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Chapter 1740 The Country Girl Looked Down Upon 61
In fact, Li Erlang was also upset that Consort Zhang favored his eldest brother, but what could he do? There were five of them, brothers and sisters. What could he do if Consort Zhang didn't like him?
He actually knew why Consort Zhang didn't like him much; it was because she probably thought he was stupid.

When he was a child, Consort Zhang pitied him because his money had been taken away by Consort Cao and given to the Cao family. He could only watch enviously as the other children in the Prince's Mansion bought food and toys. He had no money to buy anything, so Consort Zhang secretly gave him some money so he could buy some food and toys. But he was stupid and immediately told Consort Cao. Then Consort Cao happily took the money and gave it to her own family. She also coaxed him to continue to play the victim in front of Consort Zhang and get money from her.

Consort Zhang wasn't stupid; she quickly gleaned the truth from him. She was furious to hear that the money she had given to Li Erlang had been taken by Consort Cao and given to the Cao family. After all, it was one thing for Consort Cao to use her own money to subsidize her own family, but she dared to use Consort Zhang's money to subsidize her own family as well. How could Consort Zhang not be angry?

After that, Consort Zhang never gave him any more money, probably because she was afraid that he would go back and tell Consort Cao, and then Consort Cao would take the money and give it to the Cao family, thus indirectly subsidizing the Cao family. This kind of absurd thing was obviously not what Consort Zhang wanted to see.

Don't think that what Consort Zhang is thinking won't happen. Just look at how Aunt Cao sent Li Erlang to Consort Zhang to play the victim and then extort money from her. That's enough to know that Aunt Cao had such intentions.

After all, would the money that Li Erlang got from Consort Zhang really end up in Li Erlang's hands? Impossible. He's still young. It must have ended up in Consort Cao's hands. Then she'll give it to her family. Wouldn't that be equivalent to Consort Zhang supporting the Cao family? Under such circumstances, it's no wonder Consort Zhang would be unwilling.

This is why Consort Zhang never gave him another reward after that, because the money would not end up in his hands, but would only end up in the Cao family's pockets.

As he grew up, he reclaimed control of his monthly allowance and stopped Aunt Cao from taking it away. He also wanted to tell Consort Zhang that he was no longer the naive child he once was and would no longer let Aunt Cao take his money. However, Consort Zhang clearly no longer liked him, leaving him no chance to say these words. Of course, even if he had, Consort Zhang might not have given him any more money. After all, Consort Zhang now had so many grandchildren and even great-grandchildren; she had too many people to love and couldn't care less about him.

Thinking of this, he hated Aunt Cao even more, feeling that Aunt Cao had ruined his life. If murder wasn't illegal, he probably would have killed Aunt Cao long ago.

Other parents know how to plan for their children's future, but his biological mother not only didn't plan for him or save him money on her own, but also stole the money that belonged to him. How could he not hate her?

Aunt Cao had no idea that Li Erlang hated her so much that he wanted to kill her, and was still busy talking to Cao Shi.

Cao's aunt naturally heard about Cao's running to Consort Zhang to ask for money.

Although Aunt Cao came from a humble background and was afraid of Zhao Shi, the daughter of a Hanlin scholar and a noble lady, and was not very favored, she did not dare to cause trouble and was generally well-behaved.

However, while she was relatively well-behaved in front of Zhao, she wasn't as afraid of Consort Zhang. She knew Consort Zhang came from a similar background, so she didn't have much respect for her. This was why she dared to coax her son into going to Consort Zhang to play the victim and try to get money from her. Now, Aunt Cao heard that Cao had gone to Consort Zhang to ask for money but had been sent away, so she called Cao over to inquire about it. Actually, she just wanted the aunt and niece to have a chat.

"Didn't you get the money? It's no use. Zhang Niangniang doesn't like our family. We won't get it. I've had Erlang try before," Aunt Cao said unhappily.

In fact, she also coveted Consort Zhang's money, but she could never get it, which made her quite depressed.

If they could get money from Consort Zhang, her family could buy a house in the capital and wouldn't have to stay in the countryside and live a hard life.

Cao was annoyed that no one was on her side when she asked Consort Zhang for money. But now that she saw her aunt on her side, she got excited and said, "Aunt, she's in charge of the household now, she can make as much money as she wants. She sees how poor our family is and doesn't give us a single penny. On the contrary, Zhou Linlang and the others are so rich, and she keeps giving them money. It's infuriating! My eldest brother is her grandson, but isn't Erlang her grandson too? How can she treat us so poorly?"

Aunt Cao understood this all too well. She sighed and shook her head, saying, "What can we do if she's biased? After all, the money is in her hands. She can give it to whomever she wants. We can try our best to please her, but she just doesn't like us and won't give us any money. What can we do?"

Cao said plaintively, "The key thing is that my husband actually spoke up for Lady Zhang instead of taking my side. Is he stupid? She treats our family badly and doesn't give us any money, yet he still speaks up for her."

Logically, if someone spoke ill of her son, Aunt Cao should have objected. However, she had to admit that her son was indeed a bit foolish, and she also thought he was foolish because he just accepted his fate and didn't try to fight for it when Consort Zhang didn't give them money. What else could that be but foolishness?

She was of low status and had no say in the affairs of the household, but Erlang was a male and had a say in the affairs of the household. Couldn't he have mentioned it to the Prince of Ying and asked him to tell Consort Zhang not to be too biased towards his grandson?
He is, after all, the grandson of the King of England. Asking the King for money might be impossible, but bringing it up shouldn't be difficult. After all, it's just a matter of the King of England saying something casually. Even if he doesn't succeed, there's no loss. Consort Zhang never gave him money before, so maybe he could get something by trying. But she didn't mention it, so her son is indeed stupid.

But because her relationship with her son was already bad, she didn't dare to criticize him for being stupid or make him do these things. She could only listen to Cao Shi complain about her son being stupid and agree with her by saying a few words, "That's right, but I can't do anything about it."

Cao turned back to discuss Linlang, saying, "She got so much money, but she didn't share any with her younger siblings. She's so selfish. Doesn't she care that she gets too much and makes everyone uncomfortable and unwilling to associate with her? Don't say we're ostracizing her."

Cao Shi didn't believe it. Of the five siblings, only Linlang's family regularly received things from Consort Zhang. The others wouldn't be envious or jealous. They were all people with emotions and desires. If the others saw that Consort Zhang only gave money to Zhou Linlang's family, they would definitely have objections. Even if an elder in the countryside gave one of the children some copper coins, the other children would still be unhappy. It would be strange if the others were happy that Consort Zhang gave so much money to Zhou Linlang.