There was a hint of smile in his eyes, but it quickly disappeared.
He asked, "Are you worried that your wife will go to Prince Jin's Mansion and have a conflict with Zheng'er's wife?"
Xiao Yuanshi smiled bitterly, "Yes, then the Vice Governor's Office will lose face again."
He didn't have any hope at all that Shi Qingluo would never let Ge Chunru go.
Old Master Xiao said, "That's for sure. Zheng'er's wife is very protective of her shortcomings. Your wife used to bully her mother-in-law and Zheng'er's siblings. She will trample on your wife's face whenever she gets the chance."
Then he changed the subject, "But this is actually an opportunity."
Xiao Yuanshi was puzzled, "What opportunity?"
The old man reached out and patted Xiao Yuanshi on the shoulder, "An opportunity to change your wife."
"Anyway, the ladies in North City haven't met your legal wife yet, so it doesn't really matter whether it's Ge Chunru or Liu Ru who attends the banquet."
"You and Zheng'er have already severed your relationship, and someone will have to inherit this Deputy Governor's Mansion in the future."
"Zheng'er and Erlang are both strong-willed. Even if you give it to them, they won't want it."
"So you have to give birth to another legitimate son. Liu Ru is about to give birth, so why not let her be your legal wife? Ge Chunru demotes his wife to a concubine, which will just solve your urgent problem now."
After hearing the old man's words, Xiao Yuanshi fell into deep thought.
The more I think about it, the more it makes sense. This way, all my recent troubles can be easily solved.
Moreover, although he did not really believe in the unlucky star and the bad luck in life, he still felt a little taboo and disgusted with it.
If Ge Chunru continues to be his legal wife, will his luck get worse and worse?
After a moment, he nodded and said, "Okay, I'll listen to Dad."
This way his parents won't keep nagging him and then report him to Prince Jin or expel him from the clan.
And now Liu Ru does look more like a legal wife than Ge Chunru.
Old Master Xiao nodded and smiled, "That's right, you have really done your best for Ge Chunru."
"If it were any other man, he would have divorced his wife long ago after being cuckolded by her. He would never have let her act so arrogantly."
Xiao Yuanshi also agreed with this point, "Dad is right."
In addition to the bad luck in his life, what annoyed Xiao Yuanshi the most was being cuckolded.
Regardless of whether Ge Chunru was set up or not, she and Zheng Tongfeng were seen being intimate by so many people.
So he hadn't touched her since that incident.
One day she pestered him to stay overnight, and he did, but he really had no interest in her anymore.
Because whenever they were intimate, she couldn't help but think of the time when Zheng Tongfeng hugged her and kissed her, and she felt a little disgusted.
So he didn't touch her that day and slept normally that night.
Xiao Yuanshi sighed, "I just don't know how to tell her."
His wife was demoted to a concubine, and Ge Chunru didn't know how to make a scene.
Old Madam Xiao couldn't help but rolled her eyes at Xiao Yuanshi, "Look at how useless you are. Who is in charge of this family, you or that little bitch?"
"Of course I demoted my wife to a concubine because she made so many mistakes. What do you have to be afraid of?"
Xiao Yuan felt a pain in his heart, "I'm not afraid, but after all, the feelings we've had for so many years are not fake, so I can't open my mouth."
Old Madam Xiao sneered: "You and Kong had feelings for each other when you first got married, but in the end you spoke up for Ge Chunru."
"I think you were drugged by her, and you lost your mind when you encountered her."
Seeing Xiao Yuanshi's ugly face, Mr. Xiao gave the old lady a look and said, "Okay, the second brother knows what to do."
The old lady curled her lips and said, "Okay, I won't say anything."
Mr. Xiao asked Xiao Yuanshi, "After coming to North City, who is the housekeeper?"
"Originally, I had asked Liu Ru to be the housekeeper in the capital, but she was pregnant and it was not convenient, so I handed her back to Ge Chunru."
Mr. Xiao said meaningfully: "Then before you say anything to her, go check the accounts in the mansion first."
Xiao Yuanshi saw that the old man had something else in his words, "Dad, are you afraid that she will take the money from the mansion again?"
"No way. After arriving in Beicheng, I only put a few thousand taels in the account."
This is to prevent Ge Chunru from secretly taking money for subsidies again.
I had previously taken two thousand taels and asked someone to deliver it to Ge Chunyi and informed him in advance.
Since he was the one who got Ge Chunyi to go mining, he agreed to accept the two thousand taels.
Mr. Xiao thought for a moment and asked, "You are now the deputy governor of North City. Doesn't anyone send you money?"
He reminded, "Be careful and check it out."
Xiao Yuanshi knew his father's temper. He would definitely not say that unless there was something wrong.
"Dad, did you hear something?"
Old Master Xiao sighed, "On the way, I heard Zheng'er's wife say that Prince Jin sent someone to give Zheng'er money, but they refused."
"Zheng'er's wife said that since they have given money to them, they will most likely give you some too."
"So I'm afraid that your spendthrift wife will take money she shouldn't take, and then it will implicate you."
This is indeed what Shi Qingluo said.
The money that Xiao Hanzheng and his wife didn't dare to accept must be too hot to handle, and his son couldn't accept it either.
These words made Xiao Yuanshi's face change, and he stood up directly, "I'll go check it out now."
He really didn't expect that Prince Jin would give money to Xiao Hanzheng so quickly.
What does Prince Jin want to do with such an obvious show of goodwill? As long as Xiao Hanzheng is not stupid, he will definitely not accept this money.
He didn't know whether Prince Jin's Mansion had sent any money to the Deputy Governor's Mansion, but he didn't see it anyway.
But I was still worried, afraid that Ge Chunru would accidentally take it.
Mr. Xiao also thought this was a big deal, "Okay, then go quickly."
Then he seemed to remember something, "Second Brother, the Ge family already knows about your plan to let Ge Chunyi go mining."
Xiao Yuanshi was stunned for a moment, "How did you know?"
He wasn't playing dumb. Since the old man knew it, there was no point in him denying it.
Mainly, he was surprised. How did they know that?
Old Master Xiao did not say that it was the old woman who said this. He said, "Ge Chunyi said this to Ge Chunru in front of us that day."
This is indeed true, but Ge Chunyi only said it because his old lady brought up the matter.
"Because of this incident, Ge Chunru and his sister must have some estrangement and resentment towards you. You should know this in your heart."
The reason why he said this deliberately was not only to remind his son to beware of those two people, but also to make his son completely determined to demote his wife to a concubine.
It is definitely not a good thing to have a wife who resents him.
If it was a concubine, the possibility of causing trouble would be much smaller.
After all, a wife has much more rights than a concubine.
This time Xiao Yuanshi listened and said, "Okay, I understand."
He narrowed his eyes. No wonder Ge Chunyi never called him brother-in-law from the time they met until he left with his sister. It turned out that he knew.
(End of this chapter)
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