Chapter 55 Drama Queen Liu Mingyue: My life is so bitter
"I am here to do the work that the Marquise asked me to do. The servants in the Crown Prince's concubine's courtyard are dishonest, so I will sell them off today and then ask you to select someone else to come to you later."
Mother Duan directly conveyed the Marquise's intention. Liu Mingyue glanced at the servants and nodded to indicate that she had no objection.
She had no ties with the servants in the Marquis's mansion and they had never even spoken to each other. Since the Marquise said she wanted to sell it, then she would sell it.
These maids were originally bought by the Marquis' Mansion, and their indentures were held in the hands of the Marquis' Mansion. Whether they stayed or left was just a matter of a word from the master. The servants in the courtyard knelt down to listen to orders, and the jobs in the Marquis' Mansion were not popular.
If I could be sold to a good family, my life would be much better than here.
"Since it is my mother-in-law's order, just sell the person out." Liu Mingyue sat on the chair, wanting to see what the Marquise was up to next.
It was hot at that time, so Osmanthus and Peanut, one helped Liu Mingyue pour tea, while the other fanned her to keep her cool, taking care of her in every way.
The nanny took the servant's indenture and checked the name. She turned around and saw Liu Mingyue being served comfortably. An idea immediately flashed through the nanny's mind.
"Madam has ordered that all the servants in the courtyard must be sold. Madam, please also take out the indentures of these two maids and sell them together with these people to save trouble."
The nanny stared at Osmanthus and Peanut with a shrewd look. They never imagined that the nanny was thinking of selling them out together. Their faces changed on the spot and they looked at their master in horror.
Liu Mingyue's teacup was just brought to her lips. Upon hearing this, she took a sip of tea leisurely and glanced at the nanny indifferently: "This is the maid I brought from my mother's home. She has to take care of me personally in the future. The Marquis' Mansion has no right to sell her."
Although her words did not offend Mother Duan, you could tell from her expression that she was unhappy.
"Princess, when you marry into the Marquis's Mansion, you must obey the Marquise's orders in everything. What's your mother's family or not? Since the Madam has given the order, as a junior, you can only follow it."
Mother Duan was furious about the dowry issue and was about to teach Liu Mingyue a lesson, so she immediately brought up the Marquise to pressure her.
Liu Mingyue had seen the same trick many times in her previous life and was not afraid of the pressure from Duan's mother.
She could watch with a cold eye what the Marquis's wife was planning, but there was no way they could target Osmanthus and Peanut.
The one who betrayed her? If she got angry, Liu Mingyue would dare to make a big deal out of it and divorce Tan Zhuoyan directly. On the other hand, it would be the Dingbei Marquis Mansion that would be embarrassed, not her.
"My mother-in-law wants to sell off the servants in the mansion because they are dishonest and should be sold off. My maidservant has done nothing wrong, so why should she be sold off too? There must be a reasonable reason, right?"
Liu Mingyue spoke gently, and her expression even showed some confusion, but the weirdness in her words made people feel uncomfortable.
The nanny frowned. What the Crown Prince's Consort said was not unpleasant, but it still made people feel uncomfortable.
Liu Mingyue pondered for a moment, handed the teacup to Guihua, stood up and walked to the front of the nanny, staring at her without blinking: "Why, even the people around me are being sold off? Why?"
She was clearly asking Mother Duan, but it seemed she was talking to herself. After walking around Mother Duan while thinking, she said "Oh" as if she suddenly realized something.
"Could it be that the Marquis' Mansion intends to sell out all the people around me so that they can plant their own spies among the new batch of maids to monitor the new bride's actions and do something to me?"
Mother Duan originally wanted to take advantage of Liu Mingyue, but she didn't expect her to say such explicit and straightforward words in public. She was immediately shocked: "How dare you! How can the Crown Prince's Consort make such assumptions about her own mother-in-law?"
"I'm telling you the truth. How can you be guessing? First of all, my husband doesn't live in my room. My mother-in-law is worried and wants to put a few people in my yard. Or maybe she wants to take my dowry quietly."
Liu Mingyue snorted coldly and sat back in her seat with a dark face. Not only was Duan's mother shocked, but even Huasheng and Guihua were stunned.
Usually Liu Mingyue behaves tolerantly and calmly. Even her personal maid has never heard her speak like this in all these years. It is abnormal, really abnormal.
Liu Mingyue was even satisfied with their reactions. In the eyes of the Marquis's wife, she was just a fool and she couldn't speak too cleverly.
It would be best if these people all thought she was an idiot, so that her subsequent plans could proceed more smoothly, right?
"What do you mean by dowry? Please be more respectful, Princess. When has the Marquis's wife ever asked for anything from you? Isn't your dowry well kept? Even if it's missing, you should have asked to check. How can you slander my wife?"
Mother Duan was a little anxious and emotional, but the other party was stupid and she couldn't ask Liu Mingyue to shut up in a roundabout way.
In the face of Duan's mother's panicked reaction, Liu Mingyue continued to make shocking remarks.
"Even if I don't go out, I still hear about the ups and downs in the city. I know that rumors are spreading everywhere outside, saying that the Marquis's Mansion is in trouble and wants the bride's dowry to make up for it. The last time my mother-in-law came to my yard at night, was it for this?"
When Liu Mingyue mentioned the matter of the Marquis's wife coming to the courtyard, the already nervous Mother Duan almost felt dizzy. She only managed to hold on with her mind, believing that it was really the words spread by the servants in the mansion.
"My mother-in-law kept saying that the Marquis's Mansion was in financial difficulty and asked me to be frugal and not spend money lavishly. I thought she wanted to ask about my dowry, but I was stupid and didn't understand what she meant."
Summer is hot to begin with, and even though it is the end of summer, it is still windy today, and the nanny is so anxious that she is sweating profusely.
"Don't talk nonsense, Princess. You took the money from the treasury at that time. Madam is just here to remind you."
When Mother Duan met Liu Mingyue, she felt that she was a tough guy. She was indeed stupid, but she was so stupid that she was hard to deal with. She dared to say anything. What's more, the Marquise did have that intention at that time, which made Mother Duan even more frightened.
"I thought about it carefully and understood. My mother-in-law wanted to take this opportunity to send the maidservant around me out of the mansion. In this way, I would have no confidant around me and would be helpless in the mansion. At that time, my mother-in-law wanted my dowry. What else could I do?"
No matter what Mother Duan said, Liu Mingyue just insisted that the Marquise wanted to take her dowry, and she made very convincing arguments.
When she looked up and saw that Mrs. Duan was still trying to explain something, Liu Mingyue threw away the handkerchief in her hand, wiped her tears, and started crying.
"My life is so miserable. I lost my father when I was young. My mother became a concubine in the Zhou Mansion to make a living. I became a stepdaughter of the Zhou Mansion. I grew up cautiously until I reached the age of marriage. Because my elder sister was seriously ill, I married into the Marquis' Mansion in her place. However, the prince hated me and had no affection for me at all."
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