Chapter 321 The Legal Wife in the Concubine's Story 2
Chapter 321 The Legal Wife in the Concubine's Story 2
The original owner's eyes widened, "Is my husband always like this?"
Jiang Huaiqing nodded, "No one else in the mansion knows about this, I'm only telling you." He continued, "If you want to divorce, I'll agree, but you have to wait two or three years. After all, you and I just got married, and it won't sound good if it gets out. But if you're willing to stay in the mansion, then except for the matter between men and women, I can't satisfy you, but everything else is allowed."
"I..." The original owner was a little hesitant, not knowing which one to choose.
"It's okay, you have two or three years to consider." Jiang Huaiqing smiled at her gently.
The blow was so great that the original owner chose to go back to his room to think, and by the way, he also accepted and concealed this fact.
She originally wanted to divorce after some time, but as they got along, she gradually fell in love with the gentle and kind Jiang Huaiqing. After all, apart from his inhumanity, he was very good to her in other aspects.
However, the original owner had not expected that Jiang Huaiqing's words were just to keep the heroine Li Xintang pure.
If this were the case, the original owner would not have hated Jiang Huaiqing and Li Xintang so much, and there must have been other reasons.
Not long after they got married, the old lady came with a three-year-old child, saying that she felt sorry for the loss of her parents. A fortune teller had calculated that this child had the blessing of having offspring, so she adopted him as their eldest son, and also gave him some pregnancy luck.
If Jiang Huaiqing was humane, the original owner, who had just gotten married, might have hesitated, but Jiang Huaiqing was not humane, so he eventually took the child in and raised him as his own son.
She sought out educational resources from various great scholars for this child, and poured all her maternal love and efforts into this child. It can be said that this child was the second reason for the original owner to stay in the Marquis' Mansion.
But after all, they are not your own children, and a three-year-old child can already remember things.
The heroine Li Xintang hated Jiang Huaiqing for separating her and her child, but Jiang Huaiqing had no way to express his pain. The old lady was really putting pressure on him, and it was not easy for him to save Li Xintang.
What's more, it is not a bad thing to register the son under the name of the original owner. For one thing, with him and the old lady watching over him, the original owner would not dare to do anything. What's more, she didn't know that this was her son, and she had no reason to harm the child.
Secondly, the Zhai family has a profound heritage and is a family of great Confucian scholars. If her son stays with the original owner, she can also hire famous teachers to teach him well.
It’s a pity that Li Xintang couldn’t understand his painstaking efforts and hated him so much that the previously passionate feelings between the two had frozen again.
Looking at Li Xintang's peaceful sleeping face beside the pillow, Jiang Huaiqing sighed softly, "Xintang, just wait, the position of the Crown Prince's wife will only be yours."
Later, due to government affairs, Jiang Huaiqing and the original owner's brother were sent to deal with the flood, and they had no choice but to do so. In the process, they encountered floods and riots by the victims, and the original owner's brother died in the disaster.
Because my younger brother was the only son of the Zhai family, and there was no one else outstanding in that generation of the family except him, the family gradually declined.
Jiang Huaiqing, who had already become a marquis, was still concerned about the Zhai family behind the original owner. After all, the Zhai family had helped him in his heyday and had made great contributions to the emperor, so they should not be underestimated.
But now that the Zhai family has fallen, it is his turn to be the boss of the Marquis' Mansion. He has already grown powerful, his father is dead, and he no longer has to worry about the old lady taking action against his beloved.
So he chose to frame the original owner with the crime of adultery, drugged her, and sent her to the servant's bed. When the original owner opened her eyes, she saw herself lying in a strange man's bed with her clothes in disarray.
The old lady pointed at her nose with a shaking finger, "Bitch, not only have you been childless for all these years, but you also committed adultery with a servant! How could our mansion have a bitch like you who brings disgrace to the family!!!"
"Madam, please listen to my explanation. I was framed!" The original owner looked at Jiang Huaiqing for help. After all, after all these years of getting along with each other, he should know her character and she would never do such a despicable thing.
But Jiang Huaiqing turned his face away.
The original owner lost her innocence, her reputation was ruined, and her family's reputation was also destroyed because of her. She was devastated.
Jiang Huaiqing's original plan for her was to arrange for her to go to a Buddhist temple to practice asceticism and end her remaining life.
"Huai Qing, you know me, I would never do such a thing!"
Of course he knew, because he was the one who gave the medicine and hired the servant.
She didn't do anything wrong, she just blocked Xintang's way, so Jiang Huaiqing could only feel sorry for her.
"I will arrange a Buddhist temple for you under the name of the Marquis' Mansion. You can reflect on your mistakes there. If you don't want to stay there, you can return to the Zhai family."
Go back to the Zhai family? Her father had long passed away due to illness, and her brother had died many years earlier. Go back? The only outcome that awaited her was that she would suffer humiliation and commit suicide to show her determination.
The original owner was heartbroken and chose to end her life in the Buddhist temple. Who knew that at this time, her most beloved adopted son Jiang Niantan came over. The original owner thought that Jiang Niantan felt sorry for her and knew that she would never do such a thing, so he vindicated her and took her back.
It turned out not to be the case.
Her adopted son, whom she loved the most, said, "Mother, you did such a shameful thing. If I were you, I would not be able to live in this world."
Jiang Niantan looked at her disappointedly.
"Jiang Niantan! I am the mother who raised you. Others don't believe me, so how can you not believe me?" The original owner couldn't stop crying, and her whole body felt as if it had been soaked in ice water in the cold winter, cold and heavy.
"I don't have a mother as shameless as you!"
She loved her son and raised him to be a successful person, but what she got in return was "unfitting as a mother."
"Mother, here is a bowl of poison, please drink it." The father was kind-hearted and could not let his mother die, so he let him do it.
"No, I don't want to drink..." The original owner struggled desperately.
"Pour it in for me!" Jiang Niantan ordered his servants, without any regard for the years of raising him.
After a bowl of poison entered her stomach, the original owner felt pain for a whole day before she died in agony. Before she died, her eyes were wide open, looking very unwilling.
Her soul floated in the Marquis' Mansion, watching Jiang Huaiqing marry Li Xintang. The so-called "impotence" disappeared completely in Li Xintang, and she felt as if struck by lightning.
Jiang Huaiqing lied to her!!!
She heard her adopted son calling that woman "mother" and saw Li Xintang hugging Jiang Niantan and crying. Only then did she realize that the son she doted on was the child of her impotent husband and his concubine.
She was just a stepping stone on their road to reunion.
The drizzle has stopped, and the mixed scent of green grass and moist soil is carried to the window by the wind.
Zhai Lingruo glanced at the original owner's wish: "Save my brother, protect the Zhai family with my brother and father, take revenge on the Marquis' Mansion, and make Jiang Huaiqing and others live a life worse than death."
"Madam, the time has come. It's time to pay respects to the old lady." The maid reminded.
"Ah."
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