Three families hire each other, the mistress of the marquisate accidentally offends the treacherous

Zhongyong Hou Mansion.

Sun Xiaoxiao looked at the newly renovated Zhuxiangyuan with a smile on her face.

She became Xue Feimu's legal wife and the legitimate wife of the crown prince.

From now on, she will be the one making the decisions in this mansion, and no one dares to say no.

She would beat and scold those concubines whenever she wanted, and sell them whenever she wanted.

No one can say anything.

"Go, call Aunt Chu."

When it comes to Chu Wan'er, Sun Xiaoxiao feels so angry that her teeth itch.

It was only these days that she realized that the child that Chu Wan'er had lost had nothing to do with her, and she had felt guilty about it for so long.

The time when the child fell was exactly one day different from the day when she came to the Marquis' Mansion, but this bitch acted like that, causing them to misunderstand.

When Sun Xiaoxiao knew this, she immediately reported it to Sun. The two of them scolded Chu Wan'er severely.

Chu Wan'er felt extremely aggrieved, but she didn't dare to refute a word.

But even so, Sun Xiaoxiao never thought of letting her go.

The maid responded and went to Miaowenyuan to call Chu Wan'er.

Chu Wan'er was extremely reluctant to come, but she had to.

Ever since she made a scene on the day Sun Xiaoxiao was included in the family tree of the Marquis' Mansion and Xue Feimu slapped her, she has not seen Xue Feimu again.

These days, Sun Xiaoxiao asked her to come every day.

After she came, he made her kneel for three or four hours, and then appeared at sunset, and then he would crack melon seeds and ridicule her.

When had she ever suffered such an injustice? When she returned to Beijing before, she wanted to be the mistress of this marquis's mansion.

But now...

It was completely different from what she thought.

Chu Wan'er resented Jiang Qingyue for not showing mercy to her and not giving her the position of co-wife. Otherwise, she would definitely have a chance to compete with Sun Xiaoxiao now.

She also resented Xue Feimu for not keeping his promise, saying that he would treat her well, but after returning to Beijing, he was a completely different person and did not do what he promised her.

She resented Sun Xiaoxiao even more for being so successful and torturing her like this.

But even though she was resentful, there was nothing she could do.

Chu Wan'er arrived at Zhuxiangyuan and looked at the courtyard where she had lived for a day. The resentment in her heart kept rising.

She clutched the corner of her clothes tightly.

He knelt down obediently where he usually knelt.

She thought in her mind that as long as she could turn things around one day, she would make Sun Xiaoxiao return the humiliation she suffered today tenfold or a hundredfold.

She knelt in the yard, feeling aggrieved and speechless. However, today seemed different from the past. In the past, when she knelt here, the maids in Zhuxiangyuan would come to laugh at her, but today, there was no movement.

At this moment, a maid from some courtyard saw her kneeling, came over to help her up, and said:

"Mrs. Chu, why are you still kneeling here? Something big has happened up ahead."

"Why, what's the big deal?"

"Something happened to the Sun family. Two people died on the Sun family farm. It had been suppressed before, but somehow it was exposed. The Sun family has been in a state of panic these days. They finally dealt with the matter, but today it was exposed again. The eldest son of the Sun family raped a woman and has been imprisoned."

Chu Wan'er felt relieved when she heard that something happened to the Sun family.

But I didn't understand: "What does that have to do with the Marquis' Mansion?"

The maid said, "Just now, the steward of the Sun family came to ask Aunt Sun to borrow money. He borrowed it from our house."

Chu Wan'er: "So are you going to give the money or not?"

The maid said, "Of course we have to give it. When Aunt Sun was about to be promoted to the first wife, the Sun family gave her 30,000 taels of silver as a gift, which was given to the Xue family. There were still more than 20,000 taels left. This silver is in Aunt Sun's hands. Now that the Sun family is in trouble, we will naturally help."

Chu Wan'er thought of something and asked, "Then the old lady and the prince don't care?"

"It's not that I don't care. The Marquis' Mansion was short of money some time ago, and it was all thanks to the Sun family. Now that the Sun family is in trouble, they have no choice but to find the Marquis' Mansion and say they will make up for it when they have more money in the future.

"Of course the old lady disagrees. How can she give up the money in her pocket? But Aunt Sun is in charge of the money."

This maid kept calling her Aunt Sun. Chu Wan'er knew at a glance that this was a maid who had a grudge against Sun Xiaoxiao, and she was probably still holding a grudge against Sun Xiaoxiao. This kind of person was the best to use for me.

Seeing this situation, Chu Wan'er knew that no one would know if she didn't kneel today, so she stood up and was about to go back.

No matter what, Sun Xiaoxiao will torture her.

She took off a golden hairpin from her hair and handed it to the maid.

She asked the maid to send her back to Miaowenyuan with kind words. When the maid saw such a beautiful hairpin, she was overjoyed and accepted it.

Along the way, he revealed a lot of information to Chu Wan'er.

Chu Wan'er was extremely happy and felt that this trip was a blessing in disguise.

Although she was punished, she also got some good information and took off the bracelet on her wrist and gave it to her.

The maidservant didn't dare to accept it at first, and after some refusals, she finally accepted it.

He immediately told everything he knew, and recounted every detail of the Sun family's affairs.

Chu Wan'er was once the daughter of a military general, so she had some experience.

After knowing this news and thinking about the situation at hand, I quickly restored the original situation.

Madam Sun's family should have severed ties with the Sun family, otherwise they would not have come to the Marquis's Mansion to ask for money.

Sun Xiaoxiao has just become the Crown Prince's wife. It is not cost-effective to ask for money at this time, as it will upset the Marquis' Mansion. If it is not a last resort, she will not take this step.

No matter how powerful a businessman is, he dare not go against official authority.

Chu Wan'er listened carefully, trying to find some information that could be of use to her.

It can be used to counter Sun Xiaoxiao in the future.

Sun Xiaoxiao has achieved her current status thanks to the Sun family, but if the Sun family is unreliable, then Sun Xiaoxiao has nothing to fear.

But when she heard the maid's casual words, alarm bells instantly rang in her heart, and she shuddered and became serious.

"My aunt doesn't know that one of the tenants who died on the farm had a brother who was from the Northwest Army Camp. It seems that he was from the same camp as the prince. Many people died in that battle, but his brother luckily survived. If he hadn't lost a leg, he would have been reported as a deserter. Many of them came back and testified against each other, so they escaped. You say that if you have a brother like this, you must stand up for your brother..."

The word "deserter" made Chu Wan'er feel like she was struck by lightning. She stood there in a daze and didn't hear what was said afterwards.

When they arrived at Miaowenyuan, the maid had said almost everything and was about to leave. Seeing Chu Wan'er in a daze, she held the things Chu Wan'er had just given her and said one more sentence:

"Thank you, Auntie. If I hear any news, I will quietly inform you."

Chu Wan'er came back to her senses: "Okay, okay, thank you for your hard work."

After the maid left, Chu Wan'er returned to the yard, feeling anxious and pacing around the room.

Someone has returned from the border, and he is in the same military camp as Xue Feimu. As a general, Xue Feimu will definitely be recognized.

There is already suspicion of desertion now, and Xue Feimu might be discovered.

If discovered, Xue Feimu couldn't escape, the Marquis' Mansion couldn't escape, and she couldn't escape either.

By then, she would have no way out.

No, she is still so young, she is less than 20 years old, she doesn't want to die.

She couldn't sit still and wait for death.

She is leaving the capital.

She still has a home, she can go back to the border, where her mother, brother and nanny are all.

She is still so young. If she goes back for a year or two, she can get married and have children.

She still had a good future ahead of her, and she wouldn't want to die in the backyard of this marquis's mansion for the sake of others.

I heard from my maidservants these days that there are many more foreign businessmen in the capital, and many more people are entering and leaving the city.

If she left, these people would be just the right place to hide her tracks.

When these things were connected together, Chu Wan'er made up her mind to escape almost in an instant.

She thought of Xue Feimu.

Thinking of their past friendship, she was naturally reluctant to leave. However, Xue Feimu's performance in this short time since she came back really chilled her heart.

She was not given the status of a co-wife, and even though she was later given a nice courtyard, she only lived there for one day.

She was in charge of household chores and entertaining guests, but in the end, when something went wrong, it was all blamed on her, a woman, and she was beaten with twenty boards.

She still remembers the feeling of the board falling on her body. Before that, she had never imagined that this day would come.

She felt wronged and aggrieved, but Xue Feimu seemed like a different person. He didn't take it to heart at all. He just said a few words of comfort and then acted as if nothing had happened.

Later, she lost her child and was in great pain, but Xue Feimu took another concubine... Thinking of this, Chu Wan'er burst into tears.

Just now, she thought for a moment whether she should tell Xue Feimu the news and let him prepare in advance.

But then she dismissed the idea.

Once a deserter is confirmed, he will be dead and his family members will also be implicated.

If Xue Feimu wants to survive and keep the Marquis' Mansion, there is only one way to go, and that is to put all the responsibility on others.

She, who came back from the border with him, was the best target.

She didn't think so before, but now, after so many things that have happened during this period of time, she feels that Xue Feimu will definitely not care about her feelings.

Chu Wan'er had made up her mind, and when she thought about all the bad things Xue Feimu had done to her, she no longer had any attachment to him.

Even if the Marquis's Mansion was fine, she didn't want to stay there any longer. Back at the border, she was still the eldest lady. Here, she was counting on Xue Feimu's pity to be a concubine, which was really unacceptable.

If she had known that she would be a concubine, if she had known that the Marquis's Mansion would fall into such a state, she would never have returned to the capital with Xue Feimu.

only……

If she wanted to return to the border from the capital, she would need money.

They had spent a lot of money on the journey back from the border.

When she entered the mansion, she also brought some silver bills with her, but she spent almost all of them during her time there.

That time, she was in charge of the household expenses and almost lost all her money.

Although she was very cautious afterwards, she never took a penny from the public treasury since Sun Xiaoxiao came in.

He got nothing he wanted, even the monthly silver was delayed again and again.

She didn't want to argue over a few taels of silver, so she just let it go. However, she didn't expect Sun Xiaoxiao to become even more aggressive and even ignored everyone in Miaowen Academy.

She had no choice but to use her own money to support the family. She only kept two maids and paid for their food, clothing, housing and transportation. Except for the yard, she didn't have to pay for anything else.

Originally, these would not cost too much money, but Sun Xiaoxiao would trouble her from time to time, so she had no choice but to take care of the servants. She also had to please the old lady, so she had to give gifts. She also had to send some food to Xue Feimu from time to time, and it had to be good. After all the big and small things, her little money was almost gone.

This amount of silver is definitely not enough to return to the border.

If you want to go back, you must have money.

Xue Feimu had no money, and neither did the Marquis' Mansion. Sun Xiaoxiao did have some, but she would not give it to her.

Chu Wan'er was anxious. It would have been fine if she didn't know about this at first, but now that she has figured it out, she feels that she can't stay in the Marquis' Mansion for a moment.

The sooner she leaves the mansion, the safer she will be.

It was Xue Feimu who deserted, not her. Even if they knew she had left, she was just a concubine returning to her parents' home, which was not against the law.

The North is so far away, no one would arrest her for such a thing.

As long as she goes back, she can start a better life.

Thinking of this, Chu Wan'er was eager to return home.

When I think about money again, I can't help but feel anxious.

Just at this moment, the maid came again.

"Auntie, there's a commotion up ahead again."

"What happened?" Chu Wan'er asked.

"There was a quarrel in the warehouse in front. The Sun family came to borrow money. Aunt Sun wanted to give them money, but the old lady firmly disagreed.

"The key was in the hands of Aunt Sun. Aunt Sun ignored it and wanted to go to the storehouse to get the silver. When the old lady received the news, she immediately took people to the storehouse and had them guard the storehouse door to prevent anyone from entering.

"The two sides are at a stalemate. Someone has already gone to invite the prince. It's about time he comes."

Chu Wan'er was very happy when she heard Sun Xiaoxiao and the old lady quarreling.

"Auntie, I see that this matter will not be resolved for a while. I'm afraid the prince has no way to deal with it. One is my grandmother, and the other is my in-laws.

"The two sides were at loggerheads. The old lady didn't leave and asked Aunt Sun to hand over the key, but she refused. Just now, I heard that a housekeeper suggested giving the key to the storehouse to the eldest wife.

"The old lady is on guard against Aunt Sun, and Aunt Sun doesn't trust the old lady. Logically speaking, it would be best to leave her to the first wife. But the first wife is a member of the Sun family.

"Alas, Auntie, don't fight for it. This time, I'm afraid Auntie Bai will get the upper hand."

As soon as these words fell, Chu Wan'er's mind suddenly lit up and her eyes lit up as she thought of something.

This is really like someone giving you a pillow when you are sleepy.

If the warehouse key was left with her, she would have enough money for the journey.

Chu Wan'er thanked the maidservant politely.

He wanted to go out immediately, but he turned back after taking only one step.

She looked in front of the mirror, dressed up, and then went out again.

All the way to the warehouse.

Before I even reached the warehouse, I heard the sound of quarreling inside.

Xue Feimu has arrived.

Sun Xiaoxiao burst into tears: "Mother said that since it was given to the Marquis' Mansion before, it belongs to the Marquis' Mansion. It was just borrowed and will be returned in the future."

Xue Feimu nodded: Human life is at stake now, let’s spend the money first.

"How can the Sun Mansion not have this little bit of silver? I think you just want to go back on your word. Now the Marquis Mansion is also in a critical situation. The Dragon Boat Festival is coming soon, and the Qiqiao Marquis Mansion will hold a banquet for the clan later, and there is also the Mid-Autumn Festival. All of these need to be prepared right now. I am afraid this little bit of silver is not enough."

The old lady’s attitude was clear: once something entered the Marquis’ Mansion, you could never take it out again, and she would not give it back no matter what.

Xue Feimu frowned: These are indeed the customs of the Marquis' Mansion.

It would have been fine if he hadn't come back. If he had come back, he would have done everything he needed to do. Otherwise, it would have really made people feel that the Marquis's Mansion was in decline.

But at this moment, both sides had their reasons and he was a little confused.