readytorunbook Chapter 849 Madam Hou
Chapter 849 Madam Hou
Su Zhiming looked at his mother like this, and after a moment he said:
"Mother……"
"How dare you! This lady has already written a letter of divorce on Ming'er's behalf. You are no longer the Crown Prince's Consort of the Marquis' Mansion.
What makes you qualified to call me mother?
If you dare to make irresponsible remarks again, don't blame me for being ruthless!"
Su Zhiming pursed his lips and asked:
"Madam Hou, I have stayed in the Marquis' Mansion for so many years. Am I so unbearable in your heart?
Back then, you often suffered from chest pain, so I invited a famous doctor to treat you. After all these years of treatment and conditioning, your chest pain has almost been cured!
When my sister-in-law got married, I gave her quite a bit of dowry to save her face..."
The Marquis's wife had not expected Li to bring up these matters. If others knew what Li had done, she would divorce her and be criticized. So she denied it:
"Li, when did you do these things?
Don't bother me any more, I won't change my mind and let you stay in the mansion!"
Su Zhiming opened her mouth in astonishment, and then looked at the 500 taels of silver in her hand, and she seemed to understand something.
Before Su Zhiming could speak, someone next to him seemed to have suddenly thought of something and said:
"I remember that Li was a merchant's daughter, and she married into the Marquis's mansion with a grand wedding.
At that time, the scene of her wedding shocked many people in Suyu City.
Everyone says that the Marquis married a golden child!
Now, even if Li was divorced, her dowry should be taken back.
Why did the Marquisate only give Li 500 taels of silver and send her away?
"When you said that, I also remembered it.
At that time, everyone said that the marquis's mansion was in ruins and that he married a merchant's daughter for money.
Could it be that all the dowry was used to fill the deficit of the Marquis' Mansion over the years?"
"Now that you guys reminded me of this, I remember it.
Such a large dowry could not be used up in several lifetimes, even if it was used to fill the holes in the Marquis' Mansion, it would still be impossible to use it up.
Now you want to use 500 taels to send Li away, you want to take all her dowry!"
"How shameless! They call themselves a noble family! I think they are just a bunch of greedy and ungrateful people!"
"So, the Marquis' Mansion has been eyeing Li's dowry from the very beginning?"
"Not bad!
Now that I think about it, it must be the case!
They married Li because they were eyeing her dowry!"
"By the way, what do you think? Li Shi hasn't given birth to any children in all these years. Is there something fishy going on?"
"I've heard that the backyards of wealthy families are very chaotic, and they use a lot of shady tactics.
I think that Li must have fallen into a trap, which is why he has been unable to produce anything for so many years.
The Marquis's Mansion took the opportunity to kick Li out of the house and seize all her dowry!"
“The more I think about it, the more so!
This is too scary!
You said that after Li leaves the Marquisate, will the Marquisate treat her...”
The person who spoke made a gesture of wiping his neck!
This means that the Marquis' Mansion will kill people to silence them for Li's dowry!
……
Everyone was talking about it, and the Marquis's wife scolded:
"How dare you! How can the Marquis' Mansion allow you to slander us like this?"
Someone immediately asked back:
"Since you don't covet Li's dowry, why do you only give her 500 taels?
When Li got married with a grand wedding dress that was ten miles long, it was witnessed by the people of the entire Suyu City.
You must not say that Li's dowry was filled with rags.
Don't forget, there is also the singing ceremony.
Every time the ceremonial officer announced an item of dowry, he would open the box and let the husband's family and guests check it.
At that time, we were standing at the gate of the Marquis' Mansion, listening to the gift list read out by the ceremonial officer, and we were all shocked, because those were all rare treasures!
Moreover, the ceremonial officer sang for more than an hour. One can imagine how much Li's dowry was!
Any item of Li's dowry could be sold for several thousand taels of silver, or even more!
You gave her 500 taels, not even enough for a dowry, aren't you robbing her?"
The Marquis's wife glared at the man who spoke with resentment. The man looked at the Marquis's vicious eyes and couldn't help but shrink his neck and said:
"Why are you staring at me, Madam Hou? What did I say wrong?
Are you trying to kill me by staring at me like that?
Even if you kill me, you can't stop Youyou from talking!"
Someone next to me said:
"Brother, don't worry, we have so many people to testify for you, don't be afraid!
If anything happens to you, it must be the fault of the Marquis' Mansion.
We will report you to the government office immediately."
Someone had already seen Song Yaoyao and the others and said:
"The police are right here, brother, what are you afraid of?"
Only then did everyone turn around and see Song Yaoyao and others!
The man immediately bowed to Song Yaoyao and the others and said:
"Sir, you must testify for me!"
Song Yaoyao nodded: "Don't worry!"
The Marquis's wife had already seen these officers, but they did not react at all and were simply watching the fun, so she did not step forward to greet them!
She was just an official's wife, and she was not at the point where she would take the initiative to greet the officials.
It was the first time she had seen officials who loved to watch the fun so much. She even looked down on these officials!
Is it because Suyu City is too peaceful that they have so much free time to watch the hustle and bustle of the Marquis' Mansion from here?
The Marquis' wife thought that Song Yaoyao and the others were just ordinary officials, and didn't consider them as the imperial guards at all!
If they knew the identities of Song Yaoyao and the others, they would probably be scared to death!
The imperial guards of Tianfeng Kingdom were no pushovers. Her son and husband had repeatedly warned her not to provoke the imperial guards in the city, and she remembered that very clearly.
Li looked at Song Yaoyao and the others without saying anything, and continued to look at Li.
She felt that Li had no children, and no one would say anything if the Marquis's Mansion divorced Li!
Now that the dowry has been brought up, she feels a little guilty.
On this continent, no matter which country, it is stipulated that a woman's dowry belongs to the woman herself. If the woman has children in the future, the dowry will belong to her children. If there are no children, the dowry will be returned to the woman's parents' home.
Now, the Marquis' Mansion has obviously seized Li's dowry!
According to the seven grounds for divorce, there is no problem in divorcing Li, and no one will say anything wrong about the Marquis's family.
But now that he has seized Li's dowry, as long as Li reports it to the authorities, he will definitely win!
After all, Li married into the Marquis' Mansion with a grand dowry, and many people have seen that dowry!
They can’t deny it even if they want to!
Their Marquis' Mansion had indeed been in decline before. The reason they agreed to let their son marry a merchant's daughter was because Master Li promised to give his daughter a grand wedding. Only then did they agree!
Over the years, the Marquis' Mansion has indeed relied on Li's dowry to live the good life it has today!