Chapter 235

Concubine Dong’s goal was to become Marquise Hua Yang. As she was back in the capital this time, she was determined to achieve her goal. But now, her precious daughter Wei Yuejiao kept running into trouble and making things difficult for her. Of course, she had to make a gesture in front of Wei Luowen. Well, Wei Yuewu did need for her to make a gesture!

Within Marquis Hua Yang’s study, Concubine Dong knelt on the ground and wiped away her tears while crying, “Lord Marquis, it was all because of the lax discipline of me that Yuejiao was so indulgent. She actually came up with such a method to protect her maids. She is really… really too disappointing!”

These words sounded as if she was criticizing Wei Yuejiao, but in fact, they were intended as a compliment to Wei Yuejiao for being kind to her maids and protecting them.

As soon as something happened to Wei Yuejiao, Concubine Dong was informed about it. However, she didn’t dare to show up immediately. She knew that if her reaction was too fast, it would definitely make Wei Luowen suspicious.

After the situation escalated, probably everyone in the mansion knew about this matter, so she came over in a hurry to apologize to Wei Luowen. In this way, there wouldn’t be any doubt about her action.

“Lord Marquis, I am willing to receive punishments together with Yuejiao, so as to prevent her from making such a mistake again in the future. I have told her time and again that she is a dignified young lady, so she is naturally different from Lord Marquis in her way of doing things, but… Yuejiao… didn’t understand!” Concubine Dong cried sadly and uttered those words helplessly.

Concubine Dong’s words actually alluded to something. When they were at the border, a soldier made a mistake. His immediate superior, an assistant general, not only took the initiative to shoulder the blame for him, but he was also beaten up because of this. However, Wei Luowen appreciated him very much. Later, he promoted the assistant general and made him a trusted aide.

Of course, when Concubine Dong mentioned this, she was using this matter to highlight the kindness and righteousness of Wei Yuejiao as she tried to protect her maids. Concubine Dong was confident that if the Lord Marquis would definitely believe her and would not reprimand Yuejiao.

She took a handkerchief and wiped her tears while secretly observing Wei Luowen’s expression. Sure enough, she discovered that although his expression was still gloomy, it wasn’t fierce. It was obvious that his anger had gradually subsided. She felt proud in her heart. As long as she tried harder, this matter could be resolved, and she could even take this chance to slander Wei Yuewu.

“Father! Concubine Dong…” A sweet and bright voice came from the door.

Wei Luowen raised his head and saw his younger daughter standing at the door. She looked at Concubine Dong in a dumbfounded manner. Apparently, she was surprised.

Realizing that his daughter saw him reprimanding Concubine Dong, Wei Luowen was quite embarrassed. He waved his hand and signaled for Concubine Dong to get up.

Although Concubine Dong hated Wei Yuewu for her “timely” arrival, she knew that this was not the time for her to continue with her explanation. She wiped away her tears and stood up beside Wei Luowen. She would like to see what this little bitch wanted to do!

She had been informed that Lord Marquis first came out from the courtyard of that little bitch and then went straight to find trouble with Yuejiao. She knew at a glance that it was this little bitch who had taken the initiative to cause trouble.

She didn’t expect this little bitch to be so cunning. She had just returned to the mansion, and bad things occurred one after another, which were all related to this little bitch. She must take more care.

“Yuewu, why are you here at this time?” Wei Luowen calmed down and slowly asked.

“Father, I want to ask if you’ve got the key? It’s been a long time since Father left and nobody was sent to my courtyard. I was a little anxious, so I came to take a look myself.” Wei Yuewu looked blankly at Concubine Dong, whose eyes were still red as if she really didn’t know what had happened.

“Haven’t you heard anything about what happened?” Wei Luowen asked. His gaze landed sharply on Wei Yuewu. Lotus Courtyard’s location was excellent. If something big happened in Wei Yuejiao’s courtyard, it was impossible for Wei Yuewu not to be informed!

“Father, nobody informed me about anything. My Lotus Courtyard is very quiet. Normally, it’s rare for someone to come over, and I and my maids would do some embroidering in the house!” Wei Yuewu smiled and said softly, looking at Wei Luowen straight in the eyes.

Her courtyard was in the center of the mansion, yet it was such a quiet place. It was clear that Wei Yuewu had nobody to help her in the mansion. Even if something big happened, no one would take the trouble to tell her.

By comparison, Concubine Dong’s reaction was really quick, especially considering the fact that she was just a concubine who lived in a remote courtyard and hadn’t been back for a year…

For the first time, Wei Luowen felt that Concubine Dong had stretched her hands out a little too far! After all, this was the mansion of Marquis Hua Yang, not the mansion where they lived at the border.

Hearing Wei Yuewu’s words, Concubine Dong gripped her handkerchief and cried out in her heart, her eyes flashing with hatred, and her heart couldn’t help but beat wildly twice.

“Lord Marquis… I was worried that Yuejiao would easily run into trouble because she grew up at the border and was too straightforward. Therefore, I assigned a loyal old maidservant to serve her!” Concubine Dong hurriedly explained.

She was saying that she was not sensitive to everything that happened in the mansion, but she was worried about Wei Yuejiao so that she assigned a confidant to serve Wei Yuejiao.

“Father, this… why is this screen like this?” Wei Yuewu’s gaze paused. She landed directly in front of the screen and immediately cried out in alarm. She quickly walked forward and reached out to touch the scratches on the screen. Her heart ached endlessly.

“Father, what’s going on? Who purposely scratched such an exquisitely embroidered screen?” Wei Yuewu asked in confusion.

“Your Third Elder Sister… her maids accidentally scratched the screen. I have had these maids severely punished.” Wei Luowen found it difficult to answer Wei Yuewu’s blunt question as he looked at the pair of clear and familiar eyes.

Wei Yuewu seemed to be extremely fond of the screen. She touched the scratch with her hand and muttered to herself, “The maids in Third Elder Sister’s room are really careless. They actually scratched such a good screen. The embroidery material is excellent, and there are patterns embroidered on the screen. Now the threads and the material have been broken together. I wonder how much force and hatred it would take to scratch this screen like this?”

She uttered these words in a low voice, but when they landed in Wei Luowen’s ears, they were like a heavy blow to him. He hurriedly walked up and carefully examined the scratches on the screen. Then, he slowly reached out and touched the edges of the scratches, and his face immediately became fierce.

The screen was made of extremely fine material. Even after so many years, it was still incomparably strong. There wasn’t the slightest bit of slack in its edges. Besides, there were embroidery threads on the screen. Even if he wanted to break the screen, he would have to use a lot of strength. How could it be casually scratched by maids?

When Concubine Dong saw Wei Luowen’s expression, she knew that something was wrong.

“Yuewu, if you like this screen, you can take it away first. However, the scratches…” Wei Luowen looked at Wei Yuewu whose face was full of pity and said softly. However, he could not tell her that it was embroidered by her own mother.

“Father, I like it. I’ll think of a way to repair the scratches on it. I wonder if it can be repaired successfully. Such a beautiful screen must have taken a lot of effort to make. How could it be damaged so casually?” Wei Yuewu gently touched the scratch and couldn’t let go of it.

Looking at Wei Yuewu’s pitiful gaze, Wei Luowen felt guilty. He lowered his voice subconsciously and said gently, “Alright, you go back first. After the key is ready, I’ll send for you. Don’t worry.”

“Thank you, Father!” Wei Yuewu thanked him and left obediently. Wei Luowen sent someone else to carry the screen to Lotus Courtyard for her.

After Wei Yuewu left, Wei Luowen snorted coldly.

Concubine Dong hurriedly came out from behind and knelt down in front of Wei Luowen again. She hurriedly explained, “Lord Marquis, please punish me. It was all because of my lax discipline that Yuejiao only focused on learning from men and forgot that she was actually a girl!”

At this time, Concubine Dong could do nothing but continue her previous strategy. By offering to take the blame, she hoped to calm down Wei Luowen and avoid a disastrous result.

“Someone, bring Concubine Dong to the Third Young Lady’s courtyard and let her take the Third Young Lady to observe the punishment!” Wei Luowen slapped his hand heavily on the table and said sternly.

“Lord Marquis…” Concubine Dong didn’t expect Wei Luowen to give her a slap in the face like this and she immediately cried out in alarm.

“What? Do you still want to say that your good daughter wanted to protect her maids? She just lied to protect herself! She clearly hated Yuewu. She deliberately found the Madame’s screen and intentionally scratched it. I just wonder who dared to move the Madame’s items out!”

The more Wei Luowen spoke, the angrier he became, and he slapped his hand heavily on the table again. “I remember telling you that you would never be able to surpass the Madame!”

“Lord Marquis, I don’t dare. I never dare to think of surpassing the Madame, nor do I dare to be disrespectful to the Sixth Young Lady. But I don’t know who did this. Someone deliberately sent that screen to Yuejiao, or perhaps Yuejiao was instigated by others so that she was angered. Lord Marquis, heaven knows that I have always been loyal to you!”

Concubine Dong cried as she affirmed her loyalty, her expression filled with grievances. In the past, Wei Luowen would always calm down once she put on such an expression. But now, as long as Wei Luowen thought of the screen that his wife had cherished when she was alive was seriously scratched, he couldn’t suppress his anger at all.

“You are wise to behave yourself. Now quickly go and discipline your daughter and let her understand that there’s a difference between a legitimate daughter and a concubine-born daughter. She will never be able to compare with Yuewu!” Wei Luowen berated loudly.

“Yes, yes… I will go right now, I will go immediately!” Concubine Dong cried as she stood up, knowing that staying here at this time would only anger Wei Luowen even more. It was all because of the little bitch Wei Yuewu. If it wasn’t for her, Lord Marquis would never become suspicious of her and Yuejiao.

Besides, Lord Marquis would never say that her precious daughter Yuejiao could never compare to the daughter born by that bitch!

This little bitch was indeed difficult to deal with. Before she could take actions, she had suffered repeatedly! Thinking about the cause and effect of today’s incident, she couldn’t help but feel even more hateful. She walked to the porch and wiped away her tears. She looked at Wei Yuewu’s back that just disappeared, and it seemed poison was about to flow out of her eyes.

“Concubine?” Nanny Dong whispered. She secretly pointed towards the study and anxiously said, “Could it be that the Marquis does not want to make you his official wife?”

“This matter is not up to the Lord Marquis!” Concubine Dong’s beautiful face was ferocious. After all her years of scheming, how could she allow her plan to be ruined by a little bitch! “Urge the Second Lady and tell her that if she doesn’t have a good way to deal with this little bitch, she probably won’t be able to return to the mansion for the rest of her life!”

“You meant the matter that was mentioned by the Second Lady last time?” Nanny Dong was Concubine Dong’s most trusted servant. She immediately understood what Concubine Dong meant and was shocked.

“Yes. If she still wants to go back to the mansion, ask her to act quickly!” Concubine Dong smiled gloomily, her eyes flashing with a hint of viciousness.

Concubine Dong’s goal was to become Marquise Hua Yang. As she was back in the capital this time, she was determined to achieve her goal. But now, her precious daughter Wei Yuejiao kept running into trouble and making things difficult for her. Of course, she had to make a gesture in front of Wei Luowen. Well, Wei Yuewu did need for her to make a gesture!

Within Marquis Hua Yang’s study, Concubine Dong knelt on the ground and wiped away her tears while crying, “Lord Marquis, it was all because of the lax discipline of me that Yuejiao was so indulgent. She actually came up with such a method to protect her maids. She is really… really too disappointing!”

These words sounded as if she was criticizing Wei Yuejiao, but in fact, they were intended as a compliment to Wei Yuejiao for being kind to her maids and protecting them.

As soon as something happened to Wei Yuejiao, Concubine Dong was informed about it. However, she didn’t dare to show up immediately. She knew that if her reaction was too fast, it would definitely make Wei Luowen suspicious.

After the situation escalated, probably everyone in the mansion knew about this matter, so she came over in a hurry to apologize to Wei Luowen. In this way, there wouldn’t be any doubt about her action.

“Lord Marquis, I am willing to receive punishments together with Yuejiao, so as to prevent her from making such a mistake again in the future. I have told her time and again that she is a dignified young lady, so she is naturally different from Lord Marquis in her way of doing things, but… Yuejiao… didn’t understand!” Concubine Dong cried sadly and uttered those words helplessly.

Concubine Dong’s words actually alluded to something. When they were at the border, a soldier made a mistake. His immediate superior, an assistant general, not only took the initiative to shoulder the blame for him, but he was also beaten up because of this. However, Wei Luowen appreciated him very much. Later, he promoted the assistant general and made him a trusted aide.

Of course, when Concubine Dong mentioned this, she was using this matter to highlight the kindness and righteousness of Wei Yuejiao as she tried to protect her maids. Concubine Dong was confident that if the Lord Marquis would definitely believe her and would not reprimand Yuejiao.

She took a handkerchief and wiped her tears while secretly observing Wei Luowen’s expression. Sure enough, she discovered that although his expression was still gloomy, it wasn’t fierce. It was obvious that his anger had gradually subsided. She felt proud in her heart. As long as she tried harder, this matter could be resolved, and she could even take this chance to slander Wei Yuewu.

“Father! Concubine Dong…” A sweet and bright voice came from the door.

Wei Luowen raised his head and saw his younger daughter standing at the door. She looked at Concubine Dong in a dumbfounded manner. Apparently, she was surprised.

Realizing that his daughter saw him reprimanding Concubine Dong, Wei Luowen was quite embarrassed. He waved his hand and signaled for Concubine Dong to get up.

Although Concubine Dong hated Wei Yuewu for her “timely” arrival, she knew that this was not the time for her to continue with her explanation. She wiped away her tears and stood up beside Wei Luowen. She would like to see what this little bitch wanted to do!

She had been informed that Lord Marquis first came out from the courtyard of that little bitch and then went straight to find trouble with Yuejiao. She knew at a glance that it was this little bitch who had taken the initiative to cause trouble.

She didn’t expect this little bitch to be so cunning. She had just returned to the mansion, and bad things occurred one after another, which were all related to this little bitch. She must take more care.

“Yuewu, why are you here at this time?” Wei Luowen calmed down and slowly asked.

“Father, I want to ask if you’ve got the key? It’s been a long time since Father left and nobody was sent to my courtyard. I was a little anxious, so I came to take a look myself.” Wei Yuewu looked blankly at Concubine Dong, whose eyes were still red as if she really didn’t know what had happened.

“Haven’t you heard anything about what happened?” Wei Luowen asked. His gaze landed sharply on Wei Yuewu. Lotus Courtyard’s location was excellent. If something big happened in Wei Yuejiao’s courtyard, it was impossible for Wei Yuewu not to be informed!

“Father, nobody informed me about anything. My Lotus Courtyard is very quiet. Normally, it’s rare for someone to come over, and I and my maids would do some embroidering in the house!” Wei Yuewu smiled and said softly, looking at Wei Luowen straight in the eyes.

Her courtyard was in the center of the mansion, yet it was such a quiet place. It was clear that Wei Yuewu had nobody to help her in the mansion. Even if something big happened, no one would take the trouble to tell her.

By comparison, Concubine Dong’s reaction was really quick, especially considering the fact that she was just a concubine who lived in a remote courtyard and hadn’t been back for a year…

For the first time, Wei Luowen felt that Concubine Dong had stretched her hands out a little too far! After all, this was the mansion of Marquis Hua Yang, not the mansion where they lived at the border.

Hearing Wei Yuewu’s words, Concubine Dong gripped her handkerchief and cried out in her heart, her eyes flashing with hatred, and her heart couldn’t help but beat wildly twice.

“Lord Marquis… I was worried that Yuejiao would easily run into trouble because she grew up at the border and was too straightforward. Therefore, I assigned a loyal old maidservant to serve her!” Concubine Dong hurriedly explained.

She was saying that she was not sensitive to everything that happened in the mansion, but she was worried about Wei Yuejiao so that she assigned a confidant to serve Wei Yuejiao.

“Father, this… why is this screen like this?” Wei Yuewu’s gaze paused. She landed directly in front of the screen and immediately cried out in alarm. She quickly walked forward and reached out to touch the scratches on the screen. Her heart ached endlessly.

“Father, what’s going on? Who purposely scratched such an exquisitely embroidered screen?” Wei Yuewu asked in confusion.

“Your Third Elder Sister… her maids accidentally scratched the screen. I have had these maids severely punished.” Wei Luowen found it difficult to answer Wei Yuewu’s blunt question as he looked at the pair of clear and familiar eyes.

Wei Yuewu seemed to be extremely fond of the screen. She touched the scratch with her hand and muttered to herself, “The maids in Third Elder Sister’s room are really careless. They actually scratched such a good screen. The embroidery material is excellent, and there are patterns embroidered on the screen. Now the threads and the material have been broken together. I wonder how much force and hatred it would take to scratch this screen like this?”

She uttered these words in a low voice, but when they landed in Wei Luowen’s ears, they were like a heavy blow to him. He hurriedly walked up and carefully examined the scratches on the screen. Then, he slowly reached out and touched the edges of the scratches, and his face immediately became fierce.

The screen was made of extremely fine material. Even after so many years, it was still incomparably strong. There wasn’t the slightest bit of slack in its edges. Besides, there were embroidery threads on the screen. Even if he wanted to break the screen, he would have to use a lot of strength. How could it be casually scratched by maids?

When Concubine Dong saw Wei Luowen’s expression, she knew that something was wrong.

“Yuewu, if you like this screen, you can take it away first. However, the scratches…” Wei Luowen looked at Wei Yuewu whose face was full of pity and said softly. However, he could not tell her that it was embroidered by her own mother.

“Father, I like it. I’ll think of a way to repair the scratches on it. I wonder if it can be repaired successfully. Such a beautiful screen must have taken a lot of effort to make. How could it be damaged so casually?” Wei Yuewu gently touched the scratch and couldn’t let go of it.

Looking at Wei Yuewu’s pitiful gaze, Wei Luowen felt guilty. He lowered his voice subconsciously and said gently, “Alright, you go back first. After the key is ready, I’ll send for you. Don’t worry.”

“Thank you, Father!” Wei Yuewu thanked him and left obediently. Wei Luowen sent someone else to carry the screen to Lotus Courtyard for her.

After Wei Yuewu left, Wei Luowen snorted coldly.

Concubine Dong hurriedly came out from behind and knelt down in front of Wei Luowen again. She hurriedly explained, “Lord Marquis, please punish me. It was all because of my lax discipline that Yuejiao only focused on learning from men and forgot that she was actually a girl!”

At this time, Concubine Dong could do nothing but continue her previous strategy. By offering to take the blame, she hoped to calm down Wei Luowen and avoid a disastrous result.

“Someone, bring Concubine Dong to the Third Young Lady’s courtyard and let her take the Third Young Lady to observe the punishment!” Wei Luowen slapped his hand heavily on the table and said sternly.

“Lord Marquis…” Concubine Dong didn’t expect Wei Luowen to give her a slap in the face like this and she immediately cried out in alarm.

“What? Do you still want to say that your good daughter wanted to protect her maids? She just lied to protect herself! She clearly hated Yuewu. She deliberately found the Madame’s screen and intentionally scratched it. I just wonder who dared to move the Madame’s items out!”

The more Wei Luowen spoke, the angrier he became, and he slapped his hand heavily on the table again. “I remember telling you that you would never be able to surpass the Madame!”

“Lord Marquis, I don’t dare. I never dare to think of surpassing the Madame, nor do I dare to be disrespectful to the Sixth Young Lady. But I don’t know who did this. Someone deliberately sent that screen to Yuejiao, or perhaps Yuejiao was instigated by others so that she was angered. Lord Marquis, heaven knows that I have always been loyal to you!”

Concubine Dong cried as she affirmed her loyalty, her expression filled with grievances. In the past, Wei Luowen would always calm down once she put on such an expression. But now, as long as Wei Luowen thought of the screen that his wife had cherished when she was alive was seriously scratched, he couldn’t suppress his anger at all.

“You are wise to behave yourself. Now quickly go and discipline your daughter and let her understand that there’s a difference between a legitimate daughter and a concubine-born daughter. She will never be able to compare with Yuewu!” Wei Luowen berated loudly.

“Yes, yes… I will go right now, I will go immediately!” Concubine Dong cried as she stood up, knowing that staying here at this time would only anger Wei Luowen even more. It was all because of the little bitch Wei Yuewu. If it wasn’t for her, Lord Marquis would never become suspicious of her and Yuejiao.

Besides, Lord Marquis would never say that her precious daughter Yuejiao could never compare to the daughter born by that bitch!

This little bitch was indeed difficult to deal with. Before she could take actions, she had suffered repeatedly! Thinking about the cause and effect of today’s incident, she couldn’t help but feel even more hateful. She walked to the porch and wiped away her tears. She looked at Wei Yuewu’s back that just disappeared, and it seemed poison was about to flow out of her eyes.

“Concubine?” Nanny Dong whispered. She secretly pointed towards the study and anxiously said, “Could it be that the Marquis does not want to make you his official wife?”

“This matter is not up to the Lord Marquis!” Concubine Dong’s beautiful face was ferocious. After all her years of scheming, how could she allow her plan to be ruined by a little bitch! “Urge the Second Lady and tell her that if she doesn’t have a good way to deal with this little bitch, she probably won’t be able to return to the mansion for the rest of her life!”

“You meant the matter that was mentioned by the Second Lady last time?” Nanny Dong was Concubine Dong’s most trusted servant. She immediately understood what Concubine Dong meant and was shocked.

“Yes. If she still wants to go back to the mansion, ask her to act quickly!” Concubine Dong smiled gloomily, her eyes flashing with a hint of viciousness.