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

Mother Hua came in worriedly. When she saw Song Wanning, she knelt on the ground to express her loyalty. "Madam, I wonder what you want me to do today? I am usually busy with the affairs of the courtyard, so it is rare for me to see you."

"Mother Hua, you are my concubine. Now your whole family has married with me, and you are my confidant." Song Wanning looked at Mother Hua with a faint smile on her face. "Originally, it was not Mother's turn to be the concubine, but the mother who followed me before was old. Father thought it was not decent to have no concubine, and was afraid that I would not have a caring helper in the Prime Minister's Mansion, so he gave Mother to me as a dowry. Since Mother came here, I have never lacked anything for her. Is that what Mother said?"

Mother Hua didn't even dare to raise her head now, she just lowered her head to comfort herself, "Madam, you are right. Ever since I married you, I have been grateful to you. My husband is now managing the farm for you, and my daughter is now serving you. I would never dare to do anything to let you down."

Song Wanning laughed when she heard this. "Since you are thinking about me, why did you help the people outside to deliver the letter? Could it be that you don't know the rules of our Prime Minister's Mansion?"

Upon hearing this, Mother Hua broke out in a cold sweat and kowtowed to Song Wanning, "Madam, please check carefully. Although I helped deliver a letter once, it was not a very important one."

Song Wanning narrowed her eyes and looked at Mother Hua, and said coldly, "How do you know that the letter is not important?"

Mother Hua was already choking on her words at this point. Seeing Song Wanning stammering, she said, "I asked about this letter in advance, and only sent letters that were not important. But it is still against the rules, so please punish me, Madam."

Song Wanning glanced at Mother Hua and said coldly, "Mom, you might as well think more about yourself now. Since you have become my concubine and followed me to marry, you are still thinking about your former master in the Prime Minister's Mansion. If you are so loyal to your former master, then I might as well help you and let you follow your former master."

Mother Hua was so frightened after hearing this that she immediately knelt on the ground and kowtowed repeatedly, "Madam, I know I was wrong, and I will never do it again. If it weren't for Madam Nan's kindness to my daughter, I would not have dared to refuse. I would never have helped deliver the letter. Please forgive me this time."

"In that case, it's not impossible to forgive you this time." Song Wanning looked at Mother Hua and said softly, "I just hope that you will know where you are from in the future. Don't end up helping outsiders when you work in the Prime Minister's Mansion. If there is any disturbance outside in the future and you continue to deliver letters, don't blame me."

Mother Hua looked miserable when she saw this, and said to Song Wanning, "Madam is right, I will definitely follow the rules and regulations in the future. If there is any letter from outside for me to pass on, I will bring it to you first if I cannot refuse it."

"Okay, thank you for your hard work, Mom."

Mother Hua retreated after hearing the voice. Just as she was leaving the house, her daughter Huang Li came up to her and said to her, "Mother, the lady came to see you. What did she say?"

Mother Hua wiped the sweat off her face and said with fear, "It's nothing else. It's all about helping the former Second Madam deliver a message. The Prime Minister's Mansion has strict rules. Maybe the servants saw me delivering the message and reported it to the Madam. They came to punish me specifically."

Huang Li curled her lips and said, "It's just a letter. After all, the Second Madam helped us a lot in the past. If it weren't for the Second Madam, my daughter would have died when she was young. How can I refuse such a small favor now?"

"After all, it's the former Second Wife and our current Wife who are competing against each other. We servants should stay out of it. Otherwise, I'm afraid that we will be implicated in the end." Mother Hua sighed, "Now that you have helped once, don't help next time. We are now in the Prime Minister's Mansion. If the Madam finds out and gets angry, our whole family will be in trouble."

Huangli heard what Hua Mama said and responded unconvincedly, "Mother, although our family is the Madam's dowry, mother and I are embarrassed in front of Madam. Madam's personal affairs are now done by her two personal maids, and our other little maids have to listen to Caique and Zhuque. Later, Xique was added, but she is even more useless. She follows Madam around all day and cannot be ordered around."

"Finish your own work first, and then you're afraid of not having a chance?" Mother Hua shook her head. "After all, Zhuque and Caique grew up with Madam. Later, when Madam suffered unfair treatment in the Zhongping Marquis's mansion, these two maids followed her closely. It's not surprising that such servants are valued. After all, we are Madam's companions, so we have to follow Madam."

Huang Li had no choice but to respond and put the matter aside, but he felt unwilling in his heart.

A few days later, Cui Xiaoxiao went to the teahouse where Song Wanshi had agreed to meet according to the address in the letter, but this time it was not her who came in person, but Nan Hongqiu who came.

Nan Hongqiu was a man who had lived half his life. When he saw Cui Xiaoxiao, he smiled and said, "Young lady, please sit down. Don't be afraid. It was my daughter who wanted to see you, but my daughter has not been feeling well recently, so I came to see you. It's the same whether I come or my daughter comes."

Cui Xiaoxiao sat down after hearing the voice, looked at Nan Hongqiu and smiled faintly, "It's really troublesome for Madam to make this trip. I wonder what Madam is here for today?"

"It's nothing serious. I just heard from Sister Shi that she had some disagreements with you when she was in the Marquis Zhongping's Mansion. I came here to apologize to you first. Sister Shi has been spoiled since she was a child, so she doesn't have much tolerance after she went to the Marquis' Mansion. I hope you won't argue with her."

Nan Hongqiu said as he took out a box from his sleeve, opened it, and pushed it in front of Cui Xiaoxiao, smiling faintly, "This thing is just a small gift for the girl."

"Madam, now that you are here, just speak frankly." Cui Xiaoxiao saw Nan Hongqiu taking out a valuable jade bracelet and knew that she probably wanted to ask for something.

"The girl is really straightforward. It's not a big deal. It's just related to where the girl is now."