Marry a Duke

Chapter 146 Making a feint to the east and attacking in the west

Yuan Xin blushed, and after leaving Chaoguangyuan, she said goodbye and went to Shouwang Mansion to chase Mingyue.

Wei Lin was unhappy and complained to Old Madam Wei.

"Mom, you don't know how arrogant Fu Ran is. She even said that as long as she doesn't receive the divorce letter from her second brother, she will be the wife of the Duke of Wei. If Yuan Xin wants to marry into the family, she has to see if she agrees."

Wei Lin was so angry that her face turned pale and blue.

Old Madam Wei was twirling her Buddhist beads and reciting scriptures.

She frowned at Wei Lin's noise.

"Why are you looking for trouble with Fu Ran again? If you have to make trouble for Fu Ran every time you come back home, I'm afraid your second brother won't like going back to his mother's house again."

Old Madam Wei noticed that Wei Xuan did not show any disgust towards Fu Ran. Instead, because of Wuyou's arrival, he seemed relieved and felt close to him.

Wei Xuan didn't care much for women. Over the years, except for his last wife, who was also found by her for him, she ended up bringing bad luck to him.

For many years, no other woman could get close to him.

He was willing to get close to Fu Ran, and Old Madam Wei began to be happy about it. If he was willing to take in another concubine in the future and expand the Wei family, that would also be a good thing.

My son has grown up, and it is no longer the time for me as a mother to make decisions for him.

"Mother, why are you blaming me too? Fu Ran only gave birth to a daughter, and my second brother doesn't want to be close to her. Doesn't our Wei family deserve a son to inherit the title?" Wei Lin was dissatisfied.

She was married, but she never felt that she was like water spilled on the ground after marriage.

She must have a hand in her mother's family affairs.

It's hard for Madam Wei to say anything about the matter of offspring.

She closed her eyes and recited a few verses silently.

The Wei family does need more bloodlines to continue the glory of the Weiguo Mansion.

She also did not allow the Wei family to have only two granddaughters.

If Fu Ran had not given birth to a son for Wei Xuan, Wei Xuan would definitely have taken a concubine.

She can give Fu Ran some time, but that doesn't mean she will condone Fu Ran not having a son.

"There's no rush for this. Fu Ran just gave birth to Wu You, so she needs some time to recover." Old Madam Wei said.

Wei Lin: "Mom, aren't you afraid that my second brother won't touch Fu Ran at all? If the princess hadn't had someone drug my second brother, he wouldn't have touched Fu Ran, and she wouldn't have had the chance to get pregnant with him."

"If Second Brother doesn't dislike her and hate her now, how could he possibly go to her bed?"

Old Madam Wei fell silent again.

She never asked much about her son's bedroom affairs.

Now that Fu Ran has moved into her son's Chaoguangyuan, she thinks that everything is going in the right direction.

In everything, you need to let nature take its course.

Seeing this, Wei Lin continued to persuade: "Mom, you have to think about my second brother too. Even if he wants to have an heir for the Wei family, it would be too cruel to ask him to continue to have children with someone he hates."

Madam Wei paused slightly as she was pulling out the Buddhist beads.

After a moment, she said, "Let's wait and see. I will ask your second brother in person. Before that, please don't interfere."

Wei Lin smiled when she found out that she had convinced her mother.

"Yuan Xin has returned to the Shou Palace. I will also return to the Shen family soon. Shen Yan's cousin will come to the Shen family in the next two days, and I must be there."

Madam Wei nodded.

"Go ahead, don't lose your manners."

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The Huo family kept a close eye on every move of the Shou Palace.

Mingyue went to live in the Duke of Weiguo's mansion. There were quite a few people coming and going in the Duke of Weiguo's mansion. In the past two days, not only the young master of the Ding family and the young general of the Mu family came to the Duke of Weiguo's mansion.

Wei Xuan also met other people.

During this time, Wei Xuan went to the Prince of Shou's Mansion, and they went to the Left Prime Minister's Mansion and General Mu's Mansion.

The Huo family seemed to have noticed something from this.

In just two days, I heard that the Left Prime Minister's Mansion began to prepare for the wedding.

The Huo family immediately felt like they were facing a formidable enemy.

Someone was sent to the Left Prime Minister's Mansion to inquire, and it was heard that Ding Menglin from the Left Prime Minister's Mansion was going to marry Princess Mingyue.

How could Huo Long and Huo Nanfeng let them succeed?

He immediately joined forces with the eldest princess to sabotage the marriage arranged by the Left Prime Minister.

The Huo family also came forward to meet Princess Shou again, but Princess Shou continued to delay.

Three days before and after, when the Huo family was keeping an eye on Prime Minister Zuo's Mansion, Princess Mingyue got married in a low-key manner, but she married into General Mu's Mansion.

By the time the Huo family arrived, Princess Mingyue and General Mu had already paid homage to heaven and earth.

The Huo family was furious.

They then realized that they had been fooled.

Someone had been leading them by the nose, making them mistakenly believe that Princess Shou was going to get engaged to Prime Minister Zuo, but they didn't expect that they would use a tactic of making a feint to the east and attacking in the west.

Mingyue and Muyan got married smoothly.

The Huo family brought the token to the Shou Palace to seek justice. The Shou Princess simply ordered the gates of the palace to be closed and she also fled to her parents' home.

The Huo family was very angry because the fat piece of meat that was originally in their hands now completely became someone else's.

"This is outrageous! The Shou Palace is going too far. Father, let's report this to the emperor and ask him to issue an edict that the marriage between Mingyue and Mu Yan is invalid. It was the Huo family and the Shou Palace that were engaged first." Huo Nanfeng was furious.

They were waiting in the capital and making secret arrangements.

Who knew that the Mu family would take the initiative and gain such a huge advantage.

"Don't rush to ask the emperor for help. Let me go see the princess. The princess has promised this. Now that the two families cannot get married, the Huo family must take one of the silver mines in Shouzhou." Huo Long didn't care whether Mingyue married into the Huo family or not.

But the Huo family will definitely take advantage of Shouzhou.

But before, you could occupy it openly.

Now, it is neither right nor justifiable.

Although Huo Nanfeng was unwilling, he still waited patiently for Huo Long to meet the eldest princess.

The eldest princess didn't even receive an invitation to the wedding.

This time, the marriage between the Mu family and the Shouwang Mansion only invited relatives, and the wedding was hasty and not a grand ceremony.

Mingyue married into the Mu family in a hurry.

For this purpose, the eldest princess went to the Mu family in person.

The reason given by the Mu family was that Mu Yan and Mingyue had known each other since childhood and had made an agreement when they were young, so they could be considered childhood sweethearts.

Not long ago, Mingyue fell into the water and Mu Yan jumped into the water to save her. Although nothing bad happened, Mingyue's reputation was ruined, so the marriage was arranged before Mingyue came of age.

Fortunately, the Shouwang Mansion was reasonable and did not ask for too much.

The eldest princess almost lost her temper at the Mu family. General Mu had been in the military camp for many years and fought on the battlefield. Although he respected the eldest princess, he was not without bottom line.

The Mu family has its own position.

Since the two families have already gotten married and the matter is settled, even if the emperor now issues an edict to grant Mingyue another marriage, it would be illegal.

The eldest princess will never forget that on the day when the Mu family and Princess Mingyue got married, Wei Xuan was the guest of honor.

All of this was done by Wei Xuan.

The princess suppressed her rage, left the Mu family, returned to the princess's residence, smashed a lot of things, and punished a lot of people.

The spies she sent out had no idea that Wei Xuan had set up such a big scheme.

All her hopes of bringing the Huo family to the capital were shattered.