latelenovela Chapter 260: Forcing a Dowry, Everyone Despises It
Chapter 260: Forcing a Dowry, Everyone Despises It
At the beginning, when the eldest lady was not married, the Liao family still had some savings.
Afterwards, it started to go downhill.
Mr. Liao was a timid and cowardly person by nature and could not support the family at all.
He married Liao Yunfei's mother before, and was submissive to her. Liao Yunfei's mother died of complications during childbirth of her second child.
Later he married Feng.
Feng has a temper like a firecracker and explodes at the slightest provocation.
After Liao's father used Feng's dowry, he had even less status in the family.
After the two heard about what Liao Yunfei had done, Feng looked gloating, while Liao's father was ashamed and embarrassed.
"Master, you said I didn't treat your daughter well at first, what do you think? Now you see her true colors, right? How much do the people in the Duke's Mansion love her? They raised her to be rich and luxurious, and she was fed, clothed and used like a young lady from the Duke's Mansion. I was so jealous! What happened? She did this! She even offended my eldest sister-in-law. Who will help us in the future? I think she is an ungrateful person! She is the most selfish!"
Father Liao was speechless and could only say helplessly: "Can you please say less?"
"I can't! She is now very successful! The Queen Mother personally arranged a marriage for her. After she enters the Prince's Mansion, she should at least give us some money to settle our family, right? My eldest sister-in-law helps us every year. Our lives have just gotten better because of her. It's good enough that my eldest sister-in-law doesn't hate us! Don't even think about getting help from my eldest sister-in-law in the future!"
"Money, money, money. You only care about money all day long!" Liao's father retorted helplessly.
"You think I want to extort money like this! If you have the ability, go and earn it! You can't earn it, right? You are so noble, you are so great, don't spend the money I extort money! What you eat and use, which one didn't come from extortion?"
"Keep your voice down!" Father Liao quickly went over and covered her mouth.
Suddenly, there was a knock on the door.
Mrs. Feng pushed Father Liao away and said, "Is it because my elder sister-in-law is finally willing to see us? She is the softest-hearted one. She must have known that we were almost out of money to stay in a hotel, so she came to pick us up!"
As soon as she opened the door, Feng's face suddenly darkened.
"why you?"
"Mother." Liao Yunfei called timidly.
"I'm not your mother. Don't call me that. I'm afraid I can't bear it. It will shorten my life!" Feng waved her hand and turned into the house.
Liao Yunfei had no choice but to look at her father with tears in her eyes, "Father."
Father Liao turned around and squatted down. "Yun Fei, how could you do such a thing? Hey! Where can I put my old face? How can I still have the face to see your aunt?"
Liao Yunfei felt despair in her heart and had an urge to escape!
Feng's dominance, her father's cowardice, the insults she endured every day, the endless work, the endless old clothes, the endless cold rice...
The feeling of suffocation and oppression that she once felt came back in an instant, overwhelming her.
After going around in circles, I'm back to the starting point.
She is still a child of the Liao family. Even if she is raised in the Duke's Mansion for many years, she can never become a lady of the Duke's Mansion.
She regretted it!
But, is it useful?
Why was she born in such a family? Instead of being born in her aunt's belly! As soon as she was born, she would have such a noble status and such pampering like Rong Qingqing!
Why couldn't she be like Ji Chuhe? Even if she was a fake, the palace was willing to accept her and let her become the noble wife of the prince, enjoying a high status and glory!
Why can't God be kinder and better to her?
"Father, mother, I am about to get married and become the prince's concubine." Liao Yunfei stated her purpose directly.
"Congratulations! How dare you say that? If it were me, I wouldn't even dare to open my mouth! You give up being the wife of a fourth-rank official and become someone's concubine!" Feng added.
"She's not a concubine! She's a concubine! The prince has such a noble status, and he is crowned as the king and the crown prince! I also want to be on the Royal Jade Butterfly!" Liao Yunfei retorted loudly.
"Oh my, so from now on, do I have to call you Crown Prince's Consort?" Feng curled her lips.
"You have to call me the Crown Prince's concubine."
"I thought you really regarded yourself as a queen, but it turns out you have some self-awareness!"
Liao Yunfei was furious, but she couldn't argue with Feng.
"I'm getting married, and you, as my father and mother, have to prepare a dowry for me." Liao Yunfei's tone did not contain any hint of negotiation, as if she was just notifying them that they had to do this!
Feng's anger reached its peak in an instant, and she almost wanted to slap Liao Yunfei.
How dare you come here to ask for a dowry!
"A dowry must be prepared, and the most valuable things in the house must be given to you as a dowry!" Feng suppressed her anger and answered readily.
Liao Yunfei was a little surprised.
Would Feng be so kind?
"Aunt has been helping you all these years. You should have saved up a lot of good things, right? Take them out for me as a dowry first. When I marry into the prince's mansion in the future, I will definitely honor you well."
"Look at this child, how filial he is!" Feng praised with a fake smile.
"My wedding date is imminent. You must prepare the dowry as soon as possible. I will come to pick it up in no more than three days." Liao Yunfei gave a deadline.
"It won't take three days. You can come and get it tomorrow at the earliest."
"Really?" Liao Yunfei couldn't believe it.
"Really? This kind of thing is not something you can take lightly!"
"Okay." Liao Yunfei believed it.
She thought that the Empress Dowager had just gotten married, and even if Feng was stingy, she would not dare not prepare a dowry for her.
Liao Yunfei left with satisfaction.
Father Liao quickly stepped forward and questioned Feng, "Our family is so poor that even a mouse wouldn't come. Where did you get the money to prepare the dowry?"
"Go home right away and pick up Dabao and Erbao from Aunt Liu!"
"What are you going to do with Dabao and Erbao?"
"Just go and pick it up, why are you asking so many questions! Do you have money to prepare a dowry?"
Mr. Liao didn't dare to refute and had to obey Feng's instructions.
Ji Chuhe was just outside the inn, sitting in the carriage without getting out.
An ordinary carriage could not reveal her true identity.
The inn was small and run-down, and the conversation inside could be heard clearly.
"Madam, can the Liao family's parents really afford the dowry?" Qingluo expressed her doubt.
"Let's come back tomorrow and find out what the dowry is." Ji Chuhe was also very curious.
After meeting her parents, Liao Yunfei did not return to the palace in time.
Instead, he shamelessly went to the Duke's Mansion.
When the gatekeeper saw her, his face was full of disgust.
"What are you doing here? Go away!"
Liao Yunfei's face froze. Now even a gatekeeper dared to treat her like this!