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

Chu Mochen felt speechless. After a moment of silence, he explained, "Now that you've been granted the title of heir apparent, the entire Marquis's mansion will be yours. Even my private treasury has been allocated to you and Heng'er in advance. Your third brother and the others only received a little bit of my time. Why are you even complaining about that?"

Chu Mochen felt that his eldest son was ungrateful.

Chu Yunxuan laughed and retorted, "But these all originally belonged to my son and second brother, so why should I be content?"

Chu Mochen felt a sense of powerlessness, as if he couldn't reach into his eldest son's mind. "You're growing up now. Don't you think you'll have children born out of wedlock in the future? Be reasonable."

Chu Yunxuan didn't have any illegitimate children in his previous life. At that time, his mother and younger brother were not with him because of his father's philandering, and he had a psychological aversion to his concubines.

However, Chu Yunxuan wanted to be an unreasonable child at this moment, saying, "If I can marry the princess, I don't need to take concubines."

Chu Mochen was absolutely furious with this rebellious son. "Just tell me, what do you want to do to get back to normal?"

"That might be a bit difficult!" Chu Yunxuan felt that he was quite normal right now.

Chu Mochen: ...Who is the son and who is the father between them?

Chu Mochen bluntly changed the subject: "Did your mother find the person at the gate of your courtyard for you?"

Although he asked that question, he was already convinced that Lin Yanran had found it for his eldest son. Wasn't this just trying to sow discord between the father and son?

Chu Yunxuan knew what his father was thinking. In any case, it was always his and his mother's fault, and his father always thought he was the best. "I found this myself. Maybe Father doesn't understand me very well, but I'm quite capable."

No matter what Chu Yunxuan said, Chu Mochen didn't believe that a thirteen-year-old child like Chu Yunxuan could find such a master. "Your mother just can't stand the close relationship between my father and me."

If he had known his father was waking him up to talk about these trivial things, he wouldn't have gotten up and kept him from sleeping.

"We, father and son, have times when we're close? How come I didn't know that? Father, if you have something to say, I'm going back to sleep. You're not growing taller anymore, but I am!"

Chu Yunxuan got up so quickly because he thought his father was going to fight him because of what happened tonight!

So he got up excitedly and told him all this?

Seeing his eldest son's nonchalant attitude, Chu Mochen pulled out what he considered his trump card: "Are you so confident that once you're made heir, the title will definitely be yours?"

"Oh, if Father wants to give it to my second brother, I have no objection. But if you want to give it to those brats, we'll see if they dare to take it."

Chu Yunxuan didn't really care much for the title. Even without it, being a first-rank official would be enough for him to live a life of glory. If his father really wanted to give it to his second brother, Chu Yunxuan would be willing.

But knowing his second brother as he did, Chu Yunxuan knew he wouldn't accept it. Heng'er, in both his past and present lives, remained a person who valued relationships deeply.

Chu Yunxuan felt that if his second brother wanted the title, he could give it to him, but their mother had to live in the same mansion as him.

Chu Mochen stared into Chu Yunxuan's eyes, trying to see reluctance and nervousness in them, but all Chu Mochen saw was Chu Yunxuan's composure.

Chu Mochen looked on incredulously. "You really want to give the title to Heng'er? Have you gone mad from reading too much Confucian classics? Or have you been fooled by your mother?"

After Chu Mochen finished speaking, he heard his eldest son mutter something he couldn't understand: "It's fair that each person gets the title only once."

Chu Yunxuan felt that his younger brother was murdered in his previous life because he was not the eldest son of the legitimate wife. If his mother had only one child, his younger brother, and had the title to protect him, he might have been able to grow up safely.

Upon hearing this, Chu Mochen felt that his eldest son was simply out of his mind. "What? You think establishing a crown prince is child's play? And you think it's fair that each person gets to do it once?"

The more Chu Yunxuan thought about his past life, the less patient he became with Chu Mochen. He wouldn't fight, and he hadn't even consulted his mother about killing his father; all he could think of was kicking him out.

"Father, say whatever you want! I'm sleepy. Is there anything else?"

"Forget it, I thought you were so smart, but you're just a child. Why should I bother with you?" Chu Mochen said and left. It has to be said that Chu Mochen was in a much better mood after leaving Qingyun Courtyard.

In Chu Mochen's view, his eldest son was just baring his teeth and claws to seek attention, and he wasn't smart enough to threaten him.

As for giving the title to Chu Yunheng, Chu Mochen only thought about it from time to time.

The eldest son is perfectly fine, and he was even the Crown Prince's former study companion. With such qualifications, if the title were given to the second son, Chu Mochen would have to worry about whether Chu Yunheng could hold onto it.

Besides, this title isn't something he can just give away whenever he wants; Chu Mochen was only threatening him verbally.

More importantly, if he were to incite a dispute between the Chu brothers over their titles, Chu Mochen feared that the Princess might actually kill him.

This farce started inexplicably and ended inexplicably. If it weren't for the fact that several servants in Shiyun Courtyard changed during the process, it would have felt like nothing had happened.

However, after this commotion, the concubines in Chu Mochen's backyard became more well-behaved.

When someone is in a position of absolute authority, anyone who isn't a fool will learn to behave themselves.

After that, Chu Mochen was busy outside, so he went back to living in the front courtyard. He only went to Deyuan Courtyard occasionally to pay his respects to Madam Hou, or to Shiyun Courtyard to see Aunt Sun and Chu Yunyun.

Chu Mochen was angry that Lin Yanran dared to slap him. He planned to ignore Lin Yanran for a while so that she could reflect on her mistakes.

Lin Yanran didn't care whether Chu Mochen came to her courtyard or not! She would just go to Deyuan Courtyard every day to sit for a while and be a dutiful daughter-in-law.

The rest of the time he would brew tea, read various books, occasionally plant flowers, and sometimes learn to embroider handkerchiefs with Wenmei and the others. He lived a leisurely and carefree life.

Most importantly, Lin Yanran's eldest son is studying at the clan school. He can not only help her manage the backyard, but also help her with the Zhonggong accounts. He also has someone to accompany him for meals every day.

If life gets boring, you can go to the courtyard near Zhiren Academy and stay with your youngest son for a few days.

Sometimes, if Lin Yanran receives an invitation that interests her, she will attend it.

Although many people privately mocked Lin Yanran's husband for not keeping his promise and having two women by his side.

However, since Lin Yanran is a princess, Chu Mochen is currently favored by the emperor in court, and important tasks are coming one after another. He is now a favorite of the emperor.

People would be even less likely to say anything in front of Lin Yanran. Naturally, the people Lin Yanran interacted with were all gentle and easy to get along with, so Lin Yanran was willing to attend various occasions to pass the time.

However, Lin Yanran only enjoyed such a leisurely life for a little over a month before receiving a letter informing her that Chu Xiyao was coming.