Carrying the little lucky star, leading the villain on the road to exile

Chapter 258. The First Wife
"Am I wrong?" Xu Yulan stared at Fan Meilin with ill intent, her eyes darting back and forth between Gu Kaiyuan and her. "You didn't take a liking to my brother-in-law, so you must have taken a liking to Gu Kaiyuan."
However, you should think carefully. Gu Kaiyuan is henpecked and relies on his wife's family for his livelihood; he probably wouldn't dare to offend you.

After saying that, she covered her mouth and laughed. It was unclear whether she was laughing at Gu Kaiyuan for being a kept man or at Fan Meilin for wanting to pay her off.

"That's enough," Gu Baijiang just wanted to resolve the matter quickly, and he hid in the carriage again, since he really didn't want to be outside for the next few days anyway.

"Second brother, you should keep a close eye on your wife. No matter what the details are, it has already happened."

Your Aunt Xu is from a good family; we demand an explanation from her.

“Father, we didn’t say you couldn’t take him into your family…”

"What?!" Xu Shuanghong looked at Gu Baijiang in shock. "You said you wanted to marry him."

After using so many tricks in the carriage to finally coax this old guy, why has he changed his tune now?

“Mrs. Xu,” Gu Kaiping was unambiguous when it came to his own interests, “you know best what happened yesterday.”

Since this has already happened, we won't say much more. Anyway, that's just how it is between men and women. You and my dad are both quite old. If we really investigate this, we don't know who will lose face.

If you had spoken to my father beforehand and he was willing to go through the proper betrothal and marriage ceremony for you, then we, as his children and grandchildren, would have been happy to acknowledge you as our elder.

But since you have already gone through the motions and violated ethical principles, you cannot proceed with a normal marriage.

Today, I, as the eldest son, agree to let you enter the family as a concubine and serve by my father's side..."

"How can a son be the father..."

"Madam Xu, this isn't something I, as your son, should decide for you. It's something the three of us brothers came up with after discussing it." Gu Kaiping finished speaking and then turned to Gu Baijiang, asking, "Father, what do you think?"

Gu Baijiang didn't feel challenged by his eldest son's assertiveness today. Instead, he felt a surge of pride. It seemed that his eldest son had established himself and was showing the demeanor of an eldest son. "It's true that your Aunt Xu and I were wrong about this matter. I'm still confused about what happened yesterday. Why don't we do as the eldest son says? I won't treat you unfairly."

Xu Shuanghong wanted to curse, but how can these be the same?

If she doesn't become the legal wife, how can she control this family?

Seeing the escorts standing at a distance, watching the commotion, he felt reassured. "I'm fine..."

The Gu family was overjoyed. If that were the case, it would be great. With someone to take care of the old man, they could save themselves a lot of trouble.

To everyone's surprise, Xu Shuanghong continued, "If I remember correctly, you are now exiled criminals, and you are not allowed to take concubines, are you?"

"..."

"Concubinage is not allowed?" Xu Yulan immediately glared at Fan Meibao with hatred. "Then what about her?"

"There's no other way. We can't just let the second son divorce you, can we?" Xu Shuanghong's tone was full of malice. "My daughter comes from an honest family and is a commoner. Even if she marries down, it's the second son who's climbing the social ladder."

I swallowed my anger because of your existence; you should be grateful.

Having achieved her goal, Xu Shuanghong decided to drop the pretense and even began to adopt the airs of an elder, addressing Gu Kaichen as "Second Brother." The rest of the Gu family paid no attention; Gu Kaiyuan and Bai Suihe exchanged glances but said nothing.

"I gave birth to the Gu family's grandson. You, a woman of unknown origin, who knows if your background is clean or not? Did you run away from some brothel?" Xu Yulan could no longer hold back. If Xu Shuanghong were to turn the tables today, the most difficult situation in the entire Gu family would only be for her and her son.

So, disregarding everything else, she raised her voice considerably, "If she were a woman from a respectable family, who would be drinking and chatting about romance with an old man in the middle of the night? You two were chatting, but you even ended up rolling around together. If there wasn't something fishy going on, no one would believe it."

Don't say that my father-in-law forced you. This isn't a big mansion where you can just raise your voice and someone will immediately step forward to stand up for you.

Let's all comment and see if this makes sense.

Bai Suihe couldn't help but give a thumbs up, "Second sister-in-law, this is the logic of a normal person. It's such a simple principle, yet no one has seen it."

"What's it to you?" Xu Shuanghong was already having a hard time dealing with the Gu family, and she couldn't let more people get involved. "Since you and your husband said you wouldn't get involved in this, then shut up."

"The title hasn't even been decided yet, and you're already putting on airs like an elder," before Bai Suihe could retort, Gu Kaiyuan stepped forward and said coldly, "Take a good look at yourself before you start talking."

"It's my father's business if he wants to dote on you. We can talk about seniority after he actually brings you home in a grand wedding procession."

"Third brother is right. We'll talk about this again when you're all carried in a sedan chair." Xu Yulan said smugly. Sure enough, not everyone is blind enough to not be able to tell the difference between good and bad people.

Bai Suihe and her third brother had just helped her, which was much more righteous than her sister-in-law, with whom she lived day and night.

Thinking of this, Xu Yulan immediately looked at Liu Yun with malice, "Sister-in-law, don't you think what my third brother and the others said makes sense?"

Liu Yun: "That's how it should be."

“That’s right. Everyone’s against it. I think we shouldn’t have any concubines. Let her serve Father for now. When our Gu family has a new mistress, we can have her serve tea then.”

However, sister-in-law and third brother, you two need to be careful. There's still Fan Meilin who hasn't found a partner. Who knows if she might set her sights on you?

Bai Suihe wanted to retract her previous praise of Xu Yulan. Before this whole mess was even resolved, she started acting like a mad dog, indiscriminately attacking people internally.

"Second sister-in-law, Father hasn't spoken yet," Liu Yun reminded him coldly.

Everyone looked at Gu Baijiang again, who sighed, "There are indeed many things that cannot be allowed under the current conditions, so let's just go with their word. We can discuss it properly once things have settled down."

"What's there to discuss?" Xu Shuanghong wasn't going to stay here in such an ambiguous way. Since she had already done it, she was determined to achieve her goal. "You are a widower, and I am a divorced woman. Moreover, I don't mind your status. Why can't I be your legal wife?"

"With your status, you still want to take concubines? Believe me, I'll sue you!"

Fan Meibao looked at Xu Shuanghong in disbelief. If her mother knew these laws, why did she make her suffer these injustices?

Even now, with Gu Kaichen by her side, she doesn't even have the status of a lowly concubine, and she suffers from Xu Yulan's torment every day...

(End of this chapter)