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

When Jiao Rong heard Yin Yichen asking him this question, his face immediately turned extremely ugly, and he could only stammer, "My Lord Prime Minister, I really don't know what you are talking about. I have been managing Fengxian Restaurant in the capital, and I don't know any bandits from Langfeng Mountain. Those bandits may have met my wife by coincidence, how dare I collude with them, this is a capital crime."

Seeing that Jiao Rong was still stubborn, Yin Yichen immediately looked up at Wei Fu. Wei Fu understood and stepped forward to break Jiao Rong's arm.

A pig-slaughtering cry was heard, and cold sweat kept pouring down Jiao Rong's head. He kowtowed and explained to Yin Yichen, "My Lord Prime Minister, I really don't know. If I knew, I would tell you everything. How could I keep it secret until now? Please understand, my Lord Prime Minister."

Yin Yichen sat on the chair with a calm expression, and said slowly, "He won't say anything. When he is sent to the Dali Temple, say that he is a wanted criminal who colluded with bandits. Let Qian Xingyu serve him well."

"I...I..." Jiao Rong's face turned bitter instantly after hearing this, and he had to tell the truth, "Prime Minister, originally the bandits in Langfeng Mountain had nothing to do with me. How we met each other can be traced back to a few years ago. Before Zhang Daoba, the leader of Langfeng Mountain, went to Langfeng Mountain to be a bandit, he went to the capital to find a way to resist the miasma and found my father. At that time, my father heard Zhang Daoba say that he was a man with a miserable life experience, and my father felt sympathy for him, so he gave Zhang Daoba the method passed down from his ancestors."

Jiao Rong swallowed his saliva and continued, "That Zhang Daoba is also a good man. After he robbed the money in Langfeng Mountain, he did not forget to send some supplements to my father. But my father has always been an old-fashioned person. Since he knew what Zhang Daoba did, he didn't want to have any contact with him. So Zhang Daoba gave these things to me and asked me to treat my father well. After a few visits, I became familiar with him and felt that he was a good man. This time, my wife came and I had no way out. I was anxious all of a sudden, so I came up with this idea... I made such a mistake because of a slip of the mind."

Jiao Rong burst into tears when he said this, and he wanted to crawl to Yin Yichen's feet, "Prime Minister, please spare my life. Please spare me this time for the sake of my father. I will definitely turn over a new leaf and become a new man."

"Send him to the Dali Temple and tell Qian Xingyu that he is a serious criminal who colluded with the bandits in Langfeng Mountain." Yin Yichen pressed his hand on his forehead and spoke slowly, "Don't let him have any obvious injuries for now. Maybe he will be of other use later."

When Jiao Rong heard this, a look of despair appeared on his face. He sat on the ground in a daze, forgetting even to beg for mercy, until Wei Fu picked him up and took him away.

After Yin Yichen finished interrogating Jiao Rong, he stood up and walked towards the bedroom where Song Wanning was.

It was already daybreak. Yin Yichen entered the bedroom and saw that Song Wanning had already gotten up and washed up. Yin Yichen was quite surprised and asked softly, "Why don't you rest for a while?"

Song Wanning sighed, looked at Yin Yichen and said, "I am concerned about Xuanzhi's injury, so I want to go to the Pei Mansion to take a look and apologize to Master Pei and Madam Pei. They have been very kind to me since I was a child, and now I don't know how to explain it."

Song Wanning said, and then raised her eyes and said to the two maids beside her, "Go to the storehouse and bring some ginseng and deer antlers."

The maid responded and went to find something for Song Wanning.

"I'll go with you." Yin Yichen held Song Wanning's hand and said in a low voice, "Husband and wife are one. We should repay what we owe to the Pei family together."

After hearing what Yin Yichen said, Song Wanning looked up at the dark spots on his face and said calmly, "You haven't slept all night. You are busy with official business at the court. You should just rest at home. It's just a visit from relatives. I can do it alone."

Yin Yichen just said calmly, "It's okay, it's the same if you come back to rest. There is no end to the official business of the court, no matter how many are piled up, they are still piles."

Seeing that he insisted, Song Wanning stopped persuading him, and the couple went to Pei Mansion together.

When Song Wanning and Yin Yichen arrived at Pei's residence, Song Jing and Song Lan had already returned to the general's residence, and the doctor who came to Pei's residence to treat Pei Xuanzhi's injuries had already left. When Mrs. Pei and Master Pei heard that someone had come from the Prime Minister's residence, they immediately came to the door to greet them.

When Song Wanning saw the two of them, she immediately looked at them and said apologetically, "Uncle Pei, Aunt Pei, Xuanzhi got injured while helping me, and Wanning feels really bad about it. So I brought some supplements here, hoping that Xuanzhi can get better soon."

Master Pei and Madam Pei have always been reasonable. Madam Pei raised her sleeve to wipe the tears from her eyes and said slowly to Song Wanning, "Good child, you are not to blame for this. Our two families are old friends. No matter what, Xuanzhi should help you. The doctor has said that his current injury will heal with rest."

Song Wanning heaved a sigh of relief after hearing this, and then looked at Madam Pei and said softly, "Aunt, I am sorry for Xuanzhi in this matter."

"Come in and talk." Mrs. Pei looked at Song Wanning, then glanced at the prime minister standing beside Song Wanning.

Master Pei stood aside and said to Yin Yichen, "Since the Prime Minister has come to my humble abode, why don't you follow me to the front hall to have some tea?"

Yin Yichen responded and followed Master Pei to the front hall, leaving Song Wanning and Madam Pei to walk to the backyard. Madam Pei looked at Pei Xuanzhi who was walking away and said with emotion, "Wanning said she wanted to marry our Xuanzhi when she was little. Now she is married to the Prime Minister and her life is pretty good. The Prime Minister is willing to condescend to come to our house, which is something we all didn't expect."

"Prime Minister...he is indeed very good to me." After hearing what Mrs. Pei said, Song Wanning knew that her family had let the Pei family down, so she spoke up, "Aunt, our family has let Xuanzhi down, and now Xuanzhi has saved my life, and I really feel..."

"You don't have to feel guilty. The government had no choice but to grant you the marriage. If you feel bad, just go see Xuanzhi." Madam Pei's eyes turned red again. "This child is stubborn. Although he doesn't say it, he wants to see you in his heart. Since you got married, he has not been willing to see other women. He has such a worry. The one who tied the bell must untie it. I hope Sister Ning can persuade him and let him put it at ease."

Song Wanning responded softly, took a breath, and followed Mrs. Pei to Pei Xuanzhi's yard.