The general kneels on the washboard again

After Yue Niang married Jiang Yunxiao, she no longer had to worry about the Fu family's mood. Her life finally became much more comfortable, and she began to rebuild her business.

Yue Niang holds the dye business and the restaurant tightly in her hands.

That day, Yue Niang was chatting with Yu Hemei about the new spice business.

Yu Hemei looked behind Yue Niang, her eyes widening. "Yue'er, look, is that that little bastard Jiang Yunxiao?"

Yue Niang followed her gaze and saw Jiang Yunxiao.

Yu Hemei looked at Yue Niang in a daze and said, "Yue'er, have you two had any conflicts recently?"

Yue Niang shook her head: "No."

Yu Hemei's eyes flickered as she said, "That's the direction of the brothel. You two are newlyweds, why would he go that way?"

Although Yue Niang trusted Jiang Yunxiao now, she still felt uncomfortable in her heart. She said to Yu Hemei, "Aunt Yu, I'll tell you about this later. I want to go and see what Jiang Yunxiao is up to."

Yu Hemei looked at Yue Niang with concern: "Don't think too much, maybe he has something important to do."

Yue Niang said goodbye to Yu Hemei and followed Jiang Yunxiao.

Jiang Yunxiao went straight to Huanxi Tower.

Dong Zhu couldn't help but sigh: "Miss, this is a brothel. Hasn't the young master been very well behaved recently? Why did he come here?"

At the end, Dong Zhu did not forget to add a knife: "Miss, a dog will always eat shit. You really walked into a pit of fire by marrying into this family."

Yue Niang gave Dong Zhu a glare and said, "Don't talk nonsense, Dong Zhu. Your husband's character is definitely not like that."

Dong Zhu curled her lips and said, "Miss, how long have you been married? He comes to a place like this."

Yue Niang didn't answer and followed Jiang Yunxiao into the Huanxi Tower.

Jiang Yunxiao went straight to the second floor as if he was familiar with the route.

Yue Niang bumped into her benefactor several times, and her scorching gazes made her very uncomfortable.

Jiang Yunxiao pushed the door and entered a room. It seemed like someone was waiting for him inside.

Yue Niang walked over and peeked inside through the crack in the door. She saw Jiang Yunxiao handing a bag of silver to the person next to him. The person next to him was in a somewhat hidden position, so Yue Niang couldn't see clearly from this angle.

At this moment, someone touched Yue Niang's butt from behind. Yue Niang thought it was Dong Zhu and quickly said, "Dong Zhu, stop it."

But the hand behind him was rubbing Yue Niang more and more boldly.

Yue Niang was annoyed by the disturbance and looked back angrily, only to see a greasy face sticking to her back with ambiguous movements.

It was a fat middle-aged man with drool dripping from his mouth. Yue Niang instinctively cried out, "Ah-"

The doors of these places were not very strong to begin with. When the greasy man saw Yue Niang turning around, he continued to stick to her: "My dear, you smell so good-"

Yue Niang was so anxious that she fell straight into the door.

Jiang Yunxiao looked at Yue Niang, first he was stunned, then he looked at the man behind Yue Niang, and without thinking much he protected Yue Niang.

The wretched man looked at Jiang Yunxiao and said impatiently, "Go away and don't meddle in other people's business."

Jiang Yunxiao helped Yue Niang up and said domineeringly: "This is my wife."

"Your wife? Taking your wife to a brothel?" The greasy man didn't quite believe it.

Yue Niang stepped forward and took Jiang Yunxiao's hand: "Husband, you must make the decision for me."

Jiang Yunxiao looked at Yue Niang like this, and his body trembled: "Yue'er."

Seeing the two of them being so affectionate, the man was already controlled by Jiang Hu: "Sir, how should we deal with this?"

Jiang Yunxiao said coldly: "Send it to the authorities."

The greasy man yelled, "Why? This is a brothel, I was just flirting with a girl."

Jiang Yunxiao pointed at Yue Niang's hand and said, "Look, is there the red ribbon from Miss Huanxilou?"

The greasy man had completely given up and was still dragged away by Jiang Hu.

At this time, someone on the side came out clapping their hands and said, "Not bad, not bad, a hero saving a damsel in distress."

Yue Niang looked in the direction of the voice and found it was He Jingqi.

Jiang Yunxiao pulled Yue Niang around and asked, "Are you injured anywhere?"

Yue Niang shook her head aggrievedly: "No, but this man touched my butt just now." As soon as she said that, Yue Niang's tears fell uncontrollably.

Jiang Yunxiao was a little angry: "Remove that man's hand."

After saying this, Jiang Yunxiao suddenly remembered: "Yue'er, why did you come to this place? Following me?"

Yue Niang looked at Jiang Yunxiao guiltily and said softly, "I saw you heading straight to Huanxi Tower, so I wanted to see what you were doing."

Jiang Yunxiao's anger level soared: "You don't believe me?"

Yue Niang shook her head repeatedly: "No, no, I just want to know what you are doing? So sneaky."

Jiang Yunxiao pointed at He Jingqi and said, "He Jingqi has been running a gambling game lately. I just wanted to come and show my support."

Yue Niang looked at He Jingqi in confusion: "What bet?"

"It's just that I played a few games of chess with a butcher recently. The last game will be tomorrow. I'm just betting on who will win. Are you interested?" He Jingqi looked at Yue Niang.

Yue Niang nodded: "Okay, who did you vote for, my husband?"

Jiang Yunxiao said: "Secret."

Yue Niang asked again, "How were the results of the first two rounds?"

The two of them talked in detail. When Yue Niang heard that one of them had won a game, she was a little bit incredulous: "You are from a family of chess officials!"

He Jingqi was a little shy: "Yes."

Yue Niang looked at He Jingqi, took the silver from Dong Zhu, and said, "I'll bet on the butcher."

Jiang Yunxiao also looked at He Jingqi, and both of them had smiles on their faces that Yue Niang could not understand.

"Why are you laughing like that?" Yue Niang asked Jiang Yunxiao.

Jiang Yunxiao put his arm around Yue Niang's shoulders and said, "Because we are a couple with a tacit understanding."

He Jingqi said with a sad face: "You all don't believe me, I will definitely make you regret it."

He Jingqi rushed out of the door.

Only then did Yue Niang twist Jiang Yunxiao's ear and ask, "Why did you come to the Flower House to discuss things?"

Jiang Yunxiao felt pain and said, "Be gentle, Madam. He Jingqi asked me to come."

Playful aside, Jiang Yunxiao had become much more restrained recently. Thinking of the large amount of silver he had just taken out, Yue Niang let go of his ear and asked, "Husband, is there something wrong with the silver in the mansion?"

Jiang Yunxiao was serious for a second: "Madam, I will handle these matters, please don't get involved."

Then he took Yue Niang and walked towards the mansion.

Yue Niang looked at Jiang Yunxiao's back and became even more worried. She returned home and went to Cao Jin's yard.

Cao Jin was drinking tea in the hall when Yue Niang walked in and called out, "Mother, Mother."

"Yue'er, why are you here?" Yue Niang has been busy with business recently, and Cao Jin rarely sees her.

Yue Niang quickly explained her purpose: "Mother, is there a problem with the mansion's accounts?"

Cao Jin took a sip of tea and asked, "You know everything?"

"No, mother, I just feel that my husband has been acting strangely lately."

Cao Jin waved to Li Zhu and said, "Li Zhu, go make tea for the young lady."

After Li Zhu left, Cao Jin said, "I didn't mean to hide it from you. Because of Xiao'er's incident, your father-in-law's salary was withheld for two years, and most of the military camp expenses were covered by your father-in-law himself."

Cao Jin sighed.

Yue Niang asked, "Then why didn't you tell me? I could have helped."

Cao Jin smiled and said, "Using a daughter-in-law's dowry is not something that aristocratic families would do."

Yue Niang was even more upset: "Mother, why do we have to divide our family so clearly? I have also expanded a lot of shops recently."

Cao Jin looked at Yue Niang, his eyes filled with emotion: "Yue'er, how about this, I'll just lend it to you, and when the Duke's Mansion gets better, I'll definitely pay you back double."

Li Zhu's tea also came up: "Young Madam, have some tea."

Yue Niang stepped forward and said, "Mother, there's no need to talk about this as a family."

On the second day, He Jingqi and the butcher were playing chess in Huanxi Tower, and Jiang Yunxiao dragged Yue Niang to watch.

"Ma'am, do you think we can win?"

Yue Niang looked at Jiang Yunxiao, who looked confident and said, "My husband, you have already made up your mind, haven't you?"

"I made my bet after watching their game. He Jingqi is very aggressive, but he's not very defensive, leaving him vulnerable. Meanwhile, the butcher is very good at both offense and defense. He Jingqi's win was just a fluke."

Yue Niang looked at the chessboard and said, "So my husband has already analyzed it. Why didn't you tell me when I asked you? But isn't He Jingqi from a family of chess officials? His chess skills are not that good."

Jiang Yunxiao suddenly said seriously, "Madam, I know you will definitely make the same choice as me, so I am not worried."

As the two chatted, they found out that He Jingqi had lost. However, He Jingqi was not too sad about the loss. Instead, he ran to the private room of Jiang Yunxiao and his wife.

"Yun Xiao." He Jingqi was serious at this moment, as if the careless one was not him.

Yue Niang looked at the two of them and felt that they were hiding something from her.