Husband, please lend me your virtues

Chapter 147 After the divorce, I found a better wife. Why are you crying? (2)

"Hurrah!"

"So the important thing the Marquis is talking about is a private wedding with someone else?"

He Zijin still didn't feel satisfied after beating Yan E, so he took this great opportunity to beat up the scumbag, forcing Yan E to retreat repeatedly. The second and third wives were stunned.

"Why did the Marquis break the law and marry two wives? I am the legitimate daughter of the Duke of Zhenguo after all, how can I tolerate you, the Yan family, bullying me like this!"

"Let's get a divorce!"

"No, He, although I was at fault in this matter, you can't just be unreasonable."

"Divorce is absolutely impossible. Since you are married into the Yan family, you are a Yan family woman. How can you divorce just like that?"

Yan E's reaction to He Li was so big that he didn't even notice that Lu Ruyun, who was standing next to him, was being pinched by Gui Yue.

"And you were not completely innocent in beating your husband."

If he divorced, all his efforts would be in vain. The dowry brought by He was generous, and he also wanted to get the treasure map held by the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion through He.

It is said that the place pointed to by the treasure map contains the accumulation of several generations of the He family, which is rich enough to rival a country.

"Let's go before His Majesty and see whose fault it is."

He Zijin did not continue to argue along his line of thought, but only used the current emperor to threaten him.

Emperor Ying Qian of the Jin Dynasty ascended the throne at a young age. After he took power, he killed all the people in the Yong Wang faction who controlled the government. He even seized the power of the empress dowager who was in charge of the government and asked her to return to the harem to spend her remaining years. However, she died within two years.

Emperor Ying Qian was not as tolerant as his predecessor towards veteran nobles and royal relatives such as Marquis of Changle, and he would strip them of their titles if they made the slightest mistake.

Therefore, Yan E and others were extremely cautious when dealing with Emperor Ying Qian, for fear that Emperor Ying Qian would catch them and take away their titles.

Yan E's brain worked quickly, and he finally found a reason to shirk responsibility, "He, you misunderstood. It was not me who was performing the ceremony with this girl."

"Oh?"

He Zijin sneered, smoothed his sleeves which were wrinkled due to excessive movement, and gave Yan E a nonchalant look. Now that he had already paid homage to Yan E, what excuse did Yan E have?

"Chengping was seriously ill in bed a few days ago. This girl is a maid in my courtyard. I gave her to Chengping as his wife to bring him good luck. I am just taking Chengping's place to complete this wedding banquet."

"Chengping and I grew up together and have been by our side for many years. We are like brothers. It is reasonable for me to speak up for him."

Yan E became more and more excited as he spoke, and it looked like he was about to convince himself.

When Lu Ruyun heard Yan E's words under the veil, her paleness turned pale. The Marquis actually said that she was the wife of the servant Chengping?

"Really? My Lord, please don't show up in your brother's wife's bed."

When He Zijin heard this ridiculous reason, she almost laughed out loud in her heart. Her beloved concubine became a servant's wife on the spot. How could she say such a shameless thing.

"He!"

"Is this how the Zhenguo Mansion raised you? How is your mouth different from that street shrew?"

Yan E thought that he had already smoothed over the situation, and his servant had already informed Cheng Ping who was waiting in the main courtyard. Everyone in this courtyard was his confidant, and no one dared to expose him.

It was just that Ruyun had been wronged, and he would definitely get it back from He someday.

"No matter how bad the education of the Zhenguo Mansion is, it will never raise a man who can marry a servant."

When Yan E heard this, he raised his hand in anger and wanted to hit her, but because of the Zhenguo Mansion behind her, he reluctantly put it down and said, "Forget it, I will not bother with ignorant women."

Yan E couldn't argue with her, so he pretended to be magnanimous and not bother with He Zijin, but He Zijin would not let him go easily.

"I wonder what merits and abilities that Mr. Chengping has to hold a wedding banquet in the main courtyard?"

Yan E paused for a moment before thinking of an excuse, "Chengping's parents drove him out, and he has nowhere to go. I am kind enough to take him in, is that wrong?"

He Zijin covered her mouth and laughed out loud, "Then you are quite a nice person. You let a servant occupy the main room of Changle Marquis's Mansion to hold a wedding banquet. Aren't you afraid that it will get out and cause people to laugh at you?"

When the Second Madam heard what He Zijin said, she couldn't help but say:

"What the eldest sister-in-law said is true. Even if he grew up with you, he is still just a servant. How can he be so worthy of such a big fuss, eldest brother?"

"If mother knew, she would probably call my brother to Rong'an Hall to give him a lecture."

The mother that the second lady mentioned was Yan E's stepmother, the only living elder in the marquis's mansion. Nowadays, people believe in "governing the family with filial piety" and a stepmother is also a mother. It is normal for a stepmother to teach Yan E a lesson if Yan E behaves inappropriately, and Yan E dare not disobey her in public.

The third wife spoke up next. There were not many opportunities to criticize the eldest wife who had occupied the title in the mansion by virtue of her age.

"Oh, big brother, I'm not saying anything bad about you, but you're overdoing that servant. You're leaving your wife to sleep alone while you're marrying a servant who's not even worthy of your status."

When Yan E heard the voices of the Second and Third Madams, he was surprised to realize that he and He were not the only ones here.

He said in a cold voice: "Second sister-in-law, third sister-in-law, this is our eldest wife's business, and has nothing to do with your second and third wives."

"How come it has nothing to do with us? Big brother, if your behavior gets out, you won't be the only one being talked about. Both of our families will also be criticized by outsiders along with you."

The Second Madam was not afraid of Yan E's cold face. She was his sister-in-law from another family. No matter how angry she was, it was not her turn as the eldest uncle to teach her a lesson.

Lu Ruyun put away her resentful emotions, lifted her veil, and bowed deeply to He Zijin, the second wife, and the third wife.

"The three ladies have misunderstood. The Marquis only felt sorry for Chengping and me because we are both homeless, so he held a decent wedding for us in the main courtyard in private."

He Zijin looked at Lu Ruyun who quickly came out to cover up for Yan E, and thought that it was no wonder that in the later period, she was able to send her own child to her original mother to be raised, just so that her own children could get the title of "legitimate children".

She was able to calmly frame the old lady of Marquis Changle with her unborn child, and successfully replaced the original body who went to Zhuangzi and became the lady of Marquis Changle.

In the original plot, Lu Ruyun did not want to go through the hardship of raising children, so she sent her children to the honest original body, so that the original body could teach her children to become successful.

Lu Ruyun only needed to take the children outside to play for a while when she was bored, and she could easily win their hearts. They only recognized this biological mother who would play with them, and thought it was their stepmother's fault that caused them to be separated from their mother.

These children were raised by the original body with all her efforts, and they were also the ones who hurt her the most. The original body was a model of a virtuous woman who had received education on women's virtues, and she treated these children as if they were her own children.

I had worked hard for these children for more than ten years, but I didn't want these ungrateful bastards to drive me, a useless child, to live in a farm in the countryside after they grew up. They didn't allow me to take a maid with me, and even kept the little dowry I had left.

"You, my servant, look like the only daughter of Minister Lu in the past. What's your name?"