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

Song Jing, standing beside Song Lan, also nodded, "What do you think, Lan'er?"

Song Lan pondered for a moment and then expressed his thoughts, "Aunt has always been a flatterer of the powerful and a bully of the weak. Although Wen Tingbai has a good family background and is the legitimate son of the Marquis's mansion, his reputation is now so bad that even a small official is reluctant to marry his legitimate daughter off. Who would have thought that my second uncle and second aunt would want to marry their legitimate daughter off to him at this time, and they are making excuses for him like this... I'm afraid he has some leverage in his hands, so he has no choice but to do it."

Song Jing also nodded and looked at Song Lan and said, "All these years of studying have finally paid off. You can now see some of the tricks."

Song Lan shook his head, turned around and looked at Song Wanning, "What do you think, sister? What do you think it is?"

Song Wanning couldn't tell everything she knew, so she could only talk about other things. "Wen Tingbo looks decent, but he is actually a hypocritical hypocrite. If he has something shameful to hold against others, he will definitely make good use of it. He said he wanted to marry Song Wanshi, but I'm afraid this handle is related to Song Wanshi. Second Aunt and Sister Shi have always had bad intentions. It's not surprising if they do something like shooting themselves in the foot."

When Song Jing heard this, he sighed and said, "Since the second house wants to get married, let them get married. As long as our first house is fine and nothing goes wrong, we won't bother with their business."

Song Wanning and Song Lan responded one after another, and the three of them went back to their rooms to rest. Nan Hongqiu went to Song Wanshi's yard again.

Song Wanshi's door was tightly closed. Nan Hongqiu glanced at the maid at the door and asked in a low voice, "Has the young lady come out now?"

Seeing this, the maid at the door told Nan Hongqiu the truth with a unhappy face, "Not once, she locked the door and didn't let anyone in, and she kept saying she didn't want to get married. She didn't even eat, she just cried in the room without eating anything."

"Why hasn't this girl figured it out yet? How can she decide whether to marry or not?" Nan Hongqiu was getting anxious now. She sighed and said, "If she doesn't marry, Mr. Bai will make trouble. I'm afraid her reputation in the capital will be ruined. If it's serious, I'm afraid it will affect the whole family."

As Nan Hongqiu was talking, the door opened and Song Wanshi came out. She knelt on the ground with a thud and pulled Nan Hongqiu's sleeve with red eyes. "Mother, I don't want to get married. I don't want to marry Wen Tingbai. Mother, can you think of a way to stop me from marrying him? If I really marry him, won't my second half of life be ruined? Those sisters who are usually on good terms with me will probably laugh their teeth off."

"Silly child, your mother doesn't want you to get married either." Nan Hongqiu sighed when she saw Song Wanshi crying, "But now there is really no other way. In the future, your mother will avenge you and make those who hurt you pay the price."

Seeing this, Song Wanshi was really at a loss and could only sob in response, with a trace of despair flashing across her face.

"If Song Wanning hadn't always suppressed you and stolen your limelight, you wouldn't have been unable to live peacefully after getting married, and you wouldn't have had such a bad reputation and couldn't find a good husband. Now she has married the prime minister, and our sister Shi has no choice but to marry someone she doesn't want." Nan Hongqiu said this with some resentment in his eyes, "Don't worry, sister Shi, I will definitely help her get revenge."

"Mother... It's so inhumane that Wen Tingbai favors his concubine and kills his wife. How am I going to live my life in the future..." Song Wanshi is only thinking about her life after she gets married.

Nan Hongqiu sighed in her heart when she heard this, but she still comforted Song Wanshi, "Sister Shi, Sister Ning was oppressed in the Marquis' Mansion in the past because she had no support from her mother's family. Now your mother and your father are still alive, and they will definitely not let you be bullied. Besides, Mr. Bai is not well now, and he will definitely respect you in the future, and your life will not be too difficult."

After hearing this, Song Wanshi's expression finally looked better. She stood up sobbing and went into the house with Nan Hongqiu.

Within a few days, the Mansion of Marquis Zhongping came with the betrothal gifts and made the appointment. This move made people in the capital drop their jaws, and they were talking about it for a while.

It would be fine if there was no comparison, but the Prime Minister's Mansion and the Marquis of Zhongping Mansion were both in the same place. Now that there is a comparison, anyone with a discerning eye can see that the Prime Minister's Mansion's betrothal gift is much larger than that of the Marquis' Mansion. For a time, rumors spread about who Song Wanshi was.

If it weren't for her physical defects, she would not be able to marry Wen Tingbo. Song Wanshi wanted to explain but had no way to explain, so she could only swallow her anger.

In order to settle the matter peacefully, the Marquis Zhongping's Mansion and the second branch of the General's Mansion quickly set a wedding date, picking a nearby auspicious day and planning to marry Song Wanshi off. The wedding date was unexpectedly set before Song Wanning's.

Song Wanning had no time to take care of these things as she had important things to do.

The tea grown in Lingnan will soon be infested with insects, and the price of tea will then rise sharply. What Song Wanning has to do is to sell all the tea in her hands while the price is high.

Song Wanning was planning to go out to take a look at the tea in the suburbs of Beijing, and to visit teahouses across the capital to find out about the current market conditions.

Who would have thought that just as Song Wanning was about to get on the carriage, she heard an anxious voice, "Wanning——"

She turned around and saw Pei Xuanzhi riding his horse from a distance. Pei Xuanzhi had been traveling for days, and his beard was an inch long and he hadn't shaved it yet. He looked a little more embarrassed than usual.

Song Wanning was slightly surprised. She didn't expect Pei Xuanzhi to come back so soon. "Xuanzhi?"

When Pei Xuanzhi saw her, he couldn't hide his excitement. He hurriedly walked up to Song Wanning and said in a low voice, "Wanning, I'm back."

"Glad you're back. You look exhausted. Why don't you go back home and wash up?" Song Wanning was really happy for Pei Xuanzhi when she saw him coming back. "Since you're back, I guess you've almost finished your business?"

"It's all done." Pei Xuanzhi responded, and then said with a smile, "When I was on the road, I heard that you were going to marry the Prime Minister. I was so scared that I killed two horses to rush back. Today, I went outside the mansion and asked and found out that it was Miss Shi in the mansion who was going to marry Mr. Bai. I misunderstood, and they asked me to rush back a few days in advance. I guess it was my own stupidity. How could it be so soon when I was not around... and the general promised me."

"It's true." Song Wanning said softly. Her words made Pei Xuanzhi's smile freeze on his face.

"It's true that I'm going to marry the Prime Minister."