When the two half brothers found out, they also came to watch the fun. They were secretly very happy.
Ever since their father passed away, their stepmother divided them up, saying that their father had been very poor and didn't leave much property. She only gave each of the two families a three-story house, 300 acres of land, some unsalvageable royal gifts from the public treasury, and 2,000 taels of silver to each family.
They were not convinced but there was nothing they could do. On the surface, the Marquis' Mansion did not have many profitable industries, but their father had said that there were some secret industries. Unfortunately, their father died too quickly and did not leave any words, so those secret industries were all taken away by Zhang and their eldest brother.
Not only did he occupy the title of Marquis, he also took over most of the property. He didn't care at all about how they lived. If their father hadn't found a job for them during his lifetime, and hadn't been promoted to the fourth rank now, they would have had a hard time making a living.
They have been enjoying watching the jokes happening in their eldest brother's house these days, and they are so happy in their hearts.
My eldest brother has never had many children. If he finally has a legitimate son and then dies, I can persuade the clan to let him adopt their own son, and then the mansion will become theirs.
Why wasn’t he killed? What a pity.
Since today, everyone has had a different opinion of Bai. She is no longer the little woman who used to swallow her anger. Now she is resolute, powerful and imposing. Even the Marquis has to take a step back in front of her.
The old lady is gone, the once favored Rong died silently, and even the Rong family is finished. It seems that the world of Changping Marquis Mansion has really changed.
The fire in the house was not serious. She could just replace the doors and windows and a few pillars tomorrow. However, it was not habitable for the time being, so Bai Zhiyue moved to the side room first.
"My mother's family hates you so much"
"Hate them, as long as I can solve the problem, it doesn't matter if I hate them a little more."
"My two uncles are also hoping for my death. What kind of fate do I have? Why are they all targeting my life?"
"In their eyes, we are now the weaklings holding the golden seal of the BRICS but without any power or ability, and everyone wants to fight for a piece of the pie.
Wherever people pursue nothing but power and money, that's why we must become strong, hold power in our hands, strike hard at those who covet us, and make them fear to the core of their hearts, only then can we be safe."
She was sold to the laboratory by her parents when she was young. They would sell their children for money. During her years as a killer, she had seen all kinds of people. She knew the reality of society too well.
"I understand. I used to be stuck in the experimental base, never having the chance to see the outside world. All I could see was what they provided or what they wanted me to see. I couldn't understand the real social situation. I've seen a lot during this time."
"Don't worry, I'll take care of everything. Just think of it as starting over and learning from scratch. I'll do everything I can to give you a safe and secure life and create a limited range of freedom for us."
She knew very well that so-called freedom was limited, and even the emperor could not achieve freedom. What she pursued was to be in a high position without having to bear many responsibilities, to have enough money to be happy every day, to eat whatever she wanted, and to have whatever she wanted.
"Well, I'm a happy baby, thank you mother."
"Those two bastards are living in separate mansions, and their relationship with the mansion isn't good either. We'll have very few interactions in the future. As long as they don't take the initiative, don't worry about them. Even if they have the will, they must have the courage. Once we've established our foothold, they won't dare to take risks anymore."
After seven days of mourning, the old lady was finally buried.
The Su family members are pretty good. They don't care too much about observing etiquette and they respect Bai Zhiyue.
Since they were polite, she naturally returned the favor. After the funeral, she took the initiative to let them stay for two more days until they had recovered from their fatigue before sending them back.
This made the tribe members have a better impression of her.
Under her watchful eyes, the Zhang family was sent to Yingtian Prefecture, and Qinglian and Hongying were asked to sort out the dowry and list all the missing items for Su Chengang.
Some were taken by him, some were taken by the old lady, some were snatched away by the Zhang family, and even some were taken away by the Rong family.
"What do you mean?"
"These are the lost dowries. Of course we have to find them back."
"You~ You obviously gave me a lot of these yourself!"
"Well, is there one? Weren't you and your mother forced to take it out?"
I will never admit that I gave it to him. I was forced to do so. No matter how you look at it, I was forced to do so.
Su Chengang now understood how the Zhang family felt at that time.
"You want to take back even the ones I use?"
"You are not using my dowry?"
This is thanks to the laws of the Daliang Dynasty, which explicitly stipulated a woman's private ownership of her dowry, which would only be left to her children. If she died without children, her parents had the right to take it back. If she divorced her husband, she could take all the dowry away. Even if she was divorced, she could take it away as long as she had not committed a serious crime.
Especially in the powerful families, in order to show their importance to their daughters, the dowry is prepared early. In order to show that they will not take possession of the daughter-in-law's dowry, the husband's family will display the dowry list. At that time, her dowry amazed the entire capital.
"We are husband and wife, and from now on this mansion will belong to Doudou. Do you really want this?"
"When you kill me again and again, the couple separates."
Su Chen just choked
"I didn't kill you, it wasn't me!"
"Hmph, do you really think I don't know why my wet nurse and the two older girls betrayed me and asked me to recall it for you? Don't you know what the Rong family did to me?"
"Didn't you give up on that later?"
"Then you should thank myself for being alive. Thank me for not giving you the chance to do it, but it's not that you really didn't want to do it."
"Don't you think about Doudou?"
"It's for Doudou's sake. I don't want my dowry to fall into other people's hands. All of this is for him."
Su Chengang had no choice but to give a discount.
"I can't give you everything back. I can only give you as much as I have. This is my bottom line."
Bai Zhiyue knew that a lot of it had already been used, and this was just her way of expressing her feelings. The old lady still had a lot of her things in her yard, and she didn't want to personally deal with the Zhang family's demands for them. She just wanted to pressure them to be more careful and get as much back as possible.
In order to save his face and avoid taking action against the Zhang family, he could go to Xiyuan to move things himself and he couldn't say anything.
"I haven't even asked you for the two hundred thousand you spent on the magic medicine, nor have I asked you for the expenses of the mansion in the past few years."
Su Chen just fled
"Haha, you're really amazing, let's see how he can get the money in front of you."
"We need to break his momentum step by step and trample him under our feet. Didn't we trample on the Bai family before? From now on, we have to do the same."
"I learned it"
Su Chengang's self-esteem was greatly hurt, especially the two words "miracle medicine", which simply drove his male self-esteem into the ground.
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