Chapter 112 No income
"Why don't you go and get some information?"
The servant boy straightened his legs and ran away swiftly.
The door was empty, only the north wind carrying fallen leaves greeted her.
One can imagine how the old lady felt.
She felt like she was not valued at all, and there seemed to be a ball of anger burning in her chest, burning everything around her.
He walked into the door with a sullen face.
She was the most distinguished woman in the mansion, yet they treated her so harshly.
snort! Lu Wanning, just wait for me.
Nanny Cheng knew that the old lady would have a fit soon.
Of course she supported it. The old lady was not in the house, and the lady wanted to cover up everything and turn the tables without caring whether the old lady agreed or not.
As long as the old lady can suppress Lu Wanning, then she can suppress that old bitch Liu Ma.
They didn't see many servants along the way, and there was a rather depressing feeling.
The old lady was also very puzzled. The Prime Minister's Mansion was thriving, so why was it like this?
At this hour, the servants should be working.
Bai Changhao hurried over to the yard with questions in his mind.
"The son is guilty of not being able to greet his mother in time."
"My son is busy with government affairs, what's wrong with that?"
"But your wife is really unfilial."
"What sin did I commit in my previous life to marry such a disrespectful daughter-in-law!"
No matter how wrong it is, it is the daughter-in-law's fault. His son cannot be wrong.
Bai Changhao's frown relaxed and he nodded in agreement: "Mother, Lu was indeed wrong. You need to teach her more."
Lu Wanning is not even afraid of him now, so her mother has to help.
Being accused of being disobedient to her mother-in-law and being unfilial, Lu Wanning had no choice but to submit, right?
Thinking about the days to come, he felt much happier.
The old lady was satisfied that her son was on her side and took a sip of tea comfortably.
"Pooh..."
Then his expression turned ugly again and he put the teacup on the table with a bang.
"The Longjing before the rain has been replaced with the worst Biluochun. Does this mean they don't welcome me back? I haven't been home for more than a month, and you're treating me like this?"
There are still some broken tea leaves at the bottom of the teacup.
"Let Lu Wanning come over here."
Nanny Cheng hurried to pass on the message.
The old lady wiped the corners of her tearless eyes with a handkerchief and said in a tearful voice:
"Son, you can't just watch me get bullied like this."
"Back then, in order to let you study, mother sold everything she had. Every bite of food was definitely given to you. Life finally got better, but after being away for a month, you were treated like this when you came back. Mother felt so miserable."
Bai Changhao wiped the non-existent sweat off his face and said, "Mother, the situation in the mansion is not very good. I hope you can bear with me."
"What do you mean the situation is not good? Housekeeper Lu Wanning made me drink the tea foam that the servants despise? She is going to rebel!"
"And why is the floor heater in the house so cold?"
"The windowsills are covered in dust, and the fresh flowers that used to be there every day are gone. Is this how she honors her mother-in-law?"
Bai Changhao thought to himself, I am drinking the same kind of tea now, and I haven’t bought new clothes for more than a month.
"Mother, I am the housekeeper of Zheng's family now. Lu Wanning needs to recuperate, so I gave up the housekeeper position."
The old lady paused in her crying, and a smile appeared in her eyes: "Recuperate? She's dying?"
Bai Changhao thought of how radiant Lu Wanning looked when she received the imperial edict this morning. She didn't look like she needed to recuperate at all.
Not to mention being seriously ill.
"...Not really."
If I didn't tell my mother that she was recuperating, she would probably be even angrier. What if she got sick from being angry?
"Housekeeper Zheng Jiao, how dare she treat me like this?"
"No, it's... Lu Wanning's dowry has run out, and our income is meager, so life has become a little tight."
"What do you mean by no income? Didn't Lu Wanning's dowry include a lot of shops?"
In her opinion, Lu Wanning was just reluctant to spend the money and was deliberately treating her, the mother-in-law, harshly.
"She said that the shops were all loss-making, that they had all been sold, and that the money had all been spent."
"She's talking nonsense. She was a beautiful lady in Beijing. Everyone in the capital knew about it."
"Mother, I have checked her dowry and only some of the imperial gifts are left."
The old lady didn't believe it at all: "Impossible! I want to check it myself."
Don’t even think about letting her go back to the hard life she had before!
When Lu Wanning refused to give her the money, she went to the censor to file a complaint, accusing her of abusing her mother-in-law.
See if she doesn't peel off a layer of her skin.
"Mom, it's true. Fortunately, Lu Wanning bought three more shops for the mansion, so we can earn some money. Otherwise, we can't afford tea like this."
"Only three shops belong to the Prime Minister's Mansion? Lu Wanning is going too far!"
I just felt the nerves on my forehead twitching, as if they were about to break through the skin and flesh and jump out.
She took a deep breath and it took her a while to suppress her rising anger.
"How much do you earn every month?"
Bai Changhao replied hesitantly: "This... my son is not sure."
Old lady: “…”
I want to curse!
I silently thought to myself, this is my biological child! Dear child!
Forget it, my son is going to do great things and shouldn’t waste his time on this money.
"Where's Zheng Jiao? Isn't she back yet?"
"Here I come."
Aunt Zheng was frightened to death when she received the news.
He pulled himself out from Chen Yaozu's body and almost took his life.
But she didn't care about anything else, and ran back in a panic and headed straight for Songheyuan.
Her clothes were messy, her hair was crooked, and her makeup was blurry.
As he was about to step over the threshold, he tripped and fell flat on his face in front of the old lady.
"ah!"
The golden hairpin on her head fell off and rolled in front of the old lady.
Her hair was completely loose and fell in front of her face. If it hadn't been daytime, the old lady would have thought she had seen a female ghost.
The old lady was almost mad to death: "Where have you been?"
Fortunately, there are no outsiders here today. If there were, wouldn’t it be a disgrace to my son?
She often ordered Zheng Jiao around. As she was just a concubine, no one dared to act rashly in front of her.
Aunt Zheng saw that the old lady was angry. She ignored the pain and quickly got up and knelt down with a plop: "Excuse me, mother. I was inspecting the store. After hearing the news, I rushed back immediately."
She was still panting, which made the old lady look better.
But why is her lipstick a little smudged?
Aunt Zheng felt very guilty when seeing the old lady's inquiring look.
Chen Yaozu's existence must not be discovered by the old lady, because she knows him.
At that time, all the villages within a few miles were small mountain villages with a small population, and everyone knew each other.
If she was discovered, she would be doomed.
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