Fake concubine, real queen

What He Nanfeng said was indeed correct, when he turned Wan Shu'er from a good concubine into his wife, he actually received a lot of criticism.

The Emperor Taizu of this dynasty, before his fortune, was the son of a concubine of the Luoling Pei family, not only a concubine, but also the most despised concubine who could be sold at will. He suffered a lot of grievances for this when he was young.

However, later on, the great lords competed for the throne, and the Taizu rose from the troubled times, and finally unified the Central Plains and Kyushu, and established the foundation of thousands of miles for the Pei family.

After the founding of the country, he tried his best to defy all opinions, and posthumously conferred the title of Empress Dowager Jiaxian on the biological mother who died early without a name, and enshrined her spiritual seat in the Taimiao.

The officials who drafted the law in the new dynasty thought about what they wanted, and they abolished the previous law that strictly prohibited concubines as wives, both among the people and the government.

Sure enough, after Taizu knew about this, he was very happy and rewarded the lawyer heavily.

However, in spite of this, among the people of the Dayue Dynasty, there were not many people who would really support concubines as wives. It was even rarer for noble officers to take their face into account.

Although He Nanfeng lost his wife back then, he was still a majestic Marquis of Changyang after all. Even if he wanted to marry another young lady from a good family, he would not be unable to, but he still ignored the eyes of others and insisted on straightening the Wan family, and even went to ask for his original wife in person. His parents, General Yan and his wife—

Although this court can't help supporting concubines as wives, but if they really want to support them, the restrictions are actually very strict. One of them is that they must obtain the consent of the deceased wife's parents.

It can be said that He Nanfeng truly loves Wan Shu'er.

So at this moment, He Gu didn't feel very happy seeing Old Man He getting so angry and Wan Shi being slapped like that again——

He just watched with cold eyes, secretly feeling a little ridiculous in his heart.

Didn't Old Man He choose this woman himself?

Wan Shu'er seemed to be stunned by the beating. She covered her face in a daze for a long time, and finally raised her head to look at He Nanfeng after a long while.

This time she finally didn't pretend to cry, but really cried.

"Master Hou, you hit me?" Wan Shu'er trembled, "Isn't everything I did for the Changyang Hou Mansion and Lord Hou's family business? My parents died many years ago, and in this world, only Hou Ye Master is only concerned, Shu'er is all yours, Lord Hou, what use is it to Shu'er if you embezzle her dowry?"

"You don't need to do this again." He Nanfeng said coldly, "You don't need to mention the death of your parents to me, I just think that you have a poor life, and I have cared for you a lot these years. I love you more than you, but And you?"

"If it's really for me, you shouldn't do such things, embezzle a married woman's dowry, what a shameful scandal, if it gets out, in the future, my Changyang Hou Mansion will be in the noble family of the entire Bianjing city, Everyone should be ridiculed! Who will dare to marry their daughter into our family in the future? Gu Ercheng, what kind of decent lady can we get as a wife?"

As soon as he finished speaking, there was a sound of footsteps outside the door, it was Zhengye who came with a few stewards and accountants from the accountant of the Houfu.

Among those few people, except for Wang Guanshi, who can still see the mistress of the house on weekdays, it is the first time for the others to enter the second gate of the inner courtyard of the Hou's mansion. What's wrong is very frightening.

But as soon as he entered the room, even Guanshi Wang was completely dumbfounded.

Mrs. Hou's hair was disheveled, and there was a shocking five-finger print on the delicate skin of half of her face. Lihua, who was covering her face and crying, looked at the old Hou Ye with rain.

How could the servants have imagined that seeing such a scene, they were stunned for a moment, but He Gu didn't give them a chance to buffer, he had already made up his mind, and immediately said sharply: "You guys, how dare you embezzle Madam dowry, really has no law, this kind of slave should be sent to Lord Yin of Bianjing Mansion, beaten for thirty big boards, then sold as slaves, and traveled three thousand miles!"

These few people all recognize He Gu and know that this is the young master, the master of Changyang Marquis Mansion in the future. Before they recovered, they heard He Gu speak so sensationally. He kowtowed to beg for forgiveness, but he was "dare not" and "wronged", so he called Qu.

He Gu took advantage of the fact that they had no time to collude and was frightened again, and immediately asked them where the shops where Miss Yan was married as a dowry went.

Except for Steward Wang who murmured for a long time, looking furtively at Wan Shu'er, but didn't say a word clearly, the other accountants were very sparse, and you made everything clear to me.

As expected, all these properties were in Wan Shu'er's hands, and several of them were sold because of Wan Shu'er's poor management, which kept losing money.

He Nanfeng was furious. He looked at Wan Shu'er who was crying non-stop, and scolded, "Now that the evidence is solid, what else can you say?"

"It's because I spoil you too much these years, which makes you lose your duty even more... Is it my fault?"

When He Nanfeng said this, his eyes were a little empty, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

Wan Shu'er looked terrified, not knowing what he wanted to do with herself, so she couldn't help but cried, "Master Hou——"

Her voice sounded very stern, and He Cheng, who was squatting in the corner outside the door, finally couldn't hold back, and rushed into the main hall. He lifted his hem, knelt down in front of He Nanfeng with a plop, kowtowed, and said in a muffled voice: "It's your mother." You were foolish back then, but please, father, don’t send your mother to the government because your mother has served you for many years.”

He moved his knee again, and kowtowed to He Gu: "Mother is sorry for my elder brother and third sister. Mother owes elder brother and third younger sister. I will definitely pay it back for her in the future. Please don't let father send mother to the government. Otherwise... otherwise..."

Everyone knew the second half of what He Cheng didn't say——

The dowry of a married woman has always been a woman's private property, and her husband's family cannot be invaded. Wan Shu'er, as the wife of Fuzheng, once convicted of this crime, if she is sent to the government, the government will definitely think that the Hou family is unwilling to tolerate it, and most likely she will be punished. For a humble family, or die or become an official prostitute.

He Nanfeng and He Gu were taken aback at the same time: "Send off to the official?"

... When did they say they were going to send Wan Shu'er to the government?

He Cheng's brain circuit is very simple——

He felt that he had done something wrong and violated the law. Of course, the punishment was to send him to the official, and let the official send him down.

But Wan Shu'er is his biological mother after all, even if there are all kinds of things wrong, as a son of man, he can't stand on the sidelines.

It never occurred to He Cheng at all, just for his son, how could Old Master He make Wan Shu'er into a lowly status?

He Nanfeng frowned and said, "When did my father agree to let you in? How can you intervene here? It doesn't matter whether it's big or small, get out!"

But He Cheng didn't say a word, just kowtowed.

He Gu secretly sighed in his heart.

After two lifetimes, he knew that He Cheng's nature was not bad, but he was unlucky enough to be reborn in Wan Shu'er's belly... With such a mother-in-law, He Cheng couldn't help it.

He Gu remembered that back then, his father and mother had a big fight for some reason, the two had a cold war for a long time, and in a fit of rage, mother accepted Wan Shu'er as a good concubine to the old man He.

As a result, the two reconciled for some reason later, and his mother became pregnant. Unfortunately, Wan Shu'er also became pregnant a few days after entering the Hou's mansion.

Although his mother was annoyed, she was angry at the beginning and took this concubine for Mr. He, and now she is looking for anger for herself. Could it be possible to blame him for not taking care of his lower body?

His mother became more and more angry when she was pregnant, and she didn't know who to blame. She became more and more depressed day by day, and the younger brother who was tired at the end was also congenitally deficient, and died the next day after less than one day out of the mother's womb.

Coincidentally, Wan Shu'er was in labor, both on the same day as Miss Yan, and it was still at night, so the midwife didn't have to run around, she would be picked up by Yan Ruoruo on the front foot, and Wan Shuer on the back foot.

Miss Yan's child is gone, but He Cheng has grown up healthily.

In the previous life, even though He Cheng didn't do anything, as long as He Gu thought of the series of coincidences in his birth, he couldn't help but panic in his heart. No matter how he thought or felt, He Cheng couldn't be a good thing.

...Until he was sent to prison, He Cheng took his family and beat the Dengwen drum for him outside the palace gate for three whole days. It worked, and succeeded in angering the new emperor, who was deprived of his fame and sent to prison. The two brothers had a happy reunion in the prison with their prison guards, which made the He family successful.

He Gu silently looked at this heartless younger brother, sighed, and whispered to him: "I never asked father to send her to the court, today, as long as madam returns my mother's dowry, I will not pursue it anymore .”

It's a pity that his voice was low, and Wan Shu'er didn't seem to hear it. She was terrified by what He Cheng said just now, she didn't have time to think about it, thinking that He Nanfeng would really be so ruthless, and rushed forward to hug He Nanfeng He cried on his thigh: "Master Hou... For the sake of Shu'er who gave birth to children for you, don't send Shu'er to see the official, Shu'er don't meet the official..."

However, He Nanfeng remained silent all the time, not knowing what he was thinking.

Wan Shu'er howled for a long time, but he didn't answer, so he had to come to congratulate Gu again, saying: "Gu'er, I only kept your mother's dowry for you because you were young, and now I will return it to you. Don't ask your father to send me to the court, I was wronged—"

He Gu: "..."

He didn't intend to send her to see the official at first, who would have thought that there are quite a lot of women's dramas, so he couldn't help but stab her coldly: "Since you have been wronged, shouldn't you send her to the official so that Mr. Fu Yin can find out your grievances?" , so you can accuse me of another crime of slander and disobedience."

Wan Shu'er didn't know what to think of, and suddenly said anxiously: "For the sake of your brother, who is blind only for your title—"

However, He Nanfeng's complexion changed, and he said angrily, "Shut up!"

He Gu was stunned for a moment, but before he could come back to his senses, which song was he singing, a servant stumbled in from outside the door and knelt in front of the door.

"Waiting, Lord Hou! Gong... Gong Gong Gong Gong..."

I stuttered for a long time and didn't know what to say.

He Nanfeng was still angry, and said angrily: "Get out! Who let you in!"

The boy shouted out the second half of his sentence at the same time——

"The palace...the palace officials have come to deliver the decree! Right now, they are waiting in the teahouse in the front yard!"