latelenovela Chapter 701 The Prime Minister Who Was No Heir Married His Son-in-law
Chapter 701 The Prime Minister Who Was No Heir Married His Son-in-law
The woman raised the letter in her hand and sighed, "It's not clear what's said in the letter. It seems that Qianmo owed someone a favor, and he married to repay the favor. But after marrying her, he seemed to be very concerned about her and handed over the entire family business to that woman to manage."
Xu Tongfu poured himself a cup of tea and said with a faint smile: "That's not a big problem. Anyway, that woman can't have children, and they will all belong to Qianmo in the future."
The woman did not agree with his words and shook her head, saying, "That being said, it is the stepmother who is trying to sow discord between her husband and his first wife's children. I am afraid that Chen Yanqing will pay less and less attention to the children in the future. Although the family property will still belong to Qianmo in the future, without Chen Yanqing's support, Qianmo will not be able to go far in the officialdom."
"You also know how aloof Chen Yanqing is. His own family doesn't support him. If he is deceived by that woman, it is possible that he will not care about Qianmo's promotion in the future."
This is indeed a problem. Xu Tongfu glanced at the woman and asked, "What are your plans?"
The woman glanced at the letter in her hand, then looked up and stared at Xu Tongfu, and said firmly: "I want to go back to the capital."
"Tsk~" Xu Tongfu snorted and said dissatisfiedly: "What will happen if you go back? Can you still continue your relationship with Chen Yanqing?"
"you!"
The woman's chest rose and fell with anger, and she angrily said, "I am the daughter of the Grand Tutor, and I have been hiding in this small place for more than ten years for you. How dare you say such heartbreaking words? Are you still a human being?"
Speaking of this, Xu Tongfu was also very angry. He said angrily: "You are the daughter of the great master, so what am I worse than? I am also the disciple of the master. All of my fellow apprentices are high-ranking officials of the third and second ranks. Only I can only be a county magistrate in a small county town on the edge because I want to marry you. I dare not go to the capital. My career has been ruined because of you. You still want to go back to the capital?"
When the woman heard Xu Tongfu's complaints, tears immediately flowed down her face. She thought that she had sacrificed so much over the years, but who knew that Xu Tongfu was completely ungrateful and still had so much resentment towards her in his heart.
She was so angry that she was shaking all over. She pointed at Xu Tongfu and said, "This is all your fault. You lied to me and told me that your wife was going to die, so I had sex with you. As a result, I got pregnant, and your wife came back to life. I had no choice but to climb into the bed of the drunk Chen Yanqing and marry him.
You are so good. After Chen Yanqing and I got married, you said that your wife was dead and tricked me into faking my own death and eloping with you. In the end, I couldn't even raise my own son. I don't know how he has grown up over the years, and whether he has ever thought about me as a mother. You still have the nerve to blame me. "
Talking about what happened back then, Xu Tongfu was full of regret.
"My first wife was really going to die. I didn't lie to you. But when my family was preparing for her funeral, her family found a miracle doctor from somewhere and let her live a few more months.
It was just a coincidence that you got pregnant during those months, so I couldn't marry you and had to find someone else to marry so that the child would have a legitimate status. If you didn't get pregnant during those months, we would have waited a few months until my first wife died, and then you could become my second wife, right?"
"Are you blaming me?"
Zhuang Lanhe said angrily, "Why am I pregnant? It's because you tricked me into having sex with you. If you hadn't coaxed me, I would have gotten pregnant before marriage. Now you're blaming me!"
The couple was blaming each other in the room because of what happened that year. Their son and daughter heard the noise from inside and knocked on the door and asked, "Father, mother, what's wrong with you?"
Over the years, the couple loved each other very much and had never quarreled or even had any conflicts. When they heard that the two children were outside, they immediately stopped quarreling.
Zhuang Lanhe rolled her eyes at Xu Tongfu and went to the door angrily. When she opened the door again, she had a loving expression on her face: "Cheng'er, Qing'er, I'm discussing something with your father. Are we going to have dinner?"
Daughter Xu Qinglian nodded: "The food is ready, we are just waiting for father and mother."
His son Xu Bicheng said, "Mother, the Song family wants to marry Qing'er. If it were you, father is the county magistrate, why should we be afraid of a local scholar like him? We should just refuse the marriage."
At this time, Xu Tongfu also came out. After listening to his son's words, he nodded and said, "Cheng'er is right. My term of office has also expired. Your mother and I are thinking of going to the capital to make some moves. When the time comes, father will look for his old fellow apprentices and take up positions elsewhere. We don't need to care about the Song family."
Zhuang Lanhe was very happy to hear that Xu Tongfu was also going to the capital, so that they could both see Chen Qianmo.
However, she was worried that someone might recognize her as the daughter of former Grand Tutor Zhuang and the late wife of Grand Chamberlain Chen Yanqing.
When she went to bed at night, she was still worried: "Will my identity be discovered?"
Xu Tongfu thought about it seriously and shook his head, "It shouldn't happen. You are a concubine. As long as you don't go out, no one can see you."
"Besides, more than a decade has passed, and you look different now. I said you look like Miss Zhuang, which makes sense. Let's go to sleep."
After discussing everything, the couple began to pack their bags and set off for the capital.
In the Chen Mansion, Meng Wen Yao discovered that ever since Madam Zhuang was trapped in Yilan Courtyard and Miss Zhuang's portrait was sent to Chen Qianmo's study, the entire mansion had become unusually quiet. She had nothing to do all day, so she began to look at the account books of the outer courtyard.
Even though she was not proficient in accounting, she quickly found the loopholes in the account books over the years. She knew Chen Yanqing's character well. If she took the account books directly to him, Chen Yanqing would probably not punish the old people in the Zhuang Mansion too harshly for the sake of Master Zhuang.
There are more important things to deal with besides those people. It would be better to let Chen Yanqing get angry and deal with them all at once.
In this way, more than a month passed slowly. During this time, Chen Qianmo had already participated in the provincial examination. After the examination, he began to visit friends and go out every now and then, and he and Aunt Liu returned to their previous inseparable relationship.
However, as long as they don't cause trouble for Meng Wen Yao, Meng Wen Yao is still willing to wait for the right time and slowly find a good opportunity to deal with these people.
On this day, Chen Qianmo took Aunt Liu, who was dressed as a man, to attend a poetry reading. The reading was held in a valley, and everyone was having a great time surrounded by mountains and rivers.
In the woods not far away, Madam Zhuang pointed at Chen Qianmo and said, "Miss, the man in the crimson robe is Master Qianmo."
It was the first time that Zhuang Lanhe saw her son after more than ten years. She was so excited that she wanted to run over and call her son, but she was worried about scaring Chen Qianmo.
Seeing how well her son was raised by Chen Yanqing, for a moment she regretted pretending to be dead during childbirth and escaping. If not for that, she would now have a lot of children and be a high-ranking lady.