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

Chapter 54

Shen Yue and Lin Bao'er were caught off guard and dumbfounded.

"Waaah!" The two children burst into tears and ran back into Lin Bao'er's arms.

"What are you going to do?" Lin Bao'er hugged her son tightly, extremely angry. "Sister, if you want to hate someone, hate me. If you have any problems, come at me. I beg you, please don't hurt the child."

Yun Xiyue smiled and said, "Didn't the princess hope that I would teach the child well? I did, but you felt sorry for him while also criticizing me, his legal mother, for not disciplining him. So what do you want me to do?"

The two children huddled in their mother's arms, crying, "Mommy, Daddy, we didn't skip class... We'll never do it again, please don't be angry..."

Looking at the child's swollen little hands, Lin Bao'er felt extremely distressed and wished she could tear Yun Xiyue apart.

"Don't cry, don't cry... If you all go to school obediently from now on, Mommy won't be angry anymore."

Shen Yue gestured for someone to take the child downstairs first.

“If there’s nothing else, I’ll go back. If you need me to teach the children, just let me know, and you can send them to me so I can teach them myself.”

Seeing how cautious and wary they were of her, Yun Xiyue found it amusing. "I promise that in three months, the children will be transformed and become prodigies."

Lin Bao'er was furious. "My lord, look at her... the child absolutely cannot be sent to her to raise."

Shen Yue coldly rebuked, "How can you teach children like this? They are still young, and you keep hitting and scolding them. This is not teaching children, it's being vicious."

"Just now, the Marquis said I hadn't managed the household well, and my sister said I hadn't disciplined the children properly and hadn't been a good wife and mother. Now I've done everything you said, and you're still not satisfied and instead call me vicious."

"If you think I'm wicked, then let's get a divorce!"

Shen Yue's face darkened. Was this a threat?

"Shut up! You're always talking about divorce. What kind of wife is like you?"

Yun Xiyue sneered, "Does the Marquis think I'm unworthy? Does he intend to demote his wife to a concubine and make her the Lady of the Marquis's Mansion?"

Her eyes were mocking and sarcastic.

Shen Yue found it particularly glaring, and suddenly felt like he couldn't catch his breath.

"I'll leave the Marquis's residence now to make room for Princess Nanqiang," Yun Xiyue said, getting up and quickly leaving.

Upon hearing this, Madam Li and the Dowager Lady rushed over to persuade her, "Yue'er, go and stop her. We can't let her leave the Marquis's residence."

Shen Yue was unwilling, but he knew that if she ran away from home at this time, the emperor would be even more dissatisfied with him.

"Yun Xiyue, have you made enough of a scene?" He chased after her and grabbed her wrist. "Take your things back to me."

"You think I'm making a scene?"

"Since you feel that nothing I do can satisfy you, I'll leave and won't get in your way." Yun Xiyue shook off his hand.

Shen Yue rubbed his brow. "That's not what I meant."

I hope you can understand me.

Yun Xiyue sneered, "Where did I not understand your situation, Marquis? You were punished by the Emperor for your poor performance and forced to kneel. If I hadn't gone to the Prince of Qin's residence to plead with the Prince to enter the palace on your behalf, would you have returned unscathed?"

Shen Yue: "..."

"I helped the Marquis, but not only is he ungrateful, he also looks down on me at every turn. Humph!"

As she spoke, she covered her face as if she were crying sadly.

Shen Yue's face turned ashen. "I never said that. Can you just shut up and stop making a scene?"

Granny Cao angrily stepped forward to block his way, "My lord, please spare our lady! She has sacrificed so much for you. Since you don't like her, then let her go."

Qingmei continued, "That's right! Madam Mingming was doing this for the good of the two young masters, fearing they wouldn't be able to make friends since they've just arrived in the capital, so she instructed me not to let anyone disturb them."

"Madam Lin knew all along that the two young masters were skipping school but did not teach them anything. She brought it up precisely when the Marquis was in a bad mood. Wasn't she deliberately trying to anger the Marquis and make him reprimand her?"

"Stop talking, whatever I say or do is wrong. Let's go!"

He left the Marquis's residence without taking anything with him.