I thought that since we were finally married and husband and wife, we would be the closest people in the world. Everything in the past would be over, and our relationship would naturally be special from now on.

But she never thought that she didn't even have the slightest intention of developing feelings.

She would rather please the eldest lady than bother with him, this heartless little thing!

The more Xie Xianyu thought about it, the more suffocated he became. He simply stood up and went into the bathroom.

Her slender back was faintly visible through the translucent gauze curtain. Her long hair was tied up with a wooden hairpin and piled loosely at the back. The marks left on her body on the wedding night had finally disappeared, and her porcelain skin was radiant and shiny.

His eyes darkened a little, and he pushed aside the veil and walked in.

"Wanwan." Her voice had unconsciously become much gentler.

But when he walked to the bathtub, he found that she had fallen asleep in the bathtub with her head tilted.

How long has it taken you to fall asleep?

"Wanwan?"

She frowned and mumbled something, but didn't wake up.

He didn't quite hear clearly, so he squatted down and approached her, then he heard her mutter: "The head maid gets five taels of silver per month, the second-class maid gets three taels, the third-class maid gets one tael..."

He was stunned for a moment, and suddenly felt helpless. He took her out of the bathtub, wrapped her in a cloth, wiped her clean, and then carried her out and put her in bed.

She turned over in the quilt contentedly and fell into a deep sleep without even lifting her eyelids.

He had wanted to settle the score with her today, but he had to serve her despite her perfunctory treatment. He was so angry that he had no place to vent it, so he lifted the quilt and held her in his arms.

He bit her earlobe and said in a harsh and stern tone, "I'll deal with you next time."

Early the next morning.

Xie Xianyu went to Qingfeng Garden before going to court.

"Why are you here?" the eldest lady asked with a cold face.

"I came to pay my respects to my mother."

The eldest lady sneered: "If you have something to say, please say it."

Xie Xianyu finally spoke, "My wife has just come into the family, so there are many things she doesn't know. Mother will teach her slowly in the future. She's working hard now."

"I knew it," the eldest lady snorted coldly, "you're obsessed with protecting her, afraid that she'll suffer. If I teach her, she'll at most suffer a little bit of fatigue. If I really don't care about her, let her go out and be stared at and criticized by others, that would be much more than this little bit of fatigue."

"I understand my mother's good intentions, but I was acting too hastily."

"You also know how to be anxious? Why weren't you anxious when I asked you to send her to me to learn the rules first?"

The eldest lady's face was unfriendly. "She was married off in such a hurry. Now everyone in Beijing knows that she is the eldest daughter-in-law of the Xie family. So many eyes are staring at her. How can you, a man, know the dangers within the inner chamber without having been there? If she doesn't immediately act like the wife of the Xie family, she will never be able to hold her head up again in her life."

"If you just wanted her to be a useless toy in your room, why bother making such a fuss about marrying her? Do you think being the head wife of the Xie family is that easy?"

Xie Xianyu's eyes narrowed slightly as he bowed, "Thank you, mother, for your careful cultivation."

-

Wanruo woke up feeling refreshed. All the fatigue in her body had disappeared after a good sleep. She went to the Lady's Courtyard to continue studying.

The eldest lady examined her today and found that she was already able to handle the situation with ease. She was quite satisfied. Fortunately, she was a smart girl and it was not difficult to teach her.

"You've made such great progress in less than half a month. That's pretty good. I'll take you out to a banquet tomorrow so you can formally get to know the ladies and daughters of the prestigious families in Beijing."

"yes."

Wanruo went to Songhe Garden and saw a little maid coming to announce: "Young Madam, Sister Suyue is here."

"Please come in."

Su Yue hurried in: "Miss."

"Why are you here? Is everything okay in the shop?"

Jinshangtang is now handed over to Suyue as the manager. A few months ago, Wanruo taught her everything personally and hired a doctor, Doctor Wang, to take charge of the restaurant. Even if Wanruo is not in charge of the restaurant, she can still handle it.

"I'm here to give you this month's account book. Everything is fine in the store, so you don't have to worry. I'm worried about you. Is everything okay at Xie's house?" Su Yue asked worriedly.

Wanruo took the account book, flipped through it, and said with a smile: "I'm fine."

Su Yue saw that she looked quite well, and she felt relieved.

"That's good. The business in the shop doubled last month. This is the income." Su Yue handed her a small box.

Wanruo opened it and saw that there were eight hundred taels of silver notes inside.

Everyone in Yanjing City knew that the owner of Jinshangtang had married into the Xie family and became the young lady. As a result, the business of Jinshangtang had soared. Usually, the maximum amount of money earned in a month was only four or five hundred taels of silver.

Wanruo's eyes lit up, and she took out a hundred taels of silver and a silver note from the box and handed it to Suyue: "Take this."