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

Chu Yunxuan was all too familiar with this scene; he had encountered it many times in his previous life. Therefore, Chu Yunxuan's choice was to turn around and leave.

Chu Yunxuan changed to another path, and afterwards, he didn't forget to instruct Qian Lai, "Go through the people around me again and see if there are any who have betrayed me."

When Chu Yunxuan returned from asking for leave at the clan school, Qian Duo came from afar to report, "Miss Biao is waiting at the entrance of the young master's courtyard."

Chu Yunxuan inwardly cursed his bad luck, but he still frowned and asked, "Did they say anything?"

Qian Duo respectfully replied, "Miss said that Madam Ma brought back some local specialties from the border, and Miss is helping Madam Ma deliver them to the young master."

Chu Yunxuan hesitated for a moment, then said, "Let's go! Let's go back and take a look."

The moment Ma Mingzhen saw Chu Yunxuan, she quickly walked towards him, her face flushed with girlish shyness.

"Big cousin, why are you only coming back now? The people in your courtyard are so clueless; they wouldn't let me in no matter what I said."

Chu Mochen: That's right, even his father can't get in.

Chu Yunxuan thought to himself that he would reward the gatekeepers later.

Chu Yunxuan still asked politely, "Does my cousin have something to discuss with me?"

Ma Mingzhen came up with an excuse she had prepared beforehand:

"I came to deliver a jade pendant as a gift to my older cousin on behalf of my mother, but I accidentally lost it on the way. Could you help me look for it?"

Chu Yunxuan had no desire to play this kind of hide-and-seek game with his cousin. "This young master is too precious for this kind of work. I'll have the servants help my cousin find it!"

Ma Mingzhen: This cousin of mine must be a fool. How could he refuse such a good opportunity?

Ma Mingzhen cursed Chu Yunxuan in her heart for being so clueless, but on the surface she tried her best to look aggrieved.

If Chu Yunxuan knew what Ma Mingzhen was thinking, he would definitely vehemently refute her, saying that a ten-year-old girl has no charm whatsoever.

At this moment, Chu Yunxuan's reaction was to take many steps back. "This young master did not provoke you. Cousin, if you want to cry, you should go away!"

"I'm a conservative man, and I care a lot about fortune and such. It wouldn't be good if my cousin cried at the gate of my courtyard, bringing bad luck with her."

Ma Mingzhen was indeed preparing to cry in distress. Back when she was stationed at the border, whenever she cried, everyone around her would give in to her every whim.

Ma Mingzhen simply couldn't believe that her seemingly upright and virtuous cousin could speak in such a despairing way.

She looked at Chu Yunxuan in disbelief, "Cousin, you believe in this?"

Chu Yunxuan nodded hastily, "This young master is a conservative man."

Seeing Chu Yunxuan's blockheaded expression, Ma Mingzhen could only ask directly, "So, what kind of wife does my cousin want to marry in the future?"

Chu Yunxuan thought to himself, "Oh, here comes the main point:"

"I am a conservative man. I will only marry a wife who is liked by my mother. Ideally, her dowry should be enough for my mother to use, and she should be able to serve my mother every day. If she has children, they should be given to my mother to raise. My mother will not fight back when she hits or scolds her. My mother..."

Ma Mingzhen interrupted Chu Yunxuan in disbelief, "Cousin, are you kidding me? What kind of mother-in-law wants to spend her daughter-in-law's dowry?"

Lin Yanran: Her reputation has been damaged.

Chu Yunxuan retorted with a face full of disapproval, "How could it be that my mother wants to spend my daughter-in-law's dowry? It's clearly something the daughter-in-law insists on giving as a sign of filial piety."

Ma Mingzhen felt that even though she grew up on the border, she had never seen anyone as shameless as her cousin.

"Oh, then I wish my cousin will marry a woman who suits your heart in the future." After saying that, Ma Mingzhen gave a perfunctory bow and ran away.

Chu Yunxuan shouted loudly from behind, "Cousin, why did you run away? Weren't you still looking for the jade pendant?"

In response to Chu Yunxuan, Ma Mingzhen's figure disappeared even faster from his sight.

After Ma Mingzhen left, Qian Lai and Qian Duo couldn't stop laughing so hard their shoulders were shaking.

Chu Yunxuan gently kicked each of them once. "What are you laughing at? Is it that funny?"

Qian Lai and Qian Duo hurriedly covered their mouths and shook their heads. Qian Lai, who was bolder, couldn't help but speak up to remind them, "Young Master, if Madam finds out what you just said..."

Chu Yunxuan sternly warned the servants around him, "Keep your mouths shut. If these words get out today, don't blame me for being ruthless."

The servants around them quickly agreed.

Qian Lai reminded him again, "Young Master, what if word gets out about Miss Biao?"

"Then she can only blame herself for not being able to have the one she loves. Anyway, I, the young master, will never admit it. My cousin wants to destroy the person she can't have. How terrible."

After Chu Yunxuan finished his feigned sighs, he hurried into his courtyard and had someone pack his luggage.

Chu Yunxuan missed his younger brother and couldn't wait to go and stay with him for a while. It wasn't because he was afraid of being beaten by his mother for talking nonsense.

When Lin Yanran first heard the servants' report that the young master had packed his bags to accompany the second young master, she praised her eldest son for being obedient.

After Lin Yanran received the conversation between Ma Mingzhen and her daughter Chu Xiyao from the person she had arranged in the guest courtyard, Lin Yanran...

Take a deep breath and tell yourself to calm down. No matter how old a child is, they're still a child.

Lin Yanran burned the note in her hand and was about to have a carriage arranged so she could immediately go and beat her son.

In the end, it took the combined efforts of Mei and the other three to persuade Lin Yanran to temporarily agree to remember Chu Yunxuan's mistake and settle things with him when he returned.

However, Lin Yanran did vent her anger. Afterwards, Chu Yunheng received all kinds of care from Lin Yanran. Every day, people would send Chu Yunheng all sorts of nice things, which only Chu Yunheng received.

Knowing he was in the wrong, Chu Yunxuan didn't go back to the manor to make a scene with Lin Yanran; he simply kept quiet and snatched his younger brother's good stuff.

With Chu Yunxuan not in the manor, Lin Yanran's place was bustling with activity. In the past, Chu Yunxuan would come to her main courtyard every day to have dinner with her.

Now, Chu Mochen and his four children, including Chu Xiyao, come to Lin Yanran's main courtyard for dinner every day.

Chu Xiyao addressed Lin Yanran affectionately as "sister-in-law," while Ma Mingzhen and the others treated her with respect.

But these people come every day, and Lin Yanran is getting annoyed. Especially when she rolls her eyes, they pretend not to see it. When she tries to shoo them away, they always try to counter her moves and insist on having dinner with her.

After this continued for four days, Lin Yanran started using her ultimate weapon: every day, someone else, except herself, would randomly get diarrhea.

If there's something wrong with her dinner here, then why is it that nothing happened when someone else ate it? The answer is to look for the reason within herself.

This went on for another five days, with each person taking turns, before these people finally stopped coming to her courtyard for dinner.

As Chu Xiyao and her son spent their time at Lin Yanran's place, they gradually became dissatisfied with the food in the guest quarters. Every day, they would order all sorts of meals from the main kitchen, with the counterpart being Lin Yanran's small kitchen.

The food in Lin Yanran's small kitchen was, of course, the best in the entire Marquis's mansion.

In addition to the allowances Lin Yanran received as a lady, there were also subsidies from her dowry, and the Eldest Princess and Lin's husband would send her nice and new things. Chu Yunxuan would also sometimes send her things.