Demoted from wife to concubine? Reborn, the mistress of a noble family plots another high-status mar

Chapter 15

Yes! Why aren't they there?

Not only the Shen family found it strange, but everyone else was puzzled.

Old Madam Shen's voice was quite loud, and everyone heard it.

"Your Majesty, my grandson and granddaughter-in-law have been fighting on the frontier for the past five years and have made great contributions. Why haven't they been rewarded?" She couldn't help but stand up and speak out for her grandson.

Shen Yue hurriedly said, "Grandmother... as a citizen of Great Wei, it is my duty to protect our home and country."

"We are all protecting our country, it's unreasonable that others get rewards while our family doesn't! Why should we?" Old Madam Shen persisted, determined not to let the matter rest until the Emperor gave her a reasonable explanation.

Everyone looked at the Emperor, equally puzzled.

Murong Yu smiled and said, "What the Grand Madam said is correct. Today's celebration banquet is the perfect opportunity to reward those who have contributed. Everyone has worked hard to protect the territory of Great Xia. This time, the victory over Marquis An of the Southern Qiang Kingdom was indeed a great achievement. However, before this, I received a memorial impeaching Marquis An for treason."

“Lord Anjun and Princess Nanqiang were together for many years while they were fighting, and they had three children. This cannot be explained by Princess Nanqiang’s amnesia.”

Shen Yue's expression changed slightly, and he hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, I really didn't know that Bao'er was the Princess of Nanqiang at the time. After she was injured and lost her memory, she didn't remember her identity either. General Chu and others can testify to this."

"A woman who is injured and has lost her memory, yet knows martial arts and can fight—don't you find that strange? Haven't you investigated it?" Murong Yu chuckled.

Upon hearing this, General Chu immediately replied, "Your Majesty, when Marquis An was attacked by enemy troops, it was Princess Nanqiang who helped repel them. Afterwards, Marquis An brought Princess Nanqiang into the military camp, saying that she was his wife, which is why we did not investigate. We believe Marquis An."

"However, during the great war between the two countries, the Southern Qiang princess did indeed fight bravely against the enemy."

They did conduct an investigation, but they simply trusted Lord An.

He absolved himself of all responsibility with just a few words.

Shen Yue sensed something was wrong.

“Your Majesty, I am willing to stake my life on this: Bao’er has truly lost her memory, and I have absolutely not colluded with the enemy or betrayed the country. If I had colluded with the enemy, the Southern Qiang Kingdom would not have withdrawn its troops. On the contrary, it would have been our Great Xia that was defeated.”

Murong smiled and said, "Yes, I do not doubt the loyalty of Marquis An. Now that the two countries are at peace and the Southern Qiang princess has come to marry him, it is a win-win situation."

"However, you had a child while the two countries were at war, and someone has accused you of treason. In order to convince the people and avoid giving others a handle to use against you, I think this reward can only be put on hold for now. We will make a decision after this matter is investigated. Lord An, Princess of Nanqiang, what do you think?"

Lin Bao'er claimed to be there for a marriage alliance, but the Southern Qiang Kingdom made no such gesture, even deeming Shen Yue despicable and shameless for abducting their princess.

They were very dissatisfied that Lin Bao'er had used them to threaten the Southern Qiang, which led to their defeat.

Shen Yue was resentful, but there was nothing he could do. Someone had already reported him for treason, and he might be treated as a real traitor, which would mean the destruction of the Shen family.

"I accept the decree."

Lin Bao'er dared not have any objections, as her position as a general in the military camp had been revoked long ago when her identity was discovered.

They entered the palace with great joy to receive their rewards; everyone received a gift.

Only they don't have it.

The Shen family returned home dejected.

"How could it have turned out like this? Didn't you say you had explained things to the Emperor?" Madam Shen said angrily.

"His Majesty believes we did not treason, otherwise Bao'er and I would never have been able to return to the capital unharmed." Shen Yue didn't know what had gone wrong.

Madam Shen felt that Yun Xiyue must not have served Eunuch Liu properly that day. Eunuch Liu was a favorite of the Empress Dowager and had served the late Emperor.

Both the emperor and the empress dowager relied heavily on him.

The original agreement was that as long as they sent Yun Xiyue to the palace to serve him, he would guarantee to stop the memorial impeaching Shen Yue for treason and ensure it would never reach the emperor.

"I'll go find him."

Shen Yue found it strange, "Who is Grandmother going to see?"

Seeing this, Madam Li quickly stopped the old lady, saying, "No one, the old lady is just confused from anger. You should all go and rest!"

Shen Yue wasn't in the mood, so he went back to Baohua Garden first.

The old lady said angrily, "It's all Yun Xiyue's fault. She must have offended Eunuch Liu."

Only the two of them knew about sending Yun Xiyue to curry favor with Eunuch Liu.

Madam Li felt that since things had come to this point, there was no need to make a fuss anymore. "Mother, let's just keep this to ourselves! Qinghe has been imprisoned by Yun Xiyue. She probably saw through our plan long ago, which is why she escaped that day and didn't go to Eunuch Liu's place at all."

"That's impossible! Qinghe said she saw people carrying her away with her own eyes."

Li said, "That little hussy Qinghe is unreliable; she might have been lying to us from the beginning."

“Yun Xiyue didn’t mention this. I think she probably doesn’t know that we’re going to send her to the palace to be played with by Eunuch Liu.”

They had originally planned to drug Yun Xiyue and give her to Eunuch Liu to play with, in order to please the old eunuch and thus protect Shen Yue and the Shen family.

Once Yun Xiyue has been played with and lost her virginity, Shen Yue can then legitimately demote his wife to a concubine.

With the Southern Qiang princess as the principal wife, the three children were rightfully the legitimate heirs.

The Yun family will feel guilty about this and will obediently give them money to spend, and Yun Xiyue's dowry will all become theirs.

The plan to kill two birds with one stone failed in the end.

Madam Li felt it was a pity, "This time the scheme didn't succeed, but there will always be opportunities in the future. Now that Yue'er and the others haven't received any rewards, the Marquis's mansion needs Yun Xiyue."

"Hmph, but she's not listening to us now. She's unwilling to give us money to spend. She's a shameless slut who doesn't know what's good for her. I really can't tolerate such a lowly person anymore," Madam Shen said with a venomous glint in her eyes.

We need to find a way to make her obey as soon as possible.

The best way is to ruin her reputation and make her a slut.

This way, they can control the Yun family, and in the future, the entire Yun family will belong to their Marquis's Mansion.

......

"Go away...go away...not just anyone can come into our Marquis's residence."

"This is the eldest son of the Yun family, your wife's brother. He's here to see your wife. Please inform him."

The servant of the Marquis's mansion remained disdainful, "What eldest son of the Yun family? Our lady is an only daughter, the Yun family only has one daughter, where would she be a brother? If you want to establish a connection, you should at least get your facts straight."

"This is the Marquis of Anjun's residence, not a place where you can run wild. If you don't leave, I'll have your men thrown out!" The servant pointed at the plaque behind him with a thumbs-up, his brows furrowed and eyes wide, and even spat.

"you......"

"Afu, let it go." Yun Xiaohan stopped his servant.

"Young master, they've gone too far. They're so condescending. Miss must have suffered a lot of grievances marrying into such a family," Afu said angrily.

"Big brother."

Yun Xiyue returned from the palace and happened to witness this scene.

"Madam..." Upon seeing this, the servant of the Marquis's mansion hurriedly came over, "This servant did not know that this is your brother. It was my fault for being so blind."

“As a servant of the Marquis’s mansion, you are so ignorant of manners. I think you don’t need to stay in the Marquis’s mansion.”

"Slap him, and sell him!" Yun Xiyue said coldly.

"Madam...you can't treat me like this, I'm the old lady's person..."

"So you're saying you treated our family like this because the old lady instructed you?" Yun Xiyue sneered, then grabbed the coachman's whip and lashed it across his face. "Slandering the old lady is an even greater crime. Tie him up and hand him over to the old lady for her to deal with."

Seeing this, Yun Xiaohan's eyes showed surprise, "Yue'er..."