Farmer's wife: My husband came back and the house was in chaos

Chapter 277: Deal with it and eliminate the trouble forever?

After everyone left, the old lady had Yingcao brought to her courtyard. If this was an ordinary family's courtyard, it would be easy to handle. If she was pregnant, she could be taken directly into the backyard as a concubine, and the matter would be solved. But the situation in their family was different. At the beginning, Shen Wenting had signed a document that he would not take concubines. Now that such a thing had happened, the old lady was in a bit of a dilemma and her head began to ache again.

"Wen Ting, why are you so careless in doing things! Now tell me what to do!" The lady sighed.

"Mom, I don't know what happened. No one saw us on weekdays, so why did so many people suddenly break in today?"

Shen Wenting has been an official for many years and he has not been in the officialdom for nothing. Now he realizes that there must be something fishy going on. He was waiting for Yingcao in the side room, but suddenly he felt restless and out of control. Could it be that someone was plotting against him?

But this didn't make sense. Could it be that someone had already discovered his affair with the maid? The more he thought about it, the more this possibility seemed to him. He felt a little regretful. He had just spoken out his true feelings in a fit of rage, which had annoyed Chen. How would he live his life in the future? If this matter got out accidentally, he would be in trouble.

The only plan now is to deal with Yingcao, not leaving any evidence against her, and then try to appease Chen. Only then will there be room for this matter to turn around.

Shen Wenting came to Yingcao's side and forced a smile: "Yingcao, I'm sorry for wronging you just now. Don't worry, since you are pregnant, I won't treat you badly. But you also know the current situation. Only by sending you to another hospital can you rest assured to take care of the pregnancy without being affected by other things and give birth to our child. What do you think?"

"I'll follow the master's arrangements in everything!" Yingcao had no choice. She was just a servant. Thinking that she had followed the master for so many years and had some affection for him, she could only nod and agree.

But Yingcao was too naive. Shen Wenting was such a selfish man that he was willing to send even his own daughter to the countryside, let alone her, a maid with no background at all.

After seeing Yingcao agreed, Shen Wenting called two people, gave them an order in a cold voice, and then asked them to take Yingcao away. Now that the person has been dealt with, the next step is to coax Chen, and everything will be solved. However, after decades of tolerance, Shen Wenting has become tired of it. Every time he has to bow his head, so this time he decided to forgive her for a few days before going over to apologize.

In this case, Chen would be anxious and might easily forgive him. It was normal for a man to have three wives and four concubines. He didn't take a concubine, which was already a great honor for her. He was confident that he had already established a firm foothold in the court with his own strength, and her family, the Duke's Mansion, was gradually declining, and it was just a good name. So after he let the old lady relax, he went back to do his own things peacefully, and was not affected by this incident at all.

The old lady and Shen Wenting both thought that the matter was airtight, but within just one night, the news of Minister Shen's affair with the servant spread like wildfire throughout the capital. This romantic affair soon attracted gossip from the women in the imperial court and the common people.

"Oh, have you heard that Minister Shen is having an affair with the maid at home?"

"He is a minister, it's nothing strange about him just playing with a maid." Some outsiders who were not aware of the situation did not take it seriously. In such a large and secluded mansion, it was nothing to favor a maid.

"You don't know this, right? He begged for three days and three nights at the door of the Duke's Mansion, and swore an oath that he would never take concubines in his life. Only then did the Duke agree to marry his precious daughter to him. Chen was a famous beauty in the capital, and many royal sons wanted to marry her, but in the end, she was married to Shen Wenting, who was still a poor scholar." The old man knew everything about the matter. Everyone could still remember clearly the scene of Shen Wenting kneeling in the Duke's Mansion.

"He usually looks so sanctimonious, but I never knew he was actually a hypocrite. Tsk tsk."

The people of the capital city listened to the story with great relish, and all of them scolded Shen Wenting for being so unmanly. He said he could not do it, and no one forced him to do it in the first place.

The ladies in the backyard were talking even more, especially the mistresses with many wives and concubines in the backyard, who were gloating over her misfortune. They were jealous of Chen Shuhua on weekdays. Why was her backyard clean and tidy as a woman, without the disturbance of wives and concubines, while they had to worry about these trivial matters every day. They never thought that she would end up like this.

When these people got the chance to hear about the scandal in the Shangshu Mansion, they would spread it widely, so much so that the news even reached the palace.

Shen Wenting, the person involved, didn't know about this yet. After leaving Chen aside, he went to court leisurely. After entering the palace, he felt that everyone looked at him differently than usual. Was there something on his face? He rubbed his face, and seeing that the time for the morning court was up, he didn't think too much and hurried to the main hall.

In a remote courtyard in the capital.

The culprit, Yao Qingnian, was leisurely eating dim sum. The dim sum in Beijing was much more delicious than those in Anding County, but she still missed the tofu pudding and all kinds of delicious food in the shop.

That's right, it was she who asked Shan Wei to spread the news that Minister Shen had an affair with a maid. Shen Wenting's remarks last night had already shaken his position in Chen's heart, but it was far from enough. The couple had been married for decades, and it was impossible to let go of their relationship just like that. Maybe Shen Wenting would say a few nice words to Chen Shuhua's ear, and her heart would soften, and the matter would be over in no time.

Therefore, Yao Qingnian spread the news just to give him a warning, telling him not to be self-righteous. Even without Chen Shuhua, the Shen Mansion can still operate normally.

After returning home last night, she asked Shan Wei to watch the old lady's yard. Things would definitely not end so easily. She wanted to see how Shen Wenting would deal with it. The old lady always put her son first, but she was afraid that she would not have the heart to do anything because of the child in Yingcao's belly.

But given Shen Wenting's character, he would definitely try his best to clear away obstacles that might hinder his future. She was just a maid, and someone like him wouldn't care at all.

As Yao Qingnian expected, Shen Wenting secretly arranged for someone to send Yingcao out that night under the pretext of going outside to take care of the pregnancy. In fact, he had someone get rid of her to prevent future troubles.

Yingcao could never have imagined that Shen Wenting would not care about their past friendship at all and would kill her without mercy, not even sparing the baby in her belly. Only now did she see Shen Wenting's true face, but what was the use? It was too late, and she waited for death in despair.

But it was not so easy for her to die. The two people who brought her out were also outside the yard of the side room at that time. They saw Yingcao, who was in dishevel. She was good-looking and had a plump figure, especially her white body, which made people dry their mouths and tongues. They thought that since they were going to be executed anyway, they might as well let them die first.

So he had a bad idea and came to a deserted place to attack Yingcao: "Shameless slut, why do you have to seduce the master when you can do something else? Looking at her coquettish appearance, she must be very attractive. Brother, shall we go together?"

"Okay, I haven't had anything so exciting before!"

"You! What are you doing! Let me go! If the master knew, he would not let you go so easily!" Yingcao's face was full of fear.