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

Chapter 21

"Your Majesty, it is my honor that you, with your many duties, could come to see me."

"Just feeling honored?" Murong Yu raised his eyes and chuckled.

"And happiness..." Yun Xiyue said against her will, but in order to make him believe her, she showed an incredibly bright smile.

"She's a bit stiff," Murong Yu bluntly exposed her.

Yunxi Yue: ......

"Your Majesty, it's time to return." At this moment, someone outside urged.

Murong Yu stood up, turned around and looked at her, revealing a meaningful smile, "Madam Shen, take care of yourself."

After seeing the giant Buddha off, Yun Xiyue finally breathed a sigh of relief.

......

"Who did His Majesty go to see?" Prince Qin was curious as to why his father would be interested in coming with him to fetch his wife and daughter. "I was worried about Your Highness. I heard that Princess Qin was in trouble, and you turned pale." Murong Yu sat upright in the carriage, but his gaze was fixed on a figure outside.

The King of Qin followed his gaze and realized it was Yun Xiyue. He never expected that the two had any connection.

"This Mrs. Shen is quite strange."

"What's strange?" Murong Yu's lips curled up slightly.

"She clearly saved Rong'er, but she told others that Rong'er saved her. Isn't that strange?"

If it were anyone else, they would have wanted the whole world to know that she was the Princess Consort of Qin, so as to take the opportunity to curry favor with the Qin Prince's family.

But Yun Xiyue did not do that.

Murong Yu laughed, "She's a pretty smart woman, it's just a pity that a beautiful flower is stuck in cow dung."

King of Qin: "......"

Cow dung? Are you referring to Lord An?

Shen Yue walked out of the main hall and said, "Your Highness, please wait."

The King of Qin glanced at the person in the carriage, then quickly rode over to stop him. "My lord, I heard your two children went missing. Have you found them?"

Shen Yue sighed, "Not yet, Lord Li is investigating."

"I am very grateful to Princess Qin for saving my wife yesterday. It was my fault that she went into premature labor."

"I should have come to apologize much earlier."

The King of Qin laughed and said, "It's nothing, just a small favor. My lord, you should go find the child. I'll be going now."

Shen Yue cupped his hands in greeting, "Your Highness, please take care."

"This Marquis An is handsome and well-spoken, and he performed well in battle. Why did His Majesty call him cow dung?" The Prince of Qin turned to look at Shen Yue, thinking that Shen Yue couldn't be that bad!

On the contrary, Yun Xiyue, the daughter of a merchant, marrying An Junhou can be considered a step up for her.

Murong Yu sat in the carriage, while he rode a horse to escort him.

"He was already married, but he remarried at the border and even had three children. Do you think he was truly fighting for the cause?"

"A man who is not good to his bedmate is not necessarily a good man, no matter how good he is."

The King of Qin choked up, "Your Majesty is wise; it was my oversight."

The affair between Marquis An and the Southern Qiang princess at the border was indeed unfair to Yun Xiyue, but in the eyes of others, it was no big deal for a man to take a concubine.

The King of Qin himself didn't like this, but he couldn't control other men.

When employing people, he only considered whether they could contribute to victory in the great war, be loyal to the emperor and serve the country, be good at fighting and bravely kill the enemy.

Lord An performed well in all aspects on the battlefield; he was both brave and resourceful.

However, no matter how outstanding one's performance, if the emperor dislikes one's character, one will likely not be given important responsibilities, and one's career will come to an end.

......

"My lord, there's news."

"The other party has learned the identities of the two young masters and is demanding that the Marquis's mansion pay 100,000 taels of silver to ransom them."

Shen Yue's face darkened. "One hundred thousand taels? That's outrageous! What kind of human traffickers dare to be so brazen?"

"They don't seem like human traffickers. My subordinates think they're kidnappers. They seem to harbor a lot of resentment towards the Marquis's mansion, saying that Madam Lin tricked them."

The secret guards have already made contact with the kidnappers, who are extremely agitated. When they mention Lin Bao'er, they seem to want to strangle the child.

"Where is the person?" Shen Yue was worried about the child and planned to go rescue the person first. It was impossible for him to come up with 100,000 taels of silver.

"On the back mountain of Wanxiang Temple."