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

Chu Mochen was preoccupied with his thoughts and didn't realize the pain he was in. It wasn't until he stood outside Lin Yanran's courtyard and came to his senses that he felt excruciating pain all over his body.

Chu Mochen cursed fiercely, "That unfilial son, I'll deal with him sooner or later."

He still admired his son in his heart; he was a suitable heir. It would be even better if the son didn't covet his title and was more filial.

After complaining about his eldest son while standing alone at the gate of the courtyard, Chu Mochen deliberately made his clothes messy, and his leg, which was not lame before, suddenly became lame.

Chu Mochen limped into the courtyard, and the people standing there immediately bowed. Upon hearing the voice, Wenmei came out to greet him. "This servant greets Your Highness. Has Your Highness had breakfast yet? This servant will have someone arrange it."

Chu Mochen knew that his wife always cherished the maids in her courtyard, so he was relatively polite to Wenmei. "The breakfast in this courtyard is quite good, Madam. Please arrange for more. Where is Madam?"

Not wanting the Marquis to disturb Lin Yanran's sleep by entering the inner room, Wenmei tried to persuade Chu Mochen, "Madam hasn't gotten up yet, Your Highness, would you like to have breakfast first?"

"I'll go and call my wife to get up so we can eat together." After saying that, Chu Mochen ignored Wenmei and walked past her into the inner room.

Wenmei quickly gestured for Wenlan beside her to follow inside, so that she could protect Lin Yanran should anything happen.

Chu Mochen looked at Wen Lan who followed him in. He knew that Wen Lan knew martial arts, since people who knew martial arts walked with lighter steps than normal people.

Chu Mochen glanced at Wen Lan but didn't chase her away. He knew that these maids wouldn't listen to him without his wife's orders.

He thought to himself with disdain, "These maids around the lady are loyal, but they lack any sense of propriety."

Chu Mochen stood in front of Lin Yanran's bed, looking at the sleeping Lin Yanran, and suddenly felt a sense of disorientation.

It seems that his wife has not worried about him for a long time. She doesn't ask him if his work outside is going well, nor does she arrange his food, clothing, lodging, or social interactions.

It was as if his wife's attitude towards him had completely changed after he took a concubine.

Wenlan watched as the Marquis entered without waking his wife, and simply stood by his wife's bedside in a daze.

Wen Lan remained silent, standing quietly a little behind Chu Mochen, ready to react promptly should anything happen.

While Lin Yanran was asleep, she felt something watching her.

Lin Yanran opened her eyes and saw someone standing at the head of her bed. Because Lin Yanran was still a little sleepy, her first reaction was to shudder and instantly roll into the middle of the bed.

"Am I that scary?"

Lin Yanran glared at Chu Mochen defiantly, "Who stands silently by someone's bedside this early in the morning?"

Chu Mochen's tone carried a hint of helplessness, "I was just lost in thought for a moment and forgot to wake you. I came to wake you up for breakfast."

Lin Yanran was completely unimpressed by Chu Mochen's statement. "Why is Your Highness so free today?"

"I just went to Qingyun Courtyard to see that kid Chu Yunxuan. We sparred a bit. That kid's martial arts are pretty good, but he's a bit lacking in filial piety. Now my whole body aches."

"But the martial arts instructors in this palace are really skilled. This kid is only thirteen years old, and I'm no match for him."

Chu Mochen still subconsciously regarded Lin Yanran as his wife who had nothing but him in her heart, and unconsciously told Lin Yanran about his grievances.

After listening to Chu Mochen's words, Lin Yanran only caught one key point: her eldest son had beaten Chu Mochen up early in the morning.

"If I had known that the Marquis wanted to spar with Xuan'er, I would have gotten up earlier so I could have seen the scene of you two sparring."

Lin Yanran spoke with utmost sincerity, both outwardly and inwardly. She genuinely wanted to see her eldest son deal with the philandering man in front of her.

Chu Mochen was stunned when Lin Yanran said this. "Aren't you going to join me in condemning that unfilial son, Chu Yunxuan?"

Lin Yanran thought that Chu Mochen was such a forgetful man. He had so many concubines in his harem, yet he still had the nerve to ask her to put Chu Mochen first.

"Look at what you're saying, Lord Marquis. It's just a friendly sparring match between father and son. Besides, what father talks about his unfilial son all the time? He's the Marquis's own son."

Chu Mochen looked slightly aggrieved. "But didn't you say before that I would always be number one in your heart?"

Lin Yanran felt that people could actually laugh when they were speechless, and that was exactly how she was right now. She'd already had so many illegitimate children, and yet they still ranked her number one in her heart. "Oh, the Marquis used to say he loved me the most?"

Chu Mochen said confidently, "I love you the most right now too!"

Lin Yanran rolled her eyes elegantly and sincerely advised, "Have some shame, Marquis Wenxuan."

When Chu Mochen said this, his face was serious, though he felt a slight pang of guilt for a fleeting moment. But it was only for a moment. "Really, I've always loved you the most, and I only love you. Those things in the backyard are just playthings."

Chu Mochen didn't really think he had done anything wrong. After all, he had only taken a few concubines. He hadn't favored his concubines over his wife. Who doesn't have a few concubines in their household?

Lin Yanran was too lazy to get angry at this kind of person. "Don't say such unlucky things so early in the morning, or I'm afraid I won't be able to resist slapping you later."

Chu Mochen did indeed want to take this opportunity to repair his relationship with Lin Yanran.

During the months Chu Mochen spent away from Cangming, he was fawned over by everyone around him, and gradually he began to feel a little smug.

But after he returned to Cangming, his rationality gradually returned. In Cangming, a marquis was really nothing special; there were many people of higher status than a marquis.

Chu Mochen realized once again the importance of having a wife of high status.

Chu Mochen wanted to return to his old life; he needed a wife who would think of him in everything and take care of everything for him.

So even though Lin Yanran clearly expressed her disbelief, Chu Mochen still spoke with utmost sincerity:

"One day you will understand how I feel about you."

"Yes, I believe you. You can entrust the Marquis's family assets to me to manage! You love me so much, you won't be reluctant, will you?"

Lin Yanran's two sentences struck at Chu Mochen's weak point.

Chu Mochen's shocked expression twisted for a moment, and he quickly tried to cover it up, "I... I definitely won't be reluctant, it's just that the royal family's assets are complicated, and I can't bear to see you working so hard."

Lin Yanran knew that Chu Mochen wouldn't give it to her, but she insisted on having it. "I'm quite bored every day, so managing the clan's assets is a good way to pass the time."

Chu Mochen... "Breakfast must be ready by now, let's hurry up and eat! It won't be good if it gets cold."

Chu Mochen abruptly changed the subject on his own, and without waiting for Lin Yanran to say anything, he left the inner room first.

Lin Yanran snorted coldly as she watched Chu Mochen's retreating figure. "What a womanizer who can't even act properly."