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

Chu Yunyun and Chu Ruoyu were stunned by their stepmother Lin Yanran's words. Although they were still young, they had already begun to understand many things.

After Lin Yanran led the people inside, the brother and sister looked at each other and saw panic in each other's eyes.

Even so, Chu Yunyun and Chu Ruoyu did not get up immediately. They remained kneeling at the entrance of the courtyard, waiting for their grandmother to send someone to invite them.

In their hearts, only their grandmother and father could control their stepmother in this household, but this time it was clear that their father had ordered the concubine to be confined to her quarters.

They were hoping their grandmother would feel sorry for them.

Originally, when Old Master Hou heard that Chu Yunyun and his sister were kneeling in their stepmother's courtyard, pleading for their aunt, Old Madam Hou originally intended to use this to put pressure on Lin Yanran.

However, when Madam Hou learned that the two concubines were under house arrest, the pragmatic Madam Hou immediately ordered someone to pack up Chu Ruoyu's belongings and send them back to Concubine Sun.

With such a heartless mother, Old Madam Hou dared not raise Chu Ruoyu anymore. She was already so old; she couldn't let herself be ruined by a concubine's daughter.

Moreover, with a mother of such a reputation, and the eldest son's family unwilling to register Chu Ruoyu under her name, this granddaughter's future is limited, and she may need Yu-ge'er's help in the future.

This granddaughter is no longer useful, so Old Madam Hou no longer wants to raise this hot potato.

The last reason Madam Hou gave was that she was too old and now had to manage the Hou family mansion, so she didn't have the energy to support Chu Ruoyu.

Concubine Sun, who was under house arrest in the Shiyun Courtyard, learned that she could now raise her daughter herself. Far from being overjoyed, she felt as if the sky had fallen.

Chu Yunyun and Chu Ruoyu remained kneeling for a long time, and Lin Yanran did not send anyone to persuade them to get up.

It wasn't until someone from the old lady's side came to tell Chu Ruoyu, "The old lady is too weak to take care of her anymore. She will continue to be raised by her aunt."

The brother and sister panicked and asked the people around them to help them up.

Chu Ruoyu, who is almost five years old, is no longer the clueless child she was when she first entered the manor.

She already clearly understood the difference between being raised by her grandmother and being raised by her aunt.

Chu Ruoyu quickly had someone carry her back to the old lady's Deyuan Courtyard; she wanted to go back and beg her grandmother. At that moment, Chu Ruoyu had only one thought in her mind: 'Grandmother doesn't want her anymore, how could Grandmother not want her?'

In the end, Chu Ruoyu did not get to see the old lady Hou. She could only cry and be forcibly carried back to Shiyun Courtyard by the servants.

Lin Yanran felt much better after listening to Wenmei talk about the play.

However, Lin Yanran had not expected that Old Madam Hou would be so heartless.

Chu Ruoyu has been raised by Madam Hou for over a year. Even if you were raising a cat or dog, you would have developed feelings for her by now, let alone a person!

As soon as there was no profit to be made, Madam Hou immediately gave up.

The presence of Old Madam Hou and Concubine Xie in the inner courtyard shattered Lin Yanran's illusions about the prestigious Xie family.

Lin Yanran couldn't discern any of the legendary Xie family's profound heritage and magnanimity from these two people.

When Chu Mochen finished his shift late at night, he noticed the strange looks he was getting from those around him, and he had a bad feeling.

He quickly asked the people serving him if anything major had happened in Cangming during his busy time, especially anything concerning him.

The people around Chu Mochen quickly reported back the information they had already found out.

Chu Mochen knew that everyone in Cangming City knew that he had been drugged by his former mistress, now his concubine, and that's what happened to him.

Chu Mochen didn't think about anything at the moment, he just rode back to his residence as fast as he could, as if he were fleeing.

The first thing he did upon returning to the mansion was, of course, to go to the main courtyard to confront Lin Yanran.

Lin Yanran had long guessed that Chu Mochen was going to cause her trouble, so she deliberately had dinner early and called Wenju, who knew how to use poison, and Wenlan, who knew martial arts, to her side to serve her.

The master and servants had made all the preparations early and were just waiting for Chu Mochen to arrive.

Chu Mochen stormed into Lin Yanran's courtyard, his anger palpable. Lin Yanran, while leisurely peeling and eating pine nuts, looked up at Chu Mochen standing not far from her:

"Oh, what's wrong, Your Excellency? Who angered you?"

"Lin Yanran, stop playing dumb with me. What did you mean by what you said at the courtyard gate this morning? Are you jealous of my success?"

Chu Mochen was furious. If it weren't for the fact that Lin Yanran had a princess as her mother and the emperor as her uncle, he would have beaten this stupid woman to death.

Lin Yanran was not going to take the blame for others. "This has nothing to do with me. Your concubine Sun instigated Yun'er and Yu'er to kneel at the gate of my courtyard, making it seem like they would kneel there to their death if I didn't forgive their concubine."

I had no choice but to tell the brother and sister the truth, all for the sake of the Marquis's offspring.

Otherwise, if those two really knelt and died at the gate of my courtyard, wouldn't the Marquis come after me? Even if the Marquis didn't come after me, I would still feel unlucky!

Chu Mochen... "Fine, even if what you say is true, why didn't you keep quiet afterwards and let the whole of Cangming know?"

"Eh, Mother didn't order anyone to keep quiet? I don't know, after all, the Marquis just asked me to hand over the power of managing the household to Mother last night."

How could Mother do this? Isn't this ruining the Marquis's image?

Lin Yanran feigned innocence and righteous indignation; she was determined not to take the blame.

After much hesitation, Chu Mochen could only suppress his anger and leave the room where Lin Yanran was.

Chu Mochen left Lin Yanran's room, feeling as if he had used up all the rationality he had ever possessed.

So Chu Mochen was in Lin Yanran's yard, kicking and trampling the flowers, plants, and trees.

After making a complete mess, he calmed down a bit and left.

Lin Yanran listened to Chu Mochen's impotent rage outside the house while she ate pine nuts inside, quite enthusiastically.

Seeing the distressed expressions on Wenmei and Wenzhu's faces, Lin Yanran comforted them, saying, "You two can go to the government office tomorrow to get money for the repairs, and get a little more."

If Madam Hou doesn't approve, then you can go and transplant the flowers, plants, and trees from the front yard of the Marquis's courtyard to my place.

The old lady may lack someone, but she will never lack her eldest son.

When Wenju and Wenzhu heard Lin Yanran say this, they were not only happy, but their eyes lit up.

The two even whispered about how beautiful and expensive the flowers, plants, and trees in the Marquis's courtyard were, and how if the Duke of Zhong didn't give them money to repair them tomorrow, they would go and bring them back for the Madam.

It's fair to say that the atmosphere inside and outside the house is completely different, separated by just one wall.