No script time travel, the general helped me rise to the top

That day, I listened to the maids talking about the rules all day long, and even when it was time for dinner at the hour of You, I still couldn't rest.

This was the first time that Yangyang felt so uncomfortable eating in Chenxi Hall.

"How can you start eating before the host starts eating?"

"How can you take a dish more than three times?"

"How can you chew so loudly?"

Old Madam Xue frowned and scolded Yangyang repeatedly, neither picking up the chopsticks nor putting them down, which really made Yangyang feel uneasy.

"Mother, you know Yangyang's situation, just take it slow," said Xue Zuoxiang to comfort Madam Xue.

But Madam Xue looked disdainful and raised her voice again.

"I have said before that you should marry Rou'er after Jia's death, but you insisted on listening to Jia's instigation and letting her cousin marry you. Now look, what a joke you have made."

The woman next to Old Madam Xue, whom she called Rou'er, blushed when she heard this.

Although she is an older woman, she is still very charming.

He served a bowl of green grass lotus seed soup and placed it in front of Old Madam Xue.

"It happened so long ago, why are you bringing it up now? My cousin is now the head of the government, you should be happy."

"So what if he is the head of all officials! If there is no mistress in the family who manages the affairs, no matter how much wealth he has, he will squander it all!" Old Madam Xue looked at everyone at the table.

Seeing that Xue Zuoxiang lowered his eyebrows in response, so that she could not say anything wrong, she turned her spearhead to the dazed Yangyang.

"I think Yangyang is a silly girl, but she has been spoiled. From tomorrow on, she must follow all the rules! Otherwise, if she is really allowed to marry into the Marquis of Changguo's mansion, it will be a joke to others!"

Yangyang swallowed his saliva. He was not in a daze just now.

I was just thinking that it turns out that Madam Xue brought Rou'er here with the intention of marrying another woman for Lord Zuo Xiang.

I lost my mind for a moment.

Xue Zuoxiang had just dealt with Madam Xue, so he had no other thoughts at the moment. He put down his chopsticks and spoke frankly after hearing his mother's words.

"I understand mother's intentions. Yangyang is a naive child but not stupid. I don't think she will bring trouble to our Xue family, so mother wants to teach her well. I just think of it as a thank you to mother."

"It's just about getting married. I'm busy with court affairs right now, so I don't have any other thoughts. I hope mother can understand!"

Father is a great guy. Yangyang wanted to give him a thumbs up.

But when he caught a glimpse of Rou'er from the corner of his eye, his eyes flickered and he immediately changed the subject.

"Aunt, cousin, in my opinion, although my cousin's wife is wrong, Qingqing is a good child. I heard that she will soon be a marriageable girl. Since she is here to learn the rules, why not let her out as well? The child is young, don't let her have any grudges with my cousin!"

Xue Qingqing is good? Why don't you complain to the heavens?

What kind of good girl would be so obsessed with sending her slave to be a human pig?

What on earth is Rou'er thinking about? Women really have deep hearts!

After hearing this, Xue's mother nodded in agreement, "That's right, you only have these two daughters, don't focus all your attention on Yangyang, you have to take care of Qingqing as well!"

Great! After all, I had been doing this for a long time, so Xue Qingqing was locked up in Yaoyue Courtyard for only one day.

Yangyang really wanted to have a bottle of vodka, the kind without any drinks, and drink himself into a hangover!

At the end of the meal, Xiao Tao thought of Biluo's matter.

Thinking of getting Biluo for his young lady, before Yangyang could react,

"Old Madam, Sir, Biluo helped Miss the other day. Miss kept asking about Biluo after she came back. Xiaotao took the initiative to ask Sir to let Biluo come to our courtyard to serve Miss!"

"Oh! What kind of rule is this? A maid is making decisions for her master!"

This girl named Rou'er might have been unhappy about being rejected by Zuo Xiang just now, and now she has found Xiao Tao's fault.

"Madame Tong, Madame Xu, drag them away and give them fifteen strokes of the cane on their buttocks! This is totally unruly!" Old Madam Xue did not tolerate it and gave the order directly.

Only then did Yangyang realize how powerful they were. This was how the wealthy and powerful families behaved. She had underestimated them before.

But she couldn't bear to let Xiao Tao get beaten.

"Father, father," Yangyang knelt down at Xue Zuoxiang's feet, "Father, don't hit Xiaotao, don't hit Xiaotao!"

Just as the Left Prime Minister was about to speak, Old Lady Xue said sharply,

"A young lady begging for a maid, it would be a joke if it got out. What are you still standing there for? Drag her away!"

Yangyang wanted to say something, but Zuo Xiang soothed her hands and signaled her to stop messing around.

In this way, Xiao Tao was dragged into the woodshed.

When it was late at night and everyone was asleep, Yangyang looked out the window and saw Xiaotao lying on a bench and fainted.

"Xiao Tao, Xiao Tao, I brought some food and drinks."

Yangyang opened the lid of the gourd, and the aroma of peach blossom drink wafted out. Xiaotao blinked immediately.

"Miss, why are you here!" Xiao Tao lay there weakly. Just raising her eyelids made her feel pain all over her body.

"You drink something and eat something first, I'll apply medicine for you."

Yangyang looked at the blurry bloodstain on Xiaotao's buttocks with reluctance, gritted his teeth, and clenched his palms.

"Xiao Tao, I'm afraid we can't act rashly like we did to Madam Xue before."

Xiao Tao drank some drinks and ate a piece of shortbread, and then she had little strength left. "Miss, it was all Xiao Tao's own decision. Xiao Tao will pay attention next time!"

"It's not your fault. I thought this wealthy family was too simple. I have to find another way!"

While Yangyang was applying medicine to Xiaotao, he thought about his lofty ambitions that he had said before.

He also said that he wanted to take back the financial power of the Xue family and get Jia's dowry so that he could live a carefree life!

Now it seems that I was a little too arrogant.

Before, Mrs. Xue was just stupid, and she always caught me secretly bullying me.

But her brain doesn't work well when it comes to the slightest strategy.

But this old lady Xue is different. She is a master of house fighting, a strong woman in the business world, and there is also that Rou'er...

"By the way, Xiaotao, do you know who that person called Rou'er is?"

Xiao Tao felt a slight chill in her body, which was much better than before.

"During the day, I asked those old women about it."

"She is the legitimate daughter of old Master Xue's elder sister. Her father is Jiang Ziang, the magistrate of Tongzhou. She was named Jiang Jiarou and was spoiled since she was a child. Before the late Madam married Master Xue, Old Madam Xue intended to bring them together. But the late Madam's mother's family is the Duan family of Grand Tutor Duan. Who dares to compete with the Duan family?"

Yangyang understood, "So, Jiang Jiarou and my mother are love rivals?"

No wonder, no wonder he wanted to strangle me as soon as he saw me! Yangyang muttered secretly.

Xiao Tao continued, "There is such a relationship, but Jiang promised a man to marry her not long after the late Madam married our master. Not long after the marriage, the man died, and she became a widow early."

"A widow? Then why did you come here with Madam Xue, I mean my grandmother!"

"It is said that after Jiang became a widow, the old lady felt sorry for her niece, so she kept her by her side all the time, and she even helped the family run many shops!" Xiao Tao made some inquiries and found out the news was very well-founded.

Yangyang became interested after hearing this, "Doesn't that mean that Old Madam Xue intends to train her as her own daughter-in-law?"

"Old Madam Xue originally only has this one son of our master." Yangyang said this, and Xiaotao also felt that "Miss, what you said seems to make sense!"