Daming female local tyrant

After Mrs. Qi returned to Tongchun Hall, the little girl Huier came and secretly told her that her mother-in-law had left Fuhai Hall to go back to Qingyuan Hall.As for Jing Lan, she was still staying in Fu Hai Tang, and accompanied the old ancestor with the third young master Cheng Ze.

"Go over there and inquire again." Qi ordered.

Hui'er complied and withdrew quickly.

Qi waited for Hui'er to leave, thought for a while, then stood up, sat down in front of the dressing table, and asked Pan Qiao, the maid beside her, to comb her hair.

After combing her hair, she stood up and planned to go to Qingyuan Hall again, ask her mother-in-law Yuan Shi for news, and see what the old ancestor said. Why did she say that Zhang Tianshi missed Jinglan?

Only knowing this can she let go of her raised heart.

Who would have thought that when she brought two maids, Pan Qiao and Pan Zhen, to the entrance of Tong Chun Tang, she bumped into someone head-on.

That person was none other than her husband Lu Xueshan.

Lu Xueshan has two hobbies in his life, one is a womanizer, and the other is gambling, but his gambling belongs to literary gambling.

The so-called literary gambling is to gamble money by playing chess. He loves to play Go and Shuanglu, but his chess skills are not very good.

Usually, besides fooling around with Mrs. Qi and a few maids around her in the house, she just goes out to drink flowers and wine, and gamble with his cronies.

Therefore, he is often not at home, and he goes out for two or three days.

The reason why Qi can tolerate his nonsense is that he is her master, and all her glory and wealth are pointed at him.Second, she came from a humble background, so she was lucky enough to fill in Lu Xueshan's house, and she was already very satisfied with this identity.Thirdly, although Lu Xueshan was playing around, he didn't take concubines after marrying her. There were a few women, all of whom she sent to his bed as personal servants for his constant favor.Fourth, Lu Xueshan was very generous to her. Ever since she married him and became his second wife, she had entrusted her with the management of the farm, the mansion and several shops in his hands.When you need money, ask her for it.

This fourth point is especially in line with Qi's wishes. She feels that Lu Xueshan likes her, trusts her, and regards her as a good wife.Moreover, it was because of her housekeeper that she was able to save private money.

Qi's family is different from her mother-in-law Yuan's. Although she became Lu Xueshan's stepmother and managed the dowry that should have belonged to Tan's, she did not let her natal family get involved.

When her parents accepted Yuan's 200 taels of silver and promised to let her be Lu Xueshan's concubine, Qi felt that her parents were greedy for money and didn't take her daughter seriously at all.If they weren't greedy for money, she wouldn't have been so old that she didn't get married, was ridiculed for several years, and finally fell to the point of going to the Lu family to be a concubine.

Fortunately, she was smart, so she became a jewellery, bought Xin Shi, the woman in charge of Yuan Shi, and asked her to spread rumors in the Lu family, saying that Jing Lan was an evil star and Ke Lu's family.Xin went to the greedy Zhang Tianshi again, and confirmed the rumors, so that Tan's daughter was finally sent out of the Lu family. Tan died of illness within a few months after giving birth to a child.

Only then was she able to become Lu Xueshan's stepmother and his wife.

Therefore, Qi thinks that she has today and can enjoy the glory, and has nothing to do with her natal family.

After marrying into the Lu family, she only gave her parents 80 taels of silver a year, and sent them away.

The stewards of the farm and the shop were personally selected and appointed by her. The output of the farm, the rent of the house, and the money earned by the shop, every penny was accounted for before the end of the year and was received by her.

She hired a very powerful accountant to make two accounts, one for Lu Xueshan to read, and one for herself.

Just like the relatives of the Yuan family were moths encroaching on the dowry that should have belonged to the Tan family, the Qi family was also a moth. She not only invaded the dowry of the Tan family, but also handed her husband Lu Xueshan over to her to manage several shops that belonged to Lu Xueshan. Also swallowed a lot.

After she has a large amount of money, she puts it in a bank or lends it to usury, earning interest.

As a result, her money snowballed like a snowball.

Up to now, in the public account of the second room, Lu Xueshan's family, there is only 8000 taels of silver in deposits, but in her own private account, there are at least [-] taels of silver.

Qi believed that she would not be able to spend all the money, so she would save it up and give it to her son and daughter in the future.In the future, for their marriage, she, as a mother, will of course make it a success for them, and also give them the money at the bottom of the box, so that after they get married, they will have plenty of money and no shortage of money to spend.

Lu Xueshan, who had been fooling around outside for two or three days, ran into Qi Shi head-on, and asked her where she was going.

Qi smiled faintly at him, and said: "I heard that the eldest daughter of the master, Jing Lan, was taken back to the Lu family by the ancestor today, and she is going to have a look."

Lu Xueshan said "ah", grabbed Qi's sleeve, approached her and said, "Didn't you say that these games are for your husband?"

Qi let him grab the sleeve, and with the other hand took a peach red handkerchief, hit him on the face, and said softly: "If the master doesn't believe it, why not go to Fuhai Hall with me, and you can see her." .”

Lu Xueshan didn't look like Qi was joking, after all, he also knew that his ancestors didn't like Qi, and Qi would never go to Fuhaitang on weekdays.

"Is it possible that what you said is true?" He frowned.

Qi pressed the pink handkerchief on the corner of her lips, and said: "Didn't I tell you to let the master go to Fuhai Hall with me?"

Lu Xueshan was stunned when he heard this, for a long time, he stomped his feet angrily and said: "... Is the old ancestor confused? Jing Lan is a person who is destined to bring evil, and is the nemesis of our Lu family men. How could he be so easy? Just take it back?"

After hearing this, Qi laughed lightly: "My master doesn't know yet. My ancestor said that Zhang Tianshi missed Jing Lan and said that Zhang Tianshi's order was inaccurate. That's why people went to bring Jing Lan back."

Hearing this, Lu Xueshan was stunned again, but others could see that he was very surprised.

Qi saw his expression and waited quietly to see what else he would say.She really wanted to know that Lu Xueshan, Jing Lan's biological father, knew that Jing Lan had been wronged for nothing and was sent out of the Lu family. Now that he came back, besides being surprised, did he feel happy, or even feel guilty?

After a pause, Lu Xueshan murmured: "The old ancestor said this... How did she know that Zhang Tianshi's order was not accurate..."

Seeing that Lu Xueshan was struggling with the same problems as her, instead of showing any surprise and guilt, Qi couldn't help but smiled knowingly.

She then said leisurely: "The concubine just went to her mother's place to play Shuanglu with her. She knew that the old ancestor took Jing Lan back to Lu's house, and she was as suspicious as you, so she went to see the old ancestor to ask why. Now, My concubine thought about it, and my mother figured it out. I thought, if Zhang Tianshi really wronged Jing Lan's life back then, then I, Jing Lan's stepmother, would have to treat him well and bring her to our Tongchun hall. Put her in the back upstairs and live with Shulan."

After listening to Qi's words, Lu Xueshan nodded with satisfaction: "My wife is virtuous. In this way, I will accompany you to Fuhai Hall to meet the ancestors and see Jing Lan. Here in Chuntang, I live with Shulan. It just so happens that Shulan doesn't have any extra sisters, and when Jinglan comes back, the two can be companions."

Mrs. Qi knew that Lu Xueshan would say this, and now it seemed that although he was not very happy about the return of the eldest daughter of his first wife, Mrs. Tan, who had died of illness, to the Lu family, he had no resistance at all.

Perhaps in Lu Xueshan's view, having multiple daughters at home means eating with more chopsticks.

But Qi thought of it, Jing Lan came back, and her stepmother had an extra daughter, so she was about to pay an extra dowry.And in order to look good and appear virtuous, he must prepare a dowry of no less than 5000 taels of silver with the married daughter of a famous family in Jinling.And the 5000 taels were originally supposed to be given to her biological daughter Shu Lan, so it's no wonder she can feel comfortable.

Confused, Qi followed Lu Xueshan to Fuhai Hall again.

Still in the courtyard of Fu Hai Tang, the two heard bursts of laughter coming from the house, including the voice of the ancestor Feng, and the voices of young men and women.

After hearing this, Lu Xueshan smiled and said, "Chengze is inside."

He quickened his pace and walked towards Fuhai Hall, followed by Qi with a cold expression.

Because Lu Chengze won the Juren, he immediately took away the master's love for her two sons and daughters. Qi was as jealous as her two sons and daughters, but for Qi, he was more afraid.

She was afraid that one day Lu Chengze would become the most promising and effective person in the Lu family. If he heard any rumors, he would suspect that his mother died strangely back then.Even if there is no evidence, it is easy for him to punish her stepmother and her two children.

Therefore, after Lu Chengze was elected, she became more like a "loving mother". I hope that even if Lu Chengze becomes successful in the future, he will also appreciate that her stepmother has always been kind to her, and he will not really punish her and her two children. .

Hearing the comforting laughter of young men and women coming from Fuhai Hall, Qi felt that she was going to be a "loving mother" to a child again.

If I remember correctly, Tan's daughter, Jing Lan, is 16 years old and ready to marry.

Qi felt that she would not be Jing Lan's "loving mother" for long, so she quickly found her a husband's family and married her, out of sight and out of mind was the most important thing she should do next.

Over the years, she has one face in front of others, and another face in back of her face. She has worked so hard to pretend that she can't bear it any longer.

Lu Xueshan and Mrs. Qi walked into Fuhai Hall step by step, and saluted Mrs. Feng.

Feng Shi said to Jing Lan, "That's your father, he's here to see you."

Jing Lan had long seen a middle-aged man with fair complexion, a few wisps of slender beard, tall, rather thin, and good-looking, opened the Xiangfei bamboo curtain and walked in.

After he came in, he looked at Cheng Ze with a smile and said: "Ah Ze is here too, I heard your laughter when I was outside as my father."

Then he turned his eyes to Jing Lan who was standing next to him, glanced at her up and down, stroked the thin beard on his chin, nodded and smiled, and said: "It really is a girl from our Lu family, with outstanding looks."

After Feng Shi said that it was Jing Lan's biological father, Jing Lan stepped forward to salute him politely, and called him: "Father."

Feng Shi then pointed to Qi Shi and said, "Alan, that's your stepmother, you should go and salute her too."

Just now after Lu Xueshan entered the room, Jing Lan especially looked at the woman Qi Shi who came in behind him.