IBTSOME Chapter 54 Part 2

I BECAME THE STEPMOTHER OF MY EX-HUSBAND

 

Chapter 54 Part 2: Avoid Suspicion

 

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Lin Wei Xi firmly shook her head: "I am about the same age as Shizi. I should avoided suspicion. Now I am intervening in the affairs of Shizi’s room. If it spread outside what would it called? Shizi Consort has an orchid heart and vanilla quality¹, and also the wife Shizi took a lot of trouble finding. This kind of trivial matter is naturally not a problem. Wife and concubine matters are part of Shizi Consort’s own affairs, so let Shizi Consort make the arrangements herself.

 

If Gao Ran could dismiss Yun Hui, how could she still want to borrow Lin Wei Xi’s influence? It was Gao Ran who couldn't get rid of this face, and Duke Yingguo old madam wanted to force Lin Wei Xi: "Wangfei’s words are wrong, Shizi in the end wants to call you mother, the younger generation can't know people after a short while, can't see the good or bad, but also cannot rely on Wangfei as the mother to take the helm. After all, Wangfei will depend on Shizi to provide for her elderly life in the future, and the relationship between the mother and Shizi is still long. How can you really not concern about Shizi’s courtyard matters?"

 

The Duke Yingguo old madam used providing for elderly life to threatened Lin Wei Xi. Even if Lin Wei Xi had children in the future, she would still need to rely on Gu Cheng Yao to provide for her elderly life. Gao Ran's attitude, as the daughter-in-law, was particularly important. After all, Shizi wasn’t Lin Wei Xi's own child. How would she live in the future? Still couldn’t overlook Gao Ran as the proper consort right?

 

Lin Wei Xi understood. She was vaguely angry, no longer cared about feelings and sentiments, her voice suddenly became colder: "If there’s once there are second. Do you mean, Shizi Consort count on me to arrange the concubine for her?"

 

The Duke Yingguo old madam suddenly lost her voice. The stepmother get involved with the affairs of Shizi’s room was not a good reputation, but reputation and rules could only restrain to those who care about it. If Lin Wei Xi really open-minded and didn’t care about what outsiders think, she would use the elder’s name to bestow a servant girl to Gu Cheng Yao. Even if she meddled with Gu Cheng Yao's concubine's room, what could other people actually do except said a few words of contempt?

 

The room was strangely quiet, Lin Wei Xi and the old madam’s expressions were not very good. At this moment, there was a sudden noise outside the window, as if something had been knocked off. Several people in the room were taken aback. Lin Wei Xi stood up and heard a low voice of apologizing from outside, which was also mixed in with the sound of greeting.

 

Lin Wei Xi's expression sank. She walked out quickly, just in time to see Gao Chen standing aside, with a knocked vase under his feet. Gao Chen's wet nurse was holding him, and she kept apologizing to another person.

 

Gao Chen actually hided outside to eavesdrop? Lin Wei Xi was angry in her heart, but she still endured it and went ahead and said, "Wangye."

 

Gu Hui Yan nodded, motioning Lin Wei Xi to get up. Gao Chen’s figure was small and hided in the gap. If Gu Hui Yan hadn't come back from the outside, it’s unknown how long he would still hide. Of course, it was the family's instruction that Gao Chen came back to secretly overhear. His mother often asked him to do this. After a long time, Gao Chen himself learned. But today, he was accidentally spotted by someone and knocked down the vase. Looking at the face of his wet nurse, Gao Chen realized that even if he still didn't understand the matter, this time the disaster was serious.

 

The wet nurse also didn't expect that the young master went to eavesdrop and was discovered by Yan Wang, he was so frightened and accidently knocked down a vase. This was the porcelain of the Tang Dynasty. Yue Porcelain had long been discontinued now. Since the previous dynasty, Yue Porcelain was already priceless. Now the price of Yue Porcelain the wet nurse couldn’t even began to imagine. The wet nurse’s fright was not light, continuously apologize: "Wangye, please forgive me. Young master did not deliberately knock down the vase. Young master is still a child..."

 

The Duke Yingguo old madam walked out with the help of Gao second lady, her expression was not very good when she saw the sight outside. Gu Hui Yan glanced faintly on the ground and said, "It's nothing but a vase. Come here, just sweep it."

 

The maids on both sides responded, and everyone from the wet nurse to the Duke Yingguo madam breathed a sigh of relief: "Thank you Wangye. Brother Chen is young and not sensible. If he is rude, also asked Wangye to not care."

 

Gu Hui Yan didn't intend to speak, Lin Wei Xi saw this and said, "It's just a vase. If it fell, then it fell. It’s good that it doesn't hurt anyone. Should I call someone to examine his hand?"

 

People of Duke Yingguo Mansion were a little embarrassed, so naturally they quickly said no. The old madam sighed in her heart, Yan Wang Mansion was indeed a really big family, even for Yue porcelain vase could said if it fell then it fell, just sweep it. Duke Yingguo old madam felt a little emotion in her heart and turned to worry about another matter. When did Yan Wang come in? Did he hear the previous words?

 

In fact, Gu Hui Yan was not in a good mood right now. Of course, this was not because he caught a child eavesdropping. He was a high-ranking person, naturally would not be doing such a low thing like eavesdrop, but he had developed a good hearing ability after many years of combat, and just now the Duke Yingguo old madam and Lin Wei Xi didn’t deliberately lowering their voice when they talked.

 

Lin Wei Xi said that she was about the same age as Shizi, and then the old madam from the Gao family said that Lin Wei Xi would still need to depend on Gu Cheng Yao to provide for her elderly life, and the two people would have to get along for a long time.

 

Gu Hui Yan's originally acceptable mood suddenly clouded over.

 

Over the years he had advance gradually, step by step to the pinnacle of power, but no matter how meticulous the plan still could not change the time. He couldn't erase the fact that he was more than a round older than Lin Wei Xi.

 

He used to not care, but recently, when he looked at the young and bright Lin Wei Xi, and then saw his handsome son, he always felt a sense of absurdity. It was undeniable that Lin Wei Xi and Gu Cheng Yao were the same age, young and energetic, and they should be people of the same world.

 

Instead of him.

 

Especially the words of Duke Yingguo old madam, Lin Wei Xi would always have to be depend on Gu Cheng Yao to provide for her elderly life. Ridiculously speaking, Lin Wei Xi and Gu Cheng Yao were probably would accompany each other the longest and have the deepest bond. In the etiquette society, brothers would separate, father and son could turn into enemies, husbands and wife could part ways, only the relationship between mother and child that could not be cut off.

 

Gu Hui Yan suddenly wanted to know what Lin Wei Xi thought about this marriage that had to be concluded because of anger and accident? Why did she refuse to arrange a concubine for Gu Cheng Yao?

 

TN: And the smell of vinegar got stronger…

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1 Orchid heart and vanilla quality, 兰心蕙质 it’s a metaphor for a woman with pure heart and elegant personality.^↩

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