Chapter 86: Clarity
After chatting for a while, Aunt Xu intuitively realized that it was Aunt Qiao who was trying to trap her with questions.
"Why is Aunt Qiao so curious about these things?"
Yun Qiao moved her body, her voice soft and non-aggressive, like a docile little kitten.
"I just want to get to know the Marquis better. The Marquis is good to me, and I can't just think about myself. I want to get to know the Marquis better so that I can please him."
Nanny Xu naturally believed it. After all, this woman's existence was to please men.
Nanny Xu smiled as she listened. "That Aunt Qiao has misunderstood. Our Marquis grew up with the old lady. After the Second Master and the lady got married, the Second Master went to Jiangcheng to serve as an official, and the lady followed him. The old lady couldn't bear to part with the Marquis, so she kept him by her side. For this, the lady has complained to the old lady a lot..."
Conflicts between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law have existed since ancient times.
However, Yun Qiao also found out from what Aunt Xu said.
This old lady doesn't like her daughter-in-law, Chen Jingyan's mother, very much.
Nanny Xu came to ask Yun Qiao when she could leave, but unexpectedly Yun Qiao asked her a lot of questions about the Marquis and his mother.
As Nanny Xu walked out, she thought to herself that Aunt Qiao was quite ambitious. She was now trying to please the Marquis and gain a foothold in the Marquis's mansion.
It seems that this Concubine Qiao is not a simple person either. However, now Concubine Qiao is fully focused on pleasing the Marquis and has no time to care about the affairs of their farm.
Besides, they collected rent in secret, and no one in the Marquis' Mansion knew about it, so there shouldn't be any problem even if Aunt Qiao was around.
After Aunt Xu left, Yun Qiao's lazy eyes became shrewd.
This Aunt Xu, I don’t know what they are going to do, why do they care so much about whether she stays or leaves?
It was so obvious that Aunt Xu wanted Yun Qiao to leave that even Xiao Tao could see it.
"Miss, I always feel that this Aunt Xu is not a good person. If you say that Aunt Xu is not a good person, then why did the previous wife hand over such a large farm to Aunt Xu to manage?"
"You don't know, that girl named Meixiang from the Xu family, not only does she dress up all day long, but she also acts so arrogantly. She's just the daughter of a farm steward. People who know her think she's a servant's daughter, while those who don't would mistake her for a girl from the Marquis's mansion."
Yun Qiao said, "In the manor, she is just a rich lady."
"This manor is located outside the Marquis's manor. It's so close to the manor, how come no one knows about it? Why doesn't the old lady care about these things?"
Yun Qiao thought about it and finally had some understanding in her mind.
This farm in the suburbs was the dowry of Lord Cheng's mother. Even though the old lady was in charge of the household affairs, she absolutely could not take charge of the farm that was the dowry of her daughter-in-law. She was afraid that people would think that the old lady was coveting her daughter-in-law's dowry.
Besides, the old lady's own family lived well, her parents were rich, and the dowry was enough for her to spend her whole life. At least she was not extravagant. In addition to the farm and the dowry money, she also had many shops.
These shops can all make money.
The old lady never went there and never thought about taking care of the dowry of Chen Jingyan's mother Du Yunyun.
They were all handed over to Du Yunyun's maids and old women to manage, and the profits were sent to the Marquis' Mansion and handed over to the account office of the Marquis' Mansion.
Chen Jingyan was a man, good at marching and fighting, and he didn't have the time to take care of the income from domestic affairs and property.
They were all handed over to the steward of the main courtyard of the mansion.
The chief steward was arranged by the old lady. Chen Jingyan always trusted him, so he never checked the account book. But as long as he spent money, he had it, so he didn't care much about the account book.
Yun Qiao really envied Chen Jingyan. He had so much property that it could be stolen easily by someone, and no one would care.
No wonder everyone says that the Chen family of Zhenbei Hou is wealthy and powerful. This is truly a wealthy and powerful family.
After sending Aunt Xu away, Yun Qiao no longer cared about anything else.
The master of the mansion doesn't care about the property in the mansion, so why should she, a little concubine, take care of these trivial matters?
As long as the Xu family doesn't provoke her, she doesn't bother to care.
"Let's not talk about that for now. Are all the things I asked you to prepare ready? I'm going to go check on Fang Jia in a while."
Xiao Tao then quickly said, "I have prepared it long ago. As the young lady asked, I prepared eight taels of silver, three sets of clothes for boys, three sets of clothes for girls, and a small golden lock."
"The girl must be heartbroken, having spent so much money."
Yun Qiao smiled and said, "It's okay, it's okay. I, your daughter, have served the Marquis well, and the Marquis gave me a generous reward."
The small gold lock is not big and doesn’t cost much.
Yun Qiao is willing to spend the money for her children.
"Prepare some food for the children. I see Fang Jiafu has several children. I don't know what kind of husband she chose is..."
Yun Qiao found Fang Jia and met her, but she had never met Fang Jia's husband.
Fang Jia said that her husband is a scholar.
However, my family was really poor. After I passed the imperial examination, I went to Kyoto to study for a year. However, the expenses in the city were too high, so I had to return to my hometown.
He is currently teaching at a private school in the next town, waiting to see if there is a position available to replace him.
I just heard these from Fang Jia.
Yun Qiao saw that she was smiling as she spoke, and thought that she was living a good life. Although her life was a little poor, her spirit was free.
But before Yunqiao could go look for her, someone from Fang Jia's in-laws' family arrived.
He said he was looking for Aunt Qiao.
The servants on the farm looked at it and went to deliver the message.
"It's said that someone named Fang Jia got into trouble."
When Yun Qiao heard this, she quickly stood up. Xiao Tao followed behind her, holding her clothes and shouting, "Miss, it's getting dark. It's too far for you to go to Songjiazhuang now."
"Prepare the carriage and go to Songjiazhuang now."
Fang Jia has never been the kind of person who would take the initiative to trouble others, so he thought that he really had a problem.
The carriage that Yun Qiao took when she came was always at the farm, which was also convenient for her to travel.
He got on the carriage and called the person who came to deliver the letter, and then drove directly to Songjiazhuang.
"Tell me carefully, what's going on? Why is she giving birth prematurely when she's fine?"
The person who came to deliver the letter was Fang Jia's second sister-in-law. She was thin and small, sitting in a corner of the carriage.
"My third sister-in-law is about to give birth, and my third brother wrote back, asking her to eat an egg every day. But my mother-in-law is stingy and hid the egg from her. She also pressured her, saying that all the delicious food and drinks at home were given to her. My third sister-in-law has a very stubborn personality, so this back-and-forth caused a conflict. My mother-in-law..."
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