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

"Ahem... We are having a reunion dinner, so please be quiet." The old man sitting at the front coughed twice and changed the subject, "Bo Ge'er is already nineteen years old, and he only has Xu Ge'er as his child. The family is too small, so we should add some more people to the family as soon as possible."

It would have been better if the old lady hadn't said anything. The more she talked, the more she hit Wen Xian's sore spot. "What's the point of having a son? I have two sons. Bo Ge'er and Xun Ge'er are both useless. Now Yin Yichen hasn't married yet, and Cheng Ge'er's child hasn't been born yet. It seems that this fool is thinking about having children. People say that you should build a career first and then start a family. How could I give birth to a thing like you who only knows how to take concubines?"

Wen Tingbo, who was sitting at the dinner table, finally couldn't help it anymore and retorted with a dark face, "Father, if you say that to me, I'd rather stay out and not come back."

"You insisted on coming back to embarrass yourself and now you are resentful of your father." Wen Xian said with a roll of his eyes.

Seeing that the father and son were about to quarrel, the old lady immediately shifted her focus to Song Wanning, complaining, "Wanning, you don't even know how to persuade Brother Bai. I married you to supervise Brother Bai to make achievements. But you have been married for so many years, and you don't have children, but you can't even persuade your husband to make progress."

"Mother, please stop talking." Wen Xian interrupted the old lady, "Today, I went to court and heard reports from the border that General Song and General Xiao Song had defeated the enemy and recaptured all the lost cities. The emperor is very pleased now, and General Song will return to the court soon. The achievements he made are beyond the reach of Bo Ge'er, a young general guarding the border."

Wen Xian had long heard that Song Wanning and Wen Tingbai were not on good terms. He glared at Wen Tingbai and said, "If you continue to mistreat Wanning in your room like this, just wait for your father-in-law to come back and see if he will give you a cold shoulder. I won't be able to protect you then."

Song Wanning was originally puzzled. Wen Xian had always ignored her, but now he was speaking up for her. It turned out that his father and brother had won a victory and were about to return.

Everyone at the table changed their expressions after hearing this. Mrs. Wang, who was sitting next to Wen Tingbo, changed her expression the fastest. She smiled at Song Wanning and said, "Good boy, it's not your fault that Brother Bo is disobedient. It's because this child doesn't listen to discipline. Just beat him and scold him. He will definitely not talk back."

Even Wen Tingbo was stunned for a moment.

Back then, he took advantage of the fact that General Song Jing was not in the court, so he dared to be so disrespectful to Song Wanning.

Huizhou is such a difficult place, but I didn't expect that the two generals could come back and bring back military achievements. Song Jing doted on this only daughter, and he was famous in the whole capital. If he came back and heard that she was living such a life in the Marquis' Mansion, I'm afraid he would not have a good ending.

Cui Xiaoxiao, who was standing aside, looked at Wen Tingbo's expression and secretly knew the seriousness of the matter. However, when she saw the change in this family's attitude towards Song Wanning, her heart felt as if ten thousand hands were scratching her, making her heart, liver and lungs feel uncomfortable.

As a time-traveling woman, she should enjoy the best glory, but why is it that this unpopular woman is more glorious than her wherever she goes?

"I..." Wen Tingbai wanted to explain, but he felt that it was inappropriate. He just stretched out his chopsticks to pick up a shrimp and put it into Song Wanning's bowl. He looked at Song Wanning and said, "Wanning has worked hard recently. Eat more."

"Second Master, you forgot that I never eat shrimps. If I eat them, I will get rashes all over my body." Song Wanning's eyes fell on Wen Tingbai's face and she smiled faintly.

After hearing this, Wen Tingbai looked even more embarrassed. He just looked at Song Wanning and asked, "What does Wanning like to eat?"

Song Wanning retracted her gaze, but did not pick up the food. She said calmly, "Second Master, just eat what you like. I will pick up mine myself."

Just as Song Wanning finished speaking, Cui Xiaoxiao beside Wen Tingbai spoke up at an inopportune moment, "Tingbai, that shrimp was originally my favorite, but I probably got it mixed up. It's hard for you to remember what I like to eat at any time."

After Cui Xiaoxiao finished speaking, she had a shy look on her face, and her eyes looked so green as to make threads appear in her eyes when she looked at Wen Tingbai.

Wen Tingbai now didn't dare to openly protect Cui Xiaoxiao at the dinner table. He moved his gaze to Wen Xian's face and saw that Wen Xian's face turned dark again.

Wen Xian slammed his chopsticks on the table and said coldly, "You useless piece of shit, take your concubine and get out of here. If you come near me again, I'll beat you with a big stick, you stupid thing who doesn't know the difference between right and wrong."

After hearing this, Wen Tingbai had no choice but to stand up and pull Cui Xiaoxiao beside him, saying, "Hurry up and go."

Cui Xiaoxiao got up reluctantly. When they were about to leave, they heard Wen Xian say, "Come to the study later. I have something to tell you."

Wen Tingbai quickly turned around and responded, "Yes."

After dinner, Wen Tingbai went to the study room following Wen Xian's words. As soon as he entered the room, he saw Wen Xian glaring at him.

Wen Tingbo has always been afraid of his father, so he could only bite the bullet and pay his respects, "Your son pays his respects to your father."

"I see that you don't have me as your father in your eyes." Wen Xian snorted twice, looked at Wen Tingbo and said, "Let me ask you, do you want to be the seventh-rank Zuo Sijian for the rest of your life?"

After hearing what Wen Xian said, Wen Tingbo quickly explained, "I didn't mean that. I just don't know how to do it. Please give me some advice, father."

"If you have no such intention, why do you ruin your reputation outside so much that you are given such an official position?" Wen Xian's face was still furious. "You spend the whole day not doing your job and hanging out with your concubine. You really bring shame to your father."

"Father, Xiao Xiao saved my life when I was on the frontier." Wen Tingbai explained, "She is gentle and lovely, and she is my favorite person..."

"Bullshit." Wen Xian picked up the teacup on the table and threw it to the ground, saying angrily, "Why did I give birth to such a useless son like you?"

"Father, please calm down. Father, please forgive me." Seeing Wen Xian so angry, Wen Tingbai knelt on the ground and said, "Father, please give me some advice. I will definitely change."

"You can forget about climbing up the ladder now. If you continue like this, let alone relying on the Song family for promotion, I'm afraid Song Jing will not forgive you." Wen Xian glanced at Wen Tingbai and suggested, "On the contrary, if you divorce your concubine before Song Jing returns to Beijing, and live a good life with Song Wanning, when General Song returns, are you still afraid of not having an official position?"

"Father..." Wen Tingbai was about to explain but was interrupted by Wen Xian.

Wen Xian just waved his hand and said, "Don't say too much to me. You can choose whether you want a woman or a career."

"Yes..." Wen Tingbai stood up with a complicated expression and slowly walked out of the study.

Cui Xiaoxiao outside hurriedly left the wall.