I was pampered like a treasure after being married off to the young marshal, but my father and broth

"Waaaaah..."

Then came the anxious words of comfort from his father, Shang Mingguo, and the chaotic sighs of his eldest and second eldest brothers.

Shang Sheyu stood under the corridor, a slight upturn at the corners of his mouth.

In her previous life, she was thrown into a beggar's den, where she cried out to heaven and earth in vain, and was eventually tortured to death.

In this life, Fourth Sister has only suffered humiliation.

I lifted the curtain and went inside; the room was packed with people.

Shang Pengyue lay sprawled on the bed with her hair disheveled. Her once delicate face was now swollen like a steamed bun, and her neck was covered in bruises.

She clung tightly to Li Yalian, weeping uncontrollably.

The merchant's father paced around the room with his hands behind his back, his brow furrowed.

The eldest and second eldest brothers sat in armchairs, their faces ashen.

Fifth Sister stood in the corner, twisting a handkerchief in her hands, her face expressionless.

Upon seeing Shang Sheyu enter, the crying abruptly stopped.

The next second, Shang Pengyue suddenly jumped up from the bed, pointing at Shang Sheyu and screaming, "It was you, you bitch, who ruined me!"

Shang Sheyu stood at the door, looking bewildered.

"What's wrong with Fourth Sister? Why is she cursing as soon as we meet?"

"You're still pretending." Shang Pengyue trembled with excitement and tried to rush forward, but Li Yalian held her tightly.

"Pengyue, you're not fully recovered yet, you can't move around too much."

Li Yalian glared at Shang Sheyu, crying, "How dare you come back? Look what you've done to your sister!"

Shang Sheyu frowned and glanced at the faces of everyone in the room.

"Father, Aunt, what has happened? I just returned home after my wedding, how could I have harmed Fourth Sister?"

"Shang Sheyu, stop pretending! You were the one who informed the Chi family's driver, weren't you?!" Shang Pengyue roared, her face covered in tears and snot.

On her wedding day, she ordered Caiju to bribe the Quan family's driver to send Shang Sheyu to a beggar's den.

Who would have thought that she herself would be the one thrown into the dilapidated temple in the end?

Caiju was knocked unconscious at the back door of the store.

"Third sister, how cruel you are!"

Just thinking about what happened in the dilapidated temple that day made Shang Pengyue want to vomit.

Those beggars looked like they hadn't bathed in centuries; the sour stench was so strong it made you want to vomit your dinner from the night before.

They didn't treat her like a human being at all, taking turns attacking her.

No matter how much she cried and begged for mercy, claiming to be the young mistress of the Chi family, no one believed her.

Finally, she dragged her broken body to the Chi family. When the eldest son of the Chi family saw that she was covered in bruises, he immediately turned hostile and wanted to break off the engagement, saying that the Chi family did not want her, this "worn-out shoe".

All of this should have been borne by Shang Sheyu.

Listening to her accusations, Shang Sheyu's expression changed from astonishment to shock, and then to worry.

She walked quickly to the bedside, wanting to take Shang Pengyue's hand, but was violently shaken off by the other party.

Shang Sheyu's eyes reddened: "Fourth Sister, how could you think of me like that?"

Stop pretending.

Shang Pengyue glared at her fiercely.

"If that driver hadn't been bribed, why would he have taken me outside the city? It must have been you! If it was you, then play along!"

Shang Mingguo couldn't take it anymore and slammed his hand on the table: "Enough!"

He turned to look at Shang Sheyu, his eyes sinister: "Tell the truth, did you do this?"

Shang Sheyu straightened his back, meeting his father's scrutinizing gaze with neither arrogance nor servility.

"Father, I'm innocent!"

"I didn't even lift my veil when I left home that day, how could I have arranged all this? If Father doesn't believe me, he can go and bring that Chi family driver here for a confrontation."

Mentioning the driver made the atmosphere in the room even more somber.

After the driver took Shang Pengyue to the dilapidated temple, he ran away in the blink of an eye. Shang searched for two days in a row, but couldn't find a trace of him.

"With no evidence to prove it, you're naturally going to be stubborn."

The eldest brother stood up, pointed at Shang Sheyu's nose, and scolded, "Third sister, I always thought you were honest, but I never expected you to be so vicious. If fourth sister doesn't marry into the Chi family, and people spread the word, how will our Shang family's reputation be preserved? The Chi family is going to make a fortune in the future, and you've cut off the whole family's path to wealth."

The second brother chimed in, "That's right, if Fourth Sister's reputation is ruined... how can you be so inconsiderate?"

Looking at the ugly faces of this family, Shang Sheyu sneered inwardly.

In her previous life, she was murdered, all because of them.

Now it's Shang Pengyue's turn, and she's not even dead yet, but they're already so heartbroken over her.

Shang Pengyue was reborn and, knowing that the Chi family would rise to prominence in the future, revealed all his secrets to the whole family.

Now that they've been kicked out of the Chi family, they're naturally anxious.

"What you're saying, elder brothers, makes it sound like I forced Fourth Sister onto that vehicle," Shang Sheyu said coldly. "Back then, it was Fourth Sister who cried and begged to go in the arranged marriage. Now that something's happened, you're blaming it all on me?"

"you!"

The merchant's etiquette was strained.

Shang Zhaixing, who had been silent all along, suddenly spoke up, her voice weak: "Father, elder brother, arguing now is useless. The Chi family said that if our Shang family provides double the dowry, this matter will be settled, and Fourth Sister can still enter the family."

Double the dowry.

The room fell silent instantly.

Although the merchant had a substantial fortune, the institution had been emptied out over the past year due to the restructuring of the Medical Academy.

The previous dowry was already scraped together through gritted teeth, where are we going to get another one now?

Shang Sheyu lowered his eyes, concealing the mockery in them.

The dowry she brought in her previous life was taken by Chi Qingyuan the very next day to fill a hole.

Giving double the dowry to the Chi family would be like throwing good money after bad.

Shang Pengyue realized what was happening.

The fact that she was humiliated by the beggar has not yet been spread, but she was to be married to the Chi family three days ago. If people find out that she was sent back by the Chi family, her reputation will be ruined, and she will have no place to stand in the Northern Territory.

As long as she can enter the Chi family, with her reborn memories, she will definitely be able to turn her life around.

Moreover, there is currently no evidence that Shang Sheyu bribed the Chi family's driver, so it would be useless to say anything more.

She wiped away her tears, turned her gaze to Shang Sheyu, and suddenly softened her voice: "Third sister, I was so angry just now that I said things without thinking. Please don't blame me. I know this has nothing to do with you. It was that damned driver who ruined me."

She paused, then changed the subject.

"But Third Sister, now that I'm in trouble, the Chi family insists on double the dowry before they'll accept me. You know our family's situation; we really can't afford it. Could you use your dowry to help me?"

really.

After going around in circles, I still want to get something out of her.

Shang Mingguo's eyes lit up: "That's right, Sheyu, you still have your dowry, right? The Quan family is big and wealthy, they won't miss this little bit. Take your dowry back first and give it to your sister in case of emergency. We'll make up for it when the family is better off later."

Shang Zhuo quickly chimed in, "Third sister, you're already the third young mistress of the Quan family. This little bit of money is nothing to you. Please help fourth sister. We're all family; blood is thicker than water."

Looking at their greedy faces, Shang Sheyu felt disgusted.

"Father, the dowry has been moved into the Quan family's storeroom." Shang Sheyu sighed, looking troubled.

"That's the Quan family's rule. Once you enter the family, everything belongs to the Quan family. Even though I'm the third young mistress, I can't touch the family's property without permission. If I move my dowry back to my parents' home as soon as I enter the family, what will my in-laws think of me? What will they think of the merchants?"

"Are you dead?" Li Yalian screamed.

"That was your father's dowry. What's wrong with wanting it back? No matter how powerful the Quan family is, they can't be above reason. You just don't want to give it to them! Do you want to see your sister die!"