The mistress of the Hou family went crazy after doting on concubines and killing their wives.

Chapter 36 The Gift of Concubinage
When Yu Churong heard that Xie Mansion had come to exchange for the betrothal gift, she couldn't help but let Xiang Zhi help her out to see what was going on.

Lu Xiuxun saw her coming and came over quickly, "Why is my cousin out? Does your back still hurt?"

Yu Churong had a white face and whispered delicately, "Exchanging the betrothal gift is a big deal. I have to come and take a look to prevent my eldest cousin from being wronged."

Lu Xiuxun snorted coldly, "You are always so tolerant to her. Didn't you hear that the bride price was reduced by more than half, and a load of paper money was added? She deserves it!"

Yu Churong felt relieved after hearing this. She covered her lips delicately and coughed twice, and said feebly, "Cousin, my eldest cousin is a pitiful person if she wants to marry a dead person."

"She's pitiful? It's good that she doesn't bully others. It's better now. She gets out and our Lu family is finally at peace. Cousin, you won't be afraid of anyone bullying you anymore." Lu Xiuxun whispered with pity in his eyes.

The second wife, Lu Shiran, sneered, "Hey, who is talking nonsense? Lu Wan wants to take away all the eldest lady's dowry when she gets married. My cousin secretly exchanged the eldest sister's dowry, which is an unforgivable crime. Grandma is merciful and will only give you two away. Forget it at Zhuangzi, it’s really an advantage for you.”

She looked down upon Yu Churong's pitiful appearance, but she wouldn't help Lu Wan either.

Her mother was the head wife of the fourth-rank Zuo Jianyi doctor. She was the most dignified and noble girl in the entire Hou family. She should have been as noble as Lu Wan, but her father was a commoner, so she was always shorter than Lu Wan.

"What!" Yu Churong was so shocked that his body was shaking.

She had been lying in the house, unaware of what happened in the front hall. She only knew that her mother was carried back and she was not allowed to enter the house to see. She did not expect that such a serious thing would happen.

Will their mother and daughter be sent to Zhuangzi?
What should I do?
After putting so much effort into sacrificing her innocence, she didn't want to be abandoned!

Lu Xiuxun held her arm and scolded Lu Shiran coldly, "What nonsense are you talking about? My cousin is my grandmother's niece. How could she be sent to Zhuangzi?"

Lu Shiran rolled her eyes at him like a fool, "Ask your aunt."

A bastard, who was extremely stupid, dared to show off in front of her.

Yu Churong was about to cry.

Lu Shiyun, the third-room girl who has a good relationship with Yu Churong, whispered, "I don't think so. Maybe the replacement betrothal gift is for my cousin. Thank you, the second young master, for liking you so much."

Of course Yu Churong wanted to, but Mrs. Xie's eyes were almost growing on her head and she couldn't look down on her at all.

The second wife, Lu Shiran, sneered, "The Xie family didn't say they would let my cousin in. How could the Marquis of Jin Wen allow a woman who lost her virginity to marry into the Marquis' mansion? What are you thinking?"

Yu Churong bit her lip.

"Second sister, how can you say that to your cousin?"

"Did I say something wrong?"

The two little girls were bickering quietly when they heard Marquis Wen Xin's voice change.

"Brother Lu, I'm not only exchanging the betrothal gift for Miss Lu, I'm also exchanging the betrothal gift for Second Young Master Xie for Miss Lu's cousin. It's a double happiness for the Lu family."

Lu Wan raised her eyebrows high.

"Look, look, I said yes, the Lu family wants to marry my cousin to be the second young master's wife!" Lu Shiyun shouted happily.

"You're really blind." Miss Lu Shiran snorted.

Yu Churong was so surprised that she almost jumped up, and her heart beat wildly with excitement.

Of course, if he exchanges the betrothal gift for the second wife's first wife with her, she will become the first wife.

I really didn't expect that Xie Huaiyu was sincere to her. It seemed that her and her mother's plan was not in vain.

In this case, the Lu family would not send her to Zhuangzi. After all, the Lu family did not want to offend the Xie family.

Lu Shanyuan couldn't believe his ears. He was startled for a moment but quickly realized what he was hearing. He handed over his hands happily, "Thank you, Marquis Lu. I wonder...whether the betrothal gift will be given separately or..."

"The previous betrothal gift was from the second wife of the Xie Mansion. Of course it was given directly to your cousin." As soon as Marquis Wenxin finished speaking, everyone in the Lu family breathed a sigh of relief.

It would be nice if Lu Mansion didn't lose face.

The crowd watching the melon meal was in a rage.

"Ah, it turns out that it was Cousin Lu who stole my cousin's husband."

"What's the origin of that cousin? Could it be that she's a beautiful country?" "I've seen that girl. She went to the Capital Poetry Festival half a year ago with Miss Lu. She's quite pretty, and she's pretty and delicate. He can cause pain, but he can also compose poetry."

"My second aunt works as an errand in the Lu Mansion and knows that this cousin girl is a widowed mother with a son and a daughter. She has no parents at home and is helpless. Mrs. Lu kindly took her in."

"Isn't it? What's the use of being so good-looking? Isn't it that the second young master of Xie Mansion married Miss Lu because he took a fancy to the Duke of Qin?"

"Is it possible that the second young master of the Xie Mansion is definitely blind? Let the eldest daughter of the Lu Mansion and the granddaughter of the Duke of Qin not marry, but marry a cousin who lives here?"

The Lu and Xie families didn't want anyone to discuss the reason for Lu Wan's marriage change, so they naturally kept it a secret.

Even if the Xie Mansion changed the ghost wedding decorations, it didn't reveal anything to the outside world. People in the capital thought that the Xie Mansion would first marry Xie Zhiyan a ghost wife, and then help Xie Zhiyan and Lu Wan get married.

Anyway, it is common for wealthy families to marry a girl from a small family to their dead son.

Now, Marquis Wenxin unveiled it in public, and the discussion became louder and louder.

Mrs. Lu had no place to put her old face and glared at Yu Churong fiercely.

Yu Churong's face turned red and white. Seeing that his reputation was ruined, he simply relied on Wen Xinhou to give him a betrothal gift to regain his composure.

Gritting her teeth, she asked the maid to help her get out of the queue, and bowed to the shy and weak Yingying of Marquis Xin, "My little daughter, Yu Churong, would like to thank Mr. Lu Hou for his hard work."

How can an unmarried girl show up in public to see the foreign man who gave her a betrothal gift without her elders saying anything?
Lu Shanyuan frowned.

Mrs. Lu's face turned green, "What a shame! Get her away!"

Aunt Wu quickly led two nuns, one on the left and one on the right, to push the person away.

Marquis Wenxin was stunned for a moment by this sudden person, and watched as the petite girl was helped to the side before he regained consciousness.

Smiling, he clasped his fists at Lu Shanyuan and Mrs. Lu, took out the crimson engagement letter and handed it over.

The two of them looked ugly when they saw the appointment letter.

A bright red engagement letter instead of a bright red wedding letter.

This is the gift of concubinage.

"Concubine! Aren't you... your wife?" Lu Shanyuan exclaimed.

"The Xie Mansion considered the original wife to be a good concubine and gave her cousin a lot of money. This gave her a lot of face." Marquis Wenxin said with an expression on his face that he was not a cheap concubine.

Madam Lu became calm instead.

No matter how concubine she is, at least she won't waste the years that the Hou Mansion has spent educating Yu Churong, and she won't have someone poke her in the back.

Xie Huaiyu likes her so much, maybe there will be a better result?

Lu Wan smiled.

I don’t know whether Xie Huaiyu desperately begged for Yu Churong, or whether Mrs. Xie did it deliberately to disgust her.

Although Mrs. Xie was from the same clan, she was only from a side branch and could not be ranked in front of Marquis Wenxin.

When he comes, it is naturally not as simple as exchanging the betrothal gift.

Whatever it is, this life is getting a lot more interesting.

"Old Madam, Marquis Lu, will you accept this letter of engagement?" Marquis Wenxin said with a smile.

Inviting the dignified marquis to come forward during the concubinage ceremony was a great honor. How could Lu Shanyuan refuse to accept the concubine?

Marquis Wenxin came, of course, not to look at the Lu family's face.

Mrs. Xie was given a hundred gold coins and a beautiful and thin horse, and begged him to exchange the betrothal gifts for the two of them, and at the same time give Yu Churong a concubine betrothal letter. The money did not matter, Marquis Wenxin had a special hobby for beauties.

What's more, the imperial concubine also spoke and agreed immediately.

(End of this chapter)