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

Chapter 361

Shen Lingjun found Wei Yunluo's behavior very strange from another perspective.

As far as Shen Lingjun knew, Wei Yunluo was not well-liked in the Changguo Marquis's mansion. After Chu Tianming was exiled, she had even less status.

But the Chu family is a centuries-old clan with strict rules. Even if Wei Yunluo were to live a life of forced widowhood, she would still have to stay in the Changguo Marquis's residence and faithfully serve Chu Tianming. How could she possibly have that kind of freedom, wandering around outside all day, trying to seduce her former fiancé?

Doesn't the Marquis of Changguo's mansion care about her?

Shen Jingyang gave a wry smile: "What do you mean by 'wearing a green hat'? We're completely innocent; nothing happened between us..."

But Shen Lingjun's words also reminded him, making him think more deeply.

"Could it be that the Marquis of Changguo's mansion deliberately made her do this? To ruin my reputation and that of the Shen family?"

Shen Lingjun shook her head.

“I don’t think so. Although this would be a blow to you and the Shen family, if word got out, the Marquis of Changguo’s mansion would only lose more face. They wouldn’t do something that would cause them to suffer heavy losses themselves.”

The heir apparent was exiled, and his wife rekindled her old flame with her former fiancé, committing adultery. A huge green hat was placed on Chu Tianming's head... This was simply a slap in the face to the Marquis of Changguo's mansion, and they would only be ridiculed even more severely.

Marquis Changguo would never use such a foolish tactic to attack the Shen family.

Shen Jingyang couldn't understand: "What benefit could the Chu family possibly gain?"

Shen Lingjun couldn't figure it out either: "It's really a bit strange... I'll try to find out. You should observe the situation first, and try to avoid Wei Yunluo as much as possible. Be careful."

Shen Jingyang went back to tell Shen Wei about this, while Shen Lingjun returned to the Yongning Marquis's residence.

She has recently prepared a new batch of wound medicine that can minimize scarring, and she plans to send it to Mo Chonggui.

Although he was a man... well, not entirely a man, and having some scars on his body wasn't a big deal, Shen Lingjun still felt inexplicably uncomfortable when she saw the crisscrossing scars on his back.

If Mo Zhonggui wanted, she could also get some scar-removing medication to see if she could remove those old scars as well.

On this trip, I can also tell Mo Zhonggui about Wei Yunluo's recent unusual behavior and hear his opinion.

Shen Lingjun arrived at the Mo residence and saw that Mo Chonggui had just returned.

He looked travel-worn, and there were faint traces of blood seeping from his shoulder.

Shen Lingjun was taken aback: "You're injured again?... No, this is the same spot as last time. Your injury from last time hasn't healed yet?"

She went over to check and, sure enough, it was the same injury she had sustained on her shoulder last time. The wound must have reopened, which was why it was bleeding.

Shen Lingjun frowned: "It's been so many days and the wound has still reopened. Have you not been taking good care of your injury lately? Have you been running around outside the whole time?"

Mo Zhonggui didn't look at her, and said in a low voice, "The Talisman Master's banquet is in Bei Yi, so I can't rest properly at home."

Shen Lingjun wanted to ask him what the grudge was between him and Fu Shiyan, but then she thought that he would have already said what he wanted to say, so asking would probably be useless.

She just sighed and said, "Sit down, I'll re-bandage your wound. I brought some new medicine with me."

Mo Zhonggui glanced at her, her eyes seemingly showing some surprise.

Shen Lingjun was taken aback, only then realizing that her tone towards Mo Zhonggui just now lacked any of the previous reverence, and instead sounded as if she were managing him.

He was even ordered to sit down...

Shen Lingjun broke out in a cold sweat.

What was wrong with her that she dared to speak to the ruthless and murderous Lord Nine Thousand Years?

She didn't know when it started, but the impression of Mo Zhonggui, the "ruthless and merciless Grand Eunuch," gradually faded in her mind, and her fear of him also diminished, to the point that she could forget about him for a while.

However, judging from Mo Zhonggui's appearance, he didn't seem angry...

Shen Lingjun had no choice but to bite the bullet and pretend nothing was wrong, and began changing Mo Zhonggui's dressing as naturally as possible.

Mo Zhonggui saw that her expression was very complicated, and her eyes flickered as if she wanted to say something.

But when he finally spoke, it was on a completely unrelated topic.

“I recently went out and discovered that something is amiss with the Chu family.”

Shen Lingjun was eager to get down to business, so she quickly asked, "What happened to the Chu family?"

Mo Zhonggui: "When you treated Chu Tianming last time, you asked the Chu family for a consultation fee of one million taels of silver. Logically speaking, this amount of money should have greatly weakened the Chu family, but I found that the Chu family's financial situation was only briefly in crisis and quickly recovered. Now it can even be said that they are quite well-off."

Shen Lingjun asked in surprise, "Where did the Chu family get so much money all of a sudden?"

It should be understood that the Chu family is currently not favored or trusted by the emperor. Without power, they will not have many legitimate opportunities to make a fortune.

Mo Chonggui continued, "The Eastern Depot has discovered that Marquis Changguo may be in close contact with Western Qi, but Marquis Changguo is cautious and we haven't been able to find any evidence. However, recently, Western Qi seems to have a very detailed grasp of the military and political information of Northern Yi, exceeding what ordinary spies can find. There has been a recent incident of military secrets being leaked in the Northern Yi Ministry of War, and I suspect that it was given to Western Qi by the Chu family."

Shen Lingjun immediately realized: "You mean, the Chu family is making a deal with Western Qi, selling out their country for profit?"

Mo Chonggui: "I'm afraid it's not just about seeking wealth. Given the Chu family's ambitions, they probably have a deeper cooperative relationship with Western Qi."

Shen Lingjun suddenly remembered her purpose and quickly told Mo Zhonggui about Wei Yunluo's harassment of Shen Jingyang.

"...We are all wondering why the Marquis of Changguo's mansion allowed Wei Yunluo to do such a thing. Logically speaking, the Chu family should not be able to afford to lose such a great deal of face."

Suddenly, a thought flashed through her mind: "Do you think it's possible that the Marquis of Changguo's mansion sent Wei Yunluo here to use her past relationship with Shen Jingyang to get close to him and steal military secrets of the Shen family army from him?"

The Shen family army was the main force of the Northern Yi against the Western Qi, and the military secrets of the Shen family army were definitely what the Western Qi wanted most.

Mo Zhonggui nodded approvingly: "Very likely."

He thought about it for a moment.

"Then let Shen Jingyang play along. If the Chu family wants the military secrets of the Shen family army, then give them to them."

He was just worried about not being able to find evidence of the Marquis of Changguo's treason and betrayal, so how could he not take advantage of this opportunity that had come to him?