The Demon Concubine of God

Chapter 155 Is that person really here for Young Master 7?

In ancient times, no matter how noble or prominent a feudal woman was, once she married into her husband's family, a piece of divorce paper would force her to be a slave for the rest of her life.

The Marquis's wife touched the Marquis' bottom line. If she didn't want to end up being divorced from the Gui family, the best she could do was to throw a tantrum and try to get away with it. Scholars often say: Only villains and women are difficult to raise. This may be the rule since ancient times. So in the end, the old Marquis did not divorce the Marquis's wife, but just ordered people to carry her away and imprison her.

The old marquis had a headache because of the marquis's wife. He stroked his forehead and waved his hand, saying, "Everyone go back. I'm going back too."

Shen Shuyu said, "Then... let your nephew help you go back."

The old marquis did not refuse and said, "Okay."

The old marquis was helped to stand up by Shen Shuyu, and turned back to look at Shen Wen and said, "Don't get too close to your seventh sister. Now that she is married, she will naturally obey her husband's family. You can't guess what she is thinking."

Shen Wen said: "Yes, grandson will follow your instructions."

The old marquis said nothing more and walked away with a tired look on his face.

After everyone left, Shen Wen looked at the delicious food on the table and started to eat it. The maids who were waiting on the side did not dare to disturb him. Now they also knew how powerful this master was. It was just their family's food, so who dared to say anything? They just let him eat.

Shen Wen finished his meal with satisfaction, then asked his maid for a few more dishes and asked her to send them back to Linchaoju as a midnight snack. Only then did he leave happily and relaxed.

Shen Wen planned to go back to Linchaoju, change out of his alcohol-smelling clothes, and then go out to keep his appointment with Zichu.

Unexpectedly, just after leaving the banquet, a maid brought him an invitation. Shen Wen took the invitation and admired Ji Zichu, a noble man, for his elegance in his heart. So he didn't even open the invitation to take a look and hurried out.

Shen Wen walked out of the gate of the Shen Mansion. Just as he stopped and looked around, the third son of the Ji family, who had been waiting in the distance, greeted him.

The two people met up and walked away side by side, talking and laughing.

The servant who was secretly investigating the situation behind the door ran back to the mansion to report.

Butler Shen informed Lord Shen of the situation, and Lord Shen nodded and said, "Are you sure he went out because he received the invitation?"

The butler nodded and said, "Yes, I am sure of this. I saw it with my own eyes."

Lord Shen nodded with satisfaction, and finally felt at ease.

The housekeeper also said with emotion: "Finally, there is something good to look forward to. You said that... is it really for the Seventeenth Young Master?"

Lord Shen relaxed his brows and said, "Who else could it be because of? Our Eighth Miss? With her frivolous and superficial appearance, how could that guy steal our house just to meet her? This is the first time I've seen that man so impatient. He behaves erratically in that position, causing the entire court to worry about his outrageous behavior. How many people know that he is just pretending? However! I am sure that he is fully focused on the matter of Shen Wen."

The housekeeper hesitated and said, "But... Young Master Seventeen is no longer the same as before! My Lord..."

Lord Shen waved his hand and said, "I understand his thoughts. He has been oppressed by those bastards in the mansion for a long time. But Seventeen is a kind-hearted person after all. He just wants to teach them a lesson and vent his anger."

The housekeeper was still worried and said, "The loss suffered by the fourth, tenth, thirteenth and sixteenth young masters is not small! People's hearts are hard to predict..."

Lord Shen said, "I've thought about what happened in the past few days. I think that they will suffer, but it's not entirely because of Seventeen. Take the matter of Tenth Old Lady, for example. If we trace it back to the beginning, it involves the time when Prince Rui married our Fifth Young Lady. How could I have neglected it? Seventh Young Lady Shuchan was the one who jumped the most happily."

The housekeeper suddenly realized, "So that's how it is. There are also those young masters of the Ji family. I think that the Seventeenth Young Master is now confident because he has been bewitched by them."

Lord Shen sighed and said, "Alright, send someone to keep an eye on it. I'll take a break."

The butler walked out of Lord Shen's room and hurriedly led his people out of the house.

Shen Wen and Ji Zichu went to the busy street market. Perhaps because it was just getting dark, there were not many pedestrians on the street.

There are quite a lot of vendors here from Linli. Not to mention the big ones with storefronts, there are also stalls and stands on the street, which are neatly arranged in an entire street. Moreover, there are many kinds of businesses, which is beyond Shen Wen's expectation. It is much more prosperous than the ancient night market she imagined. Shen Wen couldn't help but blurt out: "Didn't they say that you have a curfew at night? It's really strange."

"what?"

Ji Zichu didn't hear clearly, so he asked again. Perhaps he was a little slow to react. As soon as he asked the question, he felt hot at the base of his neck and his ears turned red.

Before Shen Wen could ask again, Ji Zichu hurriedly asked, "Seventeenth Master, is there anything you want to eat? How about we find a booth and sit down?"

Shen Wen touched his bulging belly and shook his head. He said, "My family has a family dinner tonight. You know my status in that family. I thought I wouldn't get anything to eat at the dinner, but they all left early, leaving behind tables of delicious food. I was hungry, so I started eating and ate a lot without realizing it. Now that I'm out and see all these snacks, I'm not interested anymore.

This was Ji Zichu's turn to be embarrassed. He said, "I... I haven't eaten yet."

Shen Wen smiled when he heard it. He patted Ji Zichu on the shoulder and said, "It's okay, I'll treat you. Although I can't eat staple food, I can have some sweet soup to help digestion."

So they walked past a few more stalls and found one selling beef patties, and next to it happened to be a good place selling sweet yam soup.

Shen Wen was quite hospitable. He not only ordered two beef patties and a bowl of sweet soup for Master Ji San, he also went to other stalls and picked out lamb skewers, chicken feet, pork livers, pig ears, etc.

The two of them ate and drank, and Shen Wen said, "Lord Ji, this time you should tell me about the personnel relationship in Yingtian Prefecture. In fact, this is one of the reasons why I asked you to come out. I still have many other doubts to ask Lord Ji, such as the origin of Yingtian Prefecture. I am very curious why two institutions of the same level of jurisdiction were set up in the capital. Which one has greater authority, Yingtian Prefecture or Jingzhao Yin? And how many privileges do you have as the head of the police? Does Lord Ruan, the prefect of Yingtian Prefecture, listen to your orders or do you listen to his orders? How many soldiers do you have? I mean, are the private soldiers given by the emperor strong enough? Is there any way to kill first and report later, or bypass all institutions and move any official except the emperor?"

Ji Zichu was amused by his series of strange questions, and he seemed to be more relaxed and casual. He answered Shen Wen's questions while eating slowly.

In the darkness not far away, there was a carriage parked. A corner of the curtain of the carriage was lifted up. A slender big hand was pulling the curtain. The man leaned his head out and glanced at Shen Wen and the others.

His servant came over and said, "Master, the Third Young Master has made a big move this time. In order to meet Young Master Shen for a midnight snack, he has summoned half of the shop vendors in the capital to his street, making it so prosperous that it almost matches the Lantern Festival.

Chu Yanqiu's eyes became even darker, and he said unhappily, "I have seen it, there is no need for you to say it again."

Chi He touched the back of his head awkwardly and said, "Then what are you going to do, Master? It seems that it would be too embarrassing to allow the Seventeenth Young Master to get close to my uncle."

The more Chu Yanqiu thought about what he said, the angrier he got. He wanted to slap him on the head. He originally planned to leave, thinking that out of sight, out of mind, he would be restless, but he gave up.

Chi He suddenly thought of something and said, "Master, I don't know what the steward beside Lord Shen is up to. Since the Seventeenth Young Master left the mansion, he has sent three groups of people to follow the Seventeenth Young Master. The old steward is personally keeping an eye on a bastard who was not valued before..."

Chu Yanqiu asked, "Did you send someone to find out what happened at the Shen family banquet? I'm afraid something interesting happened."

Chi He said, "I inquired about it. It turned out that something had happened. It was probably caused by the lustful man who wanted to molest the master's concubine, the tenth son of Shen Haofeng. The seventeenth son personally kicked off his offspring, but his family refused to give up and threatened to make the seventeenth son pay with his life."

Chu Yanqiu said, "The fourth lady of the fourth branch of the Shen family is the niece of the Minister of War. She is well-known in the capital for her bravery and viciousness. Shen Wen is hated by her. Unless he is more powerful than her, the fourth lady will kill him sooner or later."

Chi He said, "But this time the Fourth Madam did not succeed. Not only did she not succeed, but she also lost her composure. It is said that the Seventeenth Master found out that Madam Shen killed the baby in Shen Haofeng's concubine's belly. Once this was exposed, the two families had a huge quarrel at the family banquet."

Chu Yanqiu raised his eyebrows, thought for a moment, and said to Chi He, "Go and secretly catch a tongue and interrogate him to see what the Shen family's housekeeper is going to do."

Chi He agreed and married her. Not long after, Chi He came back and reported, "Master, we captured a servant and questioned him. He was probably confused and didn't know anything. Later, we captured two other groups of people, but we didn't get much information out of them. We only know that the housekeeper asked them to keep an eye on the Seventeenth Young Master and said they wanted to see him enter the Yuncui Tower with their own eyes."

Chu Yanqiu asked: "Yuncui Tower? It's not a brothel, and it's not very big."

Chi He said, "Yes, sir. However, there are several private rooms in the building for scholars to recite poems and write couplets. I heard that there is a very famous fish dish that is very complicated to make. Some people are willing to wait for several days and nights just to have a taste of it."

Chu Yanqiu narrowed his eyes and said, "Scholar? Sir, I want to eat fish sashimi too. Let's go to Yuncui Tower and take a look."