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

Guan Surong was now being treated coldly in the Yan Mansion, because Yan Yuzhi was going to marry the main wife into the mansion soon, so Guan Surong, the concubine who usually lived a good life relying on the favor, now had no status at all.

The concubine who usually came to curry favor with Guan Surong no longer came, and her daily allowance was the same as other concubines. Guan Surong, who had always been proud and arrogant, could not stand such cold treatment, and she was now determined to make Yan Yuzhi's marriage fall through.

The Zhao family's official position in the capital is only the fifth rank, but Yan Yuzhi's reputation in the capital is not very good, and it is extremely difficult to get close to such a family. The Yan family's business has been going downhill, and Guan Surong can make a fuss about it.

Guan Surong thought about it and asked the maids around her about the news of the new grandmother. "I heard that the Zhao family lives in the east of the city. The house doesn't look very big. I'm afraid they just came to the capital and haven't found a firm foothold yet."

Seeing this, the little girls immediately became interested and pulled Guan Surong to start talking about Zhao Yunyan's family. "Aunt, you don't know, the Zhao family just came to the capital a few days ago. They were supposed to be promoted to fourth-rank officials, but later they found out that the Ministry of Personnel made a mistake and only left a fifth-rank official for their family. Because of this, the Zhao family was laughed at by the officials in the capital. I also heard that the Zhao family has no foundation in the capital, and Zhao Yunyan's marriage is not going well in the capital, and now the Zhao family is short of money. Look at the Zhao family's mansion now, it's not as big as the two courtyards of our Yan Mansion. Otherwise, how could a Beijing official be willing to marry his daughter to our second master."

Guan Surong understood what was going on when she heard this. She was afraid that Zhao Yunyan still didn't know anything about the treatment in the Yan Mansion, let alone who Yan Yuzhi was. The Yan family's business was not going well now. If she let Zhao Yunyan know about this, the Zhao family might not be willing to marry their daughter to her.

Guan Surong made up her mind and said to the maids, "Second Master attaches great importance to this marriage. You guys should not spread the news about the Zhao family in the mansion, so as to avoid Second Master getting angry if he finds out."

After Guan Surong finished speaking, she immediately turned around and walked out of the house.

Now, she had to think of a way to let the Zhao family know what kind of person Yan Yuzhi was. Zhao Yunyan was a spoiled young lady with a bad temper. If she knew that Yan Yuzhi was such a person, she would not be willing to have any more disputes with this family. In addition, Guan Surong was always good at speaking and acting.

As Guan Surong said this, she asked someone to find out when Zhao Yunyan's personal maid would go out.

Knowing that Zhao Yunyan's personal maid had gone out, Guan Surong hurriedly sent a car to follow her, and waited in advance at the place where Zhao Yunyan's maid often bought hair oil.

The maid bought the powder and hair oil and was about to leave, but she heard another maid not far away say, "Auntie, you used to use the best hair oil, why don't you buy it now?"

"The Yan family's business has been in trouble recently, and Yuzhi is not having an easy time either. Now each concubine's share is reduced, so let's be frugal." Guan Surong said slowly with a hint of sadness on her face, "The grandmother in the mansion is coming soon, and the mansion will definitely make this marriage dignified. As concubines, we should also save money for the master."

The aunt who originally wanted to leave saw this scene and immediately sat down and started eavesdropping on their conversation.

"Auntie, when will the business in this mansion get better? We can't keep living like this. I see that Auntie usually eats bird's nests, and now she can't even drink chicken soup." Clinic followed what she had said to Guan Surong in advance, and looked at Guan Surong and said word by word, "Now the business is not good, and there are more than 20 concubines in the mansion to support. How can we live in the future?"

Guan Surong looked at Clinique and sighed, "Who knows? I heard the master say a few days ago that the future may be difficult. I don't know what to do in the future, so let's take it one step at a time."

Guan Surong said, then changed the subject, looked at Clinique beside her and said slowly, "Don't say these things outside in the future. It would be bad if the grandmother who is about to marry into the family knew about it."

"The girl was originally a legitimate daughter of an official family. If her family had not fallen into poverty, she would not have fallen to the point of being someone's concubine. If the master had not promised to give the girl the status of a legitimate grandmother, how could the grandmother believe the master's one-sided words and enter the Yan Mansion as a concubine..."

"What's the point of talking about this now? Let's go back quickly." Guan Surong said, and led Clinique out the door.

And the little maid who heard the news must have hurried back to the Zhao Mansion to report it.

Guan Surong took the maid and returned to the Yan Mansion as if nothing had happened. Now Yan Yuzhi was already thinking about when to go to the Zhao Mansion to propose marriage. Guan Surong thought to herself that Yan Yuzhi would receive the Zhao family's letter of withdrawal of marriage soon. He had been hiding it from Zhao Yunyan, not letting others know that he had taken so many concubines. But there is no such thing as a wall that is impenetrable, and now the Yan family's business has gone wrong.

What the Zhao family is most concerned about now is whether they have the money to help them tide over the difficulties. The Yan family is not small, but after Guan Surong's exaggeration, Zhao Yunyan is now afraid of Yan Yuzhi's hatred.

Guan Surong guessed correctly. A few days later, someone from the Zhao family really came to the door. Zhao Yunyan’s biological mother, Liu, came in person.

Guan Surong originally wanted to find an opportunity to eavesdrop, but she didn't want to be too blatant. Who would have thought that the Zhao family was now at the end of their rope, counting on the Yan family's betrothal gifts to save their family from the dire situation. As for Yan Yuzhi's concubines, they were put aside. The two families agreed that when Zhao Yunyan came to the house, if they didn't like anyone, they would dismiss them, which was acceptable. What they were more worried about now was whether Yan Yuzhi's betrothal gifts could be taken out.

In this way, Yan Yuzhi's biological mother naturally turned the situation around with her eloquence. After the two families said this, the marriage was decided even faster, and Zhao Yunyan was going to marry soon.

Guan Surong's actions actually made Zhao Yunyan marry him faster.

When Guan Surong found out about this, she was so angry that her nose almost turned crooked. But now the marriage between the two families was already set in stone, so she couldn't interfere.

What she didn't expect was that, while the Yan family was relatively peaceful now, something really big had happened in her current home, the Guan Mansion.