After the new widow, I became a tyrant's tender outer chamber

Chapter 149 Dowry
Jiang Huaiyang was on the rise, but Ruan Yuyi was afraid that something would happen without knowing it, so she didn't dare to hide it from Aniang.

Madam Ruan was surprised and relieved when she learned that the person who claimed to be a guard during the day was actually the current Holy Majesty.As long as His Majesty is aware of it, it will be fine, and my daughter will not be killed.

However, this new emperor was indeed quite different from what she had imagined. If she hadn't seen it with her own eyes, she would have imagined it. The rumored cruel and bloodthirsty new emperor gave birth to the skin of an ordinary nobleman, gentle and dignified.

When the new emperor came back the next day, Madam Ruan saluted respectfully, "I didn't know it was His Majesty yesterday, what an offense, I hope His Majesty will not take it to heart."

Jiang Huaiyang was unexpectedly gentle, "Ma'am is serious, I am just playing around with Lingling, but I implicate Madam in being teased."

She naturally denied it again and again.

With a man present, it was naturally inconvenient for her to sew a small coat for Ruan Yuyi.

Seeing the stagnation in the atmosphere, Ruan Yuyi proposed to play a few games of chess.

Mu Xiang found the chess pieces, and the porcelain pieces in the pear wooden box were all round and as smooth as jade, because they were glazed.Usually the chess pieces made in this way are distinguished by brown and white, but these are burnt so that black and white can be said to be distinct.

After laying out the chessboard, he pushed for the new emperor to come first. Seeing that he was not interested, he quietly declined.

Mrs. Ruan and Ruan Yuyi played black and white chess respectively.

It turned out that there was a back and forth, but Ruan Yuyi hadn't gone down for a long time, and she became unfamiliar, and it didn't take long before she fell into a disadvantage.

She held a sunspot between her two fingers, and she dropped it with a crisp sound, but she suddenly saw that the shape on the chessboard was wrong, so she took it back, "Aniang, this doesn't count, I think I'm wrong."

Mrs. Ruan chuckled, and shook her head helplessly, "You are called Zhuo Qing, and you are so righteous in regretting chess."

Zhuoqing is her elder brother's character.

She lowered her eyelashes, showing a shallow smile.Her brother did always let her go.

On top of her plain white hand was a hand with distinct joints, leading her to drop the sunspot back.He whispered in her ear, "There is still room for change in this situation, I will teach you."

Madam Ruan lowered her eyes and raised her eyebrows, noncommittal.

Afterwards, Jiang Huaiyang gave some pointers, and said a few light words, but it didn't take long for the situation to turn around.

"Your Majesty is really good at playing." After winning two rounds in a row, she praised with a smile.

His eyes were dark, and he was still thinking about it easily, but the situation in the court was changing, and the princes and ministers had their own thoughts, which was much more intense than this.

When Zhizi was fighting fiercely, the guards outside came to report that there was a woman who claimed to be Cheng Yushi's wife, Zhu Shi, and came to return the dowry.

Madam Ruan glanced out the door, waiting for the new emperor to speak.

"Xuan," he said.

The guard retreated under orders, and when he came back, he was accompanied by Mrs. Cheng Zhu and his servant Li Mama, and the servant behind him put down two paulownia wooden boxes.

Cheng Zhushi hurriedly knelt down, shouting for His Majesty Wan'an, not daring to raise his head.

She had heard that Madam Ruan lived here temporarily, and she planned to perfunctory and vent her anger, and entered the courtyard gate, but she listened to the guard's instructions, saying that His Majesty was inside and asked her to observe the rules carefully.

I didn't expect that His Majesty really cared about this sister Yi, she sent those gold and silver clothes, but she didn't see that Miss Yi opened her fingers to leak something to the Cheng family.She gritted her teeth in hatred.

Ruan Yuyi didn't understand, so she frowned slightly.

Mrs. Ruan explained to her, "I asked her to return the original dowry. Since my daughter has nothing to do with the Cheng family, there is no reason to keep the dowry with the Cheng family." It was more to scare off Cheng. The people at home vented their anger on her behalf.

The maid next to Mrs. Ruan had arranged the dowry with the master before, so she recognized what was inside, she stepped forward to open the lid, and flipped through it carefully.

She pursed her lips tightly, turned around and said, "Ma'am, nothing in it matches."

In front of him, Mrs. Cheng Zhu died early, not daring to act presumptuously, because he quickly explained, "Where can I find the things that have been added to Cheng's house in the past, so I found equivalent items to replace them."

Her eyes flickered slightly.This statement is both true and false.

It was true that part of the dowry had been used up, but she was not willing to take out the rest of the family's dowry. Those were all precious things, and right now these were nothing compared to the half of the dowry.

Where was she willing to let go, so she made up nonsense reasons to prevaricate.

Mrs. Ruan's complexion was slightly gloomy, and she showed the charm of the mistress, "The Cheng family didn't promise me that way before."

Cheng Zhushi sneered secretly, but didn't show it on his face.She had already moved out of the government office at that time, and she really doubted that if the Cheng family had accepted it, she would have personally smashed the Cheng family.

Cheng Zhushi made a look of embarrassment, and could only evade and repeat what he said just now.

During the stalemate, Jiang Huaiyang suddenly said, with a cold voice, "I remember that there is a saying in Dawu's law. Although a woman's dowry is brought to her husband's house, it still belongs to the woman. The husband's family must not tamper with it."

"How did you get here," he said slowly, "is there a change?"

Cheng Zhushi trembled all over, and lowered her head even lower, "Your Majesty's lesson, it's really—" She regretted coming here a long time ago.It's really impossible for her to spit it out right now.Those pawned things have long gone to nowhere.

She stumbled and stumbled, but she still couldn't figure out why.

Ruan Yuyi could tell something was wrong, seeing Cheng Zhushi like this, she also guessed that the dowry sent back then was not what she intended.Wei Wei clenched the skirt tightly, A Niang was devoted to her, but Cheng Zhu could not treat her half well.

He played with her slender fingers, and said casually, "Lingling, tell me, what should I do about this matter?"

She let out a sigh of relief, suppressing the resentment in her heart, "Of course I will return it intact." The trees, rocks, gardens and pavilions that the Cheng family added in the past two years, I don't know how many of them were taken from her dowry.

But it doesn't make sense to let A Niang live a hard life there.

He hummed, agreeing with this approach.

Cheng Zhushi was completely panicked, half of the warehouse was okay, but even if the other half sold her, she would never be found again.

She forced out a smile, "Your Majesty, since His Royal Highness the Princess is still raising her baby in Cheng's residence, why don't you give it a few more days."

She is related to relatives, thinking that if she moves out of this relationship, Mrs. Ruan will not be able to do anything to her.She felt relieved, and cast a glance with some complacency.

He squeezed his fingertips into Ruan Yuyi's, clasped them slightly, and without raising his eyes, he said leisurely, "There is no need to be lenient. Mrs. Cheng has reminded me that if the Cheng family really can't get it out, it's okay to use the eldest princess's things to make up for it." Not impossible."

Cheng Zhu's face turned pale.

That's right, but she looked at it. The new emperor never meant to admit the relationship between Xingqiu and the eldest princess. She didn't mean to be on the road to death.

The solution was finalized, and Mrs. Cheng Zhu was sent out.

I don't know whether she begged the eldest princess or collected it here and there. In short, on the day Madam Ruan was leaving, she did gather enough items of equivalent value and sent them to her.

What Jiang Huaiyang meant was to let her handle these things, so Ruan Yuyi asked Aunt to bring the things back to Ruan's house in Wuzhou, which would also make the family more comfortable.

(End of this chapter)