Chapter 347 The Last Carnival

Mrs. Wu was worried at first about letting her children discover Li Chenchen's affair. "The children are so young, don't let them see the dirty deeds of those two people."

Jian Ruonan advised: "Don't let them see it, they will never know the details of Li Chenchen."

Mrs. Wu: "What if they still obey Li Chenchen after they see it?"

"What are such stupid children doing?" Jian Ruonan sighed: "If you divorce normally, you can't take the children with you."

Mrs. Wu's heart skipped a beat.

Her children are the biggest regret in her heart.

In the matter of divorce, Mrs. Wu firmly implemented every decision made by Jian Ruonan, but she always hesitated when it came to her children.

"Is there an abnormal divorce, where you can take your children with you, even if you can't get your dowry back?"

Jian Ruonan thought for a moment, "Yes, but they must be willing to go with you."

Mrs. Wu was suddenly happy, and her tired eyes suddenly lit up.

Sure enough, children are always a woman's weak point.

If there are no children, the Civil Affairs Bureau has to handle divorces all day and night.

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The affair was discovered, and Li Chenchen successfully became the concubine of the Wu family.

Mrs. Wu was very clear about this matter. She knew nothing. Wu Li was taken to the yard by Li Chenchen, and the affair was discovered by Concubine Yan.

Mrs. Wu not only had no responsibility, but also became the biggest victim. Mrs. Wu

claimed to be sick and lay in bed for several days. For the first time, the old lady did not cricket behind her back.

After Li officially became the concubine of the Wu family, the two children could no longer be handed over to her.

She also changed from a noble cousin to the concubine Li in the mansion. Her treatment also changed from eight hundred taels of silver a year to fifteen taels of silver a month.

Although the old lady and Wu Xinxin were surprised, they soon accepted it. Li was good at flattery and coaxed the two to treat her as before, or even more affectionately.

After Li was promoted to concubine, Wu Li was not so enthusiastic about her, and Li and concubine Yan were getting further and further on the road of competing for each other's favor.

The two concubines' share, strictly according to the regulations of the mansion, was fifteen taels of silver per month, but privately, Mrs. Wu would always pay out of her own pocket to give more to concubine Yan.

Concubine Yan would show off in front of Li when she got the reward.

Li considered herself a concubine, and her status was higher than Yan Que, who was born as a slave. She asked for the treatment of a concubine, and her monthly allowance was five taels more than Yan Que.

Mrs. Wu was reluctant at first, after all, there was no such rule in the Wu Mansion. Li went to the old lady and cried, and after several arguments, Mrs. Wu agreed.

The biggest change was Mrs. Wu's two children.

Mrs. Wu's two children followed Li and learned a lot of noble temperament. They thought their mother was full of money and vulgar.

Now seeing that the teacher who was like a flower in the high mountains became the concubine in my father's room, she had quarreled with my mother several times in order to get a few more taels of silver per month than Concubine Yan, and her three views were shattered.

While the two children were disappointed with Li Chenchen, their attitude towards Mrs. Wu gradually changed.

After everything was almost ready, Madam Wu fell ill.

She was so sick that she couldn't get up.

Doctors were sent to the mansion several times a day, and the Chinese medicine in Madam Wu's yard never stopped.

Madam Wu proposed to go to the manor to recuperate. The old lady was afraid of being infected, so she readily agreed. Jian Ruonan packed her bags and took the opportunity to leave with Madam Wu.

The food in the mansion was handed over to Li.

After Li took power, she immediately felt refreshed, and the first person she dealt with was Aunt Yan.

The food sent to Aunt Yan's yard was always cold, and sometimes it was even rotten.

Aunt Yan made a fuss several times, and there was nothing she could do but to endure it.

After Li came to power, the food, clothing and daily expenses of the Wu family were upgraded to a higher level. New jewelry that had just been launched, cloth that cost hundreds of taels per piece, top-quality bird's nests, top-quality antiques... were bought into the family without any cost.

Whatever she wanted, she could buy.

In the past, Li had the will but not the power, but now she has the will and the power, and she is not concerned about Wu Xinxin and the old lady.

The Wu family has a good reputation among merchants, and merchants are concerned about the Wu family, a big customer, for all the good things.

All the masters in the family praised her endlessly.

Especially the old lady, who wished she could treat Li as her own daughter.

"Auntie, you look much more energetic when you put on the gold-threaded and oriental pearl forehead bandage." Li put the forehead bandage on the old lady's head with her own hands.

After that, she picked up a piece of Sichuan brocade and gestured to Wu Xinxin: "My sister is young and has fair skin. She will look good in any pattern."

This batch of Sichuan brocade was sent by merchants. It was a new pattern that had just been launched. Because of the high price, Mrs. Wu herself was reluctant to buy it.

Li waved her hand and asked the merchant to send a piece of each pattern.

Wu Xinxin gestured for a long time and said awkwardly: "Cousin, help me choose. I think they are all good."

Li became a concubine in the mansion, and the few people still called each other by their previous titles.

Li: "What do you want to choose? Take them all. This emerald green one will be used as a spring shirt, this moon-white one will be used as a summer skirt, and the rest will be given to my sister as a dowry."

Using other people's money to do favors is Li's strong point.

"My cousin is still generous." Wu Xinxin smiled coquettishly and whispered, "Unlike my sister-in-law, who is rich but stingy. Daughters of merchants are stingy. Unlike us, girls from scholarly families, who are confident in doing things."

Li smiled and said, "If you need anything, just tell me and I will send it to you."

Wu Xinxin took Li's arm affectionately, "It would be great if my cousin could be my sister-in-law."

The old lady scolded, "What nonsense are you talking about?"

Although she was scolding, she was not angry and her eyes were full of smiles.

It seemed that Li was her dear and good daughter-in-law.

The three were having a great time when suddenly a maid came to report: "Madam, the merchants are waiting for you in the outer courtyard, and they want to know when you will settle their accounts?" Li

frowned: "Settle? Settle what accounts?"

Isn't the account settled once a year?

It's only May, what accounts are to be settled?

Li was very calculating. She had never thought that she could be in charge of the income of the mansion forever. She took advantage of Zeng's illness to spend more. When the accounts were settled at the end of the year, the money had been spent and Zeng could not do anything to her.

She bought a lot of good things while she was the housekeeper.

The master of the Wu Mansion directly asked the merchants to record the accounts of what he wanted to buy. In less than a month, the external accounts increased by tens of thousands of taels.

Now the merchants asked to settle the accounts, where would she get the money to settle them?

The merchants came to the door but couldn't get the money. The news spread from one to ten, and then to a hundred. All the merchants related to the Wu Mansion came to block the door.

When the news of the merchants blocking the door spread, everyone thought that the Wu Mansion was going to go bankrupt.

At this time, the old lady did not even think about returning the good things she had obtained. She just scolded Li for a few words and sent someone to the farm to find Mrs. Wu. The servant said that Mrs. Wu was too sick to get up and was in a coma.

Wu Li simply went out to borrow money from a loan shark to pay off the merchant's debts first.

Anyway, Mrs. Wu can pay the money back if she gets better.

If she can't get better, that would be even better, as she can just take over all her dowry.