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

The entrance of Rongfu Hall where the old lady lived was filled with maids and old women, all waiting for instructions from the old ancestor inside.

Song Wanning was called to Rongfu Hall by the old lady. Before she entered the door, the leading mother came to greet her when she saw Song Wanning coming. "Second grandma is here. The old ancestor is waiting for grandma inside."

The mother said this and opened the curtain to let Song Wanning walk into the house.

Song Wanning responded and walked into the inner room, where she saw the old lady sitting on the chair in the middle, resting her head on a soft golden pillow and holding grapes that were not available at the time of the season.

Song Wanning knew why the old lady asked her to come, it was just about the old lady's grandson Wen Tingbai. But the old ancestor was very cool now, and even wanted to take care of her dowry.

Song Wanning wanted to laugh in her heart, but her expression remained unchanged. She walked straight forward and bowed to the old lady sitting above her, "Granddaughter-in-law greets the old ancestor. I pay my respects to the old ancestor."

The old lady glanced at Song Wanning, swallowed a grape, and said coldly, "You are dressed brightly."

Song Wanning was not angry after hearing this, she just smiled and said, "What the old ancestor said is true, but the granddaughter-in-law represents the dignity of the Marquisate when she goes out, so she really dare not not dress herself up."

"You represent the face of the Marquis' Mansion, and your husband Tingbai represents the dignity of the Marquis' Mansion even more." The old lady said, stretching out her palm and slapping it on the table. A loud bang echoed in Rongfu Hall.

"As Tingbai's wife, it's fine if you can't win your husband's heart, but you should also advise him from time to time and not let him make mistakes." The old lady now insisted that it was Song Wanning's fault that Wen Tingbai took a concubine. "You can't do anything now, and you can't help your husband with the aftermath. You can't help his career, but instead ruin his reputation. What kind of daughter-in-law would treat you like this? Tell me."

"I know that I am stupid and cannot do what the old ancestor wants." Song Wanning bowed to the old lady again, "I will definitely reflect on my mistakes at home."

Seeing that Song Wanning was not moved, the old lady's face became uglier and she said angrily, "Look at you, you can't help Bo Ge'er in his career, and you can't even help him with money. Now he is in prison, and you don't help him, but even lend him money at interest? How can there be a wife like you in the world?"

Before Song Wanning could say anything, the old lady continued to scold, "You are living a life of luxury now, and Tingbai is living a life of poverty and poverty every day in order to save money to pay off his debts. How could he have a daughter-in-law as black-hearted as you? He is so unlucky to marry you."

"How could that be, old ancestor?" Song Wanning pretended not to know. "This entire mansion has a quota of clothing and food. Although our mansion is not as good as the royal family, the quota is no less than that. As the eldest son of the family, Tingbai is always well fed and clothed. How could he be short of food and clothing?"

"You..." When the old lady saw Song Wanning say this, she only focused on the interest and looked at Song Wanning and said, "Then why do you lend him interest?"

"Grandfather, this really can't be blamed on my granddaughter-in-law. She really hasn't saved any money over the years. The money she gave to Tingbo to pay off his debts is my granddaughter's dowry." Song Wanning looked at the old lady and sighed repeatedly, "Grandfather really doesn't know that I really had no choice but to do this. Firstly, Tingbo, as the legitimate son of the Marquis's mansion, embezzled his wife's dowry to pay off his debts. It would be shameful if it got out. Although Tingbo is poorer now, no one knows that he took my dowry. He just tells everyone that he borrowed it from outside and has to pay it back every month. Secondly, my daughter-in-law's father is coming back soon. If he comes back and finds that Tingbo has taken all the dowry, he will be angry."

"Now I just ask Tingbai to take out money every month to make up for the dowry, so that I can explain it to my father when I see him." Song Wanning said with a faint smile, "Grandfather said that the grandson's wife's thoughts are always reasonable?"

"You are always right, and you don't know how to be flexible." Seeing that she couldn't win the argument with Song Wanning, the old lady had to wave her hand and support her head and said, "Go out, there are too many people in this room, and I feel dizzy."

Song Wanning said yes, turned around and left Rongfu Hall.

When the old lady saw Song Wanning walk out, she just snorted and said, "This granddaughter-in-law is getting more and more eloquent. She doesn't know how to help Bai'er, nor does she know how to persuade Bai'er. She can't have children, and now she is lending interest to her husband."

The nanny who had been with the old lady for decades saw that this granddaughter-in-law was not welcomed, so she immediately gave advice, "Grandma, Song Wanning doesn't know how to appreciate it. Now her family doesn't like her either, and her father and brother are in the frontier and we don't know if they can come back. She won't help Bo Ge'er's career. What's the point of keeping such a daughter-in-law?"

The old lady opened her eyes and looked at her nanny, and asked slowly, "What do you mean?"

The old nanny's eyes turned and turned, "Grandfather, why don't you divorce her and marry another lady from a famous family to Bo'er? This will also be helpful to Bo'er's career."

The old lady felt even more troubled when she thought of this. She looked at the nanny beside her and said, "You don't know that now, not to mention Brother Bo, even the other unmarried girls and brothers in our clan can't find a suitable marriage. This great marriage was also ruined by a trick."

Song Wanning, who had just returned to Lan Courtyard, asked about the business of the Rouge Shop as usual, "Cai Que, how is the business in the shop these days? Is it well managed?"

Cai Que heard the news and reported to Song Wanning, "Grandma, I checked the account book a long time ago. Now the Rouge Shop has begun to make a profit. I'm afraid we will be able to earn back the investment soon."

Song Wanning nodded and looked at Caique and said, "Now that this rouge shop has started to make money, we can't just rely on this shop to make money. Wait a few days and find an opportunity to go out and ask what the capital city needs. We should also open other shops to continue our livelihood."

Zhuque, who was standing by, heard what Song Wanning said and quickly stepped forward to remind her, "Grandma, you haven't even visited the farm and shop in your dowry."

"Let's go check it out when we get a chance." Song Wanning smiled faintly after hearing this, "When father and brother come back, we should give them a surprise."

Just as Song Wanning was thinking, the little maid outside the door came running in and said to Song Wanning, "Grandma, someone is looking for you outside. They said there is a letter for you."

"A letter?" Song Wanning stood up from her chair in surprise.

She was now cut off from the Song family, and had no brothers or sisters in the capital. The only people who sent her letters were probably her father and brother who were still guarding the border.