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

Song Wanning had just returned to the Wen Mansion when Haitang, the old lady's top maid, came looking for her.

"Where did grandma go? I'm looking for you." Haitang looked at Song Wanning, who was standing aside and conveying the old lady's message, "The ancestor asked grandma to pay this month's salary quickly. Another thing is that Miss Cui in the Lan Courtyard needs to make some new clothes, and grandma prepared a few pieces of cloth for Miss Cui to choose. In addition, Mr. Bai just returned to the Lan Courtyard, and the ancestor told grandma to give Mr. Bai an extra share of the monthly salary so that he can settle down in the mansion."

"The maids' monthly wages have already been ordered to be distributed. Other matters can wait for a while." Song Wanning looked at Haitang and said calmly, "Now that I am the mistress of the Marquis' Mansion, it is true that I have to take care of this large family. However, the available cash flow of the Marquis' Mansion is limited after all. If I spend it recklessly, I am afraid that the Marquis' Mansion will suffer losses. By then, the money will not be able to be circulated, and such a large family will be waiting for food."

Haitang couldn't figure out what Song Wanning meant, but she still knew how to bully others by taking advantage of her power. She said, "Second Madam, do you mean to go against the will of the old ancestor? The old ancestor has spoken, and there is room for you to refute it."

"Miss Haitang, what you said is not right." Song Wanning said coldly, "When have I disobeyed the words of the ancestor? It's just that the mansion just built a new courtyard a while ago for the second room's Xun brother to marry a wife, and this month there is really no extra money for other expenses. Moreover, this month, the quotas of many courtyards have been reduced by me. The ancestor is the most important, and the quotas of the subordinates are all normal."

"Since grandma said so, I have no choice but to tell the old ancestor the truth." Seeing that Song Wanning was a tough nut to crack, Haitang turned around and left leisurely.

Not long after, Cui Xiaoxiao came to Song Wanning's yard arrogantly and started yelling, "Song Wanning, you are the mistress of the house. The ancestors asked you to prepare cloth for me to make clothes. Why do you say you have no money? How can such a big family be without money? You are just trying to make things difficult for me, right?"

Cai Que couldn't help but stepped forward and said, "Aunt, what you said is wrong. Our grandmother has to manage this large family, and there are so many people in the mansion who need to eat. All expenses are regulated. How can you spend as much as you want? Aunt's share will be delivered to your yard soon, why are you in such a hurry?"

"After all, the family is surnamed Wen, so Song Wanning can't run wild here." Cui Xiaoxiao snorted coldly, "How can there be not even a few pieces of cloth in such a big house? I think Song Wanning is not worthy of being a housekeeper. She manages this house so badly that it leaks everywhere. It's strange that she can have money."

Song Wanning smiled instead of getting angry, looking at Cui Xiaoxiao who was crying out to the heavens and saying, "Since Miss Cui said so, why don't you ask for the housekeeper's power and see if you can manage this large family."

"Don't think I don't dare." Cui Xiaoxiao shrugged. "Ting Bo has always been very helpful to me. He gives me whatever I want. I should be the housekeeper to let you know how well-off this family can be."

Song Wanning stood in the yard and watched Cui Xiaoxiao leave angrily.

Cai Que stood beside Song Wanning and said worriedly, "Grandma, that aunt must have gone to complain to the Second Master. The Second Master always listens to her. If she really wants to be the housekeeper..."

"No problem." Song Wanning turned back to her room and said calmly, "I want to see what tricks she can come up with."

Song Wanning sat on the stone bench in the yard, waiting quietly.

Sure enough, after a while, Cui Xiaoxiao called Wen Tingbai from the study.

Cui Xiaoxiao looked pitiful as she looked at Wen Tingbo beside her and said, "Tingbo, I just came to tell my sister that I wanted to make two sets of clothes, but she was unwilling to give me even two pieces of cloth. I know that I am a concubine and I don't have the right to make clothes myself, but I... if I had known that marrying here would be so unfair, I would rather starve to death in the wilderness."

When Wen Tingbai heard Cui Xiaoxiao say this, he hugged Cui Xiaoxiao in his arms to comfort her. He turned his head to look at Song Wanning, his eyebrows knitted into a "川" shape, and said lightly, "Wanning, you have always been the mistress of this mansion, why do you have to embarrass Xiaoxiao for such a small matter?"

"It's really not my intention to make things difficult for you." Song Wanning said calmly, "There have been some major events in the mansion recently, and the expenses are higher than usual. As the mistress of the mansion, I should treat everyone equally. If Miss Xiao Xiao came to me to ask for a few extra pieces of cloth and I gave it to her, and someone from another room came to me today to ask for some jewelry, and tomorrow she came to me for some clothes, should I, as the mistress, give it to her or not?"

After hearing what Song Wanning said, Wen Tingbai's eyes gradually softened, but he still said, "If you can't do such a small thing, why should I come back? It's better to stay in the barracks."

In the past, whenever Song Wanning was in trouble, Wen Tingbai would yell that he wanted to go back to the barracks. Song Wanning was afraid that Wen Tingbai would really go back to the barracks, so she would not respond to his requests.

Song Wanning sneered in her heart when she thought of it, and said, "If the Second Master is determined to return to the military camp, I can't stop him. Just let him do what he wants. In the past three years, when the Second Master was not at home, I still managed the family well. Why did so many things happen after the Second Master came back?"

Wen Tingbai didn't expect Song Wanning to say this. He felt embarrassed for a moment and snorted coldly, "I won't beg you. If I catch you doing something wrong in the future, don't blame me for telling the ancestors to remove your power."

Song Wanning only responded calmly, "If the Second Master insists on doing so, Wanning will definitely follow the arrangements of the ancestor."

Wen Tingbo hugged Cui Xiaoxiao and left angrily.

Cai Que was afraid that Wen Tingbai would really go to complain, so she asked the maid to follow him. After a while, the maid came back to tell Song Wanning, "I heard that Mr. Bai did not go to the old ancestor, but Mr. Bai gave the money he had saved in the mansion to Aunt Cui, and Aunt Cui stopped talking."

Song Wanning was slightly surprised, but then she realized that Wen Tingbai had been fighting outside for many years and had a lot of personal gains.

But as far as Song Wanning knew, Cui Xiaoxiao spent money like water and Wen Tingbai had never been a frugal person. She was afraid that Wen Tingbai would not be able to hold on for much longer.

In her previous life, Song Wanning not only adjusted the expenses of the mansion, but also used her own dowry to fill it up again and again. Finally, she ran around for the Wen Mansion's farm and shop, increasing revenue and reducing expenditure, and removed all the termites in the shop, so that the whole family of the Marquisate could enjoy a good life.

Do they really think that this marquis's mansion has so much money for them to squander?

Song Wanning closed the account book in her hand and sneered. Now she wanted to see how long this couple could live in seclusion without money.