Du Yunsheng opened her cherry lips and was about to speak when a not-so-friendly duck voice suddenly sounded outside the window: "Fourth Miss, the old lady wants you to hurry to Songhe Garden to discuss the distribution of the dowry."

Just by hearing the arrogant tone, Du Yunsheng knew that the person who came was Cui Qiu, the first-class maid in Liang Anqi's room.

Du Yunsheng was full of suspicion after hearing this. In her previous life, the old lady seemed to have never interfered in her marriage with Du Yuwei!

Could there be something fishy going on?

Du Yunsheng didn't have time to think about it. He opened the door and strode towards Songhe Garden, followed by Xiang Zhu.

Cui Qi was just busy walking along the corridor and didn't notice that Du Yunsheng was left some distance behind.

So, she stopped and taunted him in a somewhat sinister tone, "Hey, Fourth Miss, you are about to be betrothed to Prince Jing, whose legs are crippled, but your legs are still good, so why are you walking so slowly? It's not good to keep the old lady waiting for too long!"

Xiang Zhu was furious and was about to retort, but was stopped by Du Yunsheng with a look.

Her eyes blurred, and suddenly she saw her own girl rushing to Cuiqiu, and without saying a word, slapped Cuiqiu hard!

"Snapped!"

Xiang Zhu stared at the aggressive Du Yunsheng with wide eyes, feeling secretly delighted.

It’s so refreshing!

Cuiqiu, relying on her family's status as a daughter and the fact that she was trusted by the old lady, often spread bad things about the fourth girl in private, saying that she was reckless, selfish, had a bad temper, etc., which were as unpleasant as they could be.

In the past, the girl was broad-minded and would tolerate it if possible, and would not care too much about their comments.

Now that she has been bullied to the point of being bullied, it would be really gratifying if the girl taught her a lesson!

Cui Qi was stunned by the slap, grimacing in pain, and looked at Du Yunsheng in shock and anger: "Fourth Miss, you, you actually slapped me!"

Du Yunsheng's face was as cold as frost, and she said in a cold tone: "You naughty slave, how can I not beat you? You spoke rudely to me, and this is the punishment you deserve! What are you looking at? Hurry up and leave. If you make me unhappy, I will break your tailbone."

Didn’t this evil slave say before that she had a bad temper? Well, let me show her how bad tempered I am!

In her previous life, ever since Liang Anqi married into the Du family, she had the maids around her spread rumors everywhere in an attempt to ruin Du Yunsheng's reputation.

Du Yunsheng was only focused on studying medicine and didn't bother to pay attention to these rumors, so he just let them go.

Cui Qi was furious and was about to explode, but when she met Du Yunsheng's sharp gaze, she shuddered and immediately wilted.

He had to suppress his anger, and moved aside angrily, letting Du Yunsheng go first.

Although he seemed to be submissive on the surface, he had secretly clenched his fists in his sleeves, thinking about how to exaggerate the matter to his wife when he got home and return the slap double!

Du Yunsheng had seen through her tricks long ago, but he still pretended to be indifferent and walked forward.

Songheyuan.

As soon as Du Yunsheng appeared, the expressions on Liang Anqi and Du Yuwei's faces suddenly turned into contempt.

The old lady, leaning on her dragon-headed crutch, stared at her notorious granddaughter with a face as gloomy as water.

The concubines and girls from the other two rooms stretched their necks, as if they were ready to watch a show.

Du Yunsheng just glanced at them indifferently, and then walked towards the old lady in the middle with his eyes and nose watching his heart.

After her mother passed away, she saw through their true faces: hypocritical, selfish, and greedy!

"Grandma." Du Yunsheng greeted the old lady neither humbly nor arrogantly.

The old lady opened her mouth, but before she could say anything, Liang Anqi suddenly interrupted her: "Yun Sheng, the old lady asked you to come here to discuss the division of your and Yu Wei's respective dowries."

He paused and smiled slyly, "You are exchanging marriages with Wei'er this time. The 98 loads of betrothal gifts from Prince Jing's Mansion are much more than the 54 loads from General Zhengxi's Mansion. Therefore, in order to be fair, Wei'er should get a larger share of the dowry, about 70%."

"Yun Sheng, you and Yu Wei have both agreed to get married on the thirteenth day. You are both good sisters. If the dowry is too different, it may cause outsiders to laugh at you. However, you know that our family is currently stretched to the limit, and it is difficult to add a dowry of the same amount!"

There are such shameless people in the world!

Du Yunsheng glared at her fiercely.

What qualifications does Du Yuwei have to be called her sister?

In her previous life, Du Yunsheng's dowry was nothing compared to Du Yuwei's. She was unwilling to accept this and ran to Grand Tutor Du's study room angrily to seek justice.

I still remember that Liang Anqi's sweet talk actually won her over. The original words were: "Yu Wei is different from you. Her husband is the God of War, Prince Jing of our dynasty. A marriage that brings honor to our family should be extraordinary. The dowry should be more generous to show the ambition and sincerity of our Taishi Mansion. You should have a longer-term vision and don't be petty. After all, it's all for the good of the Du family."

Thinking of this, Du Yunsheng felt that he was really stupid. He suppressed his inner emotions and said calmly, "Liang, are you sure this is fair? It was Du Yuwei who regretted the marriage and disliked Prince Jing's illness. That's why she deliberately messed around with Young Master Zheng and made private dealings with him. She insisted on forcing me to exchange marriages! It would be fine if she forced me, but she also tried to use this as an excuse to covet my dowry. She's really greedy!"

After saying this, he turned to the old lady and said loudly, "Grandma! My grandson's husband is our dynasty's God of War, Prince Jing. This marriage that brings honor to our family should be extraordinary. The dowry should be more generous to show the ambition and sincerity of our Grand Tutor's Mansion."

Du Yunsheng cleverly brought out all the lies Liang Anqi had told her in her previous life and told them to the old lady verbally.

The old lady's expression softened a lot after hearing this, and her brows slightly furrowed, as if she was thinking about something seriously.

Du Yuwei saw the old lady's hesitant expression and felt something was wrong. She quickly retorted: "Fourth sister! Don't wrongly accuse me! How could I have any private dealings with Zheng Zhuoling? The Zheng family hates you, and I am helping you to find a wife out of kindness. The one who is about to marry you is Prince Jing, who is deeply trusted by the emperor. This overwhelming wealth is given to you for free. What are you dissatisfied with?"

Du Yunsheng chuckled, "Then I will return this overwhelming wealth to you, do you want it? From what Third Sister said, it seems that you were betrothed to Young Master Zheng with great reluctance! In that case, why do you have to embarrass your sister? I will go to Prince Jing's mansion right away and tell them that I will marry into the mansion with Third Sister on the same day, even if I have to condescend to be a concubine, so that I can help her to firmly sit on the throne of the concubine and enjoy all the glory!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Du Yunsheng wanted to leave without any hesitation.

Du Yuwei panicked and called out to her: "Wait a minute, fourth sister!"

Seeing this, everyone cast inquiring eyes on Du Yuwei.

Liang Anqi and the old lady looked at each other in surprise.

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