Chapter 238 FCADW? IRTBTMOTMM

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Favoring Concubines and Destroying Wives? I Refuse to be the Mistress of this Marquis' Mansion

Chapter 238:

Crazy

"Oh no! Young Master, be careful!" A maid from the mansion accidentally knocked over a bowl of milk meant for Qi Zaijun, spilling it all over his clothes.

Cuiqin hurried over, taking Qi Zaijun by the hand and helping him off the chair, saying, "Young Master, let me take care of your hands first."

His palms were sticky.

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Lin Yunwan also stood up. Qi Zaijun's clothes were already unusable.

Madam Chen had been nervous since she arrived, and upon hearing the commotion, she rushed over herself, anxiously scolding the maid, "How could you serve the guests like this!"

The maid was trembling with fear.

Lin Yunwan intervened, saying, "Madam Chen, don't scold this maid. It was my son who suddenly reached out and startled her."

This was also the truth.

Madam Chen went along with it and instructed a more reputable maid, "Hurry up and take the young master to wash and change."

The matter of conferring the title of Crown Prince had already begun to spread.

Madam Chen knew she had offended Lin Yunwan, so her use of the respectful term carried a hint of appeasement.

Lin Yunwan smiled faintly and took Qi Zaijun's hand, saying, "He's shy. I'll take him there."

The stewardess walked alongside, bowing respectfully as she said, "Your Highness, Crown Prince, please follow me."

Lin Yunwan then led Cuiqin, along with the maid serving Qi Zaijun, to the guest rooms within the mansion.

To get from the banquet hall to the guest rooms, they had to pass through the mansion's second gate.

Behind the second gate was a hallway, where Ge Bao'er and Madam Chen parted ways.

A maid led Ge Bao'er to meet her sister-in-law.

The maid kept her head bowed, not daring to be disrespectful, but she also looked down on Ge Bao'er.

"It's been many days. Sister-in-law, how has she been during this time? Is my brother and his family doing well?"

The maid serving by the side of the son's wife, Madam Liu, said lightly, "Our madam is doing well."

The Xingguo Duke's Mansion couldn't openly acknowledge Ge Bao'er.

Every time Ge Bao'er and Lu Zhengliu came over, they were under the guise of being relatives of the son's wife, Madam Liu.

Madam Liu was married into the family, her mother-in-law, Madam Chen, was extremely domineering and authoritarian. Moreover, her own father didn't intervene in this matter, so she had no choice but to reluctantly acknowledge this distant relative.

Whenever someone asked about Ge Bao'er's background, Madam Liu had to reluctantly say, "She's a distant relative from my maternal family, who happened to become a concubine in the Wu Ding Marquis Mansion. Feeling lonely in the inner courtyard, she often comes to keep me company."

Among the servants who held positions of importance within the mansion, who didn't know that Ge Bao'er was actually a paternal concubine from the Chen family?

Ge Bao'er followed closely beside Madam Liu's maid, asking with great curiosity, "I heard that the mansion also invited the Princess Consort of Huan today. Does Sister-in-law know the Princess Consort?"

The maid gave her a scrutinizing glance, remained silent for a while, then said, "I don't know her."

Ge Bao'er pursed her lips and smiled, "Not knowing her today doesn't mean not recognizing her tomorrow. Since the Princess Consort is willing to visit the mansion, it means she wants to socialize with my mother and sister-in-law. So, perhaps I—"

"I don't know if I'll have the honor to meet the Princess Consort," she finished.

She felt embarrassed about being too explicit about her thoughts.

What does Madam Liu's maid not know? The Chen family hasn't even established a close relationship with the Princess Consort of Huan yet, and now a niece from a marquis's family is already trying to climb up the social ladder!

She coldly chuckled inwardly and calmly asked, "Why does Auntie want to meet the Princess Consort? When you meet her, how will our mistress talk about you to the Princess Consort?"

Ge Bao'er understood that the maid's words carried a different meaning.

She sneered, "Who doesn't know that I'm my sister-in-law's distant relative? Just tell the Princess Consort that, isn't that enough?"

"Or is it that my sister-in-law doesn't want to recognize me as her sister?"

Ge Bao'er pressured Madam Liu's maid, "Is this your idea, or is it my sister-in-law's idea?"

She frowned sadly, "I know my sister-in-law feels wronged. If she doesn't want to, I'll tell my mother. Why bother sending you, a maid, to come and upset me?"

Madam Liu's maid bit her lip.

If Ge Bao'er really complained to the Duchess, her Madam wouldn't know what kind of trouble she'd be in!

The maid forced a smile, "The young lady is overthinking. How could my grandmother have such thoughts? It's just that..."

"The Princess Consort's status is noble, even our Madam may not catch her attention, so how can she bring relatives over?"

Ge Bao'er was confident, "Whether one catches the eye of a noble is a matter of ability."

Madam Liu's maid was at a loss for words.

Ge Bao'er knew that the maid definitely didn't approve of her in her heart.

But that was just because the maid was just a servant, what could a servant understand?

She instructed Madam Liu's maid, "One should aim high, just as water flows downwards. If you don't try, how will you know if things will work out?"

If she hadn't bravely given birth to a child with Lu Zhengliu back then, how could she have reached where she was today?

And she might not have had the chance to reconcile with her parents.

There was no guarantee she couldn't climb up to the Huanwang Residence.

Madam Liu's maid lowered her head, "This servant has limited understanding and doesn't grasp these principles."

Ge Bao'er ignored the maid.

After all, she was her sister-in-law's maid, so she couldn't just reprimand her casually.

Meanwhile, Lu Zhengliu and the pageboy from the Chen family's young master also entered the inner courtyard.

Lu Zhengliu was puzzled, "How come the young master is meeting me in the inner courtyard? Shouldn't he be entertaining guests in the front courtyard during today's banquet at the Duke's residence?"

The pageboy replied, "According to what I heard, the young master fell and injured his leg. He's resting in the study now."

Lu Zhengliu asked casually, "If the young master injured his leg, why didn't anyone inform me?"

The two families had many business dealings in private, and while Lu Zhengliu didn't often meet the Chen young master directly, he did have some interactions with people around him.

But he hadn't heard about this incident at all.

The pageboy seemed to smile faintly and replied, "This servant is not aware of such matters. I only handle internal affairs within the mansion."

Lu Zhengliu felt uneasy.

Suddenly, he remembered a day when he came to see Madam Chen, he overheard a servant gossiping, saying, "She really thinks of herself as part of the Duke's family!"

When the servant noticed him, they looked as if they had seen a ghost.

Lu Zhengliu's expression darkened.

Normally, he wouldn't even set foot in the Duke's mansion!

But today, with the Duke and Duchess of Huan coming over... he clenched his teeth and endured it.

As he reached a corner, Lu Zhengliu suddenly caught sight of a familiar figure by the second gate.

"Is that her?"

The woman looked exactly like the one he had seen at the Chi Xiang Temple that day.

But today, she wasn't wearing a veil.

Lu Zhengliu widened his eyes, staring fixedly at her. As the woman slowly revealed her profile, it was a face he knew all too well! It was the face he had yearned for day and night!

"Yunwan..."

It was his wife, Lin Yunwan.

He wouldn't be mistaken. He couldn't be mistaken! That woman was his wife, Lin Yunwan.

Lu Zhengliu ran towards her as if possessed.

The servant turned around and didn't see him, becoming panicked. "Lord Lu, that's the women's residence! You, you can't run around!"

He dashed after him.

Just as Lin Yunwan handed over Qi Zaijun to the servant and saw the blooming flower branches of June Snow in the neighboring courtyard, she stepped out on her own.

She sensed a dark figure approaching her and turned her head to see a man sprinting towards her.

Lu Zhengliu reached her side quickly, but suddenly halted, approaching her tentatively. His eyes were rimmed with red, his voice hoarse and trembling. "Yunwan... Yunwan... you're not dead... you're not dead..."

Lin Yunwan looked at the man before her. It had been several years, and she realized she had almost forgotten his appearance.

She asked indifferently, "Who are you?"

Lu Zhengliu was stunned, a lump forming in his throat, tears streaming down his face.

"Yunwan, I... I am..."

He suddenly realized he didn't know how to reveal his identity to her.

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