Misunderstand!
Misunderstand!
It's all a misunderstanding!
It would be fine if one day it was discovered that the assassin was trying to kill Xu Jinyi, but if it was thought to be an assassination of the prince, that would be a completely different matter.
In great panic, Aunt Wang fainted.
"It is Yier's blessing to be able to protect His Royal Highness the Crown Prince from disaster." Marquis Xu said with a smile.
No longer begging for mercy for the two of them.
After the beating, the unconscious Aunt Wang was carried away, and Xu Jin'er was punished to kneel on the side.
Xu Jinyi's eyes rolled. "Oh, right, father, the old lady from Prime Minister Shen's residence came today and said that my sister had an affair without a matchmaker and it was shameful. She asked if I could be your concubine."
"If father has any objections, he can come and tell us. If he doesn't, they will send someone to pick him up in a few days."
When you are a concubine, there is no need to hold a banquet. The man just needs to send a sedan chair to pick you up and that's it.
Xu Jin'er also crawled over and tugged at Lord Xu's trouser legs: "Dad, you must make the decision for your daughter. You clearly promised to make me your equal wife, how can you go back on your word?"
Xu Jinyi didn't want to watch the two of them acting at all. She glanced at the stinky man and hooked her hand in his palm under the table.
Then she took out the dowry list given by Aunt Xu.
"Sister, you should discuss this matter with father after you go back." Then he opened the dowry list.
"Father, I have now reached the age of marriage. My father told Madam that he would keep my mother's dowry for me."
"Now that I'm grown up, it's better for me to manage my things myself, otherwise my father will give my things to others one day." No one knows who this person is.
Xu Jin'er was a little confused and had no idea what Xu Jinyi was talking about. Aunt Wang also never revealed anything about the huge dowry.
Lord Xu's face instantly stiffened, and he looked extremely ugly.
He never thought that Aunt Xu still had a list of dowry. He thought it had disappeared long ago.
Rich families always have two dowry lists when marrying off their daughters, but he didn't expect that the other one was with Aunt Xu.
Since His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was present, Lord Xu did not dare to refuse directly and hesitated before speaking.
"You are still young now, and Daddy is afraid that you will spend the things you have in your hands recklessly. Don't worry, when you get married, Daddy will definitely give the things to you."
With such a huge dowry, Lord Xu had already regarded it as his own. Asking him to take it out was simply digging into his heart.
Those things added together are worth more than all the property in his mansion combined.
For so many years, the Marquis' Mansion only had 100,000 taels of silver in its account.
He was a poor boy, had no business acumen, and did not have a wealthy family.
He had worked hard for many years to earn these 100,000 taels of silver.
The dowry included not only 50,000 taels of gold, but also several antique calligraphy and paintings, gold and silver jewelry, and priceless ornaments.
Any one of them is not ordinary, and the total price cannot be expressed in numbers.
But asking him to take it out now would be like asking for his life.
Xu Jinyi said calmly, "No need. I feel safe leaving the things in my hands. Dad, just gather the things and send them over."
Li Jinchen twitched his hand and took the dowry list to look at it.
Lord Xu panicked for a moment, and then he heard His Royal Highness the Crown Prince speak.
"Since it's something that belongs to Yi'er, my Lord, please prepare it as soon as possible. You'll have to give it to her sooner or later anyway, so giving it now makes the same difference."
"There are quite a lot of things. I'll send two maids over to help count them."
Then he put the dowry list into his arms in front of the two of them, leaving them stunned.
Lord Xu felt cold all over. If His Royal Highness the Crown Prince wanted to intervene in this matter, there was no way he wouldn't take out the things.
But if they took it out, the Marquis' Mansion would only have the 100,000 taels of silver left. What could they do with that little money?
Thinking of the difficult life he would have to live in the future, Lord Xu looked very reluctant.
Li Jinchen didn't give him any objection: "Then let's do it in three days. In three days, Madam will come to help you count your things."
Lord Xu could only speak tremblingly: "So many years have passed, and many things..."
"I know that things must have been spent over the years, but we have the dowry list. If there are any missing or spent items, we can just use silver to replace them."
How could Li Jinchen not understand what this old man wanted to say.
It's nothing more than wanting to take the money, dreaming.
Lord Xu clenched his hands, suppressed the fishy sweetness in his throat, and agreed with a forced smile.
After turning around, his old face was very long and he didn't care at all about Xu Jiner who was kneeling there.
Having achieved his goal, Xu Jinyi didn't want to see Xu Jiner's face again, so he asked someone to send her away.
It was really this woman who looked over here from time to time, and her eyes were just like those of a little white flower.
Back in their yard, the injured mother and daughter lay together, and Xu Jiner asked the doubts in her heart.
"What did you say? The Marquis promised to return the dowry in full?" Aunt Wang said in shock.
He even forgot about the pain in his back and sat up excitedly.
"Yes, and the prince has intervened in this matter."
"Mother, how much dowry did that woman leave behind?"
Aunt Wang looked shocked, her face paler than when she knew her daughter was going to be a concubine.
"It's priceless."
"What?" Xu Jin'er also sat up excitedly.
She sat there as if she had lost her mind, and then spoke again: "Mother, we can't let Xu Jinyi take away the dowry."
Aunt Wang sighed, "How could I not know? But the Crown Prince has intervened, what can we do?"
Xu Jin'er paused and said, "But we can't let her take away so much dowry. Besides, I'm getting married soon. If she takes it, what about me?"
This is also what Aunt Wang was worried about. She had already thought about it before. When Jin'er got married, the Marquis would have to give out at least half of those things.
Over the years, she, like Lord Xu, had long regarded those things as her own property.
Now I have to give it all away in one go, and I am reluctant at all.
This matter was so important that the mother and daughter went to see Lord Xu after applying the medicine.
"You think I want to give that dowry? Those things are much more than all the money in the entire Marquis's Mansion combined."
Xu Jin'er's eyes were red, and she pulled at Lord Xu's sleeve: "Dad, what about me? What should I do? Can you go and talk to the Prime Minister's Mansion?"
Speaking of this, Lord Xu became even more angry. He swung his hand in anger, and Xu Jin'er fell to the ground without any preparation.
"ah……"
He had just been hit by thirty lashes when he fell down and blood started to flow out again.
But Lord Xu couldn't care less about her now.
"If you hadn't done such a thing at the palace banquet, you wouldn't have fallen into such a predicament." Marquis Xu looked at the mother and daughter angrily.
"Now, because of that incident, your sister has become estranged from the family. Now she wants to take back the dowry. It's all your fault."
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