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

Song Wanning smiled helplessly, looking at Liu Yuyuan who had just left the yard, and sighed, "Who said it wasn't true? But after all, the Second Master and I don't have much affection for each other. He cares so much about Xiao Xiao, so I guess we really love each other."

After hearing this, Liu Yuyuan felt even more sorry for Song Wanning. "You married him at the age of fourteen and became the mistress of the Marquis's mansion. You managed the household for him for three years. Now he just casually brings a concubine to walk around the city without taking you seriously? This is too much!"

Liu Yuyuan looked at Song Wanning with distress in her eyes, and said worriedly, "Wanning, you are now at a very young age, you must not continue to waste away in this mansion. I think you should just divorce that guy and live your own life."

"My father and brother haven't come back yet, so we have to wait until they come back to make a decision." Song Wanning had her calculations in mind, so she just comforted him, "Don't worry, the reputation outside is all false. Now that I don't have the power to manage the household, I am actually living a happier life than before. Besides, now that he has brought his concubine into the house, people will only say that he favors his concubine over his wife, which will make his career as an official even more difficult. Now that I'm away, those wealthy ladies may feel sorry for me and get closer to me."

"You know how to comfort yourself." Liu Yuyuan was amused by what Song Wanning said.

The mother at the concierge knocked on the door and said to Liu Yuyuan inside, "Grandma, now that most of the guests have arrived, it's time for us to start the banquet. Please take the young master to the front hall.

"I understand." Liu Yuyuan responded, picked up the child who was sleeping soundly in the cradle, and went out with Song Wanning.

The main hall of Pingyuan Marquis' Mansion was now crowded with people. Liu Yuyuan was followed by a dozen maids and old women, who stood beside Fang Sui to protect her.

"Thank you all for taking the time out of your busy schedule to come to my humble abode to celebrate my son's full moon today." Fang Sui said, picking up the wine glass on the table and looking at the people sitting at the table, "I'll drink this first, everyone can enjoy as they please."

The atmosphere suddenly became lively, and Liu Yuyuan even pulled Song Wanning to sit at the table with the most noble women in the capital. Now, all the women sitting at this table were either rich or noble in the capital.

Before Song Wanning got married, she had some contact with the daughters of wealthy families in the capital. Unfortunately, after she got married, she devoted herself to taking care of household chores and became estranged from these noble ladies.

Liu Yuyuan pulled Song Wanning to sit down, and just looked at the women beside her and said, "Wanning rarely comes here, so we sisters will say whatever we want, and we should just do it the same as before."

There were women at the table who were unhappy. Lu Zijun, the daughter of the Minister of Works, who was sitting next to Liu Yuyuan, was always straightforward. She said, "Since Wan Ning became the mistress of the house, she has no time to play with us sisters. I held a chrysanthemum banquet in my house before, but Wan Ning didn't come. Yuyuan, you are so popular."

"I was busy with housekeeping before, and neglected you sisters for a while. It's my fault." Song Wanning said, lifting the wine glass on the table and drinking it all. "I'll drink this glass first, as an apology to you sisters. I hope you can forgive me this time. Now I don't manage the family anymore. If there is any problem in anyone's house, I will be the first to go to their house."

The atmosphere at the table was immediately lifted.

Song Wanning had never had any enmity with these noble ladies before she got married. Now with Liu Yuyuan mediating between them, it only took her a short time to get familiar with them.

Cui Xiaoxiao, who was sitting at the same table with those undistinguished families in the capital, looked at Song Wanning and clenched her handkerchief in hatred.

She had just asked, and those sitting next to her were all family members of sixth or seventh rank officials in the capital. Even so, when those girls heard that she was a concubine, they smiled but looked at her with disgust in their eyes.

As Cui Xiaoxiao looked at Song Wanning like this, she became more and more jealous. She was now the mistress of the Marquis' Mansion, but she had to consider the faces of outsiders when she went out. Her role as the mistress was really cowardly.

Cui Xiaoxiao thought about it and glanced at Wen Tingbo, who was at the men's table in the distance and had no time to pay attention to her. Cui Xiaoxiao glanced at the wine glass on the table again, then picked up the wine glass and walked towards the table where Liu Yuyuan was.

Cui Xiaoxiao raised her self-proclaimed friendly face, and pretended to be delicate as she lifted the hair that fell by her ear. She looked at Liu Yuyuan and said, "Is this Second Madam Fang?"

Liu Yuyuan had never seen Cui Xiaoxiao before, so she naturally didn't know who she was. She just thought she was a family member brought by an official from the capital, so she smiled back and said, "That's right, who is this sister?"

"When I was at home, I heard Tingbai talk about the grace of Second Madam Fang. Now that I have seen her, I feel that Tingbai is still being modest. I can't even take my eyes off her." At this time, except for Song Wanning, all the other noble ladies on the table were looking at Cui Xiaoxiao. Cui Xiaoxiao was very proud in her heart, so she said lightly, "I am Tingbai's wife, the mistress of the Zhongping Marquis's mansion."

As soon as Cui Xiaoxiao finished speaking, the faces of the people at the table were filled with surprise and sarcasm, as if they had never seen such a shameless concubine who dared to come to the house and claim to be the mistress of the house.

The other noble ladies were still holding back, but Lu Zijun laughed out loud, looking at Cui Xiaoxiao and saying, "As far as I know, the mistress of the Zhongping Marquis's mansion, Wen Tingbo's wife is only this Sister Song next to me. When did the law change so that he can marry two wives now?"

Cui Xiaoxiao saw that she was being laughed at and her face turned red. However, she was still thinking about saving some face for herself and said, "Although I am a concubine, I am the real mistress of the house in the Marquis's Mansion. The Marquis's Mansion is a big family, and Tingbai also protects me and doesn't take Song Wanning seriously at all. If I am like this, how is I different from the mistress of the house?"

When Cui Xiaoxiao said this, everyone around was in an uproar.

In Shengjing today, which marquis family would dare to favor a concubine and ignore his wife? I'm afraid only the Zhongping Marquisate could do such a shameful thing, and they even let this concubine be the housekeeper. It's simply appalling.

The male officials sitting not far away looked at Wen Tingbo with complicated eyes and immediately started talking in a low voice.

"The Zhongping Marquis' Mansion didn't even know how to cover up such a shameful thing, and even flaunted a concubine in public." Lu Zijun slammed the cup in his hand on the table, looked at Cui Xiaoxiao and sneered, "In this world, there are still idiots like Wen Tingbo who favor his concubine over his wife? Wan Ning is probably unlucky for marrying into the Zhongping Marquis' Mansion. In my opinion, rats breed from generation to generation. I'm afraid that there is not a single good man in the Zhongping Marquis' Mansion. They are all such idiots who favor their concubines over their wives."

It was not until now that Cui Xiaoxiao realized that she had gotten into trouble.