The Gossip Watchers: !!
Damn, that sentence was packed with information.
Mystery solved: so that was why Commander Wang had been kicked out merely for admiring a concubine.
He had hidden under the concubine's bed! For an unfilial son like that, making it out alive was already an extraordinary act of mercy from the Duke!
Commandery Princess Jiarou: I really want to see what kind of breathtaking beauty could turn father and son into enemies!
Teng: Count me in!
Fifth Sister, put up the Light Screen!
Jian Ruonan lowered her eyes, lost in thought.
The Gossip Watchers: You can't hog all the juicy gossip!
Wang Defa suddenly spoke. "Commander Wang, I have a classmate surnamed Wu. I hear he's related to one of the women in your household."
Commander Wang's mother was surnamed Xing, and there were no female family members surnamed Wu in the residence.
Commander Wang's face turned livid. "...He must be the brother of one of my father's concubines."
When Concubine Wu's younger brother had entered the Imperial College, the Duke himself had pulled the strings.
Teng said, "Since when does a concubine's brother count as a relative of the Duke of Cheng's Residence?"
A concubine was effectively half a servant of the household; her family could not be counted as relatives.
Commandery Princess Jiarou asked, "What concubine?"
As they played off one another, the Light Screen above Jian Ruonan's head suddenly lit up-
[In a bedchamber, a girl of seventeen or eighteen sat on the bed.
She wore a close-fitting silk dress that outlined her alluring curves.
Her raven-black hair hung loose, slightly disheveled.
A rosy flush colored her cheeks, and her collar lay half open, lending her an air of seductive charm.
The Duke of An sat at the bedside with his arm around her,