Marrying a concubine and swallowing her dowry? The mistress turns around and marries a high-ranking

Chapter 15

Qin Shaoze was startled!

He never sent an invitation to Mo Zhonggui.

Firstly, as a fourth-rank general, he wasn't qualified; secondly, who would invite a eunuch to their wedding banquet? People might think you were humiliating or mocking him.

To my utter surprise, Mo Zhonggui actually came by himself!

But since they've come, we should naturally treat them well.

Qin Shaoze stepped forward, smiling cautiously, and was the first to toast Mo Zhonggui.

"I never expected that Chief Eunuch Mo would attend my wedding banquet. It is an honor to have you here. I would like to offer you a toast!"

Mo Zhonggui seemed somewhat absent-minded, only taking a perfunctory sip before putting down the glass, showing no intention of engaging in conversation with Qin Shaoze.

Qin Shaoze was puzzled, not understanding why Mo Zhonggui had come, but he didn't dare to ask. After exchanging a few polite words, he didn't dare to stay any longer and went to other tables to continue toasting.

There weren't many guests to begin with, so the atmosphere was rather awkward and quiet.

The wedding banquet at the Yongning Marquis's residence was, in a way, quite indescribable.

The food and drinks were very meager, not at all in line with the standards expected of a noble household.

The crowd murmured amongst themselves, and their whispers reached Qin Shaoze's ears, making his face burn even more.

He had no choice but to bite the bullet and pretend he hadn't heard anything.

After Qin Shaoze finished toasting everyone, he turned around and found that the table where Mo Zhonggui had just been sitting was completely empty.

I don't know where Mo Zhonggui went.

......

Weixia Courtyard.

Qin Shaoze married a concubine, and as his legal wife, Shen Lingjun is in an awkward position today.

Concubines had to serve tea to the mistress upon entering the household, but secondary wives were on equal footing with the principal wife and did not need the principal wife's approval; the principal wife did not even need to show her face.

Shen Lingjun was eating her dinner at that moment.

In the golden autumn of September, the evenings were very cool. Shen Lingjun had a table and chairs set up under the osmanthus tree in the courtyard, and a pot of osmanthus wine was placed on it. He poured himself a drink and enjoyed it.

A figure appeared silently in front of her without her noticing.

Shen Lingjun looked up and was so startled that she almost choked on her drink.

It was none other than Mo Chonggui, the Ninth Prince of the Directorate of Ceremonial!

How... how did he end up here?

Shen Lingjun quickly stood up, tried his best to suppress the cough in his throat, bowed to Mo Zhonggui, and tried to be as respectful and careful as possible.

"Ahem... This concubine greets Chief Eunuch Mo. This is my courtyard. The banquet is in the front courtyard. Would you like me to lead you there?"

She felt that Mo Zhonggui was not the type of person who would go astray, but she didn't know why he came to Weixia Courtyard, so she simply pretended to be stupid.

Mo Zhonggui didn't answer her question, but casually ordered the stunned Dou Niang, "Bring me another chair."

Shen Lingjun: "..."

Dou Niang, looking dazed, brought over another chair. Mo Zhonggui sat down directly opposite Shen Lingjun, picked up the wine pot on the table, and poured himself a cup of wine.

Upon smelling the osmanthus wine, he immediately threw the cup and wine aside.

"Bring me another pot of wine; I hate osmanthus the most."

Dou Niang quickly removed the osmanthus wine from the table and brought out another pot of wine.

Shen Lingjun stood there for several seconds before she came to her senses, hesitated, and tentatively sat down again.

This head of the Eastern Depot was notoriously cunning and unpredictable; she truly had no idea what Mo Chonggui meant by this.

Did he just decide on a whim to sit here and have a drink?

The safest thing for her is to keep quiet and not say anything, and just be a background figure.

Mo Zhonggui looked at her and spoke first.

"The Marquis of Yongning has taken a concubine. Does Madam Shen intend to stay in the Marquis's residence like this?"

"..."

His very first words left Shen Lingjun speechless.

Why would Mo Zhonggui ask her that?

Shen Lingjun's mind was racing.

Her relationship with Mo Chonggui was at most a few chance encounters in the palace, where she would exchange greetings. He was the chief eunuch, and she was a marquis; there was no other connection between them.

Even if he's in a particularly good mood today and wants to chat casually with someone, he shouldn't be asking people this kind of question!

Shen Lingjun could only answer as cautiously as possible: "The Marquis and Miss Liu are betrothed by the Emperor. As the principal wife, I should be tolerant and magnanimous. To not tolerate a secondary wife would be to be jealous."

As she spoke, she lowered her eyes and looked every bit the submissive wife and mother.

She didn't know what Mo Zhonggui wanted to hear, and she was extremely nervous at this moment, afraid that if he was not satisfied, he would kill her on the spot, and no one would be able to stop him.

You should know that this is a ruthless killer, exceptionally cruel and bloodthirsty.

Once, a minor official met him and made a veiled remark about his mutilated body as a eunuch. The next second, his manhood was completely severed, and the next second, his hands and feet were gone. He wailed on the spot for a long time before finally dying.

The blood that had soaked into the palace floor tiles took several days to wash away completely.

Afterwards, Mo Chonggui was found not guilty of anything, and the emperor even comforted him.

Therefore, everyone was trembling with fear and kept silent in his presence.

Mo Zhonggui stared at Shen Lingjun with an incredibly sharp gaze, as if it had penetrating power and could see right through her.

Under his gaze, Shen Lingjun felt an immense sense of oppression, her heart pounded like a drum, and cold sweat broke out on her back.

She felt as if decades had passed before she finally heard Mo Chonggui let out a cold laugh.

This was clearly not a pleasant laugh, but rather one filled with obvious sarcasm and anger.

Shen Lingjun shuddered violently, feeling as if he had stepped into the gates of hell.

But Mo Zhonggui did nothing; he simply picked up his wine glass, drank the wine in one gulp, and then drifted away.

The departure was as inexplicable and sudden as the arrival.

Shen Lingjun's heart was still pounding. Only after his figure completely disappeared did his tense nerves gradually relax, and he realized that the back of his clothes was soaked with sweat.

As expected of the infamous Ninth Prince, feared by everyone in the court and the public, he is truly terrifying!

Shen Lingjun drank several glasses of wine in a row to suppress the fear.

She didn't notice that Qin Shaoze was standing outside the small gate of Weixia Courtyard, and had witnessed what had just happened.

Qin Shaoze finished toasting in the front yard and was preparing to return to his bridal chamber. Liu Manman was arranged to stay in the Cai Ni Courtyard, and to get there from the front yard, she had to pass by the Wei Xia Courtyard.

Qin Shaoze was completely dumbfounded.

This was the second time he had seen Mo Chonggui acting strangely towards Shen Lingjun.

This time, Mo Chonggui even went into Shen Lingjun's courtyard and drank Shen Lingjun's wine. Perhaps, his trip to the Yongning Marquis's residence for the banquet was actually for Shen Lingjun's sake.

Clearly, he did have a special interest in Shen Lingjun.

Qin Shaoze felt a chill run down his spine.

Rumor has it that Mo Zhonggui is a cruel and perverted man. Whenever he sees a handsome man or beautiful woman he likes, regardless of their status, he will forcibly abduct them into his mansion and never let them out again. Their fate is undoubtedly to be tortured and played with until they die.