Chapter 25: The Struggle for Power

Zhao looked at Chu Xun'er, who was different from the past, and inevitably had a headache, she cast her eyes on Lou Xingzhen, who was not shocked.

Lou Xingzhen knew that Chu Xun'er felt sorry for her sister-in-law, so she slowed down and said: "This matter is indeed negligent on my part, I failed to step up my precautions on weekdays, so that it was my daughter-in-law's mistake that such a villain entered our house." ”

As soon as the words fell, she quietly looked at Chu Xun'er who was standing on the right side, and her displeasure in her heart was a little worse, this Chu Xun'er except for occasionally speaking sharply, she is usually a person with a good personality, how did she get into the tip of the horns today, and she was snarky and mean to herself everywhere.

Song Wu'er looked at everyone's faces and came out to play a round, "Everyone is a family, don't hurt the harmony for that irrelevant Diao slave." She looked at Chu Xun'er cautiously.

Chu Xun'er is a person who reads poetry and books on etiquette, his mind is a little dull and delicate, and his sister-in-law is a good housekeeper on weekdays, and he is also happy to compose poems and read books. But today, after her sister fell into the water and was beaten by her mother-in-law, Lou Xingzhen sent someone to send the most inferior bird's nest, which was to deliberately slap herself in the face and embarrass herself.

Seeing that everyone was looking at Lou Xingzhen, Chu Xun'er felt even more aggrieved, "Mother, this time it was my sister-in-law's negligence, I have no opinion, but my sister-in-law has many negligences in doing things, and she should be punished." ”

The quiet Lou Xingzhen obviously wants to calm things down, but Chu Xun'er, who is dull and stubborn, doesn't know how to read people's faces.

"Then what do you want to do?" Zhao Shi said coldly, and the atmosphere became a little condensed for a while, Song Wu'er looked at this, looked at that, and only felt that the corners of his forehead were pounding.

It's terrible, the sister-in-law who has always been serious and old-fashioned and the second sister-in-law who is gentle like water are right, and neither of them will let anyone, the atmosphere is really embarrassing.

"Since my sister-in-law is not doing well, it is better to do this, and I will also contribute to the housekeeper in the future."

If these words were put in the past, Chu Xun'er would never dare to say it, she never cared about whether she could hold the power of the housekeeper, but now she felt that Lou Xingzhen had gone too far, and slapped herself and her sister in the face in front of everyone.

Although her sister has a lot of disagreements with her sister-in-law, in her opinion, her sister is also unintentional, and it is all because of the trouble caused by the king of Nan'an, they are not familiar with the king of Nan'an, why should they bear this pot for him?

Zhao was a little embarrassed, she couldn't help hating the cook who stole things in her heart, if it weren't for her, she really wouldn't have realized that her two daughters-in-law were fighting so badly, and no one would be unforgiving.

"How can my brother and sister say this, since I was the housekeeper, I have been taking care of the Song family clearly, and there has been no accident, today's matter of the cook is just an accident."

Listening to Lou Xingzhen's words, Chu Xun'er snorted disapprovingly, "No one knows how many people like Chef Liu will be harbored in this Song Mansion, if it is because of the sister-in-law's poor supervision, wouldn't it let these people drag the Song family back?" ”

"You ......" Chu Xun'er's Lou Xingzhen was speechless, Lou Xingzhen's eyes were slightly cold, she didn't find that Chu Xun'er, who was usually like a bird, would erupt with such a big resentment at a critical moment.

Seeing that the two were deadlocked, Zhao said helplessly, "In this way, Xingzhen also has many things wrong with doing things, now the power of the housekeeper is divided into two, and the big thing is still Xingzhen's decision, and you will help your sister-in-law more." ”

Although he can only take care of small things, Chu Xun'er is already very satisfied with being able to share the power of Lou Xingzhen's housekeeper.

"Thank you, mother."

Spring Garden.

Cui'er was upset for Lou Xingzhen, "Madam, the second young lady is inevitably too bullying, Sister-in-law Liu swallows her own interests, how can Madame know everything." ”

Cui'er was indignant, Lou Xingzhen was in charge of the Song family's affairs on weekdays, and she had to take care of the old lady, where was there time to see if the subordinates were corrupt, Chu Xun'er was inevitably too big a fuss.

Lou Xingzhen picked up a cup of tea on the table and didn't speak, the more she was like this, the more unforgiving Cui'er's sharp mouth became.

"I think that at the beginning, the second young lady came to chat with the lady as a companion, but now there is a little bit of a situation, and the second young lady stabbed the knife behind the lady like this, it's too unrighteous."

"Alright." Lou Xingzhen warned Cui'er, "I don't want to hear this again in the future, let the girls in our yard keep their mouths shut." ”

Now she is no longer in charge of the Song Mansion alone, there are many people in this courtyard, if it reaches Chu Xun'er, she will definitely have a lot of dissatisfaction.

"Yes!" Although Cui'er won, she was still unconvinced.

Chu Xun'er returned to her courtyard satisfied, and when Chu Mi'er heard the news, she was a little embarrassed, "Eldest sister, it's because of me that so many things happened, otherwise I'll go back to Chu Mansion first, if I stay here, I'm afraid ......"

Before he finished speaking, Chu Xun'er interrupted him, "What are you afraid of, now I also have the role of being in charge of the Song Mansion, if anyone dares to bully you again in the future, I will never spare them." ”

Chu Xun'er glanced at the maid in the room with a warning on her face, and the maid hurriedly lowered her head, not daring to look at her, I don't know if Chu Xun'er has learned more from the Zhao family, and there is always a sharp scrutiny in her eyes, which goes straight to the bottom of people's hearts.

Chu Xun'er spoke to Chu Mi'er for a while, and then hurriedly returned to her courtyard, now that she had just taken over the Song Mansion, she had to understand the Song Mansion immediately, so that she could truly master the Song Mansion.

"Congratulations to Madame, Madame has got the power of the family as she wishes." Xi'er, who was following Chu Xun'er, smiled as if she was saying hello to Chu Xun'er, but Chu Xun'er shook her head, "I originally meant that you knew, and I didn't want to take care of the big and small affairs of the Song Mansion." ”

"It's just that this time it's really my sister-in-law who did things unfairly, and let the people below bully my sister, so I can't bear it."

Xi'er nodded, "Now that Madame has the backing, others definitely don't dare to bully Miss Chu Er easily." ”

Chu Xun'er nodded with satisfaction.

"By the way, the lady has just taken over the Song Mansion, and there must be a lot of things I don't know, so why don't you take a look at the account books and get familiar with the Song Mansion's finances as soon as possible."

Chu Xun'er felt that what he said made sense, and immediately came to the account room with Xi'er, and the housekeeper was a little surprised when he saw Chu Xun'er, so he heard Chu Xun'er tell him, "Go and bring the account book to me to see." ”

The housekeeper hurriedly took the account book to Chu Xun'er, who quietly paid attention to the monthly expenses while flipping through the account book.

When she saw that there was a budget for a huge amount of expenditure, Chu Xun'er frowned and asked, "What is this used for?" How much money does it cost? ”

The housekeeper stepped forward to take a look and explained: "Back to the second lady, this is the cost of preparing fabrics, and now it is about to enter summer, and it should be the time to add clothes for your masters." ”

Chu Xun'er nodded, she could see that the oil and water of this errand were very high, and as soon as her eyes rolled, she thought of Song Wu'er.

The next day, taking advantage of the free time to go to the Zhao family to ask for peace, Chu Xun'er pulled Song Wu'er and said affectionately.

"The second sister-in-law didn't realize that Wu'er was getting better and better the longer she looked, with bright eyebrows and bright teeth, revealing a sense of cleverness."

Song Wu'er was a little surprised, she had always looked like this, Chu Xun'er looked down with her and didn't look up, and it wasn't that she hadn't seen her, why was it so strange now? She was pondering Chu Xun'er's intentions when she heard her voice ringing in her ears.

"People rely on clothes and horses rely on saddles, and the girl's family still needs to dress up more, and recently the house should add new clothes, and the second sister-in-law will definitely make you a good-looking dress when the time comes."

Song Wu'er suddenly realized that Chu Xun'er had taken a fancy to the management of the account room again, and every year the house would prepare clothes in summer and autumn.

Zhao nodded, "Since you have the heart, then you can do these things, and when the time comes, you will have to prepare one or two beautiful clothes for Wu'er every day." ”

Chu Xun'er's words were originally deliberately said to the Zhao family, but now that the Zhao family agreed to her, she hurriedly nodded happily, "Mother rest assured, I will definitely make a lot of beautiful clothes for the ladies in the house when the time comes." ”

Chu Xun'er was excited, she looked at Lou Xingzhen, who was a little gloomy on the side, and raised her eyebrows proudly, Lou Xingzhen turned her face lightly and didn't look at her.

Jiao smiled and said to Zhao: "In the past, I made all the clothes, but now that I have a heart, I am tired of looking for a child." ”

Chu Xun'er was stunned, she didn't expect Lou Xingzhen to show off with this, was she mocking her for not managing her house before? She has been in charge of the Song family alone for so many years.

She secretly clenched her fists, this time she had to do this thing no matter what, let Zhao take a good look, she was the most suitable person for the housekeeper.

Zhao only felt that his eyelids jumped, how could Chu Xun'er and Lou Xingzhen's thoughts be hidden from her? She is a person who has experienced strong winds and waves, she has lived for most of her life, and she has never seen any wind and rain, and the thoughts of these two juniors are easy to understand.

It's just that she doesn't bother to care anymore, if it is mixed in, if it is not done, both of them will be offended, so let them make trouble by themselves.

Song Wu'er secretly took a deep breath, the two sisters-in-law were so discordant, if the two brothers knew, they would definitely make a fuss again, but fortunately their mother didn't get involved in this matter.

She has a headache The reason why the two sisters-in-law became what they are today is for Chu Mi'er, although Chu Mi'er did not fight or grab in her previous life, she was favored by the king of Nan'an, although she was a concubine, but she was no different from the concubine in the cold palace.

Chu Mi'er would only look at her innocent face, and with a slight hook of her fingers, she attracted King Nan'an. Song Wu'er's eyes darkened.

At the moment, she just shed a tear, which made the second sister-in-law feel distressed and made a fuss in the Song Mansion, and even the sister-in-law who treated her very well on weekdays did not save the slightest face.

"By the way, why didn't the second sister-in-law hear that the Chu family came to visit Miss Chu?" Song Wu'er couldn't help but ask the question in her heart.

It's been so long, even the king of Nan'an learned the news, and came to the Song Mansion to visit Chu Mi'er, according to the Chu family's love for their daughter's temperament, there was no movement.

A little guilt appeared on Chu Xun'er's face.