in2ebook Chapter 137 We Don’t Want to Become In-Laws
Chapter 137 We Don’t Want to Become In-Laws
Tu's heart turned cold at these words. She stood up angrily and stared at Xia Liu with bloodshot eyes: "Xia Rong is your study partner. If he is not yours, then could he be Xia Pinxiang's?"
"Tu Ling, don't make excuses! I told you he's not mine, why would I lie to you?!"
"What? Of course, to preserve your sanctimonious face!" Tu Song finally spoke up after enduring until this moment, "You favor your concubine over your wife, and favor your concubine over your legitimate wife. Xia Liu, you are such a great guy! How have I, A Ling, wronged you? We have been married for so many years, and yet you actually did such a cruel thing to your own daughter!"
Tu Song has been in officialdom for twenty years, and has been sitting on the position of right prime minister for seven or eight years. He is better than Xia Liu in every way, and his majesty and bearing can suppress Xia Liu. This is the reason why Xia Liu only dared to attack Xia Yanxiang secretly for so many years.
"She teaches your children, manages the harem, takes care of your daily life, and takes care of all your shameless relatives. You have two children, a general and a princess. What on earth are you not satisfied with? I, A Ling, have been married to you for so many years, and I am still as beautiful, gentle and respectful as ever. Except that I don't depend on you and flirt with you like that concubine, who can say a bad thing about her as the legitimate wife? But you, you are taking advantage of me and still acting like a good boy. Do you think you are the king?!" Unable to suppress her anger, Shen's inherent military spirit was completely revealed. She stood up abruptly and scolded Xia Liu.
Xia Rong fell to the ground and trembled. He thought no one would pay attention to him, but Yun calmly stood up and pulled the cloth out of his mouth. He said, "Tell me, who ordered you to do that?"
"Awu, what else is there to ask? I will listen to whoever he belongs to!"
"Don't be impatient. Since Minister Xia doesn't admit it, just produce some solid evidence." Everyone was overwhelmed by anger, except Yue Qing and Yun, who remained calm.
"This man has an ordinary appearance and a short stature, which makes him difficult to attract attention. However, he is very generous. The blood-drying grass in his hand is of high quality, which makes the poison, which has a very light smell, completely lose its smell. Ordinary drugstores will not sell such poisons. Only extremely despicable sorcerers will sell them, and they are often sold at high prices, with one tael costing hundreds of taels of silver. In this mansion, besides the madam, you are the only one who can take out so much silver in one go. Could it be that this servant can get so much silver from other places?"
"I never ask about servants' affairs." Xia Liu was obviously a little guilty, and his eyes were evasive. "The monthly salary payment is never my responsibility, so how would I know where he got so much money?"
Li Guan kicked Xia Rong on the leg with all his strength and said viciously: "You tell me! Don't play dead!"
Xia Rong felt pain, and he was also frightened by the suspicious gazes of all the big shots: "I, I, I..."
"What me!"
Xia Rong glanced at Xia Liu guiltily and tried to speak: "Yes, it was given to me by Aunt He from Madam's side. She, she told me to do it secretly..."
"You're talking nonsense! He Luo has been with me for more than 30 years, how could she do such a thing? Someone, call He Luo over. "Tu knew it was Xia Rong's fabrication as soon as she heard it. "She is my dowry, a first-class aunt by my side, with a monthly allowance of three taels. She also has children and elderly people at home. This little money is barely enough for her family to eat and use well. How could she spare so much money?"
"You always give her three or five taels of silver for nothing on a normal day. How can you be short of money in the long run?" Xia Liu took the opportunity to bite back at Tu.
"You're not living a good life, but you don't need money!" Tu glared at Xia Fu coldly, with no disguising her sarcasm. "Her son just found a property to get married, and she really doesn't want to spend money. That's why I give her money without any reason. She has been saving it for her son's marriage."
"Don't even mention her. One third of the shops in the mansion are under Yang Jin's name. Do you think the other two thirds of the shops can support the Shangshu Mansion for a few months? If it weren't for the thirty shops and ten farms that my brother gave me, the entire Shangshu Mansion would be starving with your annual salary of five hundred taels! Zhuxiangyuan always asks me for money. If I don't give her enough, she will cry in front of you, and I will be scolded when I come back. Do you think this life is just a game of words?"
As we were talking, He Luo arrived. She bowed as usual and then knelt down. "Madam, He Luo has no second thoughts! He Luo has always had the habit of keeping accounts. This is all my personal income and expenditure since I married into the Shangshu Mansion with Madam. Every sum of money, the source, destination, and amount are all clear, without any fraud."
"I'm always confident in your work, so there's no need to check the accounts." Tu said without hesitation, "Xia Rong, what do you want to say?"
"Madam, it's true that Aunt He gave me five hundred taels of silver. I want the medicine I gave you!"
"Madam, apart from your reward, He Luo's monthly allowance is three taels of silver. It has been twenty-five years since you married into the Shangshu Mansion. If it is calculated based on three taels of silver, He Luo's monthly allowance would be at most nine hundred taels of silver. After you gave birth to the eldest son, you arranged a marriage for me. We have been married for twenty-three years, and two taels of silver a month is enough to support the family. Fourteen years ago, you bought a house for He Luo. Fearing that He Luo would feel guilty, you calculated that I had to pay a quarter of the silver. The rest was left until the New Year. I had three hundred taels of silver in my hands. My son was preparing to get married and buy a house, so you calculated and added another hundred taels of silver, and I gave him one hundred taels. Now I only have two hundred taels of silver in my hands, which I put under the floor tiles at home, and someone can be sent to check at any time." He Luo grew up with Tu since she was a child, and has always been taken care of by Tu. She has always remembered every detail.
"What about the reward she gave you?" Xia Liu continued to ask.
He Luo sneered: "Master, you don't take care of your children, educate them, care for them, and take them to the doctor. He Luo needs it. He Luo doesn't have a wife as virtuous and kind as you, so he can only rely on himself for everything."
The more Tu Song listened, the more he felt that he was really blind. He actually let his sister marry such a terrible person. Even with his good temper, he couldn't help it: "Xia Liu, don't pretend anymore. We all know whether this person is yours or not. We didn't know you are a beast in human clothing! Before, for the sake of A Ling and the two children, we have been tolerant of you many times. Since you are so cold-blooded and treat your own wife and daughter like this, we don't want to be in-laws anymore. A Ling, let's go! We don't want this Shangshu Mansion!"
Tu Ling was so angry that he was shaking. He stood up and said to Tu Song, "Brother, you can go! It would be too easy for him to leave like this!"
After saying that, Tu took two steps towards Xia Liu and slapped her hard, finally venting all the grievances and obedience she had experienced over the years.
Before Xia Liu could react, Tu Ling slapped her in the face again. This slap was much stronger than the last one: "This slap is because you are not worthy of being the father of my two children!"