Marrying a concubine and swallowing her dowry? The mistress turns around and marries a high-ranking

Chapter 16

Qin Shaoze should have felt humiliated and angry that a eunuch was suspected of coveting his wife, but Mo Zhonggui's terror was so deeply ingrained that he didn't even dare to be angry.

He could only take a deep breath, suppress the turbulent emotions in his heart, and continue walking towards the Rainbow Courtyard.

Today is his wedding day, not the time to dwell on these things. The most important thing right now is the wedding night.

Qin Shaoze arrived at Cai Ni Courtyard and entered the new room.

Although Liu Manman was very unhappy, she also felt that today was her wedding night, one of the most important moments in her life, so she did not immediately vent her anger on Qin Shaoze.

One of them was feeling guilty and uneasy, while the other kept his displeasure to himself for the time being. They managed to get through their wedding night relatively peacefully.

The next morning, Liu Manman accompanied Qin Shaoze to serve tea to her mother-in-law, Old Madam Qin, and also to formally pay her respects to Shen Lingjun, her legal wife.

Seeing that Shen Lingjun's attitude was gentle and not like that of a shrewish and fierce matriarch, Liu Manman's fear lessened. After serving the tea, she began to challenge Shen Lingjun.

She asked Qin Shaoze, "Shaoze, our marriage was bestowed by the Emperor, so we should at least show enough importance to it, otherwise people will inevitably think we are disrespectful to the Emperor. But yesterday's wedding was far too shabby, and now people outside are probably laughing at us."

As he spoke, he glanced at Shen Lingjun.

"I heard that this marriage was arranged by Madam Shen. May I ask how it turned out like this? Is she dissatisfied with the Emperor's bestowal of this marriage?"

"..."

The whole family fell silent.

Shen Lingjun hesitated, glancing at Old Madam Qin and Qin Shaoze.

Both of them avoided her gaze, looking embarrassed and unable to look her in the eye.

Old Mrs. Qin felt especially guilty.

At this moment, she absolutely cannot admit that she was the one who arranged the marriage!

Although she doesn't like her new daughter-in-law Liu Manman, she doesn't want to make enemies as soon as she enters the family!

She couldn't tell the truth that it was because the Marquis's mansion was broke, because she had other plans in mind and couldn't let Liu Manman know the truth for the time being.

Grandma Qin, shameless as ever, actually pushed the blame onto Shen Lingjun.

With a stern face, he reprimanded Shen Lingjun: "Lingjun, you really messed up this wedding, making Manman suffer such a great injustice!"

Shen Lingjun: "..."

She looked at Qin Shaoze, whose expression was stiff and who avoided her gaze, but did not refute Old Madam Qin's words.

Shen Lingjun sneered inwardly.

They are truly of the same ilk, equally shameless.

But she didn't speak up to defend herself. Instead, she lowered her head and looked submissive, enduring the humiliation as Old Mrs. Qin scolded her.

That means she took the blame on behalf of Old Mrs. Qin.

Grandma Qin shifted the blame onto Shen Lingjun, but of course she couldn't really scold him too harshly. She just said a few symbolic words and then turned to comfort Liu Manman.

“Manman, although Lingjun is in charge of the household, she has no experience in organizing weddings, and this time the time was really rushed, so it was not well organized. It was not that she deliberately mistreated you.”

As she spoke, she took the opportunity to reveal her long-planned scheme.

He sternly addressed Shen Lingjun, saying, "Lingjun, no matter what, this marriage is a major dereliction of duty on your part. We can't just let it go like this, otherwise it would be too unfair to Manman."

He adopted a fair stance, as if he were making decisions for Liu Manman: "How about this, from today onwards, you hand over the power to manage the household to Manman. Manman entered the household as a secondary wife, and she is equal to you. She is also qualified to manage the household affairs."

Grandma Qin thought her idea was absolutely brilliant!

The Marquis's mansion is now out of money, and Shen Lingjun has no dowry left. Recently, everyone in the Marquis's mansion has been living in dire straits.

Old Mrs. Qin couldn't stand living such a frugal life and had long hoped that Liu Manman would marry into the family.

Liu Manman is rich!

Despite being an orphan, Liu Manman is actually quite wealthy. Since transmigrating, she has earned a considerable income by treating patients and selling medicine through that pharmacy space.

When she married into the Marquis's mansion, Old Madam Qin paid special attention to the fact that her dowry consisted of eighty-four loads, filled with gold, silver, and countless valuables. Although it was not as lavish as Shen Lingjun's dowry back then, it was still quite generous.

Why not hand over the power of managing the household to Liu Manman? Liu Manman certainly doesn't want to lose to Shen Lingjun. In order for the Marquis's mansion to survive, she will definitely have no choice but to use her dowry to supplement the mansion.

On the other hand, Shen Lingjun wouldn't disagree. The Marquis's mansion is currently a mess, a huge hole; whoever is in charge will be driven mad. Shen Lingjun is probably already overwhelmed and eager to hand over this task.

Old Mrs. Qin was calculating things very carefully.

That's killing three birds with one stone! She's incredibly clever!

As expected, Shen Lingjun lowered her head and said, "Mother's handling of the matter is fair. I accept the punishment. Today, I will send the tokens, account books, and storeroom keys to Madam Liu and hand over the management of the household to her."

Seeing that Shen Lingjun had been stripped of his power to manage the mansion, Liu Manman finally calmed down.

She knew how important this power to manage the household affairs was to these ancient matriarchs. The fact that Old Madam Qin had taken it from Shen Lingjun and given it to her meant that she would be the rightful mistress of the Yongning Marquis's mansion from now on.

Liu Manman achieved such a great victory as soon as she entered the Marquis's mansion.

Even though she always considered herself a legendary woman with ambitions for the world, someone who was different from others and disdained the infighting in the inner quarters, she was still very proud at this moment.

For a modern person like her, managing a marquis's mansion with such a simple population is a piece of cake.

She wanted to show these ancient people her modern management style, to broaden their horizons, and to make them more convinced and admiring of her!

Liu Manman immediately agreed: "Okay, Mother, you've entrusted me with this important task. I will definitely not let you down."

That's how the matter was resolved.

That afternoon, Shen Lingjun packed up all the things related to the household affairs of the Marquis's residence and handed them over to Liu Manman.

She only mentioned some important points about managing the household, but didn't say a word about the current financial situation of the Marquis's mansion.

Liu Manman did look at the ledger, but embarrassingly found that she couldn't understand it very well.

Ancient accounting methods were very complicated, and since she transmigrated, she had been relying on her pharmacy space and had no experience in reading account books.

Just then, Qin Shaoze walked in.

He asked Liu Manman, "Manman, how did the handover go?"

Liu Manman didn't notice the guilty look in his eyes. She was only thinking that she absolutely couldn't admit to Qin Shaoze and Shen Lingjun that she couldn't understand the ledgers, that would be too embarrassing.

She planned to take the ledgers back first and study them slowly by herself. With her wisdom as a modern person, how could she be afraid of not understanding a few ledgers?

Liu Manman smiled and said, "There's no problem, don't worry."

Qin Shaoze breathed a sigh of relief.

He and Old Madam Qin kept the truth about the Marquis's mansion a secret, waiting for Liu Manman to take over.

Although it's a bit unethical, Liu Manman has always claimed that she's not the kind of canary who only lives off men, so there shouldn't be any problem with her contributing to the Marquis's mansion, right?

After Shen Lingjun finished the handover, he was about to leave.

Liu Manman wasn't finished yet. Pressing her advantage, she made another request while Qin Shaoze was present:

"Shaoze, I am currently in charge of the household affairs of the Marquis's residence, but the Cai Ni Courtyard where I live is too remote and inconvenient. It is also too small, and I will need more space to process medicines in the future. Could I move to the Wei Xia Courtyard?"