Madam Wang looked at her son and said with dissatisfaction, "Didn't you say before that you were clean outside and hadn't done anything shameful? Why have you become like this now? How did the Imperial Censor know you had a woman outside? Not only did he know there was a woman, but he also knew that she was pregnant. How could the Imperial Censor be willing to marry his daughter to you now? If a concubine's son was born before a legitimate son, that would be the most ridiculous thing in the world. Do you still think that you can do whatever you want now that you are capable? I see that you two brothers each have your own ideas. As your mother, I really can't do anything with you."
After hearing this, Wen Tingxun lowered his head and said nothing. But who would have thought that after doing this, he would be sent to the Imperial Censor.
Wen Tingxun stood aside and defended himself, "Mother, this matter is really... I never thought that the Imperial Censor Liu family would actually investigate these things. I have been keeping it secret on a daily basis, so I'm afraid it won't be easily discovered."
Seeing Wen Tingxun say this, Madam Wang became even more dissatisfied. She looked at Wen Tingxun and said, "It was already harder for you to find a husband than for other men. Now you have finally found a husband of equal status, but something went wrong like this. It's a good thing that the marriage has fallen through. If the Imperial Censor reports this to the Emperor, do you still want to be an official?"
Wen Tingxun now understood the seriousness of the matter. With a sinister look in his eyes, he slowly said, "Mother, I understand now, but right now, I don't know what to do."
"What do you want me to do with you? And that woman is pregnant now, so I can't just send her away easily. Otherwise, I'd just give her some money and send her off. You're really driving me crazy." At this point, Mrs. Wang was furious and said coldly, "Now that the marriage that was planned is gone, I don't want to help you two brothers plan for it anymore. I'm old now, and it's time for me to take care of myself."
Seeing this, Wen Tingbai quickly responded, "Mother is right. What you're doing now is truly disgraceful. Although I brought a concubine back with me, I did so after my wife entered the family. Unlike you, your second brother, you actually let your concubine get pregnant at this time. If this gets out, the reputation of our Zhongping Marquisate will be ruined."
Wen Tingxun looked at his brother and said coldly, "Brother, do you think our mansion still has a good reputation? Hasn't it all been ruined by you? You've ruined your own reputation and you're bringing trouble upon me, your brother."
Seeing the two people arguing, Madam Wang started to talk about something amiss. "The Liu family was willing before, but now, just a few days later, why are they investigating Xun'er? I don't know what's going on. Such a good marriage... What a pity."
"My son heard that Liu Yuyuan, the daughter of the Censor who was originally married to the Pingyuan Marquis's mansion, didn't like the match and asked the Censor's men to investigate. Liu Yuyuan was good friends with Song Wanning, and she must have heard Song Wanning say a lot of bad things about the Marquis' mansion, so she started investigating the Marquis's affairs and found out about my current affairs outside." Wen Tingxun said, looking up at Wen Tingbai with dissatisfaction. "If it weren't for my eldest brother's misconduct, there wouldn't be so many problems later."
Wen Tingbai was also dissatisfied when he saw this. He immediately said, "Now such a good marriage is about to be completed. It's not you who failed to seize the opportunity. Why are you blaming me now?"
Wen Tingbai's expression was unhappy, and he turned his head away. Then he realized something was wrong and said coldly, "I've met Liu Yuyuan before. She's not a scheming person, so how could she come up with such an idea? Xun Ge'er is always cautious in his actions, so I'm afraid this won't be so easy to find out."
After Wen Tingbai's reminder, Wen Tingxun immediately discovered the clue. "Big brother is right. Although Liu Yuyuan was dissatisfied before, she didn't come up with such a plan. So, Liu Yuyuan has always been good friends with the Prime Minister's wife, and the Prime Minister's wife has a close relationship with our Marquis' Mansion. I wonder if Liu Yuyuan went to the Prime Minister's Mansion to ask for advice, and then went over here to find the girl I'm hiding in the alley outside."
When Madam Wang heard about Song Wanning, she also had a gloomy face. "How could our family be so unlucky? Song Wanning has divorced and remarried, but why is she still clinging to our family like a dog-skin plaster, unable to get rid of her? Now her life is better, but she just wants to make things difficult for our family."
Wen Tingxun clenched his fists upon seeing this. "I'm afraid I haven't offended her in the past, but I never thought she would ruin my plans like this. To be frank, she's relying on the respectability given by the General's Mansion and the Prime Minister. In the future, I'm afraid we can't say how long this respectability will last. We can only wait for the day when she falls from her high position and laugh at her."
After hearing this, Wen Tingbai pondered inwardly that Song Wanning had ruined Wen Tingxun's marriage, completely offending the Zhongping Marquisate. However, the Zhongping Marquisate had no way to resist the Prime Minister's Office. If Yin Yichen lost power in the future, the scoundrels under him would surely rise up and attack him.
Of course, these are all things that happened later. Now the prince is still thinking about winning over the prime minister and the general's office, so naturally he needs more efforts from his subordinates.
At this moment, Wen Tingbai thought of Guan Surong whom he met on the street that day. Guan Surong was born with a pretty face, unlike Song Wanning who was like a flower on a mountain top and kept people away from her.
Wen Tingbai thought that he could not hear a single word of the resentful words that Mrs. Wang said in her ear.
After both of them left the main hall, Wen Tingbai went to the study to wait for the servant who had gone to help him investigate to reply. His wait was not in vain, as the servant returned with news not long after.
"Second Master, I've already gone outside to find out for you. The girl I met that day turned out to be the biological daughter of Old Madam Song's niece. Unfortunately, Second Master also knows that Old Madam Song is General Song Jing's stepmother, and naturally, a stepmother's niece isn't that close. This Miss Guan did live in the general's mansion for a while, but later she did something inappropriate and was kicked out."
Wen Tingbai became interested when he heard this, and immediately asked, "What's inappropriate?"
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