Tianliangyuan

Chapter 66 The Eccentric Mrs. Feng

Li Qingmei is not someone to be trifled with.

The Feng family was in the wrong to begin with, yet they still dared to come to the Wang family's door in this manner, which shows they have no respect for the Wang family!

For this reason alone, Wang Changgeng and Li Qingmei looked down on Feng Erlang.

If Feng Erlang dared to stand up and admit that he loved Wang Wenying and insisted on marrying her as his principal wife, then they could applaud and praise him for his sense of responsibility!

But when something went wrong, they pushed all the blame onto the woman, trying to absolve themselves of all responsibility, and still wanted to covet their legitimate daughter. This is simply unforgivable!

Heaven knows how much effort Li Qingmei put into suppressing her anger; otherwise, she would have ordered the people to be thrown out immediately!

Wang Changgeng received the message sent by his wife, and his brow furrowed slightly.

The Feng family visited twice, and it was Madam Feng and Feng Erlang who came; Lord Feng was nowhere to be seen.

So, did he not know at all, or did he know but not take it to heart?

Wang Changgeng couldn't sit still any longer; he had to find someone to get to the bottom of this!

On the other side, Lord Feng was talking to two colleagues. When he saw Wang Changgeng coming over, he greeted him with a smile and a cupped hand.

"Oh, what brings you here, Lord Wang? Please have a seat, and have some tea."

"No need, I have something important to discuss with you!"

Upon seeing this, Lord Feng immediately signaled everyone to leave. He had assumed it was a matter of great importance to the court, but it turned out to be about the marriage of his two children.

"What did you say?"

Lord Feng jumped up abruptly. He never expected that his second son would do such a shameless thing.

Although the concubine's daughter of the Wang family was also at fault in this matter, as a man, you took the initiative to write love poems to a young lady, which has already violated the taboo of a large family. What's worse, you wrote them to your fiancée's cousin. Isn't this slapping your fiancée in the face?

No wonder Wang Changgeng was so angry.

"Brother Wang, rest assured, I will definitely give you an explanation for this matter."

Wang Changgeng raised his hand to stop him from continuing: "Lord Feng, we are both officials in the same court and have known each other for a long time. Originally, the marriage between our two families was to strengthen the bond between our families. Now that the two children are not destined to be together, it would be better to simply break off the engagement."

Lord Feng's heart sank to the bottom.

He could tell that Wang Changgeng was completely disappointed in Erlang.

"Now that things have come to this, both families' children are at fault, but the most innocent one is my daughter Wenxiu. Since learning about this, she has been crying every day and has become extremely haggard. My wife and I have discussed this, and for the sake of both families' reputation, we will only say to outsiders that the two are incompatible according to their horoscopes, and we will not mention your son's unfaithful behavior. But we also hope that your family can be more dignified and not tarnish the reputation of my Wang family in public."

Lord Feng's heart skipped a beat: "What do you mean by that, Brother Wang?"

Wang Changgeng looked at him meaningfully and said, "You don't know?"

Lord Feng spread his hands: "So what is it you want to say!"

"Madam Feng, along with Feng Erlang, came to my residence twice to make things difficult and threatened my wife, saying that if Wenxiu was not married to her, she would ruin the reputation of the Wang family. Does Lord Feng think that the Wang family's lady can be bullied at will?"

Lord Feng's expression changed drastically.

He never expected his wife to be so bold as to dare to come to the Wang family's door and threaten them.

That's just plain stupid!

Are the Wang family such a good-natured family?

"Brother Wang, please forgive me. I truly knew nothing about this matter. Rest assured, I will return to the manor immediately to handle it and will certainly not let the Wang family's reputation be tarnished. This matter was originally my son's fault; he was not fortunate enough to marry Wenxiu. As for the explanation to the outside world, I will definitely give you an account."

Lord Feng was truly dumbfounded.

Madam is such a troublemaker!

Did they think the Wang family, being just ordinary civil officials, could be bullied at will?

Although Wang Changgeng's official position was not very high, he held real power. Moreover, the Wang family also had Wang Ruolan, who had married into the Anxin Marquis family. Which one of them could be bullied at will?

At this moment, Lord Feng truly considered divorcing his wife.

After Wang Changgeng returned home from his official post, Li Qingmei was still sulking.

“You know that Madam Feng is not a good person, and her words and actions are vulgar. You don’t need to lower yourself to her level.”

"I know I shouldn't lower myself to argue with her, but the things she said, tsk, not a single word was pleasing to the ear!"

"I have already spoken to Lord Feng about this matter; let's see how he handles it."

Feng Erlang was ordered by Lord Feng to be flogged twenty times, and then ordered to reflect on his actions. After his injuries healed, he was not only required to go to the Wang family to apologize, but also to return and kneel in the ancestral hall.

As for Madam Feng, she was also reprimanded by Lord Feng, who even stripped her of her management power and ordered her eldest daughter-in-law to temporarily take over.

Others didn't understand what had happened, but that very evening, Lord Feng and his wife went to apologize, bringing with them the deeds to the land and houses of two shops, specifying that they were to compensate Wang Wenxiu.

“Brother Wang, it’s all my unfilial son’s fault. We have nothing to say about this matter; it’s up to you and your wife to decide. If you feel that Wang Wenying is not suitable for marriage, I can arrange for her to enter my Xie family. However, she is a concubine’s daughter after all, so she can only be a concubine, not a wife.”

"There's no need to mention Wenying. Our Wang family has already sent her away; she will spend the rest of her life with only the company of the Buddha and the lamp."

Madam Feng was shocked to hear this; how could the Wang family be so ruthless?

Lord Feng nodded slightly, agreeing that this was indeed the proper course of action. Otherwise, it would damage the reputation of the other children, and the entire Wang family would inevitably be filled with resentment, leading to the Wang family's eventual disintegration.

The current approach only punishes Wang Wenying, but it preserves the reputation of the rest of the Wang family. Moreover, Wang Wenying is not innocent. Regardless of who seduced whom first, Wang Wenying should not have had any private dealings with her cousin's fiancé.

Lord Feng thought to himself that if the Feng family had such a shameless daughter, he would surely let her die of illness.

The Wang family ultimately softened their hearts.

As for the shop as compensation, Li Qingmei repeatedly said she could not accept it, but Lord Feng insisted on giving it to her and guaranteed that no other rumors would spread.

Madam Feng was envious, and couldn't help but complain to her husband in her heart, "They don't want it, but you still insist on giving it to them. How can you be so cheap?"

"Lord Wang, tomorrow I will have someone spread the word that my son is unruly and unworthy of your daughter, which is why the engagement was called off."

Wang Changgeng knew what Lord Feng meant and stopped him, saying, "That's not appropriate! Just say that the two people's horoscopes are incompatible. There's no need to let this affect Young Master Feng's marriage."

Madam Feng immediately nodded and said, "That's right, that's right. Lord Wang is so understanding. This mistake isn't just our Erlang's fault. There's no reason for Erlang to take the blame for everything!"

Lord Feng, standing to the side, was so restrained that the veins on his forehead were throbbing!

Has this woman gone mad?

She dared to say to people's faces that Lord Wang was sensible and knew what was important?

Do you need to say that?

You've really caught my eye!

What gives you the right to make such a judgment about Lord Wang?

Don’t want to live anymore?