Madam, don't do this!

Chapter 188 Lingyue and Mingyue (Seeking monthly votes)
"Tianyi, I do have some feelings for you."

There was no carriage galloping by at just the right moment, no thunderclap from the sky, yet Song Yan heard those words very clearly. Then, he glanced at Luo Tianxuan, feeling an urge to reach out and touch her forehead... Just how high a fever could she have to be to spout such nonsense?
He once overheard Luo Yuheng muttering to himself, "Luo Tianyi is such a grown man, yet he doesn't give any man the time of day. He must have fallen for some woman."

While homosexual relationships and the blossoming of lilies are not common in this world, they do exist nonetheless.

Luo Yuheng is Luo Tianyi's mother, so if she said that, it should be somewhat credible.

Thinking back on his daily interactions with his sister-in-law, he realized they weren't much different from other people's. Most of the time, his sister-in-law remained hidden in the shadows, faithfully carrying out her guardian duties. Even when she appeared in front of Song Yan, her expression wouldn't change much.

Thinking about that icy pretty face... is that the expression one would show when they like someone?
I don't know.

To be honest, Song Yan already has Luo Tianxuan as his wife, and two other women, Gu Banxia and Yang Siyao, but he is still clueless about love.

Unfortunately, having lived two lives, I've never had a proper relationship; I have zero experience in this area.

Luo Tianxuan looked up at her husband, but ultimately changed the subject. She had a lot to say to him. She didn't know when they would meet again after this separation, and just thinking about that long period of time made Luo Tianxuan feel an unbearable loneliness.

"Is that the Fang family's carriage?"

"I heard that Fang Hai came here this time, apparently to give one of his daughters to her husband as a concubine," Luo Tianxuan said with a smile.

For most legal wives, this would be something they would find extremely distasteful, but Luo Tianxuan did not show the slightest dissatisfaction on her face.

Because she was afflicted with a serious illness and unable to serve her husband, if another woman could take her place, she wouldn't have to worry about her husband being left unattended. For Luo Tianxuan, this was an excellent thing.

She has a very simple mind.

Song Yan gave her life.

So she gave her husband everything he wanted, nothing more.

"You mean Fang Lingyue?" Song Yan smiled awkwardly.

"Husband, have you seen that woman? What is her appearance like? Is she a good match for you?" Luo Tianxuan asked curiously.

"Her appearance is not bad."

"Then let her stay by her husband's side?"

Song Yan shook his head: "Let's forget it. That woman already has someone else in her heart. Forcing a relationship may quench thirst but it won't be sweet. Besides, that woman has some mental issues and is too stupid. Keeping her around might cause trouble."

"Is there something wrong with your head? Then you really can't keep her by your side." Luo Tianxuan smiled, not really taking Fang Lingyue to heart. "But it's not good for my husband to be without someone to take care of him. By the way, husband, what do you think of Miss Mingyue?"

"She seems to have a good impression of you, sir. I heard that you are the first person to be able to spend time alone with Miss Mingyue."

Song Yan's forehead was covered in black lines.

They say beauty is in the eye of the beholder, is Luo Tianxuan experiencing this symptom now?

It seemed that in Luo Tianxuan's eyes, her husband was the most outstanding person in the world, someone that all outstanding women would like.

……

The living room of the Luo family mansion.

To be honest, although he had been transferred to the position of Prefect of Songzhou, this was the first time Fang Hai had met Luo Yuheng. After all, she was a woman he had once tried to pursue, so it was somewhat awkward. However, in order to get close to Song Yan, Fang Hai endured the awkwardness. He didn't reminisce or anything like that. Ever since he realized that Luo Yuheng had no feelings for him, he had given up. As the eldest son of the Fang family, he couldn't bring himself to pester her. After a slight sigh, Fang Hai got straight to the point: "Your Highness, I am honored to visit you today because of some joyous occasion."

“Nephew Song suppressed the Japanese pirates and restored peace to the coast of Ningguo. I have a daughter named Lingyue who greatly admires you and wishes to serve you.”

Fang Hai looked somewhat embarrassed: "I know that my nephew Song is a son-in-law of the Luo family, and such a request is a bit excessive, but I can't resist my daughter's persistent pleas, so I have no choice but to swallow my pride..."

The rain is pattering outside the window!
The sound of pattering rain was somewhat noisy.

Luo Yuheng held the fragrant tea in his hands, took a small sip, and savored the lingering aroma.

Since the invention of stir-fried tea, she has come to love its flavor. She used to find the original boiled tea too strong to drink.

With her slender, white fingers gently setting down the teacup, Luo Yuheng smiled faintly: "My Tianxuan was able to be reborn because of Yan'er."

"Therefore, I have always regarded Yan'er as my own son."

Fang Hai nodded.

Everyone in Songzhou Prefecture knew how much Luo Yuheng doted on this son-in-law. To put it bluntly, in Luo Yuheng's heart now, the three Luo brothers had to take a backseat. Song Yan was the only son-in-law he truly loved. As for the others, they were probably just gifts when he bought groceries or found on the roadside. In short, they had no real status.

"Tianxuan's health has hope of being cured and is gradually improving. However, tuberculosis is a disease that comes on like a landslide and goes away like a thread being pulled. It will probably take one or two years to cure it completely. Even if it is cured, she will need to take good care of herself for two years before she can have sex with Yan'er. Otherwise, it may damage her health."

"Therefore, I do not object to Yan'er taking a concubine."

"I sent Banxia Kongchan, Dieyi Xueying and other girls to Yan'er's side. As for Yang Siyao and Buyu, as long as Yan'er likes them, I won't say a word against it."

This is truly spoiling them rotten.

Of course, Fang Hai knew very well that Luo Yuheng truly doted on Song Yanxu, but more likely, he wanted to win over this extremely capable and promising son-in-law for the royal family.

"So, Her Highness the Princess agrees?" Fang Hai was overjoyed.

Luo Yuheng nodded: "I agree that the Fang family daughter should become Yan'er's concubine, but... Fang Lingyue is not an option."

Fang Hai was taken aback: "Why is that?"

“Yan’er and I don’t really care about a woman’s chastity. Even a widow like Bu Yu, as long as she has Yan’er in her heart, I can accept her.” Luo Yuheng’s smile gradually disappeared, turning cold: “However, if a woman’s heart is always with another man, then I cannot accept her.”

Upon hearing this, Fang Hai's expression changed drastically.

His gaze turned somewhat somber: "Your Highness, what is the meaning of this?"

“Lord Songyang can go back and ask your daughter if she knows a man named Wu Ming…” Luo Yuheng’s lips curled up: “She is indeed very affectionate. Even when her father summoned her, she did not forget to bring her lover along. She has only been in Songzhou Prefecture for three days, but she has already been fooling around four or five times.”

"Even if I allow Yan'er to take a concubine, I won't accept just any promiscuous woman."

Ignoring Fang Hai's extremely gloomy face, Luo Yuheng waved his hand, and a maid handed a piece of paper to Fang Hai. At the same time, he felt strange. What kind of quirks did his eldest son have? He only learned of Fang Lingyue's existence late last night, and this morning, everything about Fang Lingyue's actions after arriving in Songzhou was laid out on the table.

Fang Hai's throat bobbed, and he reached out to take it. He only glanced at it briefly before his whole body trembled, his eyes widened in horror, and his breathing became rapid.

The paper clearly records that as soon as Fang Lingyue arrived in Songzhou Prefecture, she spent several thousand taels of silver to buy a house for Wu Ming, and that house was actually right across from the Fang family's house.

They even used his name to arrange for Wu Ming to be placed in Songyang Academy... Originally, they were going to arrange for him to be placed in Xilin Academy, but Xilin Academy was wiped out by Japanese pirates, so they had to settle for second best.

These tasks are extremely time-consuming, and it is already quite difficult to complete them within three days. Even so, Fang Lingyue still managed to find opportunities to be intimate with Wu Ming several times.

On another occasion, she stayed at Wu Ming's place and didn't return until the next morning. Even worse, she used the guise of an outing to have sex with Wu Ming in the countryside.

This information wasn't even obtained through torture by Luo family spies; it was something Wu Ming himself revealed while boasting to prostitutes at the Qunyu Garden.

Fang Hai's body was trembling uncontrollably, and his face was extremely pale.

How could the Fang family raise such an idiot? Although they knew Fang Lingyue wasn't particularly intelligent, they never imagined she could be this stupid.

He was breathing heavily, and the sight of him made Luo Yuheng tremble with fear. She was afraid that Fang Hai might accidentally die of anger. It wouldn't matter if he died, but if he died in the Princess's mansion, that would be troublesome.

Fortunately, Fang Hai survived. Although his face turned pale, red, and then white, which looked frightening, he eventually pulled through.

Fang Hai let out a long breath, slowly stood up, and bowed: "This time, I was rash. I will give the Princess's Mansion an explanation for this matter."

An explanation is due.

A marriage alliance is generally a good thing for both parties.

But if you were to arrange a marriage with a woman who already has a lover, goes on dates every few days, and may even have had a dead baby, then it wouldn't be a marriage alliance, but rather an alliance of enemies.

In those particular families, this might even be considered an insult, and it's not impossible for them to turn on each other.

Luo Yuheng nodded: "Also... go back and warn that Yue something..."

"It's best to be polite when you talk to people. My Yan'er is a hero who wiped out the Japanese pirates and rescued the women who were kidnapped by them. He's not some peasant."

"Although we are not good enough for the Fang family's daughter, we should not allow ourselves to be humiliated by others."

Fang Hai, who was about to leave, stumbled. Just from Luo Yuheng's words, Fang Hai understood what had happened last night when Song Yan left, and could roughly guess what the daughter had said.

After bowing again, Fang Hai left.

When they arrived at the door, they encountered Song Yan and Luo Tianxuan.

"Uncle Fang." Song Yan smiled, stood up, and bowed to Fang Hai.

Fang Hai was filled with shame: "Nephew, this time it was indeed my oversight. I will definitely investigate it thoroughly when I get back and give you an explanation. I hope you won't blame me."

However, they adopted an extremely humble attitude.

A perfectly good marriage alliance has turned into enmity; what a mess!

He now needs to determine whether Song Yan will harbor resentment towards the Fang family because of this matter.

At least for now, it doesn't seem to be the case. Song Yan's smile remained unchanged: "Uncle, you're too kind. Emotions and desires are human nature, why should we explain them? If we were to break up a loving couple because of this boy, that would be a sin."

A stupid and arrogant woman, and a scumbag man.

It's best to lock it up completely, so as not to harm others.

But Fang Hai interpreted those words differently.

Despite being wronged, he showed no anger whatsoever, and was even worried about Fang Lingyue and Wu Ming. Putting aside everything else, his magnanimity alone is beyond the reach of ordinary people.

This nephew of the Song family is ruthless towards foreigners and shows no mercy to the troublemakers from Ningguo. But if someone is considered one of his own, he will treat them with utmost kindness.

Of course, even if it's a disguise, it's enough to show that Song Yan is a deep and cunning man, no less so than the old fox in the court.

With another sigh, Fang Hai braved the drizzling rain and climbed into the carriage.

As soon as one carriage drove away, another carriage stopped in front of the Luo family's gate.

The carriage curtain was lifted, and a milky white oil-paper umbrella was opened, revealing a beautiful woman who stepped out. Her slender legs lightly waded through the puddles, and her white embroidered shoes were slightly stained.

But it was the bright moon we were just talking about.

Upon arriving at the Luo family's gate, Mingyue stopped and glanced at the two people standing there before finally fixing her gaze on Luo Tianxuan: "This servant greets the Princess."

Although Luo Tianxuan did not have a title, her status as a princess was genuine.

"No need for formalities. This must be Miss Mingyue. You are truly a beauty of unparalleled grace. Even I cannot help but feel delighted upon seeing you." Luo Tianxuan said with a light laugh, then turned to Song Yan and said, "Miss Mingyue must be here to see my husband. I will be going back now."

Those eyes were full of laughter.

My husband doesn't like women who are too young; he prefers older ones.

Therefore, Kongchan, Dieyi, and Xueying are all somewhat unsuitable.

Although Yang Siyao is a bit older, she mostly exists as a staff member.

Currently, the only maidservant by her side is Sister Banxia.

If she could keep Miss Mingyue here as well, with one more person to take care of her, she would feel more at ease. Moreover, she could also sense that her husband treated Miss Mingyue differently from other women.

As she always said, she would give her husband anything he wanted.

"You do have a good wife," Mingyue said softly as she watched Luo Tianxuan leave.

Song Yan also felt something was off. Luo Tianxuan's attitude was not that of a normal wife at all. Even though Song Yan was very knowledgeable, he didn't know how to describe it.

Her self-indulgence has even reached a pathological level.

Could she be a yandere?
No, isn't a yandere attribute supposed to be extremely possessive?

Forget it, let's not think about things we can't figure out for now: "Miss Mingyue, what brings you here? It's raining outside, please come in."

“No need, I’ll just say one word and leave.” Mingyue shook her head: “Yesterday, Young Master Song asked me if I knew who was behind the murder of Princess Gaoyang.”

"Oh? Miss Mingyue already knows?"

Mingyue shook her head again: "No, but recently, Songzhou Prefecture has seen an increase in uninvited guests."

"Who?"

"Song Zhe!"

(End of this chapter)