Chapter 48: The concubine enters the palace, and the master takes the blame
Seeing that Qin Luan was about to leave with Shen Qing, the servant in green stepped forward and stopped Qin Luan, "The master is out, is the lady going to marry someone else?"
Qin Luan glanced at him coldly, and a coldness flashed in his eyes, "My husband Mu Yuan is the current Yangling Marquis Mu Linyuan, so do you understand?"
The servant in green obviously didn't believe it and wanted to stop him again, but was directly held down by Shen Qing's people.
Qin Luan, who was no longer able to stop him, turned around in the surprise of the servant in green and walked straight towards the sedan chair behind Shen Qing.
Seeing Qin Luan getting farther and farther away from him, the young servant in green clothes became anxious and tried to break free, but it was useless. So he could only shout at Qin Luan's back, "Madam, you are so determined to leave. Have you forgotten your friendship with the master for many years?"
Shen Qing saw that he was so persistent and kindly took him with him, "Since you don't believe it, then go to Yangling Marquis's Mansion to watch the ceremony together, so as not to think that I kidnapped your wife."
After saying that, Shen Qing told the sedan bearers to hold it steady and turned to get on the carriage.
Chan Yi opened the cloth bag on his back, which was full of broken silver, shining with silver-white light under the sunlight.
Everyone was confused, and saw Chan Yi walking towards the crowd, distributing silver while saying, "Today is the day when our Marquis is bringing his aunt into the family, and his aunt is pregnant, which is even more joyful, so our young lady said that anyone who is present to watch the ceremony will be rewarded."
The eyes of everyone immediately lit up, and they all squeezed forward, fearing that they would not get the silver.
After distributing the silver, Shen Qing and his party left Qingyun Lane.
I thought the matter was over here, but unexpectedly, before they walked far, Chan Yi took out two cloth bags of silver from the carriage, and while distributing silver to the crowd, he briefly explained the ins and outs of the matter.
For a while, there was a lot of discussion in Shengjing City, and soon it spread to most of Shengjing.
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Yangling Marquis's Mansion, main hall.
The wife of Yangling Marquis looked at the tea cup that was refilled, and her brows became more and more impatient. She had already drunk four cups of tea, but Shen Qing had no intention of showing up.
With anger boiling in her heart, the wife of Yangling Marquis immediately threw the white jade teacup in her hand to the ground. With a crisp "pop" sound, the teacup broke into pieces, and the boiling hot tea splashed all over the ground.
Aunt Qiu signaled the maid to clean up the fragments on the ground, and then looked at the wife of Yangling Marquis with a smile on her face, "Madam, don't be angry. The young lady has just sent someone to inform that she and Aunt Xu are on the way back and will arrive at the gate of the Marquis' mansion soon."
Because she had to go out to pick up Qin Luan and Aunt Liang was taking care of Mu Lingyue at the He family, Shen Qing handed the responsibility of "entertaining" everyone to Aunt Qiu.
The wife of Yangling Marquis had obviously run out of patience. She glared at Aunt Qiu and stood up to leave, but Aunt Qiu stopped her. "Madam, the young lady has ordered that no one is allowed to leave the main hall before she comes back."
The wife of Yangling Marquis' eyes widened, and her face was full of disbelief, "You dare to stop me?"
Aunt Qiu's expression remained unchanged, and her tone was respectful, "I dare not, but it is the young lady's order, I dare not disobey."
The wife of Yangling Marquis was furious, and she raised her hand to slap Aunt Qiu, but Aunt Qiu grabbed her hand and pressed it back to her seat, "Madam, don't be angry. When the young lady comes back, if she also thinks that my behavior is inappropriate, it will not be too late for you to hit me."
Looking at Aunt Qiu's extremely calm face, the wife of Yangling Marquis had a complicated expression on her face. In just half a month, even Aunt Qiu followed Shen Qing's orders?
Knowing that she couldn't leave the main hall, the wife of Yangling Marquis simply stopped struggling and thought carefully about what Aunt Qiu had just said. If she heard correctly, Aunt Qiu was talking about... Aunt Xu?
Frowning, the wife of Yangling Marquis turned to look at Mu Ziqian, who looked sick, and asked, "Are you going to take a concubine?"
Mu Ziqian was confused, "What are you talking about, mother? I already have Fu'er, why would I take a concubine?"
Seeing that Mu Ziqian didn't seem to be lying, the wife of Yangling Marquis was even more confused. If it wasn't Mu Ziqian, who else could take a concubine?
Could it be... which brothel prostitute Yangling Marquis was going to bring into the mansion?
Thinking of this possibility, the wife of Yangling Marquis immediately turned pale, but then she thought it was wrong. Taking a concubine was not a trivial matter. Even if Yangling Marquis really had such an idea, there was no reason for him not to inform her.
So what was Shen Qing up to?
Just when the wife of Yangling Marquis was puzzled, she saw Shen Qing and Qin Luan slowly walking out of the door.
Passing Shen Qing, the wife of Yangling Marquis's eyes fell directly on the beautiful woman who was supported by the maid behind Shen Qing. Her eyebrows and eyes were picturesque, and her red clothes were like fire. There was no doubt that she was the Xu concubine mentioned by Aunt Qiu.
But judging from her age... she looked like sixteen or seventeen years old, so this evil thing was undoubtedly committed by Mu Ziqian!
The wife of Yangling Marquis had already made up her mind and glanced at Mu Ziqian coldly. Lin Xuefu had just had a miscarriage, and Mu Ziqian had caused such a mess. It was likely that Lin Xuefu would be hurt.
As expected, the wife of Yangling Marquis looked at Lin Xuefu and saw that her eyes were red, her hands were tightly twisted with a silk scarf, and her eyes were fixed on Qin Luan's high bulge.
Even Mu Ziqian began to doubt himself. He was the only young master in the mansion, and it seemed that no one else met the requirements except him. However, although he was a bit of a womanizer and there were many beautiful women out there, he had never seen the one in front of him!
He promised that the woman in front of him was definitely not his woman, and the child was definitely not his!
Feeling the accusatory eyes of Lady Yangling and the silent accusatory eyes of Lin Xuefu, Mu Ziqian was immediately annoyed, "Shen Qing, what are you doing? Do you want to force a concubine into my house for no reason to destroy the relationship between me and Fu'er?
I tell you, don't even think about it!"
Mu Ziqian said firmly, making his position clear.
But even so, Lady Yangling and Lin Xuefu's suspicions did not diminish at all.
No one knew better than them what kind of character Mu Ziqian was. He was definitely capable of flirting with others and getting them pregnant!
Aunt Qiu looked at Qin Luan's extremely familiar face, and her confusion gradually became clear.
She thought that she had probably guessed the identity of the woman.
I just didn't know how Lady Yangling would react after knowing the truth.
Thinking of this, Aunt Qiu actually felt a little bit of expectation in her heart.
Shen Qing glared at Mu Ziqian coldly, "Since you know it has nothing to do with you, don't interfere."
After being retorted by Shen Qing, Mu Ziqian not only did not show any anger on his face, but instead looked at the wife of Yangling Marquis and Lin Xuefu excitedly, "Look, I said this woman has nothing to do with me!"
However, before the wife of Yangling Marquis could breathe a sigh of relief, she saw the Yangling Marquis in court clothes striding in from the door, looking at Qin Luan's face with shock, and subconsciously said, "A Luan?"