The wife of Marquis Wu'an was checking accounts with the housekeepers in the mansion when she saw the servant who served the old marquis running in with his head lowered.

"Madam, the old marquis is calling you over."

Madam Wu'an Hou closed the account book and said calmly, "I understand. I'll come over later."

The servant raised his head in embarrassment, "Madam, the old marquis asked you to leave quickly."

In fact, he had already said it very tactfully. The old marquis's original words were "Tell the lady to come here quickly!"

"The Marquis has just finished his court session and is now at the old Marquis's place."

The wife of Marquis Wu'an had no choice but to ask the stewards to take care of the chores first. She straightened her clothes and walked towards the old marquis's courtyard.

She knew very well that it must be Lin Wan'er who had complained, and now she would be scolded if she went there.

But she couldn't not go, otherwise she would be labeled as "unfilial to her father-in-law", and who could bear it?

When the wife of Marquis Wu'an arrived, Lin Wan'er was having a pleasant conversation with the old marquis and the marquis. When they saw her, they all frowned.

She bowed lightly, "You called your daughter-in-law here, but what do you want me to do?"

The old marquis got angry when he saw her indifferent look, "Wan'er is your sister-in-law's child, and now she is your daughter. How can you be so mean to her?"

"They were standing at your door, but you didn't even let her in and just kicked her out!"

The relationship had already been torn apart, and Lady Wu'an Marquis didn't want to put on an act anymore.

She raised her head and looked at Lin Wan'er who was sitting on a chair beside her with her head down, and sneered:

"My Lord, have you ever heard of a daughter who did not greet her mother politely?"

"Whether it's the queen in the palace or my daughter-in-law, Sister Ting, who is so unruly?"

"She never treated her daughter-in-law as her own mother, so why would the daughter-in-law bother to please someone who doesn't like her?"

Wu'an Marquis's wife looked at Wu'an Marquis and said, "As the saying goes, birds of a feather flock together. I always have more topics to talk about with you."

"Mrs. Wan has never gotten along with me, but she gets along well with the Marquis's concubine."

"Every time I come back to the Marquis' Mansion, I either go straight to your courtyard or to Aunt An's courtyard. How dare I stay for a moment longer?"

After hearing what Marquis Wu'an's wife said, the old marquis looked at Lin Wan'er with some annoyance.

There is a difference between legitimate and illegitimate children, and Lin Wan'er was indeed at fault first.

He sighed and softened his attitude, "You know that Wan'er has been..."

"My daughter-in-law knows that Miss Wan has a hard life. She has been a slave in the Zhennan Palace since she was a child. As soon as she came of age, she climbed into Lu Jingting's bed and became a maid.

Later he was driven to a country village to fend for himself.

She even risked her life to give birth to Lu Ze and Lu Yuan.

Six years later, he found ways to return to the Zhennan Palace and turned the place upside down.

Somehow, she went from being a guest cousin to a lowly concubine of the Lin family.

Later, he was rescued from that dark place by the Marquis.

At only twenty years old, he had suffered so much and endured so much pain.

The daughter-in-law should love her and protect her!

If you repeat it every now and then, your daughter-in-law will be able to memorize it by heart!"

The old marquis was choked by the wife of Marquis Wu'an and couldn't breathe, and he kept coughing.

Marquis Wu'an frowned and stared blankly at his wife, always feeling that there was something different about her.

Lin Wan'er even covered her face and sobbed quietly, looking at the old marquis aggrieved and stubborn, as if she had suffered a great injustice.

When Lady Wu'an Hou looked at her, she felt that she was dumber than a sow in the past. She was so blind that she did so many stupid things for her!

"My Lord, what did I say wrong?" She looked up at Marquis Wu'an, "Or did I say something incomplete? Do you want to add something?"

Accustomed to his wife's gentleness and docility, Wu'an Hou was a little angry but more uneasy when he was suddenly contradicted like this.

"My Lord, I am a woman, I can only read a few words and read an account book, I don't know any great principles.

You two have been familiar with the books of sages since childhood. Can you tell me, which noble family would hold a woman like this in the palm of their hands?

Aren’t you worried about ruining the reputation of other women in the clan?

Aren't you afraid of getting into trouble?"

The old marquis and Marquis Wu'an were both silent.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Lin Wan'er knelt down in front of the old marquis and cried heartbreakingly.

“Grandfather, please stop having conflicts with my stepmother over someone as lowly as Wan’er.

Wan'er shouldn't be alive. I only ask that you, for your mother's sake, take care of Ze'er and Yuan'er so that they can have food to eat in the future.

Don’t let them be bullied and sold into slavery just because they lost their mothers at a young age! "

When the old marquis heard this, he felt guilty and distressed, and immediately burst into tears.

"Good boy, get up quickly, Grandfather is not dead yet!"

The wife of Marquis Wu'an looked at Lin Wan'er's acting coldly and said nothing.

The old marquis's face turned cold, and he angrily scolded the wife of Marquis Wu'an, "Get out!"

The wife of Marquis Wu'an was eager to leave, otherwise she would vomit her breakfast.

He bowed hastily and left.

The old marquis looked at Marquis Wu'an and asked in a grim tone, "How is the situation going?"

Wu Anhou paused and said, "Father, it will be soon, in one or two days."

"That's good," the old marquis said gently, "Don't worry, once this is done, you can rest assured."

Lin Wan'er bit her lip, "That's Princess Dingyuan, is it really okay? Wan'er is afraid of implicating the Marquis' Mansion."

Marquis Wu'an glanced at Lin Wan'er, with a flash of displeasure in his eyes.

Lin Wan'er seemed to have made a great decision. "Wan'er should go to Dingyuan Palace to apologize. When Xiao Yunxi forgives Wan'er, Wan'er will get up again."

"Whether you want to beat me or punish me, it's all up to Xiao Yunxi. I just ask her not to implicate the Marquis of Wu'an Mansion because of Wan'er!"

How could the old marquis bear to let her suffer any more injustice?

"What nonsense are you talking about!"

Lin Wan'er lowered her head and sobbed quietly.

"Don't let your imagination run wild. Just go back and wait for good news," the old marquis sighed, "We are one family. We can't tell who is yours and who is mine."

"No one is implicated and no one is allowed to explain!"

Lin Wan'er then smiled a little.

Marquis Wu'an watched coldly from the side without interrupting.

Lin Wan'er walked back in the carriage with a smug smile on her face.

Xiao Yunxi, ah, Xiao Yunxi.

Aren't you arrogant and look down on her?

How can you be so arrogant if you don’t know that you are being labeled as a “slut”!

Would a man like King Dingyuan, who is like a god descended from heaven, still hold you in his hands as if you were a treasure?

She has tarnished the reputation of the royal family. So what if she has a legitimate mother who is the eldest princess?

The Emperor can't tolerate you, Prince Dingyuan can't tolerate you, and even the Ningguo Mansion can't tolerate you for the sake of the reputation of the women of the Xiao family!

Don’t you look down on concubines?

It won't be long before you become a concubine.

And she is just a concubine who cannot be seen in public!

Even if Prince Duan still has some affection for you in his heart, he will never do such a thing as favoring a concubine and neglecting his wife.

Who would stand up for someone who looks like a "slut"?

Lin Wan'er looked so crazy that the maid beside her was frightened and shrank into the corner of the carriage.

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