After rebirth, the Prime Minister's wife always wanted to leave her father behind and keep her

Taxue helped her get dressed and came to the yard. Situi and several servants filled almost half of the yard with boxes of all sizes.

Cheng Songan asked in confusion: "What is this for?"

Si Bian stepped forward and said, "The master said that when he gave my husband..."

Before he could finish the word "Madam", Cheng Songan glared at him, so he quickly changed his words, "You forgot the betrothal gift I gave to the young lady back home, so I brought it to you."

The betrothal gift that the Cui family had given was unique in the entire capital. The carriages and horses carrying the betrothal gift occupied half of the street in front of the Cheng Mansion. It was so grand that no one could match it even now. Such a style should not have been possible for a fifth-rank official family at that time, but no one questioned it.

The reason is that the Cui family is a descendant of the Qinghe Cui family. Before the Tang Dynasty, their reputation was higher than that of the emperor. After the Tang and Song Dynasties, the system of aristocratic families was replaced by the imperial examination system, and the famous families gradually disappeared, but their foundation of hundreds of years was difficult to shake. The Cui family was passed down from the direct line, and the family industry was rich. It was well known to everyone and there was no need to hide it.

The Cheng family was a group of pure and elegant scholars. What they wanted was the attitude of the Cui family rather than their property. Therefore, Cheng Zhongwen and his wife only left behind a few authentic calligraphy and paintings by famous scholars of previous generations as a symbol. The rest were taken back to the Cui family together with their daughter's dowry when she got married.

The two had been married for less than a year when Cheng Songan asked for a divorce. According to Daqian law, the betrothal gifts had to be returned. Therefore, she only brought her own dowry with her, and all the betrothal gifts were left in the Cui family.

It turned out that Cui Yuanqing had asked her last night if she still wanted to take care of the disaster. He was not just saying it casually, but really wanted to help her, and even sent all the betrothal gifts to her.

But there seem to be too many of these things.

Haitang saw her confusion and whispered, "Miss, I took a rough inventory and found that there are five more boxes than what we brought back to Cui Mansion. They are all real gold and silver."

Cheng Songan frowned even more tightly.

Sibian was a smart guy. Seeing her expression, he immediately explained, "The old lady said that since the marriage has been concluded, the betrothal gifts will never be taken back. The extra gifts are compensation given by our master for what he did to Miss Cheng."

Ever since Cheng Songan started to deal with the disaster, he could no longer be "aloof" and wanted to get into the money hole. Cui Yuanqing sending him silver at this time was just like handing him a pillow when he was dozing off.

"Take it, take it! Move it into the warehouse!" Taxue said loudly, "It's just a small thing, our girl has to accept it with reluctance."

Si Bian happily sighed, and without waiting for Cheng Songan to react, he directly asked people to move all the things into the warehouse.

After being pushed by Taxue, Cheng Songan no longer hesitated. Didn't Cui Yuanqing work for the country and the people? She would help him! When the time comes, make the accounts clear, write down every expenditure and income clearly, and when there is a disaster, immediately hand the account book to the palace. At that time, not only can she save her own money, stop the gossips, but also win a good reputation in front of the emperor, killing three birds with one stone.

Just as a smile appeared on her face, she saw that Cheng Zhongwen and Feng Shi did not send anyone to report, and came directly to the mountain residence. When they saw the scene in the yard, their brows were even tighter than hers.

"Father, Mother, why are you here?" Cheng Songan let them into the house and served them tea.

Cheng Zhongwen still had the same murderous look as yesterday, but today he didn't start cursing. Instead, he remained silent.

Feng spoke first: "Yuan Qing took the second girl to the mansion, did you know that?"

Cheng Songan lowered his head. It seemed that they didn't know that he went to Cui's house last night, otherwise they wouldn't ask him this question. So he asked back, "After all, this is the marriage he asked from the saint. Sooner or later, he will be brought into the house. Why is mother so angry?"

Feng raised her eyebrows, her anger rising again: "Tell me the truth, whose child is that? You two conspired to deceive me, why? If it was Yuan Qing who did it, why would he do all this for you? But if it wasn't him, why did he have to marry the second girl?"

Cheng Songan was about to tell him the countermeasures he had thought of a long time ago, but was interrupted by Cheng Zhongwen: "Let's put this matter aside for now. I just want to ask you, what are your plans for the future?"

Cheng Zhongwen's face was stern, but his tone was calm.

Cheng Songan felt a little relieved. Cui Yuanqing must have explained to him the matter of Cheng Wanxin and the child, otherwise, with his temper, he would have gone to Cui's house to kill him. Now it seemed that although he was angry, he was more helpless.

"My daughter only hopes to be blessed by the Cheng family and live a peaceful life in this villa." Cheng Songan lowered her eyes, with a more sad look on her face, trying her best to arouse their sympathy.

Cheng Zhongwen sighed: "You should know Yuan Qing's difficulties. I hope you can leave him some thoughts."

Cheng Songan felt sad too. Her father had always valued the dignity of a scholar. The continuous stimulations in the past six months had aged him a lot, but he was still worried about her. She choked up and said, "Father, I have decided not to marry in this life and will stay by your side forever."

Cheng Zhongwen did not respond, but picked up the hot tea brought by the maid and blew it slowly.

Feng said loudly, "What do you mean you won't marry for the rest of your life? Are you going to hang yourself on Cui Yuanqing's tree? In my opinion, the boy from the Ming family doesn't have those twists and turns like him. He's a good kid."

"Mom, don't talk nonsense!" Cheng Songan said anxiously, "I don't care about the Ming family or the Cui family, I just won't marry!"

Seeing that she was anxious, Lin quickly stopped Feng and advised, "In my opinion, the son-in-law did not abandon the girl. He had people carry these things around the capital early in the morning to show that the girl was not divorced, but that the Cui family was sorry for the Cheng family. Moreover, it is to tell others clearly that if anyone wants to marry the girl, they must show more sincerity than the Cui family."

Feng frowned and said nothing out of spite.

The atmosphere in the room was a bit bad, and the maids and old women didn't dare to make a sound. Cheng Songan thought about Lin's words anxiously, restraining himself from understanding it that way. He, Cui Yuanqing, just wanted to use her hand to do these things for the country and the people.

After a long while, Cheng Zhongwen asked, "What do you think about entering the palace to read books to the Seventh Princess?"

Cheng Songan looked up in astonishment. Reading to the Seventh Princess?

Cheng Zhongwen saw her expression and understood, and then said: "After the morning court today, the saint left me alone and asked if I could go to the palace to give lectures to the Seventh Princess. Even if he didn't say it, I knew it was Yuan Qing who did it."

Cheng Songan was slightly startled. The Seventh Princess was eight years old this year. Her mother had only this one daughter, but she was the one the emperor loved the most. She had always studied with the princes who had not been granted titles in the palace, and she had never hired a teacher to teach her in her previous life. Later, when King Xiang ascended the throne, the first thing he did was to build a government office and a mansion for this sister, and also sent her mother, the Concubine Dowager, to live with her. She was more glorious than several princes.

If she entered the palace to teach the Seventh Princess, it would be equivalent to having a master-disciple relationship with the Seventh Princess. Then, no matter whether she was a young lady in the boudoir or a noble lady from a prominent family, they would probably have to bow to her when they saw her.