The cannon fodder original wife's bad story

Pei Chen inherited the title, but was only demoted by one rank. After that, it was only mentioned that the prince managed the relationship in the capital and supported Pei An, who was sent to serve as an official in the outer city. As for the rest, the original author did not mention much, just a few sentences, and Song Guanzhou could not remember it at all.

As for the two concubines of the Duke who died, one was Pei Che's biological mother? The other one... was Aunt Fang?

I only heard Ren Dong continue to say, "The Third Young Master's biological mother, Aunt Qin, died early. I heard that it was because the old lady didn't tolerate her. The Duke was very fond of Aunt Qin, so the Third Young Master was also raised by the Duke himself. He is the same age as the Fourth Young Master. Although they are not born of the same mother, they are very close."

Song Guanzhou narrowed his eyes, but couldn't remember anything about the third young master in the original novel.

Maybe he just mentioned a few words, as if he were just a passerby, and Song Guanzhou couldn't remember it even if he scratched his head.

"Is it because something happened to the third young master, and it was related to the old lady, so one was sent to the Buddhist temple to take over the power of the housekeeper, and the other left the mansion and disappeared?"

Song Guanzhou expressed his guess.

Honeysuckle nodded heavily.

"The subordinates said that it was the old lady who hired a killer with a large sum of money to cut off the third young master's path to the imperial examination."

"why?"

Ren Dong sighed, "The Duke has been reluctant to appoint a crown prince because the eldest son was not in good health. After he passed away, I proposed to appoint the second son as the crown prince. There was nothing wrong with this, but the second son's talent was shallow, and his moral character and appearance were not as good as the third and fourth sons. The Duke seemed to have an idea, and he made a big fuss about this matter. Although he finally asked to appoint the second son as the crown prince, I hated the third son to the extreme."

“Has it come to this?”

The great Xiao family wouldn't be so unable to tolerate a bastard.

"My young lady, if it was those useless bastards from the second house, you can see how the second wife would care, but the third young master is both talented and handsome, and is on par with the fourth young master. He was even once asked to be named the crown prince, and this old lady absolutely cannot tolerate it."

"If the Third Young Master was killed by the old lady, then it is reasonable for a good lady of the Duke's Mansion to retreat to the second line."

Ren Dong didn't understand what "retreating to the second line" meant, but she could guess that the old lady meant to take refuge in the small Buddhist temple. "The fourth young master is like a brother to the third young master, and many people in the capital are waiting to see the legend of brothers from the Duke's Mansion becoming Jinshi together. Later, the third young master gave up the imperial examination and left. I heard that the fourth young master has been sad about this."

"Pei An didn't go to look for the Third Young Master either?"

"He said he went there several times, but the Third Young Master avoided him."

"Where is the Third Young Master now?"

Looking back on his memory, in the past two years since Song Guanzhou joined the sect, he had rarely even heard of anyone talking about meeting Pei Che.

Ren Dong shook her head. "I don't know. The subordinates don't know either. I'm afraid only Uncle Hai and a few other masters know."

Song Guanzhou sighed, "The old lady is really willing to risk her life. She is really cruel and ruthless." Others might say that the loss outweighs the gain, but in front of the old lady it is not a loss.

She protected Pei Chen's position as the crown prince, and also ruined the bright future of his illegitimate son.

Although she had lost the power to be the head of the Duke's Mansion, Xiao Shi was her niece whom she had personally trained and married into the family. The inner courtyard of the Duke's Mansion was still firmly under Xiao's control.

In this calculation, the Xiao family won.

Song Guanzhou was amazed. No wonder the aunt and niece dared to treat her, their daughter-in-law, like that. In fact, they were just using the same old tricks again. What's more, Xiao had never looked down on Song Guanzhou, no matter if she was the cannon fodder and original wife in the past or herself now.

Ren Dong whispered, "Speaking of which, the Fourth Young Master is completely different from the old lady. If the Fourth Young Master doesn't rush to the Jianshui Room one day, you, the young lady, will probably be in danger."

Song Guanzhou glanced sideways, "So I should thank Pei An for saving my life?"

"Although the old lady gave birth to the fourth young master, the mother and son are like water and fire. Later, the old lady and the prince's wife secretly investigated among the servants to find out who had informed the fourth young master. Obviously, everything was done in a very secretive manner."

Ah!

When Song Guanzhou heard this, he was filled with even more hatred.

She had nightmares one after another in the past two months, and she warned herself to take one step at a time and not put herself in danger again.

"Have you found anything?"

Honeysuckle shook her head, "No."

Song Guanzhou suddenly laughed, "No wonder the Third Young Master doesn't like to stay in this mansion. His stepmother cut off his path to the imperial examination, but my father-in-law can tolerate it."

"Madam, besides the Crown Prince, there is also a Princess of the County in the mansion."

Song Guanzhou looked over and instantly remembered that Pei Qiuyun, the eldest daughter of the Xiao family, was the princess consort of the Prince of Heyang.

"No wonder……"

However, the princess of the county is thousands of miles away. Since her marriage, she has only returned home once, and that was seven years ago. Now that the situation has changed, the old lady can only rely on her daughter's fame to prolong her life.

Ren Dong thought of the gentle Concubine Fang and sighed, "Back then, the prince insisted on taking me in. I thought this Concubine had no hope for life. I heard that Concubine Qin in the mansion was many times more favored than Concubine Fang now, but she still died. Concubine Fang was lucky enough to survive today. It can be considered a blessing."

It's rare that he survived after his neck was cut.

Song Guanzhou asked quickly, "How many concubines does the master have now?"

Ren Dong thought for a moment before saying, "There are only two people with status, one is Madam Li, and the other is Madam Fang."

"Which one of Aunt Li is the one with the lame leg?"

"Yes, fortunately, the second girl was born, otherwise she would have been sent away long ago." When the second girl Pei Qiuyu was five or six years old, Aunt Li fell from Gaozhan Pavilion and broke her leg. Although she could walk without any problem, she was left with sequelae.

In addition, Aunt Li was plain-looking and was a concubine bought from outside by the old lady for the sake of her reputation. She was not favored by the Duke.

Over the years, they have been living a low-key and simple life in the backyard with their daughter, never showing up, and no one in the family can remember these two people.

After all, it was only Aunt Fang who truly followed the Duke. Song Guanzhou secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Now that Aunt Fang was not dead, did it mean that the entire plot of the original novel had collapsed? As long as she was cautious and survived these two years, she might be able to avoid being beheaded.

In the evening, when Pei An stepped into Shaohua Garden, the night lights had just come on.

Alu came running over and said, "Madam, the fourth young master is having dinner in Zhengxian Pavilion today. Please eat first and don't wait for him."

——I didn’t wait.

Song Guanzhou, who was picking up food with chopsticks, was stunned for a moment and said, "Okay."

Aru looked embarrassed and turned away. Ren Dong was about to enter with a bowl of soup. Seeing this, Aru did not dare to blame the young lady, but he could still say a few words to Ren Dong. He came up to her and whispered, "Why didn't the young lady wait for the fourth master to eat--"

Fortunately, the Fourth Young Master sent me here with an eager look in his eyes to explain.

Ren Dong quickly tried to make amends for Song Guanzhou, "Don't tell the Fourth Young Master, it's just that the Young Madam is extremely hungry."

A'lu's expression was stiff, and after a long while he squeezed out a few words: "Sister Dong, I'm not stupid, and the Fourth Young Master is even less stupid."

——I’m afraid the young lady doesn’t remember the fourth young master in her heart!