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Chapter 760: Many Cheats 81
Ever since the wife of Marquis of Xinxiang knew that Aunt Han and the Marquis of Xinxiang were not good people, she has always sent spies to keep an eye on the two. So naturally, she heard about their conspiracy. She couldn't help but sneer, thinking that Aunt Han was really cheap. She was afraid that the Marquis of Xinxiang's money would run out and she would not be able to live a good life. But she couldn't bear to see her daughter suffer in the palace, so she came to take her money. If she wasn't cheap, she would be as cheap as her daughter. Because her daughter was like this before. If she wanted to eat something delicious or liked new clothes and jewelry, she would ask her for it and never ask the Marquis of Xinxiang and Aunt Han. Obviously, she did it to take her money. At that time, she didn't know it, and she spent a lot of money on Cui Er Niang. Now when she thought about it, she regretted it and was so angry. So now Aunt Han still wanted her to spend money on her daughter. How could it be possible?

But he was afraid that the Marquis of Xinxiang would ask him to do this, so he had to find an excuse to avoid it.

Fortunately, there is an excuse, that is, she has no private money.

They definitely won't believe it if she says so, but I think they will believe it after listening to her analysis.

However, the Xinxiang Marquis' Mansion did not fall into decline since this generation. In fact, there were no powerful officials in the court from the previous generation of the Xinxiang Marquis' Mansion. So when the Xinxiang Marquis' Mansion was finding a wife for this generation of the Xinxiang Marquis, they naturally could not choose one with better conditions. After all, if she had better conditions, she would definitely marry someone better. How could she marry into the Xinxiang Marquis' Mansion, where the sons had no future and there were only empty titles? So the Xinxiang Marquis' wife's family was the same as the Xinxiang Marquis' family. They were also in decline, and were an empty-name noble family with no powerful officials in the court.

Families like this would definitely leave some money for the male members of the family, just like the current Marquis of Xinxiang, who is unwilling to spend too much money on Cui Erniang in the palace.

Since the money had to be left for the males in the family, the dowry for girls would not be much. So although the wife of Marquis Xinxiang had some dowry, it was not very much. And when her son, the prince of Marquis Xinxiang, got married, in order to support her son and avoid it being too shabby, the wife of Marquis Xinxiang took out a lot of her private money, and there was not much left.

Of course, when my son got married, I gave my private money to him to show his support, but the main reason was that I was worried that he might die suddenly and then have to divide the private money equally among his sons.

Although most families would not do such a thing, the private property of the main wife would belong to the legitimate son, and the private property of the concubines would belong to their children. There would be no requirement for the private property of the main wife to be divided equally among the sons, but the private property of the concubines would only be left to their children.

But we must also take precautions. After all, there is a family in the capital where the husband favors a concubine. When the wife dies, the husband uses the royal law that requires the property of the legitimate wife to be divided equally among the sons to take out all the private property of the wife and divide it among the sons of his concubine.

Ever since this happened, every wife would give most of her private money to her biological sons when they got married. On the surface, it was to show support, but in reality it was to prevent unfortunate sudden death. The property would be given to the illegitimate sons, causing the property of their own sons to be greatly reduced, so the property was divided in advance.

Therefore, since her son got married, the wife of Marquis Xinxiang actually didn’t have much private property left.

Of course, there was still some money. After all, she couldn't spend it all. If she had to use the money herself, what would she do if she had no money? It was impossible for her to make money by relying on the housekeeper. The Xinxiang Marquis' Mansion was poor, and the expenses for the backyard were all calculated. It was difficult to make much money from it. Although there are still some, the wife of Xinxiang Marquis is not afraid that they will ask her for it. If they ask her for it, the wife of Xinxiang Marquis will say to them with shame: "I'm sorry, when the prince got married, I basically gave my private money to him to support him. The remaining money has been spent on her over the years. Second Mother has grown up and often wants to eat well, wear good clothes and wear good things. So I have no money left. So the child can only leave it to fate in the palace. Fortunately, she is now the head of the first palace, so she shouldn't be too bad. In addition, I have spent all my money on her. She should have a lot of clothes and jewelry. If she has no money in the palace, she can sell these clothes and jewelry for money. Isn't it equivalent to giving her my private money to use? So she shouldn't have a bad life in the palace. I am still relieved."

Everyone in the mansion knew that Cui Erniang wanted to eat the best food, wear the best clothes and accessories every day, and the wife of the Marquis of Xinxiang did give her a lot at that time.

But...the wife of the Marquis of Xinxiang thought that Cui Erniang was her own biological child at the time, and was afraid that if she always granted her requests, the child would be spoiled, so she would not spoil the child too much. Sometimes she would also teach her a lesson and ask her to be frugal. So she did give her some money, but not much, and she still had some private money in her hands.

——Ever since she knew that Cui Erniang was not her biological daughter, Lady Xinxiang Marquis thought about the education she had given Cui Erniang back then, and thought to herself that she really should teach her child well. Otherwise, if she spoiled her and kept buying things for her, she would be even more angry now when she thought about spending all her money on other people's children.

But outsiders did not know the truth. They only saw Cui Er Niang clamoring for delicious food, beautiful clothes and jewelry every day. Later, she got almost all of them, so they thought that the wife of the Marquis of Xinxiang had indeed spent all her remaining private money on Cui Er Niang.

In fact, it is an illusion, because Cui Erniang may have complained many times and for a long time before the wife of Xinxiang Hou satisfied her. Then others thought that Cui Erniang always responded to her requests, and it is possible that the wife of Xinxiang Hou spent all her remaining private money on her.

Just like the Marquis of Xinxiang at this moment, he believed it.

Yes, Aunt Han asked the Marquis of Xinxiang to ask his wife to pay, and the Marquis of Xinxiang actually agreed. So these two people are really a pair of despicable people. Not only did they replace other people's children, but they also asked others to pay to raise their children. They are so despicable.

As a result, when he went to find the wife of the Marquis of Xinxiang, she said that all the money was spent on Cui Erniang, and Cui Erniang should have a lot of clothes and jewelry, and she would not be living a bad life. The Marquis of Xinxiang actually believed it, because he was the one who had the illusion. He felt that in his impression, Cui Erniang did often ask the wife of the Marquis of Xinxiang to make clothes and jewelry for her. The wife of the Marquis of Xinxiang thought that she was her own biological daughter, and she did make new clothes and new jewelry for her. All of them were given in addition to the supplies from the mansion, plus the annual supply from the mansion. So the child should have a lot of clothes and jewelry, and she would not be living a hard life in the palace.

So he didn't listen to Aunt Han's words and continued to force the wife of the Marquis of Xinxiang to give him money. Of course, the main reason was that he had no money to give. Her private stash was empty, so how could he force her to give him money?

He also told Aunt Han that the wife of the Marquis of Xinxiang had bought a lot of clothes and jewelry for Cui Er Niang before, and almost all of her private money was given to Cui Er Niang. Cui Er Niang had money to use in the palace, so she didn't have to worry.