She loses if she divorces, the reborn mistress only divorces her husband

In the end, Qin Changzhou walked away with anger on his face.

Of course, I didn’t bring the Guanyin statue on the table.

The old woman stared at his back until he disappeared, then turned around, glanced at the wooden box, and spoke nervously and guiltily.

"Madam, I spent a long time choosing this Guanyin statue and I also spent a long time negotiating the price. I finally bought it after I had talked myself dry. The shopkeeper said it's worth at least two hundred taels for its quality and workmanship."

"Well, you did a good job." Li Jingwan nodded and lied with her eyes open, "This Guanyin statue is a good deal, but the Marquis's requirements are too high. It's difficult for you."

"Yes, Madam." The old woman immediately took advantage of the situation and said, "Even if I am an old woman with a sweet tongue, I can't buy the five thousand taels of silver Guanyin statue that the Marquis wants with fifty taels of silver. The Marquis is too embarrassed to let me eat the size of the bowl I hold."

This old woman is greedy, mean, and has a big mouth.

Now she was sure that the old woman was right. When the old woman left, she would naturally spread Qin Changzhou's tricky demands everywhere, saying that he wanted expensive things but refused to pay with money.

Thinking of this, Li Jingwan comforted the old woman with a few words, and asked Cuiyu to give her a reward and send her away.

When only the three of them, the master and the servant, were left in the hall, Bitao finally laughed.

"Miss, you are still cooperating with this old woman in her play. Her statue of Guanyin is worth at most twenty taels of silver."

"When the Marquis left just now, his expression was really ugly. I saw that his lips were trembling with anger."

Bitao felt relieved when seeing this.

She has always disliked Qin Changzhou, who was always cold and sarcastic to her young lady and always shamelessly used her young lady's dowry.

When she expressed her dissatisfaction in the past, the young lady told her not to think too much and that they were all family.

Now the young lady has finally come to her senses and no longer allows herself to be bullied by these people. It is really gratifying.

Cui Yu was a little worried, "Miss, the Marquis was angry and left. He rarely comes to your place, and the old lady..."

Li Jingwan interrupted her, "Cui Yu, do you want me to be okay?"

"Of course." Cuiyu nodded immediately, her eyes bright, "Miss, your well-being is the most important thing."

"Then don't worry." Li Jingwan pulled her and Bitao's hands together.

"I was blind in the past, and I always held on to a glimmer of hope when I was bullied and deceived. I won't do that anymore."

"In fact, you have already seen that Qin Changzhou doesn't like me. If that's the case, why should I keep trying to get close to him?"

Li Jingwan laughed at herself, "After I fainted yesterday, I thought it through. I will not wrong myself anymore, nor will I let you suffer with me."

Cuiyu was finally relieved. It would be best if the young lady could figure it out.

"Miss, we are not miserable. Following you is the blessing we earned in our previous life." There were tears in Cuiyu's eyes. "What matters most is that you live well."

Li Jingwan patted her hands and said, "We will all be fine."

Less than half an hour after Qin Changzhou left, the servants from Old Madam Qin's courtyard came to tell Li Jingwan to come over immediately.

After changing clothes, Li Jingwan went to Fuhe Hall.

There were only Old Madam Qin and Mother Zhang in the main hall, but Qin Changzhou, who had come to complain, was not there.

Li Jingwan walked in and bowed politely, "What do you want, old lady?"

Madam Qin looked unhappy, and her voice was a little colder than usual.

"Jingwan, you are Changzhou's legal wife. Husband and wife share the same fate. Do you know that?"

"know."

She said sternly, "It is natural that a present worth giving to Changzhou Shangfeng for his mother's birthday will help his career. Your dowry clearly includes a glass statue of Guanyin Bodhisattva, so why did you ask someone to buy a worthless Guanyin statue?"

"If you send something like this out, it will be a disgrace to Changzhou and the Marquis' Mansion!"

As soon as she finished speaking, Madam Zhang immediately followed up, "Old Madam, I think the young mistress feels that she can do whatever she wants just because she is in charge of the mansion. Yesterday, when I went to invite her, she thought I was in the way. It seems that in the eyes of the young mistress, old people are useless and don't need to be listened to."

The last sentence clearly means that Li Jingwan does not respect Old Madam Qin.

"Mother Zhang, you're worrying too much. That's not what I meant at all." Li Jingwan hurriedly explained, as gentle as ever.

Madam Qin softened her voice and said, "Jingwan has always been sensible and decent. Maybe she was not feeling well recently and made some mistakes."

"Jingwan, go get the glass statue of Guanyin Bodhisattva from your storeroom now, deliver it to Changzhou in person, and apologize to him sincerely. The most important thing between husband and wife is harmony, don't hurt their feelings."

What a good move: first praise and then criticize, and cooperate with Zhang's mother to make her admit her mistake and bow her head.

Asking her to hand over her things and apologize to Qin Changzhou?

Li Jingwan sneered in her heart, but did not give in as Madam Qin had expected. "Madam, I can't take it."

Old Madam Qin was confident of victory, but she didn't expect Li Jingwan to refuse outright. Her face immediately darkened at seeing Li Jingwan being so ungrateful.

"It's just a Bodhisattva statue of yours, and you refuse to do it?" Old Madam Qin suddenly slammed her hand on the table, and the cup lid that was leaning against the teacup fell on the table with a noise.

"Jingwan, you have become so greedy and stingy and have no rules. How can you be the mistress of my mansion?"

"Please calm down, old lady." Li Jingwan stood up, feeling extremely terrified. "Old lady, please don't misunderstand me. Let me explain."

Madam Qin snorted coldly, "You say."

Li Jingwan explained, "Two months ago, the son of Lord Yan, a colleague of the Marquis, was one month old, and the Marquis gave him an authentic painting of "Shepherd Boys Playing" by the former master Song Yinhe."

"Today I went back to the General's Mansion to visit my mother. My mother said that a lady from a noble family mentioned seeing this painting in the Yan Mansion when she visited her. My mother remembered that this was something in my dowry and asked me if I had lost the painting. I made up an excuse to get away with it."

"There is only one glazed Guanyin statue in the entire Sheng Dynasty. If my mother sees it again or hears about it from others, she will definitely be suspicious."

Old Madam Qin was shocked.

She could use Li Jingwan's dowry with peace of mind, as long as the Li family didn't know about it.

The dignified Marquis of Jing'an Mansion used the mistress's dowry to do favors. If this got out, where would she put her old face?

Li Jingwan continued, "My mother heard that I sold one of the shops I brought as a dowry, and asked me if I was short of money or...the Marquis's Mansion was short of money and needed me to make up for it..."

"How could that be?!" Old Madam Qin said quickly, "How can we ask you to subsidize the Marquis' Mansion? You should explain to your mother that the Marquis' Mansion has never treated you unfairly."

"But..." Li Jingwan frowned, looking embarrassed, "Madam, the Marquis's Mansion has a deficit every month. I calculated the accounts yesterday and found that we have already spent more than 30,000 taels..."

After she entered the house, Old Madam Qin asked her to be in charge of household chores, saying that all the property in the mansion would be handed over to her.

In fact, Old Madam Qin only took out a part of it so that she could use it as a dowry subsidy.

No matter how much she put on, she would make the Marquis's family spit it out.