Rebirth of a Concubine's Daughter

Yue Hanzhou's words immediately made Aunt Lan furious. She stood up and pointed at Shen Hanzhou, her eyes almost blazing with fire.

"Does your Yue family treat my Shen family as human beings? Although I, Rongying, am a concubine, we do not bother to be anyone's concubine. Master, I am just interested in this marriage. At worst, I, Rongying, will never marry, and I would rather not go to his Yue family and suffer such humiliation."

This time, Aunt Lan couldn't hold it in any longer, and the anger on her face was off the charts.

She originally thought that since things had already happened, it would be a good thing for Shen Rongying to marry into the Yue family, but she didn't expect Yue Hanzhou to refuse her in person and even humiliate Shen Rongying by asking her to be a concubine. Although she was loved by Shen Zongyuan in every way in her life, she was still suppressed by the Lu family, so she would never allow her daughter to be a concubine.

"For a commoner's daughter to be a concubine in General Yue's mansion is not considered unfair to her. Moreover, Master Yue will take care of her for Xi'er's sake. And you still..."

Lu, who was trying to add fuel to the fire, was retorted by Shen Zongyuan before she could finish her words.

"Shut up, you are Rong Ying's mother, how can you watch her become someone else's concubine?"

"Master, I'm doing this for her own good. Young Master Yue doesn't want to marry her, and they're already husband and wife. If I don't persuade her to marry into the Yue family, what else can I do? Master, I'm doing this for the good of this family. What if, what if she gets pregnant before she even gets married, what will happen to the other children of the Shen family?"

"Then you shouldn't say such harsh words."

"I'm not worried about Rong Ying, Master. Why don't you go to the front yard to greet the guests? I'll talk to Madam Yue when she comes. We're both women, so it's easier for us to talk."

"Master, this is Rong Ying's lifelong event, you can't abandon us mother and daughter."

Letting Lu discuss marriage for Shen Rongying would only make Shen Rongying suffer so much. Concubine Lan would naturally hold on to Shen Zongyuan and not let go.

"Sister Lan, don't you still believe me? I'm Rong Ying's mother too."

"Madam, what happened today? The master doesn't know, but you still don't know. Do you think I can trust you?"

"What evidence do you have..."

"Master, Madam Yue is here."

Mrs. Lu shut her mouth awkwardly and exchanged vicious glances with Aunt Lan.

General Yue is guarding the border all year round, so today Mrs. Yue brought Yue Hanzhou to the Shen family to celebrate his birthday.

As soon as Mrs. Yue entered the room, she saw that all the masters of the Shen family were there. She was a little confused, but she greeted them in a friendly manner and then turned her gaze to her son.

"Madam Yue, my Shen family kindly invited you to this gathering. How could your son bully Rong Ying like this? How can Rong Ying live like this? Are you trying to force her to death?"

"You... Lord Shen, how come the Shen Mansion is now ruled by a concubine?"

Mrs. Yue did not speak to Aunt Lan, but turned to look at Shen Zongyuan.

"Madam Yue, I'm sorry to have made you laugh. Although Aunt Lan is a concubine, she and my master have a childhood sweetheart relationship. And because this matter concerns her daughter, she is a little anxious. Please be more tolerant for my sake."

Mrs. Lu hurried forward, took Madam Yue’s hand and explained softly, acting as a broad-minded mistress with ease.

"You are so kindhearted, but you are almost being bullied by these concubines. If this happened in my wife's family, I would definitely knock her teeth out."

"Mrs. Yue, please don't say that. Let's talk about your Han Zhou and Rong Ying first."

Shen Zongyuan really couldn't stand the way Mrs. Yue looked down on Aunt Lan, but Shen Rongying would marry into the Yue family in the future, so he couldn't break up with her and could only change the subject.

"Han Zhou and...what's going on?"

Mrs. Yue's eyes swept over Yue Hanzhou and Shen Rongying. Seeing Shen Rongying's disheveled appearance, she roughly guessed something, but she still didn't believe that her son could do such a thing.

"Now that the two children are already married, Madam Yue will decide what to do about this matter."

"How could this happen? Is there some misunderstanding?"

"Old sister, this matter... I... we saw it with our own eyes, how could there be any misunderstanding? If you don't believe me, ask your Han Zhou. How could he not know what he did? What's more, on that couch..."

Mrs. Lu didn't say anything else. Madam Yue walked into the inner room. After a moment, she came out angrily and slapped Yue Hanzhou.

"How could you do such a thing? This... How can you be worthy of Xi'er? You are engaged to Xi'er."

"Mom, I don't know what happened. It just happened in a daze."

In fact, this matter was nothing in Mrs. Yue's eyes. She was just a woman. The trouble was that the woman's mother was Shen Zongyuan's white moonlight. She couldn't just get rid of her casually, so she beat her son in front of him for the Shen family to see.

After a while, Mrs. Yue slowly turned around and bowed to Shen Zongyuan.

"Sir Shen, this matter has already happened. My Yue family will definitely take responsibility to the end. Since she is Xi'er's sister, then we will take her into the mansion and raise her as a concubine. It is not uncommon for two sisters to share a husband."

"I, Rong Ying, will never be anyone's concubine."

Aunt Lan was the first to disagree.

"Madam Yue, although Rongying is a concubine's daughter, I have always raised her as my legitimate daughter. It is impossible for her to be a concubine."

"Master Shen wants her to be his principal wife, so what about Xi'er?"

Shen Lingxi, who was mentioned by Mrs. Yue, cried even more pitifully, as if she was particularly reluctant to give up this marriage.

"At the beginning, they only said that the Shen and Yue families had a marriage contract, but they didn't say which daughter it was. Let's just assume that what was said at the beginning was Rong Ying's marriage. This way, neither the Shen or Yue families will lose face."

"How can they be the same? Xi'er is the legitimate daughter. No matter how well Rong Ying is raised, she is still just a concubine's daughter."

"Madam Yue, if this gets out of hand, our Shen family will only lose a daughter, but your Yue family will lose both your family reputation and your son's career. If this gets brought to the palace, what will the Emperor think of your son?"

For Shen Rongying, Shen Zongyuan really risked everything and even dared to say such threatening words. Madam Yue's face changed instantly, and Mrs. Lu quickly spoke.

"Our two families are both well-known and wealthy. If there is any problem, it must be suppressed and solved quietly. No one wants to make a big fuss, which will bring shame to everyone. Madam Yue, Xi'er knows that you are good to her, but fate has its own destiny. From now on, you should treat Xi'er as your daughter and love her well. Besides, Xi'er is kind and can't bear to see her sister suffer any injustice. You should think twice about this matter."

These words calmed Mrs. Yue's anger a little, and she began to seriously consider the pros and cons of this matter.

The purpose of this scheme between Mrs. Lu and Shen Lingxi was to cancel Shen Lingxi's marriage with the Yue family. So no matter what they said or did, Shen Rongying had to marry into the Yue family as the principal wife. How could Mrs. Lu not persuade her with all her heart? If this happened, others would have to praise her for being virtuous. Her daughter's marriage was snatched away by a concubine's daughter, but she was not only not angry, but also helped the concubine's daughter to plan. This reputation of magnanimity was confirmed by her.

After the mother and son of the Yue family discussed it, Yue Hanzhou finally agreed, but he put forward a condition.

"As long as Rong Ying can marry into the Yue family smoothly, you can ask for any dowry you want."

"It doesn't matter whether there is a dowry or not. It's fine to let Shen Rongying be the principal wife. But can Lord Shen agree to let the fifth lady enter the mansion with him? I, Shen Hanzhou, am willing to give her the position of co-wife."

Shen Hanzhou's words shocked everyone in the room!

Especially Shen Lingxi, she didn't expect Yue Hanzhou to have such thoughts. He just vowed to Shen Zongyuan that he must not ruin his marriage with her, but turned around and wanted to marry Shen Nanyan. Is he going to slap himself in the face so soon?