THE EVIL PRINCE AND HIS PRECIOUS WIFE
Chapter 9 - Battle against step-grandmother

"Shut up!" Murong Xue slapped the face of old servant Qiu, “You dare to accuse the widow woman when you made a mistake? Are you tired of living ?!

The face of old servant Qiu immediately formed the impression of five bright red, hot and painful fingers. A dark shadow formed in his eyes and he gritted his teeth in anger, saying, “Madam Young, I really don't lie. It was really a widow woman..”

“Still dare to argue?!” Murong Xue slapped him again until he fell to the ground and looked at him. He would rudely teach her a lesson when a loud voice sounded, “What commotion is there? What the hell is going on?"

He only had a few sentences and help had arrived. How quickly the maids at the Marquis Mansion sent the message. However, the servants in front of the west wing were all widows

maid. The only one who did not serve him was old servant Qiu, and even he was a traitor. Of course that guy will come so soon.

Murong Xue's mouth curled up sneering and happily turned around. It was really washing Du slowly walking over with the support of a maid. His white hair was tied high pinned with a dark green jade pin. The old gray head wrap with bamboo embroidery had been decorated with a piece of emerald, complementing the jade pin, dignified without losing its rigidity.

His mouth was tight and he glanced at old servant Qiu with puffy cheeks, frowning, "What happened?"

old servant Qiu seemed to have found his spine. Bright eyes and broken pearl-like tears dripped down, both knees kneeling on the ground and kowtowing until it sounded, he said, “Old Lady, save me! Young Madam wants to sell me!”

Murong Xue raised his eyebrows and casually said, “Old Helper Qiu opened the treasury without permission and blamed Grandma. By teaching him a lesson, I helped the Mansion discipline any bad practices, otherwise some people would think that since they were more experienced, they could bully the young masters and bosses around the Mansion.

"really?" The cold sharp gaze of the Widow lady passed by the old servant Qiu, whose forehead was red and swollen, and fell on Murong Xue. “But old servant Qiu did not lie. I was the one who asked him to open the treasury to take the jewels. You teach a lesson to the wrong person.”

For the sake of his precious grandson, he had ordered the servants to open his daughter-in-law's treasury without –'s permission that wouldn't sound good. But Du did not look for a reason to blame and even admitted it directly. It seemed like he hated Murong Xue so much.

If the original person was standing here, he would definitely not be able to lift his head from Du's loud scolding. But she came from a noble family of the 21st century and would definitely not submit to this godly old woman. “Which law in Qingyan states that a stepmother-in-law can use the dowry of her dead daughter-in-law at will?”

A dark shadow flashed across Du's eyes and he coldly looked at Murong Xue, “When your mother married the Marquis Household, she was the property of the Household. His dowry was naturally the asset of the Marquis Household. I manage the Household internally and have the authority to touch anything related to the Household internally. My treasury does not have any suitable accessories, therefore it makes sense to have Qingyan take some parts from here.

“Qingyan's law clearly states that when the first wife dies, the dowry will be passed on to her children. The items in this treasury were left behind by my mother for me and my brother and had nothing to do with anyone else in the Murong family. As long as my brother and I are alive a day, you, step-grandmother, have no right to touch her.”

After his parents died, Du had left Murong Xue at Ruoxue Court and did not care if he survived. In the few times he saw her, if not to take something, then it was to reprimand her. If Du doesn't treat her like his granddaughter then she doesn't need to treat Du as her grandmother.

"Now, without my brother's permission or mine, you have broken Qingyan's law by opening the treasury and taking my mother's dowry."

"really?" Du glanced at Murong Xue, his eyes filled with disdain. "Then, step-grandson, are you ready to sue your step-grandmother and send her to jail?"

Upon hearing that, Du's face darkened. He mocked Murong Xue – didn't Murong Xue understand? He actually followed and decided on Old Maid Qiu's punishment. Really stupid!

"What are you waiting for? Do you not understand what Old Madam meant? Drag old servant Qiu down and beat him roughly a hundred oars, then sell him! ” Murong Xue instructed harshly.

"Yes Mom!" Two lowly old house servants stepped forward and stuffed a piece of rough cloth into Old Maid Qiu's mouth and dragged him out so quickly that others could not respond in time.

The sounds of the paddles and the painful wailing of Old Maid Qiu sounded. Maid and housemaid look at each other secretly – Young Madam has lost her patience and they do not want to get involved.

The widow woman's face was very dark and she started to look at Murong Xue, a mist formed under her eyes.

Murong Xue pretended not to look and secretly looked towards the black wooden box that contained fine jewelry, "Close the box and bring it back to the treasurer."

"Yes yes!" The servants answered. Carrying the boxes, they hurriedly ran back to the store, afraid that if they were to walk too slowly, Murong Xue would punish them and they would end up in a miserable situation similar to old servant Qiu.

Looking at the blank page, Song Qingyan paled and clenched her hands tightly under her sleeves – she almost got sapphire pins and ruby earrings, all of which she liked. Now that everything is gone, how hateful!

"This isn't the first time Cousin Qingyan took jewelry from here, is it?"

Hearing that cold voice, Song Qingyan froze and looked at Murong Xue carefully, "What do you mean?"

Murong Xue laughed softly, “You don't need to be confused. I'm not going to teach you a lesson but just to ask you to return all the jewels you've taken.

Song Qingyan quietly sighed in relief. He scared him – if Murong Xue didn't think to teach his lesson rather than it was good. However, the jewels he took were all carefully and each one was precious. He liked them very much and could not bear to return them to Murong Xue. Besides, she had been wearing the jewelry for so long, she should have been his. “You are my cousin. Just treat some of that jewelry as a gift you have given me. Don't you think it's too petty to ask?”

Murong Xue glanced at him and casually said, “Sepupu, you came to the Mansion at least three times a month. Each time you will take two to three hairpins, earrings, necklaces, jade bracelets, finger sets, and many other accessories. In these two years, you not only took a few pieces of jewelry but more than a hundred pieces, enough to fill 3 bars!”

Song Qingyan didn't care, “Keep why? Your mother had so many dowries. You are short of a hundred pieces of this jewelry.

Murong Xue sneered. After robbing others of their jewelry, he could still be right about it. How shameless! “When my aunt got married, she also brought a ten-mile dowry. She is clearly not short of jewelry. How about this – return my mother's dowry and give me 2 or 3 more sticks of special jewelry so that I can also enjoy the generosity of my aunt.”

“My mother's jewelry is mine. How can I give it to you? Song Qingyan cried. Soon after, she realized that she had been fooled and was just about to explain further when Murong Xue said first, “My mother's jewelry was also left for me, too, how can it be in your hands? I want to see the jewelry before dark, otherwise, we see in court!”