The scumbag ran away from marriage, I remarried on the spot

Changxing Hou Mansion.

Not long after Meng Jinyao left the house, the housekeeper of the Yongchang Mansion had already arrived at the Changxing Marquis Mansion and had been waiting in the front hall for a long time. Meng Jinyao had not been seen for a long time. He was also anxious and paced back and forth in the hall to pass the time.

The little maid serving tea next to her watched him walking around and murmured in her heart: With the way Yongchang Mansion behaves, Madam probably won't come back to see him.

The housekeeper inadvertently raised his head, and when he saw Meng Jinyao's figure, he immediately stopped in his tracks, and then hurried forward to greet her. With a smile that could even be called flattering, he said, "Miss, you are back."

Meng Jinyao nodded expressionlessly, walked to the master's seat and sat down. She glanced at the butler coolly, and saw that the butler's smile faltered and he looked at her nervously, with an uneasy look in his eyes. She didn't know how to do it. He embarrassed the housekeeper and asked straight to the point: "Today is the tenth day. Have my father and Mrs. Sun prepared the banknotes that need to be prepared?"

When the housekeeper heard her asking for money, he twitched his lips and quickly replied: "Miss, you are all ready. Because of this, the lady's dowry has been pawned."

Meng Jinyao smiled with satisfaction. As for what the housekeeper said later, she ignored it. What does Sun's pawn dowry have to do with her? It's not like she asked Sun to pawn her dowry, it was her good father and good grandmother. Obviously, the Yongchang uncle's house could come up with the money, but her good father and good grandmother were reluctant and had to expropriate Sun's dowry.

I don’t know if Mrs. Sun regrets it now. She took her mother’s dowry but worked hard for her husband’s family. In the end, she failed to get any benefit. Instead, she lost all her dowry and gained a bad reputation for embezzling her stepdaughter’s mother’s dowry. .

Her tone was a little calmer, and she said quietly: "That's good, give it to me first, and I'll see if the number of banknotes is correct."

The housekeeper responded, took out a stack of banknotes from his arms, and then took out a few taels of broken silver and copper plates from his purse, and presented them respectfully: "Miss, take a look and see if there are any missing ones."

When Meng Jinyao saw this, she was slightly stunned, then took it and counted it carefully.

Very good, they were really afraid of going to jail, and they really paid her a lot of money. No wonder there were a few taels of silver and more than thirty copper coins. That was because the amount was too small, and the banknotes were not that small. denomination.

The housekeeper asked uneasily: "Miss, I wonder if the number is wrong?"

In fact, he counted it secretly on the way here, and the amount was no problem. If he was short of money, it would be fine if he paid for it by himself. As long as he completed this arduous task within today, everything would be fine, otherwise he would return to Yongchang. In the uncle's house, he will never be held accountable by his uncle.

Meng Jinyao nodded and said, "The number is no problem. Thank you for your hard work in managing the house."

The housekeeper breathed a sigh of relief and shook his head quickly: "It's not hard, it's all the younger ones' responsibility." After saying that, he glanced at Meng Jinyao and said hesitantly, "Miss, Madam and the old lady are both sick."

Meng Jinyao said without changing her expression: "I'm not a doctor, what's the use of talking to me? Could it be that if you talk to me, their illness can be cured without medicine?"

The housekeeper was indifferent when he saw her like this. Knowing that she really hated the madam and the old lady, he hurriedly said: "What the elder lady said is that the younger one is confused."

Meng Jinyao added: "If there is nothing else, you can go back. I think they will be at home waiting for you to come back and recover."

"Hey, good."

The housekeeper nodded in agreement, said goodbye to Meng Jinyao, and then left the Changxing Marquis Mansion and returned to his master's house.

Meng Jinyao glanced at a few taels of broken silver and thirty or so copper plates, and directly rewarded the broken silver equally to the three maids Chunliu, Qingqiu, and Ningdong, and these thirty or so copper plates were given to them all the time. The little maid serving tea.

Several people received the silver reward and quickly thanked them.

On the way back to Wei Ruixuan, Ningdong asked curiously: "Madam, do you think they are really sick or are they pretending to be sick?"

Meng Jinyao twitched the corners of her lips and smiled mockingly: "When did they encounter something and didn't fall ill? It's probably because their bodies are weak and they can't bear the trouble. They fell ill when something happened."

After hearing this, Ningdong instantly understood that pretending to be sick could not only gain sympathy, but also prevent him from going out to avoid being ridiculed, killing two birds with one stone.

After passing the Moon Cave Gate and walking through the corridor, the sound of an argument between two little girls suddenly came out. Meng Jinyao paused and followed the sound. She saw Gu Xuanyi, the first daughter-in-law, and Gu Xuanling, the concubine's daughter-in-law. They didn't know what the dispute was about. .

They are both fifteen-year-old girls, one is full of arrogance, the other is cowardly and timid. The difference between the legitimate daughter and the concubine is really not a little bit different, their temperaments are completely different.

Seeing this, Chunliu whispered: "Madam, the eldest girl and the second girl have never dealt with each other, but it is the eldest girl who is bullying the second girl."

Meng Jinyao nodded slightly and continued to watch. Gu Xuanling's eyes were red and filled with tears, and she accused: "Sister, you did it on purpose!"

Gu Xuanyi raised her foot and crushed the cake that had fallen to the ground. She raised her face and her chin slightly. She looked at Gu Xuanling with a proud expression and said contemptuously: "I did it on purpose. What can you do to me?"

"You, you are going too far!"

It took Gu Xuanling a long time to squeeze out a sentence, her voice trembled with anger, and she couldn't help but shed tears. She was so wronged.

Gu Xuanyi said sarcastically: "A concubine is a concubine. She likes to work hard. What's the point of trying to please your grandmother? She's not your biological grandmother. What's more, you're still a concubine. Do you still want her to love you sincerely?"

"I have sent over the cakes I made for my grandmother. They were made for my mother." Gu Xuanling was too lazy to argue with her. She squatted down to collect the cakes that fell on the ground, picked up all the cakes on the ground and put them in the food box. Even the broken plates were put in.

"Mother?" Gu Xuanyi chuckled as if she heard some joke, and continued to say sarcastically without mercy, "Don't forget that you are a commoner, and your second aunt is not your biological mother. Your unlucky aunt has long been He is dead. I don’t know if he has been reincarnated after being dead for so long. If he was, he would probably be ten years younger than you."

Rabbits will bite people when they are anxious, let alone humans?

Gu Xuanling had endured the previous things, but when she heard her cousin mention her biological mother who died young and spoke rudely, she finally couldn't help it anymore. She suddenly stood up, reached out and pushed Gu Xuanyi hard, and shouted at Gu Xuanyi: "Sister, don't go too far!"

Gu Xuanyi was caught off guard and was pushed to the ground by her, screaming "Ah". The maid next to her was also frightened and quickly went to help her master up while asking with concern: "Miss, are you okay? "

The skin of Gu Xuanyi's palms was scratched, and her buttocks were very painful when she landed on the ground. After she stood up, she gasped in pain and gritted her teeth: "Gu Xuanling, you are so brave. I think you are looking for death!" The more she thought about it, the angrier she became. He raised his palm and was about to slap Gu Xuanling in the face.

"stop!"

At the critical moment, a majestic voice suddenly came out. Gu Xuanyi's hands froze in mid-air, and she looked towards the source of the sound with a stiff face.