Fang Liying shook her head, "What can it be? It's just the marriage between my cousin and the princess. It's still the same whether I listen or not, right? There's no need for my eldest cousin to persuade me. My cousin has not entered my house these days.
House, I know that having new and old loves is a thing of the past, and I'm afraid the same is true for Wang Mengjiao."
It was desolate. How could Xu Ruoshui not feel the same way? During the few months since she was married to Meng Tianqi, she had stayed alone in an empty room every night. She must have been accompanied by Wang Mengjiao at that time, so her official wife was just a decoration. "
Don't overthink it, maybe it's with Aunt Wang, she's pregnant, so she must have spent more time with her."
Fang Liying gave a sour smile and said, "Sister-in-law, don't comfort me. I asked Chun Jin to take a sneak peek. Wang Mengjiao has had several troubles because her cousin didn't go to her room."
Wang Mengjiao was so restless even though she was pregnant, and the raising of the fetus was quite lively. Fortunately, Mrs. Meng was lingering on the bedside now, otherwise she wouldn't have criticized her when she found out. Xu Ruoshui felt pity for Fang Liying when she saw how haggard she was.
, warned Chun Jin, "I'll have someone bring some supplements to my aunt in a while. You should carefully stew them for her every day and watch her eat them. Do you understand?"
Fang Liying saw that Xu Ruoshui sounded like she was the master of the house, so she asked, "Where is my aunt?"
Xu Ruoshui saw that it was not time to say anything about the time now, so as not to disturb her recovery, and said, "Mom, she is sick and is resting in bed right now."
"So that's it," Fang Liying didn't ask further.
Xu Ruoshui worked for a while longer before taking Baomei out of Huansha Garden, and then ordered her to go to Wang Mengjiao's place to have a look, and explain to her clearly what was going on in the house, so that she could calm down her temper and not be immovable.
He got angry and looked for something to vent his anger on, and finally Xu Ruoshui confessed, "You told Aunt Wang that if something is broken, she must repair it herself. You can't do whatever you want just because she's pregnant."
The maids usually just follow their master's orders, and the maids who follow her for a longer time can also guess the master's thoughts. Baomei asked curiously, "How come the eldest mistress treats the two aunts so differently?"
Xu Ruoshui looked at the blue sky and smiled brightly, "I treat everyone equally, but Aunt Wang's heart is too big. If I don't accept her heart, I might be in trouble in the future."
When Baomei heard this, she naturally understood that this was the method used by the master.
Returning to Ningxiang Hall alone, she saw that Meng Tianbo was already looking through the account books she sent. When he saw her, he greeted her, "Fortunately, I found out early, otherwise most of the shopkeepers would have accepted Tianqi's goods, and
The price is not low. If we don’t stop it in time, all my hard work will be wasted this time.”
"So serious?"
"No," Meng Tianbo said with a heavy heart, "Apocalypse doesn't look simple. He saw that his father was unreliable, so he took advantage of the relationship with the Marquis. Can those shopkeepers not be afraid of the powerful? If I don't come forward, they probably won't be able to handle it.
"It seems that Meng Tianbo had no intention of coming forward on his own before, and with the intervention of the Marquis Mansion, he had no choice but to come forward. "I have to find out the accounts of the mansion as soon as possible."
Xu Ruoshui didn't bother him much, just silently made tea with his own hands, and then left the inner room.
In the next few days, everything in the house was relatively peaceful. Mrs. Meng did not refuse Sally's treatment. She drank all the medicine and heard that she could still move her limbs. Mr. Meng has been resting, and Xu Ruoshui has not
If you bother me more, Meng Tianbo will visit basically every day.
Among them, the person who came to Xu Ruoshui the most was Du Erniang. She and the old lady of the county magistrate were very busy preparing the betrothal gift list that the princess needed. Master Meng spoke and asked Xu Ruoshui to press the two of them.
do the request.
Xu Ruoshui can also understand to a certain extent. Originally, these family properties were given to Meng Tianqi, but now they are given to Meng Tianbo, which can be regarded as a little comfort to the younger son.
In addition, there was still the matter of Princess Luo coming over. This time it was not their family coming over, so Xu Ruoshui arranged it at Chunhui Courtyard. Mrs. Meng had no objection to this arrangement, so it went smoothly.
Time went by like water. Tomorrow was the deadline for Meng Tianbo to hand over one hundred thousand taels of silver. But today, Meng Tianbo got up early. Xu Ruoshui woke up and asked, "Isn't the deadline due tomorrow?"
Meng Tianbo put on his clothes rustlingly and said, "I have been staring at Tianqi a little closely these days. Today is the last day for him to transfer the money in his hands. If I don't catch him, he will escape again."
"That's right," Xu Ruoshui turned over and half leaned up, "One hundred thousand taels is not a small amount. Tianqi used it to buy goods from the Western Regions. How can he still have so much money on hand?"
Meng Tianbo was buckling his belt. With his tall and tall figure, he looked like a tree in the wind. He had a kind of heroic spirit that no one else had. Seeing the worry in Xu Ruoshui's words, he sat back on the edge of the bed and stroked her forehead.
With a fair face, he couldn't put it down, "Don't worry, I will take care of it. Let the shopkeepers buy the goods at half price, and Tianqi will be able to take out the remaining money."
"Where does he have so much money?" Xu Ruoshui asked doubtfully.
"Over the years, my wife has prepared a lot for him. Basically one-third of the money spent on the inner house went into Tianqi's pocket. I have inquired and found that he also built a house with three entrances outside. It is also worth a lot.
It's more than ten thousand taels of silver, and the harvest in the village will probably be quite large. Madam is so shrewd, how can she not take every precaution?"
"And Wang Mengjiao's twenty-five thousand taels of silver." Xu Ruoshui suddenly remembered that Wang Mengjiao gave Meng Tianqi her dowry money, which was also a large sum of money. "Maybe there will be more, Wang Mengjiao loves Tianqi wholeheartedly.
Even if it means emptying out everything, I won’t hesitate.”
"My little head is not stupid at all," Meng Tianbo kissed her forehead dotingly and then stood up, "Wait for my good news, this time let Tianqi know that you can do whatever you want with the help of the Marquis."
"Tianbo," Xu Ruoshui pulled Meng Tianbo, with mixed feelings in her heart. There were two voices conflicting with each other. One said that Meng Tianqi's life would be worse than death, and the other hoped that Meng Tianbo would not be blamed for killing his brothers.
"What's wrong?" Meng Tianbo asked, holding Xu Ruoshui's hand tightly.
"It's okay," Xu Ruoshui twitched the corner of her mouth, "Come back safely." Meng Tianbo smiled softly, "I will."
Meng Tianbo walked for a long time before he heard the sound of roosters crowing. Xu Ruoshui just leaned on the bed and was stunned for a long time. He heard Baomei and Mrs. Hu talking outside the curtain and let them in.