If you keep making noise, I won’t stand it anymore!

The second wife opened her eyes wide in shock, and suddenly raised her head to look at the old patriarch sitting at the head: "Father-in-law, what are you doing..."

"It means exactly what it says. From now on, the second son will stay in this courtyard and don't go out. I have already told the palace doctor. I know you have been wronged during these years of marrying into the Sun family." The old patriarch of the Sun family sighed, and his usually straight back has become hunched recently. "I have been busy with the Sun family's business all these years, and I have neglected to discipline these two sons. This is all my fault."

"But as for the affairs in the backyard, I...some things cannot be interfered with too much. From now on, the Second House will rely on you to support it." Then he turned and winked at the old servant standing next to him, "This is thirty thousand taels of silver. It is unreasonable not to give an explanation to Liuzhou Prefecture for what the Second House did. This is my private money. You can take it and send someone to Liuzhou Prefecture in the name of the Second House to give an explanation to those who were injured in this matter."

Seeing the second wife's look of disbelief, the old patriarch laughed self-deprecatingly: "I am no longer the patriarch. I have put down my burden and I am old. Naturally, I have seen many things. There is nothing strange about this."

"Father-in-law, you'd better take the money back. Since it was the second wife who caused the trouble, it is natural that she should pay for it." The second wife quickly regained her composure. Ever since her father-in-law said that he had personally instructed the court doctor and asked her to be in charge of the second wife, she began to look at this father-in-law who always had a stern face and only had the first wife in his eyes with a new respect. To be honest, if the Sun family asked her to choose the head of the family, she would rather choose the eldest wife's legitimate son than her own husband.

"Since the second son's wife is given to you, just take it. And if you trust me, just let Xiaosan and Xiaowu spend more time with me in the future. Well, it's getting late, you should go to bed early. I'm leaving." After saying this, the old master Sun stood up with his hands behind his back and walked out of the courtyard of the second house.

Watching the old master and the old servant walk out of the second room one after another, the gatekeeper closed the door and locked it in one go. The second wife looked down at the 30,000 taels of silver in her hand, sighed softly, and handed it to the nanny beside her.

Thirty thousand taels may not be a small amount for other people. To be honest, she doesn't even take it seriously. After marrying into the second branch of the Sun family, she went from looking forward to a harmonious marriage with her wife to watching her husband having affairs outside and taking concubines one after another.

After she had quarreled and made a fuss and found it was useless, she stopped quarreling and making a fuss, and gave birth to her eldest son with tears in her eyes. A year later, she gave birth to her eldest daughter. Then, she suppressed her nausea and got close to the Second Master, and gave birth to her second son the following year. From then on, she never let the Second Master get close to her again. Of course, except for her own three children, no other children were born in the second branch of the Sun family.

She had given up any hope for her husband over the years, and had accumulated a considerable fortune with her dowry and the help of her master's family, so these thirty thousand years were not a lot of money for her.

Then she thought of her calm eldest daughter, her gentle and generous daughter, and her smart youngest son. Now her father-in-law had told her that her husband would live in this yard from now on. She felt as happy as if she had drunk water from an ice cellar on an August day.

The Second Madam looked up at the sky. Well, since she was in a good mood today, she would go check on the man lying on the ground. Maybe she could have a midnight snack when she came back. Thinking of this, she stood up and said, "Mammy, let's go and check on the old man's injury to see if he has recovered. Haha..."

The yard of the second master of the second courtyard of the Sun family in the capital was now filled with beautifully dressed young ladies, who were vying to get into the house and were almost getting into a fight.

The Second Madam stood at the gate of the courtyard, laughing so hard that she couldn't help herself. Later, she saw that if things continued to escalate, the Second House would be laughed at again, so she had to speak up: "Alright, alright, stop arguing. Since all the sisters want to take care of the master so much, I am very pleased. How about this, the maid will arrange the shifts for seven days, and the order will be based on the first time they entered the mansion, how about that?"

Everyone who was arguing fiercely quieted down after hearing this. "Sister, this doesn't seem fair. It's been two months since my sister's turn?" The Second Lady took a closer look and found that it was a beautiful woman who had recently entered the mansion. As for the name, she didn't even pay attention to it.

"Oh, don't worry about that. I'll start with you in the second round. Is that okay?"

"Well, thank you, sister," the beautiful woman thought. In this way, she could stay with the Second Master for half a month. She didn't believe that she couldn't get pregnant with her means.

"Since you all have no objections, let's all go back today. Remember to pack your things and come early tomorrow to take care of the patient in person. To show your sincerity, I will bring the maids and mother-in-law with me." The second lady said indifferently as she looked at the women in the yard.

"Ah, why?"

"How can there be such a thing?"

The women in the yard immediately started arguing like crazy upon hearing this.

"If you make any more noise, you'll stay in your yard and never come out." The second wife, who was tired after a day of noise, completely lost her patience and shouted.

"Hmph." Someone shook his sleeves, hummed, and left the yard first. The people behind him followed suit and left one after another, even forgetting the most basic etiquette.

The second wife smiled indifferently. After such a quarrel, she lost interest in entering the house. She glanced at the closed door and turned back to her room.

In less than half a year, more than ten concubines of the second branch of the Sun family left the Sun family one after another, either by walking away or being sold. This news spread throughout the capital.

Ten days later, after breakfast, Meixiang and others who were preparing to go out received gifts from the capital. Meixiang first marked the letter from the Second Prince's Palace.

"Tsk tsk tsk, is the Second Prince's Mansion so rich? Fifteen thousand taels!" Meixiang was shocked at first, then shook the banknotes in her hand and made a clicking sound.

Situ Yidong and the others were also stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "You still have a hostage in your hands. I guess the Second Prince's Mansion can't afford to lose this person."

“Are these people so valuable?”

"I think it may not be that simple. You can continue to look at what is said in the other letters, and maybe you will understand what is going on." Chu Zeming said.

Meixiang nodded and looked through several other envelopes. She was attracted by the envelope marked with the Li family from the Ministry of Revenue. In her memory, she seemed to have no connection with the Li family.

"Does anyone know what's going on with this Li family in the Ministry of Revenue?" Meixiang asked everyone present while holding the envelope.

"Li family?" Everyone looked at each other, all confused.