The Yongning Marquis and his wife wanted to take the opportunity to push the management of the Yongning Marquisate to her, but Lin Luoling took the initiative to mention that Zhou Quan and his wife died in the fire.

She thought to herself: Aren't you good at pretending? Zhou Quan and his wife were killed by the wife of the Marquis of Yongning. Do you dare to report it to the authorities?

Upon hearing this, the wife of Marquis Yongning paused wiping her tears with the handkerchief, and then burst into tears sadly.

The wife of Marquis Yongning did this because she knew that Lin Luoling was a gentle and soft-hearted person. She cried like this because she knew that Lin Luoling would comfort her and would no longer mention reporting to the police.

Then, the wife of Marquis Yongning pretended to be dizzy and took the opportunity to act like a good person who was nostalgic for the past. She said that Nanny Dong had been with her since she was a child and was burned to death in the fire. She was very upset and had no time to take care of the affairs of the mansion.

Besides, although Lin Luoling is not proficient in managing the household, there are many old women and maids who came with the Lin Mansion as dowry. If we pick out a few capable ones who can assist her and praise her for being smart, she will be able to manage the household properly in a few days, and then the management of the household can be easily handed over to her.

Knowing that Lady Yongning Marquis thought so, how could Lin Luoling fulfill her wish?

Lin Luoling also shed tears, looking as if she couldn't bear to see the wife of Marquis Yongning sad.

She sobbed, "These lazy and cunning servants are so evil. I will harness the carriage and report to the authorities right now. We cannot let Madam Dong die like this."

Having said that, Lin Luoling wanted to go out in anger.

How could the Yongning Marquis and his wife dare let her report to the police, and hurriedly called out to stop Lin Luoling.

Lin Luoling originally thought that if the Yongning Marquis and his wife dared to let her harness the carriage, she would leave the house to report to the police, and she would make a big fuss and not be afraid of being embarrassed. It would depend on who was in charge of the household now and who would take the blame.

How could the government care about such a small matter? Lin Luoling knew it.

What Lin Luoling wanted was to let everyone in Jingxuzhou know that the housekeeper in the Yongning Marquis's mansion could be burned to death.

Once the matter got out of hand, the Yongning Marquis and his wife would lose all their face. However, Lin Luoling was young and ignorant, and she had just married into the Yongning Marquis's mansion, so others would not mention her at all.

If you stop her from reporting to the police, you must give her an explanation, otherwise, she will not let go of the matter.

Since she was wanted to be in charge of the household, she should give an explanation for Zhou Quan's burning to death. Otherwise, she could use this as an excuse and just say that maybe Housekeeper Zhou and Nanny Dong were too strict in managing the affairs of the mansion, which made the servants resentful, so they did not go to put out the fire in time when they saw it.

To put it more seriously, it was the servants who deliberately set fire to and burned Zhou Quan and his wife to death.

The Yongning Marquis and his wife wanted to rule the death of Zhou Quan and his wife as an accident, but she insisted on leading them to believe it was murder.

The more Lin Luoling talked, the more things seemed to be going wrong, so Yongning Hou had no choice but to lie, "Originally this was a dirty matter in the mansion, and I didn't want you to be tainted just after you got married, ah!"

Marquis Yongning sighed and explained that the reason Zhou Quan and his wife were burned to death was that Nanny Meng had an affair with Zhou Quan. Nanny Meng had been a widow for many years and was jealous of Nanny Dong, so she wanted to set fire to Nanny Dong so that she could marry Zhou Quan as his second wife. However, Zhou Quan, who had been out on business, returned home early and was also burned to death in the house.

When the Yongning Marquis and his wife learned about this, they ordered people to beat Nanny Meng to death.

Look at this explanation, it is so flawless that there is no fault to be found. It also makes the fact that Zhu Jingzhong beat Lan Wanshuang very reasonable without mentioning a single word.

Lin Luoling pretended to be shocked, her eyes widened and her mouth opened wide, as if she was in extreme disbelief.

After a long while, Lin Luoling finally uttered: "Why is the mansion in such a mess?"

These words were like an invisible palm hitting the face of the wife of Marquis Yongning.

The meaning is that the wife of Marquis Yongning is not strict in managing the household.

Yongning Marquis also coughed lightly with some shamelessness, and said in a deep voice: "I called you here to discuss who will be the head of Yongning Marquis's Mansion in the future."

The reason, of course, was that the wife of Marquis Yongning was so depressed by the death of Nanny Dong that she had no energy or energy to take care of the trivial matters of the Marquis Yongning's mansion.

Lin Luoling sat in the chair, his eyes on his nose, his nose on his heart, without saying a word.

Just as the wife of the Marquis of Yongning was about to speak, Zhu Jingzhong spoke first, "Let Zhou Jiaoling take care of the affairs of the West Courtyard first."

Lin Luoling nodded quickly and said, "Very good, Aunt Zhou will take care of the West Courtyard, and I will take care of Qingyao for Aunt Zhou."

Yongning Hou immediately retorted: "Not appropriate."

Zhu Jingzhong raised his eyebrows and asked, "What's wrong?"

Yongning Hou said: "How can I let my concubine run the household when I already have a wife?"

Lin Luoling thought: The wife of Marquis Yongning cannot be in charge of the household affairs. Lan Wanshuang is now paralyzed in bed like a living dead, and she is the only legal wife left. Isn't it obvious that she is to be in charge of the household affairs?

She just pretends to be deaf and dumb, so you brothers can just argue.

Zhu Jingzhong snorted, "I said that Zhou Jiaoling should be in charge of the West Courtyard. Does Big Brother want to be in charge too?"

Lin Luoling glanced at Yongning Hou, whose face looked extremely gloomy.

He said, "You decide who will be in charge of the West Courtyard. We are now discussing the selection of the person who will be in charge of the rear house of the Yongning Marquis's Mansion."

Seeing that Lin Luoling had not responded, Madam Yongning said aggrievedly, "Luoling, you said before that you would come to me during the Hundred Flowers Festival to learn how to manage the household. Now I am in this state and I cannot teach you..."

Lin Luoling guessed that the wife of the Yongning Marquis would directly hand over the power of managing the household to her, so she interrupted the wife of the Yongning Marquis and said:

“In my opinion, why not hand them all over to Aunt Zhou? I don’t even know all the maids in the mansion yet. Just hearing that Aunt Meng dared to set fire to and burn Butler Zhou and Aunt Dong to death, how can I, a newly married bride, dare to take over?

If I accidentally offend some scheming old woman, wouldn't she set fire to Shuxi Pavilion? It's scary to think about it."

What she meant was that whoever wanted to take over the Yongning Marquis Mansion could do so, but she would never dare to take over.

The wife of Marquis Yongning was speechless.

This is exactly what Lin Luoling wanted. If she really had to force it on her, the Yongning Marquis and his wife would have to give her a written guarantee, guaranteeing that no maid would dare to set fire to Shuxi Pavilion.

The Yongning Marquis and his wife are both people who value their reputation, so how could they possibly write a letter of guarantee for her?

After giving someone a slap in the face, you have to give them a sweet treat.

Lin Luoling changed the subject and said, "I went to check out those two shops. It must have cost a lot of money to run them. My mother-in-law is sick on the bed, so the second young master and I must serve her by her side.

But the two shops have been cleaned up, and the food was delivered to the shops last night. My uncle will take over the two shops for a while.

I also don't want my uncle to suffer in vain. All the money earned from selling grain will go to my uncle and aunt. What do you think?"

Knowing that Fengying pretended to be a grain escort officer to look for Yongning Marquis last night, Lin Luoling guessed that it must be the Second Prince, Prince Rui, who was anxious to ask Yongning Marquis for food.

Marquis Yongning could not secretly take the grain from the two shops, but the money earned could be used to buy grain.

This was a trap that Lin Luoling carefully set for Marquis Yongning.

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