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

Wei Yichuan chased after Zhou Yanbing angrily. When they returned to the Marquis's residence, Wei Yichuan immediately turned hostile, "You poisonous woman, you didn't stand by my side at the crucial moment, and you even dared to threaten me with your son."

"If I don't teach you a lesson today, you won't know who the ruler of this Marquis's mansion really is!"

Zhou Yanbing had been putting up with this idiot for a long time, and then the couple had their first fight in all these years, which ended with Wei Yichuan's complete defeat.

Zhou Yanbing stepped domineeringly on Wei Yichuan's back, "Listen up, from now on, I, Zhou Yanbing, will be in charge of this Marquis's mansion. If you dare to disobey me, I will not only beat you, but also your son."

Wei Yichuan uttered two curses and then fainted from anger.

Lin Yanran met with everyone she needed to see, and feeling warm from the sun, she had someone help her into the house.

She felt she was in good spirits today, so she picked up the book of ghost stories that Chu Yunnian had copied and began to read it slowly. Chu Yunxuan and Chu Yunheng moved from the wall to Lin Yanran's room.

Lin Yanran reads a ghost story, Chu Yunxuan looks at the account book, and Chu Yunheng drinks wine.

Chu Yunheng felt that he would want to cry if he didn't drink.

Lin Yanran ignored the two brothers and quietly read on her own, finishing the book of ghost stories just before dawn the next day.

"You two brothers should go and rest too! I need to rest."

After Lin Yanran finished speaking, she unusually lay down and went to sleep.

Chu Yunxuan put aside the account book he had been trying to read all night but hadn't been able to, and just stared at his mother on the bed. Chu Yunheng, on the other hand, clutched Chu Yunxuan's sleeve in fear and called out in a trembling voice, "Big brother."

Chu Yunxuan let Chu Yunheng tug at his sleeve, his eyes fixed on the bed. Once he was sure his mother was asleep, he pulled Chu Yunheng over and sat down beside her bed.

Chu Yunxuan would reach out and check Lin Yanran's breathing every now and then.

Each time they explored the area, the two brothers would exchange a knowing smile and breathe a sigh of relief.

Countless times, Chu Yunxuan's hand remained motionless under Lin Yanran's nose, and Chu Yunheng immediately reached out with trembling hands and quickly touched the problem on Lin Yanran's neck.

Chu Yunheng couldn't feel a pulse, and immediately burst into tears, "Big brother, am I drunk? Why can't I feel it?"

Chu Yunxuan calmly withdrew his hand from checking her breath, then took his younger brother Chu Yunheng's hand instead. "Mother is gone. Let her rest in peace!"

Chu Yunheng's tears kept falling. "Mother, even when she left, she wanted to finish reading the storybook she wanted to read before she left. She didn't stay a little longer for us."

Brother, do you think Mother could defeat Father alone if she went over there and they met?

Chu Yunxuan reached out and tapped his younger brother on the head. "Think more about Mother, okay?"

After Chu Yunxuan finished speaking, his eyes also reddened. Then he pulled Chu Yunheng to kneel down and kowtow to Lin Yanran, saying, "Son respectfully sees Mother off!"

The moment they kowtowed, tears streamed down their faces and fell to the ground.

After kowtowing, Chu Yunheng threw himself onto Lin Yanran's bed and burst into tears. Soon after, Le An, Kong Lingyi, and the others also came in.

Outside, the filial sons and grandsons knelt on the ground, most of them genuinely heartbroken. Even the muddle-headed Wei Yichuan belatedly realized that his eyes had reddened. He knew that if his father and mother beat him in the future, he could no longer call them grandmother.

Lin Yanran's funeral was a grand affair, attended by all the noble ministers of Cangming, including the Emperor and the Crown Prince, who offered incense. The Emperor also bestowed burial gifts upon her.

When it was time for Lin Yanran's burial, Chu Yunheng suddenly remembered a question. He quickly pulled Chu Yunxuan aside, "Big brother, where will Mother be buried? Will she be buried in the ancestral home like Father?"

Chu Yunheng was a little annoyed; he should have asked his mother first.

Chu Yunxuan was taken aback for a moment, "Let's bury her back in the clan's ancestral land! We can choose to bury her on the other side then, so that when my wife and I die, we can accompany my mother."

If she isn't buried back in the ancestral land, outsiders will think that my mother did something wrong and shouldn't be buried in the ancestral graveyard!

Anyway, their ancestral burial grounds are huge! Just choose one that's far away from that old man.

Chu Yunheng nodded in agreement, "I'll listen to whatever you say, brother. You should also save some space for me and my wife in the future, so we can sit next to you and make it more lively."

As for the younger generation, let them do whatever they want in the future.

When Chu Yunxuan and Chu Yunheng led their men to escort Lin Yanran's coffin back to the main residence for burial, everyone except Wei Yize, Wei Yichuan, and Chu Shifu (who was the imperial son-in-law and did not need to return to observe mourning) went back.

After Lin Yanran was completely buried, Chu Yunxuan, Le An, Chu Yunheng, and Kong Lingyi all fell ill, showing how much they had grieved over the past few years since Lin Yanran's passing.

Chu Yunxuan and the other three were sick for almost a month before they finally recovered. They had all lost a lot of weight and had started to have gray hair.

Fortunately, time heals many wounds. After the three-year mourning period, Chu Yunheng took Kong Lingyi to see the beautiful landscapes everywhere.

Chu Yunxuan and Le An returned to the Wenxuan Marquis's residence in Cangming with Chu Shihui. However, the scene that Wei Yichuan caused before Lin Yanran's death completely broke Chu Yunxuan and Le An's hearts.

Even after Chu Yunxuan and Le An returned to Cangming, they rarely invited him to any gatherings.

As for Wei Yichuan asking Chu Yunxuan to take care of his son, Chu Yunxuan only gave a suggestion: send the child to Zhiren Academy when he is older. Since he did not ask his older brothers to take care of him, he would not ask him to take care of him either.

Wei Yichuan wanted to say that he had given it to his fourth brother, but after thinking about it, he realized that Li Qingyun actually spent very little time with his father and was mostly with the Emperor, so he didn't dare to say it.

One day, Wei Yichuan went out for a stroll and bumped into Chu Shihui, Wei Yize, and Chu Shifu gathering at Hongyuan Restaurant. They didn't invite him, which left him completely bewildered.

He turned around and went to find Chu Yunxuan to comment on the matter. Chu Yunxuan just watched him kneeling there and talking about how outrageous the other three brothers were.

Wei Yichuan rambled on and on for a while before realizing his father hadn't said a word. His eyes instantly welled up with tears of grievance.

"Father, those three are ostracizing me. You should teach them a lesson and let them know what brotherly affection and fraternal respect are."

Chu Yunxuan remained leaning back in his chair, his posture unchanged, and said casually, "I can't control you. Are you done? If you're done, get out!"

Now Wei Yichuan was truly aggrieved. "Why? Why?"

"Good question. When you encounter problems, ask yourself more often: Why? On what grounds? Have you given your nephews and nieces anything decent over the years?"

Have they ever given your daughter anything nice?

The three of them were able to get together because they knew how to give. They were always afraid that the other would suffer a loss, so they would try their best to give the best and didn't care about anything else.

What about you?

You didn't have a son a few years ago, so you didn't give any to your nephews? You don't care about your nephews and nieces, but you still expect them to care about you as always.

You're just someone's brother, not their ancestor. Don't be so arrogant. Get lost!

Wei Yichuan felt wronged, but also felt that he had done nothing wrong. He comforted himself, saying that he had been at a disadvantage in the past because he did not have a son.

Is it possible to give a daughter some jewelry as valuable as the Four Treasures of the Study (writing brush, ink stick, inkstone, and paper) or jade pendants as a son?

Feeling hurt, Wei Yichuan unilaterally blocked his other brothers. This deliberate distancing meant that when Chu Shihui and the others got together again, they had a legitimate reason not to invite him.

Over time, all that remained between him and his brothers was a matter of saving face, and the title was passed down for only two generations before fading into mediocrity.