No, I was just a concubine, how did I become the queen?

what?

That’s not the case, is it?

Before Ling Zhu could say anything, Xilin Jueluo stood up and said, "I'll go now!"

The more she thought about it, the more she felt she was at a disadvantage. When Lin Zhu was alive, she had no idea how much hard-earned money that old hag had taken away from him.

Now it's their turn to come back!

Ling Zhu was stunned and stood up to chase after him: "Yilha, where are you going?!"

"I'll go get the money back!" Xilin Jueluo rushed out.

She knew where Old Mrs. Lin often begged and could find the exact location.

Ling Zhu quickly called the two servants: "Hurry, follow me!"

Xilin Jueluo ran very fast with her big feet. Soon she arrived at a small street and saw Old Lady Lin sitting on the roadside begging.

She was used to playing the victim. At this moment, she had begged for some money in the bowl and was sitting down to rest.

Xilin Jueluo ran over, with a shadow covering her.

Mrs. Lin looked up and saw her, and said excitedly: "My good daughter-in-law, you came to see me?"

"Hehe~" Xilin Jueluo didn't want to talk to her and sneered with gritted teeth.

She continued, "Can you give me more money this time when your evil mother-in-law is not here?"

"You're living a good life now, so giving me one or two hundred taels shouldn't be a problem, right?"

She had also been rich, and her eyes were a ruler.

One can tell at a glance that Xilin Jueluo's clothes cost more than one hundred taels.

In the past, even if Lin Mingyan was rich, Xilin Jueluo, a widow, did not want to dress too well.

Now that she is married to Ling Zhu, he doesn't want his wife to dress old-fashionedly, so he bought her a lot of bright clothes.

She was wearing a Manchu dress embroidered with Suzhou embroidery, which was so dazzling that it dazzled Old Lady Lin.

I plan to humble myself and coax this idiot into giving me some money.

Xilin Jueluo couldn't bear to see this evil woman scolding her good mother-in-law, so she spat: "Bah! My mother-in-law is so good, she treats me better than my own mother!"

"You are the evil mother-in-law with a black heart and rotten liver. You stole Lin Zhu and treated him badly. One day he will come and take your whole family away!"

After saying that, she took advantage of Mrs. Lin's daze, snatched the broken bowl in front of her, and ran away.

By the time Old Lady Lin discovered that her dinner had been stolen, she had already run two miles away.

She screamed and chased after him: "Stop! Help! Someone is stealing my money~~"

That was the result of her whole morning's work. She just counted it and it was seventy or eighty copper coins, enough for Lin Bo's medicine for half a month!

She ran and called for help, but the street was crowded with people and no one helped her.

Finally, he was tripped by a young man and fell flat on his face. One of his front teeth was knocked out and blood was flowing.

In the crowd, Ling Zhu saw the whole process, let the servant trip him, curled his lips, and followed his wife home.

Old Mrs. Lin sat on the ground and cried for a long time. She wanted to go to the house to argue, but the doorman of Niuhulu's mansion was not a pushover.

He called a random soldier who was patrolling nearby, beat her up and threw her out.

In the house, Xilin Jueluo was running so hard that her lungs were almost out of breath. She carefully entered the house holding a broken bowl.

The old lady had just finished reading two volumes of scriptures and was about to ask someone to call her over to continue learning how to manage accounts.

Seeing her come in breathlessly, he frowned and said, "Ling Zhu's family, why are you out of breath like this so early in the morning?"

Xilin Jueluo took the bowl out of her arms and blinked her eyes and said, "Mother, I got this back!"

"What is it?" The old lady asked, covering her nose as she looked at a black, chipped bowl on the table.

There were some copper coins scattered around in there. At first glance, she thought her daughter-in-law was begging for food from her.

Xilin Jueluo presented the treasure and said, "I misunderstood last time and gave that old woman ten coins. I felt bad for a long time."

"Today Ling Zhu said you wanted me to take her job, and I went to do it early this morning!"

"There are over seventy copper coins in it, much more than I gave you last time!"

made money!

After the old lady understood what he meant, she was speechless for a moment.

"This was...you robbed it?" Her mood became complicated. What should she do if she wrongly blamed her wife?

Xilin Jueluo nodded and said, "That's right. If I had known that you didn't ask me to give you money last time, I would have robbed you that very day."

"That old hag stole so much money from us in the past. Even the eggs my parents sent me when I gave birth to Mingyan ended up in her and her good son's stomachs!"

I used to think that since she was Lin Zhu’s biological mother, it was only right for me to give her some money as a sign of filial piety.

Once she knew it wasn't the case, she didn't go and destroy their current place of residence, all because she didn't want to cause trouble for her daughter.

The old lady then realized that she had wronged her and kept thanking her luck that she had not taken a concubine.

For a moment, he felt a little guilty and became friendly to her.

Seeing that her mother was treating her better, Xilinjueluo was full of energy and said, "Mother, what are you going to teach me today? Let's start learning."

The old lady shook her head and said, "Beile Mansion sent over New Year's gifts today. You should go and take a look. After that, go out with Ling Zhu to relax."

Xilin Jueluo laughed when she heard this. After all, she had been forced to study for half a month and her head was already dizzy.

It would be great if I could find some free time to make wine with Ling Zhu.

What a good day today is!

It is the middle of the twelfth lunar month, and the Little New Year is coming soon. Every household is sending New Year gifts.

Those who are on good terms with the Fourth Master's Mansion all feel that the mansion is inexplicably generous this year.

I won’t talk about anything else, but just the two bottles of priceless Shenxianzui are enough to make people astonished.

In the Tongjia Mansion, Longkodo's concubine Li Si'er was picking and choosing, and she ignored the gifts sent by various families.

"If there's anything you like, just pick it up and use it first," Longkodo said to Li Si'er with a smile after he changed his armor and warmed up all over.

Li Si'er curled his lips and said, "Tsk, these are just ordinary things. Am I missing anything? It would be better to give gold."

She just likes gold and silver. Who would have the patience to look at these antique ornaments?

"You don't like any of them?" Longkodo hugged the person in his arms and gave him a big kiss.

Li Si'er then pointed to the two glass bottles and said, "These two bottles of wine are barely drinkable."

"Oh, this is Shenxianzui, who sent it?" Longkodo also liked to have a sip and liked this wine very much.

The servant quickly said, "They were sent from the Fourth Prince's Mansion. There are eight bottles in total."

"Then why are there only two bottles?" Li Si'er rolled his eyes and threw the handkerchief in Longkodo's face, saying angrily, "Why did you ask me to choose first? The ones I liked have all been taken, right?"

Longkodo frowned and said, "Where did the rest go?!"

"This... when it was delivered, Fu Jin saw it," the servant said, "and said that Lord Hesheli liked it, so he took six bottles away..."

"You're quite ruthless!" Li Si'er snorted coldly.

Of the eight bottles delivered, this man took six away before he even saw them. If no one brings this up, then wouldn't the Fourth Master's gift have been for nothing?!