Lihoumen

Chapter 72 Lin Ruoqing asks her to fulfill

Lin Ruoqing followed the maid into the house. Before Qingqing could say hello, she knelt on the ground with a plop.

"What are you doing, cousin?" Qingqing didn't help her and spoke with a cold tone.

Before Lin Ruoqing could finish her words, tears could not stop flowing down. Qingqing winked at Lingzhi beside her, and Lingzhi stepped forward to help her up, saying with a wooden face: "Miss, if outsiders saw you like this, they would think that our lady was bullying you. You are a distinguished guest of our mansion, and our lady can't stand this."

Lin Ruoqing sat down on the chair, wiping her tears and said, "I know that since I came to the Marquis' Mansion, I have caused trouble for my cousin's wife."

Seeing Qingqing didn't say anything, she choked up and said, "But I have no choice. My husband's family doesn't tolerate me, and my family is gone. If it weren't for the protection of the Marquis' Mansion, my child and I would have died."

There are so many poor people in the world. Now that her husband has died, does that mean she has to think about other men?

Qingqing didn't have the patience to listen to her complaining here, so she asked directly: "Why did you come to see me?"

Seeing Qingqing's unhappy expression, Lin Ruoqing shut up, and after a long while she slowly spoke again: "The Zhao family has always refused to let us go."

Before she could finish, Qingqing interrupted and said, "Hao'er is the flesh and blood of the Zhao family. It is natural for the Zhao family to want to take the child back."

When Lin Ruoqing heard Qingqing mention the child, she looked up at Qingqing with a hint of panic in her eyes.

"Hao'er is my child, I will never let him leave me."

"This is my cousin's business." Qingqing said calmly.

Lin Ruoqing sighed, with a pleading tone in her voice: "I'm not here to be angry with you."

As she spoke, she wiped away her tears again and choked up, "The Zhao family came to take my son away again and again a while ago, but fortunately they were stopped by my cousin. Now the Zhao family is getting worse. They, they actually framed me for killing Zhao Heng." She sobbed, "This is a capital crime. They are trying to force me to death."

"The innocent are innocent. If you are innocent, the government will definitely clear your name." Qingqing said.

"They have a witness, a maid who used to serve me. This matter is not that simple."

Qingqing turned her head and looked at Lin Ruoqing, her eyes filled with anger. "So, what do you want? You want me to give up my position as your legal wife to you, and let the Marquis' Mansion protect you and your son forever, right?"

"No, no, no, that's not what I meant." Lin Ruoqing waved her hands repeatedly, denying it flatly, and cried, "I know you and my cousin are a loving couple, how could I have such an idea, I just want to..."

Lin Ruoqing struggled for a long time, and finally said with difficulty: "I just want my cousin to take me as his concubine."

"Ridiculous!" Qingqing slammed the table, stood up in annoyance and was about to leave.

Lin Ruoqing hurriedly stopped her and cried, "Listen to me, I have no intention of competing with you. I just want my cousin to give me a status temporarily so that the Zhao family will stop thinking about it. After my Lin family is vindicated, I will leave and go back to my parents' home and never bother you and my cousin again. I am telling the truth, believe me, I will never compete with you for favor."

In Chunxi Hall.

The old lady was saying to Shen Han earnestly, "I know you are a responsible person and don't want to let your wife down, but this is just a temporary solution. Do you want to watch Ruoqing being killed by the Zhao family?"

The Zhao family sued Lin Ruoqing for murdering her husband, which was indeed a difficult matter. The Zhao family had a witness, a maid in Zhao Heng and Lin Ruoqing's room, who said that one night she heard the couple quarreling in bed, and mentioned something like "the child is not Zhao's", and then Zhao Heng suddenly fell ill at noon the next day.

Shen Han had not expected things to turn out this way. He listened to his mother's nagging, rubbed his brows and said, "Although there are witnesses in this case, we can't just conclude the case. Anyway, I will do my best to deal with it."

Upon hearing this, the old lady said anxiously: "This matter has caused a lot of uproar in the capital. Even if the government does not punish her, what future will your cousin have after being harassed by the Zhao family?"

The old lady sighed heavily and said, "For now, you should marry Ruoqing first."

Before the old lady could finish, Shen Han interrupted and said, "Didn't I say it long ago? I won't take a concubine. I've already promised the new wife, so how can I go back on my word? Besides, I don't want too many women in the backyard. It would be a mess and make me upset."

"There is no other way." Seeing her son's refusal, the old lady hurriedly got off the ground and sat down on the chair beside her son. She stared at Shen Han and said, "Take the person in first. As long as Ruoqing becomes a member of our family legitimately, the Zhao family will not dare to make trouble anymore. Even the government will not dare to make a random judgment easily."

Seeing that her son was still indifferent, the old lady asked anxiously: "Can you really bear to see Hao'er live a hard life with Ruoqing again?"

It was late at night when Shen Han returned. Qingqing had already gone to bed, with her back to the inside and her eyes closed. He went into the room, took off his coat, came to the bed, and asked softly, "Are you asleep?"

Qingqing turned around: "Not yet, I'm just about to go to bed."

Shen Han said nothing more. In the dim darkness, he put his arms around her, put his head close to her ear, and stroked her little by little.

"You are planning to take Lin Ruoqing as your concubine, right?" Qingqing asked indifferently after a long time.

Shen Han paused while holding her hand, but did not let go, nor did he raise his head. He still kept his hands close to her and asked, "Why do you think so?"

"She came to see me. I think my mother came to see you just now because of this matter." Qingqing said.

He uttered an inaudible "hmm" and then added, "Don't worry, I will take care of this matter."

As he said that, he undressed himself with one hand, got on the bed, and pressed her under him. Qingqing subconsciously reached out to push him away, but the more she refused, the more aggressive Shen Han became.

That night, he was ruthless and insatiable, and he asked for it again and again. In the end, Qingqing was so tired that she couldn't even lift her wrists. She didn't know how she fell asleep.

When I woke up the next day, Shen Han was gone.

Lingzhi came in, and before Qingqing could speak, she said, "The young master left before dawn, saying he was going to Linxi. He might stay there for a few days before returning."

Lin Ruoqing's late husband, Zhao's family, was from Linxi. When Shen Han went there, he must have been busy with Lin Ruoqing's affairs again.

Qingqing said nothing upon hearing this, and just went about cleaning herself up. Before she had finished, the old lady's maid came over with a message, asking Qingqing to come over.

Qingqing was putting on her makeup. Upon hearing this, she dropped her sheep-horn comb on the dressing table without looking up. She just asked calmly, "Who else did you invite from my mother-in-law's place?"

The maid hesitated for a moment, then answered truthfully, "Miss Lin is here too."