412, United Hearts (6 more)
He had always hoped that the Marquis’ wife and the dowager could get along peacefully. If not amicably, at least not at each other’s throats like this.
But clearly, neither mother-in-law nor daughter-in-law had any intention of doing so.
However, the Marquis’ wife reached out and moved the soup back, “Since the dowager needs to nourish her health, Xie Rong, instruct the kitchen to make lighter dishes for the dowager in the future. Eating meat every day has bored her and is not good for her health!”
Master Wan hastily agreed.
The dowager was so angry she almost fainted.
Marquis Weiyuan felt that what his wife did was very good and promptly echoed her, “Let’s do as Mother prefers, lighter is better!”
The Marquis’ wife let out a light chuckle.
So stupid, really.
If the mother is stupid, so is her son.
As if to challenge the Marquis’ wife, the dowager was particularly generous with this year’s New Year’s money.
Especially to the illegitimate sons and daughters, she gave nothing to Xie Qian and Xie Yu, as they were older and already married.
The three youngest ones, as their grandfather had already given them their share, received nothing as well.
Xie Rong got a peace charm, but who knows where that trashy thing came from.
Each bastard son and daughter received two hundred taels of silver.
The dowager was acting like a newly rich person, very generous. The Marquis’ wife watched and then teased, “You should thank your grandmother quickly. She is saving for your dowries, but dowager, since it’s for dowries, only silver notes seem a bit insufficient. You have many valuable things in your possession, why not take some out and share with them?”
She wanted to win people’s hearts, but that would depend on if they played along.
Did the dowager have any silver?
Yes, but not much, since every year she had to support her maternal family. If she had to take out her saved treasures, she would be reluctant to part with them.
“This is just New Year’s money. They are still young, it’s too early for dowries!”
“Is that so?” the Marquis’ wife chuckled lightly.
The dowager looked at the Marquis’ wife, then at Xie Hanhan sitting by her side, “But Hanhan is about to be betrothed, what do you plan to provide for her dowry?”
Sowing discord.
Give too much, and the three daughters-in-law would be upset. Give too little, and outsiders would say that after all these years, Xie Hanhan had been calling the Marquis’ wife ‘Mother,’ and yet she was so stingy.
This was a triple-strike of sowing discord.
But the dowager had underestimated the Marquis’ wife.
“Hanhan’s dowry has been ready since the day she called me ‘Mother.’ The mahogany furniture was all prepared, and are stored in the house bought for her. Along with her savings over the years and the future betrothal gifts from her husband’s family, as well as the additional gifts from her three brothers and sisters-in-law, it may not be a ten-mile bridal procession, but it will certainly be respectable!”
When the Marquis’ wife took Xie Hanhan into the family, she had indeed prepared for this day.
It was always double the amount of gifts.
Many items designated for her daughter also had a share for Xie Hanhan.
All of these were purchased from outside; she had the money and did not care, but her own dowry, the larger sum, was for her daughter.
The smaller sum for her grandchildren.
With Xie Hanhan’s current status, and the Marquis’ wife being adept at educating her children, Xie Hanhan had bee well known in the capital as a talented woman with clear thoughts, stability, and practicality, as well as medical skills. Her future marital family’s status would not be low.
If it were low, the Marquis’ wife would not allow it.
The lady she had painstakingly raised could not be married off just casually.
Moreover, the Marquis’ wife believed that her daughters-in-law were not superficial.
The Crown Princess spoke up first, “Dowager, rest assured, I, as Hanhan’s sister-in-law, will also contribute to her dowry. There’s no way I could let mother worry about it!”
South of Xie Yu’s wife also spoke softly, “My sister-in-law speaks sensibly. Mother is unwell, and my sister-in-law is busy managing household provisions. As for Hanhan’s dowry, I, as her second sister-in-law, will also contribute. How about I ask mother for a task right here, and leave Hanhan’s dowry matters to me?”
Chapter 414
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