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

Madam Wang looked at her son and said unsatisfactorily, "Didn't you say before that you were clean outside and didn't do anything shameful? Why have you become like this now? How did the Imperial Censor know that you had a woman outside? Not only did he know that there was a woman, but he also knew that the woman was pregnant. How could the Imperial Censor be willing to marry his daughter to you now? If the illegitimate son is born before the legitimate son, it would be a joke. Do you think you can do whatever you want now that you are capable? I see that you two brothers each have your own ideas. As a mother, I really can't do anything with you."

After hearing this, Wen Tingxun lowered his head and said nothing. However, who would have thought that he would be sent to the Imperial Censorate for doing this.

Wen Tingxun stood aside and defended himself, "Mother, this matter is really... I never thought that the Imperial Censor Liu family would actually investigate these things. I usually do it in a covert manner, I'm afraid it's not easy for people to find out."

When Mrs. Wang saw Wen Tingxun say this, she became even more dissatisfied. She looked at Wen Tingxun and said, "It was harder for you to find a husband than to find a man from outside. Now you have finally found a man who is well-matched, but something went wrong like this. It's good that the marriage has fallen through. If the Imperial Censor reports this to the Emperor, do you still want to be an official?"

Wen Tingxun now realized the seriousness of the matter. With a sinister look in his eyes, he slowly said, "Mother, I understand now, but right now, I don't know what to do."

"What do you want me to do with you? The woman is pregnant now, so I can't just send her away easily. Otherwise, I would just give her some money to send her away. You really want to piss me off to death." Mrs. Wang was so angry that she said coldly, "Now that the marriage is gone, I don't want to help you two brothers plan for the future. I'm old now, and it's time for me to take care of myself."

Seeing this, Wen Tingbai hurriedly responded, "Mother is right. What my second brother did now is really disgraceful. Although I brought a concubine back with me, I took her in after my wife came into the family. Unlike my second brother, he actually let his concubine get pregnant at this time. If this gets out, the reputation of our Zhongping Marquis Mansion will be ruined."

Wen Tingxun looked at his brother and said coldly, "Brother, do you think our mansion still has a good reputation? Hasn't it been ruined by you? You have ruined your own reputation and you want to implicate me, your brother."

Seeing the two people quarreling, Mrs. Wang started to talk about something wrong. "The Liu family was willing before, but now, after just a few days, why are they investigating Xun'er? I don't know what's going on. Such a good marriage... What a pity."

"My son heard that Liu Yuyuan, the daughter of the censor who married into the Pingyuan Marquis's mansion, didn't like this marriage, so she asked the censor's people to investigate. Liu Yuyuan was good friends with Song Wanning, and she must have heard a lot of bad things about the Marquis' mansion from Song Wanning, so she started to investigate the Marquis' mansion and found out what I'm doing outside now." Wen Tingxun said, looking up at Wen Tingbai with dissatisfaction, "If it weren't for my eldest brother's misconduct, there wouldn't be so many things happening later."

Wen Tingbai was also dissatisfied when he saw this, and he immediately said, "Now such a good marriage is about to be completed, isn't it you who failed to seize the opportunity? Why are you blaming me now?"

Wen Tingbai looked unhappy and turned his head to the side. Then he realized something was wrong and said coldly, "I have also seen Liu Yuyuan. She is not a scheming person. How could she come up with such an idea? Xun Ge is always cautious in doing things. I am afraid this is not so easy to find out."

After being reminded by Wen Tingbo, Wen Tingxun also discovered the clues. "Brother is right. Although Liu Yuyuan was dissatisfied before, she didn't come up with such a solution. So, Liu Yuyuan has always been good friends with the Prime Minister's wife, and the Prime Minister's wife has a close relationship with our Marquis' Mansion. I don't know if Liu Yuyuan went to ask the Prime Minister's Mansion for advice, and then went here to find the girl I am hiding in the alley outside."

When Mrs. Wang heard about Song Wanning, she also had a gloomy face. "How can our family be so unlucky? Song Wanning has divorced and remarried, but why is she still sticking to our family like a dog-skin plaster and can't be shaken off? Now her life is better, but she just wants to make trouble for our family."

Wen Tingxun clenched his fists when he saw this. "I'm afraid I haven't offended her in the past. I didn't expect that she would ruin my business like this. To put it bluntly, she is now relying on the respect given by the general's mansion and the prime minister. In the future, I'm afraid we can't say how long this respect will last. We can only wait for the day when she falls from a high position and laugh at her."

After hearing this, Wen Tingbai thought to himself that Song Wanning had ruined Wen Tingxun's marriage, which could be said to have completely offended the Zhongping Marquis's Mansion. However, the Zhongping Marquis's Mansion had no way to fight against the Prime Minister's Mansion. If Yin Yichen lost his power in the future, the villains under him would surely attack him.

Of course, these are all things of the past. Now the prince is still thinking about winning over the prime minister and the general's office, so naturally he needs more efforts from his subordinates.

At this time, Wen Tingbai thought of Guan Surong whom he met on the street that day. Guan Surong was born with a pretty face, unlike Song Wanning who was like a flower on a mountain and kept people away from her.

Wen Tingbai was thinking, he could not hear a word of the resentful words that Mrs. Wang said in her ear.

After both of them left the main hall, Wen Tingbai went to the study to wait for the servant who was helping him investigate to reply. His wait was not in vain, as the servant came back with news not long after.

"Second Master, I have already gone outside to find out for you. The girl I met that day turned out to be the biological daughter of Old Madam Song's niece. Unfortunately, Second Master also knows that Old Madam Song is General Song Jing's stepmother, and naturally the stepmother's niece is not that close. Miss Guan did live in the general's mansion for some time before, but later she did something inappropriate and was kicked out."

Wen Tingbai became interested when he heard this, and immediately asked, "What's inappropriate?"