Demoted from wife to concubine? Reborn, the mistress of a noble family plots another high-status mar

Chapter 28

Yun Xiyue slowly turned her head to look at him, her eyes somewhat confused. "What are you doing?"

Well......

After a long while, he stopped and asked, "Can you breathe now?"

Yunxi Yue: "......"

You can't breathe because he's pressing down on you!

This caused her chest pain.

......

"Madam, the eldest master is drunk again. He was carried back and left at the entrance of the Marquis's mansion. The second master came back and saw him there."

"Now the Second Master has taken the First Master to Songhe Garden."

Yun Xiyue's lips curled into a cold smile. "Go and quietly tell the second and third branches of the family about the Grand Madam's theft of ginseng from the pharmacy."

Granny Cao's eyes lit up, and she immediately understood what her master wanted to do: to make them fight like dogs. The old lady favored her eldest son, and the rental income from the family's land was not calculated at all; half of it was given to the eldest master to squander on a life of debauchery.

In recent years, with Yun Xiyue acting as a sucker, the Grand Madam has stopped secretly giving her son money, so this money must be in the Grand Madam's hands.

The second and third masters were not the madam's biological sons, but rather sons born out of wedlock.

In Songhe Garden.

Master Shen asked angrily, "Where did he get the money to go to the Hundred Flowers Pavilion?"

The old lady felt sorry for her son, "He's your older brother, how could you be so cruel?"

"Madam, if my elder brother continues like this, he will ruin the Marquis's mansion. If you continue to indulge him like this, you will harm him and the entire Marquis's mansion," Shen Er said angrily.

Let bygones be bygones, since they don't need to give him money to squander.

Now that Yun Xiyue is unwilling to pay, then they should pay. Why should they? He's not a sucker.

Master Shen was completely drunk, and just like last time, he had to be helped down to rest.

The old lady said, "The Marquis's mansion has Yue'er to support it, so there's no need to worry. Anyway, you don't need to contribute any money."

"The five thousand taels last time were paid by my third brother and me. Has the Dowager forgotten?" Shen Er sneered, having long since lost all respect for his stepmother.

"It's only five thousand taels. Over the years, have you ever contributed any money to the public account? Haven't we, the eldest son's family, been supporting you all?" the Grand Madam said irritably.

Shen Er's eyes narrowed slightly. He knew exactly what was going on. "Now the Yun family is unwilling to contribute any money. Can the entire Marquis's mansion survive by cutting back on everything?"

"You don't need to worry about that. I'll find a way to get her to come up with the money. You just need to focus on assisting Yue'er in the court."

"The most important thing for the Marquis's family now is to seize the opportunity to climb the ranks and gain power."

Shen Er didn't say anything more. "As long as you can keep your elder brother in check so he doesn't cause us any trouble, that's fine."

As he was leaving, he encountered his wife, Zhou, at the door.

Madam Zhou looked furious and whispered a few words in his ear, "Master..."

"Really?" Master Shen's eyes darkened.

“My third sister-in-law and I have sent people to investigate. Over the years, the public accounts have always been in deficit. Also, recently, Yun Xiyue has not given the eldest brother money to indulge in debauchery, yet he can still go to the Hundred Flowers Pavilion and spend a thousand gold coins to buy a smile from the courtesan.”

"If the Grand Madam hadn't secretly given him money, where would he have gotten the money to squander? Would the Grand Madam and Madam Li be so foolish as to use their own dowries to cover up the deficit?"

Shen Er frowned slightly, "But this way we don't have to pay anything, isn't that a good thing?"

"What's so good about that? If there's no money in the public account and Yun Xiyue doesn't contribute, Shen Yue will definitely force us to pay. Also, if things continue like this, when the family is divided, none of us will get much, and all the money will end up in the eldest son's pocket."

The old lady secretly planned to swindle Yun Xiyue out of her money and resell the ginseng, bird's nest, abalone, and other precious medicinal herbs and ingredients that Yun Xiyue had bought.

They kept the money they earned to themselves, while the second and third wives didn't get a single copper coin.

They weren't the old lady's biological sons. The money would be considered her dowry, and after she died, it would all go to the eldest son's family. What benefit could they possibly gain?

"Master, think about it, how much money has the Grand Madam taken from Yun Xiyue in the past five years? We also have children, why should all of this money be squandered by our eldest brother!"

Master Shen immediately thought it made sense, "Let my third brother and sister-in-law come over, we'll settle things with the eldest son's family."

If the matriarch doesn't give the second and third branches a share, then they'll tell Yun Xiyue and let her make a scene; then no one will have an easy time.