Cui Chan also looked panicked: "Really, young lady, it was the servants in the mansion who came to report it, saying that this matter has spread everywhere, and I think many people in Bianjing City know about it."

Hua Lan was shocked and angry: "How could this happen? Mother and the others brought servants who had signed death contracts with them. How could this be spread out? No, that's not right, Cui Chan, you just said that the rumors outside were not that Mo Lan had an affair with the youngest son of Duke Ling, but that they were hugging and cuddling in Sanqing Temple?"

"Yes, girl."

"No, no, if the news leaked out, it would be about an affair, not what's going on now."

Hualan frowned. Having been the mistress of a marquis's or duke's mansion for so many years, she had naturally grown up a lot and had become more shrewd and quick-witted.

Cui Chan also reacted: "Girl, I also think this matter spread too quickly, as if it spread in an instant. Could it be that someone spread it on purpose?"

Hua Lan said in a deep voice: "It is very likely, otherwise it would not have spread so quickly. Let someone prepare the carriage and we will go to Sheng Mansion."

"Yes, girl."

Just as the two were about to leave, they saw Zhou Chen walk into the yard.

"Are you going to Sheng Mansion?"

"Sir, how do you know?"

"It's been spread like that outside, how could I not know about it?"

Hualan immediately looked embarrassed. She didn't mean to hide it, but this was her own sister after all, and she would lose face if she told her.

"Sir, I am going to the Sheng Mansion. Molan has done something that has brought disgrace upon our family. I will not let my father let her off so easily this time."

Zhou Chen said: "I'll go with you. It's a good opportunity to go see grandma. I haven't seen her for a long time."

"Ah."

Zhou Chen and Hua Lan came to Sheng Mansion in a carriage.

The Sheng Mansion was now in chaos, and the news from outside had also reached the ears of Sheng Hong and others. They were all very angry. Wang Ruofu even clamored to kill Lin Qinshuang and her daughter.

She felt fortunate that her daughters were already married, otherwise if the news of Molan's extramarital affair were to spread, who would dare to marry her daughters?

However, thinking that this matter might affect her married daughters, she was still so angry that she wanted to beat Molan to death.

At this time, Sheng Hong came to Shou'an Hall for training. When the old lady learned about Molan's affair, she was so angry that she almost fainted.

She was also a person who had experienced many ups and downs, and ordinary things were not enough to make her lose her composure. However, the fact that Molan had an affair with someone, and in a place like Sanqing Temple, really made her angry. If this was her granddaughter, she would definitely have someone beat her up.

But after all, she is not Sheng Hong's biological mother, nor is she Molan's biological grandmother. Because of the relationship with Sheng Hong, her biological father, it is not easy for her to punish Molan directly.

She called Sheng Hong over, but didn't scold him harshly. She just laid out the whole matter and explained its seriousness, which made Sheng Hong sweat profusely. He turned around in fear and was about to leave Shou'an Hall.

As Sheng Hong just walked to the door, he ran into Zhou Chen coming in.

"Father-in-law, why are you in such a hurry? Where are you going?" Zhou Chen asked with a smile.

Sheng Hong looked embarrassed. He knew that Zhou Chen must have heard the rumors outside and came to the Sheng Mansion. After such a thing happened, as a father, how could he have the face to say anything to Zhou Chen.

"You are here to see your mother, right? I have something else to do, so I'll go over first. We'll have dinner together later."

After saying that, he left in a hurry. He was going to find Lin Qinshuang. For the sake of the Sheng Mansion, he had to solve this trouble as soon as possible.

Zhou Chen looked at Sheng Hong's back, and he really seemed to be ready to flee.

"Master, the old lady wants you to come in." Mother Fang came out and said to Zhou Chen respectfully.

"Ah."

Zhou Chen walked into the room and saw the old lady sitting beside the bed. He bowed and said, "Grandma."

The old lady's face, which had been not very good, suddenly showed some joy and she waved at Zhou Chen.

"Sanlang, come here, sit down."

Zhou Chen sat down on the chair beside the old lady's bed and asked with concern: "Is grandma angry?"

The old lady sighed, "You should have known it all. It's a misfortune for our family. It's a misfortune for our family. They raised such an evil creature. It's bad enough that she did evil herself, but she also brought trouble to the whole family. Hualan and the others' good reputation has been ruined by her."

Zhou Chen said with relief: "Grandma, don't be so angry. The nine sons of dragons are different. If you want to blame it, it's Miss Lin. I think it was her influence that made the fourth sister become like this. If She is raised by her mother-in-law, and even if she is useless, she will never do such a despicable thing."

"Yes, even you, who has not had much contact with Lin Xiaoniang, know what is going on, but your father-in-law doesn't know. He had to wait until something happened to understand."

The old lady was also very disappointed with Sheng Hong. What she was most dissatisfied with was that Sheng Hong favored his concubine over his wife. The men in the Sheng family were really cut from the same cloth. Fortunately, Sheng Changbai, the next generation, was upright and honest and did not inherit Sheng Hong's style.

"But this time, I think he won't be confused again."

Zhou Chen smiled and said, "Grandma is in charge of everything. Everything will definitely go as you expected."

The old lady pointed at Zhou Chen and smiled: "You, I think you came here just to watch the fun today, right?"

Zhou Chen said: "I can't say I'm just here to watch the fun, but I'm also shocked. How did this fourth sister hook up with the youngest son of the Duke of Lingguo's mansion?"

The old lady pondered and said, "It may be because when your father-in-law asked you to take Molan to the gathering of various mansions, he met the youngest son of the Duke of Lingguo Mansion. But this is not important anymore. How to resolve this matter is the most important thing."

"Grandma said so."

The old lady suddenly asked, "I heard that the first person to discover that Molan was having an affair was Hua'er?"

"Well, I heard from Cui Chan that when my wife and Sixth Sister went to Sanqing Temple together, they accidentally saw Molan's affair."

"You went there with Ming'er and bumped into him by chance?"

The old lady was still very alert and quickly grasped the key point. She always felt that things could not be so coincidental, and it involved Minglan. The more she thought about it, the more wrong it seemed.

"I wasn't in the mood to eat just now, and it's just right that you're here, Fang Mama, ask the kitchen to make more, and I'll eat with Sanlang."

"Yes, I'll go now."

Zhou Chen came to Shou'an Hall, while Hualan went to Weiruixuan to comfort Wang Ruofu, who was lying sad on the bed. After seeing Hualan, Wang Ruofu cried even harder.

After Sheng Hong left Shou'an Hall, he hurried to Linqi Pavilion. Now Lin Qinshuang was locked up in a room in Linqi Pavilion. She was not allowed to go out without his permission. There were maids and servants guarding her outside.

As for Molan, she was punished to kneel in the ancestral hall, and the two maids who helped her in the affair were beaten to death. As for the other maids in Linqi Pavilion, they were also locked up.

He came to Lin Sushuang's room, but before he could speak, Lin Sushuang spoke first, saying that the best solution now was to go to the Lingguo Duke's mansion to propose marriage. As long as Mo Lan married into the Lingguo In the palace, the rumors outside were broken without attacking.

But it was her words that made Sheng Hong react suddenly. He had only just learned about the rumors outside, but Lin Sushuang had been locked in the room long ago and had no contact with the outside world. It was impossible for him to know about the outside world. The only possibility is that she already knew.

This made Sheng Hong furious. He didn't expect Lin Qinshuang to be so vicious. For the sake of this marriage, she didn't care about her daughter's reputation at all and spread rumors herself.

The two immediately started arguing with each other. Lin Qinshuang stopped pretending and came clean in front of Sheng Hong, saying that she was doing this for Molan's own good. If Sheng Hong and Wang Ruofu had not refused to help Molan find a good marriage, would she have done such a thing?

This heresy made Sheng Hong very angry, and he became anxious. When he questioned Lin Qinshuang whether she really loved him, Lin Qinshuang looked indifferent and looked down on Sheng Hong for having the leisure to talk about such things at this time. She immediately said that she had always been just following his wishes.

Even shouted with confidence.

"Hong Lang, don't pretend to be affectionate. If you really loved me, you wouldn't have sent us to the manor outside the city when Mo'er and I were sick. Do you know what kind of suffering we mother and daughter suffered there?"

"You don't know, you don't know what kind of torture we suffered, because at that time you, everyone in the Sheng Mansion lived a good life with fine clothes and delicious food, but Mo'er and I suffered inhuman torture. So at that time, I swore in my heart that I must leave there, I must return to the Sheng Mansion, and I must let Mo'er live a good life and never be bullied or manipulated by others again."

"My Mo'er is so outstanding. The eldest lady and Minglan, that bitch, can marry into the Duke's Mansion. Why can't my Mo'er? If my Mo'er becomes the eldest lady of the Duke's Mansion like the eldest lady, who will dare to bully us? Who will dare to look down on us?"

"You, you, you are really crazy."

Sheng Hong said angrily, "Hua'er was able to marry into the Marquis' Mansion entirely because of the old lady. Moreover, when Hua'er was engaged and just married, the eldest brother-in-law was only the second son of the Marquis' Mansion, not even a Marquis. Now Hua'er can have her current status entirely because of the eldest brother-in-law's own ability and hard work."

Lin Qinshuang screamed, "It's because of the foundation of the former Zhongjing Marquis' Mansion. If you can find such a son-in-law with Mo'er, I don't have to plan it myself. But what kind of people did you find for Mo'er? Juren, Sanjia Jinshi, not to mention compared with the eldest girl and Minglan, even Rulan's husband is not as good as him. Why, why?"

"So you just found it yourself, and you allowed Mo'er to use such despicable methods and allow her to have an affair with her foreign husband?" Sheng Hong asked painfully.

"Yes, I said, since you are unreliable, then we mother and daughter can only rely on ourselves. My Mo'er is so outstanding. Even if she can't compare with Hualan, she must not be worse than that cheap girl Minglan. She must marry into the Duke's Mansion."

Lin Qinshuang yelled at the top of her lungs. She was obsessed with profit and would do anything to get to the top. More than a year of living in a farm outside the city made her even more extreme. She only wanted her daughter to find a better husband to support them and bring honor to them.

"You may hate me or blame me, but for the reputation of the Sheng family, for Changbai's future, and for the reputation of your married daughters, stop talking nonsense to me and go to the Duke of Lingguo's mansion to propose marriage."

Sheng Hong stepped back in shock, looking at the ferocious face of Lin Qinshuang. He dared to believe that his true love was given to such a woman.

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 1163: Sheng Hong, who cannot recognize herself, becomes a nun

For Sheng Hong, the first half of his life was bleak, because he was born out of wedlock, his mother was not favored, and he was badly bullied by his father's other wife. If it were not for the protection of his stepmother, he would probably not have lived to grow up.

His life did not get better until his father passed away. Although he later married Wang Ruofu, he really had no feelings for her. Their union was more for their own future.

But when he met Lin Qinshuang, he understood that this woman was his true love, the woman he loved most in his life, so he gave all his feelings to Lin Qinshuang, making her a concubine and living a more decent life than the mistress, just because he loved her, so he gave her whatever she wanted.

But now Lin Qinshuang told him that her feelings towards him were completely false and calculating. In order to achieve her own goals, she even disregarded the reputation of the Sheng family or his own.

"Are you blackmailing me? Blackmailing me?"

"I'm not threatening you. I'm only thinking about the Sheng family. As long as the Duke of Ling is willing to marry Mo'er, there's nothing wrong with being more intimate. The rumors outside will naturally be refuted at that time."

"If not, I'm afraid the Sheng family will lose all face. If the Sheng family loses face, Changbai will lose face, and Hualan, Rulan, and Minglan will also lose face. Then the Jingguo Mansion, the Qiguo Mansion, and the Hai family will also lose face."

"I want you, the Sheng family, the Wang family, the Hai family, the old lady's family, the Jingguo Mansion, and the Qiguo Mansion, all to come up with a solution for me."

Sheng Hong couldn't bear it any longer, raised his hand, and slapped Lin Qinshuang in the face.

"Snapped!"

"Bitch, you bitch."

Lin Qinshuang was slapped and fell on the bed, but she didn't care at all and wiped the blood from the corner of her mouth.

"Mrs. Kong once said that in this family, if one person prospers, all prosper, and if one person suffers, all suffer. If Molan's marriage cannot be completed, then we will die together."

"what……"

Sheng Hong looked up to the sky and sighed. He really regretted it very much. Why didn't he discover the true face of this woman before?

"You are really crazy. That is the Duke's Mansion. Do you think they would allow a concubine's daughter of a fifth-rank official to be the principal wife?"

Lin Qinshuang's eyes widened: "Why not? Even that bitch Minglan can be the wife of the Duke of Qi's only son. My Mo'er is a hundred times better than her. Why can't she be the wife of a Duke's legitimate son?"

"I told you to work together to find a solution. If the Sheng family, the Wang family and the Hai family don't work, then go find the old lady. If the old lady still doesn't work, then go find your most proud eldest daughter. She is the wife of the Duke of Jingguo. The Duke of Jingguo is the head of the nobles and an important official in the court. As long as he asks, even the emperor and the queen have to give him face, and the Duke of Lingguo has to smile."

"Yes, let Duke Jingguo and the eldest girl come forward, let them come forward."

Sheng Hong was filled with rage. Although he had quarreled with Hua Lan several times, it was because he felt that he and Lin Qinshuang were truly in love. Even if they were quarreling, he actually knew in his heart that this eldest daughter was the greatest support of their Sheng family and was far from being comparable to Lin Qinshuang.

Now that Lin Qinshuang has fallen out with him, she even wants to force or threaten her eldest daughter to ask for marriage on her behalf. How can he bear it?

"Bitch."

"Snapped."

Another slap in the face, he wailed in pain and helplessness: "Oh my God, shameless, shameless..."

Sheng Hong left Linqi Pavilion in a daze and returned to Weiruixuan. When he saw Hualan who was taking care of Wang Ruofu, his face was full of guilt.

"Father, what's wrong?" Hua Lan asked.

Sheng Hong slumped in the chair and told Lin Qinshuang everything he had just said, especially the threats made by Lin Qinshuang.

Wang Ruofu angrily cursed: "That bitch, she is so bold, she even dared to threaten us and plot against our family, let someone beat her to death, I want to beat her to death."

Hua Lan quickly persuaded Wang Ruofu: "Mom, even if you beat her to death now, it won't solve the problem."

"What should we do? Is our whole family going to be held hostage by a bitch like her?"

Hua Lan did not answer, but looked at Sheng Hong.

"Dad, what do you think?"

Sheng Hong said dejectedly: "What else can we do? She has pushed us to this point. If we don't propose marriage, our Sheng family will lose face. How can we hold our heads up among the officials and families in Bianjing City in the future?"

Hua Lan frowned and said, "Are you really going to propose marriage according to Lin's words? Are you really scared by her? No matter what, Mo Lan is just a concubine's daughter of the Sheng Mansion. How can she represent the reputation of the Sheng Mansion? What's more, that is the Duke of Lingguo Mansion. Although the Duke of Lingguo Mansion has declined a lot in recent years, it is still a Duke of Lingguo Mansion after all. How can they look up to a concubine's daughter of the Sheng Mansion and let her be the first lady?"

Sheng Hong immediately retorted with some dissatisfaction: "So what about the Duke Ling's Mansion? Our Sheng family is not bad now, and Mo'er's appearance and talent are also very good. Why can't she marry the youngest son of the Duke Ling's Mansion and become the eldest lady?"

Although he knew in his heart that this was a bit far-fetched, he was still unwilling to lower himself in front of his eldest daughter.

He hated Lin Qinshuang's scheming, but he felt that what Lin Qinshuang said made sense. If Minglan could marry the only son of Duke Qi, why couldn't Molan marry the youngest son of Duke Ling?

Hua Lan was so angry that she laughed at Sheng Hong's words.

"Dad, what are you thinking? Molan did such a thing, and you still want to go to the Duke of Lingguo's mansion to propose marriage to her. I know you love Molan, but I didn't expect you to have no bottom line. Okay, who are you going to ask to propose marriage?"

"Your mother, of course."

Sheng Hong said as a matter of course that no matter whether she is a legitimate daughter or a concubine's daughter, the marriage should be decided by the legitimate mother.

But Wang Ruofu refused without hesitation: "Let me go? Are you kidding me? Asking me to propose marriage to that bitch couple is impossible. Absolutely impossible."

Sheng Hong said anxiously, "You are the legitimate mother of the family. You should do this kind of thing. Do you want me, the head of the family, to propose marriage? Aren't you afraid of being laughed at? Moreover, if this matter is not handled well, our Sheng family will lose face, and it will also implicate the Wang family, the Hai family and the Duke's Mansion."

Wang Ruofu's expression froze instantly. This was like a matter of life and death for her. What she cared about most were her sons and daughters, so she naturally couldn't just sit back and do nothing.

"That damn bitch, when will she stop harming my children?"

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