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

Now Wen Xu naturally regards Song Wanshi as his backer. Although Song Wanshi still wants a biological son, she now knows that Wen Tingbai's illness may not be cured in this lifetime, so she can only grit her teeth and accept this stepson.

Now that I have a stepson, it is better than having nothing and living alone until the end of my life.

Fortunately, Wen Xu was sweet-talking and well-behaved, so it didn't take long for Song Wanshi to like him. Song Wanshi was also a lazy person in the past, and now she didn't expect Wen Xu to be successful.

Wen Xu usually looks harmless and well-behaved, but he is actually a deep-minded person who holds grudges. He has always remembered how Cui Xiaoxiao took advantage of him. Now he keeps whispering in Song Wanshi's ear, "Mother, how can you let Cui Xiaoxiao manage your business? Mother, don't you know that she used to run this rouge business, and because the business was not good, she suffered losses and owed a lot of money. In the end, it was father who borrowed money with interest to help my aunt pay back the debt."

"Who told you that?" Song Wanning had just gotten married, so naturally she didn't know about this. Thinking about how a lot of her dowry money had been used to give Cui Xiaoxiao to control the business, she felt very painful for a moment.

Wen Xu acted harmless and told what he knew about Cui Xiaoxiao, "Mother, I'm afraid you don't know that this aunt doesn't know how to do business at all. Not only did she lose money at the beginning, but she also took the money from the family master and squandered it."

Song Wanshi became anxious after hearing what Wen Xu said.

After all, their second wife is not as rich as the first wife. Although her dowry is not small, she cannot give it all to Cui Xiaoxiao to squander.

Song Wanshi was already suspicious, and when she saw the account book sent back by the manager, she became even more anxious.

Although Song Wanshi didn't understand business, she could understand the business flow in the account book. She went to Cui Xiaoxiao with a dark face and said, "You said you would make Song Wanning pay the price and make money for me. How come you spent a thousand taels of silver in such a short time?"

Seeing that Song Wanshi didn't understand her intention, Cui Xiaoxiao immediately explained to Song Wanshi, "Grandma, you misunderstood. Although our shop is losing money now, Song Wanning's shop is now closed. Now in the whole capital, we are the only one that sells rouge like this. It's only a matter of time before we make money."

Song Wanshi was not stupid. She just sneered and said, "I have already asked my maids. You were the one who ran this shop and it went bankrupt. In order to clean up your mess, Wen Tingbai even borrowed a lot of money from Song Wanning to help you pay off your debts. Now that you and Song Wanning have fallen out, you actually want to target me?"

Cui Xiaoxiao became anxious when she saw Song Wanshi was suspicious of her. She looked at Song Wanshi and said, "It was all because of Song Wanning that we were in trouble. If not, I would have been able to keep my shop going strong. Grandma, believe me again. When the time comes, we will open whatever shop Song Wanning wants to open, leaving her with nowhere to go."

Song Wanshi now looked at Cui Xiaoxiao and gnashed her teeth, "I don't dare to trust you anymore. If you don't get your money back next month, I will definitely show you what I can do."

Cui Xiaoxiao has become more anxious than before since she heard Song Wanning say that the shop must make money. Now, turning the rouge shop from loss to profit is more important than anything else.

She was now thinking about raising the price after she had sold the last batch of orders, but she never imagined that the shop would have run out of circulating funds before the last batch of goods came out.

She found the current manager of the shop and asked coldly, "What's going on? Why is there no money to turn around now? We invested so much money, but where is the money we earned?"

The manager had a bitter look on his face, and hurriedly said to Cui Xiaoxiao, "Aunt, the profit of this shop is too low now. Compared with the production, it is a drop in the bucket. We are doing business at a loss, how can we make a profit? If we need money now, I'm afraid we have to talk to Mrs. Bai from the Zhongping Marquis's Mansion, so that we can have money to continue running the business."

"At this critical moment, if I ask grandma for money, wouldn't that be a nuisance for me?" Cui Xiaoxiao paced in place, thinking of ways to deal with it. "Does the manager know if there are any other ways to make money now?"

The manager thought about it and actually came up with a way to make money. He looked at Cui Xiaoxiao and said in a low voice, "There are countless people who lend money at interest in the entire capital. If you are so confident, you might as well borrow money. When you make a profit, you can pay it back immediately, and everything will be fine."

Cui Xiaoxiao was now really thinking about it, but still said cautiously, "I'm afraid this interest money will only be obtained by pledging something. Now I don't have any property, how can I get money as collateral?"

The manager standing by gave Cui Xiaoxiao this idea, "Aunt, this newly opened shop is a good thing to mortgage. Why not mortgage the shop? It will definitely bring in a lot of money."

"No, although this business will definitely make money if it continues for a long time, if the funds cannot be recovered for a while, and then it comes time to repay the money, I'm afraid this business will be difficult to do." Cui Xiaoxiao thought about it and walked straight to the Marquis' Mansion. Now, she had to think of other ways.

She didn't use the shop as collateral for the money, not because she didn't want to, but because the deed to the shop was not in her hands. Now, she had to think of a way to get the deed.

Song Wanshi didn't trust her very much, so such important things were always kept by Song Wanshi herself. As for where they were kept, Cui Xiaoxiao still had to think of a way to find out.

Cui Xiaoxiao returned to Lan Courtyard feeling distressed, and happened to see Wen Xu playing in the yard.

Song Wanshi had been very friendly to Wen Xu in recent days and had no defenses against him. Cui Xiaoxiao suddenly had an idea. She took out a small toy from her sleeve and placed it in front of Wen Xu. She just smiled and said, "Do you want to play? There are more in my aunt's room."

Wen Xu is now at the age when he loves to play, and he likes the toys in Cui Xiaoxiao's hands very much.

Cui Xiaoxiao is a modern person with a lot of strange ideas in her mind. Making such a small toy is a piece of cake for her, but it is a rare object for Wen Xu.

Wen Xu smiled and nodded to Cui Xiaoxiao, then took the toy in his hand and said, "Thank you, Auntie."

Cui Xiaoxiao still thought that Wen Xu was a child who could be won over by a toy. Seeing that he was having fun, she asked in a low voice, "Auntie wants to ask you, where does your grandmother keep the land deeds... the kind with the red seal on them?"