“Ah—”
“You two are absolutely doing this on purpose!”
“Wuwu—”
“Mother, it hurts so much, son!”
The Duke Lin’s wife’s face changed, and she was about to curse angrily when Duke Lin spoke first.
“Enough! Lin Hongtao, these are all consequences you brought upon yourself.”
Duke Lin could no longer stand it. He reprimanded Lin Hongtao in front of everyone, wondering how he could have produced such a foolish offspring.
But Duke Lin’s attitude towards Lin Hongtao immediately angered his wife, who was standing beside him.
“Lin Zhenfei, how can you treat your own son like this?”
Madam Qin Lin pointed at Lin Zhenfei’s nose and yelled.
“You shrew, Tao’er has become like this now, and you, as his mother, bear a great responsibility.”
“Yes, yes, it’s all my responsibility as a mother. Don’t you have any responsibility? Have you ever taught him with your heart, or cared for him even once? Every day you see him, it’s either beating or scolding. Every day you come back from outside, you like to go to the concubines in the back courtyard to find solace. I… I, Qin Minzhi, what sin did I commit in my past life! To be married to a man like you in this life.”
As she spoke, Madam Qin Lin burst into tears.
“Wuwu—”
“What sin did I, Qin Minzhi, commit in my past life!”
“Wuwu—”
Madam Qin Lin spoke and cried, her tears making Lin Zhenfei extremely annoyed.
Lin Mengzhi, who had rushed over upon hearing the commotion, was stunned by the scene in the room.
She, Lin Mengzhi, had only been away from home for two years. How could her home have become like this?
“I, Lin Zhenfei, don’t care anymore! Do whatever you want!”
With that, Lin Zhenfei waved his hand and left.
Lin Mengzhi, who had been standing there in a daze, quickly went to comfort Madam Qin Lin.
“Mother, Father is just saying that in anger. Don’t take it to heart.” Lin Mengzhi comforted her patiently.
“Wuwu—”
“Mengzhi, Mother only has you and your brother to rely on in this household. Your father is only indulging in those women in the back courtyard and can’t help with anything else.” Madam Qin Lin complained.
Seeing Madam Qin Lin like this, Lin Mengzhi’s willow-like brows furrowed, and she didn’t know how to persuade her.
After Lin Zhenfei came out of Lin Hongtao’s room, he passed by the garden and saw his concubine, Madam Tao, setting up a table in the pavilion. There were also some offerings on the table. She knelt on a soft cushion, facing the moon and praying, muttering words.
Lin Zhenfei walked softly behind Madam Tao and listened carefully.
“Moon Goddess, please bless our Duke Lin’s mansion with smoothness! May the master and madam be healthy and well! And may the heir and the princess be more obedient and sensible!”
Hearing this, Lin Zhenfei’s heart was touched. Why couldn’t Qin Minzhi be as gentle and considerate as Madam Tao, always thinking of him, but instead, she was like a tigress, roaring and scolding him, making him utterly disgusted.
Lin Zhenfei suddenly squatted down, hugged Madam Tao, buried his head in her neck, and said softly, “Silly girl, the Moon Goddess has already heard your sincerity. It’s so cold tonight, let’s go back to the room quickly.”
“Master, not yet. The master said that I have to face the bright moon and kneel for an hour for my wishes to be effective.”
Madam Tao said coquettishly, gently pushing Lin Zhenfei away with her hand, and continued to pray towards the moon.
Hearing Madam Tao’s tone, Lin Zhenfei’s bones melted.
“Alright, let’s end it here tonight, shall we? Let’s go to your room to do our ‘prayers’ now.”
Lin Zhenfei whispered into Madam Tao’s ear, his hurried breaths instantly made Madam Tao’s face blush. She had been Lin Zhenfei’s concubine for three years and understood his bedroom preferences. She let him pick her up and walk into her room.
A moment later, sounds of men and women laughing, and the unspeakable sounds of intimacy, echoed from Madam Tao’s room.
Lin Mengzhi, who had come looking for Lin Zhenfei, happened to overhear it and gritted her teeth in anger.
This Madam Tao was too much. Everyone in the Duke Lin’s mansion knew that her brother was injured, yet this woman dared to seduce her father into doing such things.
“Heh! Madam Tao, you just wait. This Princess will surely kill you.”
Lin Mengzhi’s beautiful and cunning fox eyes narrowed slightly, a flash of coldness erupting, giving her an ominous feeling.
—
In Madam Tao’s room, after a bout of passion, Madam Tao, panting, hugged Lin Zhenfei’s neck.
“Master, the heir is still injured. It’s not good for you to come to my place. The Madam will scold me as a vixen later.”
Madam Tao said, feigning helplessness.
“Don’t worry, Tao’er only has a minor skin wound, it’s nothing serious. If that tigress comes to scold you, tell me, and I’ll settle the score with her for you.” Lin Zhenfei patted Madam Tao’s hand to comfort her.
“Master, you must not settle the score with Madam, otherwise Madam will hate me to death.”
Madam Tao said with a worried expression, but her heart was filled with smugness.
She thought to herself: Lin Zhenfei, you killed dozens of people from my entire family, and I will make your family perish too, haha…
As she was thinking, there was a knock on Madam Tao’s door.
“Knock, knock, knock!”
“Who?” Lin Zhenfei asked impatiently.
“Master, it’s the butler.”
“What is it?”
“The Princess sent a servant to ask Master to come to the front hall. She said there’s something important to discuss.”
“Alright, I’ll be right there!” Lin Zhenfei replied immediately.
Lin Mengzhi was his most proud, intelligent, and outstanding daughter. The fact that she sent the butler to summon him indicated that whatever she wanted to say was definitely not a trivial matter.
“Qiao’er, you rest first. I’ll go to the front hall and come back to accompany you in a moment.”
“Go ahead, go ahead, Master. Don’t delay the discussion.”
Madam Tao said with a smile, and even thoughtfully helped Lin Zhenfei put on his clothes.
Lin Zhenfei felt very gratified. Although his Qiao’er was not old, she was always so thoughtful and sensible, not like that yellow-faced woman Qin Shi at all, sigh…
After Lin Zhenfei left, Madam Tao’s expression instantly changed. Her large eyes were filled with hatred, and her face was gloomy. For revenge, she had to cater to a man who could be her father.
She was originally a daughter of an official family, but because this man fabricated evidence to accuse her father of corruption, her entire family suffered imprisonment. The men were beheaded, and the women were sold off. Although she narrowly escaped the disaster, she could only live anonymously. However, her life in these years was worse than death, and she could never forget the scene of her father and her two elder brothers being beheaded.
Therefore, she used money to find out Lin Zhenfei’s preferences, and later learned that Lin Zhenfei was a lecher. Her heart was filled with excitement. She tried every means to seduce him, making him infatuated with her, and successfully entered the Duke Lin’s mansion as his concubine.
Heh! Lin Zhenfei, one day, I will take your head to offer sacrifices to my father and my brothers.