I kicked out my vicious husband and married his great-uncle

Seeing this, Duke Dingguo went forward and asked, "Yun Ci, what happened?"

Feng Yunci looked grim: "Father, Madam Xie is dead."

"died?"

"Yes. It is said that they froze to death. Xie Shaohang was kicked to death by a mad horse, and Madam Xie was holding Xie Shaohang's body, but somehow she couldn't move. Later, the bodies of mother and son were carried out of the city by patrolling constables and thrown into a mass grave. I just sent people to look for them, but they couldn't find them."

Duke Dingguo was also troubled: "What should I do? Your aunt specifically asked to see her."

"Father, the person is already dead, there is no other way. It is better not to send the news in yet. Wait for two days and see if Aunt will ask about Madam Xie again. If she does, we will make plans. If Aunt does not ask again, we will just pretend we don't know, how about that?"

Duke Dingguo thought about it and said helplessly: "This is the only way."

Now, Duke Dingguo and his son prayed secretly in their hearts, praying that Concubine Xian would never think of Madam Xie again.

Unexpectedly, just one day later, Concubine Xian sent another message asking about Madam Xie.

Now, Duke Dingguo was in a dilemma, so he asked Feng Yunci to help him think of a solution.

Feng Yunci carefully read the message sent by Concubine Xian.

This message had two main meanings: one was to ask Duke Dingguo to bring Madam Xie to the palace to see her, and the other was to ask him to raise some money and send it to the palace.

Finally, Feng Yunci focused on the second point: "Father, it's the New Year now, and those people in the palace need to be taken care of. If we send more money than usual, Auntie might be happy for a while and forget about Madam Xie."

However, this did not make Duke Dingguo's brows relax: "Since the bank closed, the business has become increasingly sluggish. Now we can't even send in the same amount of silver, let alone more than the usual amount of money."

"My son has a solution for this."

"What method?"

"Recently, the eldest son of the wealthy Lin family, Lin Chengdong, has been trying to get a chance to see me. I disliked his family and ignored him. Now is the time to take advantage of it."

Duke Dingguo was very cautious: "What does the Lin family want?"

There is no such thing as a free lunch in this world.

"The Lin family wants to marry us."

Duke Dingguo showed disdain on his face: "A mere merchant dares to marry into the Duke Dingguo's Mansion? He is so shameless!"

"Father, think about it differently. He just wants to marry into our family, and he doesn't care who he marries. In this way, even if we find a daughter from a branch family, or find a maid and say she is our concubine's daughter, the Lin family won't dare to say anything."

"But even if we find a lowly maid to marry, she will still be our concubine's daughter, which will not sound good if people tell others about it."

To put it bluntly, even if she is the concubine's daughter of Duke Dingguo, she is still very useful.

At the very least, a concubine's daughter must marry an official of the fifth rank or above in the court as his wife.

Duke Dingguo really doesn't think highly of a mere merchant.

Thinking of what Lin Chengdong said when he met him before, Feng Yunci said again: "Father, Lin Chengdong also knows that his family background is not good, so he dare not marry. But he also said that as long as we can get married, the Lin family's wealth will be at our disposal."

Duke Dingguo disagreed: "He is so arrogant. How much money can a mere Lin family have?"

Feng Yunci said cautiously, "My son didn't check it when he didn't care about it before. I've been thinking about it these past two days, so I asked someone to check it out. Although I didn't find out the exact amount, I found out that Lin Chengdong is indeed a good businessman. Now their Lin family's shops have opened in various states and counties. A rough estimate is that the monthly profit is 300,000 taels of silver."

"How much did you say?" Duke Dingguo was shocked and his voice suddenly rose.

"Three hundred thousand taels of silver. Father, this is just a rough estimate. The real amount is probably much greater than this."

"Yun Ci, you must meet Lin Chengdong immediately and tell him that if he keeps his word, our Duke Dingguo Mansion is willing to marry a concubine to him."

"it is good."

Feng Yunci naturally knew that Lin Chengdong was already married, but so what?

Since Lin Chengdong intends to marry into the Duke Dingguo's Mansion, then it is not a big deal to just get rid of his original wife quietly.

In this way, Feng Yunci and Lin Chengdong met and quickly reached a consensus.

In order to show his sincerity, Lin Chengdong gave Feng Yunci a silver note worth one hundred thousand taels on the spot.

He excitedly said that if the Lin family could gain the credit of following the dragon, it would be a great honor for the Lin family.

Knowing what Lin Chengdong was planning, Feng Yunci was delighted.

This person is afraid of having desires. Once he has desires, it will be easy to control him.

After returning home, Feng Yunci immediately reported the matter to Duke Dingguo.

After hearing this, Duke Dingguo sneered and said, "He really knows how to handle current affairs."

"Father, there are so many people who are friendly to us. There is another reason why my son chose the Lin family."

"what reason?"

"Lin Chengdong's sister was originally Xie Shaohang's concubine. Although she has been released from the concubine's post, she is still raising Xie Shaohang's only son. With this relationship, even if aunt finds out about Madam Xie's affairs and blames us, we are helping the Lin family and are also taking care of Xie Shaohang's only son. In this case, aunt won't be able to say anything."

After hearing Feng Yunci's analysis, Duke Dingguo immediately felt that this was a doable thing and he wished he could marry his concubine's daughter to the emperor today.

Sure enough, after the banknotes were delivered to the palace, Concubine Xian was busy taking care of things and did not ask about Madam Xie again.

Soon, it was the day of the New Year’s Eve palace banquet.

Because Xie Xingyuan's house arrest had not been lifted yet, even Cui Shuyan did not appear at the palace banquet.

Seeing this, Concubine Xian was even more proud.

She has been taking care of a lot of things recently, and everything is going well with the Sixth Prince.

At the palace banquet, her position was second only to the queen, and for a time she received many compliments from the ladies of noble families.

This undoubtedly made Concubine Xian even more proud.

But when Gao Mingche came over to pay his respects to the queen, he could no longer maintain his pride.

It has to be said that power breeds people.

Gao Mingche, who seemed inconspicuous before, has come to the fore in recent months. Now look at him again: he is wearing a dark gold brocade robe, and the embroidery on it is as dazzling as the morning sun.

The brocade robe is embroidered with a four-clawed python dragon, the dragon's body is winding, and it soars among the auspicious clouds, looking lifelike.

Gao Mingche's appearance was not bad to begin with, and now he was wearing a brocade robe with his chin slightly raised, revealing his noble bearing as a prince.

He came forward with a glass of wine and nodded slightly: "Father, Mother, I offer you a toast."

Emperor Zhaowu immediately laughed and said, "Mingche, you will be eighteen after the New Year. It's time for your mother to choose a marriage for you."

Emperor Zhaowu said this in a casual way, but it sounded like thunder to Concubine Xian.

Because Emperor Zhaowu never asked about the marriage of any prince.

This is the first time I’m asking about Gao Mingche’s marriage.

However, what shocked her even more was yet to come...