This girl is now openly teasing her!
In her previous life, this was a black industrial chain led by the Jin family. However, since Jin Bao didn't enter the mansion as a concubine in her previous life, she didn't pay much attention to it. She only knew that when it was exposed, many officials were implicated.
She was cleaning up the moles for Ji Junye in advance. He should really thank her!
Twilight was approaching.
Xu Yanchi returned to the Marquis Mansion in the cool evening and went to the old lady's place for dinner.
Jiang Chan was standing at the door waiting. When she saw him coming back, she greeted him with a beaming smile and took his outer robe skillfully, hanging it on the screen.
"Brother-in-law is back. Dinner is ready."
Seeing Jiang Chan, Xu Yanchi's expression softened. He stepped forward and bowed to the old lady.
"Mother."
The old lady nodded. "You're back. Let's have dinner."
"Yes."
The two sat down. The old lady said, "Today is the day when the new concubine enters the mansion. I know you don't like Jin Bao, but since she's already here, you should go and see her out of courtesy."
Xu Yanchi's hand holding the chopsticks paused. "...I understand, Mother. I'll go and see her after dinner."
After dinner, Xu Yanchi walked towards the Half-Moon Pavilion. As a concubine with a humble background, Jin Bao didn't have an independent courtyard. Her room was just opposite the Bamboo Curtain's, but it was much more luxurious.
However, the door was closed, as if she had already gone to bed.
So early?
Xu Yanchi was suspicious and ordered someone to open the door.
The door was opened. As soon as Xu Yanchi entered, a shrill scream pierced the sky!
"Marquis?!"
"How... How did you get here?"
Jin Bao looked at Xu Yanchi, who was standing beside the bed with a gloomy face, as if she had seen a ghost. If the marquis was outside, then who was the person on her bed?!
Jin Bao threw off the quilt and let out another scream the next moment!
There was only one thought in her mind: she was finished!
Jin Bao rolled off the bed and crawled to Xu Yanchi's feet on her knees without even having time to dress properly. "Marquis, I don't know what's going on. Please believe me!"
She was supposed to be the marquis's concubine. How could there be another man in her bed!
Xu Yanchi was so angry that his seven orifices were smoking. He kicked her away. The concubine he had just taken in had rolled into the same bed with his second uncle on the very first day!
Bamboo Curtain had always disliked Jin Bao. A merchant's daughter, yet she had everything better than her. So she simply closed her door. But when she heard the noise, she rushed in at the fastest speed!
"Good heavens! What's going on?"
"Concubine Jin and... Second Lord? How could you...?"
Bamboo Curtain looked at Jin Bao in shock and disgust. Even if the marquis didn't dote on her, Jin Bao shouldn't be so desperate that she would even set her sights on the second lord!
"Shut up!" Xu Yanchi glared at Bamboo Curtain fiercely. "Do you want everyone to know?"
Bamboo Curtain obediently admitted her mistake. "Yes, Marquis. But this Concubine Jin is just too..."
Jin Bao glared at Bamboo Curtain fiercely and then hugged Xu Yanchi's leg. "Marquis, please listen to my explanation. I really don't know anything. Someone must be framing me!"
Bamboo Curtain rolled her eyes. "Who would frame you? This is your own room, and your maids were guarding it. Who could put a man on your bed in broad daylight in front of so many people?!"
"My maids were taken away by your people long ago. Where are there any maids?!" Jin Bao shouted.
Only then did Bamboo Curtain remember that she seemed to have seen Jin Bao's maid go to get dinner and then managed to detain her with a little trick.
But that didn't stop her from adding insult to injury.
"Concubine Jin should recognize the marquis. If the second lord had gone to the wrong room, you should have shouted. I didn't open my door all day, but we didn't hear anything."
Bamboo Curtain's words further enraged Xu Yanchi. That's right. If something was wrong, why didn't she shout?
This bitch. She must have done it voluntarily!
"I didn't. I didn't!" Jin Bao cried loudly. "I was sitting on the bed when I suddenly lost consciousness. Someone must have put a sleeping incense on me... Marquis, I'm just a merchant's daughter. I'm always trembling with fear and trying to be submissive. How could I do such a thing on the day I enter the mansion!"
Xu Yanchi was suspicious. "A Cheng!"
A Cheng was his personal attendant. Hearing his call, he immediately entered the room, looking straight ahead. "Marquis."
"Check the incense burner in the room."
"Yes."
A moment later, A Cheng said respectfully, "Marquis, everything in the incense burner is normal. There's nothing wrong."
"How is that possible?!"
Jin Bao let out a shrill scream. She was sitting in the room waiting for her maid to get dinner and then lost consciousness. How could there be no sleeping incense!
The commotion in the Half-Moon Pavilion soon alerted the other masters in the Marquis Mansion. Everyone except the old lady had arrived, even Shen Qing. Their expressions were more wonderful than one another.
Xu Wei on the bed finally woke up. Before he could figure out what was going on, his face had been scratched twice, burning with pain.
"Xu Wei, are you crazy? Our son just died, and you haven't even mourned for a single day. You're even having an affair in your nephew's room!"
Ge Shi had just experienced the pain of losing her son and hadn't recovered yet. Xu Wei had been staying out all day and fooling around. But today, he had done such a shameless thing!
She didn't care if he didn't come home. She could tolerate his fooling around outside. After all, she had given up hope on him long ago. But he didn't even seem to care about their son at all!
That was their only son!
Ge Shi's eyes were bloodshot. She had used all her strength in those two scratches.
"What are you talking about..."
What did he mean by having an affair in his nephew's room?!
Xu Wei was about to flare up with his eyes closed, but when he opened them, his throat seemed to be blocked. He immediately fell silent.
While he was in a daze, Ge Shi had been held back, but she was still scolding.
"What... What's going on?"
"Sister-in-law, and Chi'er, why are you all here?"
Xu Yanchi was at the limit of his patience. His chest was heaving. "Enough!"
Xu Yanchi fixed his gaze on Jin Bao. "You've done such a despicable thing on the first day you enter the mansion. I can't tolerate such a person in my backyard..."
"Marquis." Shen Qing frowned. Was Xu Yanchi going to kill Jin Bao directly?
Big families usually had some secret drugs and their own ways of dealing with people. It wasn't a big deal if one or two people died secretly in the backyard.
But Jin Bao couldn't die like this.
"If something spreads about Concubine Jin just after she enters the mansion, it might not be good for the marquis's reputation."
Xu Yanchi glanced at Shen Qing. He didn't expect her to come. She usually didn't like to get involved in the affairs of the backyard, did she?
"...Then what does the lady suggest we do?"
"Lady?"
Was Xu Yanchi out of his mind?
Shen Qing just thought he was acting crazy. "Why don't we just go with the flow? After all, taking in a concubine wasn't a very grand occasion. There's no need to make it known to everyone."
It was just a matter of whether Xu Yanchi could swallow this bitter pill.
For him, he could do without Jin Bao. But on the very first day she was brought into his backyard, she had an affair with his second uncle. Xu Yanchi would be furious!
"No!"
Where would his face be if he did that?!
"The marquis can decide what to do with his concubine." Shen Qing had expected this and took a step back. "It's getting late. Since I'm not needed here, I'll go back first."
Anyway, by tomorrow, Xu Yanchi would have to swallow this bitter pill whether he liked it or not.