A Beautiful Duchess with a Dark Heart – Chapter 100

Chapter 100

The Wen family returned home.

But they didn’t expect that Song Shang was at the Wen residence, drinking and chatting with Wen Feng.

Hearing that Old Madam Wen had returned, the two of them hurried out to greet her.

Wen Feng, happily drunk, his eyes were blurry. He asked with curiosity on his face, “Mother, why did you come back early?!”

His question made Old Madam Wen feel quite awkward. Ignoring him, she turned to Song Shang with an extremely amiable attitude, “Shang Ge’er, why are you here?!”

Song Shang: “I have something I want to talk to you about.”

Old Madam Wen asked, “Is it urgent?”

“It’s not urgent, you can rest for a while first!”

“Then you two eat first, I’ll go back and freshen up.”

Wu Shi was in a bad mood, but put on a smiling face and spoke a few words to Wen Feng and Song Shang. Wen Feng saw her large eye bags and waved his hand impatiently, “You go ahead and do your thing!”

Song Shang didn’t see Wen Yu’s carriage, “You go in first, I’ll wait a while.”

Wen Feng didn’t know what he was up to either and swaggered back inside.

After waiting for a while, Wen Yu’s carriage finally arrived.

This wasn’t her carriage!

He had been busy recently and only later learned that the Wen family had gone to Zanquan Mountain Estate. After analyzing the reasons for a long time, he concluded that the Wen family was about to arrange Wen Yu’s marriage. And the Qi family had two unmarried sons.

Although there was a difference in family status between the two families, based on Ah Yu’s qualities, she could completely make up for it. Once someone brought it up, Old Madam Wen would definitely agree. He secretly hated himself for being too careless.

As soon as he received the news that Wei Shi agreed to the divorce, he ran to the Song residence, waiting for his opportunity.

But he didn’t know about the Wen family’s experience on this trip.

Wen Yu got out of the carriage and looked up to see Song Shang. She was stunned.

Song Shang asked: “Ah Yu…”

“Cousin, why are you here?” Wen Yu asked.

“There’s something I want to talk to Old Madam about.” He hesitated for a moment, wondering if he should tell Wen Yu first.

Wen Yu’s face was quite pale, “You have something to discuss with Grandmother… Cousin, go ahead. Just as long as it’s not about me!” After saying that, she turned and left.

What was wrong with her?!

Looking at Sun Ying and Li Jiang, their expressions were all unpleasant, and they seemed to have injuries, and there were even maids with their faces wrapped…

“What happened? Where’s Yan Zhu?” he asked.

Xiao Ji was about to speak, but Li Jiang rushed ahead, “Fifth Master, we don’t know anything!”

“…” Song Shang didn’t ask anymore and turned around, giving a meaningful glance to someone beside him.

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Old Madam Wen returned to her room and freshened up again. She drank a cup of hot tea and sat quietly for a while. In all these years, she had never felt such a sense of failure.

Wen Yu ah, there was the good news of the Qi family’s marriage proposal, and then the misfortune of the mountain road scare. Why was it so turbulent when it came to her?!

She didn’t know if Wu Shi had made a move, and whether the other party had noticed.

The feeling of being unable to control things was really bad.

No, she had to get Wen Yu’s matter settled quickly.

After a while, she got up and asked someone to invite Song Shang.

Song Shang entered, “Aunt!”

“Come sit down quickly, how is your mother?!”

“Mother is well.”

Song Shang’s face wasn’t looking good either. He had found out that Wen Yu almost had an accident, which really scared him. He hadn’t had time to analyze the reasons yet.

Old Madam Wen saw that Song Wu wasn’t his usual smiling self and his expression was serious, “Ah Shang, did something happen?!”

Song Wu was silent for a while, “Aunt, what I’m about to say may be a bit abrupt. But my thoughts are in turmoil right now, and I can’t think of a better way to say it, so I want to apologize to you first… If there’s anything inappropriate, please don’t take offense.”

Hearing him say this, Old Madam Wen was startled and didn’t dare to agree rashly.

“Ah Shang, for so many years, I have known your maturity, steadiness, intelligence, and capability. And I’ve seen your help to the Wen family. How could there be any abrupt words from you?! Just say it!”

He should have discussed it with Ah Yu first…

But he was a little afraid, afraid that she wouldn’t agree. If he was rejected, he was afraid that he wouldn’t be able to come up with any other solution…

So, he gritted his teeth.

“Aunt…” He stood up and slowly knelt down.

Old Madam Wen was startled, quickly got up from her seat, and pulled him up forcefully, “What are you doing? Get up! Is there anything that can’t be said properly?!”

Song Wu stood up, sweat on his forehead.

“I, I like Wen Yu! I want to spend my life with her.”

“Wen Yu?!” Old Madam Wen was shocked. Why was it Wen Yu again?!

For a moment, she couldn’t think of anything else, only cursing inwardly, what a temptress she was!

“Yes.”

Old Madam Wen’s face darkened. She turned and sat down, facing away, and said lightly, “Spend your life with her? Do you want her to be a concubine?”

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“No. Wei Shi and I have already decided to divorce.”

“Divorce?! With Wei Shi?”

“Yes. After Mother’s birthday banquet, I sent her back to her parents’ home. I just received a letter, she agreed to the divorce!”

“Nonsense!” Old Madam Wen was anxious. “This is madness! Is the Wei family easy to provoke? You married their Wei Xiang Yu and have a daughter, and now you want a divorce?! Do people like us have divorces or wives being sent back home? I fought with that old man my whole life, but we never divorced! You are really outrageous!”

“Aunt, please allow Song Shang to say something presumptuous, has your life been happy?”

“Happy?! Having sons and grandsons, status, and property, that is happiness! Don’t you understand this? Song Shang, could it be that I have misjudged you all these years?!”

“I don’t know how you see me. Power, status, and property are indeed important, but being able to spend a lifetime with the person you love is the foundation.”

“Nonsense! You are really infuriating me!” Old Madam Wen was flustered and shouted.

“Is it just because that Wen Yu girl is beautiful?!” How did she escape that calamity?!

“I didn’t want to marry into the Wei family in the first place. I’m afraid that she, at that time, also didn’t have a better choice and married me.”

“Haha. That’s funny. Whose husband is ideal? And whose wife is ideal? Being well-matched in social status, supporting and utilizing each other, that’s the foundation of marriage!”

Song Shang didn’t respond to her words, “After she entered the family, I also thought about living a good life with her. But in the end, we still couldn’t get along. Wei Shi, although she seems to care about me very much, in her heart, she looks down on my background!”

“…” Old Madam Wen was speechless. Didn’t she know that Wei Shi was arrogant?

A few days ago, she even inexplicably snapped at her. Now it seemed, was it because she knew about this? Thinking about it carefully, that shouldn’t be possible?

Even I didn’t know about this!

“Aunt, Ah Yu is the girl I have always longed for. Please grant us your blessing?!”

“You divorce Wei Shi and immediately marry your cousin! Throwing the Wei family’s face to the ground? Have you been so successful in your endeavors all these years that you think you can act with impunity?”

Song Wu said in a low voice, “I didn’t underestimate the Wei family. But they can’t underestimate me either! Wei Shi agreeing means that she has thought it through. Aunt, I’m not able to divorce without reason.” He promised the Wei family quite a bit.

“Does your mother know?!”

“I didn’t explicitly tell her, but perhaps she will guess.”

“This is absurd!” Old Madam Wen was fuming with anger.

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In the garden, Wei Shi sat under a tree. Today, she was wearing a green silk dress embroidered with large peony flowers.

The round fan in her hand was embroidered with two butterflies.

Opposite her, sat a man in his twenties, staring at her infatuatedly.

The man was thinking: he was no longer the poor classmate of her brother.

He no longer had to hide in a corner, gazing at her longingly but not daring to approach her.

He was no longer the heartbroken man who got drunk and devastated when he learned of her marriage.

Now, he was a successful scholar, valued by the Grand Secretary, his life was like fireworks, soaring to the sky.

This time on his business trip, he also attended the Heavenly Dragon Temple’s celebration. Even Wei Shi’s brother had to show him some respect.

Prince Wu even granted him a private audience.

And now, the person he had been yearning for was sitting right in front of him. The voids in his heart were filled one by one.

Suddenly, someone came from outside: “Your Excellency!”

His eyes were still fixed on the beautiful woman, he responded in a deep voice: “Come in!” His voice was gentle, but his demeanor exuded the air of a superior.

The person entered, knelt on one leg, and presented a letter.

He opened it and glanced at it quickly, his brow furrowed slightly.

Wei Shi asked slowly, “It didn’t work?”

“Hmm. It was done, but it didn’t work. Qi Si was nearby and rescued them. Her carriage broke down before it could reach the mountain ridge and overturned on the road. It was too coincidental, if it hadn’t broken down… It would have fallen off the cliff!”

A sharp glint flashed in Wei Shi’s eyes, “She’s still alright after all that?! What luck!”

“Ah Yu, a cat playing with a mouse doesn’t kill it in one bite. Don’t be impatient…”

“I’m not impatient! If this doesn’t work, I have other methods!” She was still as arrogant as ever, and her words seemed to have a deeper meaning.

The man said tenderly, “Don’t worry, I’ll take care of things. After settling things with the Song family, you come to the capital, I’ll be waiting for you there.”

“Alright~~ I’ll listen to you!” Her smile eclipsed the beauty of all the flowers in the garden.

One hundred chapters.

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