Quickly wear salted fish, she won by lying down

Liu Si Niang never imagined that the male lead she had worked so hard to win over would turn out to be such a jerk, making it impossible for her to leave him even if she wanted to.

Thinking of Shen Linlang living a life of luxury and wealth in the Zhou Prince's Mansion, Liu Si Niang was furious. She thought, "Isn't this female lead's halo too overpowered?" Shen Linlang was living a precarious life in the Cheng En Duke's Mansion, so how could she find such a good marriage and live so well now?

On the contrary, it's outrageous that I've become like this in just a few years.

Unfortunately, no matter how much she hated him, it was useless, because she had become an ordinary person. She wanted to go to the Zhou Prince's Mansion to see Shen Linlang, but even if she was Shen Linlang's cousin-in-law, Shen Linlang might not be willing to see her. After all, she and Shen Linlang did not have a good relationship back in the Chengen Duke's Mansion, so how could she have the face to go to Shen Linlang's place?

Moreover, the old lady of the Chengen Duke's Mansion has only been gone for a short time, and she is still in mourning, so she cannot visit her.

So Liu Si Niang could only listen to others talking about how well Shen Linlang was doing, and she was very unhappy.

She is now living on the Song family's estate, and in theory, she shouldn't know about Shen Linlang's situation. The reason she knows is naturally because she goes back to her parents' home every now and then to ask for money, and through her parents' home, she learns about Linlang's situation.

Since her family doesn't want her to divorce and come back, they have to give her money, otherwise she'll have to divorce and come back.

The Liu family was extremely annoyed by her, but they couldn't ignore it. After all, if Liu Si Niang really divorced and returned, they were afraid it would affect the Empress in the palace, so they could only endure it.

Of course, money will be given, but not in the way Liu Si Niang demands, who gives whatever amount she asks for. Instead, she will give a little bit of money.

While giving the money, they cursed the Song family in their hearts. They believed that Liu Si Niang's return to ask for money was at the behest of the Song family. They knew that the Song family dared not let Liu Si Niang return, so they used the emperor to command the princes and made Liu Si Niang return to ask for money so that they could continue to live a good life after their titles and property were confiscated.

Their guess wasn't entirely wrong. Although the Song family didn't say such things directly, they indulged Liu Si Niang's behavior.

There's no other way. They're broke now, and they're used to living a good life. They definitely can't bear to live a hard life, so they have to rely on their daughter-in-law to make money.

Actually, they were worried that their daughter-in-law would think of leaving when she saw that their family had fallen on hard times.

The daughter-in-law had previously expressed this intention, but she didn't leave. They guessed that the Liu family didn't want Liu Si Niang to go back, probably because they didn't want people to say that their daughters could only share wealth and not hardship, which would affect the future marriages of the family's daughters, or even the Empress in the palace.

Since they had guessed the Liu family's intentions and knew that the Liu family would not let Liu Siniang go back after the divorce, they naturally felt at ease letting Liu Siniang go back to her parents' home to ask for money for them. Anyway, the Liu family was afraid that Liu Siniang would go back, so they naturally had the confidence to take the money.

The Liu family could more or less guess what the Song family was thinking, so it was quite normal that they would give the money while cursing Master Song and the others in their hearts.

Thanks to the subsidies from the Liu family, the Song family, despite being stripped of their title and having their property confiscated, still lived a relatively comfortable life. However, the loss of their social standing and the inability to live a life of respect as before was something they naturally couldn't accept.

There's nothing we can do about it.

They could only hope that once Liu Si Niang's son ascended the throne, he might be able to help them, perhaps by restoring their titles.

In reality, these are all just their fantasies. They don't even consider that the emperor still had to call Master Song his uncle, yet he still stripped them of their titles. With the title of uncle taken away, and Empress Liu's son about to ascend the throne, the former heir of the Duke of Cheng'en is merely his maternal uncle. Would he really help them? It's doubtful.

Not only was Liu Si Niang unable to accept her downfall and Lin Lang's continued comfortable life, but the former wife of the Duke of Cheng'en, now Madam Song, also couldn't stand seeing Lin Lang doing well. Coupled with complaints from her family, she wanted to find Lin Lang to continue demanding those two sets of jewelry, and even other money. She wanted to get some money from Lin Lang to appease her family and stop them from harassing her. Indeed, because everyone in the Duke of Cheng'en's mansion felt that they were implicated by the Duke of Cheng'en's wife, now that they had moved to the estate, people in her family often harassed her, ranging from verbal abuse to physical assault. Madam Song was terrified and wanted to get some money from Lin Lang to demonstrate her worth and stop the Song family's eldest branch from bothering her.

When Madam Song asked Linlang for money, her excuse was that the Chengen Duke's Mansion had raised Linlang, and now that the Chengen Duke's Mansion had fallen on hard times, Linlang should repay the Chengen Duke's Mansion.

She shared her idea with Liu Si Niang and the others. Master Song and the heir of the Duke of Cheng'en neither supported nor opposed it, but Liu Si Niang wholeheartedly agreed, saying, "Isn't this what we should do?" Back then, when Shen Linlang was down on her luck, it was the Duke of Cheng'en's mansion that helped her. Now that the Duke of Cheng'en's mansion is down on its luck, it is only natural that Shen Linlang should help them. If she doesn't help, she will tell her family back home that Linlang is an ingrate and ungrateful wretch.

Although she is no longer part of the upper echelons of the capital and can no longer attend their banquets or discuss Linlang's affairs with others, her family can, and she imagines they would be willing to help her.

If Shen Linlang doesn't want to be branded as ungrateful, she'll have to give her money for household expenses.

The thought that Shen Linlang didn't marry the heir of the Duke of Chengen, that her husband was taken away by her, and that she had to give money to her husband to support him, made Liu Si Niang feel smug. Otherwise, she really couldn't bear to see Linlang living so well. So of course, she supported Madam Song in asking Linlang for money and jewelry.

It is said that although the heir of the Duke of Chengen and Master Song did not support it, they did not oppose it either. This was actually a form of support. After all, if they did not support it, they could have raised objections. Given their authority over Madam Song, would Madam Song dare to disagree?
So ultimately, the members of the Song family's eldest branch all supported asking Linlang for money.

This is quite normal, because the eldest branch of the Song family is now too poor, and they don't want to live a poor life, but they have no source of income. What can they do? If they want to maintain their previous decent life, they can only ask others for money.

If they asked Master Song the Second for money, Madam Song the Second would ignore them. Even if Master Song the Second were willing to help his brother's family, he wouldn't give them a large sum of money. Besides, their family didn't have a lot of money and couldn't afford the expensive expenses of Master Song the First's family. The most suitable options were to ask Liu Si Niang's family and Shen Linlang's family. Both of them were wealthy. One didn't plan to let her daughter return after the divorce, so she had to support her daughter's decent life. The other was raised by the Duke of Cheng'en's mansion, so wouldn't she have to repay the Duke of Cheng'en's mansion now? Both of these families could rightfully ask for money.

Both Liu Si Niang's family and Shen Lin Lang's family are wealthy. If we work together on both sides, we're sure to get the money they want, and then we can live a very good life.

Since that's what they thought, they naturally wouldn't stop Madam Song from asking Linlang for money.

Since her family didn't object, Madam Song naturally wrote to Linlang, asking for jewelry and money. (End of Chapter)