Chapter 148: How does it feel to not get even a penny from your scumbag dad?
"Since you said you were just asking for something, isn't that too much?"
Xie Yao looked at Xie Mingan's hypocritical face and sneered.
The father is kind and the son is filial, and they live in harmony as before?
She then asked slowly, "A father's kindness makes his son filial. Uncle Wenchang, are you truly filial?"
Master Xie said angrily, "How dare you humiliate your father."
Xie Yao: "I'm just asking, Second Uncle, why are you so anxious? Aren't you unfilial?"
Mr. Xie shut up.
The face of his father, the old uncle, appeared in Xie Mingan's mind, and his expression became unnatural for a moment.
He quickly revealed a sad expression and sighed, "Father has handed over all the affairs of the Bo Mansion to your mother. What else do you want?"
Xie Yao looked at Xu Susu.
At the beginning, Xie Ming'an handed over the power of household affairs only for the sake of rights and interests.
Now he spoke in a high-sounding manner and asked Xu Susu to prepare a return banquet, as if he had changed his temperament. If one plan failed, he would come up with another.
But Xie Mingan didn't know that every step he took was arranged by himself.
Seeing that Xie Yao ignored him, Xie Mingan secretly winked at the second branch of the Xie family.
The second wife forced a smile and said, "Princess, please go to the mansion first. Enter through the main gate. The old lady knew you were coming back this morning and was waiting in the main hall."
Several of Xie Mingan's concubines also came forward, some praised her valuable jewelry, and some said she looked good.
Xie Erye's youngest son, her teenage cousin, craned his neck and exclaimed innocently, "Sister Yao, your clothes are glowing."
The moment the little cousin's hand was about to touch the hem of Xie Yao's clothes, Xie Yan grabbed his hand and threw it aside.
“It hurts…Brother Yan, it hurts!”
The little cousin cried out "Wow".
"You—Xie Yan, what are you doing! He is your brother!"
The second wife hurriedly pulled her son over, hugged him in her arms, and glared at Xie Yan with hatred.
Xie Yan sneered and lowered his head. His face looked harmless, but his eyes contained murderous intent that scared his little cousin half to death.
"Don't touch my sister with your dirty hands, otherwise, I will beat you to death." He showed a vicious and bright smile.
Mr. Xie was so angry at Xie Yan that his chest heaved up and down, his face gloomy, and he finally left in anger.
Xie Yao looked at the faces of people in front of her who were trying to curry favor with the powerful, and recalled the return visit to her parents in her previous life.
At that time, Xie Yan was taking care of her sick mother and did not show up. No one came out to greet her except Xie Mingan at the door.
Mrs. Xie was sitting in the main hall. When she saw her, she spoke coldly, "It's fine that you married into a small family, but you went back home alone. You really brought shame to our Xie family."
After saying that, she was the first to ask someone to put the return gifts prepared by the Lu family into the warehouse.
The second wife's family was picky and said, "How come all these gifts are your dowry? But it's no wonder that you used your own dowry as a return gift. The Lu family must think you are mocking their poverty, so Lu Shenyan refused to accompany you back."
Only Xie Mingan pulled her to sit next to him, and said in a gentle tone: "Father knows that you are in trouble, Yao'er. No matter what, you are my beloved daughter."
He looked guilty and said earnestly, "However, the Lu family is an honest family after all, and Shen Yan is a scholar. Your mother's merchant background is not a respectable thing in their eyes."
"If I had known this, I wouldn't have prepared such a large dowry for you. A woman like you, managing so many shops and showing off in public, would only give people something to gossip about in the future, and your life in your husband's family would be even more difficult."
Xie Mingan said a lot, saying that he was afraid that she would be cheated, that the Lu family would look down on her, and that she would be in poor health and unable to manage the shop. He used caring and concern to cover up the greed hidden in his eyes.
Xie Yao had always thought that her dowry was prepared by Xie Ming'an. She had just recovered from a cold and her wounds had not healed. She kept coughing up blood and didn't even have the strength to hold a knife.
Amid the cold stares and contempt of the audience, she felt a little bit of warm affection from her father and wanted to hold on to it desperately.
She wants to have a home.
So, after Xie Mingan promised that he would never let her down, she handed over the two most profitable shops in her dowry to Xie Mingan.
When she married Lu Shenyan, the dowry her mother prepared for her was not as generous as if she had married Prince Jingbei, but Xie Mingan did not let her go, hoping to take advantage of her.
Now that she has a dowry of ten miles of red makeup, and she has asked Qiliang to secretly tell Xie Mingan that she will hand over the shop to her mother, Xie Mingan must have been unable to sleep or eat and is jealous.
Xie Yao came back to her senses and saw Xie Ming'an approaching her as expected. He stared at the carriage behind her returning the gift without blinking, and the hypocritical smile on his face became even brighter.
While Xie Yao was surrounded by the crowd, he quickly shouted to those around him, "Yao'er is now the Princess of Jingbei, so she's very generous. These are the gifts for the Bo's Mansion, right? Come on, what are you still standing there for? Help the Princess move the gifts in."
Just as the guard was about to step forward, Xie Yao suddenly said, "Wait."
Her phoenix eyes were as cold as frost and snow. She glanced at Xie Mingan coldly and spoke slowly:
"These things are my personal gifts to my mother and have nothing to do with the Xie family."
Xie Ming'an's smile froze. "Yao'er, how can you say such things? Your last name is Xie. The Bo's Mansion provided you with food and drink, and you were educated. We raised you until you were a child. Now that you're a princess, is this how you repay your father's kindness in raising you?"
"My father sent me to the border when I was eight years old. When did the Earl's Mansion ever provide me with food and drink? As for before I was eight years old—"
Xie Yao paused, raised her voice, and looked provocative: "Does Wenchang Bo really want me to have a detailed chat with you? Whose money are you using to support me?"
Xie Mingan's face turned pale and he clenched his fists.
He glanced at Xu Susu secretly, his eyes uncertain.
It seems that it was Xu who interfered and let Xie Yao know that she had borrowed her dowry.
This woman is still restless even when she is about to die.
Xie Yao no longer even pretends to be nice. She doesn't regard him as her father at all and even dares to threaten him.
If he continued to investigate, Xie Yao would openly tell him about the old stories of the Xu family's dowry, which would make him even more embarrassed.
However, seeing the car full of return gifts, Xie Mingan still felt unwilling to give up.
"You've always loved wielding swords and guns since you were little. I'm sending you to the border for your own good."
He said stubbornly, "Besides, you brought so many of your own things back home, and only gave them to Xu. In the eyes of the Xiao family, they might think you are showing off and disrespecting the palace and your husband!"
Xie Yao raised an eyebrow and said, "Marquis Wenchang, please don't judge a gentleman by your own standards. Your Highness understands me and knows what I'm thinking. I'm just disrespectful to the Marquis' Mansion, so how can I be disrespectful to my husband?"
"you--!"
"puff."
Xie Yan couldn't help laughing out loud, then quickly lowered his head.
Xie Yao looked at Xu Susu, her red lips curled up, her voice was not loud, but everyone present could hear it clearly.
"Not only is the return gift on the carriage for mother alone, but my dowry also includes more than twenty shops and ten farms in the suburbs of Beijing. From now on, all of them will be handed over to mother to manage."
"What?!"
Everyone was shocked and fell silent in an instant.
Good news, when the second young lady returned home, she brought a lot of property to the uncle's house.
The bad news is that these properties are only given to Xu Susu.
Xie Mingan's head was buzzing. Although he had known about this matter for a long time, knowing it was different from hearing it with his own ears.
Thinking of all the property going to the Xu family, he felt like a thousand ants were gnawing at his heart, and he wanted to immediately...
Xie Mingan stared at Xu Susu, murderous intent surging in his eyes.
He suppressed his rage and gritted his teeth, "Your mother is from a merchant family. With such status—"
Xie Yao: "Father, do you look down on merchants? Or do you look down on the Second Rank Imperial Consort bestowed upon me by His Majesty?"
Xie Mingan's words got stuck in his throat and his face turned from pale to blue.
After that, Xie Yao took her mother's hand and said, "Mom, let's go."
"Excuse me."
Bai Zhu said expressionlessly as he led the palace guards to carry the gifts out of the carriage. He seemed to accidentally bump into Xie Ming'an's shoulder, and went straight into the Earl's Mansion to transport the things to the princess's Wanxiang Courtyard.
Xie Mingan let out a hiss and moved to the left, but was bumped by another guard. He moved to the right, but was bumped by the guard on the left again and was almost knocked away.
These are all King Jingbei's men, and he dares to be angry but not to speak out.
The last person who passed by him was Xie Yao.
She stopped and said in a voice only the two of them could hear, "Wenchang Bo has always been thinking about my mother's dowry and my wedding gift. It's a pity that you can't get even a penny now. It must be hard to get what you want."
Xie Mingan's breathing suddenly became heavier.
Xie Yao continued in a soft voice and clear words, "Not only that, I will also take back the things you embezzled from mother. Uncle Wenchang, don't be afraid, I will be quick."
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