Chapter 408 World 9: Where is the dowry?
Chapter 408 World 9: Where is the dowry?
"Oh my God, you have to know who that is. That is Duke Dingguo, our chief minister."
"Yes, after something like this happened to the Xu family, do you still dare to take Qiao?"
"That's right, there's a butler there, so they can have some fun."
"Tell me, how did the Xu family teach their daughter, and how could she do such a thing?"
"Who knows? He also has a scholarly family background and is the Minister of the Ministry of Rites."
"What will the Xu family do with so many daughters?"
"She has already married into the Pei family, what can we do? No matter what, someone will look at the power of the Pei family and give face to the Xu family."
……
Xu Ying's reputation was completely ruined. She had never left the house since she came out of the palace.
I can't get out either. After all, my leg injury hasn't healed yet.
"That's what people say now, right?" She was half lying on the bed in her bedroom, listening to the girl's stumbling retelling, holding the quilt in her hands, her fingertips turning white.
The girl knelt on the ground and trembled as she replied, "Girl, that's all..."
"Okay, it's really good..." She stared closely at her calf, "Tu Qingyu, it's really good, you actually hurt me to such an extent."
Her reputation, her legs, she didn't believe that this matter had nothing to do with Tu Qingyu.
Thinking about what happened before, she pushed Tu Qingyu, and Tu Qingyu turned around and pushed her, in the same place, with the same injury.
This time too, whatever method she wanted to use to deal with Tu Qingyu, in the end, it all fell on her.
Even the niece who was a female official in the palace was randomly found a wrong place and kicked out of the palace.
Is the power of the Minister of Hubu so much greater than that of the Minister of Rites?
It took her so long to arrange those things with the female officials in the palace, but Tu Qingyu... she seemed to be able to kill her casually.
The only thing that couldn't be explained was that she ended up with Pei Kangsheng...
Why is it Pei Kangsheng?
Isn't this Tu Qingyu's own fiancé?
Doesn't she like this fiancé?
After thinking about it, this matter can only be explained by the fact that Tu Qingyu didn't want Pei Kangsheng, so he didn't put her together with the bastard from the Earl's Mansion.
At this moment, she didn't even have the slightest joy that she had achieved her wish and was finally going to marry into the Pei family.
As soon as she thought that this was something Tu Qingyu didn't want and she didn't snatch it from her, she became so jealous that she almost lost her mind.
"W-what's wrong with you?" At this moment, Mrs. Xu came in and saw the sinister look on her face. She was so frightened that she almost stepped on her skirt.
Xu Ying immediately changed her expression, "It's okay, Mom, why are you here?"
"Why am I here?" Seeing her return to normal, Xu's mother also changed her expression, "Why else should I come?"
The blame and disgust in her eyes were undisguised, "Do you know what the outside world says about you and our Xu family now?!"
"Mom, I told you, I was plotted, and I don't want those things to happen."
"I won't investigate what happened. You still have half a year to get married. Mother only hopes that you will establish yourself in the Pei family as soon as possible after getting married and find a good future for your brothers and sisters.
If you have any good things, think more about your mother's family.
Only in this way will the Xu family forgive you for your previous mistakes. "
Facing what Xu's mother said, Xu Ying's eyes showed no emotion, she was almost numb.
During this time, even if she was still recovering from her injuries, Xu's mother would come often.
Whenever she hears something unpleasant outside, whenever she goes out to attend some banquet and is laughed at, she will scold her.
These days she doesn't scold her anymore, she just keeps talking about how she will be good to her parents' family when she gets married in the future.
"I'm talking to you, do you hear me?" Seeing that she didn't listen, Xu's mother poked her forehead with her finger.
When her fingers left, a red mark immediately appeared on her forehead, showing her great strength.
Xu Ying always lowered her head, and she responded in a low voice, "I heard it."
"Just listen." Xu's mother nodded with satisfaction, and continued to talk, "Your brother has been in poor health since he was a child. I'm afraid it will be difficult for him to go to school on his own. In the future, he will be pointed at you."
"The Pei family has a great business. If you show off anything, it will be enough for our family to be prosperous and wealthy for a lifetime."
"Your father is also incompetent. He is a minister of the Ministry of Etiquette. He doesn't even dare to arrange a position for the male members of the family. In the future, he will rely on the Pei family.
Although your reputation is now bad, your parents are not that pedantic.
Reputation only looks good to outsiders, as long as you live a good life, that's fine.
There is no mistress in the Duke's mansion. You become the mistress when you marry into it.
You don't have a mother-in-law, and Duke Pei is busy with government affairs all day long. As long as you serve your husband well and coax Pei Kangsheng well, you don't know how easy it will be in the future. "
"Oops." After saying that, she let out a long sigh, "Girl, your reputation has been ruined, but it was still an accident."
"Your father is not angry with you now. When your leg gets better, go and apologize to him. In the future, the Xu family will still be your supporter."
……
She kept talking a lot, and Xu Ying listened quietly, almost listening in one ear and out the other.
After Mrs. Xu paused for a long time, she quietly said, "Mom, what about my dowry?"
For an ordinary lady, her family starts preparing a dowry for her from the moment she is born.
Those who don't have that kind of wealth should prepare in advance in the girl's year of cardamom.
Their family was not well-off. My father had kept many concubines and was honest, so the family didn't have much money.
She remembered that when her sisters got married, there was no dowry. Even the bride price sent by the man was secretly withheld by her mother.
But she married into the Pei family. How could she enter the Pei family without a dowry?
She stared at Mrs. Xu, and sure enough, her mother's face dropped when she heard about the dowry.
"Mom." She said with red eyes and a hoarse voice, "I am marrying into the Pei family, and that is the Pei family. If my daughter goes empty-handed, wouldn't it be a joke? How can Mr. Pei respect his father?"
"Of course... I won't let you leave empty-handed." Mrs. Xu looked a little embarrassed. She stood up and said, "I will discuss this matter with your father, so you don't have to worry about it."
Xu Ying looked at her hurried away figure and felt ridiculous.
She sat there blankly for several hours, until the night got dark, and then she asked, "Today is the Lantern Festival, isn't it?"
"Girl, yes, today is the Lantern Festival."
"Does Pei Mansion have anything to send?"
The girl was silent for a while and replied: "No."
At this time, the two men of the Pei family were on the boat in the moat, watching the same person in fascination.
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