"If you ask me, this big family has a lot of troubles!"
"How do you say this?"
"You don't know, don't you? I heard someone say that the current eldest young lady of the Shangshu Mansion, the one who was deprived of her title, is the second aunt of the British Duke..."
"Are you talking about... the second girl of the Lin family who caused a sensation in the capital when her substitute sister got married to the eldest son of the Shangshu Mansion who was supposed to be her brother-in-law?"
"Yes! That's that person! Don't you know? In fact, she is shameless, coveting her brother-in-law, hiring someone to kill her, and wanting to kill her sister..."
"Oh my God! Is this true?!"
"It should be, this matter is being spread everywhere now..."
…
A group of people were taking a rest while drinking tea and passing on gossip.
At a tea table not far away, Lin Wanyu was shaking with anger, holding the tea bowl tightly with both hands.
She never expected that this matter would already be known to everyone.
There was a sound of "pop!"
Lin Wanyu slammed the teacup in her hand to the ground.
"Bold!" Lin Wanyu looked at those people and shouted sternly: "How dare you spread rumors to cause trouble and slander the young lady of the Shangshu Mansion. You are simply desperate!"
"Hey, madam, who are you?" Someone immediately clarified: "We don't dare to slander the eldest lady of Shangshu Mansion. You can't blame us randomly. It's just that this matter is being spread in the public now, and we are just hearsay.
That’s all.”
"That is, if this lady doesn't like to hear it, you can just pretend that she didn't hear it." Someone echoed: "What's more, we are not telling you."
"Isn't that right? If you can shut us up, is it possible that you can also silence everyone in Youyou? However, seeing how angry you are, I don't know if you thought you were the young lady."
As soon as this person finished speaking, everyone in the tea room looked at Lin Wanyu.
There was something strange about the light in his eyes.
Lin Wanyu, "..."
His face turned blue and purple.
Originally, her status as the eldest young lady of Shangshu Mansion was her glory.
But now, she didn't dare to admit it.
At the same time, a sense of panic arose in her heart.
If this matter is spreading among the public, then do the people in Shangshu Mansion already know about it?
how so?
Who spread the word about this?
Moreover, it spread so quickly?
As everyone knows, in the Shangshu Mansion at this time, Qiu Shangshu was furious.
There was no way around it. This morning, he was actually impeached by the imperial censor.
The reason for impeachment was that he was lax in raising his children, had a bad family tradition, and his daughter-in-law, Lin Wanyu, murdered her cousin...
Qiu Shangshu was so angry that he almost died of anger.
The sudden decline of the British government, where he was originally in-law, made him feel as if he had lost an arm.
At the same time, I was also worried that I would be implicated by the British government.
After all, the two houses have been on the same page for so many years.
"Dad, please calm down." Qiu Bosong, the eldest young master of Shangshu Mansion, said nonchalantly: "Those censors, if they don't cause something to happen in the next few days, they will feel uncomfortable all over.
They just had a taste for it."
Qiu Shangshu glared at his son and said angrily: "Are you addicted to talking? Just because they were addicted to talking, your father-in-law was demoted from his official position!"
Qiu Bosong's face turned ugly when his father mentioned this matter.
After all, the Yue family is also his helper.
Now that this help is gone, it has directly affected his future and connections.
"Tell me! Did you know in advance what your daughter-in-law did?" Qiu Shangshu asked: "Is that true? Did she really murder her cousin?"
"Dad, how is this possible?!" Qiu Songbai shouted: "Those are all nonsense! It's all the nonsense of those censors!"
Qiu Shangshu snorted, looked at his son suspiciously, and said, "It's best to do this, otherwise, if things get serious..."
Qiu Shangshu did not continue, but the meaning was self-evident.
Then, he didn't know what he thought of, his tone changed, and he said again: "Are you really not involved?"
"Dad, my son will never do such a thing!" Qiu Bosong hurriedly swore to the sky.
But under his father's eyes, he felt inexplicably guilty.
Qiu Shangshu glanced at his son, sighed, and said: "Since this matter has alarmed the emperor and has spread in the public, it can be seen that someone is deliberately pushing it behind the scenes, and I am afraid it will not end easily in the end."
When Qiu Shangshu said this, he paused and then said: "The emperor has long been disgusted with the Lin family. Your wife..."
"Dad, Mrs. Lin has not done anything for the Qiu family in these years. Now something like this has happened again. Her reputation is tainted and she is no longer worthy of being the daughter-in-law of our Qiu family. No matter what the reason is, our Qiu family
You can abandon her." Qiu Songbai said: "However, others will say that our Qiu family is adding insult to injury. If we demote her as a concubine and give her a place to settle down, it will be regarded as the most benevolent and righteous towards her and the Lin family."
Since she became his concubine, the money in her hands can still be used by him.
This is much more cost-effective than abandoning her directly.
In this way, as the eldest son of the Shangshu Mansion, he can also marry the daughter of an official family as his head wife, and he can also rely on the strength of his wife's clan.
**
Lin Wanyu never expected that the first thing she would do when she returned to Shangshu Mansion would be to be informed that she would demote her wife to concubine.
"What?!" Lin Wanyu's face was full of disbelief and she screamed: "Qiu Songbai, say it again!"
Qiu Songbai's eyes flashed with disgust.
Then, he said: "You heard me right, this is not all the trouble you caused yourself? Do you want the entire Shangshu Mansion to follow you?"
When Qiu Songbai said this, he showed a heartbroken expression.
Then he said: "Do you know that because of you, your father has already been impeached by the censor in the court? Do you want to go to the Shangshu Mansion and follow in the footsteps of your mother's family?"
Lin Wanyu, "..."
My heart dropped straight down, and my eyesight turned black.
Qiu Songbai took a step forward, held Lin Wanyu's hand, turned into an affectionate expression, and continued: "Yu'er, if I follow my father's wishes, I can just give you a letter of divorce, or I should beg you hard.
, Dad agreed to give you the status of a concubine and keep you in the house. You should understand my painstaking efforts..."
Lin Wanyu looked at Qiu Songbai and suddenly laughed loudly, the laughter was sharp and harsh.
"Haha... Hahaha... So, I was abandoned by the Shangshu Mansion? Just because of something that has no evidence? Just because of a few rumors from others?"
When Lin Wanyu said this, she suddenly shook off Qiu Songbai's hand.
The expression on his face turned fierce.
"Qiu Songbai! You are dreaming!" Lin Wanyu said harshly: "I know that you just want to dump me and marry the daughter of a wealthy family because the British government is gone. You want me to make room for you. You are dead.
Take this heart! Even if I become a ghost, I will drag you to hell with me!"