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

Listening to the old lady say this, Song Wanning could only sneer in her heart.

She did try to advise the old lady in her previous life, but the old lady didn't listen to her. Wen Tingbo even treated her like a piece of trash, so she ended up with a miserable ending.

Seeing that Song Wanning didn't say anything, the old lady became even angrier. "I married you in a grand sedan chair just for you to watch me laugh at me. You haven't even given birth to a child. You can't bring more children to our mansion, and you can't help Tingbai advance in his career. I really don't know what's the point of marrying you."

Even Wen Tingbai, who was standing by, couldn't stand it any longer and tried to dissuade him, "Grandfather, this has nothing to do with Wan Ning. This is all my fault. You should just blame me."

"You are still speaking for her now? I am the only bad person in the whole mansion." The old lady said, standing up angrily, looking at everyone and said, "I can't manage this family anymore. You can do whatever you want. I will just give the key to Biyun."

Wen Tingbo and Cui Xiaoxiao were both stunned.

Song Wanning understood clearly that this was the outcome she wanted. As far as she knew, Cui Xiaoxiao had already offended everyone in the first house, and she would not be able to get an extra ounce of silver from Zhonggong in the future.

Wen Tingbai has to help her clean up the mess she left behind, and he is afraid that he can't even take care of himself.

Fei Biyun got the housekeeper's key and did not argue with Cui Xiaoxiao. She just looked at Wen Tingbai and said, "Since my second brother wants to lower himself and continue to get along with Aunt Cui, it is my second brother's turn to find a way to deal with the money Aunt Cui owes the Duke. Now the expenses of the Marquis' Mansion are not enough this month, and we can only make ends meet. I am afraid that my second brother will have to make up for the money lost before the end of the month."

"Sister-in-law... we are all brothers and sisters from the same family. I am afraid that this will only hurt the harmony between brothers." Wen Tingbai said this without blushing or beating his heart. "It's not that I don't want to return the money, but I'm afraid I will have to pay it back later..."

"You will have to pay it back later. This whole family needs to eat." Fei Biyun glanced at Cui Xiaoxiao who was lowering her head, then at Wen Tingbo, and said, "If my second brother can't pay it back, I can only sell you, my beloved concubine, to a brothel to pay off the debt."

"You..." After hearing this, Cui Xiaoxiao finally raised her head and wanted to question, but when she saw Fei Biyun's gloomy face, she lowered her head timidly again.

After everyone left, Wen Tingbai left the mansion to borrow money from his former classmates to pay off his debts.

What Wen Tingbai didn't expect was that not a single colleague in the entire Shengjing lent him money, and some even advised him not to indulge in beauty every day, and that the most important thing was to do his career well.

Wen Tingbai was in a trance, remembering that he had lived a glorious and carefree life in the military camp. However, since he got together with Cui Xiaoxiao, his reputation had been ruined, he could not get promoted, and he was in debt.

Wen Tingbai actually felt a little regretful in his heart. If he had not brought Cui Xiaoxiao back home, he would probably be living happily with Song Wanning now...

Wen Tingbai thought about it and had to return home angrily.

Cui Xiaoxiao in the mansion was also busy, and hurriedly ran to talk to Wen Xu with food. Everyone in the mansion thought that this concubine really loved Xu. Only Song Wanning knew what Cui Xiaoxiao was up to.

Sure enough, not long after, Wen Xu came to the South Courtyard where Song Wanning was, and hesitated for a long time and refused to speak.

Cai Que felt a little distressed when she saw the child, and just smiled and said, "What's wrong with this child, Xu'er? It's a rare visit, but he doesn't even say anything or sit down."

"He has something on his mind, so he naturally doesn't want to sit down because he feels guilty." Song Wanning didn't even raise her eyelids, and said calmly, "Don't worry about him, he will say it if he wants to."

"Yes." Cai Que felt that Song Wanning was a little cold towards this stepson, but she changed her mind and thought that Wen Xu was not Song Wanning's biological son, and he had always been close to Aunt Cui. In this way, it was no wonder that Song Wanning was cold.

After a while, Wen Xu slowly walked up to Song Wanning, bowed politely to her, and said to her, "Wen Xu pays respects to mother."

Song Wanning didn't wait for Wen Xu to respond, but changed the subject and asked, "How are your homework doing recently?"

"Child...recently..." When Wen Xu saw Song Wanning asking her about her homework, he remembered that since Song Wanning no longer watched him do his homework, he put it aside and went to Cui Xiaoxiao's room to play all day.

Now that Song Wanning asked, Wen Xu felt very guilty and just pouted, "When mother sees me, she asks about my homework, but she doesn't even ask if I have enough to eat and clothes to wear."

After hearing this, Song Wanning looked up at Wen Xu. He was only eight years old, but his mind was already very mature. Knowing that he was in the wrong, he changed the subject and put himself on a moral high ground.

In her previous life, Song Wanning always held on to hope that the child was still young and didn't understand anything. Later, Song Wanning even blamed herself for being too harsh on him, which led to the subsequent disaster. As a result, the child and Aunt Cui colluded to kill her. Now it seems that she was really wrong in her previous life.

Song Wanning just sighed, having completely given up on her stepson. "Don't talk about me. Xu Ge'er hasn't come to the courtyard to pay his respects recently. He came today probably to ask me for something. If you want something from me, why not just say it directly?"

Wen Xu's thoughts were exposed by Song Wanning. He was stunned for a moment, but still said sullenly, "My child, I heard from Aunt Cui that Aunt is in debt now. If she doesn't pay it back, she will be sold to a brothel. Please mother, for the sake of my child and my father, show mercy and help Aunt through this difficult time."

Song Wanning just sneered, "I'll show mercy? Why should I show mercy? I'm neither her creditor nor her accomplice. All the troubles now are caused by her. What does it have to do with me?"

The maids and servants standing in the yard all looked at Wen Xu with strange eyes. Originally, Song Wanning had ignored Wen Xu in recent days. Everyone thought that Song Wanning was sad to see Wen Tingbai taking a concubine, so she ignored this stepson.

But now it seems that this adopted child is not as good as a biological one after all. Wen Xu treats her as her own mother just because she has been an aunt for a few months and ignores the mother who has raised her for a year. He is afraid that the embryo is spoiled.

Wen Xu saw that Song Wanning was angry, and quickly bowed his head to admit his mistake, "Mother, don't be angry, this is all my fault, I am really worried about you."

Song Wanning's eyes were indifferent, but Wen Xu felt even more guilty. He only heard Song Wanning slowly say, "These words are just what Aunt Cui taught you. Go back and tell her not to think about taking a single cent of the dowry in my yard. Nothing in this yard belongs to her."