Chapter 415 Regret
Zhao Liya couldn't help but smile, "Then Madam, please go over after breakfast tomorrow. I'll feel at ease knowing Madam is around!"
"You're too polite, Madam Crown Prince!"
Nanny Lian personally sent Zhao Liya out.
Turning back to the room, Nanny Lian couldn't help but smile at the Duke's wife and said, "The Crown Prince really has good taste. The Crown Prince's wife is a good person. Madam, you can rest assured now."
The Duke's wife nodded with a smile.
Her son likes Miss Zhao, and Lord Zhao Xiangzhao has a close relationship with the Duke and is on the side of the Crown Prince. The Duke's wife will not be averse to Zhao Liya as her daughter-in-law.
But liking and valuing are separate for her.
She likes him because of her son and the Zhao family. As for her concern for him, it depends on whether she has the ability.
If she was incompetent and couldn't stand up on her own, there was no way to value her. Even if she was forced to rise, she wouldn't be able to resist. The people in the second and third wives were not easy to deal with, and with an old lady, it would be even more difficult to deal with.
If she wasn't smart enough and resourceful enough, she would either be harmed by them or fooled around by them and then be pushed out as a scapegoat.
If that's the case, it would be better for her to live a peaceful life, not worry about anything, and just guard her own little yard.
The Duke's wife did not expect that her daughter-in-law was a person with her own ideas, which really surprised her.
It was her idea to act as the housekeeper in her name and personally force the two people from the second and third wives to come here today. The Duke's wife thought it was feasible and agreed.
She originally thought that she couldn't force her two younger brothers and sisters to come! After all, one of them was rude and the other was insidious, neither of them was easy to mess with. Moreover, they had the status of elders. Even if Zhao Liya was the wife of the prince, they might not give her face.
She is young and has a fresh face, how can she defeat them?
Unexpectedly, she actually brought the person here.
She had been wondering how she could come up with a plan to ask Nanny Lian to help her. No matter how smart and capable she was, she wasn't from the Duke's Mansion and wasn't familiar with anything there. She could easily be tricked by the Second and Third Houses.
Nanny Lian was different. She knew everything, and since she was his confidant, she represented his opinion and was able to control the situation.
But the Duke's wife was not sure whether Zhao Liya would think too much if she suggested sending Nanny Lian over, and whether she would think that she was deliberately sending someone to monitor her and seize power from her.
I have to think of a proper way to say this.
The Duke's wife didn't expect that Zhao Liya would bring it up before she even opened her mouth.
She was naturally relieved and satisfied.
This child is indeed smart and capable, and he also knows what he is doing.
Even Nanny Lian felt somewhat happy that the young master valued her.
Zhao Liya went back to look at the account books and sort out her thoughts, completely ignoring the chaos in the mansion.
Mrs. Tuesday and Mrs. Wednesday felt empty and listless.
It would be difficult for anyone to remain calm when the power held for more than ten years was lost without any warning.
In addition to feeling lost and reluctant, Mrs. Zhou Er was also filled with anger and couldn't help but blame Mrs. Zhou San.
"If Third Sister-in-law hadn't acted like a gourd with a sawed-off mouth and said a few words, that would have been more effective! I don't believe the two of us can't win an argument with that sickly person! Third Sister-in-law, on the other hand, kept silent and let me be the bad guy, humph."
Mrs. Zhou San refused to give in: "What are you talking about! My eldest sister-in-law is the wife of a duke. She didn't ask us to hand over the housekeeping power to Zhao Liya. She wanted it herself, so why shouldn't we give it to her?"
"That's just an excuse! I don't believe she can do anything with her broken body!"
"Oh, so what? Even if it can't be done, that's her business. We don't have the final say!"
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Mrs. Zhou Er was so angry that her chest hurt. It was true that they had no say.
"That little bitch Zhao Liya, why did she come back from Lingnan? Damn it, this marriage was clearly called off in the first place, why did it take so long to get back to the original plan—"
Both of them regretted it deeply.
At the same time, I also secretly blamed the old lady.
The old lady just puts on airs in front of them all day long and lectures them at every turn, but she has no way to deal with the people in the eldest wife's house.
Otherwise, when Zhou Hansheng broke off the engagement with the Zhao family, they should have arranged another marriage for him long ago.
It was also the old lady's fault for being greedy. She insisted on wanting Zhou Hansheng to marry a girl from her family - what a joke, how could the Duke and his wife agree to such a request?
They all privately advised the old lady to take a step back, choose a lady from another family, and quickly finalize the marriage! But the old lady didn't know what was wrong with her, or she was so confident that she could eventually convince the Duke and the others.
It's also possible that the new emperor's future was bleak, and his position as crown prince was precarious. As the Empress's family, the Zhou family would have faced a difficult time if the Second Prince had ascended the throne. In that case, the position of the Crown Prince's wife in the Duke's Mansion wouldn't have seemed particularly important.
The old lady was not in a hurry at all, she just wanted to compete with the Duke and the others.
Perhaps at that time, the Duke and the others had the same idea.
Who knew that after all this time, he would eventually return to the Zhao family!
Originally, they were gloating and waiting to watch the fun, waiting to see the Zhao family and the Duke quarrel.
After all, when the Zhao family was in such a plight, the Duke's Mansion canceled the marriage. How could the Zhao family not feel resentment? How could they not become enemies?
Who would have thought that the prince would end up hooking up with that damn girl from the Zhao family somehow!
It would be fine if they hooked up with each other, but they never had complete control over Zhou Hansheng's marriage, and they never had the final say at any time.
It doesn't matter who he marries.
Since you like the Zhao family so much and want to marry into the Zhao family, it doesn’t matter.
But who would have thought that the damn girl would be their nemesis?
They'd only been married for a few days, and they'd already taken all their account books and keys! It really caught them off guard!
And they chose to use this method, leaving them no room to refute or shirk responsibility. They could only get angrier and angrier and complain to each other.
Mrs. Zhou San said calmly, "It's too late to say anything now. Let's just wait and see! I want to see how she can manage this family, haha!"
Mrs. Zhou Er's eyes flashed, and a bunch of crooked ideas came out of her eyes.
How familiar was Mrs. Zhou San with her? She knew what she was thinking with just one glance, and cursed her inwardly: "What a fool!"
She originally didn't want to intervene, but she was afraid of getting involved if she didn't, so she couldn't help but say, "This is the Duke of Liguo's Mansion, don't mess around. What if they get hold of something? Humph!"
Mrs. Zhou Er was unwilling to accept this: "Are we just going to let it go like this?"
(End of this chapter)
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