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

Although the money issue was brushed off, nothing else was addressed. Ye Ruyue immediately seized the opportunity to ask why the gift Zhao Ye gave her was from Cheng Nanzhi.

"Ye Lang, you have no idea how mocking the servants looked at me in Guantang Courtyard!" Ye Ruyue gritted her teeth. "They must have been thinking that I was dissatisfied with Cheng Nanzhi, yet I used her things. I was so ungrateful. I was losing face terribly!"

If Zhao Ye had given her his own things, she wouldn't have suffered such humiliation today!

Mentioning this, Zhao Ye's eyes darted around, and he said vaguely, "What Cheng Nanzhi? Once they enter the Zhao family, they become part of the family. Who knew she had no sense of being a daughter-in-law of the Zhao family at all, and actually separated herself from the Zhao family so clearly? My mother and I really misjudged her!"

He held Ye Ruyue's hand and said affectionately, "Yue'er, you are indeed the only one who understands people, and you are the only one who is worthy of being the mistress of the Zhao family. I really regret that I had no choice but to marry Cheng Nanzhi."

Ye Ruyue was not attracted by these sweet words.

She understood: "So, Ye Lang, you've been using Cheng Nanzhi's things all this time, and... for the past few years too?

Zhao Ye's expression faltered slightly.

That's true, but that doesn't mean we can just say it so openly.

He said with slight annoyance, "Of course not. The Zhao family's shops are not incapable of making money, and I am not without a salary, so why would I need Cheng Nanzhi? It's just that, as you know, I have many expenses in my official career and in my daily life, which is why I don't have much savings, but it's not like I have none."

Ye Ruyue knew Zhao Ye very well and understood that it was exactly what she thought!

It turns out that Zhao Ye's extravagant spending over the years was based on Cheng Nanzhi's dowry in the mansion.

He himself didn't have much money at all!

Ye Ruyue felt deceived, but now that things had come to this, she had no chance to regret it; she was already on the Zhao family's ship.

But she can never go back to her old life!

The Zhao family may not have money, but they still have Cheng Nanzhi. As long as Cheng Nanzhi is gone, her dowry will belong to the Zhao family, and then it will be hers too. That's exactly what she wanted.

Thinking of this, Ye Ruyue's hope was rekindled, and she gently agreed to Zhao Ye's words.

She choked back tears without showing any emotion, saying, "What am I going to do now? Ye Lang, all those things you gave me were tokens of our love, but Cheng Nanzhi took them all. I have nothing left. How am I going to live? I'm penniless now, and I can't even get anything I want. I'm struggling to make ends meet."

She wiped away her tears and said, "Ye Lang, why don't you let me go back to the villa in the suburbs of the capital? Although life there is poor, at least I am free, unlike here where I am suffering so much."

Zhao Ye had finally managed to see her every day again, so he couldn't bear to let her go. He immediately pulled the money pouch from his waist and stuffed it into her hand, saying softly, "You still have me, don't you? I'm your support. With me here, I won't let you suffer. Even if you lose those things, I'll just give them back to you."

"However, Mother is very unhappy right now, so I can't give it to you anymore. In a few days, I will make it up to you for everything you lost today."

"Really?" Ye Ruyue looked at Zhao Ye with a pitiful expression.

Zhao Ye's heart softened. "Of course."

Ye Ruyue nestled into his arms and poured out her heart.

However, Zhao Ye could not stay any longer, and seeing that it was about time, he reluctantly left.

As soon as the person left, Ye Ruyue immediately put away her tearful appearance, wiped away her tears, and cursed Cheng Nanzhi.

Now that's bad, she can't make a grand appearance at the apprenticeship banquet!

Even if Wang Kesheng repays her debt and gives her money to spend, she can't buy jewelry or satin. Otherwise, if the people in the Zhao family find out that she has expensive jewelry and new clothes, who knows what they'll say about her.

Cheng Nanzhi has cut off her path!

Ye Ruyue cursed for a while with red eyes, when she suddenly heard a noise outside. She went out to see what was happening and found that Chunyu and the others, who had been taken to Guantang Courtyard, had returned.

Upon meeting her, they had no choice but to bow to Ye Ruyue.

Ye Ruyue clearly saw their strange and disdainful looks, and even Chunyu kept her head down, unwilling to look at her, which made her furious.

"What are you thinking? Don't think I can't see through you! How dare you! Go to the courtyard and kneel as punishment. You're not allowed to get up for at least two hours!" Ye Ruyue seemed to have found a way to vent her frustration.

The men dared not disobey and did as they were told.

Ye Ruyue stormed back inside, slamming the door behind her.

The maids could no longer contain themselves.

"It was clearly Miss Biao who was in the wrong, so why are we being punished to vent our anger! She dares to do it, but others aren't allowed to think about it?"

"There's nothing we can do. She's the mistress, after all. We're servants, we have no choice but to obey."

"I didn't know Miss was like this before I came. If I had known, I would have asked Granny to transfer me to another post."

One of the maids said enviously, "I wish I could work at Guantang Courtyard. The Madam is such a kind person."

Others immediately echoed this.

"Yeah!"

"I entered the household late and had only heard of Madam's virtuous reputation, but had never met her. Only today do I realize that Madam is an exceptionally good person!"

"Miss almost ruined the apprenticeship banquet that Madam had organized, but Madam didn't hold it against her. She's even more kind to us servants; knowing that we'd been wronged, she gave us money as compensation!"

"How come Miss Biao doesn't have even a fraction of Madam's good qualities?"

Suddenly, a maid asked Chunyu, "Sister Chunyu, I heard that you are a senior member of the household. Why don't you try to get Zhang Mama to transfer you to Guantang Courtyard instead of coming here to Miss Biao's place?"

Chunyu's feelings were extremely complicated upon hearing this.

Just as they were about to speak, a loud bang suddenly came from the inner room, accompanied by the sound of porcelain shattering. Everyone was startled and quickly knelt down, not daring to say anything more.

Spring rain also lowered its head, concealing the emotions in its eyes.

Ye Ruyue heard everything clearly inside and was furious at the maid's words.

Why does Cheng Nanzhi get a good reputation while she is disliked and looked down upon? It's not like she stole the money!

But now, she has to clean up the mess that Cheng Nanzhi made by mismanaging and losing money!

Ye Ruyue smashed some more things in anger to vent her frustration.

After a long while, Ye Ruyue forced herself to calm down.

She's determined to get revenge for this loss; she won't be a Ye if she doesn't make Cheng Nanzhi suffer a severe setback!

But first, we need to improve our current situation.

She was going to be living in the Zhao family for a long time to come, and she couldn't bear that kind of reputation. But that wasn't something she could do right now; she could only take it one step at a time.

Ye Ruyue took a deep breath and called out to the people outside.

Before the servants entered, Ye Ruyue pinched herself, her eyes reddening with pain, and she appeared to be suppressing her emotions: "I'm truly sorry, I didn't mean to scold you. But I really have no way to argue about what happened today, and I can't go against my sister-in-law's wishes, so I have to take the blame..."

She suddenly stopped, realizing she had said something wrong, and covered her mouth, tears streaming down her face.

The servants were taken aback.

"Alright, alright, I admit defeat and won't say anything more. I hope my sister-in-law can take pity on me for going along with her today and not cause me any more trouble, and also not implicate you all." Ye Ruyue said sadly, and took out the money bag that Zhao Ye had given her, gave them a few coins, and said sincerely that it was an apology.

Her actions left the servants at a loss, and they hurriedly kowtowed to express their gratitude.

"You may leave now. Call Sanmei over to serve you," Ye Ruyue said.

Chunyu looked up, pursed her lips, and said, "Sanmei was beaten and carried back to rest in her room. I'm afraid she can't do her job anymore. Miss, please give me any instructions you may have."

Ye Ru didn't notice what she said later; she was both shocked and angry from what she heard earlier.

How dare Cheng Nanzhi hit her people?

Isn't this a public slap in the face?!

That Cheng Nanzhi! She's sworn enemies with her!