Chapter 41 Rumors

After hearing this, Xu Qingyan was speechless and said, "How can this rumor be so outrageous? Chen Feifei just came to give them a thank-you gift and visit the Duke's Mansion, how come it became that my husband wants to marry her? Who spread this rumor?"

Dan Yan was so angry that she said to Xu Qingyan, "Madam, how can they talk nonsense!"

Xu Qingyan calmed down for a while and said to Dan Yan: "I'm afraid someone spread this rumor on purpose. It doesn't have much impact on me, but I'm afraid it will be bad for Miss Chen!"

Xu Qingyan thought about it and instantly guessed that Xu Qingyue might have done this on purpose. She muttered, "If this rumor spreads like this, if Miss Chen doesn't marry the young master, then her reputation will be ruined. It can be seen that Xu Qingyue, who spread the rumor, not only ruined Miss Chen, but also wanted to make trouble for me?"

After returning to the Duke's Mansion, the Duke's wife called Xu Qingyan, Pei Jingchuan and others over. It turned out that even the Duke's wife had heard the rumor, so she called them over for questioning.

"Jingchuan, is what people say outside true?" The Duke's wife looked at her son seriously.

Now, Xu Qingyan had just married in not long ago. Even if her son wanted to take a concubine, he should have waited until her illness was cured. How could it be so soon? Could it be that her son really had fallen in love with someone else? If so, then her son was really too fickle. She had to teach him a lesson.

After hearing what his mother said, Pei Jingchuan explained to her seriously, "Mother, this is of course not true! That day, my son and Qingyan rescued Miss Chen together, and we have never had any private contact with her."

"Oh... so that's how it is! Then why did this matter spread so widely outside?" The Duke's wife breathed a sigh of relief and asked Pei Jingchuan in confusion.

"Mother, I'm afraid that someone is targeting Miss Chen. Someone wants to take the opportunity to ruin Miss Chen's reputation. If the young master doesn't take responsibility for Miss Chen, her reputation will be damaged." At this time, Xu Qingyan, who was standing aside, explained.

When the Duke's wife heard this, she instantly became angry and asked, "Who on earth is this person who is so mean? What grudge does she have against Miss Chen? Why would she want to ruin a girl's reputation like this?"

Hearing this, Xu Qingyan complained in her heart: [This is Xu Qingyue. Her husband wants to marry Miss Chen, but she just doesn't want Pei Jingyuan to succeed, so she asked someone to spread this rumor! ]

When the Duke's wife heard Xu Qingyan's thoughts, she was slightly stunned. If this was really done by Xu Qingyue, then she really deserves to be killed!

Immediately, the Duke's wife angrily ordered: "Qingping, the second young master's wife is pregnant recently. Is there no one to serve the second young master? Wait, listen to my instructions. Go and select two maids to send to the second room. Tell them that I arranged them to serve the second young master!"

The Duke's wife thought: Isn't Xu Qingyue jealous? Then I will send someone to serve Pei Jingyuan and fulfill her wish!

When Xu Qingyan heard what the Duke's wife said, her eyes suddenly widened, and her eyes were full of excitement. [Mother, you are awesome! This is going to be a good show. Xu Qingyue is having a conflict with Pei Jingyuan! At this time, mother sent two concubines to Pei Jingyuan. Judging from Pei Jingyuan's angry state, he will most likely accept these two concubines to piss off Xu Qingyue! Haha... I wonder if these two will fight! ]

After hearing Xu Qingyan's thoughts, the Duke's wife smiled gently and thought: It feels really good to be praised by my daughter-in-law!

On the other side, Pei Jingyuan naturally also heard the rumors outside, but he did not immediately think that it was spread by Xu Qingyue. On the contrary, he thought that it was deliberately designed by Pei Jingchuan and others.

Pei Jingyuan was in the study at the moment. He was very distressed and didn't know how to solve this problem, but he would never let Pei Jingyuan marry Pei Jingchuan. Otherwise, the Chen family would become Pei Jingchuan's helper.

Although Pei Jingchuan only has two years to live, a lot of things have happened recently, making him increasingly unsure, and he always feels that something unexpected will happen along the way.

Just when Pei Jingyuan was feeling annoyed, the Duke's wife asked the nanny to bring two concubines she had selected to the outside of Pei Jingyuan's study.

"Second Young Master, Madam said that the Second Young Master's wife is pregnant and may not be able to serve you, so she asked me to bring these two concubines to you." The nanny respectfully pushed the two beautiful and graceful women in front of Pei Jingyuan.

"Did your mother ask you to deliver this?" Pei Jingyuan said in surprise after hearing what the old woman said.

The wife of the Duke doesn't seem like someone who likes to meddle in her own bedroom affairs, so why would she send two concubines to her for no reason?

The nanny said respectfully to Pei Jingyuan: "Yes, Madam specifically asked me to bring them directly to the Second Young Master, because she was afraid that the Second Young Master's wife would be jealous. Madam said that the Second Young Master's wife had a stomachache that day just because the Second Young Master talked to Miss Chen for a few more words. This is too hypocritical. Therefore, Madam asked the Second Young Master to accept these two concubines, so that the Second Young Master's wife will slowly learn not to be jealous and not let her down."

When Pei Jingyuan heard what the nanny said, how could he not understand that the Duke's wife came to send him a concubine because Xu Qingyue was jealous. In addition, with the nanny's reminder, he quickly figured it out. I'm afraid that the rumors about Pei Jingchuan and Miss Chen in the past two days were also made up by Xu Qingyue.

Instantly, Pei Jingyuan's opinion of Xu Qingyue deepened. So, he waved his hand and said to the nanny: "Let them stay here! Nanny, please tell my mother that I thank her for her kindness."

The news that Pei Jingyuan accepted the concubine naturally reached Xu Qingyue's ears.

At this time, Xu Qingyue and Zhou Pei Jingyuan had not reconciled since their last quarrel. This time, she was so angry that she threw a tantrum in the house, and used the same method as last time - stomachache, to trick Pei Jingyuan to come to Cuiyingxuan.

But this time, Pei Jingyuan was not fooled like last time. The reply that Xu Qingyue's people received was that Pei Jingyuan had already left the house early in the morning.

At this time, on the other side.

Pei Jingyuan did indeed leave the house in a hurry, and was heading towards Chen's house.

——Chen Mansion——

At this time, everyone in the Chen Mansion was distressed because of the rumors outside, and they even thought of letting Chen Feifei become Pei Jingchuan's concubine.

But this proposal was rejected by Chen Feifei on the spot. Chen Feifei felt that the young master and the prince's wife had saved her, so how could she become the young master's concubine? This would make the prince's wife unhappy! If she did that, wouldn't she be repaying kindness with enmity?

As for the false rumors spreading outside, she always believed that these rumors would be stopped by wise people, and one day the truth would be revealed and they would disappear.

But what she didn't expect was that before the rumors had died down, her marriage was hastily arranged by her own father.

——Chen Mansion Hall——

"Master Chen, I'm sure you must have heard the rumors spreading outside! In fact, it was my eldest brother and I who saved Miss Ling last time, but I don't know why the rumor got spread. My eldest brother is in poor health, everyone knows this, and he is now a young master, and your family background is not good enough. But now, if Miss Chen does not marry into the Duke's Mansion, it will affect her future reputation, and I'm afraid it will affect her marriage." Pei Jingyuan stopped talking halfway, looked at Master Chen's face and continued.

"I'm very sorry about this matter! However, I have a good impression of your daughter and am willing to marry her as my second wife. I'm the second son of the Duke's Mansion, and I know the truth of this matter. Naturally, I will not treat your daughter unfairly in the future." Pei Jingyuan sincerely expressed his idea of ​​marrying Chen Feifei to Mr. Chen.

When Chen's father heard Pei Jingyuan's words, he looked at him in disbelief.