The Yin family members were dumbfounded, and a chill ran up their necks.

Yin Liuli sneered.

"Since you want me to marry you, let's talk about conditions. I, Yin Liuli, am not going to marry for nothing!"

The Marquis of Yin's family wants to use her to save their lives, but it won't be that easy!

Her condition was that the Marquis's mansion return all the dowry that had been embezzled from her mother over the years!

My mother's background was not high; my maternal grandfather was just a sixth-rank civil official in the capital, but my maternal grandmother came from a merchant family and was quite wealthy.

When she got married, her maternal grandparents gave her a dowry of ten miles of red fabric, which caused a sensation in most of the capital.

Unfortunately, they passed away a year after their marriage. Since they only had one daughter who married out, their family property and estate were divided up by their uncles and relatives, and no one cared about her mother.

With no one to support her mother anymore, the Yin Marquis's mansion gradually showed signs of decline and fatigue, and its businesses suffered heavy losses. Yin Jingtang then coaxed her mother to bring out her dowry to maintain the mansion's prestige.

While using her dowry to fill the deficit, he turned around and married a concubine named Wang.

She was separated from her mother by fate, neglected by her husband and bullied by Wang Shi. Her health deteriorated due to daily worries. Yin Jingtang showed no pity for her and even allowed Wang Shi to drive her to the backyard and ignore her!

My mother's food and clothing, even her porridge and rice, depended on the whims of that mean-spirited concubine.

Since Yin Liuli went to the Taoist temple, Yin Jingtang has acted as if he had never given birth to this child who brought misfortune to the Marquis's family, and has never cared about her since.

If it weren't for her mother sending money through intermediaries every year, and her master and fellow disciples doting on her like a treasure, she, a little girl, would have been incredibly miserable.

Mother didn't mention these unbearable past events in her letter; they were all discovered by Wa Ya Ya before Yin Liuli went down the mountain!

……

"condition?"

Old Master Yin wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and asked in a trembling voice, "What...what conditions do you want?"

Yin Liuli raised an eyebrow.

"Of course, it's my dowry! The Yin family is, after all, a hereditary marquisate. May I ask what my dowry is?"

"As for your dowry, your father has already prepared it for you."

Yin Jingtang secretly breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly said, "It's just like your two younger sisters, a thousand taels of silver, a hundred acres of fine farmland, and various dressing cases..."

Yin Liuli curled her lip in disdain. "Only this much? Is the Marquis really that stingy? If you take out this meager dowry, isn't the Marquis's mansion afraid of being laughed at to death?"

"No, no..."

Yin Jingtang felt inexplicably nervous, and nervously rubbed his hands together like a fly.

"Your father knows how hard you've suffered at the Taoist temple all these years, and I originally wanted to give you some extra help..."

Yin Liuli interrupted him without any politeness, saying with a look of disdain,

"Don't think that just because I just came down from the mountain I don't know that this so-called prince is actually a rotten persimmon."

He indulged in all sorts of vices, including eating, drinking, gambling, and whoring, and even caused the deaths of seven brides who were not yet betrothed to him.

"If it were so easy to marry, why didn't you let your precious pearls and jade pearls go?"

A look of surprise flashed across Yin Jingtang's face, but he forced himself to speak.

"Liuli, you've misunderstood. Your two younger sisters are still quite young..."

Yin Liuli scratched her ear and glanced at him lazily.

"Come on!"

The informant had already been whispering angrily in her ear for a while.

"Oh dear... Master, Madam Yin Jingtang is eavesdropping inside. She said that you two wretches, mother and daughter, are not worthy of being compared with her."

Thankfully, the master managed to call you back, otherwise his daughter would have jumped into that fire pit of the princess's mansion!

Fortunately, she knew the news in advance and forced Yin Jingtang to arrange an excellent marriage for Yin Baozhu.

"Pah, how despicable!"

That "Pah!" carried a hint of personal emotion.

"Then... what else do you want? Tell your father, and I will do my best... to give you whatever I can."

Yin Jingtang felt a chill run down his spine as he was stared at by those sharp eyes.

A strange unease crept into my heart, a sense of foreboding creeping in...

"Then I won't stand on ceremony. The eldest daughter of the Yin Marquis's family is getting married, and to a princess's residence no less..."

Yin Liuli rubbed her fingers together at him, "At least a thousand acres of fertile land and ten miles of red bridal procession, right?"

Yin Jingtang's heart skipped a beat, and he exclaimed in surprise,

"Huh? This is too... too..."

"Liuli, you've been away from home all these years, so you don't know that our family isn't as prestigious in the court as it used to be."

What you need is really difficult to obtain…

Old Master Yin put on a troubled look, sighed, and said, "How about this, Grandpa will secretly give you some more land and money. That's already much better than what your sisters are getting."

"Waaah! Master, don't listen to that old man!"

The messenger, brandishing a long sword and brandishing his claws, gave a vivid and detailed report to Yin Liuli.

He was cursing you in his heart, calling you a brat who's insatiable! Doesn't he know his own worth and whether he deserves a grand wedding procession?

"Pah, that old man is wicked!"

You say I'm greedy?

Congratulations, you're right.

A cold smile curled at the corner of Yin Liuli's lips.

"Since she's so good, why doesn't the old Marquis find someone else to marry? The Yin family has more than just me as a girl."

I married into the Yin family to save them. Without me, you would all probably be on your way to exile by now.

"Leaving aside the harsh, cold land, just the journey of 108,000 li (approximately 54,000 kilometers) – I really don't know if your health can withstand it?"

Old Master Yin felt as if he had been struck in the spine. He raised his hand to slam his fist on the table and curse, but gritted his teeth and forced himself to suppress his anger. His face was ashen as he said...

"Liuli, don't forget you're also a descendant of the Yin family! Even if you're exiled, you can't escape..."

"Hey, I'm different."

Yin Liuli proudly flicked a stray hair from her forehead, "You must have forgotten, I was sent away to become a nun to learn Taoism when I was 3 years old."

According to the laws of our dynasty, those who become monks or nuns are exempt from the consequences of their family's sins.

Doesn't that hurt?

"You, you..."

Old Master Yin felt a lump in his throat, and after a long pause, he managed to squeeze out a few words through his teeth.

"Great! Excellent! What would make you satisfied?"

Yin Liuli toyed with her slender fingers, raising an eyebrow slightly.

"You've talked about thousands of acres of fertile land and ten miles of red dowry... but you're missing even a single pebble. You all must find someone else; I, Yin Liuli, will not participate!"

The air fell into a deathly silence.

The only sound in the entire hall was the heavy breathing of the Yin family elders.

We looked at each other, our faces dark with displeasure.

Although it's not that they can't afford it, the dowry for such a grand procession could take away half of the Yin family's fortune. Who would be willing to part with that?

Wasn't this girl supposed to be learning Taoism? How come she came back so ruthless and heartless!

If they wanted to forcibly detain her, no one knew what skills she had learned, but even two burly servants couldn't stop her.

Her mother was gentle and easy to manipulate, but she was determined to protect Yin Liuli.

The air suddenly became still.

"Young lady, that's not how it's said."

A deliberately coquettish voice came from behind. Wang, the concubine, swayed her willow-like waist as she approached, a forced smile playing on her alluring face.

"Oh my, it's been so many years! You've grown up so much, a real beauty!"

"I remember she was only this young when she left... right, sister?"

As soon as Madam Wang entered, Madam Zhen involuntarily clenched the hem of her dress and shifted uncomfortably toward her daughter.

Noticing her mother's nervousness, Yin Liuli cupped her hand in her own and gave Wang a cold glance.

"What, you have a problem with that?"

"Master, how could I possibly offer any opinions? I am merely following your orders."

After exchanging greetings, Madam Wang looked at Yin Liuli with a smile, "However..."

"If you know you're not qualified, then there's no need to say anything."

Before she could finish speaking, Yin Liuli cut her off.

"Uh... young lady, you have quite the sharp tongue!"

Wang was so angry her teeth itched. She dabbed her lips with a handkerchief and forced a stiff smile.

"Some things are better left unsaid. Miss, you don't know how difficult things are for our household right now. Forget about the grand wedding procession, even your dowry was scraped together by the master from the bottom of his pocket."

"We have several young ladies in our household who are of marriageable age. If our eldest daughter sets this precedent, everyone will want these things. How will we manage then?"

As she spoke, she glanced sideways at Madam Zhen, "Don't you think so, sister?"

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