jdhmnovel Chapter 169 Her Proud Daughter
Chapter 169 Her Proud Daughter
Liu Xueying was stunned, and it took her a long time to come to her senses. So, the purpose of all this was waiting for her here.
Liu Xueying scoffed: "So, this is what the eldest young lady was trying to achieve by causing such a scene today? Is the eldest young lady planning to sideline me, the head mistress of the household, and use her status as the eldest daughter to seize control of the household affairs?"
Ye Qing'an chuckled leisurely: "No, not at all. How could I dare? It's just that you just said that Sixth Aunt is also a concubine, and her background is not as good as yours, so I just went along with what you said."
"It's not my place to decide who runs the household in the Ye family. Father decides everything. I just feel that the position of the principal wife and the power in managing the household should be held by the capable. And the wife is clearly not that capable."
"He seized the original wife's dowry and couldn't even raise his own children properly."
Ye Qing'an's gaze swept over Liu Xueying's furious face: "And I see that Madam shows no remorse whatsoever... How can I forgive her?"
Ye Qing'an turned to look at Ye Qinghao: "Since Father believes that harmony in the family brings prosperity, then I am naturally willing to listen to Father's words. I have already made my demands very clear: return what you have, and compensate me double the price for what you don't have."
"Either we stop letting Madam manage the affairs of the inner quarters, or we hire a tutor to properly teach Madam what the rules of the legitimate wife are."
After Ye Qing'an finished speaking, she completely ignored Ye Qinghao's presence in the room and left in a huff.
Granny Wei and Zixiao quickly followed.
Liu Xueying's eyes widened: "Master, look at her, look at her! Master is still here, and she can act like a spoiled young lady in front of him like this. Where does she put Master?"
Ye Qinghao's face was as cold as ice: "You're right."
Liu Xueying was overjoyed and was about to speak when she heard Ye Qinghao continue, "She is indeed the eldest daughter of the Ye family, so naturally she's throwing a tantrum. Your actions would even anger a clay idol. Shouldn't she be angry?"
"It would be strange if I weren't angry."
"..."
Liu Xueying stared wide-eyed at Ye Qinghao, but Ye Qinghao only lowered his eyes and straightened his sleeves: "I'll give you one day to return the things that originally belonged to Su Wan's dowry, and I'll give you three more days to raise the money and send it to Qing An."
After Ye Qinghao finished speaking, he turned and left.
Liu Xueying slumped into a chair, her lips pressed tightly together, and remained silent.
Ye Weilan then came to her senses: "Mother, is what Ye Qing'an said just now true? That a woman's dowry cannot be decided by her husband's family?"
"Yes."
Ye Weilan fell silent again, her gaze fixed on Liu Xueying without speaking.
Liu Xueying was already very irritated, and being stared at like that only made her angrier: "What are you looking at me for?"
“You caused all this trouble! You were the one who took these things, and it was because you were sick that Ye Qing’an came to visit you and discovered these things.”
"Back then, Su Wan was Su Yusheng's darling daughter. When she married into the family, the Su family provided her with a very generous dowry. That dowry has already been almost entirely used up. Where am I supposed to find the money to repay it?"
Ye Weilan's eyes were filled with indifference and coldness: "When I wanted to take it, Mother didn't say anything. Besides, although it was the things I carried into the house that were discovered, I'm afraid only Mother knows where Su Wan's dowry was used."
"And who can you blame for this? Shouldn't it be blamed on your low birth, that you could only be a concubine, and that no one prepared a sufficiently generous dowry for you?"
Ye Weilan's face was filled with displeasure: "If you were born into a higher social class and could have been the principal wife, I wouldn't be in this situation..."
As Ye Weilan spoke, she remembered something else: "By the way, you don't have a dowry, which means you don't have much private property? Then... what about my dowry? Isn't it said that a daughter's dowry is partly paid for by the government and partly taken from her mother's dowry?"
"If you don't have a dowry, then my dowry will be much smaller. That won't do. I'm going to marry a prince. If my dowry is small, won't people laugh at me?"
Veins bulged on Liu Xueying's forehead as she rushed over and slapped Ye Weilan across the face.
Ye Weilan reacted quickly, raising her hand to catch Liu Xueying's slap, a flash of fierceness crossing her eyes: "Mother wants to hit me? Why? Because of the dowry of Su Wan that you brought me?"
"Is it because you can't provide me with a sufficiently generous dowry when I get married?"
Ye Weilan sneered: "Speaking of which, there's another matter that needs to be attributed to Mother. I've heard that Mother is only a Spirit Cultivator? Not even a Foundation Establishment Immortal Body?"
"But I've heard that Su Wan possesses the Immortal-Building Body?"
Ye Weilan's eyes seemed to be filled with venom: "So, this is why Father is clearly a Holy Spirit Body, while my brother and I are only Immortal Building Bodies, right? You know, even that good-for-nothing Ye Qing'an is a Holy Spirit Body."
Liu Xueying gritted her teeth: "Ye Weilan, don't forget, you are my daughter! You are the child I gave birth to! If you don't have me, you have nothing, you are nothing!"
Ye Weilan scoffed, "How could that be? Even without you, I'm still Ye Qinghao's daughter, still the second young lady of the Ye family. I'll still marry the Fifth Prince's princess consort..."
"It was you, Mother, who said it yourself. Whether I like it or not, I have to marry him because it was a marriage arranged by Father himself."
"I won't be staying in this Ye residence for much longer anyway. I'm getting married soon, soon to be a prince's consort. Oh, right... the principal wife. What do I have to be afraid of?"
“You kept emphasizing to me how powerful you were. Even at Xingguo Temple, you kept saying that all those things you did before, like losing your power in managing the household affairs and being confined to your quarters, were premeditated.”
"But I don't see anything special about you. Ye Qing'an alone has already rendered you completely helpless. Useless..."
Liu Xueying gritted her teeth, trembling with anger.
Ye Qing'an was right about one thing just now.
She can't even raise her own child properly.
Ye Weilan was her proudest daughter, and she felt she had gone to great lengths to make her appear like a true legitimate daughter.
Therefore, she taught him music, chess, calligraphy, painting, and mystical arts in the same way a proper, legitimate daughter of a prominent family would.
In fact, Ye Weilan has always been highly regarded by outsiders over the years.
She is gentle and charming, dignified and generous, and exceptionally talented.
But she never imagined that this very daughter, whom she valued so much, would stab her in the heart.