Tang Shoude said that his hometown was also in Sanqing County, and he was a distant relative of the Zhao family, so he asked Chen Shiying to live in Tang's house. Preparing for the exam at Tang's house was much better than at an inn, as it was quiet and there were special people to serve him.

Chen Shiying had no previous relationship with Tang Shoude, so of course he would not accept money from his family, let alone live in the Tang family. He just thanked him for his kindness again and again. However, he did not expect that the Tang family would come to his mother and force Wang away in order to force the Tang family's daughter to him.

Chen Shiying had been with Wang Juanniang for many years and always felt that she was gentle, virtuous, well-educated and well-mannered. The two also had a very good relationship, like siblings, but closer than siblings.

Therefore, he did not believe what his mother said at all. How could his sister make such a fuss? How could she run back to her parents' home in anger without waiting for him to come back and find out what happened? She must have been forced away by them.

Chen Shiying was so angry that he ran to Wang's house to find Wang Juanniang. What he didn't expect was that Wang Juanniang had married a few days ago.

Chen Shiying returned home in despair. He knew that Wang Juanniang was forced to do what she did, even to marry. He could not hate his own mother, and took out all his anger on Uncle Zhao and the Tang family.

He firmly disagreed to marry the girl from the Tang family.

But his mother not only exchanged gifts with the Tang family, but also accepted two thousand taels of silver from the Tang family, as well as a house worth one thousand taels in Sanqing County. His mother was forcing him to marry the girl of the Tang family with such an act!

If he returns all the things his mother collected to the Tang family at this time, and the Tang family makes a fuss, then he, the top scholar, will become a laughing stock. If things go wrong, even his position as a juren may be taken away...

Just when he didn't know what to do, the then Sanqing County magistrate, Lord Wu, and his wife went to his house to propose marriage to Lord Jiang's second daughter.

He accepted the marriage, and so did his mother. After careful consideration, he also agreed to let the Tang family girl marry him, but only as a concubine.

The Tang family knew that they could not compete with the Jiang family, and they also saw that Chen Shiying hated the Tang family very much, so they dared not to make any more moves and only fought for the status of a concubine for their daughter.

Because the Tang family had caught a big handle on his mother, Chen Shiying finally had to agree to take the Tang family girl as his concubine.

The next year, he was selected as the third place in the imperial examination by the emperor and could directly enter the Hanlin Academy. However, he gave up this great opportunity and directly requested to go to Jiangnan to serve as a county magistrate.

He had no choice. He didn't dare to be an official in the capital. At that time, he was just a 16-year-old boy with nothing. The money in his family came from the Tang family, and the people in his family came from the Jiang family. He didn't know whether the servants he bought later had mixed into the Tang family...

Sanqing County is only 200 miles away from the capital, and Shizhou Prefecture is only 500 miles away from the capital. His mother is strong, and he is afraid that his mother will not listen to his advice and will be dragged down by the Zhao family or the Tang family and cause trouble again.

Jiang seemed to be a good person, and she did not dare to openly disobey her mother-in-law.

He thought that he would first go to Jiangnan, thousands of miles away, to be an official, let the Jiang family take care of the family, and then train some people he could use, and most importantly, trap his mother...

Chen Shiying pulled back his thoughts, and blushed with anger and shame. He said, "The Tang family is really despicable! At that time, I had never even been to the Tang family, so how could I have had anything to do with the girl from his family?" He added, "Sister, you raised me, don't you know what kind of person I am? Why don't you think of a way to wait for me to come back? You only need to wait a few more days..."

Wang sobbed, "At that time, I felt like the sky had fallen. I had lost everything, my brother Ying, my biological brother, and..." She couldn't say the word "innocent". She paused and continued, "I thought, what's the point of living? I might as well die. When I returned to my parents' home, I closed the door and hanged myself, but I didn't expect to die. My father found me and saved me..."

The doctor who came to see Wang was a relative of Wang's deceased mother. When Ding and Old Man Wang were not around, he quietly told Wang that she was pregnant.

Wang was stunned by the shocking news. She was both happy and scared. She didn't know what to do, so she went to her father to discuss it. But when she went to his room, she heard Ding and Old Man Wang talking outside the door.

Old man Wang said that after all, she was his own daughter and he had already sold her once, so even if she remarried this time, he would find a man who was somewhat pleasing to her.

But Mrs. Ding said that Mrs. Zhao had told Wang Juanniang to marry far away within half a month. In such a short time, even a girl from a good family couldn't find a good man, let alone become a second-hand child bride. She also told Old Man Wang not to worry about it, as she had a way to marry her far away.

Old Man Wang said that he knew that Ding had accepted gifts from Zhao and the Tang family, and wanted to sell Wang Juanniang to make money again. But he couldn't go too far, because Wang Juanniang had already been hanged once, and if she was pushed too far, she would hang herself a second time.

Ding was a little scared after hearing this. If Wang Juanniang really hanged herself, she wouldn't be able to earn a penny. So she agreed and spread the word that she wanted to marry Wang Juanniang. If a good family came to ask for her hand in marriage within half a month, she would marry him. If no one came to ask for her hand in marriage, she would let her do whatever she wanted...

Wang's legs went weak after hearing this, and she finally managed to hold onto the wall and return to her room. She lay on the bed, thinking over and over, and finally came up with a general idea.

Yingdi is not a careless person. How could he live in the Tang family for no reason, and it is even more impossible for him to have sex after drinking.

Thinking of her mother-in-law again, no, now I should say Zhao, Zhao has never had a good face to her for many years, and her words are full of disdain. Later, Yingdi was unhappy and said Zhao several times, and Zhao became even more aggressive behind Yingdi's back, not only scolding her more harshly, but also pinching her, telling her not to be a foxy woman and not to covet her son. She said that a country woman who couldn't help her son at all, why was she still occupying this position...

It turned out that when Zhao got to a high position, she couldn't wait to get rid of him.

She touched her belly. Should she hide somewhere else and wait for Yingdi to come back and take her back to Chen's house? She was fully confident that Yingdi would take her back as soon as he came back.

However, she also fully believed that if she returned to the Chen family, Zhao would be able to kill the baby in her belly, and then find a way to drive her out, or even kill her.

It didn't matter whether she lived or died, but she couldn't bear to let the baby in her belly die. She wanted to keep the baby alive.

It was obvious that Dante was going to sell her out.

Wang remained calm and thought about how to escape from this home, how to give birth to the child in a place where no one knew her, and how to depend on each other for the rest of their lives.

A few days later, a family really came to propose marriage. Their son was dying, and they wanted to marry Wang to bring good luck.

But Ding asked for a huge betrothal gift of 10 taels. Many innocent young ladies would not ask for such a high betrothal gift. Ding was deliberately making things difficult for the Chen family, so that they would give up and then sell Wang to a distant place...