The letter also contained other private information about Xuemei.
This greatly increases its credibility.
In her previous life, Xue Mei was pregnant with Yuan Wu's child and wanted to force him into marriage by using the child. But how easy was it to enter the Yongning Marquis's mansion?
It eventually failed.
However, Xue Mei was cunning. She then set her sights on Qin Sheng's older brother, Qin Yu, and later used some dirty tricks to frame him while he was drunk.
Qin Zhengde was so angry that he beat Qin Yu and made him kneel in the ancestral hall to reflect on his actions.
Later, as word spread that Xue Mei was pregnant, Qin Yu had no choice but to marry her.
However, Xue Mei was two-timing; not long after her marriage, she secretly started an affair with Yuan Wu.
She even miscarried...
In her previous life, Qin Sheng only learned about the round, brown birthmark on Xue Mei's lower back when she went back to visit her after Xue Mei's miscarriage.
Later, it was because one of Yuanwu's confidantes, unwilling to be abandoned by him, shouted and screamed in the bustling city, exposing all these sordid things...
Qin Yu lost face and became a laughing stock in the capital, so he had no choice but to volunteer to lead troops to the border.
In his previous life, Qin Sheng's elder brother never returned from the border until his death.
Now that she's been given a second chance at life, Qin Sheng will never again allow that bitch Xue Mei to have the chance to harm her brother.
If she wants to cause trouble, she should go and cause trouble for Yin Wenxiao!
...
Three days later.
In the Pine and Willow Courtyard.
Xuemei, dressed in a light pink dress and with her hair styled in a married woman's bun, knelt respectfully on the ground to serve tea to Old Madam Yin.
Madam Yin showed no joy on her face and accepted the tea.
Then Xuemei offered tea to Qin Sheng, the official wife, and Qin Sheng drank it and gave her a silver bracelet as a token gesture.
This marked the completion of the ceremony, and from then on, she transformed from an actress into the concubine of the Earl of Pingyin.
Ye Jiaoniang didn't come, claiming she wasn't feeling well and was staying at Mingyue Pavilion to rest during her pregnancy.
Yin Wenxiao also did not appear. During the few days he was suspended from his job, he stayed in the front yard, and no one knew what he was busy with.
Not long after, he took another concubine.
Not to mention Qin Sheng, even Old Madam Yin was angry.
I'll have to spend some money to appease my daughter-in-law again.
Madam Yin ignored Xuemei and went straight to Qin Sheng in the inner room, where she had Granny Shi bring out a box made of rosewood.
When the box was opened, it contained a pair of jade ruyi scepters.
"This is the dowry I brought to the Yin family back then." Old Madam Yin looked at Qin Sheng and said, "Speaking of which, I originally intended to pass this pair of jade ruyi to my daughter-in-law, but it's not too late to give it to you now."
"..."
These jade ruyi scepters are clearly not ordinary items. The jade is translucent, and upon closer inspection, one can even see red threads inside as if they are flowing.
"this---"
Qin Sheng declined, saying, "Since this is your dowry, how can it be given to your daughter-in-law? You should keep it yourself."
"Take it," Old Madam Yin's tone softened. "Just keep it and pass it on to your daughter-in-law later."
"Then thank you, Mother." Qin Sheng no longer refused.
After sitting for a while, Qin Sheng left.
Xuemei is now a concubine in the mansion and can no longer live in the servants' quarters of the Yin family.
Fortunately, a place to stay has been prepared, Rainbow Courtyard, not far from Mingyue Pavilion.
Rainbow Courtyard is about half the size of Bright Moon Pavilion, and its location isn't very good either. Even though it's cleaned up, it still gives people a somewhat uncomfortable feeling.
Qin Sheng assigned four maids and two old women to Rainbow Courtyard.
"Thank you, Madam." Xue Mei stood in the courtyard of Rainbow Courtyard and gave Qin Sheng a slight bow. "This servant will definitely serve Madam and the Earl well in the future."
Qin Sheng looked at her without saying anything.
Xuemei was slightly puzzled, but after thinking for a moment, she continued to express her loyalty, "Madam, rest assured, once I've entered the manor, you are the one who—"
"You should get some rest," Qin Sheng interrupted her, glancing at her almost imperceptibly before leaving with her maid.
She didn't need Xue Mei to show her any loyalty.
Qin Sheng counted down the days until she had to leave the Yin family mansion.
Let Ye Jiaoniang and Xue Mei fight it out in this dog-eat-dog world; she won't keep up.
...
A few more days passed.
Yin Wenxiao never went to Rainbow Courtyard, but he went to Bright Moon Pavilion twice and stayed overnight both times.
Qin Sheng found out and thought to himself that Xue Mei was indeed the same as in his previous life—skilled and patient.
Knowing that Yin Wenxiao was probably angry and disgusted with her now, she was not in a hurry.
Xuemei is beautiful and has a good figure; she also knows how to flatter and serve men.
Such a person will seize any opportunity that comes her way.
Sure enough, within two days, Caiyue, whom Qin Sheng had sent to secretly keep an eye on Xuemei, returned.
Caiyue: "Madam, I saw with my own eyes that Aunt Mei was talking to a maid from Mingyue Pavilion in a secluded spot in the backyard for half an hour. I don't know what they talked about, but she even gave the maid a money pouch."
Qin Sheng was frowning as she looked at the ledger. "Okay, you keep an eye on Rainbow Courtyard."
Caiyue nodded and went out.
The household has been spending a lot of money lately, with the largest expense coming from Ye Jiaoniang's Mingyue Pavilion.
After becoming pregnant, Ye Jiaoniang said she had a poor appetite and couldn't eat greasy or meaty food, so the old lady decided to temporarily assign her the small kitchen in the mansion.
Three old women were assigned to the small kitchen to prepare meals for Aunt Ye three times a day.
Aunt Ye's expenses for food, clothing, and daily necessities were at least three times higher than before.
However, Qin Sheng also had a solution.
The Yin family owns two cloth shops, which are very successful and are the most profitable shops among all the shops.
Qin Sheng had figured it out: the money earned by these two cloth shops each year was not recorded in the mansion's accounts, but went into the private pockets of Old Madam Yin and Yin Wenxiao.
She found an opportunity and personally went to two cloth shops to collect debts, and all seven hundred taels of silver were deposited into the public fund.
I returned home in the evening.
Qin Sheng went to Songliu Courtyard first.
She didn't hide the fact that she had taken money from the two cloth shops from Old Madam Yin, and she even told her about the recent large expenses in the mansion.
"The household expenses have been so high lately?" Old Madam Yin asked in surprise.
She glanced at the list Qin Sheng handed her and her brows furrowed immediately. Ye Jiaoniang was spending ten taels of silver every day just on food!
There are also clothes, and daily nourishing foods such as bird's nest and white fungus.
All things considered, the amount spent on Ye Jiaoniang every day was more than twenty taels of silver!
“Yes,” Qin Sheng smiled, “didn’t you say that everything Aunt Ye eats, wears, and uses is done according to her wishes?”
"..."
Madam Yin's brow twitched. That's not how it works. A concubine costs more than twenty taels of silver a day. Who can afford that?
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