Chapter 173: The Vicious Eldest Daughter (38)

“And this one.” Wen Wan walked toward a beautiful woman holding a child. “How beautiful is this girl? How old is she? She doesn’t even look as old as me. How can she lie? She said this child is my younger brother. How could someone as young and beautiful as you be interested in my old man, my father?”

Chu Feng: "Chu Huang!"

"Father, why are you angry? I'm just exposing this for you. If word gets out that you slept with such a young girl and had a newborn illegitimate child, your reputation will be damaged."

This woman's mentality was clearly different from Lingyun's mother's. After all, she had hooked up with Chu Feng immediately after his marriage and waited for more than ten years, which showed how patient she was. This woman was different; she was completely seduced by Chu Feng because of his lust.

"Your Highness, spare me! Your Highness, spare me! Please, Your Highness, spare my child! I will take my child far away from you in the future and never come to your side again."

She rushed to Wen Wan's feet, and Wen Wan quickly helped her up. "What are you doing? Am I that cruel? What could I possibly do to your son? I think this child is beautiful and cute. Not only will I not do anything to you, I also want him to be my godson. It just so happens that I, the princess, do not yet have any children. What do you think?"

The woman was so terrified that she couldn't even bring herself to kowtow.

"You're not lying to me, this child really is my father's?"

woman:"……"

"Enough!" Chu Feng's face turned ashen. He hadn't expected these two to be so ruthless, bringing all his mistresses and children with him. Moreover, the guard was from the Prince Xi's mansion, which meant that the Prince Xi was also aware of it.

If he doesn't handle it well, it could lead to serious problems.

However, if they stubbornly refuse to admit it, these people will likely fall into the hands of Chu Huang and Liu Qiyu, and none of them will survive. After all, they are his own flesh and blood, and this is forcing him to accept it.

"Huang'er, do you really have to force your father like this? Your father has always been so good to you, spoiling you since you were little. Do you really want to force your father?"

Madam Chu pulled Wen Wan behind her. "Alright, Chu Feng, you say you dote on Huang'er, yet you keep these women outside and have so many illegitimate children. I'm afraid you can't spoil them all, can you? A prime minister of a nation, don't you feel ashamed?"

"That's how it is. The divorce papers are signed. I, Liu Qiyu, have absolutely no relation to you, Chu Feng. I'm not worried about Huang'er finding a husband. I've also brought my dowry list. I don't want what's been used, but I'll take everything that's left, including all the profits generated from my dowry. After the divorce, I won't care about you anymore. You can take a concubine if you want." Looking at Chen Xin, Liu Qiyu sneered, "Whether you want to take a third, fourth, or fifth wife, or bring these illegitimate children to your Chu family ancestral hall to be recognized as ancestors, I, Liu Qiyu, will have no objection. Otherwise, if this gets out and the people find out, or even the Emperor finds out, I'm afraid your position as Prime Minister will be over."

Chu Feng: "..."

Threatening, Madam Chu was threatening Chu Feng. Madam Chu was not a good-tempered person to begin with, and now the more she looked at Chu Feng, the more upset she became. She felt that she must have been blind back then, with so many people wanting to marry her, she had to choose such a piece of trash.

Then he looked at the group of elders and said, "I am determined to divorce you today. From now on, it depends on whether the Prime Minister's Mansion is willing or has the money to support you."

The elders: "..." Who would have thought that Chu Feng had planted such a huge bomb, with seven or eight beautiful mistresses of all kinds, and a group of illegitimate children.

Moreover, if the two really divorce, will the Prime Minister's Mansion still be able to support them?

The Liu family is no longer the same Liu family it used to be.

"Don't worry, Qi Yu, your uncles and elders support your divorce." So these fence-sitters immediately switched sides, and this group of people were best at lecturing. They took turns pointing out a lot of Chu Feng's faults to support the divorce.

In the end, Chu Feng relented.

"I agree to a divorce."

The elders swallowed hard, their throats dry, and watched as Chu Feng signed the divorce papers. Wen Wan had someone bring them over and handed them to Madam Chu—no, she shouldn't be called Madam Chu anymore.

Then they started reviewing the dowry list. Wen Wan directly summoned Wang Yaozu, who was shrewd with the abacus, and said, "Don't let me miss a single bit. This is all my mother's private property."

Wang Yaozu nodded, "Yes, Your Highness, please rest assured, I guarantee that not a single coin will be shortchanged."

They quickly began to calculate the accounts.

It has to be said that the dowry that Madam Chu brought into the Chu family was quite substantial. Just hearing about it made Wen Wan feel that there was so much money. She really didn't understand why, with so much money, she could just live a peaceful and comfortable life as a rich woman. Why would she tolerate a scumbag who was having affairs with other women?

However, quite a lot has been spent; half of the dowry has already been used up.

However, what she found out was shocking: the Prime Minister's mansion was incredibly poor. Almost all of its profitable businesses were under Madam Chu's name. Looking at her scumbag father, whose face was ashen, Wen Wan felt heartbroken for him.

Even though he had risen to the position of prime minister, he still relied on his wife's money to bribe his superiors and subordinates. He was truly an honest official.

"I've finished checking. Madam, is there anything I've missed?"

Liu Qiyu shook her head. "No."

This couple had no idea that she was such a victim, using her money to support other women and have illegitimate children. How could she have been so blind? She was even competing with Chen Xin's daughter for Chen Xin's affections. According to the daughter, when you find one cockroach, there's actually already a cockroach nest.

Although I've never heard of cockroaches, this statement is absolutely true.

"And those maids and servants I bought, those who are willing to come with me, I will take them with me as well."

As a result of this shout, I suddenly realized something very embarrassing.

Because the indenture of Chen Xin's personal maid was also in Liu Qiyu's hands, Liu Qiyu looked at Chen Xin and said, "Forget it, I'll give this maid to you. I don't dare to use maids who have been raised to be docile."

Having resolved the issue, Liu Qiyu left with her daughter, while the group of women and their illegitimate children were all left behind. "Yaozu, bring people tomorrow to move things according to the register, and also go find the steward and have him arrange these maids and servants."

Wang Yaozu: "Yes."

Wang Yaozu glanced at the ashen-faced prime minister and scoffed.

He despised the prime minister from the bottom of his heart. He had heard rumors that the prime minister was a good man who doted on his wife and daughter. Even though his wife had no children, they had been loving and affectionate for decades. Who would have thought that while Madam Chu had not given birth, the women outside had given birth to several children.

He's not even as henpecked as his father.

If his father dared to take a concubine and have a bunch of illegitimate children, his mother would probably break his legs and throw him out.

After leaving the Prime Minister's residence, Wen Wan breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing her mother. She quickly supported her, asking, "Mother, are you alright?"

“Mother is fine, and I’m at ease. I want to see how he’ll support this bunch of people without me.”

"Yes, they deserve it. You can keep laughing at them from now on."

"Um."

...

Early the next morning, Wang Yaozu led his men to the Prime Minister's residence, along with the steward of the Prince Xi's residence. Chu Feng was not there; perhaps he didn't want to come out and deliberately said he wasn't there, but what did that matter?

A large number of people were moving in and out.

The large boxes of dowry were carried out of the Prime Minister's residence, attracting the attention of the surrounding people.

What happened?

"Madam Chu and Prime Minister Chu have divorced. These are all Madam Chu's dowry when she entered the family."

"Divorce? How did they get divorced? Didn't they say they had a great relationship?"

Then the storytellers from Wen Wan's faction started to take effect, "This is all fake. You don't know, Prime Minister Chu is just pretending. Didn't he want to elevate his concubine to a secondary wife a few days ago? Madam Chu got angry because when the Prime Minister was penniless and a poor scholar, he asked to marry the daughter of the Liu family, a noble family. The marriage contract stated that he could not take concubines. Now that he has a concubine and an illegitimate daughter, he still wants to elevate her to a secondary wife. This has already violated his original promise. Madam Chu was angry and went to the Prince Xi's mansion to find her daughter."

"Isn't it normal for a man to have three wives and four concubines? Besides, Chu Sisi is a divine physician and a female official who treats the emperor and empress dowager. It would be reasonable for her to elevate her own mother to a secondary wife. There's no need for a divorce. Madam Chu is too petty and jealous."

This was also someone Wen Wan found.

"That's what Madam Chu originally thought too. After all, they've been married for decades. Even though she's angry, it's not a reason for divorce. Who would have thought that a son born out of wedlock, only a year or two younger than the Princess Consort of Xi, would suddenly come knocking on her door? He's actually a protégé of the Prime Minister and has visited the Prime Minister's residence several times."

"Wow~ only a year or two younger, wasn't that when Madam Chu had given birth to her daughter, and he told everyone that he wouldn't mind if Madam didn't have a son?"

"Yes, that's why Madam Chu fainted from anger. The Princess Consort was furious! So she asked Prince Xi to help investigate. And what she found was shocking. They discovered more than a dozen women, all of whom were mistresses that Prime Minister Chu kept outside the palace."

"Holy crap, he's been keeping over a dozen women on the side?"

"Not only that, there are more than a dozen illegitimate children. The youngest woman is only eighteen years old, and she is holding a crying baby in her arms."

The common people finished eating the melon while the two of them were talking.

This is absolutely shocking.

"Because of this incident, Madam Chu attempted suicide several times, but was saved by the Princess each time. The Princess was extremely disappointed in the Prime Minister. In order to allow Madam Chu to escape her pain and live on, she arranged for her mother to divorce him."

"The princess is so filial!"

"That Prime Minister Chu is such a scoundrel! I've also heard that he was penniless back then. Madam Chu was a daughter of a wealthy and powerful family, and she was even a junior to the Empress Dowager. There were plenty of men of equal social standing to marry into the Chu family. Prime Minister Chu even wanted to marry into the Chu family to show his affection, but Madam Chu said it would hinder his future career. That's why he married into the Chu family with a grand dowry. I've heard that the money Prime Minister Chu used to support these women's illegitimate children all came from Madam Chu's dowry."

"This is outrageous! How can they be so shameless? Madam Chu is in such a terrible state. Just think about it, now that Madam Chu's only daughter has married Prince Xi, what will happen when that illegitimate son passes the imperial examination and becomes an official? In the future, the Prime Minister's mansion will belong to the illegitimate son, and he might not even be able to keep Madam Chu's dowry."

"This Prime Minister Chu is utterly despicable. How could such a person be the Prime Minister of our Mingzhou? He is utterly immoral and unworthy."

"..."