Chapter 383 - Dogs Biting Dogs, A Mouthful of Fur (2/2)
Indeed, when Mo Xuemin heard that Sima Lingyun wanted to direct the matter in that direction, she turned around and looked at Sima Lingyun coldly. She suddenly cried at Sima Lingyun, “Your Excellency, how could you say something like that? How could you abandon your wife for those two concubines of yours? How could you be so heartless? You are forcing me to death. Are those two women so good? One of them had a long-standing affair with you even before she entered the manor while the other once climbed onto Father’s bed. Does the Duke Zhenguo’s Manor only need s.l.u.ts like that and cannot make a spot for me, your legal wife!”
She spoke with emotions and her lips trembled. She seemed as if she was so angry she spoke without thinking.
However, the meaning in her words was enough to make the d.u.c.h.ess’ and Sima Lingyun’s faces burn.
One of them had an affair before marriage while the other had climbed onto someone else’s bed. No one would take in concubines like that but the Duke Zhenguo’s Manor had taken two. Others would definitely laugh at them. How could others not? The Duke Zhenguo’s Manor was completely embarra.s.sed.
“Bulls.h.i.+t. Qiu’er and Yun’er did not have any affairs.”
“Who said that Xinru’s been bedded?” The d.u.c.h.ess and Sima Lingyun retorted at the same time.
“Grand Secretariat w.a.n.g, if you do not believe it, you can go and check at the manor. That Miss Yun and His Excellency started having an affair a long time ago. The two of them even brought Yun Jiqiu into the manor after she got pregnant. As for what embarra.s.sing deed Auntie Lan did, any servant in the Mo Manor knows about it. She wanted to crawl into Father’s bed, but Father found out about it and threw her out. That was when she tried to seduce His Excellency.” Mo Xuemin cried to Grand Secretariat w.a.n.g as she sat on the floor, looking aggrieved.
The matter turned from the kidnapping at the palace gates to Sima Lingyun abandoning his wife in favor of his concubines. It meant that everything Sima Lingyun did today was because he listened to his dratted concubines. They wanted to make trouble for Mo Xuemin, his legal wife, and kill her. The d.u.c.h.ess had joined in and behaved like this for her niece.
It was the truth and just a simple check would verify it.
Grand Secretariat w.a.n.g nodded and got someone to take away one of the d.u.c.h.ess’ maids and a servant from behind Mo Huawen. They were brought to the side for questioning.
Grand Secretariat w.a.n.g’s presence represented the royal family’s will. He even specially mentioned that he would call on two more people. If there were any errors, the side that was lying and their family would become slaves.
When they heard that, the two servants did not dare to say anything and immediately told the truth.
The Mo Manor did not have any pressure since they were telling the truth and it had nothing much to do with his master. It even made his master look good for he was not seduced by beauty. The servant from Duke Zhenguo’s Manor was very fearful and kept peeking at the d.u.c.h.ess while speaking. Her expression was pale and her voice grew softer and softer.
However, no matter how soft she was, everyone could still hear her clearly. Yun Yiqiu and Sima Lingyun had already long been together. The two had gotten together more than a year before Yun Yiqiu was brought into the manor as a concubine. This could not be hidden from those in the manor.
With such results, it seemed that Mo Xuemin was being truthful. Sima Lingyun had indeed abandoned his wife in favor of his concubines and that was why he was making things up about what happened at the palace gates back then.
“Your Excellency, you are from a n.o.ble family as well. You should rule a nation and manage a household peacefully. If you cannot even manage a household, what great things can you achieve?” Grand Secretariat w.a.n.g immediately said gravely.
This was basically the conclusion he made after he watched everything that happened!
It was such a boring farce!
He stood up and intended to leave. He was a grand secretariat. If not for someone asking for his favor, he would not have the time to watch a man abandon his wife in favor of his concubines.
Sima Lingyun did not expect something like this to happen. Talking about what happened that day could have established that Mo Xuemin was a vicious woman who tried to kill her younger sister. However, it had become him abandoning his wife in favor of his concubines and him having an affair. What was worst was that Lan Xinru had even been on Mo Huawen’s bed. How could he even look at others in the future? When he thought of that, the green veins on Sima Lingyun’s forehead twitched uncontrollably.
Calm down, calm down. He had to calm down now. He must not fuss about all that. He had to foil the evil woman’s plot right now.
He looked at Mo Xuetong and could see the hint of viciousness and satisfaction in her eyes. Rage flamed in his heart and anger appeared in his eyes. s.l.u.t. She wanted the position of his eldest legal son and wanted the b.a.s.t.a.r.d in her belly to be a child of the Duke Zhenguo’s Manor. That could not happen.
He would take her down with him today even if he had to die doing so.
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Sima Lingyun bowed deeply to Grand Secretariat w.a.n.g when he saw that the man was about to leave. He said, “Hold on, Sir w.a.n.g, it is indeed not right for me to meet with my cousin in private. As such, even though we are cousins, she can only be a concubine. Then, if I meet other people in private, does that mean that they cannot become my wife either and can only be a concubine?”
Wasn’t Mo Xuemin unwilling to leave! Alright, then he would make her a concubine!
A woman would only become a legal wife when she publicly married a man, and she could only be a concubine if she first eloped with him. This was a truth that did not change with time. Even if the matter was brought up to the Empress, it would still be justifiable.
He did not believe that he would not be able to remove that s.l.u.t from her position as his wife if he wagered his own reputation!
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