listened.
The Wei family had just lost their grandson, but Dou Zhao was pregnant... With this loss and gain, it was impossible for the Wei family not to have any thoughts.
She instructed her personal maid, "I can't leave here. Go and listen to what the people who came to Jing'an Temple Hutong said." Then when the maid came to report to her, it would be a good opportunity for the mother and daughter of the Wei family to hear it so that they could feel disgusted with these two people.
The nanny smiled and agreed. After about half an incense stick of time, she returned and said with a smile, "The one who came to report the news was the Gaosheng family. They said that although there were no elders in the inner courtyard of the Duke of Ying's mansion, the prince was a careful person. He waited until the baby was stable before reporting the news to Jing'an Temple Hutong. When the Seventh Master heard about it, he was so happy. He rummaged through boxes and cabinets and found a lot of study treasures, saying that they were for his grandson. He divided them into categories, which were for enlightenment, which were for further studies, and which were for the end of life. He looked so excited, as if he had to find a Jinshi master before he would stop."
Cai laughed particularly loudly and said, "Then I have to prepare well and think about what to prepare as a gift."
She pretended to think for a long time and said, "I think we should go to the storehouse where my dowry was stored! I remember that my dowry included a landscape painting by Qiu Ying of the previous dynasty. Since Seventh Uncle used pen, ink, paper and inkstone as a gift, wouldn't it be vulgar if we gave him some gold, silver and jewelry?"
She muttered to herself to her personal nanny and left the warm room.
Wei Tingzhen was so angry that his teeth were grinding.
Dou Zhao was only pregnant, and everyone in the Dou family was already serving her. What if she gave birth to a son? They would have to empty the Dou family!
Dou Ming, this idiot, had eyes like needles. He just wanted her to set some rules, but she lost the baby in her belly to deal with her mother. If the baby was born, at least half of the pens, ink, paper and inkstone would belong to the child. If the baby was raised to be well-behaved and sensible, maybe the other half of the Dou family's property would belong to the child!
As the saying goes, a father pities his youngest son, and a grandfather pities his eldest grandson. Even if Dou Ming gave birth to another child in the future, the one from Dou Zhao's family would still have the upper hand. If there were any good things, I'm afraid they would go to the one from Dou Zhao's family first.
She seemed to see mountains of gold and silver slipping through her fingers.
"How stupid!" The more Wei Tingzhen thought about it, the more she felt that her family had suffered a great loss. She couldn't help but curse Dou Ming in a low voice, "This mother is a worthless person, and the daughter she gave birth to is not even presentable!"
The unconscious Tian opened her eyes and whispered, "Tingzhen!"
Wei Tingzhen was delighted and didn't care to scold Dou Ming, so he asked hurriedly, "What's wrong with you?"
"I'm fine." Tian saw that there were only two maids standing behind the screen in the room, and whispered, "When the doctor comes, I will continue to pretend to be sick, and you can have someone carry me back home - the Dou family will not have trouble with us, and this matter can be covered up like this."
Wei Tingzhen was still stubborn: "Mom, the Dou family doesn't dare to sue us..."
Tian waved her hands and said wearily, "I'm not afraid of going to court with the Dou family. I'm just afraid that your mother-in-law will accuse you of meddling. Let's just forget about this matter!"
"Mom!" Wei Tingzhen wanted to eat her heart out whenever she thought of Dou Ming causing the Wei family to exchange pearls for fish eyes. "How can we just let this go like this..."
"Listen to me," Tian interrupted Wei Tingzhen, "I was wrong in this matter, and it would be great if it could be exposed. But Dou Ming is too cunning, and it is wrong not to discipline her. I will never let her go again."
Wei Tingzhen thought about it for a moment and soon came up with an idea: "This is a good idea! She is so arrogant because she relies on her rich dowry. You take her dowry and give her all the income from her business. Let the people of the Dou family be witnesses. This way, she can be a good daughter-in-law of the Wei family and you won't have to bear the reputation of usurping the dowry of your daughter-in-law."
Anyway, after Dou Ming is dead, all these dowries will belong to the Wei family, so it doesn’t matter if they are kept for the time being.
Tian thought for a moment and said, "You are right. When we return, we will invite our father-in-law to discuss this matter. If the Dou family is afraid that I will swallow her dowry, then let our father-in-law help to take care of it. I believe that our father-in-law is not a treacherous and greedy person, and he will return Dou Ming's dowry to us in due time."
That’s hard to say!
Wei Tingzhen didn't agree, but she didn't want to worry her mother, so she said, "Then let's wait until after the Chinese New Year!"
By then, the incident involving Dou Ming's small business had passed, so it was a good opportunity to deal with her.
Tian nodded.
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