Chapter 83 Old Husband Young Wife 2
◎I seem to have caused you some trouble, hehe...◎
After the original wife passed away, Tao was happily preparing to become the principal wife, but unexpectedly, the Minister of Rites did not mention it anymore.
Fortunately, she had previously helped the original wife manage the household. The dowry of the original wife was taken away by the children when they got married. Taichang Qing has spent too much money on women over the years and can only live on his salary now. Only someone as frugal as Tao can barely help him make ends meet.
Finally, two years later, when Tao could no longer live without her in the mansion and she became pregnant, she dared to make a scene with Taichang Qing.
Tao successfully became the principal wife, and then used all means to dismiss and sell off the four concubines, leaving only three who posed no threat to her.
Her tight financial situation was finally alleviated, but before she could tell her mother the good news, a young and beautiful woman suddenly appeared, claiming to be Taichang Qing's woman. She quarreled with Taichang Qing for a long time with her big belly, and finally stopped the vixen from entering the house.
The child was born dumb and even now, at the age of five, he still cannot speak and needs help with eating, drinking, defecating and urinating.
Tao had to look after her son, manage the household, and endlessly battle wits with vixens. She had no time to care about her gambling mother and just continued to send her some money every month.
Yan Yue listened to her accusing those "slutty bitches who want to fly to the branches", and couldn't help but persuade her: "Is it possible that someone else didn't seduce your husband?"
Tao paused.
Yan Yue explained: "It is said that flies do not bite cracked eggs. The fact that there are always women around your husband is enough to prove that he is not a man of deep affection and loyalty."
"That's not the case." Mrs. Tao defended the Minister of Rites, "You are not an official in the court, so you naturally don't understand these things. He holds an official position there, and he has many social engagements on weekdays, so he is always surrounded by beautiful women. He said that I am the person who understands him the most and cares about him the most in this world, and I am the only one in his heart forever."
Yan Yue disagreed, "He has never been a quiet person, so it's useless to say nice things! You see, when his first wife was seriously ill, he came to you. What's so strange about him treating you like this now? What you should do is not to deal with those women all the time, but to control your husband."
Tao's eyes turned red, and she said sadly, "How can I control him? He is an official appointed by the court, and I am just a woman in a deep house. Can I ask him not to go to court or attend social events?"
Yan Yue said indifferently: "If you are not happy, just divorce! Look at you, you are only twenty-five or twenty-six years old, but your face is full of fatigue. Even if you put on a thick layer of rouge, it can't hide it. What do you want to live like this? Don't worry about social events, vixens, and expenses. If you don't worry about them, your life will be comfortable!"
Tao was shocked that she said the word "divorce" so easily, and a defensive look appeared in her eyes: "You want me to divorce?"
Everyone at the table was shocked.
As the saying goes, it is better to destroy ten temples than to break up a marriage, but this woman actually persuaded people to divorce in public?
Yan Yue didn't understand why they were so shocked, so she shrugged and said, "Aren't you unhappy? It's never too late to regret in life. Doing what you really want to do and living the life you want happily are the most important things!"
After a long time, only Miss Jin smiled and nodded. But before she could say anything, Tao suddenly stood up with such force that the chair fell over!
"Everyone come and take a look! This little vixen is obsessed with my husband and is trying to get us to divorce!"
Yan Yue was dumbfounded, pointing at her nose and asking, "Fox spirit? Me?"
"If you are not a vixen, what are you? Your face is so pale, I wonder how much powder you put on! You actually came to the funeral of Princess Jing to seduce her, do you still have any shame? Everyone, please keep an eye on your husbands. I have seen many little vixens like this. They will do anything to climb up the social ladder!"
Bai Lubao had already put down his chopsticks, and out of a sense of responsibility for Bai Chen, he asked Yan Yue in a low voice: "Who is the husband of this shrew?"
Yan Yue said angrily: "How should I know?"
Seeing that Bai Lubao was tall and strong, and good-looking, Mrs. Tao said sourly, "Young man, don't be fooled by her! If your family is not prominent enough, she will never be sincere to you! At most, she will use you as a stepping stone to find a noble family with a higher family background!"
Bai Lubao was terrified and shook his hands to deny it: "Don't talk nonsense! I have no feelings for her..."
Yan Yue swung her arm and punched him hard without waiting for him to finish explaining. Tao didn't even let out a scream before he fell to the ground with stars in his eyes!
There were sounds of people gasping all around. Yan Yue shook her wrist and said contemptuously, "Quack."
Miss Jin swallowed her saliva and reminded quietly in the silence: "Miss, the one you hit was Madam Taichang Qing..."
Yan Yue asked back: "Is the Minister of Rites a high-ranking official?"
Miss Jin was even more shocked: Who is this person? A third-rank official, she actually asked back what kind of high-ranking official he was? ? ?
Yan Yue really didn’t understand, but since no one in the room answered her question, she didn’t feel comfortable asking any more.
The crowd was already in chaos, with many people running around. After a while, a short old man came running over, shouting, "Madam! Madam, what's wrong with you?"
Seeing an old man who was a head shorter than him standing in front of him and looking at Yan Yue, Bai Lubao thought: That's it?
The old man came over in a rage, but after seeing the culprit, his anger mostly dissipated. He did not help Tao up first, but asked Yan Yue politely: "My wife comes from the countryside, I wonder if I have done anything wrong and offended you, young lady?"
Seeing her husband's flattering behavior, Mrs. Tao angrily scolded Yan Yue, "You two have known each other for a long time, right? And you said you didn't want to seduce my husband!"
Bai Lubao thought to himself: It would be fine if he was a handsome man like Qi Zhaoyang, but he is actually an old man? Isn't this pure slander? He took a step forward and was about to "do justice" when another punch came from the side!
The white fist was like a flash of lightning, hitting the old man's nose directly, knocking him backwards and causing two of his already loose teeth to fall out!
The surroundings became quiet again.
Tao was stunned. She hugged Tai Changqing, whose mouth and nose were constantly bleeding, and screamed in horror: "What are you doing?!"
Yan Yue spread her hands innocently: "To prove to you, I don't want to seduce your husband!"
Miss Jin's eyes almost popped out of her head, and she couldn't help but whispered again: "Well, this is indeed very convincing. But... he is a third-rank official in the imperial court..."
Tao shouted angrily: "This fierce woman actually beat up an official in public. Everyone present can testify to this! Why don't you arrest this fierce woman quickly!"
At the funeral of Princess Jing, the guests were either rich or noble, and there were quite a few court officials and meritorious marquises. The Minister of Rites was beaten in public by his colleagues. It would be inappropriate to turn a blind eye to the beating.
After asking those around him who didn't know Yan Yue, a military officer took the lead and said, "You bold woman, you assaulted an official appointed by the imperial court. Do you know your crime?"
Bai Chen and Qi Zhaoyang stared at each other and waited for more than half an hour, but Yan Yue didn't come back. But neither of them wanted to say a word to the other. They just sat there and waited until the food got cold without them eating a single bite.
Just when Bai Chen was getting annoyed, he heard Xiaoqin running over breathlessly and saying, "Miss Yue got into a fight with someone!"
Bai Chen and Qi Zhaoyang came running in, just in time to see a group of generals slowly surrounding Yan Yue and shouting at him.
Yan Yue stood still in the middle of the scene, and said to everyone with contempt: "Do you know who my backer is?"
Bai Chen looked at Qi Zhaoyang proudly, then took a few steps forward in full view of everyone and came to Yan Yue's side.
"I am here."
Yan Yue smiled slyly: "I seem to have caused you some trouble, hehe..."
"It's no trouble."
Bai Chen felt amused and naturally took Yan Yue's hand, then sat in the main seat that only the head of the family could sit in, looking down on everyone.
Everyone looked at each other in bewilderment. Someone asked Bai Chen, "Who are you? She just beat up an official appointed by the imperial court. Do you want to be her accomplice?"
"Everyone, everyone!"
Princess Changning came over breathlessly with slightly swollen eyes: "I'm sorry. Master Yue Tian is a distinguished guest of my Jingwang Mansion. It's Changning's fault for not hosting her properly that caused this misunderstanding. Please give Changning some face. Changning will definitely resolve this matter properly."
When they heard the word "Tianshi", everyone felt a little relieved, fortunately he was not a royal relative. The only well-known Heavenly Master is the head of Qingxu Temple. Does anyone know where this "Moon Heavenly Master" came from?
But even if she was a swindler, they still had to give Princess Changning face, so everyone decided to disperse.
Steward Cao brought people to help Mrs. Tao and the Minister of Rites up. Mrs. Tao was indignant, and seeing that Princess Changning seemed to want to make a big deal out of a small matter, she became unhappy at the time.
"This woman beat the Minister of Rites in public, and everyone witnessed it! The princess is unwilling to hand her over, is she trying to protect the thief?"
The atmosphere suddenly became tense.
Changning had an unpleasant look on her face, but people around her were watching her as a joke, lamenting that it was really a maid who had risen to the top without any sense of propriety at all!
"You want to explain, right?"
Without waiting for Changning to speak, Bai Chen spoke first.
Chang Ning had learned from Xiao Tao how much the demon king Bai Chen was feared by the demon world, so he quickly smiled and tried to stop her in a low voice, "Master Demon, let me take the person to the backyard, Xiao Tao will definitely be able to properly handle it."
Bai Chen didn't give any face at all. He casually raised his hand to push Chang Ning away and hooked his finger at Tao and Taichang Qing: "Come on, tell me more."
Taichang Qing has recovered. Although he didn't know Bai Chen, he had been immersed in officialdom for more than 20 years, and he hadn't been there for nothing. Even Princess Changning bowed her head to him, so his identity must be extraordinary!
He wiped the blood from his mouth, swallowed his anger, and bowed, saying, "My wife's words and actions are vulgar. She must have done something wrong and offended the young lady. I will bring my wife back and discipline her properly, and I will not bother Princess Changning and you two anymore..."
Seeing that her husband was unwilling to accept his decision, Mrs. Tao guessed that the other party was probably some nobleman, so she did not dare to disobey her husband and followed him in paying his respects.
Bai Chen was not going to let it go, so he tapped the table with his finger and said slowly, "Since you know you are wrong, why don't you apologize?"
Taichang Qing never expected that the other party would be so aggressive! He didn't even know what happened, but two of his teeth were knocked out by a punch, and now he is asked to apologize? !
But he didn't expect that Tao next to him suddenly knelt down on his knees after the other party finished speaking. The muffled sound made his scalp tighten!
Taichang Qing felt very upset. Although Tao was sensible enough to kneel down and admit her mistake, he was a third-rank official. No matter what mistake his wife made, he had been beaten until his nose bled and he had lost two teeth!
In this case, if I kneel down and admit my mistake again, wouldn't my face be torn off and stepped on by others?
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
