r with a mocking expression.

Su Qing had also dropped her silent pretense, and glared back at Yun Qian Meng with hatred. She then coldly smiled and said, “Your plans for Ruo Xue are appreciated! But we cannot accept. You should just take back your crocodile tears!”

Yun Qian Meng did not get angry, and only looked towards the bed while casually saying, “I’m afraid that this isn’t something that yiniang should make a decision about! Why don’t you ask meimei if she wants to attend the birthday feast?”

Momentarily stunned, Su Qing quickly turned around to find that Yun Ruo Xue had already opened her eyes. Glaring back at her with resentful eyes, Yun Ruo Xue firmly spelled out her thoughts, “Mom, I want to attend the feast! I must surpass Yun Yi Yi, I will surpass that slut!”

Near the end, Yun Ruo Xue was almost howling. Her entire body trembled fiercely, showing just how deeply-rooted her hatred was. And this hatred was clearly born from jealousy!

At Yun Ruo Xue’s uselessness, Su Qing felt her temper surge and couldn’t help but raise her outstretched palm....

But Yun Ruo Xue seemed to have predicted her course of action, and fearlessly raised her face, hatefully glaring back at her, daring her to move her hands!

Su Qing only powerlessly lowered her hand and turned to look at Yun Qian Meng. Seeing how quickly she had managed to turn her daughter against her, she immediately understood that everything that had happened was all part of Yun Qian Meng’s plan. With hatred growing in her heart, she nearly ground out her teeth as she spat, “Yun Qian Meng! It was you! Everything was planned by you! You actually planned for everything and everyone! What do you want to do? Just what do you hope to obtain?”

Yun Qian Meng only widened her smile at Su Qing’s reaction. A cold chill flashing deep within her smiling eyes, she moved closer to Su Qing step by step. As the coldness intensified with each step, her smiling expression gave way to a cold, austere glare. Stopping just one step away, she quietly replied, “I want you to give me back all of the dowry!”

Su Qing’s eyes widened at her words, looking at Yun Qian Meng in disbelief!

In Su Qing’s mind, Yun Qian Meng was only a baby when Qu Ruo Li had passed away. And she had also purged the xiangfu of anyone close to Qu Ruo Li at the time. Why would Yun Qian Meng suddenly ask her this? Was this a probing questing?

But from Yun Qian Meng’s tone, she seemed extremely certain of the fact. For a moment, Su Qing was at a complete loss as to what do do!

However, regardless if Yun Qian Meng was just suspicious or confident of the facts, Su Qing absolutely would not return any part of the enormous dowry!

She only stuck out her waist and raised up her head, putting on a fierce expression as she pointed sharply at Yun Qian Meng and retorted, “Yun Qian Meng, don’t spit slanderous accusations at us! Who would covet your dead mother’s belongings?”

Yun Qian Meng did not bother arguing with her. The more aggressively Su Qing reacted, the more obvious it was that she was guilty!

Yun Qian Meng had looked through the list of gifts that were given that year. She naturally knew exactly how staggering Qu Ruo Li’s dowry had been. Ignoring the Yun family’s betrothal gift, with just the rare treasures bestowed by the previous Emperor, it was already enough to feed all the common folk in the capital for several years! As for Fu Guo gongfu, they naturally did not skimp on their daughter’s dowry. With their relationship to the Empress Dowager, Qu Ruo Li had been like a princess when she married!

And if Yun Qian Meng did not guess wrong, the reason the old madam and Su Qing were at odds with each other was definitely related to the missing dowry!

After all, Qu Ruo Li never managed to gain Yun Xuan Zhi’s affection after she married in. After worrying too much, her body had gradually become weak. Perhaps, at that moment, the old madam and Su Qing had already set their eyes on the dowry. But no one expected that Su Qing managed to curry Yun Xuan Zhi’s favor and make the first move, driving the old madam back to Su city to secure her grip on the dowry!

If not for this, with the old madam’s status, why would she even bother finding fault with just a yiniang?

At the moment, even if she beat Su Qing to death, she might not agree to return the dowry. Yun Qian Meng also did not cling on to such a faint hope.

But what Yun Qian Meng had now was time. As long as she slowly traded blows with Su Qing, she would see who gets to make the last laugh!

And right now, on the bed, Yun Ruo Xue was extremely anxious as she heard Su Qing deny the accusation. If her mother did not bring out the dowry, would it mean that she could not attend the birthday feast?

Yun Ruo Xue did not want to be mocked by the other young misses in the capital. She was supposed to be noble daughter that everyone else envied; there was no way she was willing to let go of her spot!historical

But her mother, for just a bit of money, was willing to let her own daughter’s face fall to the floor. Was this person really her mother? Or was it that her mother’s heart no longer had any room for her?

Countless questions popped into Yun Ruo Xue’s narrow mind as her expression became more and more ugly. She suddenly threw her sheets away and crouched before Su Qing, dragging her sleeves to plead, “Mom, just take pity on me! nü’er really wants to attend the feast! Please, let me go! I promise nothing bad will happen!”

With her own daughter putting her on the spot, Su Qing only felt bitterly disappointed.

Who did she do all of this for? Why did the girl before her not understand the least of her panstaking efforts?

Ruo Xue should know just how large a dowry it was. Even if Ruo Xue was to marry with the status of a concubine’s daughter, that kind of dowry would make it so that her husband’s family could not treat her lightly!

But this girl was so short-sighted, and was about to throw away her future happiness for just a birthday feast. Su Qing only felt her heart freeze as her expression sank deeper and deeper.

Yun Qian Meng only lightly smiled at their expressions. Pulling out a porcelain bottle and placing it on the table, she generously said, “Since it’s like this, yiniang should properly discuss the matter with meimei and come to me with your decision! However, yiniang should not think that this was a fluke and that I only have these methods! Now that everything in the xiangfu is within my grasp, yiniang is just a fish in a barrel. Taking the things you have hidden away is as easy as reaching into a bag, or perhaps I should say, like taking candy from a baby!”

Ending her speech, Yun Qian Meng did not take another look at Su Qing’s changing expression and left Feng He Yuan with Mu Chun’s support.

Su Qing only stared at her daughter that was still begging her profusely and finally really got a taste of Yun Qian Meng’s ability!

She was not going to press her to spit out the dowry, but planned to use Ruo Xue to force her hand!

If she were to promise Yun Ruo Xue, the dowry that she had already taken as her own would need to be wholly returned. When she thought about this, Su Qing only wished she could smash herself into the wall and die!

But if she refused, her relationship with Ruo Xue will be completely destroyed. If she considered how she had personally caused harm to her daughter’s face today, it was extremely unlikely that Yun Ruo Xue would ever forgive her!

It was only now that Su Qing finally understood how terrifying Yun Qian Meng actually was! Yet what had shocked her even more was that she had no idea when Yun Qian Meng had started to plan everything out!

Su Qing only felt cold sweat dripping rom her forehead as she helped Yun Ruo Xue up and tiredly said, “Xue’er, let mom think through this carefully.”

Yun Ruo Xue saw that there was still room for discussion and rejoiced. But, worried that her mother would renege on her words, she added, “Mom, just promise Yun Qian Meng! When Xue’er finds the ideal husband, I will return everything back to you!”

Seeing her daughter’s naive smile, Su Qing felt her heart sour and a bitter taste in her mouth. But she only pretended to happily nod her head and let Wang mama take Yun Ruo Xue away.

Su Qing was originally planning to wait a few days to find a surefire way to deal with Yun Qian Meng, but the Heavens did not move according to her plans. In just two days, Captain Liu had returned with Yun Yi Yi, and the eldest sister, Yun Qian Meng had taken it upon herself to bring her little sister out to go shopping for jewelry....