The host of the quick travel is lacking in virtue for eight generations

When Xiao Yun heard about this, he had a feeling that it was as he expected. When the original owner agreed to take over the housekeeper's power, he only agreed to take over the management of the backyard.

She didn't care about the shop outside. Firstly, as a widow, it was not convenient for her to show her face in public. Secondly, with Chu Hongwen as a man, there was no need for her to take over.

At that time, several masters of the Pingxi Marquis' Mansion agreed, as they were not very comfortable handing over all their properties to a daughter-in-law who was only in name only.

However, in the past two years, seeing that Xiao Yun's dowry shop was getting better and better, while the shop in the mansion was getting worse and worse, he became a little jealous, so he set his sights on the original body again, and found the original body, asking her to take over the shop in the mansion as well.

The original body clearly refused at that time. After all, she still had some thoughts.

She did not have a sense of belonging to the Pingxi Marquis Mansion. She only took care of the accounts and some trivial matters in the mansion, and did not want to bother with how the shops outside were run.

So the old marquis's wife and the marquis's wife mentioned it several times, and even the Marquis of Pingxi mentioned it, but she did not agree.

It seems that now he wants to settle for the second best, and wants her to take over a few of the worst-performing businesses first, and then work on it slowly.

She was about to leave, so of course she would not take on such a mess. In addition, the old marquis's wife froze for a moment, which showed that she knew Chu Hongyi was not dead, otherwise she would not be so sensitive when talking about the mourning period to her, and she even knew that he was coming back.

Even so, they still want her to make contributions to them. What a good thing!

But she still had to speak in a nice way, so she smiled and said, "Grandma, there's no rush. It's just the beginning of spring, and it's the lean season. It's unavoidable that the business is not good. It should improve after a while.

The business of my shops is not very good now. My subordinates told me that they are thinking of changing their careers. I was thinking of asking my managers to think about what to change to.

Once it's decided, let those shops try it out first. If the business is good, it won't be too late to do it together then. What do you think of this?"

Xiao Yun felt that the old marquis's wife would not insist after hearing what she said. After all, there was no rush for the time being. She just wanted to delay and let the matter go after the imperial decree came down.

Indeed, if it were normal, the old marquis' wife would have given up, but her grandson is coming back soon, and he will bring a new wife with him. If she can't settle down now, it will be even more difficult for her to say this when the person comes back. She knows that she is somewhat in the wrong.

So I decided to hold on for a while and said, "How about this? I'll change those shops along with your dowry shop. You don't have to bear any burden. If there's a loss, it's my fault. I'll use my private money to make up for it. I won't blame you. But if there's a profit, it'll be an extra income."

After hearing her say this, Xiao Yun could no longer insist on refusing, so he just used the strategy of procrastination and said, "Well, when the managers decide what to do, I will come and tell grandma, and then we can change our careers together."

Anyway, it's her who decides when to make the decision, so there's no problem at all.

Even though the old marquis's wife could hear the perfunctory tone in her words, she only told her to pay more attention to it and the sooner the better.

Xiao Yun exchanged witty remarks with the other party for a long time. Seeing that Xiao Yun was unwilling to give in, the old marquis's wife temporarily dropped the topic and changed the subject.

It was about when she was young, she held Xiao Yun's hand and talked about the difficulties she had before giving birth to Marquis Pingxi, such as how she was forced by her mother-in-law at the time to take a concubine for her husband, and she even almost adopted a child from the clan to inherit the title.

When he got excited, his eyes were filled with tears and he looked very sad.

Xiao Yun didn't know what the other party wanted to express at first. Did he want to give her a heads-up and use the fact that she had no children as a threat to make her accept Lu Jiaojiao?

That's not right. She hasn't even seen her husband since she got married. It's normal to be childless. It's abnormal to have children!

Since you can't figure out the other party's purpose, just listen quietly, and say "um" or "ah" from time to time to respond, and wait for the other party to tell you the purpose themselves.

The old marquis's wife's statements later became somewhat confusing. Sometimes she said that her mother-in-law urged her to have a child, and sometimes she said that when the old marquis was young, he was either fighting in the wars or guarding the border and he could only come back once a year.

Of course, the central idea is that it is so difficult for her to get pregnant because the other party does not come back.

Later, she said that the old marquis won a battle and defeated the Western Ming Kingdom, and then returned to the capital for more than two months. Only then did she give birth to a son, who is now the Pingxi Marquis, and completely secured her position as the wife of the Pingxi Marquis.

Then she changed the subject and said that even if she didn't give birth to a son, if she had agreed to take a concubine, the child born by the concubine would be registered under her name, and her status would not change, after all, her family was behind her.

When the time comes, I will raise the child under my name and educate him well. He will also be close to me and be filial to me.

When she changed the subject, Xiao Yun understood. Wasn't this exactly what the other party had said to persuade the original body later? It turned out that the other party had already planned to do this.

Let her raise Lu Jiaojiao's child by her side, and her position will not change, right?

She also found these words in her original body's memory, but they were not said this time. After all, her original body had never been to the Duke of Weiguo's Mansion when she was alive.

He said this after Lu Jiaojiao came, and he advised her secretly in a private way.

From this point of view, she became even more certain that the masters of Pingxi Marquis' Mansion had indeed known the news that Chu Hongyi was about to return.

In fact, when Prince Ping hinted at her before, she had thought of it. If Prince Ping could get the news, then it was impossible for those in Pingxi Marquis' Mansion, as Chu Hongyi's family members, not to get it.

It is impossible for Chu Hongyi to catch his family off guard. He should have sent a message to his family in advance, but everyone just kept it a secret from her.

Thinking about how Chu Hongyi in the original body's memory agreed to the divorce so readily when he came back, and then changed his attitude to be soft and kept the original body in the mansion, it was very likely that what he said before was just a show.

It was just to make the original body still have hope in Chu Hongyi, at least to think that he was still a gentleman and his eating habits were not so ugly.

Of course, these are just speculations. You’ll have to wait and see what I’m like in person to know the details.

Xiao Yun didn’t dare to say anything else, but she did have some ability in judging people.