The husband who forced her to marry her couldn't keep her warm, and she didn't want him to

The winter sun shone down along the eaves into the courtyard of Yuanyuan Hall. From time to time, a cold wind blew, making the dead branches rustle.

As Bai Zhi finished saying "red gold bracelet", everyone in the room, except Gu Jinchu, knelt on the ground in unison.

The bracelet in the lady's jewelry box disappeared, and the servants in Yuanyuan Hall took this matter very seriously.

Now that I heard that it had been found, I couldn't wait to crawl in and take it out.

Seeing this, Gu Jinchu slowly stood up, holding onto the bed railing, with a faint smile on his face, and said, "Didn't we check everything carefully that day? Why don't you move the bed to a different location and take a closer look."

"No, no, no... I see something shiny under Doubao, so let's not move the furnishings in the room." Mother Xu stood up with her legs propped up, and said with a slightly nervous look.

That day the lady discovered that the bracelet was missing, and the next day they cleaned the west room carefully, but they adhered to the old saying that pregnant women in the house should not be moved easily.

Doubao was meowing in the corner under the bed, and you could hear a slight friction sound, but the little thing didn't come out.

Gu Jinchu walked to the big kang by the window and sat down. At this time, Mother Cheng came back.

I saw that several of the lady's maids who came with the dowry were gathered around Luohan's bed, calling Doubao's name.

Seeing this scene made her pause and she was stunned for a moment, with a look of confusion on her face.

Gu Jinchu put down the teacup in his hand and asked softly, "Mother Cheng, have you seen the Crown Prince's wife?"

Today is the day to collect the monthly allowance in the mansion. In the past, Wang had to do it herself every time and enjoyed the thanks and compliments from the servants in each room.

I didn't expect to see her there when I went to Minghui Hall to pay my respects to Madam Jiang.

Mother Cheng took the tray from the little girl and placed it on the table next to the lady. She lowered her head slightly and replied, "Madam, this is the monthly allowance for Yuanyuan Hall this month, and the subsidy for the small kitchen is also here."

Gu Jinchu was the principal wife of the fifth room, and her monthly allowance was twenty taels.

The two housekeepers, Mama Cheng and Mama Xu, received a monthly salary of five taels each; the two first-class maids received three taels each; the second-class maids received 1800 wen per month; the maids who did the menial work and the little servants received 800 wen.

The fifth room has no concubines or maids, and Gu Jinchu has not given birth to a child yet. Even though the public treasury subsidizes the small kitchen with fifty taels of silver every month, Yuanyuantang still has much less monthly allowance than the other rooms.

Gu Jinchu had seen the public account books in his previous life. Old Madam Jiang had each room have a small kitchen, which actually saved the mansion a lot of money every month.

For the Crown Prince's wife, who is in charge of the household expenses, this means she has lost some of her income.

Regardless of whether Wang was happy or not, the other families were happy to see it happen.

Gu Jinchu felt that the Duke and the Duchess were trying to put pressure on Wang.

In addition to going to Songtaoyuan to collect this month's allowance, Mother Cheng also went to ask for compensation for the porcelain damaged by Wang Yuran at Yuanyuantang last time.

Gu Jinchu looked at the banknote in his hand, a little surprised, and asked Mother Cheng with a smile, "Didn't the Crown Prince's wife say anything?"

When Mother Cheng replied, her face was filled with an unconcealable smile: "The Crown Prince's wife did not show obvious displeasure, but Mother Zhang beside her put the blame on the Third Madam.

She said that if the Third Lady had not angered Miss Wang, such a conflict would not have occurred. "

If you want to understand your master's true thoughts, you can observe the attitudes of your servants and get a glimpse of the truth.

Wang was completely disgusted with Li in her heart. Even after seeing what her mother and younger sister had done, she still stood firmly on the side of her mother's family.

If Li knew Wang's attitude, given her personality, she would probably go to her house with tears in her eyes and fight and kill her.

With the lessons learned from the previous experience, Li will definitely let the Duke's wife take charge and make the matter known to everyone.

Obviously, Wang didn't want the matter to get out of hand, otherwise the two thousand three hundred taels of silver would not have been delivered to her so easily.

When Xu's mother counted the prices that day, according to the current market price, it was far higher than the price they paid. As expected of her grandmother, she never made a loss in business.

Since Wang didn't have a satisfactory attitude, everything had to be done according to her rules as the victim.

The little girl beside Madam Cheng wanted to take credit for it, so she said cheerfully, "To answer Madam, that Madam Zhang has always looked down on people like this.

It was Madam Cheng's words that made the Crown Prince's wife order someone to take out the banknotes."

Mother Cheng frowned slightly and rebuked her in a low voice, "Go! Those were also instructed by the Madam."

Although it was a rebuke, he was not really angry.

The little girl shrank her neck and retreated respectfully with the tray in her arms.

Gu Jinchu smiled and said, "It's okay. The people brought up by Mother Cheng are as bold and careful as you."

"Madam, you are too kind. If I hadn't said that I would take the bill to the Zhang family to ask for the money, the wife of the prince would not have agreed to pay so easily..."

Mother Cheng sighed slightly, with a trace of worry on her face, "I'm afraid that in the future, even if we live with the eldest wife, we can only maintain superficial harmony."

Gu Jinchu raised the corners of his lips slightly, revealing a faint smile.

She knew very well that once the Fifth Master's wife came into the family, she would immediately become a threat in the eyes of the Crown Prince's wife.

No matter how she acted, Wang would feel that her position as the crown prince's wife had been shaken.

Moreover, in the previous life, Wang was not completely innocent. Now that she was pregnant, she was just not bothered too much.

"Doubao, come to your sister quickly..." Several maids called softly and kept praising her.

"Doubao, you are so awesome!"

"Doubao, if you come out, Madam will give you some delicious dried fish..."

With the maid's whispered encouragement and coaxing, Doubao finally came out from the gap of the Luohan bed. Every step he took was accompanied by friction sounds and painful meows.

When Gu Jinchu heard the voice, he also realized that something was wrong.

With the help of Mother Cheng, she sat up from the kang. When she reached the bed, the black and brown tabby cat was lying there, trembling all over.

Baihe covered her mouth and looked at the fierce look in Doubao's eyes. She didn't dare to go over and hug it.

Looking at the bloodstains on the ground, she quickly got up and said, "I'll go get the medicine and bandages..." and then ran outside.

Mother Xu, Bai Zhi and Bai Shao stood in front of their master with their arms outstretched to protect him, looking nervous.

All the servants in the room were on high alert, fearing that this little creature would attack people like last time.

Gu Jinchu pushed them away, his face full of anxiety, "Doubao is injured!"

She walked towards the alert Doubao. The little thing looked at her and cried out, then stretched out its front paws, which were still bleeding, and tremblingly pushed the thing under its belly to her.

Its dark brown fur was stained with blood, making its front paws look even darker.

It was the red gold bracelet inlaid with gemstones that Gu Jinchu had lost.

Gu Jinchu stretched out his hand tentatively, and after seeing that it was not aggressive, he hugged its ribs and picked it up.

Doubao meowed, his body shaking in pain, and he tilted his head to look at Gu Jinchu.

This scene was just like the day she found it injured in Huitong Hall, except that it was scared and ran away.