Noble Lady

It was one thing for Xue Chenyu to use Chen Lizhu's hand to get rid of the source of trouble, Blood Coral, but she also wanted to use this opportunity to win over the legitimate daughter of the Duke's Mansion.

The Marquis of Wu'an's Mansion was weak, and in the previous life it was so easily plotted against by He Minzhi and his men. In the end, there was no one in the court to speak for them.

She couldn't live her new life in vain, so she had to find ways to earn a chance of survival for her family.

Chen Lizhu left with a crowd of people following her.

Xue Chenyu asked Yuzhu to go and ask the shopkeeper to bring over the account book.

Jinyifang will register every piece of clothing and every piece of fabric sold.

My mother was the daughter of a merchant, and the wives of princes and nobles had always looked down on her. If she wanted to break into the circle of noble ladies, she had to find another way.

This is one of her important bargaining chips.

She is rich, and if she can cater to the tastes of the ladies and nobles of each family, she will surely achieve twice the result with half the effort.

My father was illiterate and not good at socializing. He only interacted with his old subordinates. There were very few real officials around him, and those who did were only minor officials who had no say at critical moments.

So seek other help too.

If they had a few more old friends and allies in the Wu'an Marquisate back then, they wouldn't have ended up like that.

Xue Chenyu had lunch at Jinyifang, copied the detailed account book that recorded the purchases of goods by each family, and left with it in her arms.

When I went downstairs, there was a lot of noise downstairs.

Seven or eight people gathered in front of the counter, chattering at once, and no one knew what they were talking about.

Qiu Hua glanced over there and whispered in surprise, "Miss, it's the second daughter of the He family!"

Xue Chenyu looked in the direction of the sound and saw He Ruyi standing among those people, arguing with the shopkeeper.

Although she was wearing a veil, the short and fat figure was still easy to recognize.

Liu was short and fat, and He Ruyi inherited her shortcomings perfectly. He Minzhi had a tall figure and handsome appearance, which were inherited from his deceased grandfather, and she had nothing to do with them.

"Why? It was working before, why not today?! Do you know who I am? Let your boss come over and talk!"

The shopkeeper said helplessly, "I am the shopkeeper of Jinyifang."

Xue Chenyu turned her head and told Qiu Hua, "Go down and see what's going on."

Qiuhua hurried downstairs and came back up after a while.

"Miss, the shopkeeper said that the second daughter of the He family brought a group of friends here. Each of them picked out a set of clothes, but in the end they couldn't pay and are refusing to leave."

In fact, Qiuhua's words were very subtle. He Ruyi originally wanted to call a few young ladies out before the wound on her face healed, and take the opportunity to publicize Xue Chenyu's face and make her bleed.

Unexpectedly, the shopkeeper asked her to pay the bill in front of so many people. Her monthly salary was only twenty taels, and this was after Xue Chenyu married into the He family. Before, she only received two taels a month. How could she come up with so much money?

But how could she admit it in front of so many people? That would be like telling everyone that she had no money but was pretending to be rich.

So He Ruyi refused to give in and could only shout at the top of his lungs.

But she didn't realize that by doing this she had already lost all face.

Xue Chenyu sneered and asked Qiuhua to pass on the message that all such troublesome guests should be kicked out.

Yuzhu was a little worried: "Miss, if you really kick her out, the He family won't let you go easily..."

Xue Chenyu waved her hand, "Business is business. Besides, I never told them that Jinyifang was my dowry."

Yuzhu also remembered that they all thought that this was a record of the girl's account, and she would settle the bill at the end of each month, and she immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

There was a lot of noise at the counter over there. Xue Chenyu was too lazy to watch and left with Yuzhu and the others as if nothing had happened.

But He Ruyi still saw her, "Xue Chenyu! Xue Chenyu!"

However, she was surrounded by a group of people and could not squeeze out at all. She could only watch Xue Chenyu disappear in front of her.

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Return to the He family.

Mother Huang had been waiting at Furongju for a long time.

Seeing Xue Chenyu and the others coming in from the side door, he immediately rolled his eyes, then walked over arrogantly.

"The old lady wants to see you."

Xue Chenyu passed by her without even looking at her.

Madam Huang choked, "Madam! The old lady wants to see you! Please follow me to Ciwenyuan."

Hear the words.

Xue Chenyu paused and looked back, "When did Mother Huang get here?"

Yuzhu: "I don't know, it seemed to appear suddenly."

Qiuhua: "I didn't see where it came from."

Mother Huang: ...

I was so angry, but I couldn't lose my temper.

"Madam, old lady..."

"I just came back from outside. Please wait for me to change my clothes, so that the dust won't choke the old lady."

Mother Huang couldn't say no, so she could only wait.

Xue Chenyu walked into the house slowly, followed by Xu's mother.

"Miss, not long after you left, the old lady sent Huang Madam over to tell you that she wanted to make a few spring clothes for you, and she specifically asked for the material from Huang's Silk Shop and the tailor from Jinyifang.

I replied that the girl was not at home and told them to go to the shop directly to buy the fabrics for making clothes, and there was no need to come and tell the girl specifically.

"Mother Huang left angrily after hearing this, but she just came back. I don't know why, but she's looking so arrogant again."

Xue Chenyu said calmly that she understood, and told Qiuhua to run into the house to move out the account books and send them to Ciwenyuan later. Then she slowly took Yuzhu out.

Followed Mother Huang to Ciwenyuan.

It looked like he was going to be interrogated in three courts.

"Kneel down." Liu's usual opening line was used again.

Xue Chenyu naturally didn't kneel. "I wonder what my daughter-in-law did wrong to make the old lady angry?"

Without waiting for Liu to speak, she continued, "My daughter-in-law manages the household in perfect order. She is respectful and filial to her mother-in-law, devoted to her husband, and treats her sister-in-law with love. Logically, there should be nothing that can make the old lady angry."

"How can you have the nerve to say that you keep the house in order?!" Mrs. Liu was almost mad.

She asked Mother Huang to go to Furongju to find Xue and ask her to make some spring clothes for Rouer. She actually dared to ask the servants to come out and say they were not at home. That was it.

As usual, Mother Huang went directly to Huang's Silk Shop, but instead of getting the material, she was chased by someone to pay the debt.

What was even more infuriating was the lunch that arrived at noon. It was just some green vegetables, bean sprouts, and two slices of meat. I called the cook over and asked him about it, and he said that this was all he had brought to the kitchen this morning.

The most outrageous thing was that there was only one carriage left in the family! She actually sold it without telling anyone!

This is simply unreasonable!