Chapter 565: Chapter 234 My Son is a Treacherous Official (Part 10)
The Commandery Princess An Kang was indeed timid, but she was not foolish.
Upon hearing her mother-in-law first mention Sixth Lady Tian’s marriage affair, followed by talk of preparing a dowry for her.
Then she was asked about her shop on East Street.
Well, East Street was the busiest street in the Capital City, with both sides lined with shops selling luxury items of gold, silver, jade, and silk garments.
So—
The purpose of the mother-in-law was unmistakable.
Had it been the past, Princess An Kang’s heart would be filled with caution and resentment towards her mother-in-law.
Hearing her almost explicitly asking for money and goods, Princess An Kang would certainly have shrunk her head and pretended not to understand.
Still, that same phrase, she was only timid, not foolish enough.
She could never do such a lowly thing as to cajole others with her dowry despite being ground down by them.
But He Xi’s performance last night, coupled with how the mother-in-law dealt with the troublesome slave today, unexpectedly made her see a glimmer of hope.
The He Family seemed not so unbearable after all!
With this realization, the truly rich Princess An Kang couldn’t help but cheerfully declare, "Yes, Mother, I indeed have a few shops on East Street."
"Also, it’s been a while since we’ve gone out. I see the weather is nice today, maybe—"
Before An Kang could tentatively finish her sentence, an eager Tiantian nodded vigorously, "My child, it’s hard on you to have such filial piety, and I really haven’t been out and about in a long time."
"Better to go today than pick another date, let’s take a good stroll down East Street today!"
An Kang curled her lips into a smile, she really didn’t care about the money; if spending it could stop the mother-in-law from targeting her, she wouldn’t mind offering even more of her dowry.
What she detested the most was her mother-in-law figuring out ways to use her dowry, yet still making trouble for her.
Seeing the "mother-in-law" looking excited as if ready to splurge on East Street, An Kang felt not a trace of worry or reluctance; instead, she felt somewhat anticipative.
It was Da Ya, Bai Zhi, and Bai Wei, along with several other trusted maids, who couldn’t help but sneer at Tiantian’s distasteful eagerness.
Humph, what sort of decent family’s mother-in-law would be so preoccupied with her daughter-in-law’s dowry like Ms. Hetian all the time?
Truly the behavior of a low-born peasant, without manners and shameless!
Tiantian, with her keen six senses, of course noticed the maids’ contempt, but she didn’t care.
Her urgency to go out was not to take advantage of her daughter-in-law, but to farm hatred value.
The identity embodied by her was neither terribly bad nor entirely good, given its limitations.
In ancient times, women were mostly confined within their homes.
Even if Tiantian plucked the troublesome servants and top-grade relatives of the He Family bald, she might still not gather enough points to complete the task.
The outside world was indeed much broader.
Tiantian dared to bet that once she stepped out, with her old, frail personality, she was certain to pull in plenty of hatred value.
With the Grand Madam of the He Family going out, naturally, those below her busied themselves.
As Princess An Kang was holding Tiantian’s hand and helping her into the carriage, Tiantian had one foot on the step and one on the ground.
She seemed to think of something and suddenly froze, as if someone had hit pause.
She turned her head, looking left and right.
"Mother, what’s the matter? Is there something amiss?"
Seeing her mother-in-law’s abnormal behaviour, An Kang hurriedly asked.
"Why bring only so few people?"
Tiantian was somewhat dissatisfied.
This wasn’t out of character; the original owner enjoyed putting on airs and relished being surrounded by servants.
Although Tiantian didn’t like bringing too many people, firstly, the role required it, and secondly, on this outing, she was bound to provoke trouble at every turn.
And if she constantly sought trouble, it was easy to attract a beating.
Tiantian’s own combat power was formidable, but the original host was an old frail woman.
So frail she couldn’t even look after herself, how could she possibly easily overthrow a bunch of villains from whom she had harvested hatred values?!
Therefore, to be on the safe side, it was better to bring a few more lackeys, ahem, no, bodyguards.
"Mother?"
An Kang turned around and took a look at the followers, the slaves.
Quite a few, indeed.
Two trusted personal maids, two useful nannies, four little maids running errands, plus four sturdy grannies following the carriage, as well as the coachman and several protectors.
The mother-in-law alone had over a dozen people escorting her; was this still not enough?
Moreover, the mother-in-law usually took these people with her when she went out.
Only Granny Qin was missing; could it be that the mother-in-law regretted dealing with Granny Qin, and now that she wanted to go out, changed her mind?