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

The little maid who came to report the news turned around and walked out after she finished speaking.

Before Song Wanning could speak, Zhuque beside Song Wanning spoke first. She stood aside and looked at Song Wanning and said, "Miss, what is the second room up to? They are usually quiet, but now they say they have something important to say. God knows what trap they are going to set for you. Why should we have a family dinner when the family is in such a mess?"

Song Wanning just shook her head slightly, looked at Zhuque and chuckled, "Since you said you have something to say, then you must have something important to say. Then let's go and take a look."

As Song Wanning spoke, she returned to the courtyard, changed her clothes and went to the main hall. Now everyone from the first and second rooms were present, and after a while the old lady was helped to the main seat by the servants.

The old lady looked at Song Zhan and Nan Hongqiu from the second room, and then glanced at Song Wanshi who had an empty seat. The old lady always liked to make trouble, and she was immediately unhappy when she saw that someone didn't come to the family dinner. "Since it's a family dinner, why didn't Sister Shi come? You are not young anymore, but you are still so rude. Do you think I am old and want to bully me at will?"

"Grandfather, this is absolutely not the case." Nan Hongqiu, who was sitting below, stepped forward to smooth things over, looking at the old lady and said, "Grandfather, you misunderstood. Sister Shi was not feeling well today, so your daughter-in-law asked her to stay in the yard and have a good rest. Your daughter-in-law can also talk about what happened today."

The old lady snorted lightly, not really appreciating it, but she still sat down and said, "Then tell me, what's the important matter that's making such a fuss today?"

Song Zhan, who was standing beside Nan Hongqiu, saw that Nan Hongqiu was about to speak, and lowered his head with a gloomy expression on his face.

Nan Hongqiu laughed dryly twice, with an awkward smile on her face, but she still forced herself to say, "Mother-in-law, Sister Shi is about to reach the age of marriage. I have searched for a husband for her in the capital, but she is not satisfied with any of them. I thought that the girl had a lover, but I didn't expect that the girl actually fell in love with... the eldest son of the Zhongping Marquis's family. Although our General's Mansion has some history with the Zhongping Marquis's Mansion, it seems that it is indeed fate."

Nan Hongqiu continued, "I didn't agree with this marriage at first, but this child hid in the house and cried when I didn't let her get married. Now there is really no better way, so I can only agree to this marriage and let her marry."

As soon as Nan Hongqiu finished speaking, Song Jing and Song Lan, who were sitting next to her, were startled and looked up.

Although the Zhongping Marquis' Mansion has a title, it is just an empty shell and is not really a family worthy of marriage.

The old lady sitting at the top frowned again when she heard this, and looked at Nan Hongqiu and said, "I have also seen the legitimate son of the Marquis Zhongping's family. Wen Tingcheng of the first house already has a wife, and now I am afraid that the child has been born. Wen Tingbai of the second house was married to Ning Jie'er and then divorced. Wen Tingxun was engaged a while ago, but the engagement was cancelled because of the bad reputation of Mr. Bai. Could it be that Xun'er is what Shi Jie'er has her eyes on?"

Before Nan Hongqiu could say anything, the old lady continued, "I have met Xun once, and he is a bit weak in character, but if Shijie insists on marrying him, let her go. After all, Shijie is not a very outstanding girl, and the family she marries won't be that high-class."

Nan Hongqiu felt a little embarrassed when she heard the old lady say this, but she still told the truth, "Grandma, the one Shijie is interested in is not Xun'er, but... Bo'er."

The old lady's face fell immediately after hearing this. She looked at Nan Hongqiu coldly and said, "Second wife, the Bo brother you are talking about, is he Wen Tingbo, Ning Jie'er's ex-husband?"

"There is only one Second Master Bai in the Zhongping Marquis's Mansion." Nan Hongqiu forced a smile and said to herself, "Grandfather, my daughter-in-law didn't want her to get married, but now she insists on getting married. I really have no choice but to agree."

"Look at what you are saying?" Upon seeing this, the old lady picked up the teacup beside her and threw it to Nan Hongqiu's side. The scalding tea splashed all over Nan Hongqiu.

Nan Hongqiu naturally couldn't tell the old lady the real reason. Now that the old lady heard about this marriage, she was naturally very unhappy. "Don't you know who Wen Tingbai is? Shi Jie'er is confused, and you follow her into confusion? A man who favors his concubines and ignores his wife and has no future, if you let him marry, won't you make her a widow for the rest of her life?"

Nan Hongqiu felt depressed, but she had no choice but to endure the humiliation. She just watched the old lady argue, "Grandfather, Mr. Bai has changed now. After all, the Zhongping Marquis's Mansion is rich. If Sister Shi adopts a child in the future, she will be the material for the mistress of the house."

Although Nan Hongqiu said this, she knew in her heart that if this marriage was decided, people would laugh at her. But now there was really no other way, so she could only bite the bullet and let Song Wanshi marry him.

The old lady got angry when she heard this, and then she turned her attention to Song Zhan, "Second Brother, you said that Sister Shi wants to marry Mr. Bai, do you agree?"

Song Zhan finally raised his head and said in a deep voice, "Sister Shi wants to get married, what can I do? Let her get married, so that she won't blame me for not letting her marry the person she wants to marry."

The old lady was really angry when she heard this. She just looked at Song Zhan and sneered, "Forget it, forget it. Since that's the case, you two have made up your mind. There's no need to tell me anymore. Just make your own decision."

The old lady stopped eating when she got to this point. She stood up and was about to leave. But she still kept on talking, "Second daughter-in-law, don't you see that the second daughter-in-law of the old family can marry the prime minister? Sister Shi, an unmarried daughter, actually picked a husband that Sister Ning didn't want. It really makes me lose face."

The old lady said this, turned around and went out with the help of her maid.

Now everyone in the hall looked at each other in bewilderment. Although Song Jing didn't understand why this marriage was arranged, he still spoke up because he and Song Zhan were brothers, "Second brother, has Sister Shi's marriage been decided? Do you really want to marry this child to Wen Tingbo?"

"Brother, the marriage has been decided. We are just waiting for the Marquis' Mansion to come over to propose marriage." Song Zhan felt embarrassed and just said perfunctorily, "I am sorry to have embarrassed you, brother."

Song Jing just smiled after hearing this, "It doesn't matter, after all, she is your biological daughter, as long as you make up your mind."

The family dinner was over, and Song Lan and Song Jing followed Song Wanning to the South Courtyard where the eldest son's wife was. Song Lan walked in front and said to Song Jing with certainty, "Father, I'm afraid there's something fishy about this marriage."