Back to the day I married my second wife, I turned around and married my ex-husband's uncle

Jiang Ningwan angrily said, "This is the Chu Palace, not your Zhou family. Who gives you the right to order people around in my palace?"

Ling Jinlan quickly grabbed her hand and said, "Cousin, I promised the Queen."

"Don't worry about me!"

After that, she immediately agreed to Qingyun, "I'll go make tea."

Qingyun snorted coldly and returned to the room.

This time, with the Queen's order, who dares to disobey?

Seeing Ling Jinlan quickly running out of the yard to make tea, Jiang Ningwan called her several times but couldn't stop her.

"Miss, your cousin has been trembling with fear today, afraid of getting you into trouble. I guess she is also afraid that the Queen will punish you." Li Chun also felt distressed when she saw this.

Jiang Ningwan felt a pang of distress. "Please arrange for two maids to look after her and try not to let Jinlan do any work."

The Duke seal of the Ling family is in her hands. It is reasonable for her to take care of Ling Chaowen and Jinlan. How can she let Jinlan serve as a maid for Zhou Tingxu in the mansion?

But things that bothered her happened one after another.

As soon as she reached the front yard, a guard came to report: "Princess, the owner of the restaurant wants to see you."

"What's the matter?"

"They said they came for Young Master Ling."

Upon hearing this, Jiang Ningwan had a bad feeling in her heart.

After meeting with the shopkeeper, the other party took out a list and handed it to him with cold sweat on his forehead.

"General Jiang, this is what Young Master Ling spent at our restaurant over the past two days. If the amount wasn't large, it would be fine, but it would be fine if Young Master Ling just ate and drank, but he got drunk and flirted with the female guests."

"He got into a fight with someone and smashed up the restaurant. After he sobered up, he left behind an IOU and asked us to come find you..."

Jiang Ningwan's face darkened. He took the list, glanced at it, and immediately ordered Li Chun, "Go and get five hundred taels of silver."

When the banknote was handed to the shopkeeper, he repeatedly refused, "Three hundred taels is enough, no need for so much."

"Just consider it as compensation for Ling Chaowen's trouble. I'm really sorry. And as for that female guest, please ask the shopkeeper to compensate her as well."

The shopkeeper took the banknote and said with a smile, "General Jiang is such a straightforward man! It's just that this Young Master Ling is really... General Jiang, it's best for you to just ignore him."

"I'll take my leave now!"

After sending the shopkeeper away, Jiang Ningwan wanted to send someone to find Ling Chaowen.

Who knew that two more shopkeepers would come to the door soon.

In the same situation, Ling Chaowen ate, drank and had fun, and owed money. He left an IOU and asked them to come to Jiang Ningwan to pay back the money.

Most of the time, it is not just a matter of owing debts. They either go crazy while drunk and smash things, or beat people.

Jiang Ningwan not only had to help pay back the money, but also had to apologize.

After seeing off all the shopkeepers, Jiang Ningwan sat on a chair, rubbing his temples with a headache.

"Go and tie Ling Chaowen back to me!"

Li Chun finished the calculation with an abacus and felt extremely distressed. "This young master Ling actually spent 1,245 taels in two days. How on earth did he spend so much money by himself?"

"The entire Chu Palace's monthly expenses are not that much!"

Jiang Ningwan's voice was filled with anger. "He's the best at eating, drinking, having fun and spending money. Who can outspend him?"

Li Chun closed the account book and said, "This isn't a good way to go on. Even if we have a lot of money, it will eventually be squandered."

Jiang Ningwan frowned, "He did it on purpose, causing trouble everywhere to force me to give him the Duke's Seal."

"He's still so childish at this age. The more he behaves like this, the less likely I am to give him the Seal of Noble."

I wanted to catch Ling Chaowen and teach him a lesson.

But unexpectedly, the person sent out reported back: "Princess, when we rushed over, Master Ling had already escaped and is now hiding somewhere unknown."

"Keep looking!"

But after searching for a whole day, there were no clues.

Jiang Ningwan personally led people to search the whole city for Ling Chaowen. Since he loved to get into trouble so much, he had no choice but to lock him up.

We can't keep letting him stay out there.

However, at this moment, Ling Chaowen was hiding in the Lu family, drinking tea leisurely and comfortably.

"Your place is still the best. Jiang Ningwan definitely won't expect me to be here."

Lu Lingsong sipped his tea slowly, "Of course. Jiang Ningwan and the Lu family are sworn enemies. She would never have guessed you were hiding here."

"But your method doesn't seem to be able to force her to return the Seal of Noble to you."

Hearing this, Ling Chaowen put down his teacup heavily and leaned closer to Lu Lingsong, "Then do you have any ideas?"

"If I can't get this seal back, my title of Duke will be illegitimate."

"I'm three years older than Jiang Ningwan. How can I let her ride on my head?"

Lu Lingsong's eyes were deep, and he smiled meaningfully, "There are ways, it depends on whether you can be willing to take risks."

Ling Chaowen's eyes lit up, "What's the solution?"

"Lin Qinglai is about to be executed. You don't have to succeed if you try to rob him. Just make a big noise and draw the emperor's attention. Once you see the emperor, you can report Jiang Ningwan to him."

"This seal of nobility will have a chance to return to your hands."

Hearing this, Ling Chaowen frowned and pondered, "Robbing the execution ground, this is no small matter..."

Lu Lingsong smiled faintly, "I've come up with the idea, it's up to you whether you dare to do it or not."

He looked at Ling Chaowen with deep eyes.

If Ling Chaowen really dared to rob the execution ground, it meant that this person could break up with Jiang Ningwan for the seal of nobility, and blindly trust him without thinking, so he could be used to do other things.

Just as he was thinking about it, Ling Chaowen suddenly slammed the table.

High morale.

"Alright! Robbing the execution ground!"

"But I don't have any manpower, you have to help me."

A hint of success flashed in Lu Lingsong's eyes, "Don't worry about the manpower, I will arrange it for you."

……

Feiyu Courtyard.

In the early morning, the first thing Zhou Tingxu did when he woke up was to order Ling Jinlan around.

"Ling Jinlan, come and help me get dressed."

Ling Jinlan picked up the clothes respectfully, helped Zhou Tingxu sit up, and dressed her carefully.

Looking at Ling Jinlan's respectful appearance, and thinking of the day when she complained that she was asked to pick lotus roots, Zhou Tingxu felt furious.

He pinched Ling Jinlan's face and said, "You are quite good at pretending. You are so respectful now, but what evil things are you hiding in your heart?"

"I dare not." Ling Jinlan said timidly.

"You really don't dare? Then kneel down and put on my shoes!" Zhou Tingxu sat down leisurely.

She watched coldly as Ling Jinlan slowly knelt down in front of her and grovelled to put on her shoes.

When he put on the second shoe, Zhou Tingxu kicked Ling Jinlan hard.

"Today you will kneel down and serve me medicine and food. You are not allowed to stand up."

Ling Jinlan fell to the ground, tears welling up in pain.

"Yes."

Zhou Tingxu originally wanted to find another opportunity to teach her a lesson, but he didn't expect that Ling Jinlan was particularly obedient throughout the day. When eating, she held the plate with both hands, and when applying medicine, she knelt on the ground holding the tray.

When moving around the room, you have to walk on your knees.

Zhou Tingxu couldn't find any reason to torture her.

After dark, Ling Jinlan knelt on the ground to wash her feet. Zhou Tingxu couldn't help laughing when he saw her submissive look.

"You're so good at serving people. You served men this way when you were in the North, right?"