Chapter 5 Yuan Mansion
A few days ago, he sold an ancient book in his collection to a wealthy businessman from the capital at a high price. After getting a large sum of money, he couldn't help but take in a new concubine, Fang.
The new concubine was as pretty as a flower, with skin as fresh as a scallion, which attracted him so much that he stayed in the new woman's yard for half a month. Naturally, he had no time to take care of the people in his wife's yard.
So now that Mother Cui said that, he was in the wrong.
But most men are the same, they will try to argue even if they are wrong. Master Cui sat down on the chair with his sleeves swung, and continued to accuse him:
"I'm responsible for the livelihood of this family, and I'm busy outside every day. Don't you know I should have sent people to look for her more often? If I had known about the eldest girl's situation earlier, I would have written a letter to the Chen family to inquire about it. I believe there would have been a way out of this matter. Now, look what's going on. She's been divorced and sent back. Isn't this a disgrace to our Cui family?"
The more Mr. Cui spoke, the more he felt that he was right, and his tone gradually became more intense.
Yuan just thought he was talking nonsense and didn't bother to pay any attention to him.
When she was young, she also regarded her husband as her support, and she hoped that he would pamper her, care for her, and that they would become a happy couple.
But less than half a year after her marriage, she completely witnessed the ruthlessness of this man. The old woman of the Cui family treated her son as the apple of her eye, and worried about their affairs in the room every day. She even wanted to ask in detail how many times she called for water in the yard every night, which made her feel disgusted.
When she was fighting with her mother-in-law, Cui Jin ignored it. She would not hold a grudge against Cui Jin just for the conflict with the old woman.
Later, she became pregnant with Cui Qingyi. Cui Jin took three concubines at once under the arrangement of the old woman. After she gave birth to Cui Qingyi, she was injured due to a difficult delivery. The doctor said that she might not be able to get pregnant again. Cui Jin only came to her room to spend the night symbolically on the first and fifteenth day of the month. The children were born one after another in the backyard.
Later, she slowly realized that no matter what kind of man a woman marries, her only hope for the future is her son.
Later, with the help of her parents' family, she found a secret medicine that could help women conceive, and successfully gave birth to Cui Wenxu. From then on, she completely forgot about Cui Jin.
The old woman is dead, so she only needs to control the Cui family's backyard and ensure that all the Cui family's assets will belong to her son in the future.
Especially in recent years, her mother's family business has also improved. People can only be confident when they have money in their hands. Even Cui Jin sometimes has to depend on her mood to eat.
"Master said that he is responsible for the livelihood of the whole family. What about this month's household expenses? There are so many mouths to feed at home. Master, please take out the money."
Cui Jin ignored the scornful look in Yuan's eyes. "You usually only stay in the backyard, so you don't know how hard it is to be on duty outside. I have some money on hand, but I need to save it for socializing with my superiors. If I build good relationships with them, I'll have someone to help Wenxu when he goes out in the future."
When Cui Wenxu was mentioned, Yuan's attitude immediately improved: "Wenxu is your biological son. You have paved the way for him. You will also be proud of it in the future."
Upon hearing this, Cui Jin knew that Yuan was no longer thinking about taking money from him. He relaxed and had completely forgotten the purpose of his visit to the main courtyard.
"Of course I understand that. Well, I have a dinner date with colleagues tonight, so I won't be having dinner with you."
After saying that, Cui Jin flicked his sleeves and left just like when he came.
Inside the room, Yuan snorted coldly. She looked at him, wondering what he was doing.
"Mother Cui, go and ask around tomorrow. The eldest girl's matter needs to be settled as soon as possible. Send her away quickly while Brother Xu doesn't know about it yet."
Yuan was also thinking to herself that she had to go back to her parents' home tomorrow. Her brother and sister-in-law were doing well in business now, and they often visited the capital. They must have known many dignitaries.
Although Cui Qingyi was a second wife, she had the surname Cui, which gave her many advantages. If the eldest girl was lucky enough to marry into the capital, whether as a concubine or a second wife, it would be a good thing.
As for whether the Cui family would hold Yuan accountable if the news got out, Yuan didn't care at all. They hadn't taken advantage of the Cui family over the years, so it was naturally not the Cui family's turn to interfere in her family affairs.
The next morning, Yuan took a sedan chair back to her parents' home.
The people guarding the Yuan family's mansion saw who was in the sedan chair and immediately rushed back to the inn. Konjac took a few dimes from his purse and handed them over. He felt a little distressed when he saw the young man running away with the silver in his hand.
She and the young lady lived in the inn every day, and they were running out of money, and they spent a lot of money.
But when they thought about the news they had obtained, they felt it was worth it. There was no one useful around the young lady except her. If they didn't spend money to ask others for the news, they could only pretend to be blind as the young lady said and wait for others to plot against them.
Cui Qingyi drank tea and looked at the scenery by the window. The Jin Dynasty was a powerful country. Although it had gone through hundreds of years, the government and the people were still peaceful and the people's lives were stable.
Of course, this is just what Cui Qingyi felt herself. As for deeper things, she couldn't access them and was too lazy to delve into them. She was just an ordinary citizen, who only lived in places like Cui Mansion and Chen Mansion and had to calculate her life every day. In the vast Jin Dynasty, she was just the smallest speck of dust. Who would care about her?
So while we are still alive, we should fully experience the beauty of this era and live this rare life well.
When Konjac came in, she saw her young lady looking at the streets below with an intoxicated look on her face. She really didn't understand what was so interesting about it. It was just people and shops. Besides, she should have been tired of it after looking at it for a few days.
"Miss, just as you thought, Madam has returned to the Yuan family."
Upon hearing this, Cui Qingyi withdrew her gaze from outside and her eyes regained their calmness.
"It seems that mother has made up her mind."
Cui Qingyi had expected this long ago. Yuan was just a lady in the inner house. Her powerful methods could only be used to deal with Cui Jin's concubine and illegitimate children in the Cui family's backyard. Those methods would not be very useful outside. So if Yuan wanted to find a family with a higher status for her, she would definitely have to let someone from the Yuan family take action.
Although the Yuan family was her maternal grandparents' home, Cui Qingyi still liked to go there to play when she was a few years old. But ever since she saw her uncle sending his daughter, who was less than thirteen years old, to be a concubine in another family, Cui Qingyi felt disgusted with that family.
A thirteen-year-old girl has not yet reached the age of marriage. What kind of respectable family would want a thirteen-year-old girl to be a concubine? She could figure it out clearly, but no one in the Yuan family objected.
She once felt lucky that she was not born into the Yuan family, but she didn't expect that she would still be related to this family after being married once.
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