At the Sheng family's ancestral home in Youyang, Li Yuxin, the eldest wife of the Sheng family, did not immediately do anything after returning home. The next morning, she received tea from her two concubines, presented them with appropriate gifts, and then allowed them to leave without any embarrassment.
For the next three days, she was busy looking at the account books. Only after the accounts were verified did Li Yuxin start to sort out Sheng Hong's dowry list. In her previous life, she had prepared a separate dowry list, and in this life, she restored it word by word.
Some fabrics hadn't arrived yet, while some ornaments and jewelry were being made. Li Yuxin was preparing dowries with Hong'er and Yun'er, as they might also prepare for their daughter in the future.
The two concubines who came into the family this time were the daughter of a scholar and a peasant girl. Li Yuxin had already agreed with Sheng Huaizhong not to allow prostitutes into the family. She hated prostitutes. In her previous life, her granddaughter Shulan had also lost her husband to a prostitute. At that time, Li Yuxin had said that the Sheng family did not allow prostitutes into the house.
As for Concubine Yun, who was born a prostitute, the reason why Li Yuxin agreed to let her into the mansion was simply because she was very similar to the deceased Concubine Liu, and she wanted to see what happened to her.
As expected, Sheng Huaizhong was no good. After doting on her for three months, he threw Concubine Yun aside. Concubine Liu didn't know what kind of magic she had cast on Sheng Huaizhong to make her favor his concubine and abandon his wife, threatening to divorce her. Concubine Yun was honest and wouldn't do anything out of character.
He was waiting for the new concubine to do something wrong so that he could teach his two daughters a lesson. But unexpectedly, the two were very honest. Apart from coming to pay their respects as per the rules, they did not go out at other times.
Since I won’t offend others unless they offend me, Li Yuxin ignored the two of them.
The troublemaker turned out to be the Third Wife. When she saw Li Yuxin coming back, her eyes lit up at the things she brought back, as if she had never seen the world. After all, she came from a decent family, so why was the Third Wife so petty?
After several exchanges of tricks with the Third Wife, she left in disgrace. Perhaps the emphasis in the inner chambers was on verbal battles, on using words to hurt others without making a sound, but Li Yuxin disliked this in both her past and present lives. In her opinion, sincerity was sometimes the ultimate weapon.
After returning, Sheng Huaizhong came to ask about her well-being. Li Yuxin accepted it all without changing her expression, but she would not let Sheng Huaizhong stay overnight in the house. She was disgusted by this man from the bottom of her heart.
On this day, seeing that Mid-Autumn Festival was approaching again, the Yu family in the capital had already sent gifts. Although it was just an engagement, the Yu family was very polite. It was said that the Yu family's inner house was being inspected by Master Yu. Li Yuxin envied her own in-laws, who had been raised in pampered childhood and had found a reliable husband after getting married.
Along with the festival gifts came a letter from her son-in-law to Hong'er. Li Yuxin handed it to Hong'er and asked her to read it alone. On the eve of the Mid-Autumn Festival, Li Yuxin received a gift from Dengzhou. After opening the letter, she realized that it was from the Xiangyang Marquis' Mansion.
Li Yuxin looked at Sheng Hong beside her and felt very relieved. Being able to make a close friend in youth would be a lifelong friendship.
After carefully considering how to return the gift, Li Yuxin asked Sheng Hong what she meant. Sheng Hong suggested that she just give her some Youyang specialties. There was no need to be too polite when interacting with friends, otherwise it would lose the affection. Li Yuxin couldn't help but praise Hong Er: "You are very thoughtful. Good job, you have made a great contribution."
Hong'er smiled sheepishly and said, "My daughter still has a lot to learn. Mother, please don't look down on me for being stupid."
Li Yuxin tapped Hong'er's forehead and said with a smile, "My Hong'er is very smart."
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