Chapter 2 — The Husband and Little Uncle Fake the Disaster, My Sister and I Clean Up the Marquis' Palace

She looked at me, her eyes so bright that it made others scared, the corner of her lips curled up a little. When I passed by her, she used a voice that only the two of us could hear to say a sentence.

“I've been waiting for this day for ten years.”

I don't stop walking. But in my heart I answer one question. This is just the beginning. After the mother woke up, the first thing she did was send someone to call me to her bedside. She leaned against a large pillow, her bangs were messy, her eyes were red, she held my hand tightly and didn't let go.

“Tri Vi, I know your heart is suffering, but the Marquis Palace cannot collapse.” She said, then shed tears again, "Thua Duc is no more, Thua Trach is no more, this life is over, everything will depend on you from now on."

I lowered my eyes and didn't speak. She saw that I was "obedient", and immediately continued: "There are still a few debts outside the Marquis Palace. In the past, it was all Thua Duc who managed, but now that he is gone, the creditors will definitely come to the door. You are a capable child, the management of internal affairs in the palace will be given full authority to you in the future to handle, the debt is okay, the shop is okay, the love affairs are okay, you help the mother to support everything." Give me full authority. It's easy to say. In essence, he pushed all the rotten records to me, so that she could continue to be the Queen of her Marquis, and enjoy peace and quiet. I raised my head and looked into her eyes.

“Don't worry, I will definitely manage it well.”

A trace of joy flashed across the mother's face. She patted the back of my hand and repeatedly said "good" three times. I added another sentence: "So the warehouse key, land deed, and revenue office seal, should I also give it all to you?" The model was stunned for a moment.

“This is not urgent…”

“Urgent.” I smiled, "Didn't you just say that the creditor will soon come to your door? Without a key, without a deed, what can I use to deal with the creditor? Take my dowry?"

The smile on the model's face could no longer be held. Perhaps she did not expect that the third daughter-in-law in her eyes, who had always been obedient and easy to handle, suddenly seemed to have turned into a different person today. After stiffening for a few breaths, she took out a bunch of keys from under her pillow. When she gave it to me, her hand was shaking.

“It's all here, take it.”

I received the key, stood up, bowed, and turned to leave the room. Going down the hallway, sister Tieu Ngoc Xu was already waiting there. She crossed her arms and leaned against the pillar. Seeing the set of keys in my hand, she raised her eyebrows.

“The old lady sent it?”

“Isn't she heartbroken?”

“Sorry.” I stuffed the key into my sleeve, "But she's even more upset that the creditor came to her door and took out her personal money."

Tieu Ngoc Xu let out a soft hiss. The relationship between her and her mother was originally not good. That year the duke wanted to marry her to an old man over fifty years old as his next wife. The mother from beginning to end did not say a word to help her, and even advised her to "think about the Marquis Palace". Later, the marriage failed, not because her conscience discovered it, but because the old man criticized her dowry for not being enough. From that day on, Tieu Ngoc Xu no longer called her ma'am anymore. The two of us walked forward along the hallway, she lowered her voice very low.

“I have contacted When the buyer finished, there were two shops in the west of the city, a manor house in the east of the city, and someone was willing to buy it all with current silver."

“When can I trade?”

"Tomorrow."

“Faster, this afternoon.”

Tieu Ngoc Xu looked at me.

“Can I get the land contract this afternoon?”

I took out the keys from my sleeve and shook them in front of her. She laughed. That was the first time today that she honestly smiled.

“Tham Tri Vi, why didn't I realize that you were so crazy before?”

"Before, I never realized that your father and younger brother were such beasts."

We walked to the warehouse door, the two ladies guarding the warehouse saw us and quickly stood up to pay their respects. I inserted the key into the lock and turned to look at Tieu Ngoc Xu.

“After going inside, everything worth money was locked in the chest, not a single item was left behind.”

“Not even the decorations are spared?”

"Leaving one thing behind is also giving them face."

The warehouse was covered with a very thick layer of dust, against the wall were dozens of camphor wooden chests, on antique shelves displayed antiques and porcelain, and in the corner were several stacks of silk. I glanced around and immediately had a calculation in my heart.