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

Chapter 408

When Shen Lingjun questioned Yin Bohong earlier, Madam Yin subconsciously replied that Yin Bohong was absolutely fine.

Judging from Madam Yin's resolute and unquestionable tone, it didn't seem like she was denying it out of guilt, but rather that she was truly confident and spoke with absolute certainty.

In other words, did Madam Yin really believe that Yin Bohong was absolutely capable of having children?

Her son clearly has a problem; he can't even have sex with his wife. Why is she so sure?

Shen Lingjun went through his memories and then recalled something Shen Lingxia had just said.

"Second sister, you just said that Yin Bohong isn't home every day, and only comes back to sleep in your room half the time?"

This also made her feel a little strange.

Yin Bohong did not enter officialdom when he was in Qizhou. What was he doing wandering around outside all day?

He's away from home for half the month; even the busiest governor of Kyoto wouldn't be this busy.

Shen Lingxia nodded: "Although he did not hold an official position, he devoted himself to scholarship, often made friends through literature, and traveled and studied with his literary friends."

Shen Lingjun: "..."

A man can have a million reasons for not coming home; that's quite refreshing and unconventional. Only Shen Lingxia would believe that.

Upon closer reflection, Shen Lingjun realized that Yin Bohong's problem might not be as simple as just erectile dysfunction.

It seems she'll have to investigate Yin Bohong again later.

Shen Lingjun checked the time. She and Shen Lingxia had been in the backyard of the shop for a long time. If they stayed any longer, they would be easily discovered.

Shen Lingjun then said, "I will investigate Yin Bohong again. I'll go first. When that old woman wakes up, just say that she suddenly fainted and you don't know what happened."

She gave the old woman the antidote to the sleeping potion, and then quickly left, leaving Hongqing to continue keeping an eye on the Yin family's movements, mainly to observe Yin Bohong.

A moment later, the old woman woke up on the ground in a daze and saw Shen Lingxia squatting beside her, looking anxious and worried with a perfunctory expression.

"Granny Hui, you're finally awake! ...You suddenly fainted, and you were unconscious for a long time. I couldn't wake you up no matter how I called you, it scared me to death!"

Shen Lingxia's acting skills were really not that good, but Granny Hui knew that Shen Lingxia didn't like her at all and wished something bad would happen to her, so she didn't doubt Shen Lingxia's rough performance.

Granny Hui asked in confusion, "Why did I suddenly faint?"

Shen Lingxia pretended to be stupid: "I don't know. When you entered this backyard just now, I only saw you sway and then fall down. Have you been working too hard lately?"

Granny Hui only remembered that everything went black and the world spun around her before she knew nothing more. Therefore, she didn't think too much about it and assumed that she was just getting old and her health was failing.

"This old servant is fine. Has Third Madam finished inspecting the shops? It's getting late, she should go back now. Otherwise, it's not proper for Third Madam to still be outside in the evening, and the Old Madam will be angry."

Granny Hui was always like this, accompanying Shen Lingxia out and watching her every move the whole time, while also interfering in this and that.

Shen Lingxia earned enough to cover the expenses of the entire Yin family, but no one appreciated her. No matter how much she did, it was all taken for granted, as she was making up for the debt she owed the Yin family for "not being able to have children."

While she manages the business outside, she is also bound by a whole host of Yin family rules. On one hand, she spends the money she earns, and on the other hand, they complain that she is showing her face in public, which is unbecoming of a woman, that she is full of money, and that she only has vulgar things like gold and silver in her eyes.

For the first time, Shen Lingxia felt that life in the Yin family was so suffocating, as if she had to depend on others' opinions even to breathe.

She gritted her teeth secretly, showing nothing, and simply said, "Then let's go back."

Ling Jun said she would continue to investigate, and she couldn't let the Yin family notice anything unusual yet.

Shen Lingxia was filled with regret at this moment. How could she have been so foolish as to break ties with her family and break the hearts of her parents and brothers?

If it weren't for Lingjun's initiative to help her, she would still be kept in the dark and would have to live this repressed and painful life for the rest of her life.

In fact, over the years, she had already regretted it and realized that Yin Bohong, whom she was willing to give up everything to marry, was not the ideal husband she had imagined, and the Yin family was not the elegant and noble scholarly family she had imagined.