My husband faked his death so I could remarry, but I got involved with my crazy brother and can'

These words caused the woman's expression to change drastically.

Her words were merely a stopgap measure.

She has a terrible relationship with her mother-in-law and would love for her to go to jail instead.

Not only that, but you also have to sacrifice yourself, which is not worth it.

The woman pondered for a moment, then looked at the servant beside her: "Go back and get the money."

The servant nodded, put down the gold in his hand, and turned to leave.

"What?! Five thousand gold coins?! This is going to kill me?!"

Su Zhirou nearly died of anger upon hearing this.

I never expected Su Yingxue to be so shameless.

How could someone say something like that?

Five thousand gold coins as compensation? Is that bitch made of gold?!

"Madam, the Second Madam has indeed gone too far, but if we don't hand over the money now, it won't work..." Dong Rong also felt the pinch.

"Yes, Madam, I heard about it. So many people are watching, and even the prefect has agreed. If we don't pay, what if Madam is imprisoned and implicates us?" Dongxue said.

Su Zhirou gritted her teeth in anger, "I don't have much dowry to begin with. If I take out these more, my dowry will be almost gone..."

"Madam, I know you're wronged. Why don't we take the money first and get it back later? We mustn't let all our efforts go to waste..."

Upon hearing this, Su Zhirou stamped her foot: "Fine, go get the money."

She seemed completely drained of energy, slumped into a chair, and rubbed her aching forehead.

She swears she will not rest until she avenges this!

The servants quickly brought the silver, and the prefect sent someone to count it before giving it to Su Yingxue.

"Second Madam, this is all the compensation. As for the man's imprisonment, you need not trouble the arresting officers." The prefect looked at Su Yingxue and spoke gently.

The higher-ups specifically instructed that this person be treated well.

Not to mention, this is the daughter of a marquis and the daughter-in-law of a duke.

If he doesn't treat this well, won't he lose his official position?

"Thank you, sir."

After leaving the yamen, Su Yingxue generously gave Xia Zhi and Qiu Ye each a piece of gold.

She had already sent Chunfen back to tidy up the house.

Feeling the heavy weight in their hands, the two maids were overjoyed: "Thank you for the reward, Madam!"

"In addition, each person who was frightened will receive ten taels of silver as compensation for their mental distress."

Su Yingxue waved her hand and boarded the luxurious carriage that she had already bought again.

In reality, her carriage was just for show; it didn't even cost two thousand taels of gold.

However, this time Su Zhirou suffered a huge loss, essentially emptying her dowry.

Hou House.

Marquis Shunyang left in a hurry in the morning and didn't notice the changes in his own residence. When he returned and found the mansion bare, he was devastated.

"What on earth happened?" Marquis Shunyang was furious. "Who did this?"

Before the steward could answer, Aunt Feng came out of the room, sobbing, "My lord, you're finally back! I don't know what's wrong with my sister these past few days; she's taken all the decorations from the manor and replaced them with some rags. Now our entire manor has lost even the slightest bit of its former grandeur!"

At first, Aunt Feng only noticed the changes in the interior decoration of the hall, but later she noticed the changes in the entire Marquis's mansion, and even her own room.

How can this be allowed?

Those decorative items were all carefully selected by her.

"It's her? What on earth is she doing?" Marquis Shunyang's face darkened.

Didn't she kick you out? Why is she making a scene now?

Is she trying to attract his attention in this way?

"My lord, please come and see my courtyard! My sister has almost emptied it out!" Aunt Feng said anxiously.

She specifically asked someone to bring the Marquis back early so that she could witness this scene; she couldn't let all her efforts go to waste.

"What?"

Marquis Shunyang's expression changed drastically, and he strode towards Consort Feng's courtyard.

Sure enough, they saw Madam Qian instructing everyone to move things from Aunt Feng's courtyard.

"This, and this, and this, were all bought with my money. And this, the Marquis's mansion couldn't afford."

"What are you doing?!"

Marquis Shunyang was furious with her and stepped forward to rebuke her: "Is this how a mistress of the household should behave, leaving the mansion in such a state?!"

"The mistress of the house?" Madam Qian seemed to have heard a joke: "Has Your Excellency forgotten that I am no longer the mistress of this mansion?"

Marquis Shunyang choked for a moment, then realized what was going on: "If you're not in charge, what are you doing? You can't manage things, and you're just making trouble!"

"Yes, sister, I'm not trying to be mean, but I'm already struggling to manage this huge manor. If you're not going to help, fine, but why are you making things worse?" Aunt Feng said, sounding aggrieved.

"Exactly, what's wrong with you? Put everything back right now!" Marquis Shunyang urged.

Madam Qian curled her lips into a cold sneer: "Has Your Excellency forgotten? These were originally things I brought. Since Consort Feng is in charge of the household, she should be responsible for acquiring them, not using mine. Don't you agree?"

"I'm sure Your Excellency wouldn't be so shameless, would you?"

Aunt Feng's expression changed drastically. What did that mean? Did they want her to give money to support the Marquis's mansion?

How is that possible?!

She came to the Marquis's mansion to enjoy wealth and luxury!

With such a large family as the Marquis of Shunyang, they could barely make ends meet on the monthly allowance he received.

"Sister is joking. After all, you are also a member of this Marquis's mansion. How can you not take yourself seriously? Everyone in the mansion depends on you."

Aunt Feng quickly stroked her hair.

Over the years, if it weren't for the occasional subsidies from Madam Qian to the Marquis's mansion, how could their lives have been so comfortable?

She didn't even want to think about the consequences if Qian Shi quit.

"Why are you asking her to do this? This is what she should do! Feng'er, didn't I entrust the management of the household affairs to you? Since she is unwilling to use her own things, just tell the servants to provide some. Don't try to save me money."

How could the Marquis of Shunyang know anything about the accounts of his household? He only thought that the Marquis's household was wealthy and could function without the Qian family.

Before Aunt Feng could speak, Madam Qian nodded: "In that case, I will take everything that belongs to me."

"Mother Wei, tell them to speed things up," Qian instructed.

Granny Wei nodded.

Marquis Shunyang didn't take it seriously: "Alright, take your junk and get out of here. I have some private words to say to Feng'er."

Since she is heartless, don't blame him for being unjust!

Anyway, he's a marquis, so whoever he favors, whoever speaks in the backyard has the final say.

Since Qian was being unreasonable, he ignored her for a while.

Before Aunt Feng could say anything more, Madam Qian had already turned and left.

"elder sister......"

Aunt Feng wanted to chase after her, but Marquis Shunyang stopped her, saying, "Feng'er, don't pay her any mind. What man could stand her temper?"

"But Lord Marquis, she..." Aunt Feng said anxiously.

That's a money bag!

"I know you care about her because she's the lady, it's alright. I'll stay with you, you are the most important woman in this household."

As he spoke, Marquis Shunyang dragged the man toward the room.

When Aunt Feng saw that all the decorations in her room were gone, she almost choked.

But she was still pinned to the bed...

Never mind, I'll apologize when I have time.

She couldn't really ignore the Marquis's mansion.