Yin Yichen looked at it in surprise and opened the scroll in Song Wanning's hand. He saw a painting of a dignified and elegant woman. She looked pretty and indeed had some beauty.
Yin Yichen knew what the other scrolls contained without even opening them. He looked at Song Wanning and said, "So, could it be that Wu Junrou called the Madam over?"
"You also gave me so many portraits, I want to take a concubine for you." Song Wanning looked at Yin Yichen and said angrily, "Pick one, Prime Minister. These are all gifts from my aunt."
Yin Yichen saw the mockery in Song Wanning's expression and just smiled as he put all the portraits aside. "Why would we bother with Wu? She's just a woman who only wants to see the world in chaos."
Song Wanning looked at Yin Yichen, frowned and said helplessly, "Now that I'm married, if I don't have any contact with her from now on and give her a hard time, I'm afraid the reputation of the Prime Minister's Mansion will be further tarnished."
Yin Yichen listened to Song Wanning's words and said indifferently, "The reputation of the Prime Minister's Mansion is not good to begin with. If you have to flatter Wu Junrou just to save the reputation, you will only embarrass yourself."
Song Wanning listened to Yin Yichen's words, but she understood what he said. She looked at Yin Yichen and said calmly, "The Prime Minister suffered so much injustice in the past, and now Wu Junrou has used tricks to discredit her like this, accusing her of being ungrateful for raising her. I don't think there's any such logic in the world. Now that I'm married to you, I will definitely get back every bit of the injustice the Prime Minister suffered before, and let her know the price of bullying too much. Now it's just a soft knife hitting each other, and it depends on who loses control first."
Song Wanning was a determined person. Ever since Yin Yichen revealed his life story, she had felt sorry for him. Although he was now a powerful official, he hadn't bothered with villains like Wu Junrou. It was that family that had repeatedly provoked him, which was really too much.
Yin Yichen was moved when he heard Song Wanning say this, but he just held Song Wanning's hand and comforted her softly, "Now the Yin family is still afraid of me. They are afraid that I will suppress their son in the court, and they are afraid that I will be angry and make their life difficult. But Wu Junrou is an elder, and seeing that she can't control me, she can only go after the eldest lady. I am sorry for you in this matter. I swore to the general in the past that I would marry you and live a good life with you. But when you really married, I found that everything was restricted. I also asked you to be hypocritical with Wu Junrou."
"Which family doesn't have its share of bad debts? I'm not afraid." Song Wanning was now very proud. She looked at Yin Yichen and smiled faintly, "She's just a smiling Buddha woman. She's acting recklessly here because she's an elder. Since she wants to take a concubine for you, I heard that the master of the Yin Mansion only has four or five concubines now. Even if you add a few more young and beautiful ones, I'm afraid Master Yin won't mind."
Yin Yichen knew that Song Wanning had always been a resourceful person. He just looked at her and smiled softly, saying, "Madam, you are now very good at calculating people. Compared to me, you are really not much behind."
Song Wanning didn't say anything else, but unfolded the portraits one by one and looked at them carefully.
Wu Junrou was meticulous. Besides the girls' portraits, she also included their names, birthplaces, and dates of birth, even noting where their fathers worked. It seemed Wu Junrou really wanted Yin Yichen to take a concubine to upset Song Wanning, and she had found this concubine herself. If she ever married Yin Yichen, she would definitely be grateful to Wu Junrou.
It’s hard to say which side we will help at that time.
Song Wanning looked around and saw that the girls in the portraits were all more beautiful than the other, most of them were young and beautiful, around the age of sixteen. Song Wanning knew what Wu Junrou was up to. If she refused, she was afraid that there would be countless more portraits sent to her later.
Song Wanning had an idea in mind. She put the two beautiful portraits aside and said to Yin Yichen in a low voice, "Prime Minister, do you know what official positions the fathers of these two girls held? If their fathers' positions were not high, why would they want to be your concubines?"
Yin Yichen glanced at the portrait and said lightly, "They are all minor officials, working in the Hanlin Academy. I'm afraid they have been secretly communicating with my good uncle for a long time, hoping to get promoted with the help of these two girls."
Nowadays, no matter which family one marries, being a concubine is always considered dishonorable. These daughters of minor officials are all well-behaved, yet they still want to marry Yin Yichen. Firstly, it is because Yin Yichen has always been a man of extraordinary appearance, making all the girls in the capital flock to him. Secondly, it is because of his power in the capital.
Now that Yin Yichen holds power in the capital, those officials who want to please Yin Yichen will naturally find ways to do so.
Song Wanning now had an idea. She looked at Yin Yichen and said, "I have a good idea now. I heard that Master Yin is not an honest man. If it weren't for his good relationship with my aunt over the years, I'm afraid those concubines would have been taken in one by one."
Wu Junrou was a manipulative woman. Although her relationship with Master Yin wasn't particularly romantic, she was still holding onto Master Yin's power, preventing him from taking a concubine. The five concubines in the mansion were either gifts from other officials who found it difficult to refuse, or concubines taken in for the sake of career advancement.
Although he had many concubines, he never gave birth to a single illegitimate son or daughter. This shows that Wu Junrou was a resourceful person.
No matter how many means he has, he cannot stop Master Yin's lustful heart.
Song Wanning came up with an idea, and the next day she went back to Yin's house with a pile of portraits.
Wu Junrou had already prepared herself. Seeing her coming, she pretended to ask, "Good girl, I wonder what the Prime Minister said? Is there any of these girls that he likes?"
Song Wanning sighed and shook her head, saying, "The Prime Minister returned yesterday and only glanced at me casually before ignoring me."
"It's okay. I have repainted portraits of many girls inside. Why don't you take them back and let the Prime Minister choose carefully." Wu Junrou smiled faintly and pulled Song Wanning's arm into the house.
Song Wanning just looked at Wu Junrou and smiled faintly, "Aunt, I can't control the Prime Minister now, but I am also thinking about taking a concubine for him. I thought it would be better for you to pick out these girls. I will pick a few that I think are good and then show them to the Prime Minister. It would be a good thing. It would be even better if we could call all those girls to the mansion and see them with our own eyes."
Wu Junrou's eyelids twitched. She didn't know what Song Wanning was planning, but she could only perfunctorily say, "I have personally checked these girls, and they are all good."
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