nycdaug Chapter 13 Clash (1)
Chapter 13 Clash (1)
Zisu stopped him: "I already told you, my mother is bedridden. If you have something to say, just tell me!"
Xiangli and Haitang quickly stood on either side of her, closely surrounding her, and the three of them blocked the door, preventing Shangguan Chengfeng from entering.
Shangguan Chengfeng had just lost his title of Marquis and was in a terrible mood, so he shouted at the top of his lungs, "Second sister-in-law, this Marquis's mansion has been taken back. Don't stay here. Move out today!"
Zisu scoffed: "It seems that the former Marquis of Changning was my father, wasn't he? Now, it is your eldest branch of the family that should be moving out quickly!"
Shangguan Chengfeng glared at Zisu with a fierce look, his face full of disgust, and said, "Shut your mouth, you ill-mannered thing! Your elders are here, how dare you speak like that!"
Before Zisu could speak, Madam Yu's voice rang out: "Don't try to reason with my daughter! You, her husband's elder brother, actually tried to barge into your sister-in-law's bedroom! That's utterly rude! What right do you have to talk to my daughter about rules?!"
The voice was surprisingly sharp, and the surging anger and hatred seemed to spread from every part of his body, sweeping towards Shangguan Chengfeng.
Shangguan Chengfeng was both ashamed and furious; almost all the blood in his body rushed to his face.
My second sister-in-law and Zisu used to be so subservient to him, but today they dared to speak to him like that! Even if he had no chance of becoming a marquis, he was still my second sister-in-law's elder brother and Zisu's uncle. What audacity! My second brother had died for his country; he was their only support, yet these two dared to be so presumptuous!
"How dare you! I am now in charge of the Shangguan family. You are to get out of the Marquis's mansion today!" Shangguan Chengfeng said in a fit of rage.
Zisu retorted, "We can leave, but you have to give us 20,000 taels of silver!"
Shangguan Chengfeng: "Are you crazy for money? Give you 20,000 taels? Dream on! I wouldn't even give you 200 taels! Take it or leave it!"
"What?! Only twenty taels?!" Madam Yu was a kind and simple person, and she never imagined that her husband's elder brother would be so shameless. She was so angry that she trembled all over, wanting to give him a good scolding, but she couldn't utter a single more word.
Shangguan Chengfeng: "Twenty taels is only because I'm kind-hearted. Otherwise, I wouldn't have given you a single copper coin! Don't think I don't know that you secretly took all the jewelry and ornaments and exchanged them for silver. That silver would have been enough for you to eat and drink for many years!"
Just before the angel arrived, someone close to Madam Yu told him that all the jewelry in Madam Yu's bedroom was missing, most likely pawned. If he hadn't lost his title of Marquis and was afraid that the Shangguan family was being watched by the Emperor's men, he would have definitely confiscated the money from the pawned jewelry.
Upon hearing his words, Madam Yu trembled with anger once again.
Zisu gripped her hand tightly and said with a cold laugh, "Those jewels and ornaments are my mother's and my private property. Whether we sell them or pawn them is our own business! Besides, what property in this mansion wasn't acquired with my mother's dowry? Even when my uncle was transferred back to the capital from the Northeast, it was my mother who sold her dowry to raise the money, which helped my uncle get his current official position!"
Shangguan Chengfeng sneered, "What nonsense are you spouting? Every needle and thread in this mansion belongs to me! What right do you, a mere maid, have to speak out? Shut up, or believe me, I'll kick you all out penniless!"