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

Chapter 216

Qin Shaoze was extremely pleased with himself and didn't care about the comments from the crowd. He left with his head held high.

No one came to see Shen Lingjun off because she hadn't informed the Shen family beforehand that she was going to the Northwest. She planned to act first and inform them later, and then have someone tell the Shen family that she was worried about her father and had gone to the Northwest to help Shen Wei.

Also departing from Kyoto was Chu Tianming, who had just gotten married two days prior.

The entire Chu family came to see Chu Tianming off, and Wei's parents, who considered themselves Chu Tianming's in-laws, also came uninvited to see him off.

However, apart from the Wei couple, who were beaming with pride at finding such a perfect son-in-law, everyone else looked rather grim.

Duke Changguo, Chu Jinxun, was in a terrible mood.

Recently, all the spies and agents that the Chu family had painstakingly planted in the palace over the years were wiped out by Mo Chonggui with lightning speed, and many of their forces outside the palace were also brought out as well.

As a result, the Chu family suffered extremely heavy losses.

The Duke of Changguo felt as if he had lost an arm, watching helplessly as the strength of the Chu family diminished, yet he could do nothing but watch anxiously, completely at his wits' end.

He called Chu Tianming back this time to get married first. He had originally selected a large number of noble ladies from high-ranking families for him to choose from, hoping to save the Chu family through a marriage alliance. However, Chu Tianming insisted on marrying Wei Yunluo.

The Duke and Duchess of Changguo were furious. After a long fuss, they finally gave in to Chu Tianming and reluctantly agreed to the marriage.

Wei Yunluo's family background was decent, but she had been jilted before, and her ex-fiancé was Shen Jingyang. The Duke and Duchess of Changguo looked down on Wei Yunluo.

He only spent half a month making some hasty preparations before marrying Wei Yunluo.

On the third day after their marriage, Chu Tianming received a battle report and a transfer order, requiring him to rush to the northwest border again.

Wei Yunluo was left behind after her marriage, but as the wife of the heir of the Duke of Changguo, it was impossible for her to go with Chu Tianming.

Chu Tianming didn't care, since he wasn't interested in Wei Yunluo herself anyway, and he already had a beautiful concubine accompanying him to the Northwest with the army.

He had just gotten married and was already openly bringing his concubines along. This was a blatant slap in the face to the legal wife, but since the entire Wei family was inferior to the Chu family, no one dared to have any objections.

At this moment, Wei Yunluo carefully stepped forward and handed Chu Tianming a peace charm that was in a purse.

"Your Highness, this is a talisman I specially obtained from the Compassionate Temple to protect you on the battlefield. And this purse was embroidered by me personally..."

Yesterday, Wei Yunluo learned that Chu Tianming was about to go to the battlefield, so she rushed to Cibei Temple to ask for a peace charm. She made the round trip in half a day and returned to the Duke of Changguo's mansion late at night. She was so shaken by the carriage that she was exhausted.

That purse was also embroidered by her over a long period of time. It was very exquisite and ingenious, and it was made with special gold and silver threads that were not affected by water or fire. It would not be easily damaged even if taken to the battlefield.

She just wanted to make Chu Tianming feel grateful to her, so that he wouldn't completely forget about her as his legal wife after he left.

Chu Tianming was also in a bad mood because of the changes in the Chu family. He was a little impatient and took the purse.

"I don't believe in these things."

He said just that one sentence, and then casually tossed his purse aside.

"Give it to you."

These words were spoken to the beautiful concubine beside him.

Caught off guard, the beautiful concubine lost her grip on the purse, which fell to the ground. The gold and silver threads, which were impervious to water and fire, were instantly covered in dust.