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

When Chu Yunxuan and Chu Yunheng arrived at Chu Mochen's courtyard to request an audience, Marquis Wenxuan, Chu Mochen, was lying on his bed reading a book when he heard Mu Qing report, "My two sons have arrived."

Chu Mochen immediately instructed Mu Qing to let Chu Yunxuan and his brother in.

"The son greets his father!"

Chu Mochen still remembered the threat his eldest son had made to him a few days ago, so he simply beckoned to Chu Yunheng, "Heng'er, you're here. Come here quickly, let your father see if you're tired from studying lately?"

Chu Yunheng turned his head to look at his elder brother beside him. Seeing that his elder brother nodded, he walked to the bedside of Marquis Wenxuan and softly called out, "Father."

Chu Mochen merely scoffed in displeasure upon seeing this, but said nothing more.

Chu Mochen looked at his second son with what he thought was a loving gaze and asked gently, "You met your new younger brother and sister today, how did you feel?"

Chu Yunxuan stood to the side, chuckling as he did so.

This made Chu Mochen glare at Chu Yunxuan with great displeasure, signaling him to shut up.

Then Chu Mochen looked at Chu Yunheng with gentle eyes, awaiting his answer.

When Chu Yunheng heard his father ask this, his eyes darkened, and he replied casually, "It's alright! Not that I'm familiar with him."

This answer only disappointed Chu Mochen a little. "You and Yun'er are close in age, wouldn't you be happy to have a younger brother to play with?"

Chu Yunheng's eyes darted around, and he replied with a smile:

"My son is very popular at the clan school! He certainly doesn't lack playmates. As for my sister, the teacher said boys and girls should be seven years old, and I'm almost six, so we should still avoid any impropriety."

Chu Yunheng's words left Marquis Wenxuan, Chu Mochen, speechless. Chu Mochen could only compromise, "So our Heng'er is this amazing? Why don't you take your younger brother to play at the clan school?"

"Oh, that might not work. I want to study hard and pass the imperial examination, so I don't have time to play with him."

But if anyone bullies him, I can step in and help him.

Chu Yunheng silently added in his mind, "Help me throw in a few dirty punches."

"Good, Heng'er is still the most brotherly." After praising Chu Yunheng, Chu Mochen then instructed Mu Qing, "Give the jade pendant that I often wear to the second young master."

Chu Yunheng was in a good mood, holding the newly acquired jade pendant. "Thank you, Father."

"You're such a good boy, unlike your older brother..."

Chu Yunheng interrupted Chu Mochen, saying, "Father, if you also reward my eldest brother with a jade pendant, he will be more obedient."

Upon hearing this, Chu Mochen carefully examined Chu Yunheng. Seeing Chu Yunheng looking at him with an innocent expression, Chu Mochen could only say dejectedly, "You and your older brother seem to have a good relationship."

Chu Yunheng nodded sincerely, "After all, there's only one eldest brother, and who knows how many younger brothers and sisters he has! Things are valued for their scarcity."

Chu Yunheng's answer from this angle astonished Chu Mochen. "I don't care about those things. Your eldest brother is proud and wouldn't even look at what I have."

"That's still acceptable, Father, please give your son a few more coins!" Chu Yunxuan was all smiles, and anyone who saw him would think that Chu Yunxuan was a filial son.

Chu Mochen hadn't expected his eldest son to be such a talent, daring to act tough in front of him and being quite shameless. He considered himself a respectable person who cared about his reputation.

Chu Mochen could only ask Mu Qing to give Chu Yunxuan a piece as well.

Chu Yunxuan even made a request to Mu Qing with a smile, "Manager Mu, remember to pick out a good one for me!"

Chu Mochen really had no way to deal with his eldest son, who was so flexible and adaptable.

You can't hit her (because if you hit the younger one, the older one will come after you; the princess isn't the type to reason with people), and if you scold her, she won't take it to heart; if you scold her too harshly, she'll retaliate.

He didn't raise a son; it felt like he raised a tyrant.

Chu Mochen looked at his eldest son and said, "Are you busy? If you are, go ahead and do your own thing. Heng'er can stay here with me."

Chu Mochen didn't want to have lunch with his eldest son, fearing he might get indigestion.

Chu Yunxuan was indeed busy; he had been managing the assets his mother had given him. Therefore, upon hearing his father's words, he immediately and smoothly performed a curtsy.

"Then Father, please take good care of yourself. I'll take my leave now."

Chu Mochen waved his hand at Chu Yunxuan as if to shoo him away, signaling him to get lost.

Chu Yunxuan gestured to his younger brother Chu Yunheng, then turned and left without hesitation.

Originally, it was Chu Mochen who told his eldest son to leave, but now that his eldest son left without hesitation, he was a little dissatisfied.

However, Chu Mochen was mindful that his second son was still there, so he could only snort and didn't say anything more unpleasant.

Chu Yunheng stayed in Chu Mochen's courtyard, making Chu Mochen happy, and even had lunch with him before leaving with a bunch of good things.

In the days that followed, Chu Yunxuan read books in the study in the front courtyard, but all the people around him were sent out of the manor.

Chu Yunheng continued his studies at the clan school, only now his disliked half-brother was there; he still had to continue his studies.

Every day, Sun Xinrou would carry the soup she had personally cooked to Chu Mochen's courtyard in the front yard, and Lin Yanran would not stop her.

However, after Sun Xinrou bumped into an adult who came to visit her in the hospital, Chu Mochen forbade her from going to the front yard.

Sun Xinrou could only take care of her daughter in her yard.

Sun Xinrou didn't stay quiet in her courtyard for more than a few days before she started taking her daughter to the old lady's courtyard every day again.

A few days after Sun Xinrou and her daughter visited the old lady's courtyard, the old lady thought that since the second branch of the family didn't have a daughter, if this granddaughter was raised to be close to the second branch and married well in the future, it would be a help to the second branch.

So the old lady, with swift and decisive action, had Chu Ruoyu taken to the old lady Xie's courtyard to be raised.

As for what Sun Xinrou and Chu Ruoyu think, that's not something the old lady is considering.

Although Chu Mochen loves his daughter, he would never turn against his own mother for her sake. Most importantly, in Chu Mochen's subconscious, he believes Sun Xinrou is incapable of raising a daughter.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have wanted to raise this daughter under his wife's care in the first place. Now that his mother is willing to raise her, he feels nothing but gratitude.

After crying several times, Sun Xinrou saw that Chu Mochen was getting more and more impatient and was no longer even going through with his initial perfunctory responses. She had no choice but to give up and plan for the future.

After moving Chu Ruoyu to her courtyard, Old Madam Hou, fearing that her granddaughter would become close to Sun Xinrou in the future, directly told Sun Xinrou that she no longer needed to come to her to pay her respects.

He instructed Sun Xinrou to serve the Marquis and his wife more, and to have more children for the Marquis's family. He also said that his daughter was being raised in her courtyard, so Sun Xinrou didn't need to worry about her.

Sun Xinrou understood what the old lady meant. She would basically never see this daughter again. She was furious, but there was nothing she could do.

She could only brace herself and think that once the Marquis recovered, she would take good care of him, and then try to win back her daughter.