Sure enough, listening to Liu Ru’s words, Xiao Yuanshi felt relieved.
Liu Ru was the real eloquent woman, Ge Chunru was just pretending.
When she approached him to seduce him, she kept saying that she was not after his status and that she would never leave him no matter what he became.
Now she was being demoted to a concubine, she acted like she was unable to let go of her status and power.
If it were Ge Chunru now, she would have agreed with joy.
He reached out and held Liu Ru’s hand: “It’s not as simple as quarreling. Ge Chunru made a big mistake. She is getting more and more confused, so she is not suitable to be the wife of the deputy governor.”
After thinking about it, he told her about Ge Chunru collecting money from Prince Jin Mansion and giving it to Ge Chuyi.
With this, Liu Ru would also know how to treat the people from Prince Jin Mansion in the future when entertaining, and not to follow Ge Chunru’s old path.
After hearing this, Tao Liu’s eyes widened in shock, looking somewhat unbelievable.
“How could my sister do such a thing.”
“Wouldn’t that harm the deputy governor?”
“The deputy governor was transferred to the northern border, sandwiched between the capital and the northern city. It is time to be careful. How could she cheat the governor to help her sister?”
“Wouldn’t this make you, the deputy governor, feel awkward in the future?”
She held Xiao Yuanshi’s hand again with a distressed look on her face, “Deputy Governor, you are so good to my sister, how can she repay you like this.”
She was speechless in her heart, secretly scolding Ge Chunru for being a fool.
She even dared to accept such money and sent it to subsidize her sister. She didn’t know what she was thinking.
She would also take care of her sister, but she would not use her husband’s things to subsidize her like this.
On the one hand, it would raise her sister’s greed, making her feel that giving was justified. It would ruin the sisterly relationship in the future.
Secondly, if she did so, her husband’s family would be alienated from her, which would be counterproductive.
If it were her, she would help, but she would let her sister stand up on her own so that she could gain a foothold in her future husband’s family.
As a woman, she would always rely on her husband and her children in the future.
It was okay for sisters to support each other, but it can’t be excessive.
Ge Chunru constantly subsidized her younger brother and sister. She doesn’t look like an older sister, but a mother.
Xiao Yuanshi found that Liu Ru was much more considerate than Ge Chunru. When such a thing was said, Ge Chunru thought of her sister, but Liu Ru could think of him being caught between the emperor and Prince Jin and felt more distressed for him.
The main point was she could see that his current identity is very sensitive at first glance. She was indeed more suitable to be the main wife of the deputy governor.
“Yes, I didn’t expect her to be more and more arrogant and deliberately cheat me.”
“She is not suitable to be the main wife of the deputy governor anymore, otherwise I don’t know what more embarrassing things she will do in the future.”
He looked at Liu Ru gently: “There will be a banquet of the noble ladies in North City, you should attend as the wife of the deputy governor.”
“I believe you won’t let me down.”
Liu Ru was very excited, but her face was a little uncertain: “Can I do it? What about my sister? Will she be sad?”
She said this to let Xiao Yuanshi know that she would never slander Ge Chunru behind her back, and even ‘consider’ her for the other party, and ‘worry’ about her.
When Ge Chunru targets her in the future, Xiao Yuanshi will stand on her side.
This was also the tea talk she learned from Shi Qingluo.
Xiao Yuanshi smiled and said: “You are just too kind. Don’t worry about her. Even if she becomes a concubine, no one in the Deputy Governor’s Mansion will treat her badly.”
“Ge Chunru is not suitable to be the madam of the mansion now. She can only rely on you for support. Don’t shirk it. If you manage the family well, I can also relax.”
Tao Liu was moved by his trust, and then nodded: “Okay, for the deputy governor, I will try my best to manage the family and socialize well.”
Xiao Yuanshi said: “There will be a flower-viewing banquet in Prince Jin Mansion in a few days. You can go there on behalf of the Deputy Governor’s Mansion.”
“By the way, don’t conflict with Shi Qingluo after you go, try to avoid her.”
Although Shi Qingluo has always targeted Ge Chunru, who knows if she will target Liu Ru as well, so he’d better remind her.
Tao Liu heard what he said, and was more sure of Shi Qingluo’s strength.
Even Xiao Yuanshi was afraid of Shi Qingluo, no wonder she could defeat Ge Chunru.
“Shi Qingluo and I have no conflicts, so she shouldn’t deliberately target me.”
“But I will be careful.”
If Xiao Yuanshi knew that she was able to become the main wife thanks to Shi Qingluo and Xiao Hanzheng, she wondered if he would be so angry that he would vomit blood.
Xiao Yuanshi nodded: “Well, it’s good you know.”
“You are going to Prince Jin Mansion to attend the flower viewing banquet, so your usual clothes and jewelry will not be enough.”
“Go to the best silver shop in North City tomorrow to carefully select a few pieces of jewelry, and then have someone make a few clothes that match your status for you.”
Liu Ru will represent him as the deputy governor in the future, so she can’t be shabby.
Liu Ru’s dress was too plain, which was fine for a concubine, but it was lacking for a main wife.
Tao Liu smiled and nodded: “Yes, I will listen to the governor.”
Although Xiao Yuanshi was in no mood to be affectionate with Liu Ru because of Ge Chunru’s matter, he still stayed in her yard that night.
He even asked the housekeeper to help Liu Ru move to the main yard tomorrow and let Ge Chunru move to another side yard.
A concubine should be treated like a concubine. If she is treated the same as the wife, or even better than the wife, what will the servants in the mansion think?
Failure to distinguish between wives and concubines, and between legitimate and illegitimate children, was the source of chaos in the family. He must eliminate it from the root.
After all, he had made a mistake once before, and he could not make it again.
Sure enough, after the servants in the mansion knew about it, they also understood that Ge Chunru, the former wife, had completely fallen out of favor, and they no longer had to treat her respectfully in the future.
Instead, they had to serve the newly promoted Madam Liu well.
Ge Chunru sent a maid to inquire about Xiao Yuanshi’s movements.
When she knew that Xiao Yuanshi had announced to the entire Deputy Governor’s Mansion that she and Tao Liu had swapped identities and that she had gone to Tao Liu’s yard to rest tonight, she couldn’t help but burst into tears again.
How could it become like this?
Then she couldn’t help but hate Shi Qingluo and the people of the Xiao family even more. If it weren’t for these people forcing and instigating, how could Xiao Yuanshi treat her like this?
How could she face people after being demoted to a concubine?
She doesn’t know if her sister in the capital will be affected.
And now that she has become a concubine, she doesn’t know if his brother will be despised in the mansion.
The more she thought about it, the angrier she became, and she hated Xiao Yuanshi.
He was so ruthless to her, and she would no longer have any affection for him in the future.
Ge Chunyi and Mrs. Niu naturally heard about this.
Ge Chunyi couldn’t help but scold his sister Mrs. Niu for being stupid. She was demoted to a concubine, which was so embarrassing.
How will they be able to do things conveniently in the Deputy Governor’s Mansion in the future?
They don’t know if they will be affected by Ge Chunru’s change of identity and will not be able to live the good life they imagined.
Shi Qingluo was not surprised when she heard about it, everything was under control.
Very good, Ge Chunru’s ‘good days’ were finally here.
After solving Ge Chunru, she can now concentrate on dealing with Prince Jin Mansion.
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