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

Seeing that Song Wanning had not refuted her opinion, the old lady did not want to find fault with her. Blaming her again and again would only make her seem unreasonable. She said coldly, "Tingbai has finally returned. Hurry up and call Xu'er over to let him recognize his father. This will complete their father-son relationship and provide a source for the filial piety of the father in the future."

Wen Xu was the stepson chosen by the old lady for Wen Tingbai. He had been raised by Song Wanning for a year and was only seven years old.

Song Wanning thought of her past life. She had raised her son for a lifetime, but he turned to outsiders. She felt pain in her heart, but she still responded in a low voice, "I have sent someone to call him. I estimate he will be here soon."

Wen Tingbai's expression became more complicated after hearing this. He knew that he did not marry Song Wanning on purpose. However, he saw that Song Wanning was in her prime. Because he was in such a situation and did not even have a biological child, he had to choose a second wife from outside.

Cui Xiaoxiao felt a little uneasy when she saw Wen Tingbo's reaction, and immediately timidly pulled Wen Tingbo's sleeve. Wen Tingbo came back to his senses, stretched out his arms and took Cui Xiaoxiao into his arms.

Not long after, Wen Xu, the stepson of Wen Tingbai, whom he had never met, came in accompanied by two maids.

Wen Xu was wearing a white robe embroidered with green bamboo. When he saw Wen Tingbai standing in the room, he was stunned for a moment and was too timid to step forward to recognize him.

Although Wen Xu is still young, he looks good. This child was adopted from the family and was personally designated by the old lady. Even though the old lady doesn't like Song Wanning, she still loves Wen Tingbai in her heart, and even designated a child with outstanding appearance for Wen Tingbai.

It’s a pity that this child can’t concentrate on his studies and his temperament is unstable.

Song Wanning thought back to how she had gone through untold hardships in her previous life to teach this child how to read and write so that he could pass the imperial examinations and gain fame. She had been a little too strict with him, but who would have thought that this child would blame her for being too controlling and not allowing him any freedom.

Ever since Cui Xiaoxiao came into the family, Wen Xu and Cui Xiaoxiao became as close as mother and son within two years. Later, she even teamed up with Cui Xiaoxiao to kick her out and make Cui Xiaoxiao the mistress of the mansion.

When Song Wanning thought of this, she looked at Wen Xu and felt that her past life was really not worth it. If she had not married Wen Tingbo, she would not have ended up in such a situation, not even having a child of her own, and raising an ungrateful person who only favors outsiders.

Although Song Wanning thought so in her heart, she did not show it on her face. She took Wen Xu's hand and took him two steps closer to Wen Tingbo, "Xu'er, meet your father."

Wen Xu raised his eyes and glanced at Wen Tingbai. Seeing that he looked serious, he only stammered, "My son greets his father."

As soon as he finished speaking, Wen Xu saw the woman standing in front of Wen Tingbai behind him. Cui Xiaoxiao's appearance was different from Song Wanning's gentle and cold appearance. She had a gentle expression and a dimple at the corner of her lips whether she smiled or not. She was always very close to children.

When Cui Xiaoxiao saw Wen Xu looking at her, she gave a very kind smile.

Wen Xu felt close to Cui Xiaoxiao when he saw her. He saw Cui Xiaoxiao take out a piece of candy from his sleeve and handed it to Wen Xu, "Child, have some candy."

Wen Xu subconsciously turned his head to look at Song Wanning, and only when he saw her nod did he dare to take the candy and said, "Thank you, Auntie."

Seeing that Wen Xu was obedient and Cui Xiaoxiao also liked this child, Wen Tingbai became closer to this child who was not related by blood. He just looked at Song Wanning and said, "Thank you for your hard work. You have taught the child very well in the past two years when I was away."

Song Wanning did not show any joy when she heard Wen Tingbo's praise. She just said lightly, "This is all part of my job. If there is nothing else, Wanning will go down to clean up the yard for Miss Xiao Xiao."

Cui Xiaoxiao, who was standing behind Wen Tingbo, looked at Song Wanning carefully until she walked out of the front hall.

Cui Xiaoxiao didn't expect that the woman that Wen Tingbai mentioned was actually so beautiful, which made her a little worried. In the future, if Wen Tingbai and she get along at home every day, it's hard to say if they develop feelings for each other...

After Song Wanning settled the arrangements in the west courtyard where Cui Xiaoxiao was going to live, she returned to the south courtyard where she lived.

Wen Tingbai was away all year round, and Song Wanning didn't live alone in the main courtyard, which made things uncomfortable. Now that Wen Tingbai was back, she lived in the South Courtyard, which gave her some peace and quiet.

As she looked at the account book of the daily expenses of the Marquis' Mansion, she thought of her past life.

In his previous life, Wen Tingbai only cared about his romantic life with Cui Xiaoxiao and didn't care about the expenses of the mansion. Song Wanning was the only one who managed the food, clothing and daily expenses of the whole family, but Cui Xiaoxiao insisted on the best food and daily necessities.

Although the Wen Mansion was a marquisate with considerable wealth, every branch of this mansion spent money like water. In her previous life, she had used her own dowry to fill one hole after another, and had also run around for the business of the various farms and shops of the Wen Mansion, so that this large family could have no worries about food and clothing.

After being reborn, Song Wanning decided not to care about the life and death of this family anymore and just throw the hot potato of the housekeeper away to save her from being in a thankless job here.

Cai Que, who was standing nearby, saw Song Wan Ning was in a daze again, and quickly reminded her, "Grandma, it's time for you to watch Xu Ge'er write. Xu Ge'er has an unstable foundation and likes to play. You usually see that Xu Ge'er is not willing to write. If grandma is not there to watch over him, it will be difficult for him to pass the imperial examination in the future."

Song Wanning smiled faintly after hearing what Caique said, and said, "Let him be. I've been thinking about it recently. I'm too strict with him. I'm afraid it will hurt the relationship between mother and son. Even if this child can't pass the imperial examination, the Marquis' Mansion can still give him a title. There's no need to worry about him not having an official position in the future. It's my fault for being too strict with him."

Cai Que felt strange. Song Wan Ning usually paid the most attention to Xu Ge'er's homework, but she didn't know why she suddenly changed. Cai Que didn't say much, just said yes.

As soon as Caique went out, Cui Xiaoxiao came over following the voices.

Cui Xiaoxiao stood at the gate, looking at Song Wanning who was looking at the account book. Her eyes revealed an arrogance that Song Wanning did not understand. "Song Wanning, is that you? Do you have time? Can we talk?"

A hint of doubt flashed in Song Wanning's eyes. This was the first time she had seen a girl like Cui Xiaoxiao who was so proud without the blessing of a family. In her previous life, Cui Xiaoxiao often said strange words that Song Wanning didn't understand.

Song Wanning thought of the past life when Cui Xiaoxiao also came to see her, but she was angry at that time and sent someone to chase her away. She was curious about what shocking words she could hear from Cui Xiaoxiao.

Song Wanning closed the account book and asked calmly, "What does Miss Xiao Xiao want to talk about?"