A Beautiful Duchess with a Dark Heart – Chapter 56

Chapter 56: This Net Caught Nothing

Wei Shi’s eyes swept…

Inside the room, there was no scene of a pair of adulterous dogs and a woman fooling around as she had assumed!

Instead, she saw: her husband and that bitch sitting at the table, with tea on the table, holding account books in their hands.

Dressed neatly!

This wasn’t even the main point, the key was… she saw: by the window there was a long table, with five or six people sitting around it, with paper, pens, account books, and abacuses on the table.

Several people looked like they were working on official business.

“…” How could this be?

How could it be?!

Wei Shi was dumbfounded, and for a moment didn’t know how to react.

As early as when Wei Shi had been banging on the door and yelling, Song Shang had been a little surprised, and glanced at Wen Yu, that girl was looking at the account book in her hand, unmoved.

Hehe! Good job, you stinky girl!

When was the door bolted? When Yan Zhu was sent out?

What tricks are you playing? How dare you even scheme against me?!

Well, do as you please! Don’t I look like a good-for-nothing… he secretly despised himself.

At this moment, he looked at Wei Shi, who had failed to catch them in the act, with an indifferent expression, not angry, and even his expression didn’t change.

Until, Madam Song walked in.

“Mother?!” Song Shang was startled, and stood up abruptly, glaring at Wei Shi fiercely, and hurriedly went up to support Madam Song.

Wei Shi felt a murderous aura in his eyes! The fear in her heart, and the pain in her right chest and shoulder, made her bend over involuntarily.

“I… I…” She couldn’t speak, and looked at Wen Yu blankly.

Wen Yu also had a surprised look on her face, quickly stood up, and bowed with her sleeves folded. “Aunt!”

Looking at the situation in the room, what else did Madam Song not understand?

Her daughter-in-law had brought her here to catch them in the act!

Hehe, this was her birthday present!

This was truly great!!

Having been in household battles for many years, Madam Song wasn’t a vegetarian either, and was both angry and furious, but her face was calm, and her emotions couldn’t be seen.

Supported by Song Shang and sitting down, she looked around and asked in a very casual tone: “What are you doing?”

“Mother!” Song Shang said to his mother softly: “Ah Yu got her mother’s dowry back from her grand-aunt. Ha! There was quite a lot of it! She’s made a fortune, and become a rich girl. Your son wants to see what benefits he can get!”

Madam Song knew that her son was coaxing her, but she was also touched, and laughed: “You, you’re not ashamed to say that!”

“Hehe. At that time, Ah Yu didn’t have anyone to help her, and she asked me for help. This was a small matter for your son, so I sent someone to help her receive it. Now that my cousin has a few helpers, let them hand over the work. After all, Ah Yu is a girl, and she hasn’t done any business, so your son took some time to help her take a look.”

“Aunt, it was Yu’er who asked my cousin for help. Although these properties are nothing in my cousin’s eyes, they are my mother’s dowry after all, and Yu’er cherishes them very much, and I’m afraid of making mistakes, so I asked my cousin for help. Now, although Yu’er has some helpers, I also want to come here and listen in person. It’s just… I’ve disturbed you.” Wen Yu said somewhat uneasily.

Madam Song said: “It’s alright, your aunt thought your cousin was drunk and wasn’t at ease, so she came over to have a look. Recently, he’s been drinking too much!”

Song Shang said to the few people at the long table: “Just now, I’ve probably finished talking about the matter, you guys go down and discuss it.”

Those few people quickly agreed, took their things and left.

Auspicious Clouds Pavilion had a front and back door. The back door led to the inner quarters, and the front door led to the front parlor.

In her excitement, Wei Shi had forgotten about this. She also thought: Even if she didn’t catch them fooling around, but a man and a woman alone together, they couldn’t escape suspicion.

Since her husband was obviously treating her differently;

Since the bitch dared to repeatedly provoke her;

Then she would push her to the ground and step on her hard!

But what to do now?

Although she had acted too rashly, she didn’t regret it!

She didn’t soften her stance, and stood there with a gloomy face, not saying a word.

Wen Yu quietly glanced around, and said cautiously: “Aunt, Cousin, Yu’er has finished her business, can I go back to my room now?”

Madam Song nodded: “Hmm, you go back first!”

Wen Yu bowed, and obediently walked out. When she reached the door, she turned around and looked…

Song Shang was worried about his mother, and was saying to Madam Song: “Mother, isn’t the play over there still going on? Why don’t you go back too?! ”

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Wei Shi had been looking at Wen Yu, and seeing Wen Yu turn around, she really wished she could kill her with her eyes!

Wen Yu looked at Wei Shi indifferently for a while, then suddenly, her eyebrows raised, and she revealed an extremely provocative smile.

Had she been played by her!? Wei Shi was immediately furious: “You bitch!” and was about to rush out.

“Insolent!” Song Shang slammed the table, and was furious.

Wei Shi rushed two steps, stopped, pointed at Wen Yu who had already run out of sight, and tears came streaming down, “You, you’re angry at me for her?!”

Song Shang ignored her, and said softly to his mother, “Mother, the play over there hasn’t finished yet, and there are still guests, it’s not proper for you as the hostess to be absent, hurry up and go back?! I’ll let Madam Xu see you off.”

Madam Song looked at Wei Shi, and then at her son, clearly not at ease.

“Your son is so old, can’t you trust him to do things?”

“Even if you were sixty, as your mother, I still wouldn’t be at ease!”

“You go first, and later, your son will come and talk to you.”

“Alright! Then, you two talk properly, don’t quarrel!”

“Yes! Madam Xu, please see my mother off.” His voice was cold.

Madam Xu was actually there too, no one had noticed her before.

After Madam Song left, Song Shang sat there, looking at Wei Shi coldly.

Wei Shi’s tears had washed away two streaks of powder on her face. Her expression was also not as elegant as usual, and she looked quite embarrassed.

But she wouldn’t admit defeat, and also looked at Song Shang coldly, her voice trembling slightly: “Today’s scene, was it your idea, or that bitch’s idea? Are you playing me!?”

Song Shang sat upright with his hands on his knees, and didn’t speak.

“Do you want to take her in as a concubine, or do you want me to give up my position as the principal wife? Say it openly!” Wei Shi was going crazy.

“What do you think?!” Song Shang was still the same old self.

Wei Shi hated him the most like this, “Do you think I don’t know anything?!” She took out the letter, and slapped it on the table in front of Song Shang, “See for yourself!”

Song Shang opened the letter indifferently, and lowered his eyes to look, there were only a few lines on the paper, and it was clear at a glance.

After reading it, he put it on the table, and still didn’t speak.

“Do you think I don’t know what you’re thinking? Hehe, a coral hairpin worth twenty thousand taels of silver, I’m your wife, have you ever given me one?”

Song Shang still didn’t speak.

This completely enraged Wei Shi, she was aggrieved: “Song Shang, don’t forget, I married you as the legitimate daughter of a fourth-rank official! All these years, you’ve been in charge of the Song family, and the Song family has earned such a great fortune, without the Wei family’s help, could you have done it?” She said proudly and haughtily with her neck stiff.

“Now, you’ve achieved success, and you want to kick me to the curb? Hehe, do you think the Wei family is a pushover?!”

Song Shang smiled faintly, and she saw a trace of mockery at the corner of his mouth.

“You want me to give up my position as the principal wife? Hehe! Don’t even think about it! Since I married you, I’ve been filial to my mother-in-law, taken care of household matters, given birth to a daughter, I haven’t done anything wrong!” Thinking of everything she had done, she really felt like she had encountered the biggest heartless man in the world.

Tears couldn’t help but flow out again, “Why are you doing this to me!? Back then, I had so many high-ranking young masters to marry, but I chose you, and accompanied you to this day. Has your conscience been eaten by a dog?”

Song Shang still didn’t react at all.

Wei Shi hated his reaction so much that she wanted to scratch the wall, “As long as the Wen family isn’t shameless, I, as the principal wife, will take that bitch in as your concubine!” She shouted.

“Are you done?!” Song Shang asked calmly.

“Then, let me say a few words too!”

Is Song Shang the current scumbag? But human nature is complex… How can there be so much right and wrong?