When Did I Become Such a Hot Commodity?

Madam Shen looked at him and said:

"Otherwise what? Otherwise why would I let you marry such a young child?"

These things all require our own thinking. In Dongshan Prefecture, we can still rely on the status of the Earl's Mansion to keep them in check.

If we go back to the capital, things will be tough!

As Madam Shen, she felt increasingly sleepy, and she pinched herself hard.

But I was still too sleepy, and soon I fell fast asleep.

Lingbao crawled in from outside and said:

"The Shen Clan... the Shen Clan is so poor! Tsk tsk tsk..."

"Only these few dozen loads of betrothal gifts are worth anything."

Zhou Wanwan said with a smile, "I've already emptied their house of everything I could. I didn't expect they still had money at the money exchange."

Zhou Wanwan opened the betrothal gifts and looked at them, saying:

"The previous 88 loads of betrothal gifts were quite valuable, but these 68 loads are far less so. But something is better than nothing."

The Shen Clan is such a spendthrift; they've squandered money time and again, yet they insist on marrying me.

When did I become so popular? I'm only 6 years old! This is absolutely outrageous.

Lingbao sneered:

"These people are really interesting; they just want to force you to comply."

"Move them out, take everything away, don't even leave them a house."

Zhou Wanwan sighed and said:

"This house doesn't belong to them; they're just staying here temporarily. We can't control that now."

In short, I will absolutely not allow that mother and son to send the betrothal gifts to my house.

I think it's too beneath me. How could a piece of trash like Shen Zhiyu be worthy of me?

Lingbao nodded repeatedly, saying, "That's right! If people found out, your worth would drop several notches."

The Old Scholar Tree simply summoned a group of familiar subordinates, and those tree-men moved with incredible speed.

In just half an hour, they had moved everything out of the place.

When Madam Shen woke up the next day, she stretched and said, "I slept so well. Today we must go to the Zhou Family to propose marriage. We... ah..."

Shen Zhiyu was startled. "Mom, what's wrong with you? Why are you yelling so early in the morning?"

Madam Shen, on the verge of tears, said:

"It's all over, all over. All 68 loads of betrothal gifts have been taken away, sob sob sob..."

"This cost me 60,000 taels of silver, and it's all gone."

Shen Zhiyu rubbed her eyes and said, "That's impossible! With so many people around last night, how could those things have been stolen?"

Looking at the house, Madam Shen said, "I borrowed this house; I never expected they would even steal it."

A woman from next door barged in, and was completely dumbfounded when she saw the empty house.

She pulled at Madam Shen and asked, "Madam, what exactly happened? Where did my house go?"

Madam Shen shook her head and said, "I don't know where it went either. It turned out like this when I opened my eyes this morning."

The woman wailed, "This was our only house, costing several thousand taels of silver to build, and it's all gone just like that! How am I supposed to live?"

Madam Shen's head ached from her crying, "Alright, alright, someone, bring her ten taels of silver."

The woman yelled, "This house cost 5,000 taels to build! You think you can just give me ten taels to get rid of me? No way!"

Madam Shen said helplessly:

"I can't do anything about it. I don't know how your house disappeared overnight."

I haven't even looked for you yet, and you're already blaming me.

The woman was furious. "You mean I deserved it, and that losing this house has nothing to do with you?"

Madam Shen looked at her and said:

"What does your house being gone have to do with us?"

I've only been staying here for a few days, and now my things have been stolen, and I haven't even gone to complain to your family yet!

The woman sneered:

"Madam Shen, you're really good at twisting the truth. So you mean my house just disappeared for no reason?"

Don't think I don't know. Your family owned several houses and several estates, all of which have disappeared like this.

You must have offended someone outside, otherwise how could things have turned out like this?

Our house is damaged now, you have to compensate us for it.

Madam Shen shouted loudly:

"Nonsense, there's absolutely no such thing. Who knows if your house is haunted?"

I haven't even settled accounts with you yet! You still have to return my sixty-eight betrothal gifts...

The lady laughed in exasperation:

"I kindly took you in, but instead of being grateful, you turned around and blamed me."

You really think Dongshan Prefecture is easy to bully, huh? Well then, I'll go to the government office and have a proper talk with them."

Soon, the two ended up in court. Cheng Xiao had been fooling around with her aunts until very late last night, and her head was still hurting.

Cheng Xiao looked at Madam Shen and said, "This must be the Countess of Yongning, right? What brings you here?"

Madam Shen wiped away her tears and said:

"Lord Cheng, you must do me justice!"

I stayed at their house last night, and the 68 taels of betrothal gifts are gone. I suspect they pocketed them.

The lady shouted:

"That's utter nonsense. My family has lived there for so many years and has never been robbed."

Now my house is gone, all because you got into some trouble outside."

Madam Shen said calmly:

"We've just arrived in Dongshan Prefecture and don't know anyone here. What trouble could we possibly cause?"

"It must be because you had a falling out with someone and they're retaliating against you."

The lady was truly amused and annoyed.

"Just because you're from the capital doesn't mean you're all that great."

Don't you realize you've lost several houses and a estate?

I've seen you do too many despicable things, that's why things have turned out this way.

If your family doesn't pay compensation, I'll go directly to the capital and sue you. Let's see who's afraid of whom then.

Cheng Xiao was extremely troubled. Who exactly did this?

He can tell just by cracking his toes.

But did he dare to say it? He didn't.

If he dares to say that everything in their house will be moved out tomorrow, that Little Ancestor doesn't care who you are.

The key issue is that this Little Ancestor doesn't even know how he moved it.

Nobody knows, it always happens quietly.

The worst part is, if you're going to take valuables, fine, but don't take someone else's house!

They swarm like locusts, taking everything from people's homes.

Madam Shen's face turned pale with anger. If this matter were to spread to the capital, wouldn't she be laughed at to death?

If every place you live has housing problems, that's definitely not acceptable.

Madam Shen looked at her and said, "In that case, I'll pay eight hundred taels, that's the most I can offer. Otherwise, you can go to the capital if you want!"

The lady then said, "Alright!"

The two families quickly reached a settlement.

But no one knows who leaked this information.

Madam Shen went directly to several old friends, wanting to rent their houses, but they all refused as soon as they heard her request.

Just kidding, whoever lives in your house will have bad luck? Who would dare?

Madam Shen looked utterly desperate. "I've come all the way to Dongshan Prefecture, and I can't even find a place to stay. It's just too difficult."

In the end, Madam Shen actually found Zhou Wanwan.