Chapter 133: Taking her as a Concubine
Zhao Shiwen was taken away by the Duke's wife and others, and the court doctor came to bandage her wounds.
"Don't worry, madam. It's nothing serious. She just needs to rest for a few days and she will be fine. Now, she fainted because she was so angry. She will wake up naturally after a while." After treating the wound, the court doctor told the wife of the Duke about Zhao Shiwen's condition.
The Duke's wife finally breathed a sigh of relief. After sending the court doctor away, she ordered people to take good care of Zhao Shiwen, while she went to the hall to deal with Xu Qingyue's matter.
Just now, on the way back with Zhao Shiwen, Xu Fengping complained to the Duke's wife that Xu Qingyue wanted to drive them out and forced Zhao Shiwen to drink contraceptive soup. Then Pei Jingyuan's sleeping with Zhao Shiwen was naturally exposed.
After hearing this, the Duke's wife was furious. She sent someone to inform the Duke and call Pei Jingyuan back.
At this time, the British judge was sitting in the hall with an angry face. Pei Jingyuan and Xu Qingyue were both kneeling on the ground, while Xu Fengping was sitting aside wiping her tears with a handkerchief.
"Asshole! You ignored all my words! If you want women, just pick two concubines. How can you touch Xu Qingyue's cousins! If this gets out, will we still have any shame?" The Duke of England scolded Pei Jingyuan in anger.
The Xu mother and daughter were just guests, but ended up losing their reputation in the Duke's Mansion. If this matter were to spread out, people would only criticize the Duke's Mansion for having chaos in its backyard.
Pei Jingyuan knelt on the ground and honestly admitted his fault: "Father, this is my fault, please punish me!"
Pei Jingyuan knew that he would never escape punishment this time. Perhaps if he admitted his mistake with a better attitude, his father would forgive him.
At this moment, he only blamed Xu Qingyue for making a big deal out of it. If she hadn't forced Zhao Shiwen to hit his head against the pillar, this wouldn't have turned out like this.
"Is it enough that you were wrong? Now, you have slept with a good girl, haven't you ever thought about taking responsibility? If this hadn't happened, would you have planned to keep it a secret?" The Duke of England continued to scold.
Although Pei Jingyuan admitted his mistakes very well, he did not mention taking responsibility for Zhao Shiwen, which made him very dissatisfied. How could a grown man be so irresponsible!
Xu Qingyue understood what the Duke meant, and she felt anxious. She twisted the handkerchief in her hand tightly, trying to stop him, but she found that she couldn't find any reason at all.
After hearing what the Duke said, Pei Jingyuan had no choice but to grit his teeth and say, "I am willing to take responsibility. I will do whatever my father tells me to do. I didn't say I would take responsibility for my cousin first because my father had previously said that I was not allowed to take a concubine. I was afraid that my father would be angry, so I originally planned to talk to him later when I had the chance, but I didn't expect something like this to happen today."
"Are you blaming the Duke? Is it because the Duke forbade you to take a concubine that led to what happened today?" As soon as Pei Jingyuan finished speaking, the Duke's wife laughed awkwardly.
When the Duke of England heard this, his face turned even uglier, and he cursed again: "Useless thing, you are always shirking your responsibilities! Tell me, what are you going to do now?"
Pei Jingyuan was scolded by the Duke until his face turned red and he stammered, "I...I will take my cousin as my concubine."
Hearing this, the Duke of England said with a cold face: "How come taking a concubine is unfair to you? You look like you were forced to do this. Since you did such a shameless thing, why didn't you think about the consequences?"
"I..." Pei Jingyuan felt extremely embarrassed when he heard that.
No matter what he says now, the Duke of England will think he is wrong.
Xu Qingyan, who was watching from the side, was so happy that she couldn't hide her gloating in her eyes, [This Pei Jingyuan is really interesting! He obviously got a bargain, but he still acted like he was wronged! Now he has a beautiful concubine, his backyard will be lively in the future! Originally, the palace fighting plot would not appear until the later stage, but now it will probably be brought forward. In the future, Xu Qingyue will have other fighting targets, so she shouldn't bother me anymore! After all, I, a cannon fodder, should stay away from her. As the saying goes, I won't offend others if they don't offend me. That's right! I have to stay away from them in the future, so that when she and Zhao Shiwen go to war, I, an innocent person, won't be harmed. ]
The Duke of England and his wife were shocked when they heard this. Palace fighting? Will Zhao Shiwen cause unrest in the harem after she is brought in? If so, they are really a little hesitant! However, Pei Jingyuan has indeed ruined the girl's innocence. If they don't bring her in, and Xu goes out and talks nonsense, it will ruin the reputation of their Duke's Mansion. That's it! Let's arrange Xu Qingyue and Zhao Shiwen to be farther away from now on!
Then, the Duke of England and the Duchess of England looked at each other and nodded in understanding.
After Pei Jingyuan was taught a lesson, the Duke of England had him beaten with twenty sticks, which injured him again. He had just taken Zhao Shiwen as his concubine, so he had to abstain from sex for a short period of time.
Xu Fengping was naturally very satisfied with this result, but she didn't dare to show it. The Duke's wife arranged a relatively remote courtyard for Zhao Shiwen, which was at least half an incense stick's distance away from Xu Qingyue's courtyard.
Xu Fengping immediately moved Zhao Shiwen there. When Zhao Shiwen woke up at night, she found out that she had been made a concubine.
She was the daughter of a seventh-rank official who was sent to a distant place, but she could actually become the concubine of the illegitimate son of the Duke of Ying. For her, this was already a high-ranking marriage.
The mother and daughter celebrated in the house for a long time before she reacted and asked, "Mother, I have to win over the Second Young Master's heart now. This time, I became a concubine in this way, which is not glorious, and I also caused the Second Young Master to be beaten. I think he must be resentful. I have to go see the Second Young Master, otherwise I am afraid that I will fall out of favor in the future."
"You are right. In this Duke's Mansion, a man's favor is the most important thing. Today, you have offended Xu Qingyue. She will definitely bully you in the future. You must hold on to the Second Young Master's heart." Xu Fengping fully agreed with Zhao Shiwen's opinion.
So, Zhao Shiwen went to Pei Jingyuan's yard with gauze on her head.
At this moment, Pei Jingyuan could only lie on the bed after being beaten. Xu Qingyue was angry with him because of Zhao Shiwen's matter, and did not come to take care of him. In fact, there was no word of concern.
Originally, he felt a little guilty towards Xu Qingyue, but after seeing her attitude, he felt cold. He fell asleep on his stomach at some point, and then he woke up when he heard a woman sobbing. He looked up in confusion and saw a woman with gauze tied on her head, sitting beside him and wiping her tears.
"Wen'er, why are you here?" Pei Jingyuan asked after he saw who it was.
Zhao Shiwen choked up and said, "Second Master, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to expose our relationship. I don't know how Cousin Qingyue knew about it. As soon as I returned to the courtyard, she immediately sent a lot of people over. First, they fed me a bunch of random medicines, and then they wanted to kick me out of the house. I really couldn't bear to leave you, so I bumped into the pillar in a hurry! I didn't know that you would be punished for this, woo woo... It's all my fault. I'm sorry to you!"
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