Chapter 195 You two shut up
Chapter 195 You two shut up
Everyone else looked confused and had no idea what was going on.
Only Mrs. Hu and Mrs. Sun looked at each other meaningfully.
I knew Jiang Xiyu couldn't really give Zhou jewelry, it turned out to be a box of snacks.
Zhou Lai was also confused. He frowned and asked Zhou, "What happened?"
Zhou pointed at Jiang Xiyu, her voice filled with anger, "This bitch lied to me before, saying she wanted to honor me by giving me a box of jewelry, and even tricked me into not opening it. I didn't expect it was just a box of cakes."
Everyone's eyes turned to Jiang Xiyu.
Zhou rushed to Jiang Xiyu, grabbed her wrist tightly, and said sternly, "Jiang Xiyu, return the box of jewelry you swapped to me."
Jiang Xiyu suddenly waved away Zhou's hand and pushed her away.
"Aunt, you've gone crazy because you're poor. You've brought your whole family to our Yonglin Marquis Mansion to beg for money. Let me tell you, you've got the wrong person. We at the Yonglin Marquis Mansion can't just take advantage of you."
Zhou staggered a bit after being pushed by Jiang Xiyu. After she regained her balance, she pointed at Jiang Xiyu fiercely and said, "What nonsense are you talking about? It was you who said you wanted to honor me and give me a box of jewels."
Jiang Xiyu snorted sarcastically, "I did say I wanted to honor you, but I didn't say jewelry. Doesn't this box of snacks count as an honor?"
Zhou's mind was racing at this moment, trying to recall what Jiang Xiyu had just said to her in Jingyu Garden, trying to find a sentence that mentioned giving her jewelry, "You clearly just..."
Before Zhou could finish, Jiang Xiyu looked at Hu and Sun and said, "My two younger sisters-in-law were here just now. Did you hear me say that I wanted to give my aunt a box of jewelry as a filial gift?"
The two of them immediately shook their heads like rattles.
Mrs. Hu spoke first, "Every piece of sister-in-law's jewelry is priceless. Even money can't buy it. How can you give it away so easily to outsiders?"
Sun also followed up, "Yes, a box of jewels. Some people are really bold. An ordinary person would have enough food and clothing for a lifetime with just one piece, so why would they want a box?"
Seeing these two people come to help, Zhou immediately became angry and pointed at them and cursed, "You two, shut up right there. You are just a concubine's daughter, do you have the right to speak here?"
What Sun cared about most was the word "illegitimate", because she was a legitimate daughter, but she married a illegitimate husband, so people said she was a illegitimate daughter all day long.
"It was my sister-in-law who asked us a question just now, so naturally we had to answer. But what is my aunt's status? She's just a guest in the mansion at most. What does our status as legitimate or illegitimate children have to do with her? How can we allow my aunt to slap us in the face here?"
Mrs. Hu's face also turned cold and she said, "Aunt, you may have forgotten that this is the Yonglin Marquis Mansion, not the Zhou family. Even if the Zhou family married a daughter of the Yonglin Marquis Mansion, they can't humiliate her like this in the in-laws' house."
Jiang Xiyu also looked at Zhou coldly, "Aunt really doesn't recognize her own status. Whether she's a legitimate child or a concubine's child, as long as the Marquis' Mansion remains a family, the Second Master, the Third Master, the Fourth Master, as well as the Second and Third Brothers' wives, are all masters of the Marquis' Mansion. If they don't have a say in the Marquis' Mansion, then who does? You guests who come to someone else's house and give orders?"
They didn't expect Jiang Xiyu to speak up for them, and Hu and Sun were instantly moved.
In fact, they were very concerned about their status as concubines, and they knew that they would be separated from the mansion sooner or later. So no matter how great the family property and power of the marquisate were, it seemed to have little to do with them.
Originally, they thought that Xu Rui had died on the battlefield and they could compete for the title of the Marquis. Now that Xu Rui is alive, they naturally dare not have any random thoughts. They only hope that one day after they have their own mansion, they can still get some care from Xu Rui.
Zhou suddenly thought of something, and immediately, as if she had caught Jiang Xiyu, she said anxiously, "When you gave me the box, you clearly said it was a treasure that money couldn't buy. Doesn't that mean that the box contains jewels? You still want to deny it?"
Jiang Xiyu smiled and said, "This box of snacks was made by my Nanny Yu. Nanny Yu is an excellent cook, and her snacks are especially delicious. She has always taken care of Princess Yunling's diet. Now the princess has lent her to me, and now she is giving you the snacks she made. You can't buy them even if you have money. It's obviously you who got greedy and misunderstood. Can you blame me for this?"
Hearing her mention Gu Yunling, Zhou's heart paused, but thinking of Jiang Xiyu teasing her, she still couldn't bear it and yelled at her, "Jiang Xiyu, it turns out you have been teasing me all along."
Jiang Xiyu admitted it directly and said disdainfully, "So what if I'm playing tricks on you? What can you do to me?"
Jiang Xiyu's sarcastic look completely infuriated Zhou. She rushed towards Jiang Xiyu like a madman, "I'm going to fight you."
Nanny Yu and Nanny Wei, who were behind Jiang Xiyu, immediately stepped forward and held Zhou on the left and right.
Zhou was being held up, unable to get close to Jiang Xiyu. She struggled desperately and shouted, "Jiang Xiyu, give me back that box of jewels. They belong to me."
Jiang Xiyu walked up to Zhou and looked at her contemptuously. "Aunt, you used the wrong word. The jewels are mine. How can I return them to you? My jewels were all given to me by noble people. Do you think you can afford them?"
"Deji, please get out." Jiang Xiyu shouted without giving Zhou a chance to speak.
"Yes." Deji responded loudly, and then went forward with the guards to invite people.
Zheng Shi was reluctant to let Xu Rong go back like this, so she quickly said, "Rong'er rarely comes back..."
Before Zheng could finish her words, Jiang Xiyu interrupted her coldly, "It's so rare for her to come back, but she's already thinking about her brother and sister-in-law's private property. If she comes back every day, the Yonglin Marquis Mansion will be emptied out. Now I see that your sister is not on the same page with mother. Do you still want her to come back in the future? I advise you to think it over carefully."
After Jiang Xiyu finished speaking, he flicked his sleeves and turned away.
Seeing Jiang Xiyu leave like this, Zhou was so angry that she yelled at her, "Jiang Xiyu, you are going too far."
Jiang Xiyu continued walking without stopping, and without turning her head, she raised her voice and said, "This is the Yonglin Marquis Mansion. If you think I am deceiving you, you don't have to come next time."
When Mrs. Hu and Mrs. Sun saw Jiang Xiyu leaving, they immediately followed.
These people have too many ideas in their minds. They have even set their sights on extorting money from her brothers and sisters-in-law from her mother's family. It would be bad if they were asked to give her money to supplement her dowry one day.
Besides, she has been married for a month, so there is no reason for her to come back to ask for dowry. Only someone as shameless and thick-skinned as Xu Rong can do that.
Jiang Xiyu, Hu Shi, and Sun Shi all left, and Deji said bluntly, "Please come in, everyone."
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