Transmigration into a Book: My Lord, Your Wife Has Taken Another Concubine for You

"Rest assured, as soon as the decree to establish Xuan'er as the heir is issued, I will immediately agree to allow Sun Xinrou and her two children to enter the palace."

As Lin Yanran spoke, she gestured for Chu Mochen behind her to hurry up.

Upon hearing this, Chu Mochen's face was full of smiles. "If I had known that you were so virtuous, Madam, how could I have kept a mistress outside?"

Lin Yanran really wanted to give this arrogant scumbag a good whack on the head, but thinking about the secret stash she hadn't yet obtained, she could only remind herself that a small act of restraint could lead to a huge financial loss.

"If you keep dawdling, I might regret it. In that case, I'll just send someone to beat your sister Xinrou to death. Don't regret it, my lord."

"Here it comes, here it comes. It's just your private treasury, isn't it? When did Madam become so fond of these material possessions..."

Lin Yanran had no desire to listen to this lecture from someone whose brain had been distorted by being flattered. She snapped, "Shut up! If you say another word, I'll immediately send someone to kill your mistress."

Threatened by his bedmate, Chu Mochen's face flushed with anger. He ripped the key to his private treasury from his waist and tossed it to Lin Yanran, saying, "This is the key to my private treasury. Send someone to take it yourself!"

After saying that, Chu Mochen stormed off in a huff.

Lin Yanran looked at the keys that had fallen to the ground, showing no sign of anger. She bent down to pick them up herself, played with them in her hand, and happily called to the servants around her:

"Wenmei, take all our men with you. We're going to raid the Marquis's private treasury."

Wenmei quickly performed a curtsy and then hurried off to make arrangements.

Lin Yanran led her people to the entrance of Chu Mochen's private vault. She opened the vault, but without even looking inside, she instructed Wenmei to quickly organize people to move the contents.

Lin Yanran went straight to Chu Mochen's study. The bulk of his private treasury wasn't these things; more importantly, it contained banknotes, land deeds, and the like. She planned to look for them in Chu Mochen's study.

Lin Yanran searched Chu Mochen's study for more than half an hour before finally finding a hidden compartment behind the bookshelf.

Lin Yanran found a box inside and had Wen Zhu open it using a special method. Inside, she found silver notes and land deeds.

Lin Yanran glanced at it only once, then immediately closed the box, picked it up, and left. She didn't linger in Chu Mochen's study.

The servants guarding the study saw the Lady of the Marquis carrying a box out of the Marquis's study. They wanted to stop her but dared not, so they could only hurry out of the manor to report to the Marquis.

Lin Yanran took the box, left the study, and immediately handed it to Wenlan, who was more agile beside her.

"Take this box back to my mother and tell her that I will come back to pick it up in a few days. Be careful not to let anyone see you on the way."

Lan readily agreed, took the box, and climbed over the wall to leave.

Chu Mochen's private stash contained a considerable amount of valuable items, and it took Lin Yanran and her group an entire afternoon to move them all.

When Chu Mochen received the news from the manor and returned from his mistress's place, not only were all the valuable things he had accumulated in his study gone, but even the shelves in his private treasury had been moved, leaving it cleaner than if bandits had raided a village.

Chu Mochen was angry and wanted to go to the main courtyard to confront Lin Yanran, but thinking of Lin Yanran's aggressive manner during the day, Chu Mochen didn't want to suffer any more humiliation.

In the end, Chu Mochen turned around and went straight back to his study, where he wrote the petition for establishing the heir apparent overnight.

Chu Mochen was now thinking about bringing Sun Xinrou and her two children into the manor as soon as possible. He wanted Lin Yanran to know what she had lost for these mundane things.

At this moment, Lin Yanran didn't care what Chu Mochen was thinking. She looked at her overflowing private treasury and was in an extremely good mood.

Even when she ate dinner with her second son, Chu Yunheng, she ate an extra bowl.

The original owner had two sons. One was Chu Yunxuan, who was over ten years old and served as a study companion to the eldest prince, returning to the mansion for three days each month.

Chu Yunxuan entered the palace as a companion scholar when he was five years old, and now he is over ten. The original owner of this body didn't spend much time with her son on a daily basis, and the mother and son weren't very close. At least, that's what the original owner thought.

The other one is the five-year-old second son, Chu Yunheng, who studies at the clan school. He also moved to the front yard to study at the beginning of this year. He has a deep bond with the original owner of the house and her mother.

Lin Yanran and Chu Yunheng had just finished their dinner and were listening to Chu Yunheng enthusiastically recount what had happened at the clan school during the day.

After listening for so long, Lin Yanran came to the conclusion that this child was probably not very good at studying.

Because this kid has been talking for half an incense stick's time, and he's even talked about what snacks were served at the clan school today, but he hasn't mentioned a single thing about what the teacher taught today.

After getting rid of the clingy Chu Yunheng, Lin Yanran was helped to wash up and fell asleep as soon as she lay down, showing that she was exhausted after a long day.

The next morning, before dawn, Lin Yanran was woken up by those around her. There was only one reason Lin Yanran got up so early: she had to pay her respects to her mother-in-law.

Lin Yanran knew that she had moved Chu Mochen's private treasury yesterday, and that she would have a tough battle with the old lady today!

After having her people tidy her up, Lin Yanran quickly ate breakfast and arrived at Deyuan Courtyard just in time.

As soon as Lin Yanran entered, she saw her mother-in-law, Madam Xie, with a gloomy face, as well as her two sisters-in-law, Zhou from her second brother's family and Wu from her third brother's family, who were waiting to watch the show.

Lin Yanran, just like the original owner of this body, slowly stepped forward, smiled, and bowed, "Daughter-in-law greets Mother!"

Madam Hou, née Xie, stared displeasedly at Lin Yanran, who was kneeling and bowing. Instead of telling her to rise, she questioned her:

"I heard you sent people to empty Chen'er's storeroom yesterday? Why is that? You can't just not allow the Marquis to have a private storeroom because you're a princess, can you? No matter how noble a woman's status is, once she's married, she still has to prioritize her husband's honor."

Zhou, the wife of Xie Mochen's younger brother Chu Mode, couldn't wait to echo her mother-in-law's words: "Sister-in-law, that's not right of you. You can't take advantage of your elder brother's favor and not give him any face at all."

How is my brother supposed to interact with his colleagues after this?

Old Madam Hou glared angrily at Lin Yanran, "You're not as sensible as the second son's wife."

Lin Yanran watched the two of them stepping on her back and forth, but she wasn't angry. She smiled, straightened up, and calmly sat down in the seat the original owner usually sat in.

"Look how excited my second sister-in-law is! Anyone who didn't know better would think I was moving my second brother's private treasury instead of my husband's!"

Zhou was so angry by Lin Yanran's words that she hesitated for a long time before turning to her mother-in-law to complain, "Mother, look at what my sister-in-law is saying."

Although my daughter-in-law's words were a bit harsh, she was only trying to do what was best for our Marquis's mansion.

Wu, the wife of Chu Moyi, the third brother of Chu Mochen born out of wedlock, instantly regretted not taking the morning off to watch the spectacle as she saw the tense scene before her.

If her mother-in-law or sister-in-law holds a grudge against her because of this, her husband will certainly not let her off easily.

Madam Xie, the old lady of the Hou family, was so angry that she threw the teacup in her hand to the ground with a bang. "Why are you taking your anger out on your sister-in-law? Did I tell you to get up?"

"With such an air of superiority, I'll go to the palace and beg the Emperor right now. Our Chu family can't afford to support someone as important as you."

Lin Yanran, like a villain, casually played with her hands: "Then Mother, go ahead! I also want to talk to my uncle, the Emperor, about that bastard Chu Mochen. When he proposed to me, he said something about being one person for life."

"It hasn't been that long, and she's already had two children with her mistress."

Upon hearing this, the three women present—Madam Hou, Madam Zhou, and Madam Wu—all looked at Lin Yanran with disbelief.