Favoring concubines and ignoring wives? The mistress of the marquisate remarried a powerful official

Cui Xiaoxiao put the account book on the table in a panic and stood up. She immediately showed a tolerant smile, walked forward and took Wen Tingbo's hand, and said coquettishly, "It's nothing, Tingbo, it's just that the manager did something wrong. I told him that I don't blame him, but he wanted to kowtow and apologize and I couldn't stop him."

"is it?"

Wen Tingbo looked at the manager kneeling on the ground with doubt. Before he could recover, Cui Xiaoxiao had already leaned into Wen Tingbo's arms.

"Of course, Tingbai, don't you believe me?" Cui Xiaoxiao pouted and looked at Wen Tingbai, "Tingbai, you don't know how tired I am to take care of so many things for this big family by myself."

Wen Tingbai looked at the spoiled Cui Xiaoxiao, and his heart melted. He didn't even remember the housekeeper who had made a mistake. He just hugged Cui Xiaoxiao and said with a smile, "Thank you for your hard work, Xiaoxiao. What would this family do without you?"

"That's more like it." Cui Xiaoxiao coaxed Wen Tingbo, but secretly worried about herself.

Wen Tingbai touched Cui Xiaoxiao's head and comforted her, "I heard that there will be a full moon banquet in the capital tomorrow. The banquet is hosted by Pingyuan Marquis Mansion in the capital. I will go to the banquet, and Xiaoxiao will wait for me at home."

"Full moon banquet?" Cui Xiaoxiao was moved when she heard Wen Tingbo's words. She hugged Wen Tingbo and said, "I want to go too. Can you take me? I have never been to a full moon banquet before."

"This..." Wen Tingbai looked embarrassed, "The full moon banquet is usually attended by the wife of the mansion. I'm afraid it's inconvenient for Xiao Xiao to go with him."

"Well, Wen Tingbo, you said you only loved me, but now you only brought your wife to the full moon banquet. You were just tricking me into marrying you." Cui Xiaoxiao started crying again, punching Wen Tingbo's chest with her fists.

Wen Tingbo was very fond of Cui Xiaoxiao. Seeing Cui Xiaoxiao's eyes red with tears, he agreed to everything. "Don't be angry, Xiaoxiao. I will discuss it with Wan Ning. I'm afraid she might agree."

"Then go quickly, I'm waiting for your news." Cui Xiaoxiao wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes and watched Wen Tingbai walk towards the yard where Song Wanning was.

There is a stone table in the south courtyard where Song Wanning is. The stone table is covered by the green shade in the courtyard. Song Wanning is writing calligraphy on the stone table.

Perhaps she had some free time because she no longer had the butler's key. She was only wearing a green robe and her long hair was tied up with a plain hairpin. A lot of her hair flowed from her back to her chest and fell on the stone table.

Song Wanning had no extra decorations on her body. She lowered her head and wrote the characters very seriously. Her scallion-like fingers held the brush and wrote on the rice paper. She looked so elegant, as if she had blended into the surrounding scenery.

Wen Tingbai once again discovered that his wife, who was arranged by his parents and matchmaker, was so beautiful. He could only think of a poem, "The lotus emerges from clear water, naturally without any decoration."

Wen Tingbai stood and watched for a long while, until Song Wanning's maid Caique came out of the room and said in surprise, "The Second Master is here."

Song Wanning looked up in surprise when she heard that, and just in time saw Wen Tingbai standing at the door.

Song Wanning put down the brush, stepped forward and bowed to Wen Tingbai, saying, "Second Master came but didn't say anything. The maids are neglecting Second Master."

"It's okay." Wen Tingbai felt that his little thoughts had been discovered, and he touched his neck awkwardly.

Song Wanning's eyebrows were still calm. She looked at Wen Tingbai and said, "Second Master, you are here now. I'm afraid you have something important to say."

Wen Tingbai looked at Song Wanning and finally remembered why he came. Now he found it difficult to speak when he saw Song Wanning like this, but he still said, "Wanning, tomorrow... Xiao Xiao also wants to go together. Can you take her to Pingyuan Marquis Mansion with you?"

"Tomorrow's party will be attended by the wives and children of each family." Song Wanning did not seem unhappy about Wen Tingbo's appearance. She just said calmly, "If Miss Xiao Xiao goes, I'm afraid she will be criticized by the young masters and young ladies of each family, which will not be good for the reputation of the Second Master. If the Second Master insists on taking her, then let's go together."

Wen Tingbai looked at the considerate Song Wanning and felt that what he had done recently was really against the rules. He just looked at Song Wanning and said, "Wanning, thank you for your hard work. Xiao Xiao has a stronger temper, but he has good intentions."

Song Wanning almost laughed out loud.

In her previous life, she teamed up with Wen Xu to cheat her of her power, and finally falsely accused her of practicing witchcraft and cursing the old lady, causing her to be locked up in the small courtyard until she died. Wen Tingbo actually said that such a vicious woman had good intentions.

Song Wanning thought about it but didn't get angry. She just looked at Wen Tingbai and said, "These are what I should do. It's not hard."

Wen Tingbai knew that it was useless to say more, so after a few words of greeting, he left the South Courtyard where Song Wanning was.

Cui Xiaoxiao in the East Courtyard, however, had her eyes on the running water of the Marquis' Mansion. She looked at Tianxiang, her confidant, and asked in a low voice, "Apart from the mistress of the house, who else will come to check the property of the Marquis' Mansion?"

Tianxiang was the maid assigned by Wen Tingbai to Cui Xiaoxiao. She was loyal to Cui Xiaoxiao. After thinking for a while, she replied, "I heard before that the property of the Marquis' Mansion is usually kept by the mistress of the house. When the housekeeper of the South Courtyard was in charge, the old ancestor would check from time to time. I estimate that it will be checked every two or three months. Grandma, the housekeeper, just checked once before, and the next time is probably a long way off."

Cui Xiaoxiao felt relieved after hearing what Tianxiang said. She leaned close to Tianxiang and whispered, "Give this 1,000 taels of silver to the manager of the Rouge Shop and ask him to take care of Liu Da's matter. Tell him that I will go to the Rouge Shop to check on its business when I have some free time in a couple of days."

"Yes." Tianxiang said, and went out to the rouge shop with the silver note.

Wen Tingbai specially assigned a few maids to serve Cui Xiaoxiao. Seeing another mother coming in to urge her to do housekeeping, "Grandma, the first room sent someone to ask when the monthly salary of their room will be paid? The first room said that their eldest grandmother is pregnant again, and they need to pay more monthly salary to protect the pregnancy."

Cui Xiaoxiao's mind was spinning. She was furious when she saw her mother beside her. "The monthly allowance for the eldest wife is what it is. It has already been transferred according to the book. Do you still want more? Nowadays, which big family doesn't have some private money? If you want to preserve the pregnancy, you should use private money. Why do you want to pay everything into the account of the Duke Zhong?"

After hearing what Cui Xiaoxiao said, the mother just winked at Cui Xiaoxiao frantically and whispered, "Grandma, the maids from the first house are waiting outside now. If they hear this and if you offend the first house, I'm afraid they won't let you off easily."

Cui Xiaoxiao didn't take her mother's words seriously at all. "Just listen to me. I am the mistress of the Marquis' Mansion now. How can they have a say in my opinion? The old ancestor still makes the decisions in this family. I will give you as much as you want every month. Don't even think about taking more than a cent."