LOT – Chapter 22 Becoming a Concubine for the Prime Minister’s Wife

Lin Mo was truly excited now. She couldn’t wait any longer and asked the system, [Hurry up and tell me! Don’t keep me in suspense!]

System: [Calm down. Let me explain slowly. This is quite a complicated matter.]

The crowd: “Complicated? How complicated?”

System: [This matter is related to the Prime Minister’s wife. When she was young, she and your mother were known as the two beauties of the capital, and countless young masters were captivated by them.]

The young masters and ladies of the Prime Minister’s house immediately became alert, holding their breath as they listened to the system.

System: [They didn’t just captivate young masters. There was also a woman who deeply fell in love with the Prime Minister’s wife. After the Prime Minister’s wife married, she rarely went out, and this woman, who was in love with her, missed her dearly. So, she came up with a plan.]

Lin Mo: [What plan?]

System: [She chose to become the Prime Minister’s concubine, so she could see the Prime Minister’s wife every day. That woman became the second concubine of the Prime Minister’s house.]

Lin Mo was completely shocked, and so were the others, especially the young masters and ladies of the Prime Minister’s house.

The crowd’s thoughts immediately centered on one thing: Did the Prime Minister know about this? Did he know that he had invited a wolf into his house?

Lin Mo sighed, [Tsk tsk tsk, it seems like the Prime Minister is a big fool. So, was the relationship between the Prime Minister’s wife and the second concubine mutual?]

Everyone leaned in to listen, eager to know the truth. If it was mutual, the Prime Minister might be the unnecessary one in the middle.

For some reason, everyone had this strong impression that the Prime Minister was redundant.

System: [The Prime Minister’s wife didn’t know that the second concubine liked her. The second concubine was always very reserved, so it was unrequited love from her side.]

Tsk tsk tsk, unrequited love! The second concubine was really quite passionate!

The young masters and ladies of the Prime Minister’s house immediately felt relieved when they heard that it was just unrequited love.

The second concubine didn’t have any children. The children of the Prime Minister’s house—eldest son, eldest daughter, and second daughter—were all born to the Prime Minister’s wife. The second and third sons were born to the third concubine.

Lin Mo now truly felt that the second concubine had sacrificed too much—this unrequited love was intense!

To love someone so much that she became the husband of the one she loved’s concubine!

This scandal in the Prime Minister’s house shocked the values of countless people. It also reminded everyone that it wasn’t just men to be wary of; sometimes, women too.

When the Emperor heard about this, he was so shocked that his chopsticks almost fell. He’d lived for so long and had never heard of something like this.

“Tsk tsk tsk, do you think the Prime Minister knows about this? Doesn’t this mean he invited a wolf into his house? All these years, there’s been a wolf secretly eyeing his wife. Just thinking about it gives me goosebumps!”

The Emperor said this with a bit of schadenfreude. After all, this old fellow was always going against him in various matters.

Eunuch Li, seeing the Emperor’s malicious glee, sighed and said, “Your Majesty, now is not the time for schadenfreude. We must prepare. Look at the few people in the Prime Minister’s house involved in such a scandal—how many women are there in the Imperial Palace!”

“The entire harem is filled with women and eunuchs. You should think about this!”

The Emperor’s smile instantly faded. Could it be that there’s a mirror polishing love in his harem too?

The more he thought about it, the more uneasy he felt. Although he didn’t have many concubines, along with the serving palace maids, the number of women in his harem wasn’t small!

The more the Emperor thought about it, the more uneasy he became.

“Ahhh! Do you think you can deceive me? I took pity on you and took you into my house, and now you’re coveting my wife!”

When the Prime Minister found out about this, his world exploded. He had unknowingly invited a wolf into his home, letting it into his private quarters.

When he first brought the second concubine back, she was just an orphan with no parents. He had taken pity on her and brought her in, later making her a concubine.

No wonder she had been sticking to his wife all these years. She was with the wife all day except when she was sleeping at night.

He had actually been quite proud of how harmonious his wife and concubines were. He thought it was due to his ability to educate them well.

And then this happened!

The second concubine knelt on the floor, neither humble nor arrogant, with no excessive expression on her face.

She looked at the Prime Minister quietly and said, “I love the Madam. I loved her since I was 14. She is stunning, so I don’t understand why she married you. What’s so good about you? Aren’t you just a man with a title?”

Everyone in the room gasped. The young masters and ladies hurried to retreat, realizing this was beyond something they should be hearing.

“If I were a man, I would never let the Madam suffer. After all these years of following her, I’m already satisfied. You can kill me if you wish.”

The second concubine’s attitude was one of unrepentance. She was actually a rare beauty, or else the Prime Minister wouldn’t have made her his concubine.

The Prime Minister was about to get angry and punish her, but before he could, the Prime Minister’s wife grabbed him, and the third concubine and the young masters and ladies all knelt down.

“My lord! The second concubine has been with us all these years, not without merit but with hardship. Please spare her!”

“Father! Please spare the second concubine!”

The third concubine and the second concubine had a good relationship. When the third concubine first entered the house, the second concubine, worried that she might go against the Madam, put in some effort to win her favor.

The young masters and ladies of the house also had a good relationship with the second concubine, and she treated the children born to the Madam as if they were her own.

As for the children of the third concubine, she was also very kind to them, always ensuring that no one went against the Madam.

Looking at the group of people kneeling before him, the Prime Minister suddenly felt a lump in his chest.

He knew that nothing had happened between his wife and the second concubine, but he still felt like he had been cuckolded.

In truth, if he really had to kill the second concubine, he couldn’t bring himself to do it. After all, they had spent over ten years together. But if he didn’t punish her, he just couldn’t reconcile with himself.

Looking at the second concubine kneeling on the floor, the Prime Minister sighed and said, “Fine, fine. I won’t pursue this any further. You can stay in the house. I know you’ve been sincere with the Madam and have taken good care of the children, so let’s leave it at that.”

Hearing this, the second concubine looked up in surprise. She thought she was doomed today, and even if she didn’t die, she would surely be kicked out of the house. She never expected to be let off.

Over all these years, she had been in turmoil, knowing that this matter would be discovered eventually, so she had long prepared herself.

“But I warn you,” the Prime Minister continued, “from now on, be more mindful when interacting with the Madam! You can’t continue clinging to her every day like before! She is my wife, not yours! I hope you understand your place!”

The Prime Minister’s heart now felt a sour ache, though he couldn’t quite figure out who he was feeling jealous of.