Bondage

"There are more than 700 taels of silver for these servants per month alone. Adding in the monthly bills of the master's generation, the expenditure exceeds a thousand taels."

"This hasn't even counted the rewards given to the servants."

Lin Jiayue looked through the accounts in her hand, and there were more than ten pages of rewards for the servants every month. She made a rough estimate, and there was more than 200 taels of silver for this item alone.

"There are also house repairs, cloth, paper and ink, consumables in various warehouses, food purchases..."

The accounts made people dizzy and frightened.

"Although the Hou's Mansion still has a few profitable businesses and well-proportioned Zhuangzi, they all rely on the sky to earn their income every year. The income from my ice shop and rouge shop is now the main source of income for the Hou's Mansion."

Lin Jiayue pursed her lips, feeling more and more unwilling.

The big Hou's mansion is almost all supported by her, but she still has to look at people's faces everywhere?

With a bang, the account book fell, and Lin Jiayue raised her eyebrows and sneered angrily: "No wonder, when playing cards, Madam praised me as a man who can make money, and I thought she was complimenting me for making cards for her."

"Now that I think about it, she's talking about my two shops."

"It's no wonder she would mention it intentionally or unintentionally every time, and asked me to make one or two more jobs. She was waiting for me here."

Lin Jiayue gritted her teeth, furious.

She thought she was able to get the gift from the mansion because she was clever and clever, and she coaxed Jiang's mother into a ecstasy every day, even disregarding the life and death of the old lady.How did he know that he had already planned to hand over this hot potato to her.

After all, looking at this mess, if she really has some money-making project in her hand, will she take it out?

Clenching her hands into fists, Lin Jiayue's face turned pale.

Jiang's mother was right, even if she didn't have a profitable business, she would forcefully create some.

When she first entered the Hou's mansion, the old lady and Mother Jiang treated her like nothing, no one would even pay attention to her words, as if she didn't exist.But how did Mother Jiang treat her after earning money from the ice shop and the rouge shop?How did the servants treat her?

In the inner courtyard of the Hou Mansion, she has no name, no status and no background. If she wants to overpower Song Wan, she must prove that she is capable and holds the power in the mansion!

Lin Jiayue understands that a person must prove that he is worthy in order to be qualified to be looked up to by others, but...

She is not reconciled.

Song Wan is just born better than her, so she can stand on the clouds without any effort, but she needs to keep these vampires while trying to please them!

"Qianbi..."

"The servant is here."

Lin Jiayue lowered her eyes, and hesitated to speak after a long time: "I am a concubine of the Marquis Mansion, if I want to leave, what can I do?"

Qian Bi was so frightened that she screamed out, and quickly stepped forward to cover her mouth.

"Auntie, don't talk nonsense."

Qian Bi put her arms around Lin Jiayue and whispered in her ear: "Although this servant is illiterate, she also understands human relations. Auntie is different from ordinary women. You are a heroine, stronger than many men."

"In Xiuyan Pavilion, my aunt never treated us as her servants, and she never disliked us when we ate and sat together on weekdays."

"But no matter how powerful my aunt is, she won't be able to get out of this house in the Hou's mansion."

"Don't think that the servant girl's words are harsh. A concubine is a lowly stream, and she is no different from a servant. If a concubine wants to leave the master's house, there are only three ways to go."

"Either made a mistake and was sold by the master's family, or sent away by the master's family, or rewarded to other servants or house guests."

"The servants who are sent out usually do not end well, and they will lose their skin if they don't die. And the Hou Fu Kuanren, there has never been a precedent for sending concubines to treat guests."

Lin Jiayue murmured, "What about the third one?"

"Escape from the government privately."

Qian Bi said: "My servant once heard that there was a concubine who had a relationship with the servants of the mansion, and wanted to escape the mansion and elope. But in a place like the Marquis Mansion, it is absolutely impossible for my aunt to escape."

"There are people everywhere in the mansion. Even if you get up at night and want to go for a walk in the courtyard, there will always be women who will come to ask, not to mention that there are corner gates in each courtyard. People. Even if you get out of Lan Courtyard by chance, it is absolutely impossible for Auntie to get out of the inner courtyard."

Qian Bi squatted down, and then restrained her voice a bit: "Even if you really escape, you will definitely be caught within three days."

"Whether military or civilian, those who have no way to guide can't go out hundreds of miles away."

"Auntie doesn't have household stickers or fish scale charms, where can I get directions?"

While talking, Qian Bi burst into tears: "Auntie, don't let your imagination run wild, there is no better place in this world than the Hou's Mansion."

If Lin Jiayue ran away, she would be the first to die!No matter what, Qian Bi wanted to dispel her thoughts.

"Now my aunt is very much loved by the Marquis, and she has just taken the right to manage the family in the mansion. When you give birth to the eldest son of the Hou Mansion in the future, the entire Hou Mansion will be under your control. At that time, what does my aunt want?"

"Auntie, listen to this servant's advice, don't make mistakes."

Raising her hand to wipe away the tears on Qian Bi's face, Lin Jiayue nodded to show that she understood.

Regaining her mood, she took out the charcoal pencil and the paper and was lost in thought.

One wrong step, one wrong step, followed Jiang Xingjian into the Marquis Mansion for no apparent reason, and now it is difficult to think about getting out.And she really has feelings for Jiang Xingjian, and she is not willing to leave like this.

Unwilling to be reconciled under strong pressure, Lin Jiayue began to write and paint.

Early the next morning, she took a stack of drawing papers to Jiangxiangyuan.

"How is Madam feeling today? Are you still tired?"

Mother Jiang smiled and said, "It's much better."

Lin Jiayue smiled at Yan Yan, and said briskly, "Yue'er thought about it all night yesterday, and came up with a shop that would make money."

"Oh?" Mother Jiang's eyes were bright, and the smile on her face was much more sincere: "What kind of job is it?"

"Yue'er wants to open a shop selling groceries."

"groceries……"

Seeing that the smile on Jiang's mother's face faded, Lin Jiayue lowered her eyes to hide the coldness in her eyes: "Yue'er's grocery store is different from ordinary people's stores. All the things I sell in this store are sold in the whole of Shangjing...even the whole world. It's the only one."

"It's just that Yue'er is uneasy and wants to ask Madam for permission."

After hearing that there is only one share in the whole world, Jiang's mother knew that the job was not far behind.She looked Lin Jiayue up and down, and said after a while: "What do you want, just tell me."

"Jiayue comes from a humble background and has no one to rely on behind her. Although my wife and Lord Hou treat me well, but Yue'er is always in fear and restless."

"Although I have taken charge of the central government of the mansion now, in the end... I can't grasp it steadily."

Jiang's mother frowned slightly when she heard the words, and after thinking for a long time, she asked Yuanyang to bring a tooth card.

"This is my tooth card. You can take it, and the mansion will be up to you in the future, but you must be cautious in your actions. If you have any doubts, you can ask me, or you can ask the mother in the mansion."

Lin Jiayue took it, responded with a smile, turned and left.

Seeing this, Jiang's mother's dowry woman worriedly said: "Ma'am, what are you doing? Giving that little whore such great power? In the future, when grandma sees the tooth card that symbolizes your identity, she will have to give her a class. In this way, you will be treated like a big sister." Grandma is completely divorced."

"So what if you don't renounce?"

Jiang's mother sighed: "For people like us, marrying a wife is only for two purposes. One is to make good in-laws and help Yi'er in his official career. The other is to spread branches and leaves for the family to carry on the family and give birth to the son of the family to inherit the ancestral business. people."

"Now that Song Wan can't do anything, what use do I need her for? And..."

Gently pressing her forehead, Mother Jiang's face became quite stiff: "How many months has it been now? Zhongqiu still has to improve the empress in the palace, and the supervisor of ceremonies has always had a frightening appetite for palm prints."

"In previous years, Yi'er hadn't returned. For the sake of my mother, our Hou's family gritted their teeth and reined in their stomachs to send them away. Last year, even the most promising Zhuangzi gave up. I was thinking that this year I might sell the fields of the tenants' family. It's too late, how can I think that a little bit of hoof will solve my urgent need."

Lying on the couch with her forehead supported, Mother Jiang said quietly: "If you don't make trouble for this money, I will kick her out of the house on the spot during the previous banquet, and allow her to negotiate terms with me?"