I was a housekeeper in ancient times

Hua Jie'er, who fell to the ground, was used to being domineering and willful. She only had the right to bully others, not the right to be bullied. She was really hurt, and she didn't care that she was still outside. Tears fell and she burst into tears.

Xinlan, who had rushed over, saw Huajie in such a mess, threw the kite in her hand away, rolled up her sleeves, and shouted with a frown: "Third Miss, what are you doing?"

Wan Jie'er was frightened and hid behind Lin Weiqiao tremblingly.

Lin Weiqiao was very tired. Last time, she had experienced how difficult it was to deal with Hua Jie'er and how unreasonable Ding was. To be faced with such a mother and daughter, she was both right and wrong.

She sighed and another war of words began.

Seeing Xinlan scolding more and more fiercely, she said dissatisfiedly: "You don't even know what happened to the two girls, but you can scold the third girl all you want. Even if the third girl made a big mistake, the wife will scold her. How can you scold her?"

Xinlan was suddenly choked. She had always relied on Hua Jie'er's favor and gradually developed a shrewd and hot-tempered temper. She could scold the maids and servants whenever she wanted. Who would dare to disobey her?

Not to mention the maiden of the first wife, she didn't even take the first wife's daughter seriously. What's more, Wan Jie'er was adopted by a distant relative. What kind of girl was she?

"Humph, mom, it was the third girl who beat my daughter first, so what can I say?"

"Of course you can't say that. If you can say that about the third girl, then I can also say that your second girl is bullying the weak."

"You! Mother Lin, you are always confusing right and wrong. It was clearly the third girl who pushed my daughter down first. How could my daughter be in the wrong?"

"You are also a person who is always blind. Didn't you see that the third girl also had scratches on her face? It couldn't be that the third girl scratched herself, right?"

Lin Weiqiao didn't want to waste any more words. No matter how much she talked, Xinlan would only think that Hua Jie'er was being wronged.

She simply took Wan Jie'er away and asked her the reason. She found out that Hua Jie'er always looked down on Wan Jie'er and didn't treat her as her own sister at all. Whenever they met, she either made fun of her or ridiculed her.

Knowing that Meng Xia was coming today, Hua Jie'er deliberately brought it up. Wan Jie'er was sensitive by nature and had a special background, so she couldn't stand other people's gossip.

The two exchanged a few words and then started arguing. Hua Jieer knew Wan Jieer's pain point and called her "a bastard that no one wants."

No one would be able to tolerate this.

No wonder Wan Jieer would take action.

"You did the right thing, young lady. You don't have to feel guilty. It was the second young lady who went too far and said such outrageous things."

She originally wanted to bring Wan Jie'er back to the main house, but then she thought that Ding would come to her house to ask for an explanation, and Ding was an unreasonable person, so she might as well...

She turned and walked back.

Wan Jie'er was puzzled, "Mom, aren't we going back?"

She said, "I'm not going back. I'm going somewhere first. Girl, remember to be a little aggrieved."

At this time in Huangjutang.

The windows were slightly closed, and there were basins of steaming ice in each of the four corners, creating a sense of both coolness and heat.

Old Madam Lu leaned on her side against a soft pillow. She had always been afraid of heat, so as soon as summer came, she had someone bring ice cubes and put them in the house.

But things in the mansion are different from before, and we have to be frugal in everything.

Especially after the eldest wife paid less than half of the public pension, the second wife has more people and higher expenses, and there are places to spend money everywhere.

The housekeeper, Mrs. Ding, was a stingy person. She could only use the money from the main house and the public house, and would not touch her own private house at all.

She originally wanted to ask Ding to find these ice cubes, but Ding made the excuse that the ice cubes were more expensive than in previous years and would not last long, so it would be a waste to buy them.

After all, a daughter-in-law is an outsider and is not as caring as one's own son.

She mentioned it to her youngest son Lu Yuheng, and within a few days, Lu Yuheng brought the ice cubes.

She was very pleased and said, "You are the only one who knows how to be filial to me."

Lu Yuheng sipped his tea, and at this moment, there were only the mother and son. "Mom, I am your son, isn't it my duty to be filial?"

"Your wife doesn't think so. If it weren't for the fact that she gave birth to your children and is my family, I would never let her stay."

"Mother, why should you be angry with her? She is just an ignorant woman. By the way, mother, what about Aunt Lian... Doesn't that mean there is no hope for me?"

When this matter was mentioned, Madam Lu sat up, her eyes darkened, "I planned everything, but I never expected Aunt Lian to suddenly get pregnant."

Lu Yuheng said, "Could it be that the eldest sister-in-law lied on purpose to fight for the title? Everyone in the mansion knows how the eldest brother treats Concubine Lian, so how could she be pregnant? Should we go ask the eldest..."

Madam Lu waved her hands, looking solemn.

She was also involved in Lu Yuxuan's fake death that day.

It can be said that she was the one who facilitated Lu Yuxuan's fake death.

She and Lu Yuxuan had their own thoughts on this matter.

The reason why Lu Yuxuan painstakingly planned this drama was that he had offended Duke Qian. Behind Duke Qian was Concubine Jiang, who was so powerful that Lu Yuxuan could not afford to offend her.

She was a woman and didn't know much about court affairs, but she knew that the current situation in the court was unpredictable. The emperor was in poor health, the crown prince had not been appointed, and it was time for all officials to take sides.

Although Lu Yuxuan did not tell her explicitly, she could vaguely guess that Lu Yuxuan was on the side of the emperor's tenth son, the King of Jingcheng.

Concubine Jiang is the adoptive mother of Prince Huai.

Lu Yuxuan faked his death, which was also instigated by King Jingcheng.

Second, Lu Yuxuan was selfish. He did not like Yu Muyan. He agreed to marry Yu Muyan out of helplessness because he already had someone he liked.

He didn't want the person he loved to be a mistress, but he couldn't divorce Yu Muyan because he had to rely on Yu Muyan's dowry to support the Pingrong Marquis's Mansion, and he also had to rely on the Qi family behind Yu Muyan to do things.

From a big picture perspective, divorcing Yu Muyan would do him more harm than good.

But once Yu Muyan died, things became easier.

After much planning, he decided to fake his death to cover up his tracks, and left a will so that Yu Muyan would die for him and make room for the person he loved.

Old Madam Lu didn't think as much as Lu Yuxuan. Whether Lu Yuxuan's death was fake or real, she wished it would happen. Only in this way could the title naturally fall to her own son.

As the saying goes, raising a child for a hundred years is a matter of worry for ninety-nine years.

From the day she gave birth to Lu Yuheng, she began to plan for Lu Yuheng, and she did not give up even after Lu Yuxuan inherited the title.

As long as Lu Yuxuan has no descendants, the second branch will have hope of inheriting the title.

However, Aunt Lian's pregnancy disrupted her original plan.

"Why are you so anxious? It's just that a concubine is pregnant. Whether she can give birth safely is another matter. Who can guarantee that she is carrying a boy?"

Even if it is really a boy, she has plenty of ways to make the child die in the womb.

Yu Muyan, a proper lady of the baron, was able to switch the son she gave birth to with a new one, let alone a little concubine.

"What is yours will be yours."

As they were talking, the maid said that Wan Jie'er had arrived.

The mother and son looked at each other in confusion.