Rebirth: Contract Husband Falls in Love with Me
Chapter 138 - 69: Carry this Sedan Chair Back_2

Chapter 138: Chapter 69: Carry this Sedan Chair Back_2

Shi Fengju chuckled with a bit of embarrassment and said, "Actually, I only planned to rest in the study last night and regain my strength before returning to Ningyuan, but once I rested, I couldn’t get up!"

"Really?" Mrs. Wang’s skeptical eyes moved between the two, "You two didn’t have a fight, did you?"

"How could that be!" Shi Fengju laughed it off, and to prove it to Mrs. Wang, he gently placed his hand on Sang Wan’s shoulder and half embraced her, saying with a smile: "Miss Wan has such a gentle nature, how could she argue with me? Besides, your son isn’t that kind of person! We are doing well, aren’t we, Miss Wan?"

Sang Wan reluctantly looked up at him with a smile and nodded her head, "Mother, we really are fine!"

"Then that’s good!" Mrs. Wang finally felt relieved and impatiently said: "There’s been too much going on recently, and my mind is troubled. You two better not add to my worries!"

Shi Fengju and Sang Wan quickly agreed.

After leaving the main courtyard, Sang Wan noticed that Shi Fengju’s arm was still resting on her shoulder. She hesitated, then glanced at him with a look that combined irritation and reproach, making Shi Fengju’s heart warm. Afraid of angering her again, he awkwardly smiled and quickly withdrew his hand.

"I’m sorry, I’ve dragged you into this! Mother is just thoughtless when she speaks, but she’s actually kind-hearted. Don’t be mad!"

Sang Wan, taken aback, sighed inwardly. When had he become so cautious when speaking to her? It seems it was she who had been too tolerant, emboldening her own nerve! After the episode just now, Sang Wan knew her subconscious behavior was hazardous; a single misstep could lead to a scolding from her mother-in-law. Thus, she softened her expression and smiled, "Why would I be angry with mother! Besides, it was indeed my fault last night..."

Shi Fengju felt joy in his heart and hurriedly replied with a smile: "Don’t blame yourself, it was my mistake! Let’s put it aside now, let’s go back to Ningyuan!"

Sang Wan smiled, nodded in agreement with an "Mhm", and went back with him.

The sixth day of the eighth month arrived in the blink of an eye. Since it was both entry as a concubine during the hundred-day mourning period, the affair couldn’t be more low-key. All banquets were canceled, and people from the Sang family did not come. Mrs. Fang couldn’t help but grumble a few times, but when she thought that Gu Fangzi would only be able to consummate her marriage with Shi Fengju after three years of mourning, by that time Sang Wan’s child might already be walking, Gu Fangzi would not be a threat to her, and she calmed down again.

Early that day, Gu Fangzi first took a carriage from the Gu family’s courtyard, and in the afternoon, when she arrived outside Qingzhou City, she switched to a small sedan chair.

Seeing the plain and undecorated sedan chair arranged by Su Qing for her pickup, lacking any adornments, Gu Fangzi felt a wave of dissatisfaction. Glancing at her pick-up party, which consisted of only two matrons and two maids from Shi Mansion dressed in plain greens and blues, without even a single red flower in their hair and no sense of festivity, her displeasure intensified.

"Aunt Wu, who arranged for this sedan chair?" Gu Fangzi asked with furrowed brows.

Aunt Wu replied, "To answer the lady, it was Mrs. Li who arranged it, and the chief wife agreed to it."

"Oh?" Gu Fangzi coldly said, "What do the chief wife and young master imply? Didn’t they say anything?"

Aunt Wu couldn’t help but feel a bit contemptuous, thinking to herself, you’re entering as a concubine during the mourning period, and still you wish for more? The chief wife has always been the most taboo against inauspicious things, you know that!

"The chief wife entrusted the entire matter to the chief wife and Mrs. Li to handle, she did not inquire into it!" Aunt Wu responded evenly.

I knew it, Aunt didn’t know about this! It must be that wretched Sang Wan trying to take advantage of the situation to humiliate me! Trying to show me who’s boss? You’re not worthy!

Gu Fangzi immediately made up her mind and refused to get into the sedan chair, instructing Aunt Wu, "Take this sedan chair back, and let Aunt have a look at it!"

"Ah?" Aunt Wu and the others who came to pick her up were stunned, "Miss, what do you mean by this?"

Gu Fangzi snorted and said, "What kind of family is the Shi family? The richest family in Qingzhou! And I am Aunt’s own niece. If today I enter the Shi family’s doors in such a shabby sedan chair, won’t it bring shame upon the Shi family? Not only would it embarrass the Shi family, outsiders might even say Aunt is harsh to her niece! Sister has no experience in handling these affairs, and such carelessness could ruin both the Shi family’s reputation and Aunt’s good name! Lan Xiang, you come with me, and say this to my Aunt!"

Since Mrs. Wang had previously instructed that Gu Fangzi should still be addressed as "Miss" upon her entry, and only change her address after the tea ceremony three years later, Gu Fangzi continued to call Mrs. Wang by her prior title.

"This—" Aunt Wu was immediately put in a difficult position.

She knew Mrs. Li’s toughness, and also knew that Mrs. Li didn’t like the lady; the sedan chair could have been of a higher standard, but what Mrs. Li had arranged was also in accordance with the rules, and no one could find fault with it. The lady intentionally bypassed Mrs. Li in attempt to implicate the chief wife, her intentions clear to anyone with eyes. Aunt Wu secretly lamented: How did she get mixed up in such murky waters!

The chief wife was currently favored, not only having won over the chief doctor’s complete loyalty, but the young master also held her in high regard. Mentor Wu didn’t even want to hear, let alone repeat, what the lady had said.

"Miss, I think we’d better let it go! Why bother with all this? In the end, our group won’t attract attention, we can just enter through the side gate and be done with it, and others won’t even be aware! Besides, you are in mourning, isn’t that—"

"Shut up!" Before Aunt Wu could finish, Gu Fangzi was already fuming with knitted brows and a pale face.

Aunt Wu’s words undoubtedly added fuel to the fire, hitting her right where it hurt and cutting deep to the bone!

The scene and fanfare Gu Fangzi had envisioned and longed for entering the Shi family were countless, even if she couldn’t have a grand bridal palanquin, it would still be an occasion full of joy and uproar. Never in her wildest dreams did she imagine that just a few people and a single, simple sedan chair would be the means to carry her into the Shi family.