Looking for you in reincarnation

Chapter 423 Tell the story

Si He raised her eyes to look at the old lady, and then she said, "Your health is so poor, why don't you take medicine? If you don't take good care of yourself, you will be despised by your in-laws when you marry into the Yue family!"

After he said this, he was surrounded by all kinds of strange looks, most of which were gloating and looking at the show.

"Also, you eat very little of the medicinal food I usually prepare for you. Look how thin you are. You haven't gained any weight in such a long time since you came back. If outsiders saw you, they would think that the Guo family had treated you badly?"

As the old lady spoke, she asked a servant to bring the medicine cup and said, "From now on, you will come to me every day and drink the medicine before leaving."

Si He glanced at the medicine bowl and said, "Grandmother, I appreciate your kindness, but I don't need these tonics and medicinal foods. Excessive tonics can be harmful to the body. Now that my wedding is approaching, I'm afraid I might get sick from them."

She was blunt and refused completely, not giving the old lady any face at all.

The old lady's expression suddenly darkened. She pointed at her angrily and asked, "You said I harmed you?"

Seeing her furious look, Si He gave her a way out. "I believe you are doing this for my own good, but I'm afraid you've been deceived. The tonics and diet I've been using lately are incompatible. If you continue to take them like this, even a healthy person will develop problems."

When the old lady heard this, her eyes widened, and the expressions of the others changed even more.

"Medicinal food incompatibility? This is a doctor's prescription, how could there be a problem?"

The old lady had a stern face, as if she didn't believe it, and even asked her in a scolding tone, "Who told you that there was something wrong with the tonic and diet?"

Si He looked at the old lady and said, "My maid Gao You has some knowledge of medicine, so she naturally noticed something wrong. If you don't believe me, you can ask a famous doctor in the city to carefully check the tonic prescription, the medicinal food, and the vegetables to see if there are any problems. I think the mediocre doctor who wrote the prescription should be sent to the government office to prevent him from causing trouble in the future."

Upon hearing this, Gao You glanced at Si He in front of her. She didn't know any medicine, and although she also noticed that there was a problem with the diet, it was because Si He noticed the problem first, so there was no need for her to remind her.

At this time, the old lady's face looked even uglier. She naturally knew that there was something wrong with these tonics and diets, but she didn't expect that the maid of the Yue family was so powerful that she could actually see it!

Besides, this matter is not easy to handle publicly, and making a big deal out of it will only be more embarrassing!

If someone else said there was a problem, she could refute and deal with it, but she happened to be a maid from the Yue family, so it was difficult to deal with. If she was not careful, it could easily lead to trouble.

"Eldest wife, look at the quack doctor you hired!!" The old lady turned to look at Li from the eldest house and vented her anger on her.

Li lowered her head, gritted her teeth, and could only silently admit her mistake. "My daughter-in-law will settle the score with the doctor later."

They did not refute the issues of tonics and diet, because pursuing them further would only make the matter worse. This matter could not withstand investigation, so it was best to just let it go.

Of course, if it weren't for the maid from the Yue family, they wouldn't have handled it this way.

Seeing them like this, Si He didn't insist on holding on to the matter. She was willing to take a step back temporarily and make the last concession before getting married.

But today's matter is not over yet.

The old lady had the maid take the medicine cup away, and they tacitly agreed not to mention the matter again. However, she also said bluntly, "Sister Qu, I called you here today to tell you something. When you get married, the Guo family will arrange for four concubines to accompany you. This will further strengthen the marriage between the Guo and Yue families, and it will also be good for you."

Si He's expression was very calm. What he said was to inform her, so he just wanted to inform her.

"It seems Aunt Deng has told you everything, which saves me from having to explain it again. However, since you are a concubine's daughter, and Jiamei, who is marrying with you, is a legitimate daughter, although the Yue family is the one seeking marriage, it is always inappropriate for a legitimate daughter to marry a concubine's daughter. After you marry into the Yue family, you can propose to the Yue family to make Jiamei a co-wife. Then the Guo family will give Jiamei an additional dowry of 100,000 taels of silver."

Hearing this, many people looked surprised, including Si He.

Si He originally thought that the Guo family's arrangement for a daughter to marry with the bride was already too unusual, but she didn't expect that there would be an even more ridiculous request.

Madam Guo's eyes widened as she spoke first, "One hundred thousand taels of silver?! Sister Yue's dowry isn't even that much!"

Her face looked extremely ugly. She had known before that the daughter of the third house would have to take a concubine after her marriage, but no one told her that she would have to give a dowry of 100,000 taels of silver?

This is one hundred thousand taels of silver!

The old lady gave it as she pleased. This public treasury does not belong to the third wife, so why should she give Jiamei a dowry of 100,000 taels of silver?

You know, even for her sister Yue, the eldest daughter of the Guo family, the public treasury only subsidized a dowry of 50,000 taels of silver. Why did it double when it came to the third wife?

The old lady was a little displeased when she heard Li's interruption, but she still said, "Then the public treasury will subsidize 50,000 taels of silver, and the third house will contribute another 50,000 taels, making a total of 100,000 taels!"

After hearing this, Li's complexion improved a little. Although she was still a little dissatisfied, she didn't say anything more considering the old lady's concern for this marriage. At most, she just secretly glared at Qian from the third room.

The old lady turned her gaze towards Si He again and said, "Sister Qu, do you remember what I said?"

Si He quickly calmed down after her anger and asked, "Excuse me, Grandmother, how much is my dowry?"

The old lady's eyes flashed with disdain, but she quickly suppressed it and said, "Your dowry is the same as Sister Yue'er and the others', 50,000 taels of silver. Logically, since you are a concubine's daughter, the Guo family can't afford you such a large dowry. So, in return, you should also consider the Guo family more. Did you remember what I told you just now?"

Si He raised a faint mocking smile and said, "What if I don't want to?"

As soon as she finished speaking, there was silence all around, and everyone looked at her with different expressions. Mrs. Guo, Mrs. Li, even showed a look of contempt and a smile. She dared to challenge the old lady, she was really courting death!

"Snapped!"

The old lady slammed her hand on the table, her face filled with rage. She then pointed at Si He and shouted, "How dare you disobey me?"

Si He stood straight, looking at her neither servile nor arrogant, and said, "Grandmother, your request is too much."

"You are presumptuous!"

The old lady's chest heaved with anger. "Come and capture her for me. I will enforce the family law. Even if the Yue family's maidservants were here today, I will teach you a lesson. If anything happens to you, I will personally apologize to the Yue family and marry one of their legitimate daughters to them!"

Si He sneered, "Do you really think the Guo family is a hot pot dish? Can you change the person you've already engaged to? Does the Yue family have to marry a girl from the Guo family? If you want to make enemies instead of a marriage, then go ahead and do it!"

Originally, Si He also wanted to retain the last bit of face with the Guo family, but these people were going too far!