Chapter 22
"No, what are you going to do? Why are you trying to get rid of me?" Xu Qingshi complained discontentedly.
"Little Prince, let's go back quickly." Moyu wiped the sweat off his forehead, thinking that this little master really dared to say anything.
"No, I'm going to find my stepmother." Xu Qingshi crossed his arms and stared at the place where Xu Heming had disappeared. He always felt that his father, taking so much silver out, must be going to do something bad.
Li Zhiwei just stood by the window, looking outside, and remained silent all the time.
"Miss, is there any trouble?" Cuiguo asked worriedly, looking at Li Zhiwei.
She wondered if the Lin Family still wanted Miss to go back.
Thinking of what the Lin Family had done, Cuiguo was extremely angry.
Since they had no intention of marrying their miss, why did they come to the Li Family to propose marriage? When their miss's bridal sedan chair was already at the door, they started to be picky.
"It's okay." Li Zhiwei was just thinking in her heart that by now, her father should have received her letter.
Thinking of her mother's health, Li Zhiwei was really worried that her mother would be so angry that she would fall ill.
However, given the current situation of the Li Family, she had no choice but to do so.
Thinking of the ending of her previous life, Li Zhiwei felt suffocated.
In this life, now that she hadn't married into the Lin Family, had she already changed the ending of her previous life?
This time, her parents shouldn't die a tragic death again, right?
Most of the Li Family's property had been donated to the imperial court by her.
The Li Family was now on the emperor's radar.
It wouldn't be that easy for the Lin Family to deal with the Li Family.
Thinking of this, Li Zhiwei let out a sigh of relief.
"Little Prince, the prince wants you to go back to Liangqi Courtyard." Moyu said worriedly, following behind Xu Qingshi and trying to persuade him.
"Bride!" Xu Qingshi ignored Moyu and instead shouted into the courtyard.
"Little Prince, why have you come here?" Hearing Xu Qingshi's voice, Li Zhiwei was first stunned, and then came out smiling to greet him.
"I said, Stepmother, why are you so useless?" Xu Qingshi looked at Li Zhiwei with a dissatisfied expression.
"Ah?" Li Zhiwei didn't know how to respond to this child's words for a moment.
Looking at Xu Qingshi's serious look, Li Zhiwei inexplicably felt like laughing.
"Little Prince, what do you mean by that?" Li Zhiwei squatted down with a smile, looking at Xu Qingshi, and asked in confusion.
Seeing Li Zhiwei squat down, Xu Qingshi looked at her proudly. Finally, he didn't have to look up at people.
"You said, why are you so useless? Just after marrying into the prince's mansion, all your dowry has been taken away. My father asked you to hand over your dowry, and you didn't keep any for yourself." Xu Qingshi rubbed Li Zhiwei's forehead in frustration.
Everyone in the courtyard was first stunned, and then couldn't help but snicker.
"Little Prince, you've misunderstood. Those things were voluntarily handed over by me and have nothing to do with the prince." Li Zhiwei said with a smile, hearing the concern in Xu Qingshi's words.
"Then why didn't you keep some for yourself?" Xu Qingshi said in a grown - up tone.
"It's okay. If those things are gone, we can just earn them back." Li Zhiwei added in her heart that if one loses their life, what's the use of having silver?
If she could protect the Li Family, what did these things matter?
"Good for you. Let's go!" Seeing Li Zhiwei's expression, Xu Qingshi wanted to take her to the warehouse to show her the things he had left for her.
"Little Prince, you should go back." Moyu felt like crying.
However, he also knew that he couldn't control this mischievous little prince.
"Little Prince, walk slowly. Don't fall." Looking at the impetuous Xu Qingshi, Li Zhiwei was only worried that he would fall.
In a short while, Li Zhiwei was taken by Xu Qingshi to the door of the warehouse where her dowry had been stored before.
"What's wrong?" Li Zhiwei asked in confusion.
"Hey, look at how careless you are. Don't you see that all your dowry has been taken away? You have nothing left. How can you establish yourself in this prince's mansion?" Xu Qingshi looked at Li Zhiwei with a dissatisfied expression.
"Thank you, Little Prince, for your reminder." Li Zhiwei felt warm in her heart for no reason. Look, even a little child knew how to worry about her.
But what about the Lin Family? They just wanted to suck her blood. Fortunately, she had been reborn. Otherwise...
"Go and have a look." Looking at Li Zhiwei's stupid look, Xu Qingshi thought that if it weren't for him, this family would fall apart.
How pitiful. How could she be so infatuated with his father that she couldn't tell right from wrong?
In the future, she would surely cry.
Although Li Zhiwei didn't know what Xu Qingshi was up to, she still went into the room to check.
When she saw the canopy bed and the longevity coffin placed in the room, she was first stunned. It was a bit strange to put these two things together.
But shouldn't these have been taken away by the emperor's people? Why were they still here?
"Well, happy, right? This was specially left for you by this young master." Xu Qingshi said proudly.
"Little Prince, these things are no longer mine now and can't be kept." Li Zhiwei was afraid that she would displease the emperor because she had left out two items.
After all, this was a crime of deceiving the emperor.
"Don't worry. Everything will be fine with this prince here. Uncle Emperor won't blame you." Xu Qingshi didn't think there was any problem. Moreover, he guessed that Uncle Emperor probably didn't like these two things either.
If necessary, he would just ask the Third Prince to cry in front of the emperor. The emperor was most afraid of the Third Prince crying.
"Little Prince, I know you mean well, but these things were voluntarily given to the emperor by me." Li Zhiwei sighed and said.
That bed was made by her father. He had been collecting wood since she was a child and had invited a master craftsman. It had taken three whole years to make it. Naturally, she was reluctant to part with it.
However, compared with these worldly possessions, she wanted to save her parents' lives more.
"You woman, why are you so ungrateful? I was kind - heartedly leaving things for you, and you actually dislike them?" Xu Qingshi didn't expect Li Zhiwei to react like this. Shouldn't she be happy?
Or did she only think that what his father said was right? She was really sick in the head!
In the palace,
Zhu Jingchen listened as Tang Xiuyong reported Li Zhiwei's dowry one by one. He secretly sighed in his heart that this was truly as wealthy as a nation. The dowry that Li Tianyou had prepared for his daughter was so generous.
"Your Majesty, Prince An's mansion has kept two items of the dowry. I failed to bring them back." At the end, Tang Xiuyong knelt down and said.
"Kept by Prince An?" Zhu Jingchen was first stunned. He didn't expect Prince An to ask for something for Li Zhiwei.
"It was the little prince of Prince An's mansion who wouldn't let me take those two things away." Tang Xiuyong quickly shook his head and reported truthfully.
"Asked for by Qingshi? What are they?" Zhu Jingchen didn't expect that little guy Xu Qingshi would actually embezzle things from his treasury. He was thinking that he should ask Xu Heming for something good later.
