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

Wen Tingbai looked at Cui Xiaoxiao's pointed chin and felt pity for her. When they first met, they were truly in love with each other. Otherwise, Wen Tingbai would not have returned to Beijing to serve as an official for Cui Xiaoxiao.

Seeing that Wen Tingbo remained silent, Cui Xiaoxiao seized the opportunity, took out a handkerchief from her sleeve to wipe her tears, and whispered, "Tingbo, you still love me, right? Don't you think so?"

Cui Xiaoxiao said, walked a few steps forward to Wen Tingbo, stretched out her hand and timidly held Wen Tingbo's hand, looked at Wen Tingbo and cried, "I know I was wrong, Tingbo, are you willing to forgive me?"

Wen Tingbai recalled that when he first met Cui Xiaoxiao, he was attracted to this delicate and petty girl and fell in love with her. But now that time has passed, he feels that she is ignorant and does not know how to help him, but also makes trouble for him.

Although the friendship is not as deep as before, it still exists.

"Since you know you are wrong, the house arrest can be lifted. Don't make such a mistake again in the future. If it gets out, the whole family will laugh at you." Wen Tingbai said, pretending to read a book and ignoring Cui Xiaoxiao.

"Tingbo, will you come back to the yard to accompany me today?" Seeing that Wen Tingbo agreed to her request, Cui Xiaoxiao began to press the issue, "I haven't seen Tingbo recently. I miss him so much and feel sad that even my face has become pointed."

Seeing the situation, Wen Tingbai was still unwilling to forgive Cui Xiaoxiao, and said in a muffled voice, "I'll take a look at it later if I have time."

"I will definitely wait for you." Cui Xiaoxiao said, wiped the tears from her eyes, turned around and left the study room in a very weak manner.

The mother outside the door was still panting and standing at the door waiting for Cui Xiaoxiao. When she saw Cui Xiaoxiao coming out, she strode forward, put her hands on her hips and looked at her and said, "Aunt, why are you doing this? Since the Second Master has ordered you to reflect on your mistakes, why are you running to the study? Isn't this just making things difficult for us servants?"

Cui Xiaoxiao was no longer frightened now that she was released from house arrest. She looked at her mother and said with a smile, "Mom, the Second Master has already allowed me to think about my mistakes and has allowed me to move around. You should just go wherever you want to stay."

The mother didn't believe it at first, but when she saw Cui Xiaoxiao's expression, she still half believed it and half doubted, "Auntie, are you kidding me?"

"How could I possibly deceive mother?" Cui Xiaoxiao looked at the mother with pride in her eyes, "I used to be loved by the Second Master. Did mother forget?"

"That's true." The mother muttered to herself for a few words and turned away. "In that case, Auntie, go back."

Cui Xiaoxiao returned to the courtyard, but found that the food she ate was still those things that were not presentable, which was really incomparable with the past. She frowned and thought that now she should not only regain the favor of Wen Tingbo, but also change their current predicament of having no money to spend.

Cui Xiaoxiao didn't eat, but put all the food on the table. She was betting that Wen Tingbo still had feelings for her and couldn't bear to let her live such a hard life.

As the sun went down, Wen Tingbai came to the west courtyard just as she had expected.

Cui Xiaoxiao immediately picked up her chopsticks and pretended to eat in small bites. She looked up when Wen Tingbo came in. Cui Xiaoxiao smiled very gently and said to Wen Tingbo, "Tingbo, I wanted to wait for you to eat together, but you never came. The food is cold."

Cui Xiaoxiao said, as if she had thought of something, the smile on her face faded a little, and she glanced awkwardly at the porridge and side dishes on the table, "Tingbai was raised in luxury since he was a child, I'm afraid Tingbai can't eat such a meal, you should not eat it, I will eat it by myself. It's okay for me to suffer, but Tingbai has to go to court."

Wen Tingbai didn't expect that Cui Xiaoxiao's meals were so simple now. Even the servants ate better than she did. Wen Tingbai was surprised and asked, "What's going on? As a concubine, you should have more dishes."

"It's Grandma Cheng. She's the housekeeper now. She said the mansion needs to save money, so she cut my regular dishes in half." Cui Xiaoxiao said, and she lifted the hair beside her ear with empathy, looking at Wen Tingbo and said, "Tingbo, don't go to Grandma to argue. I offended Grandma a few days ago, so it's reasonable for her to make some money in my room now."

Cui Xiaoxiao is now more considerate than before, and she dressed up specially to meet Wen Tingbo. Wen Tingbo felt sorry for Cui Xiaoxiao again.

"She's gone too far." Wen Tingbai was furious and turned around to find the first wife to argue.

Cui Xiaoxiao hurried forward and hugged Wen Tingbo's waist, aggrieved, "Tingbo, as long as you treat me well and come to see me often, I will be satisfied. It's okay even if the food is simple, as long as you can accompany me... I don't want to cause you any more trouble and make you unhappy with my brother and sister-in-law."

After hearing what Cui Xiaoxiao said, Wen Tingbai's heart melted. He turned around and hugged Cui Xiaoxiao and said, "Don't worry, Xiaoxiao, I won't let you live like this forever. Our lives will definitely get better. From now on, you will eat what I eat. I have always been loved by my ancestors at home. She can't watch her grandson starve."

"Tingbo, you are so good to me." After hearing what Wen Tingbo said, Cui Xiaoxiao hugged Wen Tingbo even tighter, "Now that Tingbo has to endure such a hard life because of me, how can I feel at ease? It's all my fault..."

"I don't blame you." Wen Tingbai's heart moved, and he helped Cui Xiaoxiao walk into the house.

The next day, the first wife heard that Cui Xiaoxiao and Wen Tingbai had reconciled, so the regular dishes sent to her returned to normal. It seemed that the first wife did not want to be at odds with the second wife, so she gave Wen Tingbai some face.

Cui Xiaoxiao looked at the dishes in front of her, all of which were exquisite and delicious. Her appetite was aroused, and she told herself in her heart that she must hold on to Wen Tingbo's heart tightly, otherwise she would have no place to stand in this marquis' mansion.

After Cui Xiaoxiao sorted things out, she placed her hopes on the old ancestor. She called Tianxiang and whispered, "The old ancestor has been staying in the yard these past two days and not caring about worldly affairs. I don't know how her grandson is living. Find a chance to get close to the maidservant around the old ancestor today and tell her how Tingbai is living recently."

Tianxiang said yes and was about to leave when Cui Xiaoxiao stopped her, "By the way, remember to let the ancestors know that the wife of Tingbai in the South Courtyard lent money to Tingbai at interest, allowing him to make money to pay off his debts. They are husband and wife, but Song Wanning treated her husband like this. Remember to make Tingbai sound miserable, the more miserable the better, it would be best if the ancestors thought that Tingbai had to eat coarse food every day."

Tianxiang understood and turned around to leave the yard.