It is the time when the clouds stop raining

What is there to welcome in the Northern Country? Even though there is a truce now, it is because their grasslands are dry in summer and cold in winter, and now there is a shortage of food and horses, so they have not harassed Daxia.

However, what surprised Chu Beili was that although they had been experiencing drought since the summer, they had managed to survive the entire winter without hearing of any famine in the north, and the horses on the battlefield were also fat and strong.

Why is that?

There is only one possibility, someone is secretly helping them.

I don't know if Lanlan has detected any useful information.

Now it seems that there has been no letter, so there must be no letter.

However, Lan Lan is usually very cautious in doing things, and not passing on the news is the best news.

Yun Shu was having a meal in the yard today, looking at the soup in front of him. The old lady was bedridden, and he himself was bedridden, and now Li Yuling was the head of the household. The food had returned to the old soup-like diet, which had no nutrition at all. However, Yun Shu could eat it, but Xie Qingyun couldn't. It had been like this for the past few days. Is this what a human should eat? She asked the second room's small kitchen to add extra meals every day.

Anyway, it was the second wife’s own money that was spent, and no one said anything to her face.

In fact, everyone knows that Li Yuling doesn't have any money. It was just the money she embezzled when she was the head of the family.

They have had enough of a luxurious life, so it's no wonder they can't get used to the current food. It's hard to go from extravagant to frugal.

Qu Xueruo didn't expect that after just two days of happy life at the Marquis' Mansion, what she eats and drinks now is not even as good as what she eats at home. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is pig food. According to Qu Xueruo's thinking, even if the mansion has no money, what are the uses of so many maids and servants? Those who should be hired should be hired, and those who should be kicked out should be kicked out. This way, a lot of expenses can be saved every month and left for the master to use. Isn't that great?

I don’t know what Li Yuling is thinking, and Qu Xueruo doesn’t mention it. So let it be. If Xie Liangping comes over that day, her meals will be better. Now she hopes Xie Liangping will come over every day.

Before she got married, her mother told Qu Xueruo that things had come to this point, and no matter what she had been thinking before, she should forget it all now. The right thing to do after she got married was to live a good life and get pregnant with Xie Liangping's child.

Of course Qu Xueruo understood everything, but she would be lying if she said she had no resentment after being treated like that by Xie Liangping on their wedding night.

Fortunately, Xie Liangping was quite gentle during these few days, and Qu Xueruo gradually accepted her fate. She would live here from now on, and Xie Liangping had the looks and status, and she was also his legal wife. Overall, she married into a wealthy family and did not suffer any loss.

My mother also said that Li Yuling had always disliked Xie Yunshu, so she asked her to watch quietly in the Marquis' Mansion and not to take action against Xie Muyun or Xie Yunshu unless it was necessary. She should just sit back and watch the fight.

If Li Yuling wins, then the child she gives birth to will be the eldest son of the Marquis's family.

Even if Li Yuling lost, it didn’t matter, because she would still give birth to a legitimate son.

However, after Qu Xueruo's observation over the past few days, combined with the rumors she had heard before, she seemed to have figured out something. However, this matter was too unbelievable, and she was not quite sure. It seemed that she should go and talk to Xie Liangping's concubine. After all, she had stayed in the mansion longer, and she might know more inside information.

Qu Xueruo came to where Bicao lived. The yard seemed nice, but the food Bicao ate was not as good as her own.

Now Butler Xie orders the kitchen to prepare food according to one’s social status, and there cannot be any mistakes, for fear that someone will find fault with him.

Bicao didn't expect that after so many days, the first person to come was actually the new wife.

She knelt down and saluted: "This servant greets the Madam."

Qu Xueruo said, "I'll tell the Marquis that you are pregnant with the Xie family's child, so you deserve to eat something good."

These words moved Bicao so much that she burst into tears. No one had ever cared about the baby in her belly or the meals she ate these days.

I didn’t expect the new lady to be so nice, worthy of being the mistress of the house. She missed her so much before.

Afraid that she would harm her children.

Come to think of it, Qu Xueruo doesn't like this old man who is the same age as her father.

Ever since Fang Tingshen asked her to find the secret passage in Xie Liangping's study, Bicao paid special attention to Xie Liangping and discovered that he often rested in the study and rarely returned to his own small courtyard.

Moreover, on the day when Li Yuling was taking care of the old lady, Xie Liangping came to her room and asked her about the fetus in her belly.

She thought Xie Liangping would stay, but Xie Liangping actually said that he was going to take care of the old lady. He looked very solemn and didn't seem to be faking it, so Bicao didn't doubt it.

Who would have thought that a few days ago the Second Lady actually said that it was the old lady she was taking care of that night, and that morning she found traces of ambiguity on Xie Liangping's neck.

Combined with what Fang Tingshen had once told her, she felt that she was only one step away from the truth.

But the idea was too bold and she still feels scared.

Qu Xueruo sat down and said, "Like you, I have no status in this mansion, and no one I can talk to." She used to follow behind Song Fendi, and although everyone thought that she and Song Fendi and Xie Qingyun were like sisters, in fact, only Qu Xueruo herself knew that all these were earned by her compromise.

Whenever Song Fendi was unhappy, she would be beaten or scolded. But even so, her parents did not comfort her after returning home. They even blamed Qu Xueruo for being incompetent and unable to please Song Fendi.

Later, through their interactions time and time again, Qu Xueruo gradually found her position. She was a knife to Song Fendi. She had to say what Song Fendi wanted to say, do what Song Fendi wanted to do, and also say and do what Song Fendi dared not say or do. Sure enough, their relationship was much better in the eyes of outsiders.

Bicao said, "If Madam wants to talk to someone, and if you don't mind my status, I can accompany you."

She didn't have any allies in this mansion. If she could get Qu Xueruo on her side, her life in the mansion would be easier.

Qu Xueruo said: "I just got married, and I came here today mainly to get to know you better about the Marquis' Mansion."

In fact, Qu Xueruo knew quite a lot about the Marquis' Mansion before, especially because she often heard Xie Qingyun complain about the Marquis' Mansion and said that all the power in the Marquis' Mansion was in the hands of her mother.

When Bicao heard the purpose of Qu Xueruo's visit, it seemed that Qu Xueruo chose to come to her at the last minute, and she knew a little about the Marquis' Mansion, otherwise why would she choose her.