Favoring a concubine and destroying the wife? I'll abandon my husband and children and wipe out

Upon hearing this, Zhao Shize looked at Old Madam Zhao with longing eyes.

Zhao Huaiyu, who was standing nearby, also looked on curiously.

The servants in the room all looked up and cast their gazes, making Old Madam Zhao feel like she was sitting on pins and needles, unable to back down.

If they agreed, where would the Zhao family get so much cash?

But if she didn't respond, she would lose all face! And with so many servants watching, how was she supposed to face their strange looks afterward!

Old Madam Zhao clenched her fists tightly, finally took a deep breath, and forced a smile, saying, "Of course. Ye'er, as her father, will handle this matter, so you don't need to worry about it anymore. Just rest quietly and find a good female tutor for Yu'er."

"However, getting to know Mr. Zhou at Xiangchun Tower is just the beginning. You'll still need to put in a lot of effort to help Zege with his studies in the future. You won't be allowed to refuse then," Old Madam Zhao said jokingly.

Cheng Nanzhi smiled and said, "That's for sure. I've been thinking about the future of my two children day and night, and I just hope that their lives will be exactly as I envision them."

The last sentence revealed a sudden, ruthless intent.

But Madam Zhao was so preoccupied with what to do that no one else noticed.

Zhao Shize beamed and leaned closer, saying affectionately, "I knew Grandmother and Father were the best to me!"

Seeing this, Zhao Huaiyu looked at him with envy.

She knew she was a woman, and even if the Zhao family valued the matter of the tutor, they would never scheme so meticulously as they did with Zhao Shize.

They could never have the same expectations of her as they had of Zhao Shize.

Thinking of this, Zhao Huaiyu's eyes dimmed slightly.

Madam Zhao's heart was bleeding, but she forced a smile and said, "Look at what you're saying. Of course we love you the most. If you ever talk back to your grandmother like you did just now, your grandmother won't take care of you anymore."

"No way! I promise I won't!" Zhao Shize said sweetly.

Madam Zhao felt somewhat better.

Cheng Nanzhi looked at it and twitched the corner of her mouth.

Is that all there is to it?

Not long after, Madam Zhao excused herself by saying she had a headache and left.

Zhao Shize and Zhao Huaiyu were still eagerly approaching Cheng Nanzhi, their eyes frequently glancing towards the inner room behind her, their anticipation quite obvious.

My mother usually had people take out nice things from there and give them to them!

Cheng Nanzhi understood their thoughts perfectly well, but she pretended not to know, gave them some daily instructions and told them to take care of themselves, and then asked Lianruo to take them back.

The two were visibly disappointed, but too embarrassed to say anything, and left sullenly.

Cheng Nanzhi dismissed the servants, leaving only Qingdai and Lianruo.

"Have you done everything I asked you to do?" Cheng Nanzhi asked Qingdai.

Qingdai smiled and said confidently, "Don't worry, Miss, I've arranged everything perfectly. We're just waiting for people to crawl in!"

She sneered, "The master and the old lady clearly want you to pay this unnecessary money, and they're even trying to scheme against you! This time, I'll make them pay a price and show them that you're not someone who can be easily fooled!"

Cheng Nanzhi said, "For matters that require you to appear in public, you should have Chen Wangli handle them. Try to go out as little as possible. After all, you are my head maid, and many people know you. Don't expose your identity."

Qingdai nodded: "This servant understands."

Cheng Nanzhi then turned to Jianlan and said, "Jianlan, have someone go find Sanmei again. The time has come when we need her."

Lan asked, "What does Miss want Sanmei to do this time?"

Cheng Nanzhi said with amusement, "Naturally, it's to let Ye Ruyue know the important matter that Zege'er has no place at Xiangchun Pavilion."

It's not enough for just the father to care; of course, the mother needs to be involved too.

Presumably, the two of them working together will be able to accomplish something truly amazing. But there will also be more opportunities to create trouble.

“Oh, right, Qingdai,” Cheng Nanzhi remembered something, “the next few days, find out the dowry list from when I married into the family, and check the storeroom to see how many things are missing.”

She couldn't let the Zhao family spend so much of her money for nothing.

When they divorce in the future, they must be made to pay back every single penny!

Qingdai's eyes lit up; "Has the storeroom been locked these past few days?"

When Cheng Nanzhi was in the mansion, the Zhao family would go in from time to time to take things. In the past, Cheng Nanzhi treated them as family and never cared, but now that's no longer the case.

Cheng Nanzhi said, "Go buy a few big locks and lock it up."

If Zhao Ye and his mother couldn't raise the money and tried to secretly take her things to pawn to pay off the debt, it would be impossible!

On the other side, as soon as Madam Zhao returned to Shou'an Hall, she saw Zhao Ye waiting for her.

"Mother, how is it?"

Madam Zhao said bitterly, "That bitch Cheng Nanzhi!"

Zhao Ye was taken aback: "What's wrong with her?"

Granny Zhang complained, "Sir, you didn't see it! Madam is absolutely infuriating! Not only did she instigate the young master and young lady to speak up for her and disrespect the old lady, but she also refused to pay any money, even claiming that the Zhao family only approached her because they were broke!"

"What? How dare she do this!" Zhao Ye angrily swept the things off the table and stood up abruptly. "I'm going to find her and demand an explanation! She's humiliating and looking down on the Zhao family like this. Does she forget that she insisted on marrying into the family? What's with this act of high and mighty behavior!"

“Go ahead, but what reason do you have to blame her!” said Madam Zhao.

Zhao Ye suddenly stopped.

Madam Zhao gritted her teeth and said, "Besides, the Cheng family hasn't fallen yet. If you anger her, you'll still have to apologize and appease her in the end!"

But he was her husband, her everything!

Zhao Ye felt extremely uncomfortable, and his desire to eliminate the Cheng family reached its peak at this moment.

He wanted to see what kind of arrogance she would have left when the Cheng family was gone and they became the target of public criticism again!

"The most urgent thing now is to raise some money and secure the location of Xiangchunlou." Madam Zhao was extremely worried when she talked about this. "Where would we get such a large sum of money?"

Zhao Ye's face turned slightly pale, and he remained silent.

Granny Zhang had an idea: "Madam, how about this? Since the money can only come from Madam anyway, why don't we go to Madam's storeroom and take a few things to pawn to make up the difference? We can do that without Madam knowing. She won't be watching the storeroom anyway."

"That's a great idea!" Old Madam Zhao's eyes lit up.

Zhao Ye felt that doing this was not as good as confronting Cheng Nanzhi, which sounded better.

But Cheng Nanzhi's approach was no longer feasible, so this was the only remaining option. The Zhao family couldn't possibly exhaust all their existing wealth.

Granny Zhang then accepted the order and left.

However, he returned not long afterward.

"My lord, Madam, the madam's storeroom has suddenly been locked! The maid guarding it said that the madam recently wanted to check and audit the accounts, and if anyone wants to go in to get something, they must report to her first! No matter how much this old servant pleads, she just won't let anyone in!"

"That bitch, is she trying to protect herself from us? Does she think we're thieves?!" Zhao Ye slammed his fist on the table in anger.

Madam Zhao's expression was also not good.

Go to Cheng Nanzhi to report the purpose? Absolutely not.