"My eldest cousin, you can't say that," Fang Liying glanced at Wang Mengjiao and retorted directly to Xu Ruoshui, "Our Meng family is not an ordinary family. Even the Marquis came to visit. We can't be so negligent in etiquette. Concubine
She’s just a concubine, how could she call her that randomly?”
"You..." Wang Mengjiao heard this and said angrily, "Aren't you also a concubine? Why do you say that to me?"
"Hehehe, Sister Wang, don't forget, I am still the cousin of the second master. It is reasonable for me to call you eldest cousin. What is your identity as the eldest sister-in-law? Do you want to think of yourself as the second young mistress?
Right." Fang Liying did not give in and spoke out Wang Mengjiao's thoughts.
"What nonsense are you talking about?" Wang Mengjiao was speechless and had nothing to say.
"You still don't admit it," Fang Liying pressed hard. "Even if the second master wants to choose one of you and me to be the second young mistress, it won't be your turn. You should give up this idea as soon as possible, otherwise I will make you look ugly."
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Wang Mengjiao relaxed after hearing what she said. She turned sideways and said to Xu Ruoshui, "Young lady, I won't bother you today. I'll talk to you another day."
Xu Ruoshui did not force her to stay and let her go. Anyway, what she just said has been said. Wang Mengjiao will not be absent when the Marquis comes over. At this time, Wang Mengjiao felt a lot of pride in her heart. She heard that the Second Young Mistress might take advantage of her.
When I chose between Fang Liying and Fang Liying, I felt a hundred times more confident.
A few days ago, Mr. Meng sent someone 25,000 taels of silver, saying that it was returned to her for Meng Tianqi. At this time, Wang Mengjiao offended Meng Tianqi because of a painting and did not go to her shop for many days.
After waiting hard for a few days in the yard, she asked Bi'er to secretly send a message to Meng Tianqi, revealing that she still had money on hand.
Meng Tianqi came to find Wang Mengjiao, and she personally presented her with a five-thousand-tael banknote, and the two of them were as good as honey. If they chose the second young mistress, Fang Liying would not be left empty-handed, so she was like this
Leave proudly.
"Bah, what the hell," Wang Mengjiao had walked far away, and Fang Liying spat out the door. Her appearance was extremely indecent, but she felt extremely unfair. How could she not feel Meng Tianqi's closeness? Even if it was
Cousin, he didn't treat her more, and Mrs. Meng was grounded, so Fang Liying was isolated and helpless.
"Okay, okay," Xu Ruoshui pulled her to sit down, "It just so happens that you are here too, which saves me another trip. Soon, the Marquis will come to visit. Please prepare yourself and see what the shortcomings are. Morning
Someone tell me something."
"That's exactly why I came here," Fang Liying said distressedly. "To be fair, young lady, although I am also the eldest daughter in my parents' family, I don't have any brothers to help me. My father treats me and my mother very much.
To be harsh, if the Marquis is a rich man, my jewelry is too shabby."
Although Fang Liying acted arrogantly towards Xu Ruoshui at first, her temperament was quite straightforward and she poured out all her troubles. Xu Ruoshui was not convenient to say it clearly and only said, "As long as it fits the status, you also know that we had a banquet in our house last time
At that time, those masters and ladies brought people here, and they were all quite worthy of their status."
When Fang Liying heard this, she straightened her eyebrows and raised her eyes, "Sister-in-law's analysis is reasonable, but it seems that I am unfounded. Is that why the person came here just now?"
Xu Ruoshui smiled and nodded, "But you interrupted me before I even said a few words. I have to go and talk to her when I have time."
Fang Liying rolled her bright eyes, grabbed Xu Ruoshui's hand and said, "Sister-in-law, why don't you let me help you."
Xu Ruoshui knew that the two were competing for favors and were incompatible. Fang Liying wanted to help, and it seemed that she was going to use it on Wang Mengjiao. "Things have been sorted out, but this is just an afterthought," she said with a strong sense of ridicule.
"Oh," Fang Liying said coquettishly when she saw Xu Ruoshui's pushback, "Let me help my eldest cousin. You see, your aunt has been grounded by your uncle, and the burden falls on your shoulders. Can you please help me?"
I feel better."
Xu Ruoshui served the tea as if she was thinking, but in fact, she was thinking that it would be a good idea to let Fang Liying deal with Wang Mengjiao. It is not uncommon for two people to fight for the same man at the same time in other families.
"Sister-in-law, why don't you agree to my request?" Fang Liying pulled Xu Ruoshui's sleeve and shook it a few times, causing the water in the tea cup to slosh out.
Xu Ruoshui pretended to be helpless and said, "Okay, okay, I promise you, let you help, but don't say in front of the second master that I asked you to do some errands."
The ugly talk was ahead, but Fang Liying was preoccupied with dealing with Wang Mengjiao, so she said, "Leave the errands to others. I can help you talk to Sister Wang and ask her to dress appropriately.
What do you think?"
Fang Liying's eyes were filled with sparkle. Her mother could still survive among many aunts, and her daughter had learned something from her.
"Hey, okay, then I'll bother Aunt Fang then." Xu Ruoshui had no choice but to agree. I wonder if Wang Mengjiao herself has such a consciousness.
It wasn't until Meng Tianbo came back that Fang Liying left with joy.
As soon as Meng Tianbo came back, he asked Xu Ruoshui to go in and talk. He asked about Wang Mengjiao, "Dad gave Wang Mengjiao twenty-five thousand taels of silver. Do you know?"
Xu Ruoshui reacted after hearing this and couldn't help but take a breath. Twenty-five thousand taels of silver was not a small amount of money. "Dad is serious. I thought he was just talking."
"Well," Meng Tianbo took out a stack of things from his sleeves, but before unfolding them, he first responded to Xu Ruoshui's words, "Dad is a man of his word. Tianqi said that he would not take money from a concubine for business reasons.
, dad naturally has to pay it back, but dad has asked me to check whether it is really for business."
Mr. Meng was very clever. While helping Meng Tianqi, he also asked Meng Tianbo to investigate him. He thought that Meng Tianqi's reputation outside was true, but he didn't expect it to be true. After hearing too much, he felt that he was blind at the time.
I like him so much.
Seeing that Xu Ruoshui remained silent, Meng Tianbo glanced at her with interest, "What? Are you not happy to hear the news?"
Xu Ruoshui laughed at himself, "Should I be happy now? When I see with my own eyes that he is worse than dead, I will laugh happily."
Meng Tianbo quite agreed, but seeing her look on his face, he felt quite uncomfortable. What was the reason for her to hate someone so much? "Dad also asked me to keep an eye on Wang Mengjiao. He suspected that the origin of the money was unknown."