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

Ningdong looked at the master and servant's leaving figures, a little frightened, and whispered: "Madam, you have just frightened this slave. Fortunately, the Marquis did not do anything to you."

Meng Jinyao was calm: "His son was at fault first. Even if he has to be punished, the punishment will be lighter than his son's."

Even so, Ningdong was still worried and advised: "You should try your best to avoid contact with the prince next time. It is obvious that he escaped from the marriage and made Madam a laughing stock, but in the end he said it was Madam's fault. This kind of resentment, It’s better to have less contact with people who shirk responsibility, because who knows if he will go crazy and bite people randomly one day.”

Meng Jinyao nodded slightly and said warmly: "Don't worry, I don't have time to take the initiative to trouble him. We met him by chance today. I can only say it's unlucky."

Meng Jinyao took the initiative to see Gu Xiuming twice before, always taking Chunliu there. Ningdong had never seen her master confront Gu Xiuming. When she saw her today, she felt sorry for her master. With such a cheap son, the master's day I'm afraid there will be constant trouble.

Meng Jinyao suddenly asked curiously: "Ningdong, are my lying skills really so bad that people can see through them at a glance?"

Ningdong smiled and said: "Madam, have you forgotten? The Marquis is the minister of Dali Temple, specializing in investigating cases and interrogating prisoners. You definitely can't deceive him. Besides, you are a good talker, so the Marquis must know something about it. That’s why I don’t believe it.”

Meng Jinyao: "..."

Ningdong asked again: "Madam, do you still want to go for a walk in the garden?"

Being disturbed like this by Gu Xiuming, Meng Jinyao lost interest now and shook her head gently: "No, let's go back to Wei Ruixuan first."

After she said that, she was about to turn around and go back to Wei Ruixuan. She took back the foot she had just stepped out. Her interest came back in that moment and said: "It's not dinner time now, so let's go shopping." , let’s go to Lan Yue Pavilion, the best place in the house to see the sunset is Lan Yue Pavilion.”

Ningdong nodded and said, "Hey, it's time to go back and have dinner after enjoying the sunset."

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A few days later, it was raining lightly and pedestrians were walking in a hurry on the street. A small sedan came in from the side door of Changxing Hou Mansion.

The prince of Changxing Marquis, Gu Xiuming, took a concubine, and the girl he longed for was Li Waner.

In the entire Changxing Marquis Mansion, except for Gu Xiuming, who was in high spirits during happy events, no one was happy about this incident. In a family like theirs, it was extremely disgraceful for the head wife to take a concubine before entering the house. Fame is nothing to be happy about.

Many servants were whispering about this ridiculous thing in private.

The next morning.

Chunliu glanced at the sky and wondered: "Madam, it's already four o'clock in the morning, so why doesn't Aunt Li come over to pay your respects?"

Although their wives are young, they are elders. Aunt Li has just entered the house. As a junior, she should come to greet the elders and leave a good impression on them. If there is a prince's wife in the future, Aunt Li will have to greet the prince's wife every day.

Those who are ignorant will think that it is troublesome to ask the elders for greetings, and it is convenient not to ask for greetings. However, as a junior who is not allowed to go to ask for greetings, it is a sign of not being recognized and not being welcomed by the elders. Since their wife has not ordered Aunt Li not to come. Say hello, then Aunt Li should come to say hello.

The concubines of other wealthy families, as long as they were not refused to greet their elders, would rush to greet their elders whenever possible. Even when the elders were eating, it was still a shameful thing to stand aside and serve the elders. After all, Having the opportunity to show your face in front of the elders and serve them means being recognized by the elders.

This is the case with concubines. For the head wife, serving food is a matter of setting rules and being tormented. But for the concubines, it is an opportunity to please the elders. If they can please the elders, the head wives will not dare to go too far.

Meng Jinyao was not surprised at all and said nonchalantly: "She probably won't come over."

Chunliu frowned: "This Aunt Li is too unruly."

Meng Jinyao pursed her lips and smiled: "Those who don't know are not guilty. You can't blame her. If she doesn't come, it will save me trouble."

She knew that this was all Gu Xiuming's intention. Li Waner had just entered the house, and there was no grandma to teach her the rules before entering the house. She probably didn't understand the rules of a wealthy family, and she didn't know that a concubine had to pay respects to her elders.

But Gu Xiuming knew about it, but he didn't remind Li Waner. He was obviously afraid that she would embarrass Li Waner, so he didn't remind her. Because he didn't know about it, he avoided paying her respects.

Chunliu felt depressed, and really couldn't figure out what kind of ecstasy soup Aunt Li poured into the prince, so that he could actually make the prince abandon his dignified wife and run away with the unruly Aunt Li, causing such a big joke.

She glanced at Meng Jinyao who was indifferent and said, "Madam is kind."

Meng Jinyao replied: "Aunt Li has never paid homage to heaven and earth, or to her parents. She is not my serious daughter-in-law, so she does not have to come to pay my respects. It doesn't matter whether she comes or not."

Chunliu was stunned when he heard this. Yes, a serious daughter-in-law must pay her respects to her mother-in-law. If she is not a serious daughter-in-law, she does not have to come to pay her respects to her elders. Being able to come and pay her respects is a gift, so all concubines consider themselves qualified to pay their respects to their elders. To be proud, since Aunt Li doesn't want this honor, that's fine. But if she doesn't get the approval of her elders, she's really not as good as the average concubine.

Meng Jinyao suddenly remembered that her mother-in-law went to the temple to offer incense and stayed in the temple for a few days. Today should be the day of her return, so she asked: "By the way, is the old lady going back home today?"

Chunliu nodded and said: "Exactly, according to the usual practice, the old lady only gets home in the afternoon every time."

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in the afternoon.

When Mrs. Gu returned home, except for those with official positions who had not yet been sent to duty, as well as Gu Xiuyuan and Gu Xiuhong who were studying in the academy, the other juniors all came out to greet her.

But there is one exception. Gu Xiuming, who took a leave of absence from the academy, went out with Xina's aunt Li Waner in the morning and has not returned yet.

When Mrs. Gu saw her grandson Gu Xiuwen, she asked Mrs. Zhang, "My wife, Xiuwen's three brothers are all in the academy. Why doesn't he go to the academy?"

Mrs. Zhang explained: "Mother, my daughter-in-law wanted to go to Lingshan Academy to enroll in Lingshan Academy because she was late in studying. The students at Lingshan Academy are all outstanding. In order to allow him to keep up with the progress in Lingshan Academy, I asked my husband to go to Lingshan Academy before enrolling." He gave one-on-one instruction, which was more secure, so he was not allowed to go to the academy."

After hearing this, Mrs. Gu rarely agreed with her education method, and nodded with satisfaction: "What you did is good. As far as writing is concerned, it is better for you to teach one-on-one."

Seeing that her mother-in-law recognized her, Ms. Zhang secretly rejoiced. Thinking of Gu Xiuming, she looked thoughtfully at Meng Jinyao: "Third brother and sister, didn't Xiuming take a leave of absence from the academy? Why is he nowhere to be seen?"

As soon as these words were spoken, Mrs. Gu's eyes were also searching for her grandson, she glanced at the people present, and looked back with a little disappointment.

Meng Jinyao knew that she wanted Gu Xiuming to embarrass himself in front of his elders, but even if she didn't tell others about Gu Xiuming and Aunt Li's leaving the house, she answered truthfully: "Xiu Ming took a few days off because he was taking a concubine. It's just Unfortunately, this child went out to the street with Aunt Li this morning, probably because he didn't know that his mother was going back home today."

When Mrs. Gu heard this, she frowned displeased and felt even more disappointed. It was ridiculous that her grandson, who she had high hopes for, asked for leave from the academy in order to accompany her concubine!

Taking a concubine is not taking a wife, so why do you need to take a leave of absence?

If she remembered correctly, Aunt Li entered the mansion yesterday. As soon as she entered the mansion, she provoked Xiu Ming to take leave for her. She casually took leave for a concubine who was not worthy of honor and did not pay attention to her studies. How can she do this in the future?