At this time, Cang Junming is here.
It wasn't until a group of guards rushed over and dispersed the people who gathered around that Cang Junming was freed.
At this time, his face was already gloomy and almost dripping with water.
"Your Majesty, the princess was not found!" A guard came over to report.
Cang Junming didn't say anything, and the guard said cautiously: "Perhaps the princess took advantage of the chaos and returned to Pingyuan Hou Mansion?"
"Love cannot be returned!" Cang Junming said angrily, "It would be best for her to die outside!"
He shouldn't have accompanied her on this trip, he was just holding back his anger.
"Then Prince, shall we go to Pingyuan Marquis Mansion next?" his subordinate said cautiously,
"The emperor was very angry when he heard about this. He asked you to calm down the matter no matter what! Otherwise..."
"Otherwise what?" Cang Junming said angrily.
"Otherwise, he will kill Mrs. Liu to prevent you from being confused by her." The guard said, not daring to look at his face.
Cang Junming was almost furious. He clenched and unclenched his fists. After a long while, he laughed angrily and said, "Very good! I will go to the Pingyuan Marquis Mansion!"
Immediately, he got on the carriage and continued towards the Hou Mansion.
At this time, a carriage stopped at the door of the Hou Mansion.
The people who greeted the Marquis Mansion waited for a long time, but when they saw Gu Jiuqing himself getting off the carriage, their expressions suddenly darkened.
"This is the big day for us to return home. The prince is not here. What are you doing here by yourself?" Gu Jiuqing's father, Gu Zhenghuai's face, was longer than a donkey's.
"Father also said that today is the big day for me to come back. Why can't I come back?" Gu Jiuqing said, handing him the paper bag in his hand and saying,
"I'm in a hurry to go out, so I didn't prepare any gifts. Just a little snack, and I hope my father will accept it!"
Gu Zhenghuai was already holding back his anger, but this time when he saw that she only took a handful of snacks as a homecoming gift in response to him, he immediately waved his hand bitterly, and threw the packet of snacks to the ground with a "pop".
"Sister, you are going too far. How can anyone come home with only a pack of snacks? You are not afraid of embarrassing Prince Jin!" Gu Yuezhi, who was standing beside him, almost rolled his eyes to the sky.
"Yes! My sister also knows that I am very poor. When I got married, I didn't even have a few dowries. I am really short of money when I come back this time!" Gu Jiuqing sighed softly,
“So, as a last resort, I went to Wenxiangzhai to buy some snacks on credit to cover my appearance.
I originally thought that for the sake of the face of Prince Jin's Palace, I would shamelessly ask the prince for money to pay off the debt.
After all, these six hundred taels of snacks were given to his father, which really saved the reputation of Prince Jin's palace.
But father, you seem to look down on me, and you threw the face of the palace to the ground, smashing it to pieces.
I really have no shame in asking the prince for money! "
"What? Six hundred taels!" After hearing this, several people felt their hearts trembling when they looked at the bag of snacks on the ground.
That’s not a snack! It’s clearly a bag of white money!
"Yes! For the sake of the face of Prince Jin's Mansion, I specially chose Wenxiangzhai's most expensive snacks and fine wine! These things cost only six hundred taels!" Gu Jiuqing sighed,
"What a pity! Six hundred taels, it's gone after just one ring!"
At this time, the driver who sent Gu Jiuqing here said: "Princess, when will the money be paid? I'm still waiting to go back and pay the account!"
Hearing this, Gu Jiuqing looked eagerly at the Gu family members opposite.
"You got the stuff on credit, why do you ask us to pay for it!" Gu Yuezhi pointed at Gu Jiuqing and said angrily, "Go ask her for money."
"I have no money." Gu Jiuqing spread out his empty hands and sighed, "You didn't give me the dowry my mother left for me. Where did I get the money?"
At this time, the coachman on the side said in surprise: "Oh my God! You, Pingyuan Marquis, are such a big official, you even took the dowry left by General Bai for the princess!"
The driver had a loud voice, but when he shouted, the people around him immediately gathered around.
"Princess Jin is so pitiful! You are bullying her because General Bai is not around and there is no one to protect her, so you are treating her like this!" the people said indignantly.
"That's right! Prince Jin, too, just threw her off the carriage! Unexpectedly, the dignified prince's palace also took the princess's dowry. That was what General Bai left for her daughter!"
"Pingyuan Hou Mansion is so shameless!"
"No! When he married General Bai, he turned around and went to find the outer room. As soon as General Bai went there, he quickly took the outer room in!
Poor General Bai, who fought for me, Daliang, all his life, but after his death, his daughter was bullied like this! "
"Yes! The princess even went to Wenxiangzhai to lend some snacks to the Marquis, but he didn't even look at them and threw them on the ground! Is this a snack? This is the face of General Bai and Prince Jin's palace! "The coachman also took the opportunity to say.
"The princess is so pitiful!"
"The princess is so miserable!"
"This Marquis Pingyuan is really not a thing! A stinky bastard who eats soft food!"
The common people said nothing to each other, and Gu Zhenghuai and the others' faces turned red.
When he was still a poor scholar, Bai Jiangying happened to catch his eye and chose him as his husband.
Later, with the help of her influence, he had been working hard to climb up over the years, just to get rid of the reputation of being a bride-in-law.
Finally, after Bai Jiangying died, he also gained a firm foothold, and his previous reputation was almost covered up.
At this time, it was revealed in public. What is the difference between this and a public execution?
He hated Gu Jiuqing so much that he wanted to cut her on the spot with his cold eyes.
When Mrs. Lin saw this, she quickly explained loudly: "We were not greedy for General Bai's dowry! How could we be? The princess must have misunderstood!"
"That's right, sister! When General Bai died, you were still very young. How could you remember what she had? When you married Prince Jin, my mother prepared a lot of dowry for you!"
Gu Yuezhi also said pitifully, "How could you unjustly accuse us of being greedy for this dowry!"
"I dare you to bully Princess Jin because she is young and ignorant, so you dared to blatantly withhold General Bai's dowry! What a family! How vicious!" The coachman's voice once again aroused the excitement of the people.
"Return the dowry to Princess Jin!"
"Repay the dowry!"
The expressions of several people turned green and white. Finally, Gu Zhenghuai couldn't bear the insult. He glared at Ms. Lin fiercely and said, "Did you withhold her dowry? Give it back to her quickly!"
The dowry of a greedy wife will be stabbed in the spine.
"I don't have one! I already gave the dowry to the princess!" Mrs. Lin cried with aggrieved face, "The princess must have misunderstood!"
"This matter is really not a misunderstanding!" Gu Jiuqing said, and immediately took out two orders.
"This is the dowry list you gave me. This is the dowry list my mother left for me!" Once the two lists were opened, the length was clear at a glance.
The common people looked at the dense records on Bai Jiangying's dowry list and another dowry list, and instantly despised the Gu family even more.
"If Aunt Lin doesn't believe it, then I'll recite it in public! Look what good things you have prepared for me!" Gu Jiuqing said, and read aloud,
"Two quilts! Ten pieces of cloth! Oh, by the way, the patterns and colors on this cloth have been out of date for a long time, so that's fine!
There are just a lot of insect-eaten holes in it. Auntie, are you dissatisfied with this marriage? Or do you still look down on the Jin Palace?
You use the ripped pieces of cloth that others throw away to make my dowry, it’s really..."
The people once again let out bursts of sighs, pointing at Mrs. Lin and scolding her.
"I...I don't have..." Mrs. Lin looked pale and wanted to argue, but Gu Jiuqing said,
"How about I ask someone to bring that shabby eight-carat dowry and show it to you in person?"
"No need!" Gu Zhenghuai slapped Lin with a livid face and said coldly,
"I didn't know this woman could be so mean! Don't worry, Princess, the dowry General Bai left for you will be returned to you in full within three days!"
As he spoke, he did not forget to scold Mrs. Lin: "Did you hear that?"
"Yes...yes..." Mrs. Lin covered her face and did not dare to cry loudly.
Gu Yuezhi was itching her teeth with hatred, but she saw Gu Jiuqing suddenly reached out and pulled out a hairpin from her head.
"Isn't this the eight-treasure silk hairpin that the emperor gave to my mother? Why is it on your head!" Gu Jiuqing said in surprise,
"There are also these ruby earrings and white jade Ruyi Yingluo. My mother personally sent someone to make them for me. I wonder why I can't find them! Why are all these relics of my mother here with you!"
"How shameless! This family has seen it all!" the people said with disdain.
"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu" Gu Yuezhi couldn't help crying, and amid the people's scoldings, she quickly returned all those things to Gu Jiuqing.
Lin and what she was wearing were all Bai Jiangying's things.
This time, as soon as the jewelry was removed, their buns suddenly became loose.
Not to mention how embarrassed he looked.
"Do you have to make the scene so ugly?" Gu Zhenghuai gritted his teeth and whispered, "Gu Jiuqing! This is your mother's family! You rely on me!"
He didn't expect that Gu Jiuqing would dare to break up with them like this.
"Yes! Father! So you said it! You just paid the six hundred taels of silver obediently! There won't be so many troubles!" Gu Jiuqing said with an innocent look.
"That's it! That's enough!" Gu Zhenghuai was so angry that veins popped up on his forehead.
Hearing this, Gu Jiuqing smiled slightly and said loudly: "Thank you all for speaking up today! My father has promised to return my mother's dowry to me within three days!
In three days, I will come to pick it up in person. When the time comes, I will also ask you to help me bear witness! Jiuqing is grateful! "
"Okay, okay!" The people cheered for justice, protecting General Bai's orphan and giving them a sense of mission.
Lin's mother and daughter looked at each other with murderous intent in their eyes.
Gu Jiuqing, you are dead!
