After hearing this, Zhuque responded and helped Song Wanning into the inner hall.
Song Wanning felt a headache when she saw so many account books in her family that needed to be checked. She piled all the account books in her hands on the table and said to Zhuque, "Wait for me to go into the house and rest for an hour. When the time comes, call me to check the accounts."
Zhuque responded and helped Song Wanning into the bedroom to rest.
Not long after, Yin Yichen came into the yard from outside. He saw Zhuque sitting at the door and immediately asked, "Where is the madam now?"
Seeing this, Zhuque hurriedly stood up and looked at Yin Yichen and said, "In reply to the master, the mistress went out for a walk and said she was tired, so she is resting in the inner room. The mistress also asked me to wake her up in an hour to check the accounts. Now I see that the time is almost up."
"Where is the account book?" Yin Yichen pushed open the door and glanced at Song Wanning who was sleeping on the bed. She was sleeping soundly.
"It's on the desk in the study." Zhuque pointed to the study opposite.
Seeing this, Yin Yichen said calmly, "Madam is recuperating now, so there's no need to wake her up. Let her sleep a little longer. I happen to be free now, so I'll go check the account book for Madam."
After hearing this, Suzaku smiled and replied, "That's right, Master."
As Yin Yichen spoke, he turned around and went to work in the study.
Upon seeing this, Zhuque exchanged a glance with Caique beside him and both laughed softly, "Our son-in-law is really considerate of the young lady. Look how comfortable the young lady is living now."
Cai Que nodded upon seeing this, "That's right, my girl, your life is pretty good now. If only that family over there wouldn't get involved so much, your life would be even better."
Song Wanning is living a good life now, but people outside are having a hard time.
Ever since Guan Surong and Song Wanshi fell out, she'd been left without support. The old lady of the Song Mansion was now completely devoted to Song Zhan, and had lost all patience with her niece, Madam Guan. Seeing that Madam Guan had lost her status outside, she took her in, but only offered her food.
Song Zhan's new wife was a powerful woman, and she gave Guan Madam a cold look whenever she saw her. After all, the Song family had now established a separate branch, and Song Zhan was a civil servant, with a salary to support such a large family. Although the family had land and shops, they were not able to produce much. Having Guan Madam stay with them, without saying when she would leave, naturally made him unhappy.
Mrs. Guan had no choice but to endure her unhappy life, and she felt that her life was really hard, so she immediately sent a message to Guan Surong, asking her to get a foothold in the Yan Mansion and take her over to live with her.
But Madam Guan knew in her heart that it was impossible for a concubine to bring her own mother to live with her husband's family, so this would most likely not happen.
But Mrs. Guan was still harboring delusions after all, and Guan Surong was naturally powerless when she received the letter from Mrs. Guan.
Yan Yuzhi now knew about the lawsuit between their family and Nan Hongqiu. Yan Yuzhi was a person who curryed favor with the powerful. After knowing this, he realized that Guan Surong was becoming less and less useful, so he ignored her.
Guan Surong is now not as respectable as Concubine Chun in the mansion. She has to endure the pointing and criticizing of the servants on a daily basis. They say that she is willing to be lowly and that she doesn't want to be a legitimate wife outside and insists on marrying Yan Yuzhi as a concubine.
Guan Surong now truly regretted her decision. She finally understood that Yan Yuzhi wasn't someone to be fooled, and had never been truly sincere towards her. Furthermore, having grown up among women, he knew all about her scheming and calculations. If she said she wanted to stand out from the other concubines by being beautiful and considerate, she was afraid she wouldn't be able to do so.
If I had kept an eye on Song Lan and made some plans, maybe life would have been easier.
But now, she had no choice but to take a gamble. Seeing that Zhao Yunyan was about to marry her, she didn't know how she would live in the future. In this big house of the Yan Mansion, it would be difficult for her to live a stable life, and it would be even more difficult to make a name for herself.
Who could have imagined that she had come to the capital with such great ambitions, but would end up like this? Even if she regretted it now, it was too late.
However, Guan Surong did not expect that as soon as the new grandmother came into the house, before she had time to think about how to live in the future, Zhao Yunyan gathered her and other concubines and stood them in the yard one by one.
Zhao Yunyan's mother, who seemed to be quite capable, saw the one who arrived late and stepped forward to slap the concubine twice in the face. This scene frightened the concubines.
Zhao Yunyan sat on the chair, looking quite serious. "You have been concubines in the mansion for a while now. The master took you in when he was bored at home. We have a bad reputation outside. People say that our master is unruly and has concubines everywhere. But now I come in, I have to consider the reputation of the entire Yan family. The family business is not going well, and I am afraid that keeping so many concubines at home will make life difficult in the future. Therefore, I can only be cruel and send a few concubines away to save money for the family."
As Zhao Yunyan spoke, her eyes swept over the faces of the concubines below. Yan Yuzhi was a lecher, and these concubines were all plump and slender, each more beautiful than the last. Zhao Yunyan looked at them and said, "If I dismiss anyone now, no one should blame me. After all, when the tree falls, the monkeys scatter, let alone a concubine who can be beaten and scolded at will. After you leave the mansion, you will all pursue your own careers."
When the concubines below saw this, they all started talking at once, feeling sorry for each other, but they could do nothing about it.
Zhao Yunyan pointed at the concubine who had arrived late because she was favored, and said, "That concubine should be dismissed from now on."
Seeing this, the concubine couldn't respond. She raised her head and said, "Although grandma is a new married woman, it is the master who makes the final decision on our affairs. Grandma is assigning us here arbitrarily. Does the master know?"
"The master gave me all your indentures yesterday. I advise you all to be honest and behave yourself. I am not selling you out to save your dignity. Don't be so shameless." Zhao Yunyan said, looking at Guan Surong.
She remembered Guan Surong.
Once upon a time, she went to attend a banquet at the General's Mansion and unexpectedly ran into Guan Surong and Yan Yuzhi there. Now it seems that she has some abilities.
Zhao Yunyan thought, pointing her finger at Guan Surong, "And her, send her away too."
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