Shen Zhaoshu continued, "She is the eldest daughter-in-law of the eldest son of the Rongguo Mansion. If nothing unexpected happens, her son will inherit the title.
Poisoning her was a revenge for you, but in the eyes of others, it was just a fight between two families. What you did was without any justification, it was just a fight between two families.
Without the support and sympathy of the people, and the person you poisoned is the eldest lady of the Duke's Mansion, how can you get away with this?"
In fact, Shen Zhaoshu wanted to say that this mansion is full of palace servants, and everything they do may be directly reported to the emperor. While Shen Yu's symptoms have not yet reached the level of madness, they should stop immediately.
He also thought about how the girl ignored Chen Yu when he first entered the mansion, probably because he wanted to find Madam Handan as soon as he opened his mouth, and since it was about Madam Handan, she was naturally the first priority for these palace people.
Jiang He said, "The roots of this mansion are crooked. The old Duke clearly has a legal wife, Madam Handan. Just hearing her name, you can tell how beautiful she was in her time, but what's the use? She has been alone in an empty room for so many years.
The old Duke and his concubine had lived their entire lives like a married couple, and their two sons were all born to the concubine. He had the entire household treat the concubine, surnamed He, with the same respect as the principal wife.
I am the housekeeper now, but I inherited this housekeeper power from the concubine, Old Madam He, and she was the one who chose me. Isn't it funny that Old Madam Handan had nothing to do with it from the beginning to the end? Which respectable lord would act like this?
"Speaking of which, isn't this even more ruthless than the later generation of Xiangguo Duke Ye Zhou's favoring his concubine and killing his wife? Somehow, not many people are talking about it. Maybe it was a turbulent time, with constant wars and conflicts, and no one cared about this."
Shen Zhaoshu thought to herself: This is really unfair to the old Duke. How dare he touch the person entrusted to him by the late emperor, who was also a person with the fate of the Black Phoenix. The Heavenly Master was struck to death by lightning.
The woman in the He family is not a concubine at all, she is the legal wife. It's quite unfair.
Then Jiang He said, "If the upper beam is crooked, the lower beams will be crooked. The old Duke was like this, and the current Duke is also keeping a mistress outside. He has been keeping this mistress for almost ten years. Everyone in the mansion knows about it, except Chen Yu.
Over the years, I have seen that his heart is leaning more and more towards the concubine. In the past, he spent most of his time in the mansion, but now it is difficult to see the Duke in the mansion, so he has to go to the concubine's courtyard to look for him.
If Chen Yu did not have a son and a grandson, her child would have the title of the eldest son and grandson of the eldest branch of the family. In addition, Chen Yu had used money from her mother's family to please people from various branches over the years. I am afraid that according to the Duke's favoritism towards his concubine, he would have divorced his wife long ago.
There were too many things that could be found to accuse Chen Yu of, and the Yongding Marquis's Mansion could easily find two or three of them and return her to being a concubine. It would also not be difficult for the Rongguo Mansion to find fault with her and divorce her.
I heard that the concubine also gave birth to a son, who is only six or seven years old, only one or two years older than the Duke's legitimate grandson in the mansion. The Duke didn't know about it before, but now he loves the concubine's son very much.
I'm the housekeeper. Whenever there's something good to be shared in the mansion, the Duke takes the eldest wife's share and always gives it to the concubines.
In his early years, because his eldest son had a reputation as a flower and bird master, he wanted to wait until he got married and had children, so that his reputation would improve before requesting the title. However, in the past two years, the request for the eldest son to be named Crown Prince has been delayed. It is hard to say what the Duke is thinking.
Chen Yu's son and daughter-in-law were also spineless. Seeing that their father favored the concubine, they were afraid that the Duke would not ask for the title of Crown Prince for him, so they also tried to curry favor with the concubine.
They treated the young lady outside better than their biological mother, Chen Yu. Last time, they bought a jade screen for the young lady in the name of their biological mother's debt. It seemed that Chen Yu went back to her parents' home to ask Yongding Hou for the money. She thought it was a gift from her son and daughter-in-law, but they had no money and could only buy it on credit.
In fact, she was sent to my father's mistress. The jade screen was too big, so the manager had to send it in a carriage that I had temporarily dispatched.
This family often gathers in the courtyard of the concubine. The two of them are so sweet that they call the concubine "mother", leaving their biological mother Shen Yu alone in this mansion.
The concubine is obviously a generation younger than us, about the same age as them, so they can call her that.
The little grandson had already been taught by his grandparents, father and mother to call the concubine "Grandma".
Tell me, with such a husband and children, if Shen Yu was really poisoned and became stupid, would anyone stand up for her? "
Shen Zhaoshu said: "If that's the case, I'm afraid the Duke and the concubine will also want to kill someone with a borrowed knife, so why do you have to be that knife?
Then they will kill two birds with one stone, getting rid of Chen Yu and having something to hold against you, the housekeeper.
Even though your husband is not very talented, he treats you well. So your second branch is being controlled by the first branch. Why is this necessary?"
Jiang He remained silent.
Shen Zhaoshu asked, "Where does the concubine live and what is her name?"
Jiang He asked, "What are you going to do?"
Chen Zhaoshu said, "Check the accounts. Since Chen Yu is already a bit foolish, people can trick her into doing things. I'm afraid that some of the money may have gone through some other channels, either directly to the address of this outer residence, or to someone in the outer residence, and finally the Yongding Marquis' Mansion paid for it after many twists and turns."
I have names and addresses, and I have to check. The jade screen you just mentioned isn't in my account, so I have to find out what's going on."
Jiang He said, "Her name is Dong Rou'er. She seems to be from a thin family in Yangzhou."
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
