Salted Fish Lady Loves to Eat Melons

Chapter 15 Another Bitter Melon
The wife of Marquis Cheng'en took the teacup handed to her by Wen Qingwan with a smile on her face, and immediately put it to her lips and took a sip.

"Hmm, good tea. Yunqing, bring me the money for changing my name." Xiao Wang's voice was weak, and she used "I" instead of "this Madam".

"Yes, ma'am." Yun Qing, the maid behind her, took out a small and exquisite purse from her sleeve.

When she opened the purse, there was a jade bracelet of very good quality inside. Wang Fang picked it up and handed it to Wen Qingwan.

It can be seen that she respected and valued this prince's wife, "Qingwan, I don't have anything else good to give you, please don't despise it."

"Mother, you are too polite. This jade bracelet looks very nice." Wen Qingwan had a faint smile on her face and her eyes showed some sincerity.

She took the jade bracelet and put it on Jinlan's tray behind her. She looked at the haggard-faced Marquis's wife and no longer glanced at the Marquis.

He really looks like a human, especially his peach blossom eyes that are so affectionate that even a dog can be seen, which can easily make women intoxicated by him.

Marquis Cheng'en also looked at his daughter-in-law who was serving tea. She had delicate features and spoke softly, and seemed easy to bully.

The Marquis's family has five grown-up sons, but none of them has a wife. The young ladies from aristocratic families all look down on their family because they are poor.

Some of them had romantic affairs with their sons, but none of them married them, and the sons of lower status were unwilling to marry.

Marquis Cheng'en never dreamed that Minister Wen would marry his eldest daughter into the Marquis's mansion. He wanted to laugh even in his dreams.

So when the Marquis saw his incredibly beautiful daughter-in-law, he smiled happily, "Qingwan, this is the money your father-in-law gave you to change your name."

"Thank you, father-in-law." Wen Qingwan took the twenty taels of silver with a smile and glanced at the people in the room.

She thought to herself that it was a shame that the mind-reading talisman only read the old lady's mind.

If she could read the name of another person, she would definitely choose the Marquis.

In an instant, Mrs. Hou’s thoughts rang in her mind. Wen Qingwan was happy. What a conscientious shopping mall!

Seeing the little girl smiling happily at her father, Xiao Jin frowned and pulled her to serve tea to his uncle and aunt.

Wen Qingwan let Xiao Jin hold her and smiled brightly at her, which instantly cured Xiao Jin's unhappiness and he smiled too.

Xiao Jin's younger brothers and sisters, who were usually very afraid, would feel better when they saw their eldest brother smile.

Several boys aged six or seven laughed out loud, thinking that their sister-in-law was really capable.

Wen Qingwan is eating Mrs. Hou's gossip. Wang Fang is the second daughter of Wang Jinshui, the richest man in Qinghe City. She has dreamed of marrying into a wealthy family and becoming the mistress since she was a child.

She was smart and ambitious, so she practiced music, chess, calligraphy and painting since she was old enough to understand, and she wanted to become the mistress of a wealthy family.

The twelve-year-old Wang Fang was very famous in Qinghe City. In addition, the Wang family was wealthy, and many talented young men came to propose marriage to her.

But she didn't like any of them and didn't get engaged until she was fifteen, just when her family was getting very anxious.

She and her father went to a banquet hosted by the Qinghe prefecture, and met Marquis Cheng'en who was on official business in Qinghe City.

He was wearing white clothes, with a black belt around his waist, and his long hair was loose and fluttering in the wind.

His skin was extremely white, as crystal clear as snow, his peach blossom eyes as bright as autumn water were slightly raised, and there was a hint of arrogance between his brows.

Wang Fang was deeply fascinated by him at first sight. At that time, she didn't know that the man opposite her was the Marquis.

But Wang Fang was willing to give up her dream for him. She was willing to marry him even if he was a poor scholar because the Wang family was not short of money.

The philandering Marquis Cheng'en had no resistance to women, especially rich women, and the two quickly became familiar with each other.

There is a lot of rain in spring, but when Cheng Enhou met Wang Fang, the weather was very good. They were both interested in each other, so they agreed to go to Qingming Mountain for an outing. The wind spread the news of flowers, the rain washed away the spring dust, and it was extremely romantic.

Marquis Cheng'en had no money, so he used the excuse that he was unfamiliar with Qinghe City and spent Wang Fang's money throughout the journey.

Wang Fang thought that Marquis Cheng'en was a poor scholar and was willing to spend money on him, and the two of them traveled around Qinghe City tacitly.

When love is strong, it's time to talk about marriage. It was another drizzling day, and the drizzle was falling, separating the two of them.

Marquis Cheng'en told Wang Fang affectionately that he liked her very much, but he already had a wife and a concubine.

Although he was philandering, he would never force anything on a woman, so he never hesitated to tell the woman he liked that he had a wife or concubine.

Wang Fang was dumbfounded!
She really liked him, but she was never mentally prepared to be his concubine!

She has already lowered her standards and decided not to marry into a wealthy family, but if she is asked to become a concubine, she still needs to think carefully.

Seeing that Wang Fang was unwilling to be a concubine, Marquis Cheng'en did not force her. He finished his business and left.

The women who like him and the beauties he likes can be lined up from Shangjing to the Beidi border, and he can't get them all.

Marquis Cheng'en passed away in a graceful manner, but Wang Fang fell ill. The love sickness was incurable.

But Wang Jinshui and his wife were very anxious, so they sent their eldest son and Wang Fang to the capital to look for the man.

There was a delay of two years during this period. Wang Fang was already seventeen years old, and she thought about becoming a concubine of a wealthy family.

I don’t know if she was lucky, but when the Wang family was discussing marriage with Marquis Cheng’en, ​​the marquis’s fifth wife died of illness.

So, during the mourning period for the Marquis, Wang Fang got married into the Marquis's mansion as she wished, and on the same day she was given power to manage the household and became the mistress.

In just three years, not only was Wang Fang's dowry subsidized, but the Wang family's sisters-in-law also complained.

She married into a wealthy family, but her parents' family didn't get a penny and even had to pay her back.

Every time there was a festival, Wang Fang’s parents would give her stepson and stepdaughter red envelopes of considerable amount, dozens of them!
The Marquis's Mansion had no money but was unwilling to lower its standards. It had many wives and concubines and a large number of servants.

Her mother-in-law stayed in the Buddhist temple all day long, eating vegetarian food and chanting Buddhist scriptures, while her husband spent his days in debauchery.

Many of the women in the backyard are also young ladies from aristocratic families. They dress up beautifully and have a great time reciting poems and composing couplets with the marquis all day long.

The concubine, who is in her thirties, looks only in her twenties and is extremely beautiful.

She used her dowry to support them and their children, and when she was angry she would give everyone white porridge every day, but other people can cook for themselves!

Three years after marriage, she gave birth to a son and a daughter, but her face aged due to the heavy workload.

My husband is still the same husband as he was back then, with the breeze and the moon. He eats well, dresses well, and plays beautifully.

And she!
She spends all day thinking about how to save money, and she wishes she could break a coin into two halves to spend. At the age of 21, she looks older than her husband who is 41.

In a few years, if she doesn't die, the Wang family will probably be bankrupted by the Marquis's Mansion!

Wang Fang looked at her two-year-old daughter and her ten-month-old son, she couldn't bear to die!
She is only twenty-one years old this year, but she is disheartened and often torn between living and dying.

Wen Qingwan was happily eating melons when she heard, "Ordinary people's fate really can't bear a noble life. I have already regretted it. 】

[Madam, please don't blame me for being cruel. If I hand over the power of the family to you, I can live a few more years. My children are too pitiful! ]

(End of this chapter)