After transmigrating into the book, I helped my mother reconcile with her divorced husband.

Chapter 011 The Power to Manage the Family

"With just a few words, my cousin and mother have convicted me?" Xie Chaoyun took out Physician Jiang's diagnosis and placed it on the table, then slapped Ji Wanwan across the face. "Without any evidence, how dare my cousin smear me? And Mother, I am your daughter-in-law, yet you question my innocence based on a stranger's words. How do you expect me to feel?"

"Stomach ailment?" Old Madam Lu looked at the diagnosis in her hand: "This was issued by Physician Jiang?"

After saying that, he glared fiercely at Ji Wanwan.

Ji Wanwan was covering her face, feeling wronged, when she was glared at by Old Madam Lu. She lowered her hand and whispered, "Wanwan didn't say anything."

"What else does my cousin want to say?" Xie Chaoyun clenched her wrist. "Do you want to say that my diagnosis is fake? Do you want to say that I conspired with Imperial Physician Jiang? Do you want to say that I really have a child in my belly? I don't mind if my cousin talks nonsense here, but if these words reach Imperial Physician Jiang's ears, the Empress may not let you off the hook."

Ji Wanwan asked, puzzled, "What does this have to do with Her Majesty the Empress?"

Madam Lu rolled her eyes at her and explained, "This Imperial Physician Jiang is the Empress's younger brother and the Emperor's most trusted person. He is a disciple of the Physician Immortal and his medical skills are superb. He would never make a mistake in diagnosis. The paper he uses is also different from others. Each sheet has the Jiang family's unique mark. I was just confused because of my illness, which is why I'm talking nonsense here."

Ji Wanwan said aggrievedly, "I only said that my sister vomited a few times last night, and it looked like she was pregnant, but I didn't say that she was actually pregnant. The rest of the things you said were all said by you, Aunt."

"It's all because of your misleading words." Old Madam Lu glared at Ji Wanwan. "You deserved that slap just now. If I were Yunniang, I would have slapped you again. Considering that you took care of me for Yunniang, I won't hold it against you. From now on, be careful with your words. If you say anything like this again without any evidence, I will not let you off the hook."

"Wanwan knows, it was Wanwan's fault, Wanwan is willing to accept the punishment." Ji Wanwan turned to face Xie Chaoyun: "If you are still not satisfied, sister, then slap Wanwan again, Wanwan will not resist."

Before he could finish speaking, Xie Chaoyun's hand landed on his head.

"Xie Chaoyun!" Lu Huai called out, pulling Ji Wanwan behind him and protecting her. "That's enough!"

"Lord Marquis really cares about my cousin." Xie Chaoyun rubbed her palms. "When I was slandered, why didn't you speak up? Is it because you don't trust me, or because you don't care about me at all?"

“It’s alright. I’m not here to argue with you about these things, after all—” She glanced at Lu Jinyao, “The person who injured Yuan’er and should have been confined by you has been released. How could you possibly care about such a trivial matter as slandering my innocence?”

“Jin Yao hasn’t left this courtyard. I only said she was under house arrest, I didn’t say where.” He helped Ji Wanwan sit down, supporting her shoulders. “Didn’t you come to pay your respects to Mother? You’ve said what you needed to say, you’ve made your fuss, what are you still doing here? Are you trying to drive Mother to her death?”

"I am not capable enough to carry such a heavy burden." Xie Chaoyun took the box from the maid and placed it on the table. "My stomach ailment is difficult to cure and I need to rest. I will return the management of this manor to Mother. Under the key are the account books, which record all the expenses in the manor and have the signature and seal of the accountant. If Mother still has any doubts, she can send someone to ask me."

"Why aren't those shops here? The ones that Huai'er's father left for Huai'er."

“Mother forgot, Yunniang did not take over the Marquis’s shops. Yunniang was in charge of the Marquis’s estates in the countryside. The keys and all the account books are in there.”

I randomly picked out a book, and it also had the signatures of those in charge. Every expenditure and every income was recorded clearly and meticulously.

"The Marquis's estate is staffed entirely by his men. If Mother has any doubts, she may investigate further."

Having said that, without waiting for Old Madam Lu to speak, she led Lu Zhiyuan out.

As soon as they left Fulin Courtyard, Xie Chaoyun knelt down and hugged Lu Zhiyuan: "Yuan'er, are you very sad? The original confinement was turned into two days, but now it seems that he can't even bear to let you go for two days. You are his legitimate daughter, but he doesn't care about you at all. It's your mother's fault. Your mother chose a bad father for you."

"It's not Mother's fault. Mother's eyes were just blinded by the sand and she mistook the person in front of her." She rested her chin on her mother's shoulder and gave her a gentle hug. "Yuan'er is not sad. Yuan'er is just worried about Mother's stomach ailment."

These details were not mentioned in the original storyline, and it is unknown the extent of the mother's stomach ailment. If it is a simple stomach problem, dietary therapy may suffice. However, if it is severe, given the medical conditions in Beiliang, it is likely that there is nothing that can be done.

Lu Zhiyuan tried to wake up the garbage system, but it didn't respond at all, which made her curse in her heart.

In Fulin Courtyard, Old Madam Lu looked at the pile of account books with a troubled expression. Originally a peasant girl, she married the old Marquis by a twist of fate and became the mistress of the Marquis's mansion. At that time, the Marquis's mansion was not as large as it is now, and the affairs of the mansion were all taken care of by her mother-in-law and the old Marquis. After the old Marquis passed away, Xie Chaoyun entered the mansion with a large dowry, and she had not been involved in the affairs of the Marquis's mansion at all, so much so that seeing these account books gave her a headache.

Ji Wanwan was eager to try, but the Marquis's mansion's accounts were complicated and difficult to read, especially the social interactions. It was impossible to tell who was who, and one could only tell whether the gifts were valuable and how much money was involved.

When Ji Wanwan told her that she was going to take over Xie Chaoyun's housekeeping duties, Old Madam Lu almost choked on her tea.

Seeing Madam Lu's strong reaction, Ji Wanwan thought it was because she didn't trust her, so she solemnly assured her, "Mother, don't worry, Wanwan will do her best and will definitely not do worse than Xie Chaoyun."

Madam Lu waved her hand: "It's not that I don't trust you, but not everyone in this Marquis's mansion can manage the household. You just need to take good care of Huai'er. The management of the household and accounts should be left to Xie Chaoyun. I can tell that Xie Chaoyun is holding back her anger. Her husband hasn't been home for two years, and as soon as he comes home, he runs to his mother's courtyard. If I were Xie Chaoyun, I would be angry too."

Madam Lu rolled her eyes at Ji Wanwan: "You two, especially you, stop with your schemes. This is the capital, not Weinan. Huai'er is Xie Chaoyun's rightful husband. If you're going to be jealous, you have to know your limits. Don't let something like what happened last night happen again. If it affects Huai'er and Jingyuan's future, even if you're Jingyuan's own mother, I won't forgive you."

Unable to bear seeing Ji Wanwan suffer, Lu Huai spoke up: "How difficult is it to manage the food, clothing and daily necessities in this mansion? And those estates, they are all managed by the stewards, it's not necessarily Xie Chaoyun's doing the work. Wanwan is intelligent, Mother, why don't you hand over the management of this Marquis's mansion to her? I believe Wanwan will do a better job."

Old Madam Lu sighed, unsure how to explain it to her son. He was away from home most of the year and had no idea that all the expenses of the Marquis's mansion were being subsidized by Xie Chaoyun using her own dowry and private property.

Ji Wanwan, not understanding what was going on, hugged Madam Lu's arm affectionately and said, "Even if Wanwan doesn't understand anything, I still have you, Mother. As long as Mother is willing to teach me, Wanwan will definitely do better than that Xie Chaoyun."

She refused to believe that she was inferior to Xie Chaoyun, who came from a general's family and only knew how to wield swords and spears.