Favoring the concubine and killing the wife? She divorced the concubine and lived with her concubine

On the eve of the Mid-Autumn Festival, the streets are bustling with activity. Shops are decorated with colorful lights and red lanterns hung high, as if expressing the joy of the festival.

Compared to a typical day, the streets are bustling with people, some choosing mooncakes, others buying lanterns. Children playfully weave through the crowds, clutching newly bought trinkets. Street performers perform spectacular acrobatics, drawing cheers and applause.

"Sister-in-law, where are you going? You were in such a hurry that you didn't even see me."

"Oh, stop it. My family booked a table for a Mid-Autumn Festival banquet at Miweixuan, and now we're out of luck!"

"Miweixuan? The one where rats crawled onto the tables yesterday?"

"That's right! I finally managed to get some money from my mother-in-law, saying it was to help our family stay in good shape, and to invite all the brothers to come to the Miweixuan we booked for a gathering! Now look what's going on, I'm being scolded half to death!"

"No compensation?"

"What's the point of paying the money? Tomorrow is Mid-Autumn Festival, where can I prepare so many dishes? The hotel is fully booked! No more, no more! I'm going to go to Baixiang Restaurant to see if there's any room. If there's no room, I'll come to you. You must give me one of your big geese!"

"Okay, okay, you go first!"

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The Sun family's house was decorated with lights and lanterns. Although the mother-in-law had just passed away, lanterns were hung in all the courtyards except the gate.

Xiao Lan spent money generously to buy things for each courtyard.

Before, the courtyard was crowded with people, and during festivals, Xiao Lan's courtyard was the most deserted. But now, Xiao Lan's courtyard is the most lively.

"Mr. Xiao, you said the pig's feet in Baixianglou are so delicious, why can't they compare to the reputation of Miweixuan?" Fang Qingqing asked puzzledly while drinking the pig's feet soup.

"Sometimes, whether a restaurant is doing well or not has little to do with how the food tastes! But it's not to say that it has nothing to do with it. At least it has to have some specialties!" Xiao Lan picked up a roasted chicken leg and gave it to Xin'er. Xin'er grabbed it and started to chew it. Mother Xu frowned on the side, and Xiao Lan smiled and told her not to worry about it.

"What does that have to do with anything?" Fang Qingqing also picked up a piece of chicken bone and started chewing it. She found it very tasty, but it was still not as good as the ones she had bought at the braised food chain store before.

"The food is more or less the same, and a few signature dishes are enough! But publicity is different. We have the Internet, so those Internet celebrity restaurants can quickly become popular. Although the traffic is a bit fake, as long as you can make diners recognize the taste of your food when they come, then you win! I heard that when Miweixuan first opened, the rumor was that the chef was from Beijing and had been a chef in the prince's palace. Think about it, don't you want to join in the fun? No matter how delicious Baixianglou is, it has never cooked for the prince, right?" Xiao Lan analyzed it in detail, and Fang Qingqing listened with relish.

"Mrs. Fang, why do you always call our wife by her maiden name? This is so against the rules. And I don't understand what all that all that all means!" Mother Xu wiped Xin'er's hands with a handkerchief and gestured for Xin'er to eat with chopsticks.

Xiao Lan and Fang Qingqing looked at each other and smiled secretly.

"Mother Xu, don't take what Fang Xiaoniang says to heart in the future. It's not easy for her, a young lady with weak mental state, to speak some clear words to us now. Don't ask for too much!" Xiao Lan smiled cunningly, and Mother Xu was helpless.

She hadn't seen Madam so cheerful in ages. Ever since she returned from the government office yesterday, the gossip about Madam had died down considerably. Most people pitied Madam, believing that marrying into the Sun family was like entering a den of wolves and tigers. No one accused Madam of being unfilial for not wearing mourning for Sun, and no one spread rumors about Madam's relationship with the robber.

After all, gossips on the street are all based on rumors. Whatever is spread the most is true.

"Madam, our yard is decorated with lights and colors, and Master Sun... can't even get out of bed without someone's help. So, are we going to the main yard to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival?" Jasmine came in from outside, holding a half-eaten mooncake in her hand.

Now that Jasmine was in charge, she made decisions on everything, big and small, managing everything with remarkable efficiency. At first, Xiao Lan had thought Jasmine was a greedy, mean person who could only share the good times but not the bad. But after going through so much, Xiao Lan felt that this girl would have been a formidable figure in her own time.

It's a pity that he is hard-mouthed but soft-hearted, and looks like he can't live if he suffers a loss. In fact, he is a real person who will risk his life to get out of the dog hole and he will have to get his life back out!

"Celebrate it in the main courtyard! How can I, the mistress of a dignified family, be so stingy as to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival in my own small courtyard?" Xiao Lan said vaguely with a mouthful of lotus root slices stuffed in her mouth.

Jasmine looked at Xiao Lan's unrefined eating manners and couldn't help but tease her, "Madam, are you planning on making up for what you didn't get to eat before?"

"Tsk tsk, how are you talking? You're becoming more and more rude!" Mother Xu carried Xin'er off the table and told her to call Haitang to bring a bowl of water to clean her mouth.

"You don't say! It's true! Not only do I have to eat now, I also have to practice! I will do morning and evening exercises, and Fang Qingqing and you all have to keep up!" Xiao Lan drank a bowl of soup and prepared to add another bowl of rice!

"Let me tell you, the last time that old lady Yu came to my place, I felt that this person really couldn't do without some strength. If it were in the past, I would have slapped her two meters away with one slap!" As she spoke, she slapped out, and Fang Qingqing quickly lowered her head to avoid it.

"Madam!" Mother Xu couldn't stand it any longer. "You never left your parents' house before, at most flying a kite as a swing. You weren't interested in riding, archery, or pitching pots. Why are you bragging now?" Mother Xu thought the Madam was just being proud and boasting. Little did she know that Xiao Lan was no longer the lady she once was. In her own world, she was now a regular at the gym!

Xiao Lan lowered her head and laughed out loud, "No matter what, I will definitely keep fit in the future. Only when I'm in good health can I lead you all to a good life."

Mother Xu agreed with this and said nothing more.

"I can't do that! I've had a gym membership for three years, and I've only been there for two months, just to take a shower!" Fang Qingqing was unwilling.

"Look at you now, you're nothing like you were back then. When you looked at me with those big eyes, I felt like if I were a man, I'd make mistakes too! But now, your wrinkles have opened up the corners of your eyes. Are you sure you don't want to practice?"

"Practice can open the corners of your eyes!"

"Practice can make your jawline tighter! You'll have right-angled shoulders and a swan neck!" Xiao Lan vowed, Fang Qingqing smiled happily, while Jasmine and Mother Xu looked at the two of them in confusion, speaking words they couldn't understand!

Xiao Lan looked at everyone and smiled again! She smiled just like when she was chatting and laughing with her former sisters, and just like when she was at home in her slippers watching variety shows.

I haven't felt this relaxed in a long time...

She knew she was the protagonist here, and she had to endure countless melodramatic things. But this wasn't a game on a controller, nor a plot on a phone. She had to empathize, playing this game with her whole being. Therefore, her moments of relaxation were short-lived. She could only savor every happy moment, hoping to use these joyful ties as courage when she encountered difficulties in the future.

Under Xiao Lan's unbridled guidance, Fang Qingqing also felt an unprecedented sense of relaxation for the first time. She knew that she might not be the protagonist here, and she also realized that the entire plot revolved around Xiao Lan, but it didn't matter. She was her own protagonist in this story. Xiao Lan was the boss who fought alongside her and helped her escape from hardship. Although he had previously vowed to help Xiao Lan "stand up!" But now she also realized that perhaps her mission here was to become Xiao Lan's right-hand man!