Favoring concubines and ignoring wives? The mistress of the marquisate remarried a powerful official

The servant sent by the second branch of the General's Mansion saw that Wen Tingbai was not obedient. He almost talked his tongue out but Wen Tingbai did not budge. Now he really had no choice but to run back to the General's Mansion to report the news.

As soon as the servant left, Wen Tingbai's biological mother, Mrs. Wang, called Wen Tingbai over to talk to her.

Since the incident with Wen Tingbo, Mrs. Wang has been focusing on Wen Tingbo's stepson Wen Xu. Wen Xu is not fond of studying, but he is very good at pleasing his elders. Mrs. Wang likes him, but she has become a little estranged from Wen Tingbo.

Although Wen Tingbai was not very ambitious, he was still her own son. Madam Wang looked at her handsome son and felt sorry for him. She said to Wen Tingbai, "Brother Bo, I have asked all the officials in the capital, but none of them are willing to marry their legitimate daughters. It is not a good idea to see that the Lan Courtyard has been empty without a mistress. I will find a marriage for you now. I am afraid that the family background may be poor, but I will definitely find you a concubine's daughter from a good family."

Wen Tingbai was stunned when he heard this, and looked at Madam Wang with disbelief on her face, "Mother, I am your biological son, the legitimate son of the Marquis Zhongping's Mansion. My son is handsome, has good character and outstanding talent, and is well-known in the capital. Now he can only marry a concubine's daughter of a minor official? Even though my son was divorced once, he has ended up in such a situation. If this gets out, won't people laugh at him to death?"

Mrs. Wang looked at Wen Tingbai, who was still somewhat angry, and sighed. She said helplessly, "Mother knows this too. But Song Wanning is divorced, not to mention that she has disregarded the love you once had with her and ruined your reputation. You are not in good health now, and the news has spread all over the capital. The wives of officials have all retreated when they heard about it. Now there is really no other way. It doesn't matter which family's daughter you marry."

When Wen Tingbai heard this, he thought of the bellyband in his study and immediately became interested. He looked at Madam Wang and said, "Mother, what do you think of Song Wanshi from the second house of the general's mansion?"

Madam Wang frowned and thought for a moment, then responded in a deep voice, "The child's appearance is a little poor, but he is also a complete person with a good status. But now the second house may not be willing to marry their daughter to you."

Wen Tingbai is now confident. "Mother, I have a way to make the legitimate daughter of the second branch of the general's mansion marry me willingly. Although Song Wanshi is not very pretty and behaves a little stupidly, she is also a legitimate daughter of an official family. It is not a disgrace for her to marry me. She is much better than the concubine's daughter of an official family."

Mrs. Wang was stunned when she heard this, thinking that Wen Tingbai was just joking. "Although the second daughter of the general's mansion has a lower status, she is much better than others. But how can you get the second daughter to marry you?"

"What a good marriage that has been delivered to our door." Wen Tingbai finally showed a smile on his face and said to Madam Wang, "Mother, just wait for good news from your son."

Mrs. Wang was only half-believing and half-doubting as she saw Wen Tingbai's confident look, but now she had no other good solution.

General's Mansion.

The servant who delivered the letter quickly returned to the general's mansion and found Nan Hongqiu.

The servant stood in front of Nan Hongqiu, bowing very low, "Madam, Mr. Bai has actually noticed something is wrong and found out that the clothes belong to Miss Shi. He even said that he would only return them if you personally talk to her. Madam, please think about what to do about this matter now."

Nan Hongqiu sat in the chair blankly, muttering in a low voice, "How could such a good thing turn out like this... How did Second Master Wen find out about this? What is going on?"

"I really don't know." The servant stood aside and shook his head.

Mother Zuo, who was standing nearby, sighed immediately, realizing that something was wrong. She looked at Nan Hongqiu and said, "I'm afraid that Second Master Wen is not stupid. He sent someone to follow him. When he saw this little rascal enter the general's mansion, he must have guessed most of what happened."

Nan Hongqiu was annoyed, raised his hand and slammed it on the table, looked at the servant who came back to report the news and said coldly, "You are so heartless, you didn't even cover up when you came back, and you were exposed like this."

Seeing this, the servant knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Nan Hongqiu, "Madam, I know I was wrong. I will be very careful next time."

"What's the point of saying this now?" Nan Hongqiu usually looked like a gentle mistress, but now she was anxious. "Take him away and lock him up in the stable to wait for his fate."

The servant boy was dragged away crying and making a fuss by the mothers outside. Mother Xu and Nan Hongqiu were running around in the yard in a panic.

Mother Xu looked at Nan Hongqiu and asked anxiously, "Madam, now the situation is urgent. What should we do about this matter? You must seize the opportunity. Otherwise, if that heartless person in the Marquis' Mansion kills her, I'm afraid Sister Shi will have no future in this life."

"I know that too." Nan Hongqiu raised her hand to wipe the tears from her eyes, and said unwillingly, "Now that things have come to this, I will send a letter to the Zhongping Marquis's Mansion, saying that I am going to visit his elders and visit Master Wen by the way. Now I have no choice but to face people for Sister Shi."

"I understand, ma'am." Mother Xu responded and went out to do some work, leaving Nan Hongqiu alone in the yard wiping her tears secretly.

Nan Hongqiu could never have imagined how a good plan would turn out like this. How did Song Wanning's bellyband become Song Wanshi's without anyone noticing? But now Nan Hongqiu couldn't think about these things. Now this big thing forced her to visit the Zhongping Marquis's mansion.

Because the old lady in the Marquis Zhongping's mansion was ill, Nan Hongqiu had to pretend to visit Wen Tingbai's mother, Mrs. Wang.

Mrs. Wang usually eats vegetarian food and chants Buddhist scriptures while holding beads in her hand. She looks kind and benevolent. She is usually indifferent to everyone she meets. But who would have thought that she would be more warm and friendly when meeting Nan Hongqiu.

Madam Wang looked at Nan Hongqiu and smiled faintly, "Madam Nan actually has time to come and sit with me? You are a rare guest, a truly rare guest."

"I think the General's Mansion and the Zhongping Marquis' Mansion still have some old ties. Although there were some unpleasant things later, now the matter is over."

Nan Hongqiu was a little uneasy now, watching Madam Wang trying to make excuses for herself, "Now that our two families are both officials in the capital, we should always interact with each other. It's not a good thing if we keep being so stiff."

Although Mrs. Wang was a little surprised, she remembered what Wen Tingbai said about marrying Shi Jie'er from the General's Mansion, so she asked curiously, "I heard that you have an unmarried daughter?"