The Hidden Beauty

Chapter 121 It is your duty to take a concubine for your husband

Seeing Meng Tingzhou frown and pretending to refuse, Jiang Shiwan immediately held his hand and stood up: "Okay, I'll go right away."

"Meimei, even though she is my mother, I know what kind of person she is. You don't have to keep forbearing."

Jiang Shiwan smiled faintly: "The old lady sent someone to invite me, and I just refused to go. Wouldn't that be even worse? I can't see you when I look up, so I still have to maintain basic etiquette."

Meng Tingzhou nodded: "Then you should go early and come back early. If you have anything, ask someone to come to me."

Jiang Shiwan followed them away. She thought that Madam Meng would treat her coldly, but unexpectedly, she went against her norm and asked her to dine with her by herself.

Meng Shuyi was also sitting at the same table. She gave Jiang Shiwan a secret look and then said, "Cousin, my aunt said that you have been working very hard on making plans recently, so she wanted to invite you to come and have dinner with us."

Madam Meng had a calm expression on her face and motioned for her to sit down: "You know, I have never liked you."

Jiang Shiwan sneered in his heart. Is this old lady Meng addicted to repeatedly stressing that she doesn't like him?
"But I don't have the final say. Tingzhou likes you. Even if your Jiang family rejected the marriage proposal before, he has only chosen you." Madam Meng sighed, "If I insist on stopping him, I'm afraid it will backfire and affect the relationship between us mother and son."

"You come from a family of military commanders. If you can help me, it would be a blessing." Madam Meng picked up a piece of jujube paste cake and placed it on the plate in front of her. "I'm sure you know how Tingzhou feels about you. What's more, he gave his legitimate son the surname Jiang."

Jiang Shiwan looked at the date paste cake shaped like a flower and did not respond.

Seeing that she was very calm, Old Lady Meng cursed her for not knowing what was good for her, so she had to continue: "Now that we have finally arrived in the northern border, it is a good time to recuperate. As Tingzhou's mother, I have something to tell you."

Jiang Shiwan raised his head slightly and saw Madam Meng's serious expression.

"As the governor, Tingzhou cannot have few children, and it is even more impossible for the governor's office to have a prince who is not named Meng."

Jiang Shiwan secretly clenched his sleeves.

Madam Meng's words fell into her ears word by word: "I want to take a few concubines for Tingzhou. Firstly, it will boost the popularity of the Governor's Office, and secondly, it will also help the Governor's Office to have more offspring. Jiang, what do you think?"

Jiang Shiwan's expression froze slightly, and he said calmly, "The old lady will make the decision on this matter. Or you can ask the governor for his opinion."

"Bang!" Madam Meng slammed the table, and chopsticks and spoons fell to the ground. She shouted, "Jiang, don't use Tingzhou as a shield! I'm asking you now!"

"As the wife of the Governor's Mansion, it is your duty to take a concubine..."

"Madam, I am no longer the wife of the Governor's Mansion."

Madam Meng glanced at her and then snorted coldly: "Do you know why Ting Zhou wanted to destroy you in the capital?"

Seeing Jiang Shiwan's suspicious look, Madam Meng told the truth: "I just found out. Tingzhou wants to marry you again in the northern border, give you a real wedding ceremony, and re-establish you as the governor's wife."

Hearing this, Jiang Shiwan froze in place.

Madam Meng thought she did it on purpose, so she didn't bother to look at her. "Don't tell me you don't know about this. Jiang Shiwan, I don't care what means you used to confuse Tingzhou like this. Since you are the wife of the governor, you should be a good wife."

She said word by word: "It is of utmost importance to find a concubine for Tingzhou and to provide the Governor's Office with a long line of descendants!"

Jiang Shiwan finally understood why she was in such a hurry to call him over, it was because she didn't want to give him the chance to prepare.

If I don't agree, I'm afraid I won't even be able to walk out of this door today.

Madam Meng could see what she was thinking. "You don't have to pretend to agree. I called you today to talk about these things. If you don't agree or go against me, I will naturally have many ways to deal with you." "For the future of mother and son, I advise you to think carefully."

Madam Meng said slowly, "Ayou jumped into the water to catch fish today. Fortunately, the water was shallow. But next time, you may not be so lucky."

Seeing that she dared to plot against her own grandson in order to achieve her goal, Jiang Shiwan felt a chill in his gut: "Madam, Ah You is your grandson."

"You're wrong!" Old Madam Meng interrupted her, "The governor's mansion is named Meng, and I only recognize grandsons with the surname Meng. If I tell others that the surname Jiang is my grandson, will they know it?"

She looked disdainful and said, "I can't afford to lose this person."

Madam Meng stood up and said impatiently, "I believe you will weigh the pros and cons yourself. It's getting late, you should go back first, otherwise, if time passes, Tingzhou will come to your rescue again."

Old Madam Meng is really afraid of her son now.

If I hold this mother and child in my mouth, I'm afraid they will melt; if I hold them in my hands, I'm afraid they will fall.

Jiang Shiwan also stood up and said, "Okay, I promised the old lady that I would take the initiative to find a concubine for the governor. But as for how the governor will deal with it, it is not up to me."

Old Madam Meng finally showed a slightly satisfied expression.

Sure enough, Ayou is the weak spot of this bitch.

Jiang Shiwan laughed at himself, tears in his eyes: "It's true that Ah You is my child, but he also has the blood of the Meng family in his veins. Even if you don't want to admit it, you can't erase the fact that you are Ah You's grandmother."

"As a grandmother, it's fine that you look down on him, but you're using him to threaten me? How pathetic!"

Madam Meng argued, "If you were in my position, you would also make many plans! The Governor's Office must have a prince with the surname Meng!"

Walking under the cold and lonely moonlight, Jiang Shiwan felt cold all over.

When she walked outside her residence and heard the sounds of Meng Tingzhou and Ayou playing, her chest tightened. She quickened her pace and walked in, hugged Ayou and kissed him again and again.

Meng Tingzhou saw her coming back and pointed to his face: "What about mine?"

Jiang Shiwan leaned on his chest and said, "Erlang, why did you divorce me then?"

Meng Tingzhou did not speak.

Jiang Shiwan looked up at him and said, "Don't you have anything to tell me?"

Meng Tingzhou cleared his throat and said, "Did mother tell you something? There were indeed two reasons at that time. One was that I was really angry, and the other was that I wanted to wait until we got to the North to give you a chance to marry again."

"If... I hadn't met Xiaonian along the way, I might not have forgiven you until now. How long do you plan to keep this secret from me?"

"Then..." Meng Tingzhou reached out to wipe away the tears from the corners of her eyes and said in a low voice, "Then I will force myself on you. It's not the first time anyway, and you and I should be familiar with it."

Seeing Jiang Shiwan glaring at him, he hugged her tightly and said, "Rather than thinking about it, I believe that only by keeping your original intention in mind can you achieve your goal."

"Ah!" Meng Tingzhou cried out in pain.

He looked down and saw Ah You biting the back of his hand, drooling and almost crying: "Daddy is bad... don't cry..."