The daughter of the metaphysical fortune teller: she is the best at eating melons to prolong life

Chapter 240 Coveting Mr. Xiao (Thanks to Fanhua for the reward)

Not to mention others, even Yang Fen was stunned. After thinking for a while, he still couldn't believe it, "Xue Shirong, who is Mei Niang? Is she your father's concubine, or your concubine?"

"Mei Niang is my father's new concubine."

Yang Fen's eyes widened. "Xue Shirong, do you like that Mei Niang? Have you slept with her?"

"Yes, I like Mei Niang, and Mei Niang likes me too. We often sleep together."

Xue Shirong was so anxious that he was sweating profusely. He knew he couldn't say it, but he couldn't control himself at all.

The students watching were talking at once.

"The world is really going downhill. I just thought Miss Xie was being too harsh.

I didn’t expect the gate of Pingyang Marquis’s Mansion to be dirtier than a toilet.”

"Xue Shirong is often with his young wife. Is his father, Pingyang Hou, dead? How could they not have noticed?"

Someone laughed sarcastically, "This is not surprising. I heard that Pingyang Hou has always been lustful. In addition to the marquis's wife, he also took nine concubines.

There are countless maids around him who have no name or status. Even if he is very powerful, he can't handle so many women. It's normal that he didn't notice that there was a concubine who cheated on him. "

"Tsk, even though the Marquis of Pingyang didn't notice it, the Marquis's wife is in charge of the entire Marquis's mansion, so she should have noticed it to some extent, right?

As the mistress of the Marquis's mansion, how could she not care when such an unbearable thing happened and polluted the Marquis's mansion?"

"Oh, the Marquis' wife won't care about this. Not to mention that it's just the Marquis of Pingyang who is cuckolded, I think she won't care even if everyone in the Marquis's mansion is dead."

Why do you say that? "

The student who spoke earlier was a chatterbox. Seeing that people around him were looking at him curiously, he became more and more excited as he spoke, "Because, the Marquis of Pingyang was a man who favored his concubine over his wife. His first wife died of anger because of his doting on his concubine not long after they got married.

The current Marquis’ wife was married later, and she is a merchant’s daughter. I heard that the Marquis of Pingyang didn’t like her, and the reason he married her was just because of her generous dowry.”

"You married the Marquis' wife because of her dowry? That's impossible, right? The Pingyang Marquis's Mansion is Concubine Xue's maiden home. I remember when she got married, she had a huge dowry that stretched ten miles. It shows that the Pingyang Marquis's Mansion is not short of money at all.

How could the Marquis of Pingyang marry a lowly merchant girl just for money?"

"How is it impossible? When the imperial concubine got married, the Marquis's Mansion gave her a lot of property as a dowry.

In addition, although Pingyang Hou appears to be a gentleman, he actually loves drinking and prostitution in private. You all know that brothels are places where money is wasted, and it costs a lot to go there once.

Moreover, the Marquis has to bring new brides into the mansion every year, and it costs a lot of money to keep so many concubines.

How could the Pingyang Marquis's wealth withstand such squandering? It has long since become an empty shell."

"Even so, with the status of Pingyang Hou, there is no need for you to marry a merchant girl, right?"

"What do you know? Pingyang Marquis had so many concubines, and his first wife died because he favored concubines over his wife. Which girl from a powerful family would be willing to marry him?
If you can’t marry a noble lady, you can only marry a merchant lady.”

"I thought the Marquis of Pingyang's mansion had so much money that it was impossible to spend it all. It turns out that he used the Marquis' wife's dowry to support his concubine. The Marquis of Pingyang is really not a good person."

"Not only the Marquis, Xue Shirong is not a good guy either. If it weren't for the Marquis's wife's dowry, how could he afford to support so many concubines?"

"Hey, you say, the Marquis's dowry was all spent, why didn't she know how to resist?"

“Marquis Pingyang doesn’t value her. Although she is the principal wife, she has no status in the Marquis’ mansion.

Moreover, Marquis Pingyang allowed his concubines to bully her, which resulted in the loss of the baby in her womb and also injured her body so that she could not get pregnant again.

The Marquis' wife has long hated the Marquis of Pingyang, so she wouldn't care about the mess in the Marquis's mansion."

Seeing that the students were discussing enthusiastically, Xie Lan was in no hurry to leave. He stood aside and listened with great interest.

It turned out that it was right to come to the academy. The secrets of a family like the Marquis of Pingyang could be hidden from ordinary people, but not from those powerful families. The families of the students who were talking the most enthusiastically all supported the third prince born to Concubine Yang.

Under Yang Fen's instruction, the matter of Pingyang Marquis' Mansion was deliberately spread so that everyone knew about it.

But Yang Fen was still not satisfied.

Although the scandal of Pingyang Hou was exposed, it only damaged his reputation but did not cause much harm.

Seeing that Xue Shirong answered every question and did not stop everyone from talking, Yang Fen had an idea.

If he could get some secrets out of Xue Shirong and overthrow the Second Prince, wouldn't the Third Prince have one less strong rival for the throne?

To put it another way, even if the second prince cannot be overthrown, being able to bring down Marquis Pingyang would be a great achievement.

Yang Fen did it immediately after he thought of it.

"Xue Shirong, how much money does your family have?"

Xue Shirong's face was filled with fear. He knew that Yang Fen was setting a trap for him. He didn't want to say it, but he couldn't help but speak out.

"There are millions!"

Even though Yang Fen was mentally prepared, he was still shocked by the number.

But soon his eyes lit up again. Even if the Marquis's wife was a merchant's daughter, it was impossible for her to have a dowry of over one million taels.

There must be something wrong with this silver.

"Xue Shirong, how come there are millions of taels of silver in your house? Did your father embezzle or accept bribes?"

“Yes, part of it was the silver my father obtained from the Ministry of Revenue, and some of it was presented as a gift by the officials below.

"Xue Shirong, where is the money? Did your father give it to anyone?"

"The silver was hidden in a secret room, and some of it was given to the Second Prince by my father."

Yang Fen originally wanted to ask more secrets, but unfortunately Xue Shirong didn't know much.

However, uncovering the fact that Pingyang Hou was involved in corruption and bribery was enough to get him into trouble.

Yang Fen did not delay and sent someone to deliver the message to his father. He also went to the palace in person to find the Third Prince and Concubine Yang.

Zhao Wenyu even saw two other students who also hurriedly asked for leave. One of them was the son of Li Yushi, and the other was the second brother of the Jinyiwei commander.

Zhao Wenyu's face turned pale, and he quickly realized that they were going to report the matter to the emperor.

Thinking that Concubine Xue knew the whole story, she would definitely blame herself.

Zhao Wenyu glared at Xie Lan with resentment in his eyes.

"Bitch, did you use some kind of magic on Master Xue?
Your father is just a humble clerk. It is your great fortune that Master Xue is willing to marry you as his concubine. How dare you harm him?"

Xie Lan glared at Zhao Wenyu coldly, "Since you think being a concubine is a blessing, why don't you marry Xue Shirong as a concubine?"

"I won't marry him. Xue Shirong is not a good person. I want to marry my cousin."

As soon as the words came out of her mouth, Zhao Wenyu covered her mouth tightly. How could she say what was hidden in her heart?
"Who is your cousin? Zhao Wenyu, I have no grudge against you, why are you making things difficult for me?"

"My cousin is Xiao Jin. All the bitches who covet my cousin deserve to die."

Xie Lan was shocked. This Miss Zhao must be sick. She just came to ask Lord Xiao about the fate of Princess Huaining, but he actually thought she was coveting Lord Xiao?
Thanks to Fanhua520.1314 for the reward of 588 reading coins.