The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 104: a little peace
Chapter 104 A Little Peace
As he spoke, Gu Lao suddenly stood up and rushed towards the solid wooden altar in the mourning hall.
“Guo Gu!” Bai Jinxiu opened her eyes wide and opened her arms to stop Gu Gu, but was knocked down together with Gu Gu.
The mourning hall was in chaos in an instant. Some people were pulling Gugu, while others were busy helping Bai Jinxiu.
The people were filled with indignation.
“The Duke’s Mansion is so unlucky! Will they give the widow of the Duke’s Mansion a chance to live? In one day, two people from the Duke’s Mansion were almost killed! What kind of evil has this family committed? Doesn’t this family fear being struck by lightning?!”
“Bah! How shameless! The Duke’s Mansion had such a big funeral, and the clan didn’t know how to quickly send someone to help the orphans and widows, but they actually robbed the family property like a robber!”
“How greedy! Half of the Duke’s Mansion’s annual income is given to the clan. Who is so generous?! I think it’s because the Duke is too kind-hearted, which makes those ungrateful people even more insatiable. This is why such a disaster has been caused to the widow of the Duke’s Mansion.”
“I think they are just bullying the Duke’s Mansion because there are no men left! The men of the Duke’s Mansion died for the country and the people. How dare this shameless clan bully their widows?!”
Seeing the people were indignant, Bai Qiyun took two steps back and stood with his two half cousins. He was obviously frightened by the “apparition of the Duke” just now.
“What’s going on?!”
Mrs. Dong, the wife of the prince of the Duke’s Mansion, was supported by Bai Qingyan and slowly walked into the mourning hall. Mrs. Dong’s majesty was very awe-inspiring.
“Are you making such a big noise to alert the Grand Princess?!”
Gu Lao felt guilty and kowtowed heavily: “Madam, I have not lived up to my words of loyalty and righteousness. I am not worthy of being a servant in the Duke’s Mansion!”
Dong said as she walked up to Gu Lao, helped Gu Lao up with red eyes, and said, “Why do you say that? Gu Lao’s family has been following the Duke’s Mansion since the great-grandfather, and has worked hard for the Duke’s Mansion for generations! How could I not know?!”
“Madam Crown Prince!” The old man burst into tears and was choked with sobs, unable to speak.
“Although the Duke’s Mansion has spent all its money to buy land for the clan, repair the ancestral hall, ancestral temple, ancestral tombs and schools, I swear here that I will use all my dowry to support the loyal servants and slaves who work hard for the Duke’s Mansion. As long as I have a bite to eat, I will never let anyone in the Duke’s Mansion starve.”
“Madam of the Crown Prince!”
“Madam of the Crown Prince!”
All the servants and slaves of the Bai family knelt on the ground to express their gratitude to Dong.
Although Dong was a woman living in the inner chamber, she was a shrewd and decisive person.
Bai Qingyan looked at her mother with admiration in her heart. Just now, her mother had forced her to wait behind and not show up. It was not until Gu Lao was forced to the point of being about to die and the people’s hearts were ablaze with anger that her mother came out slowly to clean up the situation.
Today, her mother said in front of the coffin that she would use her dowry to support the loyal servants and domestic slaves of the Bai family. That means they will return to Shuoyang in the future. When the clan sees the servants returning in a mighty procession from the Duke’s Mansion and sees that the food, clothing and other expenses of the Duke’s Mansion are the same as before, they can no longer use the clan’s justice to force the Duke’s Mansion to pay money for the clan. After all, all this is using her mother’s dowry.
No matter how shameless the clan is, they cannot use the excuse of contribution to the clan as the dowry of the clan member’s wife, and it is even more impossible for them to reach such a long way to check the dowry of the Bai family’s wife.
Otherwise, who would dare to marry a woman from the Bai family in the future?
She thought of a solution, but her mother made her solution more comprehensive. She still had a lot to learn from her mother about these things about the house.
“For the sake of the clan, our Duke’s Mansion has spent all its money to raise the money! But I have to explain this to my cousin first…” Mrs. Dong looked at Bai Qiyun and spoke word by word, her voice as loud as a bell, “This time, we have contributed to the clan. Our Duke’s Mansion has taken on the responsibility of disbanding the family business. If the clan has any problems next time, please don’t try to take the dowry of us widows. After all, our dowry is used to support our daughters and the loyal servants and slaves who have dedicated themselves to the Duke’s Mansion! When we return to our hometown in Shuoyang, we will ask the clan to give us widows of the Duke’s Mansion a way out and a little peace.”
Bai Qiyun stood with his two half cousins and should have argued to restore the clan’s reputation, but when he thought of the candlelight flickering in the wind and the incense burning out twice, he pursed his lips tightly and dared not speak.
Reputation is the foundation of a clan’s existence.
He never imagined that these women and girls in the Duke’s Mansion, who would rely on the clan for their livelihood in the future, would actually disregard the foundation of the clan and completely break off relations with the clan.
If Bai Qiyun’s father, now the clan leader, knew about this, Bai Qiyun’s leg would probably not be saved.
“It doesn’t matter if the Duke’s Mansion’s wealth is gone. Fortunately, we women still have dowries. Are we still worried that we can’t support our children and the loyal servants of the Duke’s Mansion?!” The fifth wife Qi, who was pregnant, was supported by her personal nanny and came to the coffin. She bowed respectfully to Dong, “As long as we can spend money to buy a way out for the widow of our Duke’s Mansion, don’t let the clan force us to death! What’s the problem with the Duke’s Mansion’s wealth being gone?! Not only is there my sister-in-law’s dowry, but also my dowry. Sister-in-law… We are all in the Duke’s Mansion together, and there is nothing we can’t overcome!”
The fourth wife, Wang, who had been leaning against her son’s coffin and had no desire to live, spoke in a hoarse voice: “And my dowry!”
“And mine! Although my dowry is not as great as my eldest sister-in-law’s, it was also a ten-mile-long dowry back then… The dowry was carried all day long like flowing water!” The third wife, Mrs. Li, came upon hearing the news. Her voice was heard before she even arrived.
Since ancient times, married women have always considered their dowries more important than their lives! When the clan forced the Duke’s Mansion to sell all its possessions to buy peace with silver, the wives of the Duke’s Mansion stood up and said they were willing to use their dowries to support the remaining children of the Duke’s Mansion and to support the servants and slaves of the Duke’s Mansion!
In comparison, how magnanimous are the ladies of the Duke’s Mansion! And how filthy is the Shuoyang Bai family? !
It’s not that there are no families without male offspring because the men have died. How can those widows and orphans keep the property left by the men? Most of them are taken away by the clan.
Unexpectedly, even a noble family like the Bai family is so dirty.
Bai Qingyan lowered her feverish eyes. She had always known that her aunts were very loyal. Although they would inevitably have quarrels and unhappiness among the several families on weekdays, once they really encountered difficulties, the Bai family would be extremely united.
This… is the reason why the Bai family has been thriving and growing more prosperous and glorious for hundreds of years.
In this world, the only thing that cannot be measured by money is the bond between blood and blood. Grandfather was right…
“The Duke has said several times in the clan that the Duke’s Mansion should have no regrets for contributing to the clan! The clan has absolutely no dirty thoughts of forcing the widow of the Duke’s Mansion! The Crown Prince’s wife always talks about dowry, which really embarrasses the clan! Let the world think that the head of our Bai clan is the one who took away the property of the widow! In this case… even if it goes against the Duke’s last wish, the clan will never dare to accept the Duke’s kindness. Goodbye!”
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