[BL] Prince as Wife - Mtl

23 - Attack

     Although Mrs. Yan was always serious, she seldom got angry. At this moment, she suddenly reprimanded An Guogong and his wife. The two of them were immediately panicked, and both knelt down on the ground, admitting their mistakes repeatedly.

     "It's the fault of the son/daughter-in-law. It's the son's negligence. Don't be angry, mother. Be careful."

     Mr. An has always entrusted Mrs. Xie to take care of the affairs of the inner house. He has been married to Mrs. Xie for many years, and he has trusted Mrs. Xie very much, so he has never asked too much. Something was wrong.

     But he also knew that it was unrealistic to really give half of the family property to Yan Jingshu as a dowry, but he was afraid that if he said something wrong again, he would offend Mrs. Yan, so he said in a carefully considered tone: "Mother is right, this dowry It's indeed too little, but the son doesn't know much about it, so I don't know how much dowry the mother thinks is appropriate?"

     Only then did Mrs. Yan calm down a little, paused, and then said: "If you want to listen to me, then according to the amount of Jiang Chenghan's betrothal gift, you can turn it over and over again, just... 20,000 taels of silver. .Of course, if you feel too reluctant, then just treat me as an old woman meddling in my own business, and pretend you didn’t hear it. After all, now that you are in charge, you have the final say.”

     "Where does the mother say anything, the son, the son will feel ashamed--" Mrs. Yan's words are as cruel as An Guogong's words. Now that the words have come to an end, how can he say no, just say it : "The son is ashamed and doesn't think carefully. Fortunately, his mother taught him that everything should be done according to his mother."

     What An Guogong said was really willing. When he took over the Guogong Mansion from the old Guogong, he also had a certain understanding of the Guogong Mansion's industry, and the dowry proposed by Mrs. He didn't have one-tenth of the family property, and it was not even a stark difference from the half that Yan Jingshu was supposed to get. How could he be reluctant, and even felt more and more in his heart that he owed Yan Jingshu.

     Mrs. Yan nodded in satisfaction after hearing what An Guogong said, and then looked at Mrs. Xie.

     Mrs. Xie listened to the mother and son, you doubled the original dowry amount by several times, her face trembled, and she pinched the handkerchief tightly, so as not to let herself lose her composure and show dissatisfaction.

     She was already very reluctant to give Yan Jingshu a few thousand taels of silver as a dowry, and now asking her to pay 20,000 taels would be no less than cutting her flesh. She couldn't agree so easily.

     Seeing that Mrs. Yan and Mr. An had looked over, waiting for her reply, Mrs. Xie slightly lowered her eyes, made a look of embarrassment and self-blame, and said: "Mother, master, I also hope that there will be more books. With some dowry next to her, she won't be bullied by her husband's family in the future, but now the mansion really, really can't afford so much money.

     In recent years, there have been natural disasters and wars, and the court has raised donations several times, but our family has never missed a single one. Compared with other similar families in Beijing, our donations are only more or less. In addition, Zhuangzi everywhere either had hail here or severe drought there. Our family has always been kind to the tenants in the village, and the tenants have received very little income. If there is a disaster and the production is reduced, not only will the rent be exempted on the spot, but also subsidize the grain money for those tenants. Up to now, it has long been unable to make ends meet. For a long time, it was only supported by the savings from previous years.