I'm reborn, only a fool would spoil you

It is said that Lady Xuande Hou came prepared. Not only did she arrange a hundred servants to guard the storehouse, she also called Gao Yan to argue with his mother...

She even came to the gate herself.

With a creaky sound, the vermilion door opened, and a group of young and strong servants divided into two teams rushed out in unison.

Everyone holds a sword, spear, sword or halberd in their hands!

It's obvious at first glance that he's ready to fight to the death!

Lin: ???

Lin, who was clamoring and trying to act arrogantly, saw this scene and her heart started beating fast. She knew that Lady Xuande Hou was not going to return the betrothal gift!

Moreover, the other side has a large number of people, at least a hundred people, which is twice the number of servants brought by Lin!

It seems like I can’t win even if I try to snatch it!

Before Lin could speak, Lady Xuande Hou stood on the moral high ground and said, "Mother-in-law, I heard that you wanted to force your way into my house... to steal my property?"

After hearing this, Lin said confidently, "What do you mean your family's property? That belongs to my Zhenguo Mansion!"

Lady Xuande Hou retorted plausibly:

"Mother-in-law, once the betrothal gifts are delivered and stored in my warehouse, they will no longer have anything to do with your family. They will become the private property of the Xuande Marquis's Mansion!"

Hearing the word "private property", Lin was furious and turned to Fu Yuzheng and shouted:

"Zheng'er, come here quickly and judge for yourself."

"Can a betrothal gift that is not approved by me, the mistress of the house, be considered a betrothal gift? That's just the ignorant child in the family... just joking and fooling around!"

"Yes and no?"

Fu Yuzheng: ???

Ask her to judge?

Trying to use her husband Gao Ni's reputation to intimidate the other party?

Think beautiful!

At this time, Fu Yuzheng was a certain distance away from the gate of the mansion. She pretended not to hear it, lifted her skirt and got on the carriage calmly, and directly told the coachman: "Let's go back home."

As the carriage started slowly, Fu Yuzheng deliberately opened the curtains and waved a handkerchief to Lin who was not far away... saying goodbye.

Lin: ???

Mrs. Lin was almost furious. At the critical moment, her eldest daughter-in-law was of no use at all!

When Lady Xuande Hou saw Fu Yuzheng's attitude, she understood Gao Ni's attitude, and she became more eager to take the betrothal gift... and refused to give it up.

Even directly shouted:

"Mother-in-law, if you are relying on the fact that you are the sister-in-law of the current queen to make trouble, then we can file a complaint with the emperor and go to the Golden Palace to reason with him!"

By this time, the noise had already attracted neighbors and passers-by, who all came over to watch the fun.

Gao Yan felt that his mother was a disgrace, and was even more angry that his mother did not protect his dignity and image at all in public!

In anger, Gao Yan grabbed his mother's arm and walked towards the carriage, intending to forcibly drag her home!

"You rebellious son, let me go, two hundred thousand taels..."

"A concubine's daughter is not even worth thirty thousand taels!"

No matter how Lin struggled, Gao Yan would not let her go. He hugged her and stuffed her into the carriage. Lin was so angry that she stuck her head out of the window and shouted desperately.

What a loss! A concubine's daughter is not worth that price!

Gao Yan was very angry. He didn't know how sad Shen Yan would be if she heard what his mother said.

In order to demonstrate his ability as a future husband to protect his wife, Gao Yan directly retorted loudly:

"Shen Yan is worth this price in my son's heart. She is worth it! Do you understand?"

"So, my son gave the betrothal gift willingly!"

"Willingly!"

Lin was so angry that she became speechless and pointed her finger at Gao Yan's nose, unable to speak.

At this time, the wife of Marquis Xuande stepped forward with a smile and praised Gao Yan, saying, "The prince is worthy of being the fiancé chosen by Shen Yan. He is indeed responsible and a man who protects and dotes on his wife!"

Gao Yan liked to hear such compliments, and he smiled as soon as he heard it. He immediately bowed to the wife of Marquis Xuande and said goodbye: "My son-in-law is leaving first, and there is no need for me to see you off, mother-in-law."

After saying this, Gao Yan climbed onto his horse with a smile on his face, and set off on his return journey with the carriage carrying Lin's belongings.

Gao Yan had no idea that as soon as he left, Lady Xuande would mock him in her heart:

"You are such a fool. You actually exchanged two hundred thousand taels for a... concubine's daughter. Oh, it's a good thing my precious daughter didn't marry you, otherwise it would be a big loss."

After figuring out the whole story, the crowd around them shook their heads and said:

"This prince of the Zhenguo Mansion is really out of his mind. He actually spent two hundred thousand taels to marry a concubine's daughter who is not loved by her father and mother."

"Tsk tsk tsk, no wonder Fu Yuzheng broke off the engagement back then, it turns out she had already seen that he had a mental problem..."

Although Fu Yuzheng had walked far away and did not hear these words of contempt for Gao Yan, the servants she left behind heard them clearly. Not long after Fu Yuzheng returned to the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion, the servants came to report.

Fu Yuzheng smiled and nodded.

Immediately, he arranged for a servant to go to the Jinyiwei station and ask his husband to help spread public opinion and add fuel to the flames.

At the same time, Princess Jing was also making efforts. With the cooperation of many parties, a wave of public opinion swept the capital within a few days - madly mocking and despising Lin and Gao Yan mother and son!

In just a few days, Lin's reputation became as bad as Gao Yan's!

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When Lin and Gao Yan's notoriety spread everywhere, Fu Yuzheng came to the prince's Qiu Shuang Courtyard again, waving a round fan, and went straight to the small dark room where Fu Yuyao was imprisoned.

The head maid Qiaomei came to the window of the small dark room and asked loudly on behalf of her master.

"Aunt Yao, are you still alive? There is one thing our young mistress can't remember clearly, so I sent this servant to ask you."

"When you got married, did Gao Yan give you a betrothal gift in private? How much did he give you?"

Fu Yuyao stayed inside without saying a word.

Qiaomei pretended to be surprised and asked, "Why? The prince had such a good relationship with Aunt Yao at the beginning. It's ok that he couldn't make an offer to take a concubine openly, but he didn't give you a penny in private?"

Fu Yuyao couldn't stand the provocation, so she spoke up this time, saying loudly: "Of course I gave it to you, a full 40,000 taels!"

"What, tens of thousands of taels?"

Because Fu Yuyao was slapped 200 times a month ago and lost her four front teeth, her speech was even more lisp-like than Chen Daiyu's, so Qiaomei couldn't hear what she said at all.

Fu Yuyao covered the black hole of her front teeth with her fingers and said again: "Forty thousand taels, a full forty thousand taels!"

Speaking of this, Fu Yuyao still felt a little warm in her heart. How could an ordinary family give money privately when taking a concubine?

It was because Gao Yan loved her that he specially gave her 40,000 taels, which was the same amount as the betrothal gift given by aristocratic families to marry their first wife!

Unexpectedly, Qiao Mei shouted after hearing this: "Why, only 40,000 taels? I thought it was the same as when the prince went to Shen Yan's house to propose marriage a few days ago, and he also gave 200,000 taels."

what?

Two hundred thousand taels?

Fu Yuyao suddenly became excited: "What did you say? Gao Yan spent 200,000 taels to betroth Shen Yan?"

Qiao Mei said loudly:

"Of course. Now the whole capital has heard that our prince loves Shen Yan so much that he kept it a secret from his mother even though she was just a lowly concubine's daughter... He emptied his own private vault to collect the 200,000 taels of betrothal gift for Shen Yan."

"On the day of the engagement, the prince yelled at his mother at the gate of Shen Yan's house, saying, 'Shen Yan is worth this price in my son's heart. She is worth it! Do you understand?'"

"value!"

When Fu Yuyao heard this, her whole body froze.

He only gave her 40,000 taels, but gave Shen Yan a full 200,000 taels, which is five times her amount!

Five times!

It turns out that not only does Gao Yan love Shen Yan more now, but even when he compared her to Shen Yan back then, Gao Yan loved Shen Yan more!

"Gao Yan, you bastard!"

"asshole……"

Fu Yuyao yelled over and over again, and finally she became so excited that she fell to the ground with a loud bang and fainted.

Seeing that Fu Yuyao was so angry that she fainted, Fu Yuzheng smiled, twisted her waist, and walked away gracefully.