Quick Transmigration Hoarding: My Selfishness Leads to a Killing Frenzy

Chapter 490 The Unfaithful and Unjust Son 1

Today is the Duchess's birthday banquet, and the Duke's mansion is decorated with lanterns and colorful decorations, filled with a joyous atmosphere.

Carriages and horses streamed in and out of the mansion gates as dignitaries and nobles from the capital came to offer their birthday greetings. Servants were busy welcoming guests and collecting gifts, their feet barely touching the ground.

Qingmo looked at herself in the bronze mirror.

Wearing a crimson gown embroidered with plum blossoms and adorned with pearls and jade, she exuded elegance and nobility.

She was thirty years old, but looked forty, her face showing the weariness of time.

"Madam looks radiant today. This outfit makes you look even younger," said the maid Baozhu with a smile as she tidied her hair.

Qingmo gazed at the bronze mirror, her fingertips gently tracing the fine lines at the corners of her eyes, and smiled faintly: "You little rascal, you always know how to make me happy."

Baozhu hurriedly replied, "What I'm saying is the truth! Madam is celebrating her birthday today, so naturally she's radiant."

Qingmo didn't say anything more, but just quietly looked at herself in the mirror.

Thirty years old should be the prime of life, but the original owner's heart had already withered.

In their youth, the Duke and she were a perfect match, and they pledged their lives to each other. When he married her, he promised to be with her for life.

He once made a promise to her in front of all the noble ladies in the capital that he would never take a concubine.

But in the end, he still let her down.

He did not take a concubine, but kept a mistress outside. He gradually became cold and distant towards her at home, but in public, he still maintained the persona of someone who doted on his wife.

The original owner knew everything, but she didn't expose her.

Because once this secret is revealed, the mistress will definitely enter the household, and the son born to the mistress will also affect her son's status.

There will be a constant stream of concubines brought into the household.

Wei Jinyuan wanted to take a concubine, and he didn't want his illegitimate son to be left to wander outside forever.

So he has been trying, openly and secretly, to get the original owner to ask him to take a concubine so that he won't be criticized and can bring his mistress and son into the family in a legitimate way.

Both want and want.

Unfortunately, the original owner didn't respond at all.

If Wei Jinyuan wanted fame, then he had to suppress it.

For so many years, the original owner had been outwitting and outmaneuvering him, but unfortunately, she gave birth to a bastard.

What a terrible teammate.

Wei Ze was well-versed in poetry and literature from a young age. Under his father's guidance, he believed that women should be obedient to their husbands and follow the four virtues, and that it was only virtuous and gentle to take concubines for their husbands and have children.

He not only failed to understand his mother's predicament, but also felt that she was jealous and did not understand his father.

That is, at today's birthday banquet.

The son of the char siu would personally lead the mistress and her son into the house.

In front of all the guests, he accused his biological mother of being jealous, which forced his father to keep a mistress outside the home.

In short, he would blame everything on the original owner of the body.

This forced the original owner to allow his mistress and her son to enter the house.

It made the original owner so angry that she vomited blood.

From then on, everyone in the capital said that the original owner was jealous and could not tolerate her husband's mistress, and the Duke became a victim forced into this situation.

Wei Ze rose to power by stepping on the original owner of the body and also gained a reputation for being filial, but he was only filial to his father.

He was completely unaware that the original owner of this body was fighting for him.

His mistress's son was only two years younger than him, a handsome young man who would also inherit a share of his family property in the future.

If the Duke had been even more biased, it's uncertain who the heir of the Duke's mansion would have been.

The char siu was indeed a piece of char siu.

He regarded his biological mother as a venomous scorpion, but treated his aunt Liu Ruyan with utmost respect and affection.

There was no other reason than that the original owner of the body disciplined him strictly.

Aunt Liu, however, always flattered and coaxed him, and even secretly indulged his eating, drinking and having fun.

Thus, under the instigation and indulgence of Aunt Liu, Wei Ze was spoiled and his position as heir apparent, which was originally a sure thing, was taken away by someone else.

He was disliked by the Duke, just like the original owner of the body.

And this good son, in turn, blamed everything on the original owner of the body.

She blamed herself for not being able to keep her husband's heart, and for not being able to control her concubines, causing him to lose his position as heir apparent.

In a fit of rage, the son of the barbecued pork threw a packet of poison at the original owner and killed him!

He's so filial!

Qingmo thought of the original owner's memories and couldn't help but sneer.

Seeing that her expression was not right, Baozhu asked cautiously, "Madam, are you feeling unwell?"

Qingmo shook her head and said calmly, "It's alright, let's go, the guests must be getting impatient."

She stood up, straightened her sleeves, and slowly walked out of the inner room.

As soon as he stepped into the main hall, he saw Wei Jinyuan smiling broadly as he exchanged pleasantries with several court officials.

Upon seeing her arrive, he immediately stepped forward, gently took her hand, and said affectionately, "Why did you take so long, Madam? All the officials are waiting to wish you a happy birthday."

Qingmo subtly withdrew her hand and smiled slightly: "Thank you for your concern, Duke. I was feeling a little tired and was delayed for a while."

Wei Jinyuan's eyes flickered slightly, but his expression remained gentle: "Madam is celebrating her birthday today, so please take good care of yourself."

Qingmo smiled without saying a word, her gaze sweeping over everyone in the hall.

Sure enough, the son of the char siu was not seen; he must have gone to pick up his mistress and her child.

Qingmo walked among the ladies and exchanged pleasantries with them.

Her elegant demeanor and refined speech drew praise from everyone for the Duchess's extraordinary bearing.

Just then, a commotion suddenly broke out outside the hall.

Wei Ze led Aunt Liu and a young boy in, who was about twelve or thirteen years old and whose features resembled Wei Jinyuan's.

Wei Ze announced loudly, "Mother, your son has specially brought Aunt Liu and my younger brother to celebrate your birthday!"

His voice was loud and clear, deliberately so that all the guests in the room could hear him clearly.

Aunt Liu stood to the side with her head bowed, while the young man pretended to be obedient and bowed: "Your son, Wei Jin, greets Mother."

The whole house was in an uproar.

Qingmo slowly put down her teacup, a half-smile playing on her lips: "Ze'er, what do you mean by this?"

"Your father didn't take a concubine? Where did this aunt come from?"

Wei Ze said with a righteous expression: "Mother, Father has worked hard all these years, but you, as his legal wife, do not appreciate it and are spoiled and jealous."

"This forced my father to raise Aunt Liu and my younger brother outside the home."

"Today, on your birthday, your son specially brought them here. I hope that Mother will be generous and accept them, mother and son."

The guests immediately began to discuss the matter, and many people's eyes darted back and forth between Qingmo and Wei Jinyuan.

Wei Jinyuan didn't say anything, but just looked at the box with a gratified expression, as if he had done the right thing.

Qingmo calmly stood up and walked to Wei Ze: "Oh? So, it's my fault?"

She suddenly raised her hand and slapped Wei Ze hard across the face!

"Snapped!"

The crisp sound of a slap echoed throughout the hall, leaving everyone stunned.

Wei Ze covered his face in disbelief: "Mother! You..."

Qingmo said coldly, "This slap is for your filial impiety! As the legitimate son, you help outsiders to humiliate your birth mother. Is this the Confucian classics you've read?"

"Snapped!"

Another slap.

"This slap is for your nonsense and baseless slander."

"Back then, your father personally promised in front of Miss Manjin that he would be with only one person for life and would never take a concubine. What are your intentions in slandering his reputation like this?"

"Snapped!"

"This third slap is for your disloyalty, injustice, cruelty, and immorality."

“If your father really wants to take a concubine, he will tell me in private. I am not a jealous person.”

"If this person were truly your father's mistress, he would have brought her into the household. Why would you need to explain? Do you even know what day it is today?"

"Is this your birthday gift to me?"

"What an unfilial child!"

These words thoroughly humiliated Wei Ze and cleared him of the accusation of jealousy that he had made of himself.

Wei Jinyuan never expected that she, who always doted on her son, would slap Wei Ze in the face in public.

His expression immediately changed drastically, and he hurriedly explained, "Madam, I knew nothing about this..."

The implication is that all of this was done on his own initiative by Wei Ze, the dutiful son.

No matter what, even if he wanted to help his father take a concubine, he shouldn't have done this at his own mother's birthday banquet.

In his past life, the original owner of the body covered for him and took on all the bad reputation himself. In this life...

Ha ha!