The cold husband can't warm me up, I don't love him anymore

Although Cui Zizhen did not show any special favor to her during the fifteen years of raising her, he never blamed her.

As a child, she didn't want to overdo things.

But now it seems that Cui Zizhen did not treat her as his own daughter at all.

When the Yue family was still alive, he agreed to the marriage and let Cui Fangyi take over.

When the Yue family fell, he turned around and pulled her to fill the hole.

Now that I think about it, the reason why Liu said so blatantly that her mother's dowry had been used up by taking medicine, leaving only that little bit of property, was because of that.

This may not have been without her father's approval.

But at that time, her heart was completely devoted to Shen Du.

Even if he rejected the marriage, he was only thinking about escaping and had no time to think about what was going on.

Although he woke up later, it was too late.

Unexpectedly, Cui Zizhen would do such a thing again, giving her a chance to reconsider her decision.

Then don't blame her for being cruel and ruthless.

This time, she wanted to destroy the entire Cui Mansion and make Cui Zizhen completely lose the idea of ​​climbing up.

Otherwise he would rack his brains to find opportunities with her again.

Sure enough, Cui Zizhen just glanced at the dowry list and threw it aside.

"Lingyi, Daddy didn't know anything about this. As long as you agree to marry into Yue's family, Daddy will make up for your mother's dowry!"

Hearing these understatement, Cui Lingyi felt even colder in her heart.

"I don't believe what Dad said."

Cui Zizhen said anxiously, "How can you not believe Dad? That Liu is so bold and reckless, Dad was really deceived. You have to believe Dad!"

This attempt to defend himself only makes things more obvious.

Cui Lingyi couldn't help but sneer.

"Dad, I didn't say I don't believe you were deceived by Liu. I just don't believe you will really make up for all of mother's dowry."

Cui Zizhen was startled for a moment, then said awkwardly, "Dad thought..."

He gave a dry laugh and immediately began to curse and swear again.

"Don't worry, Lingyi. Dad will definitely make up for your dowry before you get married!"

Cui Lingyi shook her head.

"Dad, as far as I know, you gave away a lot of mom's dowry."

She picked up the dowry list beside her and pointed at one at random.

"For example, this plain koi carp polished glaze plate is worth 3000 taels of silver. It is now in the home of my father's boss!"

"And this blue-glazed, gold-painted lotus-patterned mallet vase was originally a pair. You gave one to Li Daxueshi of the Hanlin Academy, and the other to..."

"Stop, stop, stop..." Cui Zizhen was shaking with anxiety.

This matter was originally a scandal.

He got carried away at the time and somehow gave the pair of bottles to two people separately. As a result, neither of the two people liked him anymore.

He is now in a difficult situation!

"Lingyi, let's not talk about these things, they are all things of the past!"

Cui Lingyi said, "I have no intention of bringing up your father's scandal. I just want to ask you how you plan to make up for these things? Are you going to go door to door to ask for them?"

"How is this possible? My father would be beaten to death!" Cui Zizhen laughed awkwardly.

"Then what Dad meant was that everything he said just now was a lie. He had no intention of letting his daughter marry off in a grand manner. He was just lying to her!"

Cui Zizhen felt somewhat embarrassed when his thoughts were exposed.

But now is the critical moment to persuade Cui Lingyi, he must not reveal any flaws!

Then he forced a smile and said, "Lingyi, Daddy will never lie to you, no matter who you are! Daddy will find a way!"

"What can we do? Please explain it clearly, so that Lingyi can prepare for her marriage without any worries."

Cui Lingyi sneered and looked at him with cold eyes.

It seemed as if some beast was eyeing its prey.

Cui Zizhen couldn't help but shudder.

Why does it feel like his daughter has changed after going out?!

Become extra powerful!

This left him no way to continue to fool around verbally.

"Lingyi, how about this? For the things that have been given away or are no longer there, Dad will use silver to replace them for you. I will use the market price, and I will convert all of them into silver. This should be fine, right?"

Cui Lingyi laughed again, "Dad, if all these things were to be cashed in, it would be at least 50,000 or 60,000 taels of silver. Can we still take that out from our account book?"

"...Dad will definitely have a way!"

"Really? Then please tell me, where did these fifty or sixty thousand taels of silver come from?"

"Why are you forcing your father, kid?"

Cui Zizhen gritted his teeth, glanced at Li Huaniang beside him, and pulled Cui Lingyi aside to talk.

"Lingyi, let me tell you the truth. Dad is going to use all the money in my savings box to help you pay for it. You can't let anyone know about this!"

Cui Lingyi didn't care about whether he had any hidden money or not, and asked loudly, "Dad, do you have any hidden money? Do you have 50,000 or 60,000 yuan?"

Li Huaniang's eyes widened in shock, and Cui Zizhen slapped his thigh in anxiety.

"I told you not to shout..."

Cui Zizhen really has some private money.

In order to guard against Liu, Cui Zizhen took out part of his money and lent it out to people at high interest rates.

After all this, over the years, I actually made tens of thousands of dollars.

"Dad, in this case, you should take the silver back today."

Cui Zizhen looked distressed and asked, "Bring it back today?"

"Yes." Cui Lingyi said as if it was a matter of course, "Didn't Dad want me to get married soon? It's time to buy some things!"

"Then you don't have to bring everything back! Can't dad buy it for you?" Cui Zizhen wanted to refuse again.

Cui Lingyi said sternly, "Dad, this is exactly what I want. After you get the silver back, you have to let me handle it."

"This..." Cui Zizhen hesitated, feeling that something was wrong.

"Dad, you know that my mother passed away early, and I have never learned how to manage a household. This is a good opportunity for me to learn. Otherwise, I don't know how I will live when I go to the Yue family."

Cui Zizhen frowned, "What if you take the money but don't buy a dowry, or don't marry into Yue's family..."

"Dad, why are you so confused? If it was so easy not to get married, you wouldn't be in such a hurry to let me come back! Besides, when the time comes to prepare the dowry, you can let Aunt Li come with you, or send someone else!"

Seeing Cui Lingyi's clear and sincere words, Cui Zizhen's sudden suspicion disappeared like the wind.

Although the Yue family has not made the engagement public yet, they have discussed it privately several times, expressing their desire to marry Cui Lingyi as soon as possible.

In that situation, it was impossible to cancel the engagement.

Since the man does not cancel the engagement, he naturally has no way to cancel the engagement unilaterally.

Now this marriage cannot be changed.

We can only stabilize Cui Lingyi first!

At worst, I can exchange all the dowry and keep it for Fangyi.

After all, Fangyi was going to marry into the prefect's mansion.

No, I will be joining the cabinet soon...

Thinking of this, Cui Zizhen immediately agreed.

"Okay, Daddy promises you! Go get the silver right away!"