To divorce his wife, the top scholar preferred being cuckolded to wearing a red hat.

On the first day of her marriage, Ms. Qian got up very early.

Back when Jing Sheng and Su Mingyue got married, she set quite a few rules for Su Mingyue.

Today, Su Ziyu is serving tea, so she has to serve it to her.

Fu Jingying reminded her from the side, "Mother, don't be confused. My sister-in-law was already angry about the furniture you bought yesterday. If you make her stand in the rules again today, she definitely won't listen. Besides, she's not feeling well, so let's keep it simple."

Madam Qian snorted coldly: "It would be best if the child in her belly belonged to the Fu family. If it doesn't, have your brother divorce her. So what if she's a rich young lady? If she's divorced, she'll still be ridiculed and scorned."

“She’s not like Su Mingyue; you can’t just manipulate her as you please. Offending her won’t do your brother any good.”

"If it weren't for your older brother, I wouldn't have let her in. Yesterday, Su Mingyue came with that person, and she still dared to come. If it weren't for the fact that there were so many guests at the door, I would have kicked her out. What a disgrace she is, what is she doing here, trying to disgust our family?"

"She's climbed the social ladder, getting together with that prince." Fu Jingying said with a look of disdain, "She must have sold herself to the prince, otherwise, given the War King's status, how could he possibly be interested in her? Shameless, I spit on her."

"How shameless! She left our house and immediately hooked up with another man. It's a good thing she left us; someone like her could never be a docile person." Seeing that Su Ziyu hadn't arrived yet, Madam Qian told Fu Jingying to go check on her.

Fu Jingying didn't want to go: "I'm not going. What if I offend my sister-in-law? How am I supposed to live then? We don't have much money left at home. We're counting on my sister-in-law to run the household so we can have a good life. If I offend her, who will buy me new clothes and jewelry?"

Hearing her words, Madam Qian remembered that the family had held a happy event, and indeed, there wasn't much money left. She couldn't help but complain to Fu Jingsheng: "What was your brother thinking? He threw away 90,000 taels of silver to buy that estate, and the estate isn't even worth anything. The family is almost out of money."

“You’re so short-sighted, you don’t believe me. Once we buy that estate, it’s ours. If we really keep the money at home, when my sister-in-law takes over and sees there’s money in the house, do you think she’ll be willing to take out her dowry money?”

“You’re so clever,” Madam Qian laughed upon hearing this. “With the estate here, we have another house. But if we run out of money, we’ll really have nothing left.”

“Didn’t my elder brother say before that that estate is priceless? If we were to sell it, we could easily get 100,000 taels of silver. Having the estate is like having our silver deposited in a bank.”

Upon hearing this, Ms. Qian felt relieved.

Their family is wealthy; they're not penniless.

Su Ziyu and her husband finished breakfast in the courtyard before coming over. When she arrived, Qian and the others had been waiting for more than an hour.

Qian's face was not good-looking.

When Fu Jingying saw Su Ziyu coming over, she greeted her with a smile: "Sister-in-law is here."

Su Ziyu gave Qian a perfunctory bow: "Daughter-in-law greets Mother."

"Please sit down. Jingying and I have been waiting for you here for quite a while."

“Mother, you can’t blame me for this. The red paint on the furniture you made wasn’t even dry yet, and the house smelled awful. I practically slept with my nose in my hand all night, barely getting any sleep. I only managed to get some rest when it was light, which is why I woke up late.”

Speaking of which, I also wanted to ask about the furniture. My husband said that everything in the house, including our wedding arrangements, was taken care of by his mother. I can understand that his mother didn't manage the wedding room, but you could have asked her. Why are you still managing it the way you do in the countryside?

Fu Jingsheng looked uncomfortable as Su Ziyu said these words.

Qian's complexion was also not good.

What's going on? She hasn't even started serving tea yet, and she's already lecturing her mother-in-law. What kind of logic is that?

He looked at Fu Jingsheng, hoping he would say something to the other party.

Fu Jingsheng stood up, not wanting to get involved in these matters: "Mother, Ziyu didn't sleep well last night. Let's serve her tea early and make sure it's good. Then I'll take her to the courtyard to rest."

What Su Ziyu said was true, and he had no way to respond.

"Ziyu, today is our first day of marriage. We can talk about some things later. First, let's serve tea to Mother."

Su Ziyu stood up, picked up her teacup, and walked towards Madam Qian: "Mother, please have some tea."

Seeing her arrogant and disrespectful attitude, Madam Qian was very reluctant to accept the offer.

Fu Jingying kept giving her meaningful glances.

Madam Qian slowly accepted the gift and handed a red envelope to the other party, saying, "Once you enter the Fu family, you will be our Fu family's daughter-in-law. Only then will we be a family. I hope my daughter-in-law will understand this principle soon."

Su Ziyu glanced at the red envelope she had given her; it was very light inside.

“Of course. Now that I’ve married into this family, I will naturally consider myself a member of the Fu family. Since I am a member of the Fu family, I should naturally be in charge of everything related to the family from now on. We can talk about the furniture later. Let’s talk about the future of the household. Will you, Mother, be in charge of the household, or will I be in charge?”

Qian shared the same thoughts as Fu Jingying on this matter.

Of course, Su Zi should be in charge of this household.

Aside from Jingsheng's monthly allowance, the family only had one estate and no other income.

With low income but high expenses, this household is not something an average person could manage.

“Of course you should take charge. I’m just an old lady from the countryside, how would I know how to run a household? You’re a respectable person, and you grew up in the capital. If you don’t take charge, who will?”

“Yes, sister-in-law. My mother, my brother, and I all agree that you should be in charge. With you in charge, how can we be afraid that the Fu family won’t prosper in the future?” Fu Jingying echoed.

Seeing that they all wanted her to be in charge, Su Ziyu's expression softened: "Alright, since Mother doesn't want to be in charge, I will be in charge of the household from now on. I've been learning to manage a household since I was little, so I have some household management skills. Bring the keys to the storeroom and the account books to my yard later."

"Ziyu, from now on, you will be in charge of this household. You will manage the affairs at home, and I will take care of the affairs outside. Together, we will make the Fu family great and prosperous."

Su Ziyu smiled slightly: "Just focus on doing well in your official career. With your father around, as long as you don't do anything wrong, no one can stop your career advancement." Su Ziyu was very confident.

Upon hearing this, Ms. Qian beamed with joy.

Although this daughter-in-law comes from a higher social class, she can help her son's career advancement.

Jingying is right. It's okay if she suffers a little loss; it's not a big deal.

When Madam Qian sent someone to deliver the keys, saying that because she was illiterate, there were no account books in the house, Su Ziyu took people to the storeroom.

The warehouse contained only a few pieces of old furniture; nothing else of value.