Jiang Huaiyang was excited, but Ruan Yuyi was afraid that something would happen without knowing it, so she didn't dare to hide it from her mother.
When Mrs. Ruan learned that the person who claimed to be a bodyguard during the day was actually the current Holy Emperor, she was surprised and relieved. As long as His Majesty knew about it, her daughter would not be in danger of being killed.
However, this new emperor was indeed very different from what she had imagined. If she hadn't seen it with her own eyes, she could imagine it. The rumored new emperor was ruthless and bloodthirsty, but he had the skin of an ordinary nobleman, gentle, humble and dignified.
When the new emperor came back the next day, Mrs. Ruan bowed politely and said, "I didn't know it was your majesty yesterday. I was very offended. I hope your majesty will not take it to heart."
Jiang Huaiyang was unexpectedly gentle, "Madam's words are serious, I am just playing around with Lingling, but I have implicated Madam in being teased."
Naturally, she denied it repeatedly.
With a man present, it was naturally inconvenient for her to sew small clothes for Ruan Yuyi.
Seeing that the atmosphere was tense, Ruan Yuyi suggested playing a few games of chess.
Mu Xiang looked for the chess pieces. The porcelain pieces in the pear wood box were all round and as smooth as jade, because they were glazed. Generally, the chess pieces made in this way are distinguished by brown and white, but these ones in front of her were so well-burned.
Clear black and white.
After setting up the chessboard, I asked the new emperor to come first. He didn't seem to be very interested and declined quietly.
Mrs. Ruan and Ruan Yuyi played chess with black and white stones respectively.
It turned out that Ruan Yuyi had been out of touch for a long time and had become unfamiliar. It didn't take long for him to fall behind.
She held a sunspot between her two fingers and dropped the check with a crisp sound. However, she suddenly saw that the pattern on the chessboard was wrong, so she took it back and said, "Mom, this doesn't count. I thought differently."
Mrs. Ruan chuckled softly and shook her head helplessly, "You are called Zhuo Qingchan, and you are so confident and confident in Xiiqi."
Zhuoqing is the name of her brother.
She lowered her eyelashes and smiled lightly. Her brother always let her go.
Her plain white hand covered a hand with clear joints, leading her to drop the black spot back. He whispered in her ear, "There is still room for change in this situation, I will teach you."
Mrs. Ruan lowered her eyes and frowned, making no comment.
After that, Jiang Huaiyang gave some pointers and whispered a few words, but it didn't take long for the situation to be reversed.
"Your Majesty is really good at playing games." After winning two games in a row, she praised with a smile.
His eyes were dim, and he was still thinking easily here, but the changing situation in the court, with the princes and ministers having their own thoughts, was much more intense than this.
When Zheng Zhizi was in the middle of a fierce battle, the guards from outside came to report that a woman, claiming to be the wife of Cheng Yushi, Zhu Shi, had come to return her dowry.
Mrs. Ruan glanced outside the door, waiting for the new emperor to speak.
"Xuan." He said.
The guard took the order and left. When he came back, he was accompanied by Mrs. Cheng Zhu and his maid, Mama Li. The boy behind him put down two boxes of paulownia wood.
Mrs. Cheng Zhu hurriedly knelt down and shouted to your majesty, "Wan'an be safe." She did not dare to raise her head.
She originally heard that Mrs. Ruan was staying here temporarily, so she planned to deal with it casually and let out her anger. When she entered the courtyard, she heard the guard's instructions, saying that His Majesty was inside and asked her to follow the rules carefully.
Unexpectedly, His Majesty was really interested in Sister Yi. She sent those gold and silver clothes, but Sister Yi did not open her fingers and leak anything to the Cheng family. She gritted her teeth with hatred.
Ruan Yuyi didn't know why and frowned slightly.
Mrs. Ruan explained to her, "I asked her to return the original dowry. Since Nannan has nothing to do with the Cheng family, there is no reason why the dowry should be kept with the Cheng family." It was actually more to spite Cheng.
The family members vented their anger on her behalf.
The maid next to Mrs. Ruan had worked with her master to prepare the dowry before, so she knew what was inside. She stepped forward, opened the lid, and leafed through it carefully.
She pursed her lips tightly and turned around to report, "Madam, nothing inside is quite right."
Now, Mrs. Cheng Zhu had already lost her temper and did not dare to be presumptuous, so she quickly explained, "In the past, those things that had already added to the expenses of the Cheng Mansion were nowhere to be found, so I looked for items of equal value to replace them."
Her eyes flashed slightly. What she said was half true and false.
It was true that part of the dowry had been used, but she was not willing to take out the other part that was saved at home. Those were all valuable things, and right now they were incomparable to the other half of the dowry.
She was not willing to let go, so she came up with random excuses.
Mrs. Ruan's face darkened slightly, and she showed off her aura as the matron of the house, "That's not what the Cheng family promised me before."
Mrs. Cheng Zhu secretly sneered, but she didn't show it on her face. She had already moved out of the government at that time. I really doubted that if the Cheng family didn't give in at that time, she would personally destroy the Cheng family. How could she not respond first?
Down.
Mrs. Cheng Zhu looked embarrassed and just tried to avoid repeating what she had just said.
During the stalemate, Jiang Huaiyang suddenly spoke in a cold voice, "I remember that there is a law in Dawu. Although a woman's dowry is brought to her husband's family, it still belongs to the woman, and her husband's family cannot tamper with it at all."
"How did it come to you," he said slowly, "that there were changes?"
Cheng Zhushi trembled all over and lowered her head, "Your Majesty, it's true -" She had regretted coming here for a long time. It was impossible for her to spit out everything at this moment. Those pawned things
I don't know where the things have gone.
She stumbled and stumbled, but she still couldn't figure out why.
Ruan Yuyi heard that something was wrong. Seeing Mrs. Cheng Zhu's behavior, she also guessed that the dowry she had sent was beyond her purpose. She tightened her grip on the dress slightly. She was devoted to her, but she could not exchange for Mrs. Cheng Zhu's treatment of her.
Half a point is good.
He played with her slender fingers and said casually, "Lingling, tell me, what should we do about this matter?"
She breathed a sigh of relief, suppressing the anger in her heart, "I want to return it intact." I don't know how much of the trees, rocks, courtyards and pavilions that the Cheng family has added in the past two years came from her dowry.
But it makes no sense for my mother-in-law to live a miserable life there.
He hummed, agreeing with this approach.
Mrs. Cheng Zhu was completely panicked. Half of the warehouse was fine, but the other half would never be found even if she was sold.
She forced a smile and said, "Your Majesty, since Your Highness the Eldest Princess is still raising a baby in the Cheng Mansion, why not give her a few more days of grace?"
She kept close ties with her, thinking that if she removed this relationship, Mrs. Ruan would be unable to do anything to her. She suddenly felt relieved and cast a somewhat proud look.
He squeezed his fingertips into Ruan Yuyi's fingers, tightened them slightly, and said leisurely without raising his eyes, "There is no need for mercy. Mrs. Cheng reminds me that if the Cheng family really can't get it, they can use the eldest princess's belongings to offset it."
It’s not impossible.”
Cheng Zhu's face turned pale.
Yes, but she looked away. The new emperor never meant to acknowledge the relationship between Xingqiu and the eldest princess. She was either on the road to death or something.
The solution was finalized and Cheng Zhu was sent out.
I don’t know whether she begged the eldest princess or collected them here and there. In short, Mrs. Ruan did gather enough items of equal value to send them on the day she left.
Jiang Huaiyang meant that she could handle these things, so Ruan Yuyi asked her to take the things back to the Ruan family in Wuzhou, which would also make the family more comfortable.