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

Wenju understood Madam's meaning and immediately called Wenlan over to serve Lin Yanran her meal, while she and Wenzhu immediately began to look around.

Lin Yanran did not go to Aunt He and Aunt Shui's courtyard to see the children. She simply instructed someone to send them gifts and exempted them from paying their respects for half a year, telling them to take good care of themselves.

As for Aunt Sun and Aunt Xie, who were pregnant at the same time, Lin Yanran also instructed them to take good care of themselves and not to come to pay their respects until they gave birth.

Since there was no evidence that Aunt Jin, Aunt Shui, and Aunt He had fallen into the water at the same time, Lin Yanran had no intention of dwelling on it.

In Lin Yanran's opinion, those three people, two of whom were about to give birth, still had the audacity to go for a stroll by the lake. They deserved what happened.

While waiting for dinner, several days later, Chu Mochen once again stepped into Lin Yanran's main courtyard at night.

Lin Yanran showed no joy at Chu Mochen's arrival; her impatience grew with each passing day.

Especially when she heard Chu Mochen say that he had two more sons and how happy he was, Lin Yanran's impatience reached its peak.

So when the two of them went to bed, Chu Mochen naturally couldn't take it anymore.

Chu Mochen, who had boasted about his prowess during dinner, claiming he could impregnate even the concubines in his backyard, had all his daytime joy and confidence vanish by the time he went to bed.

Seeing Lin Yanran's disdainful look, Chu Mochen explained with a wronged expression, "Perhaps I was in a good mood today and drank a few more cups."

Lin Yanran suppressed a laugh, but still said understandingly, "Since the Marquis is drunk, let's get some rest!"

After Lin Yanran finished speaking, she rolled to the side and went straight to sleep.

Before falling asleep, Lin Yanran was thinking that she would finally have some peace and quiet again.

Looking at his wife sleeping soundly beside him, completely oblivious to everything, Chu Mochen felt extremely agitated. The more he tried to sleep, the less he could.

Chu Mochen really wanted to get up and go back to the front yard, but he had already lost face today. If he left in the middle of the night, it would embarrass his wife, and she would probably get angry again.

So Chu Mochen lay flat on the bed, even turning over very carefully, and didn't fall asleep for a single moment all night.

When Chu Mochen woke up the next day, his complexion was worse than that of Aunt He and Aunt Shui, who had just given birth.

Looking at Chu Mochen's face, Lin Yanran asked knowingly, "Why does Your Excellency look so pale? Didn't you sleep well last night?"

Chu Mochen was too embarrassed to admit that he was worried about his man's abilities and couldn't sleep, so he pretended to be hungover and rubbed his temples. "I drank a couple more glasses last night because I was happy. This wine really has a strong aftereffect. The aftereffects haven't worn off yet."

Lin Yanran was secretly overjoyed, but she quickly instructed Wenlan to serve the Marquis a hangover soup.

Chu Mochen, who had only drunk two cups of rice wine yesterday, felt as if his wife had seen through him when he saw her like this.

So Chu Mochen tilted his head back and drank the hangover soup in front of him in one gulp. After a couple of casual sips, he fled again, saying, "This lord is going to court."

Once Chu Mochen arrived at his territory in the front yard, he immediately instructed his trusted confidant to secretly fetch the family physician to examine him.

Upon closer inspection, the physician indeed discerned something: Chu Mochen had indeed been drugged with aphrodisiacs, and this had likely been going on for about half a month.

Chu Mochen's first reaction was to suspect Lin Yanran, but after thinking about it, he realized that he hadn't been to the main courtyard recently, so it was impossible for her to be there.

These days, the place he visits most often is the courtyard of Aunt Sun and Aunt Xie.

Since it concerned Chu Mochen's dignity as a man, Chu Mochen was naturally furious. He immediately summoned Mu Qing, the head steward of the Marquis's mansion, and ordered Mu Qing to investigate.

If it weren't for the fact that the Emperor was preoccupied with the floods in the south these past few days, and Chu Mochen didn't dare to act out of line at this time, he wouldn't even be in the mood to attend the morning court session today.

At this point, Chu Mochen didn't even trust Lin Yanran anymore, and without informing her, he directly asked Mu Qing to investigate.

Mu Qing, as expected of the chief steward of the Marquis's mansion whom Chu Mochen valued, had already figured it out when Chu Mochen returned from court.

Chu Mochen was so angry when he saw the result Mu Qing handed him that he almost crushed the paper in his hand.

Mu Qing and the others stood quietly at the lower end, trying to minimize their presence, and even wished they could disappear on the spot.

Because Mu Qing investigated the entire backyard, excluding Madam Lin Yanran's courtyard, since Madam's courtyard was always managed like an iron barrel.

Mu Qingzhen couldn't possibly investigate the affairs of the main academy without making a sound.

However, what Mu Qing discovered about the affairs in the backyard revealed that both Aunt Sun and Aunt Xie had used aphrodisiacs.

Although individually, it may not cause much harm to the Marquis's body, the combined effect of the two is quite powerful.

In addition, the Marquis's health wasn't that good to begin with, so these two medicines weren't simply a matter of one plus one equaling two.

Mu Qing took the dosage of the two medicines and asked the doctor in the manor. It turned out that the Marquis would need at least a year and a half to recover.

As for the extent of recovery, we'll have to wait and see.

Actually, Wenzhu also deserves some credit for this; otherwise, those two medicines alone wouldn't have caused this level of damage. However, Wenzhu used more cautious medicines, so it couldn't be detected from the pulse alone.

Chu Mochen's first thought was to retaliate against Lin Yanran, since she was in charge of the inner quarters. "Does Madam know that these two concubines in the inner quarters made their move?"

Mu Qing didn't know what the Marquis meant, so he could only reply cautiously:

"You probably don't know that Madam recently bought a small two-courtyard house at Zhiren Academy. It's currently under renovation, and even Wenmei has been sent out."

Recently, Wenju has been serving the lady, and besides, the lady has never liked to pay attention to the concubines in the inner courtyard.

"That kid Chu Yunheng is lucky. He's just going to school, and his mother even bought him a courtyard to live in."

Chu Mochen thought about how much effort his wife put into their son, and then compared that effort to how much she put into him. He became incredibly sarcastic and cynical.

"Relay my message: say that the lady has failed in her duties as head of the household and is to be confined to her quarters for a month."

After Chu Mochen finished speaking, he saw Mu Qing standing motionless to his left. Chu Mochen immediately smashed a teacup in front of Mu Qing, "Aren't you going to pass on the message?"

If Aunt Sun and Aunt Xie hadn't already been pregnant, he would have insisted on sending them to the estate.

Mu Qing cautiously explained, "I'm afraid that Madam might bring her men directly to the front courtyard to cause trouble for the Marquis. After all, Consort Sun is someone you intend to take as a concubine, and Consort Xie is the old Madam of the Marquis..."

Reminded by Mu Qing, Chu Mochen instantly remembered why the two had entered the manor. He was truly going to have to bear this loss himself.

"By my order, Concubine Sun and Concubine Xie are to be placed under house arrest."

Chu Mochen didn't mention the duration of his confinement, but it was at this moment that he began to think of never seeing the two of them again.