ushernet Chapter 72 The Little Maid of the Marquis's Mansion 2
Chapter 72 The Little Maid of the Marquis's Mansion 2
Ever since Xiao Yi sneaked into the Marquis's mansion, Chunxiao and Chunping have never saved a penny from their monthly allowance.
Chunxiao held a broom in her hand, swiping it through the air while muttering to herself.
"Chunping, I think I've gained weight again..."
"Our face shape is considered lucky because it's chubby."
"Hehe, I've been missing Fusheng since he can't come these past few days..."
"Oh, so you actually miss him and not me?"
After Chunping finished speaking, she started teasing Chunxiao.
Chunxiao begged for mercy repeatedly and began to talk about the affairs of the Marquis of Yong'an's mansion, trying to divert her friends' attention.
For example, Xiao Xun, the heir of the Yong'an Marquis's mansion, eloped with his true love, disregarding worldly opinions.
The system added: "Forced to elope to the Wen family's old residence, Xiao Xun can't go home now and has to work in the fields with his true love just to have food to eat."
The Marquis only doted on his concubine, and even when he was ill, he did not see any outsiders, spending all his time with his beloved concubine.
System: "Xiao Yu is now unable to take care of himself, how could he want to see his wife in such high spirits? However, his favored concubine has been reduced to a personal maid, and they've grown tired of each other."
The old lady was kind-hearted and even set up a small Buddhist shrine in the mansion to sincerely worship Buddha.
System: "You can't let your son sleep with your niece at home; he's having an affair outside and getting hurt. Don't ask, just say you're ashamed."
After finishing speaking, she still looked like she hadn't had enough, regretting that she couldn't share those messages with Chunxiao.
It's a bit strange, though. Chunxiao seems quite clever when it comes to gossip, but she gets flustered when it comes to serving people.
I was trying to serve my parents tea and water at home, and my hands were shaking so badly it was like they were on vibrate mode.
Is this what natural black looks like?
……
Choosing an auspicious day, Su Mengying arranged for Pei Ji to take another concubine.
The concubine Cheng Yuan, whom they took this time, was a distant relative of the Lady of Xuanping Marquis. Although she didn't enter the Marquis's mansion in her previous life, she still had some future prospects.
The men in Madam Cheng's family were not successful, and they relied entirely on marriage to get promoted. Seeing the benefits of marrying their daughters into high-ranking families, Madam Cheng began to marry off her daughters everywhere.
Cheng Yuan was given by her family to be the favored concubine of Shangguan, who had lost his wife. She was harmless in appearance and had decent skills in winning favor, but she secretly disliked men.
However, she still harbored resentment in her heart. After entering the mansion, she severed ties with the Cheng family and focused solely on appeasing the old man.
This was something Su Mengying discovered during the years she wandered around as a ghost.
So they directly intercepted the person, and had someone say some good words to Liu Mama, who was close to their mother-in-law, and pushed Cheng Yuanke forward.
Liu's mother thought that the lady's family wanted to strengthen their ties through marriage, and that she had mentioned it to the lady of the house after receiving the benefits.
Lady Xuanping also hoped that her son would have a female relative in his harem, so Cheng Yuan stood out because of his appearance.
Su Mengying understood her mother-in-law's intention and pretended to be sullen, but went along with it. She invited Cheng Yuan to stay at her house for a while.
Before it was even completely dark, Prince Pei Ji couldn't sit still any longer. Staring at the beautiful and charming Yuan Mei in front of him, he felt his mouth go dry.
How could his mother have hidden him so well that he only saw him today?
For a moment, he forgot that he had promised Nian'er during the day that he would wait until she entered the mansion before he would favor other men.
While the young master was entering the bridal chamber as a groom, his wife, Su Mengying, was not lonely either.
During the day, I went to my cousin Princess Mingzhu's mansion and watched the guards practice sword dancing naked, the young master brew tea, and the down-on-his-luck scholar tell stories...
She went home after playing until dark, and there was a half-box of storybooks hidden under her bed, which she had commissioned from a down-on-his-luck scholar.
The titles alone are enough to make one cringe: "The Widow and Her Young Husband," "The Cold-Faced Guard Begs Me Not to Leave Him Every Day," "After Borrowing a Seed, the Child Gains Five Fathers"...
If you really want to figure things out and need to resolve some issues, you can ask Princess Mingzhu to act as a matchmaker and arrange a husband for you.
Of course, this is something she only learned after she became a ghost.
The older sisters are really tight-lipped.
Looking back now, those years as a ghost were actually quite enjoyable, except for not being able to satisfy my appetite.
Since Su Mengying was going to Princess Mingzhu's residence, the Lady of Xuanping Marquis had no objections.
Invitations to Princess Mingzhu's flower-viewing banquet were extremely difficult to obtain, so her daughter-in-law could use the opportunity to network with the ladies there.
……
Su Mengying used to think that the ladies just liked to go to the princess's mansion to admire the flowers.
And since everyone knows that Su Jia is madly in love with her husband Pei Ji, no one thought of inviting her out for fun.
After all, this is just their personal hobby, and there's no need to involve others.
As for Princess Mingzhu, she was the family's precious only son, and the elders turned a blind eye to the matter.
They would also smooth over the rumors for her and carefully select the people to enter the household.
No one was surprised that Su Mengying appeared at Princess Mingzhu's flower-viewing banquet.
It's perfectly normal for the men in the family to be useless.
Especially those who lack self-awareness and love to bring new people into their household, their iron pestle will soon be ground into a needle.
Some of the women present had husbands who preferred women with clever schemes, and after a few years, their backyards became a complete mess.
I heard that this lady is going to separate from her husband and divide their property.
Otherwise, wouldn't it be a waste to fight over such a small thing?
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Lady Wen Xiangrong of Yong'an Prefecture lived a secluded life, but she still had her own little pastimes.
That is to have someone read aloud to his two grandsons at regular intervals the whole story of how their biological father, Xiao Xun, eloped for love, hoping that they would not follow in their father's footsteps.
The truth is, the Xiao family has already collapsed for two generations. If her grandson also collapses, she feels it's better to let go.
These people in the manor didn't want to live a good life, so they insisted on going out to suffer and make a mess of things, turning their families upside down and becoming the laughing stock of everyone.
Look how long it's been since she went out; she'll wait until the rumors have completely died down before venturing out again.
Otherwise, her arch-rival would definitely laugh at her.
Wen Xiangrong's daughter-in-law, Gu Jiarou, felt that she was far inferior to her mother-in-law.
She knew that her husband and true love were at the Wen family's ancestral home, and she didn't have the brainpower to go to her mother-in-law to speak well of her husband.
She felt that her husband's eloping was a better story than her father-in-law's.
Now that there's no man in charge at home, the air feels much fresher.
She still vividly remembers her father-in-law's heroic deeds.
Before the carriage incident, the father-in-law and his concubine loved to perform "Do you love me or not?" in the mansion, at least three times a month.
The younger generation found it disgusting, let alone the mother-in-law.
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Chunping felt that this little world was full of fun, and the entertainment industry was also very rich.
Let the system record more for her, so she can pass the time when she goes to other small worlds later.
She and Chunxiao have been roasting chestnuts in the side courtyard recently, and they've been eating them for three days now, and they're not tired of them at all.
It was a little painful to peel them by hand, but Chunxiao said that's part of the charm of the wildness.
I don't know who I learned it from.
Chunping thought that this must be because they hadn't cultivated enough land.
Sometimes, when the two of them grilled too much and neither wanted to eat anymore, Chunxiao would peel and pack it up, then give it to Dongqing, the older sister on duty in the tea room.
If you're lucky, you might even get a plate of ordinary snacks in return.
Chunxiao has a magical constitution; every time she goes out of the yard a few times, she can hear people talking over the wall…
The system can prove that it was a real corner, not an act.
And it was never discovered. She used to tell her parents, but they were terrified after hearing it so often that they had to arrange for her to stay far away.
Thinking that this way there would be less trouble.
Sure enough, Chunxiao rarely goes home to gossip with them anymore.