Bestow glory to the king

Chapter 531 Don’t Bear That Reputation (3)
Xie Meng went through all the relationships in Dingguo Duke's mansion. Eldest master Shen Ye didn't talk about it. He only married one wife from the Luo family in his life, and he only had one son in name, Shen Xi. The second master Shen Po had a regular wife. There are six concubines, and Aunt Lan and Aunt Lian are all the concubines of the second master, but Aunt Lan and Aunt Lian are more favored. They usually follow the second wife's eldest grandson's housekeeper. Now that Aunt Lan is gone, everything falls on the Aunt Lian died; the third master, Shen Ming, had a wife, Wan Shi, who was the second wife. Shen Ming's first wife, Duan Shi, was said to have died of illness within two years of marriage. Shen Ming also had two concubines, but, She usually doesn't go out very much, just stays in the outer courtyard, keeping her own law and order, and hasn't caused any trouble in these years.

Xie Meng frowned and asked, "How did the third master's wife Duan die?"

After thinking about it for a while, the old man replied: "Mrs. Duan is said to have died of illness. When she died, the third master had just been selected as a concubine. He was watching politics in the official department. When Duan's mistress died, the third The master was not at home, and after the Duan family went, the mansion went to tell the third master to come back for the funeral, the next year, the third master remarried, married the Wan family's mistress and came back, and then became an official."

Xie Yuan nodded when he heard this, and after thinking about it, he asked again:
"Then besides these aunts in the mansion, do the second master and the third master have a room outside?"

This time Hu Quan invited her to be an old steward of the Shen family's affairs department, who was naturally loyal to Shen Xi's name, so Xie Meng could ask him directly about some things without worrying about anything.

After thinking about it for a while, the old steward replied to Xie Meng:
"Yes. The second master has an outer room in Lihua Lane. I don't know what his surname is, but I only know that he came from a brothel; there is also the one in Huanxi Lane, which is said to be a widow. These seem to be the only ones outside the second master; I have never heard of it. He hid the outer room outside. After all, the mistress of the third room is Xu Xian, and she is not so strict. If the third master likes it, he can take it back to the mansion directly. Mother won't say anything, so the third master doesn't have to bother to hide in the outer room."

"Who is usually in charge of the money in the mansion and the expenses of the family? I see that the second wife is a Buddha all day long, and she is not too busy."

Xie Meng asked the old steward again.

This question came to the old steward's job, and he answered fluently, saying:

"The financial accounts of the mansion are ultimately handed over to the second lady, but in fact they are managed by Aunt Lan and Aunt Lian separately. Now that Aunt Lan has returned to her hometown, Aunt Lian will take care of it temporarily. Manager Yi Ying negotiates with the second wife through her for everything."

Xie Meng was silent for a while, squinted his eyes and thought for a while, this matter seems to have something to do with Aunt Lian.

After all, Aunt Lan is missing, and the biggest beneficiary looks like Aunt Lian, but it doesn't make sense. After all, Aunt Lian is capable, but she is still an aunt after all. She lied and said that Aunt Lan had returned to her hometown. In this case, no one in the house took care of the matter. As long as someone with a heart checked it, she would immediately know that Aunt Lan had not returned to her hometown at all. No one in the mansion will make decisions for Aunt Lan.

According to the thinking of a normal mistress, she has two maids in charge, so it is natural for them to restrain each other. It is really not the best way to manage like this.

However, the current development of things is like the feeling that the second wife helped Aunt Lian to harm Aunt Lan, and then concealed it for her.

Is this reasonable?Certainly unreasonable.

After Xie Meng asked the old steward to go back, after thinking about it, she took out the silver hairpin that Changshou gave her, looked at the pattern of auspicious clouds on it, and had a new idea in her mind.

(End of this chapter)