At night, Dou Zhao, who was left in the East Palace, slept in the green gauze closet in his sixth aunt's inner room, but couldn't fall asleep.

Half of Xidou's property just belongs to her like this?

She kept thinking back to her father's gentle yet resolute look as he crumpled up the document.

One quarter of the Dou family's business, does your father know what he is doing?

Yu Daqing only managed his mother's dowry, and after his mother died, he had other thoughts. How could a five-year-old child like her loyally help her manage these businesses and not be tempted by Jinbo?

Do you want to contact the Cui family?

In her previous life, she was twelve years old.

In this life, she is still ignorant.

Dou Zhao has been through too much and no longer dares to use money to test a person's character.

On the other side of the green silk cabinet, Ji was also awake.

She was thinking about today.

I wanted to say a few kind words to my husband, but when I turned around, I saw his face sleeping soundly.

Thousands of words are stuck in my heart.

She got up quietly, put on her clothes, went to see Dou Zhao who was "asleep", and then sat alone on the big kang by the window.

Dou Zhao is now like a baby in swaddling clothes clutching a bag of gold ingots. Although the gold ingots can ensure that she will have no worries about food and clothing, she has no power to keep them, which will only make those who covet them want to snatch them away.

This will do more harm than good to Dou Zhao!

Ji thought of her peaceful face when she was sleeping, her serious expression when she was writing, and the sly glimmer that occasionally flashed across her eyes, and she suddenly felt heartbroken.

How could she ruin such a good child like this?

She couldn't help but look in the direction of where her mother-in-law lived.

As for the second wife who had seen off Dou Duo and his son, she was whispering with her second son Dou Shishu in the inner room.

"If your Third Uncle doesn't agree to give half of Xidou's property to Shougu, are you really going to give the Third and Sixth Brothers' share, along with your own, to Shougu?"

The maids serving in the room had been dismissed, and only the Second Lady and Dou Shishu were left in the room.

Dou Shishu smiled without saying anything and personally made a cup of tea for his mother.

The Second Lady was angry and anxious, and said angrily: "You are too impatient! Fortunately, I have ten thousand yuan to help me out today, otherwise, I wonder how this matter will end for you."

"I didn't expect that either." Dou Shishu sat across from his mother. "Wanyuan is much more stable now than before." He added, "I hope you will take care of the family affairs. I will go back to Kyoto tomorrow morning."

"I don't need to." The Second Lady said, sighing, "After spending so much effort, I don't think Wang Xingyi will appreciate your kindness. He might even think that this matter has become like this because you didn't try your best."

"Mom," Dou Shishu laughed, "Do you think I can eat from the same bowl with Wang Yousheng?"

The Second Lady was slightly stunned.

Dou Shishu said, "My generation is the third generation of the Dou family, right?"

Dou Shishu was the third generation since someone from the Dou family went to school.

The second lady nodded.

"But no matter how many candidates and scholars our family has, as long as no one becomes a prime minister, we will always be just an ordinary official family, with no reputation in the officialdom and no power in the court," Dou Shishu said, his face gradually becoming solemn and his facial features becoming clear as if they were carved with a knife. "And now, I have such an opportunity and see such a prospect. It is possible that one day my portrait will be hung in the ancestral hall of the Dou family's north building, and my name will be written on the first page of the Dou family genealogy. Tell me, can I give up? Will I give up?"

The Second Lady said firmly: "Of course not!"

"Wang Xingyi chose to be the pioneer for Master Fang. For ten years, he lived in the northwest, living in poverty, while his wife and children were destitute," Dou Shishu narrowed his eyes, his sharp and bright eyes flashed like a knife. "Now, he has finally returned to his official career. Master Fang will compensate him for all the grievances he has suffered. Do you think he will be content with the status quo, not make progress, and let his suffering be in vain?"

"No!" The Second Lady seemed to be thinking about something.

"Since neither of us is likely to give in, why should I try to please him?" Dou Shishu smiled, "Besides, the current situation is more favorable to us - cultivating ourselves, managing our families, governing the country and bringing peace to the world. He can't even sort out his family affairs, and he actually wants our family to spend so much energy to clean up the mess for him. I'm afraid Master Fang should re-evaluate his attitude towards him."

"Good!" The Second Lady was in high spirits. "How can people trust the important affairs of the court to a person who can't even manage his household affairs? Truth cannot be hidden. Even if we keep silent about this matter, it will sooner or later reach the ears of your peers and colleagues. As an official, who doesn't want to make further progress? Even if Lord Zeng has a good impression of him, I'm afraid there will be people who are dissatisfied." She said, laughing, "It seems that we should thank Mrs. Pang for making such a fuss, otherwise things would not have come to this point."

"However, it is not appropriate to let a woman like Wang marry into the family." Dou Shishu pondered, "I am afraid that the younger generations will follow suit and ruin the family tradition of the Dou family. I think you should pay more attention to the things in the West Mansion. There has been no one in charge of the Third Uncle's family for a long time, and there must be a lot of things to do. It is better for Shougu to be raised in our house. And it would be best if the daughter born by Wang could also be brought to live with you for a long time."

The Second Lady despised Wang and therefore disliked Dou Ming. She said, "We have fallen out with your Third Uncle. If it is just for the sake of educating her, then forget it!"

"But she is a daughter of the Dou family after all," Dou Shishu said, "If she marries someone else and behaves inappropriately, it will still be a disgrace to our family."

The second lady nodded helplessly.

Dou Shishu also instructed: "Shou Gu has inherited half of the property of the West Mansion. Please tell your family members not to talk nonsense."

The Second Lady was puzzled.

Dou Shishu said implicitly: "I'm afraid someone will take advantage of Shougu."

The second lady understood.

How much silver is half of Xidou's property worth?

If a family marries a daughter-in-law like this, their descendants will not have to work for several generations and can just lie down, eat, sleep and drink.

"We have to find someone who is close to our family for Shougu." The second lady thought.

"It would be better if her heart is towards Dongfu." Seeing that his mother understood what he meant, Dou Shishu's eyes were full of smiles, "Mrs. Zhao will come back with Mr. Zhao's consent form in the next two days. Mrs. Zhao will come back after all. Young man, if she has anything to do, please help her to avoid any troubles in the division of property - since we agreed to the Zhao family's conditions, why not do it more beautifully? "

The Second Lady was surprised that Dou Zhao's aunt came so quickly.

Dou Shishu smiled and said, "As soon as I got the news that Ruifu wanted half of Xidou's property to be given to Shougu as a dowry, I knew what he meant and immediately sent someone to Ganquan County. I was also afraid that the third uncle would regret handing over the property when it was time to do so."

"You have thought it through carefully." The Second Lady looked at her gentle yet confident son and could not help but praise him.

Dou Duo's remorse came faster than Dou Shishu expected.

When he returned home, he picked up the pen washer on the desk and threw it at Dou Shiying.

Dou Shiying waited for his father to calm down and said calmly, "I will go back to Kyoto with my fifth brother tomorrow..."

"Don't you think today's situation is embarrassing enough?" Dou Duo interrupted him angrily.

"I will also participate in the next spring imperial examination." Dou Shiying said, "I want my fifth brother to introduce me to an old Hanlin who can help me teach the art of making."

Dou Duo was immediately choked with anger, and then said, "Well, wait until you come back from the spring examination to perform the ceremony of becoming the legitimate wife, and then you can leave Wang alone for a while."

Why do this?

Dou Shiying wanted to persuade his father with a few words, but when he thought of his father's resentment and that it was impossible for him not to take part in the imperial examination, he hesitated to speak.

Dou Duo, however, mentioned his son and talked about craftsmanship.

My father and I asked and answered each other until the sky began to turn pale.

Dou Shiying rubbed his red eyes and went back to wash up, then returned to Heshou Hall to have breakfast with his father. When Gao Xing came over to report that the boxes had been loaded on the car, Dou Duo sent his son to the gate.

While my father and his companion were talking, a large group of people came towards them beating gongs and drums.

Dou Duo frowned and just called out "Duan", a man's high-pitched cry came from the crowd opposite: "Old lady of the Dou family, it was my brother who was ignorant and offended you. The three of us brothers apologize to you. Please be magnanimous and don't hold it against us. Please forgive us."

The people of the Dou family were shocked and all looked towards the group of people.

Three men in lilac silk pants were seen walking in the crowd, with bare upper bodies and carrying bamboo shoots on their backs.

Aren’t these the three Pang brothers?

Duan's mouth opened in surprise.

Dou Duo was so angry that his temples were throbbing. He asked the people around him in a loud voice, "What are they doing here?"

"No...I don't know." The servant said, "I'll go ask now." Before he could run to the three Pang brothers, the three Pang brothers had already knelt down in the middle of the street with a "thump" like pushing a golden mountain and overturning a jade pillar.

"Master Dou, we kowtow to you!" After saying that, they started to kowtow, "dong dong dong", and soon a purple color appeared on their forehead.

"What happened?"

"Who are these three people?"

Someone also recognized the third son of the Pang family, Pang Xilou: "Isn't this the third master Pang from Lingshou County next door? He is a well-known scoundrel in Lingshou County, but I didn't expect that he would end up like this? I wonder why the Pang family offended the Dou family?"

Seeing the lively discussion among the neighbors, the Pang family members kept explaining to everyone: "Our Third Master was blind and did not know the value of gold and jade, and offended Old Lady Dou. We are here to pay our respects and apologize."

"He deserves it!" A sigh of relief came from the crowd, "He, Pang Yiba, deserves this day!"

"The old lady of the Pang family should give him a severe punishment."

"It must be Pang Yiba who is trying to blackmail Old Lady Dou!"

There are all kinds of opinions.

Dou Duo's fingers were shaking with anger.

Pang Yulou's second brother Pang Yinlou couldn't help feeling a little proud when he heard this, and whispered to his eldest brother Pang Jinlou and his younger brother Pang Xilou: "What do you think? You won't be wrong if you listen to me! If I had gone to trouble the families in person that day, how would we have gotten out of this situation today? These families are all arguing about the merits of others, and the worst thing is to beat them to death with one blow. You better be more careful when you encounter something like this in the future!"