Chapter 274: Qingyuan Hou Wants to Remarry
The Wei family has been in a lot of trouble recently, and the Yun family does not intend to continue to provoke Chunxi and cause more trouble.
After leaving the Wei family and sitting in the carriage, Yun Wantang's face looked a little ugly.
Before she left Beijing, she was very popular wherever she went. During the ten years in Wengzhou, she was a role model that the noble ladies of Wengzhou vied to emulate.
She is outstanding in both talent and beauty. After marriage, she is loved by her husband and has a pair of smart children. Which woman in the world could not envy her?
In the ten years since she left Beijing, she had been keeping in touch with the ladies of the aristocratic families in Beijing through correspondence, and she would send gifts back from time to time to try to bully Princess Hengyang and enhance her own presence. She had originally thought that after returning to Beijing, she would be able to quickly win over the hearts of the people and become familiar with these ladies of the aristocratic families so as to develop connections for her husband in the court. However, Cao Chunxi embarrassed her in public several times.
After returning to Beijing, not only did she fail to regain her former glory, but even her elder sister became cold towards her.
The disturbance Cao Chunxi caused at the Taifu Mansion a few days ago made everyone in the Mansion even more dissatisfied with her insistence on making Shen Qingchi the legal wife and even spending a large sum of money to redeem him from the Dali Temple.
This was completely different from what she had expected!
Recalling what had happened recently, Yun Wantang felt a surge of anger in his heart.
She won't let Cao Chunxi continue to be so proud!
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After Laba Festival, the New Year atmosphere becomes stronger. Chunxi is not only busy preparing New Year's goods, but also busy dealing with the people in the Marquis' Mansion. He is very busy every day.
Just after she had breakfast that day, someone from the Marquis' Mansion came and asked her to return to the mansion to discuss important matters.
The servant who came to deliver the message did not say what the matter was, but if Chunxi refused to go back, he would kill himself here today.
As the New Year was approaching, Chunxi didn't want to bring bad luck, so he packed up and took A Li and Uncle Hu back to the Marquis' Mansion.
All the Shen family members gathered in the main courtyard, even the Qingyuan Marquis, who usually didn't get involved in anything, showed up. It was quite a big scene.
Before Chunxi could speak, Marquis Qingyuan spoke first, "I asked you to come back today because Yaoniang is pregnant. I plan to welcome her home after the New Year. Yaoniang has been with me for many years, and I cannot treat her badly. Please pay more attention to the wedding."
Marquis Qingyuan had little affection for Mo and was also a lustful person. Chunxi had long thought that Marquis Qingyuan would remarry, but she didn't expect it to happen so soon.
She raised her eyebrows and looked at Shen Qingyue and Shen Qingyu.
Feeling Chunxi's gaze, Shen Qingyu immediately said unhappily, "Dad is talking to you. Why are you looking at me and my second brother?"
Chunxi narrowed her eyes and said calmly, "Nothing much. It's just that my father wanted to welcome a new bride into the family before my mother's body was even cold. I was worried that my second and third brothers would be sad. Now it seems I was overthinking it."
Chunxi's words were full of sarcasm, and Shen Qingyue and Shen Qingyu's faces suddenly sank.
While Mo's body was still warm, they naturally did not want Marquis Qingyuan to remarry. However, they had already lost the support of the Mo family, and the Marquisate had become an empty shell. Their only hope was the title of Marquis Qingyuan.
For the sake of the title, no matter how dissatisfied they were with Marquis Qingyuan, they had to keep it to themselves.
Ever since the family split up, Chunxi stopped interfering in the affairs of the Marquis' Mansion. Now, Marquis Qingyuan asked her to contribute money and effort to organize the wedding. Shen Qingyue and Shen Qingyu thought she would not agree, so they wanted her to be the bad guy.
In this way, they can use Chunxi to ruin the marriage, and they don't have to be alienated from Qingyuan Hou and his son, and get a reputation of being unfilial.
However, this time they made a wrong calculation. Chunxi readily agreed to the matter: "Since the second and third brothers have no objections, the marriage will be arranged according to father's request. This way, the Marquis's Mansion will have a mistress, and we won't have to look for a daughter-in-law for every matter in the future."
As soon as these words came out, Shen Qingyue and Shen Qingyu's expressions changed.
Shen Qingyu couldn't help but say, "Sister-in-law, you'd better think it through. Father wants to hold a grand wedding. In addition to the banquet, there are also betrothal gifts. The courtyard of the mansion also needs to be renovated and new things bought. There can't be any mistakes."
Chunxi nodded. "Since I've agreed to help Father with the wedding, I'll naturally do my best to make it perfect. Besides, there are so many elders in the mansion watching over it, so there's no doubt nothing will go wrong. If Third Brother is worried, you can join me in organizing it."
The last sentence hit Shen Qingyu's lungs.
His mother had only been dead for a few months, and as a son, he was already helping his stepmother organize the wedding. Was he still a human being?
Shen Qingyu glared at Chunxi fiercely, then turned his head to look at Shen Qingyue.
Shen Qingyue clenched his fists and said solemnly, "Third brother is just worried, not questioning the eldest sister-in-law's ability. I'll have to trouble the eldest sister-in-law to take care of the wedding."
Neither of them had any objections, and the Shen family naturally would not object either.
Chunxi is willing to help organize the wedding, and they can also take the opportunity to make some money, so why not?
After Chunxi left, Shen Qingyu couldn't wait to find Shen Qingyue: "Second brother, are you really going to let that woman and the bastard in?"
The vixen named Yao Niang was born a prostitute. Although she had been redeemed by Qingyuan Hou a long time ago, she could not be seen in public. If she really became their stepmother, it would be difficult for them to discuss marriage in the future.
Shen Qingyu's face was filled with anxiety. Shen Qingyue glared at him, "It's still early for the wedding. No one knows what tricks Cao Chunxi will play. Why are you so anxious?"
Shen Qingyu couldn't hold it in any longer. He said anxiously, "Cao Chunxi has never been an ordinary person. And she just said that now that the Marquis' Mansion has a new mistress, she can legitimately stop caring about this mess. What if she is willing to facilitate this marriage just to make things difficult for us?"
A cold look flashed in Shen Qingyue's eyes, and after a while he said quietly, "The old man was willing to let that vixen marry him because of the child in her belly. If the time comes, wouldn't it be better to get rid of the child and put the blame on Big Brother?"
Shen Qingyue did not want to frame Chunxi, but to frame Shen Qingyuan.
Shen Qingyu immediately figured out the seriousness of the situation and immediately lost his anxiety. He said happily, "Second brother, that's a good plan. We can wait and see what happens then!"
When Shen Qingyuan got home from work, Chunxi immediately told him about this.
Shen Qingyuan wasn't surprised that Marquis Qingyuan was going to remarry. He just asked in surprise, "He has another child?"
"Yes, my father personally took people to Huichuntang to check Xi's pulse." Chunxi nodded and asked, "Is there anything wrong with this child?"
"This child is not his."
“…”???
Is my father-in-law being cuckolded?
Chunxi was so shocked that she lost her voice. Then she heard Shen Qingyuan say, "Mrs. Mo gave him a potion that would kill him. Otherwise, how could they have let him hang out with a vixen for so many years?"
“…”!!!
No wonder, Mo’s move was so cruel!
Chunxi quickly recovered from her shock and calmly analyzed the situation: "This Yaoniang has been with my father for many years without any official status, and now she suddenly has a child. My husband, do you think there is someone behind her?"
Shen Qingyuan didn't answer directly, but only said: "I find that Madam is indeed talented in solving cases."
Chunxi grinned and said, "No, no, I just learned the basics from my husband."
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