First-rank palace maid Su Jixiang

Chapter 400 The old man is distressed

Wei Ling was instantly filled with anger, but looking at the hunched and thin old man in front of him, he could only remain silent, "This Duke's Mansion was returned by His Majesty in consideration of my military achievements. If Uncle really wants money, just name a price."

"Make an offer? Wei Ling! You're such a big mouth! If it weren't for your vanity and angering the higher-ups, our Wei family would have lived a good life instead of being wiped out." Wei Chengwu slammed his cane heavily. "When our ancestors won the title of Duke, it should have been inherited by our lineage, but your grandfather took advantage of the opportunity and got the upper hand. If the Duke's Mansion had been passed down to me, it would definitely not be like this today! My children and grandchildren should be around my knees now! Look at you now, you still have the nerve to ask me to make an offer! I didn't ask someone to kick you out because you still have the surname Wei. All your family members are dead. How can you still have the nerve to live in this world!"

He looked at Wei Ling viciously with his slightly cloudy eyes, "You should die with your parents!"

Wei Ling's heart trembled, and the image of his mother's tragic death suddenly appeared before his eyes. His eyes suddenly became slightly bloodshot and red, and his breath was stuck in his chest, making him feel suffocated.

"Uncle, what you said is not right!" A clear female voice came from the door. Wei Chengwu and Wei Ling looked in the direction of the voice at the same time.

Then Su Jixiang was seen standing at the door holding a lamp.

The night is as dark as ink, but she is like a crescent moon, bright and gentle, with a soft glow.

Wei Ling looked at Su Jixiang, and the suffocating feeling in his heart seemed to be dispelled by her eyes.

"Madam!" He walked over quickly, with a hint of sobbing in his voice... just like a wounded little animal.

Su Jixiang took his arm and smiled at him, and Wei Ling felt that his anger was immediately dissipated by her.

As expected, she is the only beacon of light in my confusion.

"You have no right to speak!" Wei Chengwu was very angry when he was interrupted by a woman.

"Uncle, I am Wei Ling's wife, so I am naturally from the Wei family. Since you said that this house is for the Wei family, then my family should also be a part of the Wei family. According to what you said, you shouldn't monopolize this house, right?" Su Jixiang said with a smile, "If you insist on monopolizing it for this reason, then we can also tear our faces off and go to the government office, but that might alarm His Majesty. If His Majesty gives this house to Wei Ling again in the name of military merit, then you will get nothing, right?"

"How can you speak so vulgarly, woman?" Wei Chengwu's old face sank. "What do you mean by not being able to get it? Did I go through all this for the Wei family just to get this house? I am already the oldest in the Wei family. If you don't listen to me, who else should you listen to?"

"It's true that you are old, and we respect you." Su Jixiang said with a smile, "But this former Duke's Mansion originally belonged to my husband's father. As the saying goes, the father's business is inherited by the son. Now that my father is gone, it should be passed to my husband. But you said you are the oldest in the Wei family. We are considerate of your status and age. If you really want this house, we can discuss it. But it's really unreasonable for you to say that this house is yours!"

"I'm not talking to you. You are not qualified to talk to me here!" Wei Chengwu snorted.

"Uncle, what you said is wrong." Wei Ling said, "Su is my wife, and what she says is what I say. If you don't want to listen to my wife, then let's meet at Jingzhao Yinfu tomorrow?"

Wei Chengwu's face changed.

He controlled Wei Ling because he knew that Wei Ling was a filial child. Even if he occupied the house and refused to give up, Wei Ling would give up out of guilt and respect for him.

Although this house is dilapidated now, it will be priceless once it is used for restoring. This is the best area in the capital city where every inch of land is valuable, and it is such a large mansion. Apart from the imperial palace, there is no other mansion that can compare with this Duke's Mansion!

This place is not only priceless, but also represents the highest honor given by an imperial dynasty to its subjects.

Wei Chengwu never thought of returning this place to Wei Ling since he returned to the capital.

Wei Ling accepted all the money that someone brought back to repair the house, but only the part where he lived was repaired. He kept the rest of the money as his own money.

He wanted to wait for Wei Ling to come back, occupy the house, and then sell it.

Since you're going to sell it, why bother spending more money repairing it?

He just waits to collect the money.

But today, he didn't expect that Wei Ling's wife would speak so strongly.

And Wei Ling also stood on his wife's side!

Wei Chengwu knew in his heart that if the ownership of the house really went to court, he would probably have no share. After all, Wei Ling was now highly valued by His Majesty, and His Majesty could not award the house to an old man in order to win over Wei Ling.

The reason why he was so confident before was that he took advantage of the fact that Wei Ling was his junior, and since Wei Ling had been implicated in the Duke's Mansion and suffered so much, he could take advantage of this junior Wei Ling.

“Good, good, good! What a disrespectful woman you are!” Wei Chengwu covered his chest and took two steps back. His face showed a look of pain. He shook his shoulders as if he had a heart palpitation. “Ouch, my chest hurts! Oh, I can’t take it anymore! Quick, quick, call someone for me!”

"Someone, please call a doctor for my uncle!" Wei Ling frowned as he looked at his appearance, suppressing his displeasure.

Wei Ling couldn't guess whether Wei Chengwu's heart pain was real, but even if he was pretending, he couldn't expose him now, so he could only call a doctor.

Soon, someone called a doctor over, and after some diagnosis and treatment, the doctor came out from the inner hall.

"Sir, how is our uncle's health?" Su Jixiang walked over and asked.

"Oh, don't worry, Madam. The old man is in good health, but he lost some money in the past few years and needs to rest." The doctor couldn't diagnose anything wrong, but he took Wei Chengwu's money, so he could only say this. As an old man in the capital, he naturally knew who the house belonged to. Even if the people living here no longer inherited the title of the Duke's Mansion, they were still out of reach of ordinary people like him.

He could only try to fool around.

He took the silver and couldn't get himself involved, so that's all he could say.