After being reborn as a widow, the mistress of the Hou family remarried a powerful official

Chapter 2 The Misfit Child

"Yujin, what's wrong?"

At this time, Yu Jin was just the maid of the Hou Mansion who had just married into her family. She was still childish and stuck out her tongue when she heard this, "Madam, it's Mr. Accountant."

It was a few days ago that she noticed something was wrong with the accounts, so she asked Yu Jin to call someone over.

"Let him in."

The accountant of Pingyang Hou Mansion is a white-haired old man named Li. He has been working in the Hou Mansion for decades. He is thin and shrewd in his work. He is wearing a robe and holding a few stacks of ledgers.

Ke Yiqing leaned lazily on the Luohan bed and said with a smile: "Excuse me, Manager Li, for a hard trip and just leave the account book."

Manager Li did as he was told. He stroked his beard and rolled his eyes, "Why did the young lady suddenly check the accounts? But what did you guys do that was not thoughtful?"

That's right, the accountant has always been a fat clerk. Over the years he has been working as a clerk in the Hou Mansion, he has embezzled a lot from both big and small. Even if the books are clean, they can't withstand careful inspection by interested people.

Ke Yiqing didn't know what was going on. She smiled gently and said, "Manager Li, please be at ease. Not long after I married into the Marquis' Mansion, the Marquis's Mansion was ransacked. They just came to check on my dowry."

This sentence undoubtedly reassured Manager Li. He bowed his waist and looked flattering, "What Madam said is that now the shops and fertile land in our house are all your dowry."

The huge Hou Mansion, once the head of the eight aristocratic families, is now so depressed that it has to rely on the dowry of its new daughter-in-law to survive, which is also embarrassing.

As a result, Manager Li had nothing to say anymore, and he spread the account book on the table.

Three years ago, Marquis Pingyang took several of his children to Jingnan to quell the flood.

Unexpectedly, Jingnan is a land of barbarians, and there are orphans from the previous dynasty. They have long been dissatisfied with the rule of Daqi. This time, floods were rampant, and the local officials did not act, which led to the displacement of the people. Under the long-term chaotic governance, the refugees broke out, and for a time the army came. Beijing.

During this civil strife, the northern Turks took the opportunity to go south and robbed the three northwest cities. In this way, the situation of Daqi being suppressed by the Turks became a foregone conclusion.

The situation of internal and external troubles was finally put down, and the Pingyang Marquis Mansion was the first to be held accountable after the war.

However, Pingyang Hou was hacked to death long ago, and his youngest son Gu Zhennan also died unexpectedly. Only the second son survived by chance, and is now being held in a prison waiting to be executed.

However, the power of the eight major aristocratic families in the capital was intertwined, and the emperor had just secured his position and did not dare to involve too much, so he only seized the Pingyang Marquis Mansion, confiscated all the family property, and did not take back the hereditary title.

After this blow, Mrs. Pingyanghou became seriously ill and could not afford it. The eldest wife went back to her parents' home to temporarily escape the limelight. The second wife shouted that she wanted to become a monk, leaving a pile of old, weak, sick and disabled people at home without anyone to take care of them. It was Ke Yiqing who stood up and supported her. Such a big family.

She carefully checked the accounts on the table. Such a large family would all live off her dowry from now on. There were several rouge and gouache shops, cloth shops, and an orchard on the outskirts of the city left to her by her mother.

Ke Yiqing let out a long sigh. Fortunately, the house was searched in a hurry. She had just married into the Marquis Mansion and the dowry had not been recorded in the book, so she escaped such a disaster.

But, when did her good husband come back in the previous life?
She smiled and shook her head, withdrawing her thoughts and looking at the account book in front of her attentively.

Suddenly, Ke Yiqing raised his eyebrows: "Manager Li, look here."

When Manager Li stepped forward to take a look, he broke out in a cold sweat. He thought that this new wife was so young that she would not be able to see the fake accounts made by a veteran accountant like him, but he did not expect that she would be so sophisticated.

A rough calculation showed that the amount of money that had been embezzled was over a hundred taels. This was only bad debts within a few months. Ke Yiqing couldn't help but be shocked. This man was really brave.

Manager Li was just thinking about how to fool him when he heard the person in front of him sneer.

"A total of 150 taels of silver. Now I am the head of the Marquis Mansion, and all my food, clothing, housing and transportation depend on me. You are a smart man."

Upon hearing this, he knelt down and said, "Please make it clear, madam."

Ke Yiqing picked up the tea and took a sip, "The old lady is getting older. Nowadays, the world is difficult and dangerous, and it is hard to distinguish between people. She has a kind heart, so she may have been deceived by someone with good intentions. Please tell me all the withdrawals from her yard in the future."

"This..." Manager Li hesitated and said, "The old lady did pay some money a few days ago."

"What is this for?"

"It was said that he was a distant relative in Jingnan who came to escape the war and received 100 taels."

Ke Yiqing didn't think so at first, but she didn't expect Manager Li to tell her that the distant relative now lived in a village on the outskirts of the city.

"The old lady said that from now on I will pay 100 taels of silver every month."

A village on the outskirts of the city?Isn't it the residence of her cheap husband and little lover?Ke Yiqing suppressed his anger and opened the records on the books.

Judging from the records, the old lady has been paying money to this "distant relative" for a year. During this year, her scumbag husband ate and drank from her, and the old lady hid it for her. Poor She didn't know this man was her husband until her death in her previous life.

"Let's stop spending this money in the future."

"The old lady over there..."

Ke Yiqing closed the account book and said, "Manager Li, how much is your monthly salary?"

"If I reply to Madam, it will be one or two months."

"I'll give you an increase of three taels of silver. Do you know what to do?"

Manager Li opened his eyes wide. He unexpectedly got such a huge salary increase all of a sudden. You must know that after the Hou Mansion fell into decline, his salary has been in arrears for a long time. There is really no way to embezzle so much money this time.

"From now on, the young ones will listen to the madam. The madam points east, and the young ones will never go west." "Okay, go back and count the money in the house and bring it all to me. I will use it for other purposes."

For such a request, Butler Li naturally agreed. Originally, the old lady would definitely have to agree to such a large expenditure, but the current situation is that the Hou Mansion is about to change. He has the control in Ke Yiqing's hands. If he doesn't want to lose this lucrative job, Definitely listen to her.

"It's okay to back down."

"Yes, yes, I'll go take care of things right now. I'm just waiting for my wife to come over."

After Manager Li left, Ke Yiqing's tense nerves finally relaxed. For the rest of her life, she wanted the old lady and the couple to come out and kowtow to her in person to apologize!
Yu Jin came over with the cakes, "Madam, this is specially sent by Master Yan. It is said that one tael of silver can't buy half of it."

"I am not happy to accept what the Lord of Misery has sent me. If you like to eat it, just take it and eat it."

At this time, a person came out from behind the screen, "Okay, I couldn't resist eating on the way here, but you ruined me for nothing!"

The visitor has a face like a crown jewel, a tall and slender figure, and the saffron official uniform makes him even more extraordinary.

Speaking of the suffering master, the suffering master came. Who else could this be if he wasn't Yan Ming?

Outsiders only know that Yan Ming is fierce and terrifying, but they don't know that he has a sweet tooth.

"Well, Wangxianglou's pastries are not easy to buy. Even I can only buy this box. Are you serious that you don't want to eat them?"

Looking at the exquisite snacks, Ke Yiqing had no appetite at all.

Madam’s appetite has been poor for days, and her menstruation has not occurred for a long time. Yu Jin looked at the man in front of her with a look of horror on her face, could it be...

Ke Yiqing didn't know what she was thinking, so she winked at Yujin and asked her to step back.

Yan Ming twisted a piece of candy cake and handed it to her, with a soft smile on his face, "My good wife, I will share it with you for my husband."

"laugh"

Ke Yiqing avoided him, "My husband is Gu Zhennan, the young master of Pingyang Hou Mansion. Could it be that Mr. Yan is suffering from hysteria? How can he talk nonsense?"

Her words made the beast go crazy. Yan Ming held the candy cake in his mouth and kissed her, giving it to her forcefully between his lips and teeth.

The sweet smell made her feel sick, so Ke Yiqing pushed him away and ran out to vomit.

Yan Ming's face turned pale, "Do I make you sick like this?"

She didn't eat all morning and was about to vomit bile in the end. She didn't want to pay attention to this madman at all and just told him to leave.

"Ke Yiqing, let me tell you, you are already good with me, and you can only be good with me in the future!"

He said this seriously and with a bit of reluctance, but he quickly returned to his nonchalant demeanor and left through the gate as if no one else was around.

Yu Jin ran over to see worriedly, "Madam, are you..."

"My pregnancy must not be taken lightly."

Ke Yiqing smiled bitterly, why now?It would have been better if I had been reborn a few months earlier...

This Yan Ming is really her slave, and she "asked for it".

In the spring of the 26th year of Tianjian, the prince was deposed, and all the civil and military ministers of the Manchu Dynasty were investigated. God knows how they found Pingyang Hou, but Pingyang Hou had died in Jingnan long ago, and his only surviving second son was imprisoned as Qiu. Later, he asked and chopped.

The person in charge of this task is the living King of Hell of the Ministry of Punishment.

The old lady was anxious and rushed to the doctor. She didn't know where she learned that Yan Ming had praised her beauty, so she gave her a dose of sweat medicine.

"Yu Jin, you said that the old lady's beauty trap worked really well." Isn't that right?Second Master Gu had escaped from death row a long time ago and could go home when the time was right.

"Madam, you are having a hard time. You should beat this child as soon as possible."

Abortion?That's right, this child was not left behind in her previous life. If she was most sorry for anyone in her previous life, it was only the unborn baby in her belly.

What about this life?Should you stay?There was a rare confusion in her eyes.

Ke Yiqing touched his belly and his eyes softened, "That's all, you have to have a purpose in life. It's our fate as mother and son."

Yu Jin sighed, knowing that she had made up her mind, so she helped people in to rest. However, a maid came to announce that the old lady had packed some things and was about to go out.

Going out now?I'm afraid you're not going to visit your great grandson, right?She snorted coldly and counted the time. At this time in her previous life, Gu Zhennan and his little lover gave birth to their first child.

"Yu Jin, clean up and we'll follow you out."

This Taoyuan Village is on the outskirts of the capital, and there is the orchard in her dowry next to it. In her previous life, she had gone to the orchard many times to see the harvest, but she never met him once. Why didn't she meet him once?She really deserves it!

Ke Yiqing clenched the handkerchief tightly, suppressing the hatred in her heart. Don't rush, take your time, she will never let anyone go in this life...

(End of this chapter)