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

Song Wanning stood in the courtyard, looking straight at Wen Tingbai, "Why? Second Master, why don't you fight for the woman you love most with the ancestors? I remember Miss Xiao Xiao said that she was very interested in the pair of keys at home. If Second Master can fight for such power for her, Miss Xiao Xiao will definitely be very grateful to Second Master."

Wen Tingbai saw that he couldn't get to Song Wanning, but he couldn't let it go, so he had to say with a dark face, "Since I misunderstood you in this matter, just clear up the misunderstanding, why is there any need to be so aggressive. Xiao Xiao grew up in hardship, how could she understand the affairs of the housekeeper of this mansion? Since you are the mistress of the mansion, you should take the housekeeper's affairs to heart."

Song Wanning looked at Wen Tingbai, the hypocrite, and sneered, "Since the Second Master does not want to give up my housekeeping rights, don't interfere with my housekeeping affairs in the backyard in the future."

"You..." Wen Tingbai saw Song Wanning's sharp words and thought she was jealous of him taking a concubine. But then he thought again, this meant that Song Wanning was not as calm as she seemed on the surface, and she still cared about him in her heart.

Thinking of this, Wen Tingbai's anger eased a little. He just said "take care of yourself" and left Lan Courtyard.

Song Wanning thought of her stepson, so she looked for her mother who was usually in charge of Wen Xu's diet and asked, "Has Brother Xu been sensible and obedient these days?"

Mother Liu just said yes and quickly said, "Grandma, Xu'er has been very obedient and sensible these days, but without grandma by his side, I can't persuade him to write."

Mother Liu stood beside the table and looked at Song Wanning, hesitant to speak, with her hands folded, as if she had something to say.

Song Wanning saw at a glance that Mother Liu was still worried, and said bluntly, "Just say whatever you want to say. No one will blame you."

"Yesterday, Aunt Xiao Xiao from the Qilan Courtyard sent delicious food and fun things to Xu'er's yard every day. Xu'er was so happy that he had no time to write. The servants advised him many times, but Xu'er just wouldn't listen." Madam Liu then said worriedly, "Second Madam has to take care of it now. If you don't, I'm afraid Xu'er won't take studying seriously in the future."

Song Wanning looked at her mother and said, "After all, Xu'er's surname is Wen, and he is the second master's son. Xiao Xiao is the second master's concubine. If the two of them were close, it would be hard to find fault with them. Now the second master knows everything Xiao Xiao does. I'm afraid the second master thinks I'm too strict with the child, so he specifically asked Xiao Xiao to let Xu'er relax. If I interfere again, I'm afraid I'll offend the second master."

After hearing this, Mother Liu had no choice but to say yes.

Song Wanning said calmly, "In the future, just take care of Hao Xu'er's food and clothing, and don't worry about anything else. His father and his aunt will naturally teach him what is right and what is wrong."

Mother Liu responded twice more and turned around to do her job as she was told. Song Wanning was thinking about her father and brother who were far away in Huizhou, and she was in a daze looking at the messy account books in front of her.

On the other side, in Wen Tingbai's study.

Cui Xiaoxiao sat quietly on the chair, watching Wen Tingbo come back from outside, and hurriedly stepped forward to ask excitedly, "How is it? Did Song Wanning admit it? Was she the one who said bad things about me?"

"Looking at her, it seems that she didn't say that..." Wen Tingbai hesitated and said slowly, "There are so many maids and servants in the yard. I'm afraid mother heard it from others."

"Didn't the Madam say it herself? Didn't Song Wanning say it?" Seeing that Wen Tingbai had a hint of protecting Song Wanning, Cui Xiaoxiao immediately became unhappy. "Isn't what the Madam said ironclad evidence? Tingbai, why did you believe that woman's excuses? If time goes on for a long time, won't Song Wanning sow discord between us?"

Seeing Cui Xiaoxiao was sad, Wen Tingbai stepped forward and hugged Cui Xiaoxiao into his arms, whispering to comfort her, "I am only pretending to be nice to her now. After all, she is the mistress of the house and is in charge of the family. If I fall out with her, it will be embarrassing. We still have to rely on her to manage such a big house."

"But I can also manage the household." Cui Xiaoxiao hugged Wen Tingbai and whispered, "With my knowledge and means, I will definitely make the Marquis' Mansion even richer."

"Xiao Xiao said that." Wen Tingbo had no hope for Cui Xiaoxiao's ability, but he still comforted her, "Isn't the money I gave Xiaoxiao enough to buy clothes? The business outside is very chaotic. Don't worry about the outside business. Just let Wan Ning make money for us, isn't it good?"

"But after all, she allocates money to us, so I am always restricted in buying things." Cui Xiaoxiao said dissatisfiedly, "If I have capital in my hands, I can make money from money and let us all have money to spend. Tingbai, you know my ability."

Wen Tingbai recalled the strange ideas in Cui Xiaoxiao's mind. He had to say that those ideas were very novel, but they might not work now. Wen Tingbai looked at Cui Xiaoxiao and said, "Xiaoxiao, although our mansion is not a small family, if we lose money in business, we still have to save money for a long time."

"Why doesn't Tingbo let me try?" Cui Xiaoxiao now had a lot of ideas in her mind, but she just regretted that there was no place for her to show them. She said, "If my husband lets me do business, if I make money, Tingbo will let me be the housekeeper and give me the key to the cards in the future. If I can't make money, then I won't mention making money, doing business, or being the housekeeper in the future."

Seeing that he couldn't persuade Cui Xiaoxiao, Wen Tingbai agreed, "If that's what you say... then let you try. Take one thousand taels of silver from the money I've saved in the past two years to start a business. If it doesn't work, I'll improve it in the future and stop being involved in this housekeeper's affairs."

When Cui Xiaoxiao saw that Wen Tingbo agreed, she immediately smiled and gave Wen Tingbo a kiss on the face.

"It's broad daylight, Xiaoxiao, please be careful. If the servants see us, how can I save my reputation?" Wen Tingbai hugged Cui Xiaoxiao. Although he said some words of advice, he was very happy in his heart.

Cui Xiaoxiao acted like a delicate girl and said with a smile, "I know that Tingbai treats me best."

Within two days, the news of Cui Xiaoxiao's business spread throughout the marquis's mansion.

Song Wanning remembered that there was such an incident in her previous life, but unfortunately Cui Xiaoxiao lost all the money she had lost, and she never dared to mention going out to make money again, nor did she dare to ask for a housekeeper, and she remained quiet for a long time.

Song Wanning smiled lightly. Now, she wanted to make Cui Xiaoxiao's career as a business manager more prosperous.

Isn't it the right to manage the household? She gave the power in her hands to Cui Xiaoxiao, just to see what tricks she could come up with.