Chapter 343: Marquis Zhongyi

Zhou Wangshu and Su Yaoguang moved into their new home.

The new mansion is even larger than the previous Cheng’an Hou Mansion.

On the day they moved into the new mansion, they invited a few families they had good relationships with to a housewarming.

When Marchioness Jing’an arrived, it was Jiang Jing who went to greet her, and incidentally, checked her pulse.

“Madam, your condition is quite good now. You can stop taking this medicine after finishing this dose.”

Marchioness Jing’an laughed and said, “Thanks to you all, I am able to live until today.”

“Madam, is the Marquis still favoring that woman?” Zhang Pandi curiously asked.

Marchioness Jing’an smiled faintly, “Recently, I arranged for him to take a few new concubines, each young and beautiful. That woman indeed has some skill in enticing men, but men are quite adept at weighing the pros and cons. She gave the Marquis of Jing’an a foolish son; how could the Marquis not favor the young and beautiful concubines and instead visit her room to see that bothersome foolish son?”

“Jiang Yihuan has some tricks. She won’t give up so easily,” Su Yaoguang said.

“Sister, you are right. Even though that child is foolish, he is still the son the Marquis has loved for so long. The Marquis was genuinely fond of him once. As long as she claims the child is ill, the Marquis has to visit; perhaps only that way can he prove he is not a heartless man.”

“It’s your fortune, Madam, to see through his nature and wake up early.”

Marchioness Jing’an thought about how the Marquis had been diligently trying to please her lately, suggesting he wanted her to bear a legitimate son.

Although she had found him many concubines, for that man, the difference between beautiful concubines and the legitimate wife is still clear.

Concubines may give him ten or eight sons, but they can’t compare to a legitimate son borne by the rightful wife. For families like theirs, a legitimate son from the wife is the one with noble status, while sons and daughters from concubines are merely secondary options.

Marchioness Jing’an touched her increasingly delicate face, thinking that she would indeed bear a ‘legitimate son.’ After all, the Jing’an Hou Mansion doesn’t have just one man. After enduring so much for so many years, suffering so many hardships, naturally, the title of the Hou Mansion should belong to her son. She would also become the most authoritative elder lady.

After entertaining the guests, Su Yaoguang and Zhou Wangshu saw them off at the door, just in time to see Xiao Yanci riding in a carriage back to the house across the street.

She almost forgot, Xiao Yanci and Wang Ruyan used to live across the street; it was their marital home.

Xiao Yanci alighted from the carriage and happened to see the elegant couple, Su Yaoguang and Zhou Wangshu. After exchanging glances, Xiao Yanci’s eyes were filled with hostility.

Zhou Wangshu, truly ruthless, managed to bring down the Cheng’an Hou Mansion in such a short time. Originally, it was thought that by causing the Cheng’an Hou Mansion to be confiscated, he himself would lose the title of Marquis, deemed foolish; but then the Emperor turned around and awarded him the title of Marquis Zhongyi, which could be inherited, flagrantly displaying favoritism.

However, he won’t be laughing for long.

Xiao Yanci stumbled away.

Zhou Wangshu looked thoughtful.

Recently, Xiao Yanci has been very quiet, so quiet that it makes him feel there’s some plot quietly underway.

“Madam, let’s go inside; it’s so cold out here,” Zhou Wangshu said, holding Su Yaoguang as they went inside.

Su Yaoguang and Zhou Wangshu returned to their room.

As Su Yaoguang went to the bath to bathe, Zhou Wangshu stepped out for a while.

Next door at the General Mansion, Su Rende was about to go back to his room to accompany his wife when he saw his son-in-law, who had no sense of timing, push the door open and come in.

“It’s so late, why aren’t you going back to accompany Yaoguang? What are you coming here for?” Su Rende asked, “You just had a housewarming over there today, sent off the guests not long ago; aren’t you tired?”

Zhou Wangshu held his chest, weakly saying, “My dear father-in-law, haven’t you seen your son-in-law is injured? I dare not go back, afraid of scaring Yaoguang.”

Only then did Su Rende notice Zhou Wangshu’s unusual condition and hurriedly went over to support him.

“Where did you get this?”

“Across the street,” Zhou Wangshu said. “I noticed Xiao Ci seemed unusual lately, and sneaked over to the other side to gather information, but got caught. There are only Xiao Ci and Wang Ruyan residing there, why are there so many experts?”

“Someone, quickly call Jiang Jing over,” Su Rende shouted.

Soon, Jiang Jing arrived with a medical kit.

Seeing Zhou Wangshu in the room, Jiang Jing worriedly said, “Brother-in-law, does my sister know you are injured?”

“If she knew, would I be here secretly looking for you?” Zhou Wangshu finished, then told Su Rende, “Father-in-law, please send someone to tell Yaoguang that you’ve asked me over to discuss matters of state, and I’ll stay here tonight.”