The daughter of the first wife is a black lotus, reborn and remarried to kill

"Yu Luo, what did you say?" Li Qingqian glanced at her meaningfully.

Yun Yi and Li Qingqian looked at each other and walked towards the woodshed. After a while, they brought Yun Shuang out, grabbed her by the back of the collar, and threw her in front of Yu Luo.

Seeing that she looked like she had been caned, Yu Luo was suddenly shocked, "Yun Shuang, why are you like this?"

Did you get punished by the third girl? Don't say anything.

"Do you know her?" Li Qingqian glanced at Yu Luo who was looking panicked below.

"No, I don't know her," Yu Luo denied subconsciously, but as soon as she said it, she reacted, "Yes, I know her... I know her, this is Miss Yunshuang from the old lady's courtyard."

Seeing her behavior, Li Qingqian smiled and pointed at Yunshuang in front of her, saying, "Yesterday I summoned this girl to my courtyard to ask about my grandmother's recent situation. Unexpectedly, this girl contradicted me like a madman, so I punished her. Yuluo, you are used to doing things around your mother, do you want to learn from her behavior?"

Yu Luo quickly shook her head, "I have absolutely no such intention. I was just rude, please forgive me, Miss Third."

She knelt down, but raised her head timidly, hoping that Li Qingqian would say more about Yun Shuang, such as whether she had told anyone about that matter.

But Li Qingqian just smiled and didn't say anything more about it. Instead, she pointed at her ear and changed the subject: "Your earrings look exquisite."

Yun Yi took a look and said, "This looks like fine jade."

Yu Luo touched her ear, wondering why she was talking about this. "I am a first-class maidservant beside Madam. When Madam was the housekeeper, she liked me the most and gave me a lot of monthly allowance, so I bought it."

Li Qingqian nodded, "Mother has always been good at managing the household. This is my first time managing the household, and I don't know where to start. So let's put it this way. For those present today, the monthly allowance for the next month will be distributed according to Yu Luo and the others' monthly allowance."

When everyone in the audience heard this, their eyes lit up.

One of the young girls boldly asked, "Are you serious, Third Miss?"

Li Qingqian smiled and said, "Can I still deceive you? I called you all here early this morning. I was not thoughtful enough, but I also thought that these things cannot be delayed. I am young, so if there are any shortcomings in my management, please forgive me."

She was originally the master's daughter, and now their monthly salary had been doubled, so why would they be unhappy?

Seeing that these people were taken care of by him, Li Qingqian waved his hand and let them go about their business.

Only Yu Luo remained motionless.

"Miss Yuluo, is there anything else?"

Yu Luo hesitated for a long time and said, "Did the young lady miss something just now? I am a first-class maidservant beside the lady, so I have such a generous monthly allowance. Now the young lady has given the same allowance to so many people. I am afraid that the expenses of the mansion this month..."

She lowered her voice and waited for Li Qingqian to continue.

Li Qingqian smiled softly, "Don't worry, since it's my promise, I will definitely transfer the money from my private treasury."

Yu Luo then breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that the third young lady was young after all, and only knew how to give benefits to these servants, but didn't know that greed was insatiable.

She gave these servants such a high monthly salary this month. If they don’t get the same amount of money next month, it remains to be seen whether they will still work for the Third Young Lady.

"Then young lady, I will continue to serve the fourth young lady?"

After solving the first problem, the most urgent thing for him was to take the fourth girl away from Jinyuyuan.

Li Qingqian nodded, "Go ahead."

But as soon as Yu Luo left Jingyingju, she covered her chest with a face full of fear, "Why is Fourth Sister so bold? She knew that my father had forbidden my mother to go, but she still sneaked to Jinyuyuan. Fortunately, Miss Yu Luo, who was beside my mother, came to tell me. Otherwise, what would I do if my father blamed Fourth Sister?"

Yun Yi pulled the corner of his mouth speechlessly, "Girl, it seems that you were just pretending just now?"

Li Qingqian patted her forehead gently. "Of course you are pretending. If you don't pretend to be more convincing, how can you lower the enemy's vigilance?"

"I thought you were really fooled," Yun Yi had another thing in mind, "But Miss, you really need to use the money in your private treasury to pay the servants double their monthly wages."

"Do I look like a fool?" Li Qingqian looked up at the beautiful woman in the painting on the wall. "The monthly wages of the servants in the mansion were all set when my mother was still alive. But in order to get the servants to do her private business, Liu gave her confidants a higher monthly wage, and this money was deducted from those who were unwilling to obey her orders or did not do their jobs well. All this was learned during the time when I was busy getting engaged."

"This month, I gave everyone an equal monthly allowance, but if someone doesn't get the same amount of money next month, do you think they will do something tricky?"

"Oh!" Yun Yi suddenly realized, "If they were used to being deducted in the past, they would be used to it. It just so happens that these people are dissatisfied with Madam. But those who have done too many things for Madam may not be the same."

Li Qingqian glanced at her approvingly, "That's right. By then, even if we send the latter away, it will be much more convenient to train our people again in the mansion."

The admiration in Yun Yi's eyes became even brighter. "Miss, do you want to take this opportunity to make a big change in the mansion? Then when Yun Shang comes back, let her keep the account and pay it out from the public treasury later?"

Li Qingqian shook her head and said, "I've already said it before, don't think of putting the troubles of the Liu family on my Li family's head."

"What do you mean, girl?"

Li Qingqian tapped the lid of the teacup repeatedly. "The Jiang family is extremely poor now. Liu loves Li Shuyue so much, how could she let her marry into the family and suffer? She must have already sent a letter to the Liu family, asking them to prepare a large dowry for Li Shuyue."

So this is what the girl is planning? But Yunyi was a little worried: "Will Liu agree?"

Li Qingqian looked up at her and said with a smile, "Which of these three things do you think Liu would accept: withholding money from servants, being disrespectful to the late wife, or indulging her daughter in ignoring her father's orders?"

"Of course I can't recognize any of them," Yun Yi thought carefully, "but the young lady sent people to guard the Jinyu Courtyard. On the surface, it was to reunite the mother and daughter, but in fact it was to prevent the fourth young lady from escaping. If I have to recognize one in front of the master, I can only recognize the last one."

After all, only the last one can use the excuse of "missing their daughter" to get themselves out of it.

"Father was not satisfied with Jiang Shusheng in the first place. If Li Shuyue makes another mistake, do you think the dowry will be able to reach Li Shuyue without any loss?"

Her father had been an official in the court for so many years. In addition to needing the Liu family's wealth to manage his affairs, the thing he could not tolerate the most was someone challenging his authority - this was Li Shuyue's fault.