The news of Wen's family separation and divorce in Xiaonian only took a day or two to spread throughout the capital, and everyone was basically laughing at Wen Tingshan, who had finally found Xiao Yurong's hard nut.
Even if the Xiao family doesn't talk much in the court, it doesn't mean that they can't talk.
There is a difference between the weight of not speaking and speaking.
Beiyuan has only been stable for a few years now. The Xiao family has guarded Beiyuan for so many years and is the backbone of Beiyuan. In the eyes of the aristocratic family, the Wen family is just supported by the Xiao family.
Now He Li is because the Xiao family no longer wants to support this incompetent civil servant.
Of course, this was just Wen Tingshan's own fault. After marrying Xiao Yurong, the third daughter of the Xiao family, he actually had so many concubines. If he could endure it till now, the Xiao family could bear it.
Those who didn't know better thought that the Wen family was very important to the Xiao family, but in fact it was all so that the frail fourth Miss Wen could have a complete family.
But when Wen Tingshan took a concubine and devoted all his father's love to the concubine's children, the family was not complete.
After He Li, the Wen Mansion became deserted, with countless servants and maids coming and going in the past. However, since the two days of Xiaonian when He and Li separated, it was lively for two days when he and his concubine moved out, and then it immediately became deserted.
Mrs. Xiao's dispersal of all Wen Tingshan's concubines has become a hot topic in the capital, and she has done many things that many wives who have concubines in their families want to do but dare not do.
After Xiao Yurong reconciled and divorced, she calculated the family property clearly. Even the few trees she spent money to plant in the yard were dug up, the newly paved brick road was pried away, and even the beams and pillars at the door were newly painted for the Chinese New Year.
Half of the red paint was peeled off.
The Wen Mansion was originally a house purchased by the Xiao family, and she didn't want the house. She directly asked the accountant to convert a large amount of money based on the current real estate price, and asked Wen Tingshan to give her half of the money for the house.
Wen Tingshan was so miserable that he couldn't tell. Xiao Yurong almost kicked him out. Even the New Year's clothes that she had asked people to make for him because she was in a good mood a few days ago were all taken away.
The person who came to settle the property was the accountant of the government office. Their reconciliation was the decree of the Holy Spirit, so he couldn't say no at all.
On weekdays, Xiao Yurong controlled Wen's family and calculated the accounts clearly. The money they spent together was divided in half, and all the money from her private treasury was taken away.
Although Wen Tingshan is now a third-rank official in the imperial court, no matter how much his salary is, it can't compare to the amount of money Xiao Yurong makes from managing the real estate shop and the Xiao family's help from time to time.
In addition to the daily expenses of the Wen family, all of her money went into her private treasury and was saved as dowry for Wen Jiaojiao.
Wen Tingshan usually recited poems and composed poems with his concubines. He rarely cared about the affairs of the Wen family. In recent years, Xiao Yurong had kept the Wen family in order, and he even ignored it.
Now that Yiheli has separated and the couple's property has been divided, he is left with only an empty shell of the Wen family.
Even most of his collection of calligraphy, paintings and antiques were moved away by Xiao Yurong, because she paid for them and she wanted to share half of them, so as not to make him angry and vomit blood.
Of the nearly one hundred servants and maids in the Wen Mansion, all but a few of them followed Xiao Yurong.
Wen Tingshan has been guarding an empty shell of the Wen family for the past few days and has never recovered. Now he only has regrets.
Now Wen Tingshan doesn't dare to go out, and everyone in the capital is waiting to see his joke.
The turmoil between the Wen family and Li Nao had no impact on Wen Jiaojiao's life. She remained the same as before, without much change.
Just living in Xiao Mansion, she started to have more friends. Qi Yao and Qi Shuo came to play with her almost every day, and even Xiang Cheng always brought his dog to come to her.
Every time, a group of his little dogs, big and small, came to the Xiao Mansion. They rushed directly into the Xiao Mansion and came looking for her after smelling her scent. Xiang Chengmei called her name to find the dog.
The street where Xiao Mansion lives is full of high-ranking officials from various aristocratic families. After the New Year, this street also becomes lively, and every household visits each other.
It was so cold that Wen Jiaojiao wouldn't go out if he could. Wen Yanxi had been living with her, and the two sisters read together every day.
In the past, Wen Jiaojiao always stayed alone in the room. Although Yuzhu and the others were with her, they were masters and servants after all. No matter how relaxed Yuzhu and the others were, they would not sit on the same couch with her.
Wen Yanxi has a calm and generous personality. She likes reading and writing. She can read with Wen Jiaojiao in the room for a whole day. She doesn't feel tired even when Wen Jiaojiao is tired.
It's just that Wen Yanxi also urged her to go outside to play more and move more.
Probably because she is becoming more rounded.
"Woof!"
Wen Jiaojiao was dozing off while reading a book when a dog barking slightly woke her up for a moment.
The little white dumpling excitedly ran to Wen Jiaojiao's room, circled around Wen Jiaojiao's warm couch, and then lay down on it without disturbing her, and looked at her quietly.
Wen Jiaojiao glanced at it and continued to sleep half-lying on the couch.
Wen Yanxi was sitting opposite her and reading a book. When she saw the little dumpling coming over again, she said with a smile: "You don't want to raise it. It comes to Xiao's house every day just to rely on you."
Wen Jiaojiao closed his eyes and said feebly: "Let it go, I don't care anyway."
Xiaotuanzi seemed to understand Wen Jiaojiao's words and let out an aggrieved groan.
"Why are you here again?"
When Xiang Jin saw the little dumpling nestled on Wen Jiaojiao's shoes, she directly picked it up by the back of its neck and threw it out.
"Huh, it's just your master who bullied our lady. Now he wants to please our lady, just dream on him!"
Xiang Jin threw the little dumpling outside the yard. Seeing that it persisted in trying to jump into Wen Jiao Jiao's room, Xiang Jin continued to catch it and throw it out.
The man and the dog seemed to be at loggerheads. Wen Jiaojiao said helplessly: "Forget it, Xiang Jin, you can't be stubborn, just let it be."
Why bother with a dog?
She didn't want to care about Xiang Cheng anymore. The more she cared about him, the more she got involved with Xiang Cheng.
Wen Jiaojiao entered the palace on New Year's Eve. Originally, her mother-in-law wanted to keep her for lunch, but Sister Qingyu sent someone to pick her up early in the morning.
Originally, Wen Jiaojiao was afraid that she would spend the Chinese New Year with her sister, and it would be a bit deserted for her to have no one to accompany her, but that obviously won't happen this year.
During the Chinese New Year this year, Xiao Yurong directly asked Aunt Meng and Aunt Zhu to come to Xiao Mansion to celebrate the New Year. The families were very lively.
After Wen Jiaojiao had breakfast, he followed Qingbo and the others into the palace. When they arrived at Fengyi Palace, they saw that Fengyi Palace was being cleaned and dressed up inside and outside, and many palace servants and maids were coming and going in a lively manner.
Xiao Qingyu was very happy when she knew that Wen Jiaojiao was going to the palace to celebrate the New Year with her. He had been asking people to rearrange the Fengyi Palace in the past few days.