Her hair was cloud-like and beautiful! She opened her eyes and found herself back in the third year

Chapter 202 Everyone has their own agenda

Aunt Cheng harbored deep resentment towards Marquis Chengen, hating his ingratitude and inhumanity.

If it weren't for the despicable things done by Marquis Chengen, the Cheng family wouldn't be in this state now, with close relatives turning into enemies and harboring mutual resentment and hatred.

"Regret?" Marquis Chengen trembled with rage. "I only regret not strangling them to death back then. Unfilial sons, bastards!"

"These two bastards! Bastards!"

"You...you really are unrepentant even now." Aunt Cheng was furious, but seeing his miserable state, she lost the will to argue with him and finally sighed deeply.

"Uncle, I've come today to tell you that the third brother has passed away. Nothing else is my concern."

After saying this, Aunt Cheng turned and walked outside, too lazy to look at Marquis Chengen's face.

Once only Aunt Cheng, her son, and Marquis Chengen remained in the room, Aunt Cheng advised him, "You, you, don't you know how to back down? When you're under someone's roof, you have to bow your head. Don't you understand this principle?"

"That girl is still your daughter, after all. If you just apologize and admit your mistake, why do you have to live like this?"

Marquis Chengen was so angry he almost had a heart attack: "Do you think I never thought of backing down? But no matter how much I made a scene, I couldn't even see them. Those two... those two are utterly despicable!"

"I am their biological father! How dare they treat me like this! Bastards! Bastards!"

Marquis Chengen suffered greatly and did consider yielding and bowing his head, but he couldn't even leave the Marquis Chengen's residence. Empress Dowager Cheng and Cheng Yan had never come to see him, so even if he wanted to bow his head, he had nowhere to go.

As the days went by, he became increasingly miserable, and all he felt left was anger and hatred.

"Unfilial daughter! Bastard! How dare she call herself Empress Dowager! I want the whole world to know that she is a disloyal, unjust, unkind, and unfilial person!"

Upon hearing this, Aunt Cheng trembled in fright and hurriedly said, "Brother, you absolutely mustn't say these things anymore. If they hear about it, it will be bad for you..."

How much worse can it get?

"What if you die?" Aunt Cheng asked, her face showing fear. "What if they want you dead?"

"They dare?! I am their father, how dare they commit patricide? That is an outrage against all reason and law!"

Aunt Cheng thought to herself, "That's not necessarily true. If I anger them, they might really take action."

Thinking of this, Aunt Cheng felt a chill run down her spine and no longer wanted to stay there. However, remembering her purpose for coming, she couldn't help but ask, "By the way, elder brother, I have another request to make today."

“You don’t know your brother-in-law. He’s a real beast. He gambled away almost all of our family’s wealth. We can’t make ends meet anymore, so I’ve come to beg you, brother, please help me.”

"I don't need much. If you have three thousand taels or one thousand taels of silver, that would be enough. If silver is really inconvenient, elder brother, if you have any items you can give me, that would be very kind."

Marquis Chengen was stunned.

He thought the young woman had come to visit him sincerely, but he never expected that she was just trying to freeload off him.

He's already in such a sorry state, and she still wants to get something from him?

Marquis Chengen was trembling with rage. He grabbed a dirty piece of clothing from the side and threw it at him, yelling, "You heartless wretch, get out of here too! Get out, get out!"

Aunt Cheng retreated repeatedly. Although she wasn't hit by the dirty clothes, the smell made her want to vomit, and she became angry.

"Brother, there's no need to be so angry. I won't take your things for nothing. If you give them to me, I'll go to Cheng Yan and plead for you. How about that?"

"Although my plea may not be successful, my elder brother can't see the two siblings right now, but I can at least see them and put in a good word for you. Maybe then they'll soften their hearts."

Upon hearing this, Marquis Chengen pondered for a moment, and then said, "If you can plead for me and help me escape this calamity, and become a true Marquis Chengen, then I can give you not just three thousand taels, but ten thousand taels."

"But the prerequisite is that you can persuade them to stop dwelling on the past, little sister, what do you think?"

The brother and sister each harbored their own ulterior motives.

Aunt Cheng was thinking of asking for some benefits first. As for pleading for mercy, she would mention it when she went to see Cheng Yan. Whether it worked or not was none of her business. Although it was a bit risky, she felt that Cheng Yan wouldn't kill her just because she said one more word.

At worst, she can just leave Qindu as soon as she gets the money and never come back.

As for Marquis Chengen, he wanted to get something for nothing. Once the matter was settled and he regained his former wealth and glory, he wouldn't care about this small amount of money. Moreover, at that time, whether or not he would give it to the Marquis was up to him.

Marquis Chengen and Cheng Ergu, who had been siblings for decades, knew each other's temperaments very well. At this moment, who could not understand the other's intentions?

Aunt Cheng smirked: "Brother, let's not beat around the bush. You pay first, and I'll do it for you."

Marquis Chengen also said, "Let's not beat around the bush. You take care of things for me first, and then I will give you what you want."

Aunt Cheng's face darkened: "Brother, don't forget, I'm the only one who can plead for you in front of Cheng Yan now. If you don't give it to me, I won't go. After all, I'm taking a risk in doing this. If I anger Cheng Yan, I don't know what will happen to me if he takes it out on me."

Marquis Chengen said, “Little sister, you know that you came here to find me because you couldn’t get anything from Cheng Yan. Right now, what you want can only be given by me. You have to help me first so that we can get the result that we both want.”

"You!" Aunt Cheng was so angry she almost fainted. "You're despicable!"

"each other."

Enraged, Cheng Ergu suddenly stood up and turned to leave. Before leaving, she glanced back at Cheng Enhou, only to see him struggling to get up, his gaunt face contorted with rage from the effort.

His head was covered in white hair, which was dirty and messy.

Unwilling to give up, Aunt Cheng asked again, "You really disagree? I know that my elder brother must have hidden some good things. He gave them to me, and I will do my best to help him with this matter. But he insists on refusing. I am not going to take that risk."

"Don't even dream about it. If you don't get things done, don't even think about getting my things. Little sister, your big brother is waiting for you to come back."

Aunt Cheng closed her eyes, then pulled Sun Yongshi and walked outside.

I won't be coming back.

If Marquis Chengen really gave her the money, she might risk talking to Cheng Yan a few more times, as if pleading for mercy. She couldn't guarantee it would work, but if Marquis Chengen didn't give it to her, she wouldn't be foolish enough to take that risk.

"Let's go, Third Sister-in-law, let's go back."