Chapter 1206: The Meal Replacement Lady is Not Likeable (21)
Yuan Shicai raised his eyebrows at him for the first time, changing his previous solemn and serious look, and said with a smile: "Yes, I lied to you. Xu Ge'er is not my child, but the tenant farmer's in the village. So what?"
Zhan Shulin was so angry that his face turned red: "How can you say that so confidently? Do you know how shocked, horrified, sad and painful I was when I heard that it was your child with another man... How could you just joke with me like this? It's not funny at all!"
Yuan Shichu snorted and said, "I am only giving you a taste of your own medicine. I am letting you experience for yourself how I felt yesterday when I found out that you brought back a pregnant woman. Now you know. There is no such thing as true empathy. Only when people experience the suffering of others personally can they understand and sympathize with others. How can a simple apology make up for the heart you hurt me yesterday?"
When Zhan Shulin heard her words, he was speechless. He opened his mouth but could not refute. Finally, he said dejectedly: "Yuan Shichu, you win. You bad woman, you have taken advantage of me..."
Yuan Shichu said confidently: "Didn't you ask me to punish you yesterday? This is the punishment."
Zhan Shulin glared at her hatefully, then suddenly hugged her tightly, pressing her into his arms, and said through gritted teeth, "Yuan Shichu, you really have the ability to make me love and hate you at the same time!"
When the maids around saw this scene, they smiled at each other and quietly went out, leaving behind the couple who loved and hated each other.
"Men and women should not touch each other. We are about to divorce. Don't hug me." Yuan Shichu poked Zhan Shulin's waist with his slender white fingers and said deliberately.
Zhan Shulin was so angry that he laughed. He hugged her tighter and said viciously, "It's too late! Your innocence has been tarnished by me. There is no other way out except for me to take responsibility."
"Hmph..." Yuan Shichu didn't continue to argue with him because he had just played a bad trick on him.
After the commotion, it was already dark, so Zhan Shulin stayed at the farm for one night. The next day, he wanted to trick Yuan Shichu into returning to the Zhan family, but Yuan Shichu finally had an excuse to move out and live his own free life, so of course he was unwilling to go back early. Therefore, he rejected Zhan Shulin's proposal and reminded him that there was a "mistress" at home waiting for him to deal with.
Zhan Shulin felt guilty and had to go back to the city alone in dejection. Before the problem with the mistress was resolved, he did not have the confidence to let Yuan Shichu go back.
Yuan Shichu and the couple Zhan Shulin had two quarrels and then reconciled. The quarrels did not affect their relationship in the end, but Yuan Shiwan and Ji Xinbai were not so lucky.
After Yuan Shiwan came to Yuan Shichu for help but failed, she returned to her parents' home, hoping that Yuan's father and Wang would help her find a solution. However, she never expected that when she returned to her parents' home this time, she did not find help, but instead found a love rival.
It turned out that when she returned to the Yuan family that day, she told her parents in distress that the Third Prince had broken his promise and was going to marry a concubine. She hoped that her parents would help her think of a way to prevent the Third Prince from falling in love with someone else.
Yuan's father really wanted to help his daughter, but he couldn't think of any useful way. Since he held a low official position and had no real power, he couldn't give his daughter the confidence to be the only one favored. Therefore, he could only sigh and advise his daughter to accept the reality and be more generous, as long as he could ensure her position as the legal wife.
Wang, the stepmother, had only had a face for her stepdaughter, and was not sincere to her at all. So when she heard that the third prince was going to take a concubine, her first reaction was not to worry about her stepdaughter falling out of favor, but a sudden thought came to her: since the third prince was going to take a concubine, why couldn't he take a concubine who was close to her? Although she had a good relationship with this stepdaughter, she was not her biological daughter after all, and she might not be reliable in case of an accident in the future. But if the third prince took a woman who was closer to him, wouldn't that be better for her?
Wang suddenly understood what was going on! The Third Prince was going to take a concubine anyway, so wouldn't it be better if he took his niece from his mother's family? His niece from his mother's family was related to him by blood, so she was better than this stepdaughter!
So Wang, who had something on her mind, comforted Yuan Shiwan absent-mindedly, but in fact she was already calculating in her mind which niece from her mother's family would be more suitable to be the concubine of the third prince.
So half a month later, Wang openly sent a niece from her mother's side to the third prince's mansion in the name of accompanying Yuan Shiwan and helping her solve her problems.
Wang Tong is Wang's niece. Before she entered the Third Prince's household, she had already received hints from her aunt, asking her to find ways to get close to the Third Prince. Wang Tong was naturally overjoyed. After all, with her family background, it was very difficult for her to marry a young man from an aristocratic family, let alone a person of noble birth like the Third Prince. Therefore, this time she had the opportunity to get close to the Third Prince, even as a concubine, she would be more than happy to do so.
"Second cousin, your aunt is very worried about you. She is very concerned, so she asked me to come and see you and talk to you to relieve your boredom. I hope you won't blame me for bothering you..." Wang Tong looked very worried about Yuan Shiwan.
Yuan Shiwan looked at this "cousin" who she was not familiar with, with a somewhat stiff expression. She did not understand why her stepmother asked her to accompany her, when she was not close to her. She could only smile politely at Wang Tong: "How could that be? I am very happy that you can come to accompany me. I am sorry that I have made my mother worried. I am unfilial. Actually, I am fine... Cousin, please stay here. If there is anything wrong with the hospitality, please do not be polite to me..."
At this time, she really thought that her stepmother just asked Wang Tong to accompany her and relieve her worries. Until the third prince came to find her, Wang Tong used her clumsy and superficial seduction methods on the third prince.
Yuan Shiwan was extremely stunned, shocked and angry. She quickly sent the Third Prince away, and then angrily questioned Wang Tong: "Cousin! What did you mean just now? That's my husband, your cousin's husband! He's not some random man you can hook up with..."
Wang Tong felt a little guilty, but she quickly argued: "Second cousin, I am doing this for your own good. The Third Prince is going to marry a concubine. What if he is won over by her? I want to become the Third Prince's concubine to help you solve your problems and win over the Third Prince. In the Third Prince's mansion, you and I are a natural team. Instead of letting the Third Prince take in women from other camps, which will make you weak in the mansion, it is better for me to take the position of a concubine and fight for you..."
Yuan Shiwan couldn't believe that Wang Tong would say such a thing. She was clearly trying to steal her husband, but she had the audacity to say it was for her own good.
(End of this chapter)
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