Chapter 2221: Chapter 2218: Favoring the Concubine and Neglecting the Wife

Before dark, Chu Heng hurried back to the residence.

However, he was still a bit late.

By the time he returned, Ye Muyu and Chu Ziluo had already finished their dinner.

He called for Ye Muyu to accompany him for a separate dinner.

Once he had washed up, he settled onto the soft couch.

Then, he received a message delivered by his secret guards.

Ye Muyu was busy sorting out the guest list for the banquet and the family’s expense accounts.

She also took the opportunity to organize some pinyin books.

She needed to outline new books as well.

The theme of the new book was yet to be determined.

Additionally, there were medical books that required her attention, leaving her little free time.

Nonetheless,

Upon seeing that Chu Heng did not immediately burn the secret note sent by the guards after reading it, she curiously leaned over, “What news are you reading for so long?”

“It’s nothing, just some information about Elder Zhong,” Chu Heng was now in a state of being both a student and friend to Elder Zhong.

Thus, after leaving the yamen, he instructed someone to inquire about any recent events concerning the Zhong family.

In reality, there was nothing significant—just that the granddaughter married out for many years returned to the residence with her only son and then went back to her husband’s family.

It’s quite rare for a married woman to return with her child and then leave again.

Clearly, there was some conflict involved.

The fact was indeed as Chu Heng suspected.

It was a classic story of a concubine overshadowing the legal wife.

Elder Zhong’s granddaughter married the son of the Vice Minister of Revenue, who was a colleague of Huo Zhengming, while the son presently holds a minor seventh-rank official position in the Ministry of Works.

As the son of the Vice Minister, he’s definitely outmatched by the Zhong family.

But unfortunately, the Zhong family had no heirs, and coupled with Minister Wu being a person of Minister Qi, Elder Zhong initially chose the Wu family’s son also for fear that someone of higher status might bully his granddaughter.

After all, Elder Zhong, though a cabinet member at that time, did not hold such a high position, and his granddaughter was well-suited to the Vice Minister’s son, not to mention Elder Zhong valued personal character more back then.

But who would have known that the Wu family’s son, considered of good character, would in the fifth year after marrying and having such a grown-up son, encounter some so-called true love.

After marrying her into the family, it was more than enough, letting the concubine trample over the legal wife and constantly provoke, eventually causing Zhong’s grandson to fall into a lake, almost losing his life.

There was evidence in this matter that the concubine was involved.

After the Wu family’s son learned about it, he defended the concubine, blamed the Zhong family’s granddaughter for not properly looking after the child, and for constantly causing trouble for the concubine, leading to such headaches.

Such matters are too common in the inner courts.

In the capital, only a handful of officials have clean inner courts.

When such matters arise, women mostly endure.

This time, probably involving her child, Miss Zhong couldn’t endure and returned to her mother’s family seeking help.

Upon hearing this, Ye Muyu’s eyes flashed with a hint of disdain, calmly saying, “When people’s hearts are biased, even if evidence is placed right in front of them, they won’t see it.”

“However, Elder Zhong must have made preparations,” Chu Heng understood the reason behind Elder Zhong’s words today, if he guessed correctly.

With the official newspaper at hand, warned by Elder Zhong, even if the Wu family were dissatisfied, they would still have to apologize to Miss Zhong.

Otherwise, directly publishing this news in the newspaper would surely be unbearable for the Wu family.

In the past, they might advise separation but not divorce, most women were told to endure, but today is different—there’s the official newspaper, and these officials dare not have the Official Gazette Office catch any scandals.

Even Chu Heng’s personal affairs were published.

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