Wei Hanzhang only found out about this matter when he went to pay his respects to Jiang the next morning.

My first thought was actually that it was funny. How jealous could he be that he couldn't wait to ask the Chen Guogong Mansion to take the things away overnight?

She felt so happy in her heart that she wanted to run to the next room and hug that man immediately, but she was kept back by Jiang.

Jiang waved her round fan in her hand and said, "Today is the day when your sixth sister comes home. You have always been close to her, so why don't you go and talk to her?"

"...You're always thinking about going to the next door?" She smiled and reached out to touch her daughter's forehead, saying angrily, "They say that girls can't be kept when they grow up. You're not that old, so why can't you be kept?"

Wei Hanzhang was reminded and then she remembered that today was the day when Wei Hanshuang came back home for the third time. She was so busy talking about love that she even forgot that her cousin came back for the first time after her marriage.

She was a little embarrassed to hold Jiang's arm and said, "Don't tease me, mother. There is no place where I can't stay. Am I not still by your side?"

Jiang was very pleased with her little daughter's coquetry. Just as she was about to say a few more words, she saw Nanny Zhou lift the curtain and come in, saying, "Madam, the Sixth Miss is here."

"Sixth sister is back?" Wei Hanzhang was overjoyed when he heard that. He let go of Jiang and trotted out.

When I raised my eyes, I saw Wei Hanshuang walking into the gate of Jingya Hall with two personal maids. Her hair was all tied up, and she looked like a dignified and graceful woman.

“Sixth sister!” Wei Hanzhang went up to her, held her hand, and looked behind her, asking suspiciously, “Where is my brother-in-law Shen?”

"He was chatting with grandfather and father in the front yard," Wei Hanshuang said with a smile, "I didn't see you in my grandmother's yard, so I came to see you at Second Aunt's place."

As she spoke, Wei Hanshuang bowed to Jiang and said, "Hello, Second Aunt."

Jiang responded and told the maid to serve tea while saying, "It's very hot outside, come inside and sit down."

The three of them entered the house. Wei Hanzhang sat close to Wei Hanshuang and asked with concern, "Sixth sister, are you used to going to the Shen family? Is your brother-in-law treating you well?"

"It's fine, Ranran, don't worry about me." Wei Hanshuang took a sip of tea and said slowly, "I don't rely on my husband's love to live. Since he has welcomed me as his wife, he should give me the face that a wife should have. We just need to respect each other."

"That's right," Jiang agreed, nodding her head and saying, "This is the mentality that a mistress of the house should have. Compared to you, Ranran is still a child."

"..." Wei Hanzhang was dissatisfied: "What about the cousin who is waiting to be my concubine? Is she an easy person to get along with?"

She asked directly. Upon hearing this, Wei Hanshuang was slightly startled. After a few breaths of silence, she said softly, "She did come to visit me once on the second day after the wedding. She looked weak and pitiful. It seemed that she was injured after the miscarriage. I'm afraid she won't be able to get pregnant again."

She looked a little reluctant, "This cousin's father's family is in Lingnan. Although the family has fallen on hard times, it is still a well-established official family. I never thought that this would happen to the eldest daughter of the family who was living with her uncle in the capital."

"I heard that after the incident, Lingnan got the news and sent the elders of the clan all the way to Beijing. They severed all ties with the daughter and the Yongchang Marquisate, and took her brother back."

Wei Hanzhang was stunned when he heard this, "So resolute?"

However, if we put ourselves in the perspective of her father's family, wouldn't they think that the Yongchang Marquisate is going too far?

Even though his family had fallen on hard times, since he was able to marry the daughter of the Yongchang Marquis, he must have once been prosperous.

The family's unmarried daughter was raised in her uncle's home in the capital, but she was coaxed into pregnancy by her cousin, who also injured her body and made her unable to get pregnant again, all just to become someone else's concubine.

For a concubine who cannot bear children, it is inevitable that her beauty will fade and her love will fade. Now perhaps Shen Yu still feels a little guilty towards this cousin, but since he can do such a thing as having an affair without a matchmaker, he must not be a very responsible man.

How long can this vague guilt last?

Isn't this a disgrace to others? "Yes, it's so resolute." Wei Hanshuang sighed, "A good girl from an official family has become an orphan concubine who can be manipulated by others, and her body has been injured."

"What a sin..." Jiang, a mother who raised two daughters, sighed, "When I was still in the boudoir, I saw the youngest daughter of the Yongchang Marquis's mansion. What a good girl. Who would have thought that she would marry far away and die young, leaving behind a pair of children... and end up like this."

As all three people in the room were women, they all felt a little sad.

"If her biological mother were still alive, how could she let her daughter degenerate into a concubine..." Even the status of a concubine requires the approval of her mistress. Wei Hanshuang felt a little pity in her heart and said, "I plan to officially make her a concubine in a few days. She is still living in the mansion awkwardly now, so we have to give her a status."

"Although everyone has compassion, you should not be too soft-hearted. Her fate today was her own choice, and you cannot be blamed."

"You are newly married, and it will be good for your reputation to take a concubine for your husband now." Jiang Shi had been immersed in the inner palace for many years and was well versed in women's tricks. She reminded him, "But you must remember to ask a reliable doctor to check her pulse to see if her body is really incapable of bearing children. Don't let him and his family fool you."

Since the young master of the Shen family could do such an embarrassing thing, he might not be a very disciplined person. It is not impossible that he really colluded with the court doctor to deliberately exaggerate the illness to make Wei Hanshuang feel sympathy and take his cousin as a concubine as soon as possible.

If Wei Hanshuang had taken into consideration the fact that her cousin was diagnosed with difficulty in having children and had not given her the contraceptive soup... and had ended up with a illegitimate son, that would have been truly disgusting.

"I know. Let's not talk about that." Wei Hanshuang had an old maid prepared by Qian Shi by her side. She had someone to help her with these inner house tricks, but she still smiled and agreed, changing the subject, asking, "Ran Ran will have her coming-of-age ceremony in a few days. This is a big deal. Have all the guests sent their invitations?"

Jiang smiled and said, "We have already distributed them all yesterday. We have invited all the families we know. You sisters can all come back to join in the fun."

Although Wei Hanshuang and her little cousin did not grow up together, they had a very good relationship in the few months they had spent together. Knowing that her marriage had been full of twists and turns, she felt very sorry for her and smiled and said, "My little cousin is coming of age, so of course I have to come back to congratulate her."

She did not mention that the Duke of Chen's Mansion asked her mother-in-law to send gifts within one day and then took the gifts back. For a girl in the boudoir, there is nothing more embarrassing than this.

After returning home this morning, when Wei Hanshuang learned about this from Qian, she even felt a little resentful towards her own mother-in-law.

(End of this chapter)