After transmigrating into the body of a widow, I became the richest man in the capital.

Chapter 357 Demanding a Dowry
Upon seeing this, Su Xiaoxiao quickly said to Old Madam Wang, "Mother, you're awake? That's wonderful! Doctor Liu's medical skills are truly remarkable. Please accept this money. Xiao Taohua, go and deliver it to Doctor Liu."

While the people inside were still in shock, Little Peach Blossom saw Doctor Liu off.

After all, this Dr. Liu isn't family, so there's bound to be another big farce going to happen at home soon.

So Su Xiaoxiao thought she had to get Dr. Liu away as soon as possible. The Su family members looked at each other and understood.

Their mother was faking illness again, and she was doing it so convincingly that if Doctor Liu hadn't been so quick to scare Old Madam Wang, she probably would have been fooled again.

Just as Dr. Liu said, Old Mrs. Wang looked to be older than him and in excellent health.

Old Man Su was so angry that his beard stood on end. He questioned, "Why did you pretend to faint again? How can you face the children? Look how scared they were, they all ran back and even called a doctor for you. What were you thinking?"

Old Mrs. Wang's face turned red and white as she was scolded, but what she was thinking was, "You old fool, go ahead and scold me. When my daughter marries into the Prince's mansion, I'll see how you scold me then. I'll be the Prince's mother-in-law then, with status and power. Let's see if you still dare to bully me."

At this moment, Old Mrs. Wang pretended to be in great pain and covered her head as if she was about to faint. Su Xiuer quickly came over and supported her.

"Mom, are you okay?"

Grandma Wang pretended to be weak and said, "Help me sit down!"

This is quite different from the old lady Wang who jumped up from the kang just now; now she has gone from being full of energy to being frail and weak.

"Mother, please just say what you have to say!"

Su Ping'an felt incredibly embarrassed for his mother. Since she was faking illness again, there must be something else she wanted to say if she asked him and Su Xiaoxiao to come back together this time.

Looking at Su Ping'an in front of her, Old Madam Wang sighed heavily and said, "Ah, Ping'an, I'll tell you the truth. It's still about your little sister Su Xiu'er. This time, we don't want your workshop's shares. You give us the recipe for making jam, so that your sister Su Xiu'er will have this recipe. In the future, she'll have some confidence when she marries into the family. Otherwise, your sister will be bullied if she hears about it!"

Upon hearing this, Su Ping'an wondered if Xiaoxiao Workshop was going to give her the jam recipe this time. What was she thinking?

"Mother, please don't even think about taking over the workshop!"

After hearing this, Su Xiaoxiao didn't say anything else, but asked a question, "May I ask, which wealthy family will my little sister marry into? Will she need such a large dowry?"

Grandma Wang was taken aback by the question, and then Su Ping'an, who was also curious, came over and asked as well.

"Yes, Mother, at least tell us so we can all know!"

Everyone saw that Su Xiuer kept tugging at her mother's clothes, as if she didn't want her to talk.

But now that things had come to this, Old Madam Wang gritted her teeth and said with a hint of pride in her voice, "Now that things have come to this, I won't hide it from you anymore, it's Prince Gong!"

When the words "Prince Gong" were uttered, everyone was shocked and didn't know what to say.

"You're saying my sister, Su Xiuer, is going to marry Prince Gong?"

Upon hearing this, Su Xiangdong was overjoyed and almost lost his bearings.

After hearing this, Su Wangcai remained silent.

Upon hearing this news, Su Bingcheng began to make his own calculations. He fantasized that if Su Xiuer married Prince Gong, wouldn't he become Prince Gong's brother-in-law? Inconceivably, by leveraging Prince Gong's power, he could become an official without even needing to take the imperial examinations.

Su Bingcheng's eyes lit up instantly, and he listened intently, eager to know what would happen next.

Old Su didn't believe it and was also observing the situation, wondering if it was really possible that his daughter was going to marry Prince Gong.
The others were all preoccupied with their own thoughts, but Su Xiaoxiao knew perfectly well that Prince Gong would never marry Su Xiuer—it was a ridiculous and absurd notion.

Su Xiaoxiao didn't react at all, her face dark as she watched Su Xiuer still acting coquettishly in front of Old Madam Wang, saying, "Mother, don't say it out loud! It's not certain yet!"

However, Su Xiuer's expression betrayed her; she was very proud inside, and that pride naturally showed on her face.

There, the old lady Wang put on a famous scene of maternal love and filial piety, saying, "Child, what is there to hide? You and Prince Gong have already made your relationship public, so what is there to be ashamed of!"

Upon hearing this, Su Xiaoxiao thought, "What do you mean by 'the rice is already cooked'? Does that mean they've already... you know...?"

Su Xiaoxiao got goosebumps from those words.

However, Su Xiaoxiao was quite decisive when it came to pouring cold water on things.

"Mother, you don't actually think that playboy Prince Gong would settle down and marry your sister-in-law Xiuer, do you?"

Just as Mrs. Wang was lost in her daydream, a discouraging remark came out.

"What are you saying? What kind of talk is that?"

After hearing this, Su Xiaoxiao deliberately walked closer to Old Madam Wang and said to her, word by word, "Mother, I'm telling you, Prince Gong must have lied to Su Xiuer. You can't believe him."

Upon hearing this, Old Mrs. Wang flew into a rage. Su Xiuer also glared angrily at Su Xiaoxiao, as if Su Xiaoxiao were the wicked woman who was about to ruin her happy marriage.

Su Xiaoxiao didn't care about anything else. "I'll say it one last time. I hope you will put away this unrealistic fantasy as soon as possible. Su Xiuer will never marry into Prince Gong's mansion."

"Can you say that again!"

Old Mrs. Wang screamed in a very shrill voice and tried to grab Su Xiaoxiao's head.

After Su Xiaoxiao nimbly dodged, Su Ping'an saw that his mother was about to go berserk again, so he quickly went over to stop her and said, "Mother, please have some self-respect!"

Other family members quickly came over to persuade her and pulled the old lady Wang away.

Although Su Xiuer was angry, she still had a goal she hadn't achieved. This time, she still wanted Su Xiaoxiao's jam recipe, so she couldn't afford to break ties with Su Xiaoxiao yet.

The key is that we still need to use their help, so she hurriedly grabbed her mother, Old Madam Wang.

"Mother, this is unacceptable!"

Her mother always cared a lot about her daughter's feelings, so when Su Xiuer pulled Wang Shi back to stop her from attacking Su Xiaoxiao, Wang Shi immediately changed her attitude.

Her attitude underwent a complete 180-degree turn. She spoke to Su Xiaoxiao in a very gentle and kind tone, saying, "Xiaoxiao, think about it. I'm doing this for your own good. After Xiuer marries the prince, won't you also enjoy a life of luxury? Why bother with the workshop? Our whole family can move to the prince's mansion and live a life of luxury!"