Marry the villain and the whole court kneels down and calls her the queen

Lu Yunyang did not come back on his wedding night.

In Huamanlou, Miss Nishang felt much better after being fed ginseng soup and fell into a deep sleep.

There were low voices coming from the room.

"Master, your family has been divided. What are you going to do with the money in the future?"

"The new woman said she could earn me three thousand taels. You follow her secretly. I want to see how she can get something for nothing."

"Master, our expenses have indeed been quite high in the past few years. Since Mr. Yuan passed away, we haven't had anyone who can make money."

Lu Yunyang was also worried: "Is there any news about the descendants of the Jiang family?"

"After entering the capital, there were no clues. I suspect I was looking in the wrong direction. Is it possible that the descendant of the Jiang family is a woman?"

Lu Yunyang put his hands behind his back and looked out the window with deep eyes.

"Let's check again. Back then, the Jiang family owned half of Jiangnan's wealth. Now, only the descendants of the Jiang family can get this money. Then, we won't have to worry about money anymore."

"Yes, Master."

The next day, early in the morning, just when Jiang Jiu thought that Lu Yunyang might not come back to accompany her to worship the ancestors, Lu Yunyang actually came back.

Jiang Jiu accompanied him back to the Lu family's old house and met Old Madam Lu. Jiang Jiu gained a lot from this trip.

The Lu family has many elders and the gift they gave was generous, but on the way back, Jiang Jiu was wary of Lu Yunyang as if he were a thief.

This made Lu Yunyang very unhappy.

"What are you talking about? Do you think I'm really so useless as to spend my wife's dowry?"

Jiang Jiu retorted bluntly: "It's not impossible. You asked me to give you money yesterday."

Lu Yunyang was upset: "I'm just doing this for emergency purposes."

Jiang Jiu snorted coldly: "Is your matter not urgent?"

Lu Yunyang snorted angrily, strode away quickly, and left Jiang Jiu, who was going back with him, behind.

Aunt Qian couldn't help but advise: "Young lady, why bother with so much? We are all family, and he is your husband after all."

Lu Yunyang returned to his yard angrily, and the eighth concubine was already guarding the yard.

Lu Yunyang remembered that when he was anxious yesterday, it was Mudan who gave him one hundred taels of silver. As soon as he returned to the yard today, Lu Yunyang went straight to Mudan.

He took her little hand and acted affectionately.

"Peony, in times of trouble I realized that you are the one who loves me the most."

If it were in the past, Mudan would have leaned gently and tenderly in Lu Yunyang's arms, feeling extremely proud.

As a concubine, isn't the most important thing to gain the man's love?

But now, Mudan pulled her hand away awkwardly, and her smile was extremely fake.

It was not until she saw Jiang Jiu coming back that she brought all the concubines to pay their respects to the mistress.

"Mudan meets Madam."

"Haitang, meet the Madam."

"Peony, meet the Madam..."

Winter plum, laurel...

The eight concubines only respected Jiang Jiu and left Lu Yunyang aside.

This really made Lu Yunyang furious. He stamped his feet and yelled, "I am your man. In this family... I still have the final say..."

Mudan smartly stepped forward to support Jiang Jiu.

Haitang, Shaoyao and others also followed Jiang Jiu into the main room attentively.

The younger Dongmei fell behind him and complained to Lu Yunyang in a low voice.

"Sir, of course you have the final say in this family, but our indentures are in the hands of Madam..."

Lu Yunyang stiffened his neck and said, "So what? I don't think he would dare to sell you out..."

Dongmei smiled and Yuegui pouted.

"But she can take advantage of the fact that the Master is not at home to deal with us..."

Lu Yunyang's expression froze, and then he found that the eight concubines had all run to Jiang Jiu's side.

Indeed, it was impossible for a man like him to stay at home all the time, and the backyard and household expenses of the house were all in the hands of Jiang Jiu.

A man who knows the current situation is a hero, and his eight concubines are all heroes...

Lu Yunyang didn't expect that Jiang Jiu would win back his concubine in just one day.

Looking at the eight concubines serving tea to Jiang Jiu one by one, Lu Yunyang narrowed his peach blossom eyes again and again.

"Okay, I want to see how you treat my beloved women..."

Jiang Jiu did not target these eight concubines. He drank the tea they offered one by one, which was considered as accepting them.

Jiang Jiu watched the eight concubines serve tea, and they stood there obediently without leaving. He lowered his eyes and played with the rings on his fingers.

"Don't stand, sit down. We're both women, so I won't make things difficult for you. Just say whatever you want to say."

Mudan and the sisters below looked at each other and stood up.

"Madam, although I am your concubine, I am actually your maid. Mudan will follow your lead and obey your orders."

Haitang and the others all said in unison: "We will follow Madam's lead and obey her orders."

Lu Yunyang sat on another main seat and raised his eyebrows. When did these eight concubines become so united?

If he remembered correctly, half a month ago, Haitang and Yuegui had a quarrel over him and were jealous of each other.

Looking at Jiang Jiu again, he nodded slightly and smiled with satisfaction.

"Very good, as long as you have thought it through. Here are some rules I have set for you. Everyone, please listen to them first. After I finish, if you have any opinions, please feel free to raise them."

For a moment, all the talking in the room stopped, and everyone looked at Jiang Jiu quietly, just like the scene of a Monday morning meeting in the company.

Jiang Jiu cleared his throat and said, "As everyone knows, our family is no longer wealthy. Adhering to the idea of increasing revenue and reducing expenditure, we will start with increasing revenue."

"Yesterday, I asked all the sisters about your respective strengths. Today, I will briefly talk about them here. If you sisters have any opinions, we can discuss it later."

Jiang Jiu nodded at Nanny Qian, and Nanny Qian took out a note from her bosom.

"Miss Yuegui is good at embroidery. She can teach the maid the embroidery skills, or she can make her own embroidery and sell it in the shop."

"Miss Haitang is good at making cakes. You can also sell the cakes you make."

"Miss Peony is good at gardening. She can manage the bamboo garden and flower garden..."

The eight concubines each have their own strengths and they all play to their strengths.

After Nanny Qian finished reading the list, Mudan lowered her head because she found that she could not embroider, cook, farm or garden, and she had no strengths at all.

Jiang Jiu looked at her deeply and continued.

"I already told you yesterday that we don't keep idlers in our house. Since you all have your own jobs, you should adapt for half a month. From next month onwards, you won't receive monthly wages. You can earn money from your own jobs and split the profits with me 50-50."

"We rank people based on their performance every month. If you make the most money, I'll reward you. If you rank last, I'm sorry, but if you're last for three consecutive months... I won't keep you."

Although the concubines below were worried, they were still eager to try.

"I can do it. My embroidery is good and can be sold at a good price."

"I can do that, but it'll take a long time. The bamboo shoots from the bamboo garden can be sold for money, and there's also bamboo, so that should probably be enough."

"I can do that too. The ladies in the mansion used to love the snacks I made the most. They will definitely sell well."

Only Peony kept her head down. She seemed calm, but she was actually very panicked.

At this moment, Jiang Jiu said, "Let's try it first. I heard that Mudan can understand the account books, so I'll leave the accounting of the mansion to you from now on."