"Your grandmother's 50th birthday should have been such a happy occasion, but something like this happened."

The old man looked at Jiang Rao and blamed her, "Just now you asked your maid to call me. Why didn't you just explain the matter to me directly? You just asked me to come over and take a look. I thought it was nothing important, so I didn't come."

Jiang Jinxing stretched out his chubby little hand and tried to pull the old man's white beard, "Don't scold my sister."

Jiang Rao stopped her brother's hand, took him out of the servant's arms, and put him on the ground, "Grandfather doesn't blame me, he just feels sorry for me."

She turned her head to look at the old uncle and said to him, "Grandfather, I am afraid that the matter will be spread to the front hall and made a fool of by outsiders."

The old man sighed.

"You, a little girl, know how to protect the reputation of the Ning'an Marquis's Mansion. That Liu..."

The old man's eyes were filled with anger, his hands were shaking, his teeth were gnashing, and he cursed several times in a row, "Nonsense! You don't know how to behave!"

After his youngest son and his family came back, he saw Liu's dissatisfaction.

Before the incident at her grain shop, he would ask the housekeeper in the mansion to add more to the monthly allowance of the first wife every month, and he would also pay more attention to the first wife's family on weekdays, so as to prevent Liu from feeling disappointed and thinking that he favored the fourth wife.

As he gets older, he just wants to see his younger generations live in harmony and can't stand any more trouble.

But Liu only focused on the things she didn't have.

But was that given out of partiality on his part? What his youngest son had were the farms, shops and houses that he had drawn out and run himself, and they were the hundred boxes of dowry that his fourth daughter-in-law brought from her parents' home, and not a single cent was given by him. What was she greedy for? The old man's eyes showed deep disgust, and he sent someone to call Jiang Xingchuan over.

Looking at his eldest son who seemed to know nothing about what happened today, he felt a little relieved.

If it were not for today's incident, the eldest son would not have gotten involved.

But he showed no mercy and told her everything Liu had done.

Uncle Jiang looked at Yingyin huddled in the corner, his face looking embarrassed as if he had been slapped in the face.

"Liu is jealous and not only does she not have the ability to manage the household, but she also has the intention to ruin the household. Such a vicious woman must not be allowed to stay. You decide for yourself what to do."

The old uncle spoke coldly to his eldest son.

The meaning of ordering him to divorce his wife couldn't be more obvious.

…

"I don't I don't"

Liu went crazy and smashed all the vases on the table to the ground with a flick of her sleeves.

The place was a mess.

Porcelain size

Among the various fragments, there lay a piece of rice paper that was so soaked with tears that even the ink on the paper was diluted.

It's a letter of divorce.

Liu knelt down on the ground without caring about her manners, picked up the divorce letter from the ground and tore it into pieces.

She cried loudly, "Master, you can't be so cruel. Don't you think about who I am doing this for?"

A husband and wife for a day are bound by a hundred days of grace.

Jiang Xingchuan felt a little sorry for her as he saw her crying so hard that she couldn't breathe.

Liu kept sobbing, "The old uncle is so partial to the fourth son's family. When the fourth son was not back, our shop was fine. But when the fourth son came back, the shop started to have problems. How can I swallow this anger?"

With her makeup smudged from tears, she looked at Mr. Jiang with great resentment.

Jiang Xingchuan was thinking about the coldness and disgust in his father's eyes when he just spoke.

That was a look that showed extreme dissatisfaction with his wife.

If Liu was kept, the person his father would hate would be him.

Jiang Xingchuan frowned.

His heart turned cruel, and he said, "You should never, ever put the drug in the soup of General Hu's two daughters."

Liu was anxious to defend herself, kneeling down and saying, "I took this risky path just to ensure that your title would be safe. Master, I am planning this for you from the bottom of my heart."

"Since you want to see me take the seat of Lord Ning'an so much..."

Jiang Xingchuan's face suddenly darkened, "Father completely hates you. If I don't divorce you, I will never be able to keep my position as Earl of Ning An."

"Please leave and go back to your parents' home. It will be more respectable."

Jiang Xingchuan turned around expressionlessly.

Liu was startled.

If she is no longer Jiang Xingchuan's legal wife, what does it have to do with her whether he can become the Earl of Ning'an?

It felt like a sharp knife stabbed my heart, causing waves of pain.

This is a disaster and we have to fly away.

The man is not very capable, but he has a cruel heart.

But if she was really divorced and sent back to her parents' home, her life would be completely over and her children would be completely over. Liu rushed over and hugged Jiang Xingchuan who wanted to leave, "Master, you can't, you can't..."

"We can't let Jiaojiao and Jinshu be without a mother! If their mother is divorced, how will they live in the future?"

The maids in Liu's room also knelt down and pleaded for Liu.

But Jiang Xingchuan just brushed Liu's hand away fiercely.

Seeing that no amount of tears could move Jiang Xingchuan, Liu suddenly started laughing crazily, and her face looked extremely ugly and terrifying.

"If the master really retires

Aren’t you afraid that others will know what you have done? ”

…

Jiang Xingchuan suddenly stopped walking.

When looking back, his eyes trembled slightly.

A hint of panic appeared on his face. "Are you threatening me?"

Liu's lips trembled.

Jiang Xingchuan's reaction just now had made her realize how unreliable and useless this man was. Now that they were done with each other, they might as well do it to the bitter end.

She shook her head. "I won't tell anyone, but some people in my family know about those things. If I was wronged, they would feel bad and might not be able to keep their mouths shut."

Jiang Xingchuan looked like someone had pinched his vital points, his face turned pale and ugly.

Liu saw the opportunity and knelt down in front of him, "Master, please go and beg the fourth brother's family to let me go this time, please."

…

Jiang Xingchuan's servant whispered something in Fourth Master Jiang's ear.

Fourth Master Jiang frowned, "Brother, why did you come to me?"

The servant said, "It's an urgent matter, and it's not convenient to talk about it here. Fourth Master, please go over first."

Fourth Master Jiang felt something was strange.

Someone just told him that his son was crying and calling for his grandpa and took the old uncle away.

But more than half an hour had passed and neither the grandfather nor the grandson had returned.

If he hadn't been busy with social engagements, he would have gone straight to check on the person.

Seeing that the boy was hesitating, the more he thought about it, the weirder it seemed.

Fourth Master Jiang said to the boy, "I have a social engagement and cannot get away. Please wait for me for a moment."

But he found his servant and said, "Go to the backyard and ask around."

After he figured out what happened in the backyard

His face was filled with anger, as if a rainstorm was about to come.

He probably knew in his heart why his elder brother wanted to call him over.

It's nothing more than pleading for Liu.

But things like favors should be reserved for people who know their limits.

Liu wanted to harm his wife and was so ruthless, so why should he show any mercy to her?

But Fourth Master Jiang frowned, somewhat troubled about how to deal with his eldest brother.

Suddenly a thought popped up...

Will his elder brother know about the trap set by Liu today?

At the same time he shook his head subconsciously.

He recalled the difficult days after his mother passed away and the care his eldest brother gave him. Mr. Jiang Si was always a man who cherished old times, and he quickly drove away the sporadic doubts from his mind.

But I was still troubled that I couldn't refuse my elder brother's plea.

Yan Nanxun saw that he was unhappy, and smiled at him, "What's wrong with you?"

Yan Nanxun: "I'm happy to say it."

Jiang Siye

But he didn't confront him like he did in the past.

Instead, he asked, "Does your academy need a calligraphy and painting teacher?"

Yan Nanxun: “Hmm?”

"Something's bothering me at home, so I'll go to your place and hide for a while."

Fourth Master Jiang patted Yan Nanxun on the shoulder.

He was afraid that he would be soft-hearted if his elder brother came to plead for mercy.

It’s better to avoid it and not see or hear it.

So as to avoid ruining the relationship between brothers because of things happening in the backyard.

…

Jiang Xingchuan didn't wait for his fourth brother to come.

But when the servant reported, "Fourth Master, Fourth Master is not at home..."

"What?"

"The Fourth Master packed his bags and went to teach at the Egret Academy. He left when the guests at the banquet started to leave."

Coming and going freely, doing whatever he wants, and doing whatever he wants, that sounds like Jiang Xingzhou's style.

"He left a message for me. If you need anything, just write to him."

"Quickly find me some pen and ink"

"Master, don't be impatient." The servant continued, "It's just that the Fourth Master said that the Egret Academy is a place for learning, and outsiders are not allowed to enter. The letter may not be delivered, so he asked you to wait for him to come back in a month and then discuss it with him."

One month...

A month is enough for him to take 30 Lius.

Liu was so angry that she was shaking all over. "He just doesn't want to help you, his eldest brother. Just wait, he came back this time just to take away the Ning'an Marquis's Mansion. When he was a child, you shared your meat with him, but when he grew up, he came to steal your things."

There was a deep inverted "Chuan" character on Jiang Xingchuan's forehead, and he was extremely worried.

Finally, he said to Liu without any room for argument:

"I can keep you."

"But you can't stay in this house any longer."

"You are seriously ill and you should live in a farm in the suburbs for a few years. Don't interfere in the affairs of the mansion, lest your father be unhappy."

"To the outside world, I will announce that you will come back after you are cured; but to my father, I will tell him that you will never come back to the Earl's Mansion."

"However, after a few years when I inherit the entire Earl's Mansion, I will go and bring you back. This way, I can not only keep your position as the legal wife, but also satisfy my father."

Liu froze.

Go to a farm in the suburbs for a few years...what's the difference between this and divorcing your wife?

A few years later, she was old and ugly, and all the affairs in the backyard were taken care of by the concubine. After she came back, how could she compete with her and how could she find her own position in the backyard?

"Master, you can't..."

"cannot?"

Jiang Xingchuan smashed the inkstone violently.

"All of this is caused by you. I am already Gu

Out of consideration for our child and your hard work over the years, I didn't give you a divorce letter directly. If you think it's too hard to stay in the manor, just accept the divorce letter."

Liu fell to the ground.

It's over. It's completely over.

…

Jiang Xingchuan stood up and walked outside.

With a cold face, he instructed his confidant beside him, "Find someone to watch outside the manor. After locking the lady in, don't let her come out again."

He couldn't stop those people from Liu's family from talking.

But he would not give Liu the chance to leave the farm in the suburbs again.

If she didn't have something in her hand to hold over him, he would have divorced this woman on the spot.

…

Jiang Rao was curious about how Jiang Jinxing brought his grandfather here.

But she asked for the whole afternoon, and the child's mouth was as tight as a clam, so she didn't get anything out of him.

Jiang Rao just thought he had stumbled upon it by accident.

Wait for the maid who went to inquire about Liu's fate to come back and tell her what the final outcome would be.

Jiang Rao knew clearly that today's move had put her family and the first wife's family in a completely opposing position.

Even if there is such a remote possibility, and if the uncle has no grudges against her father, there is no need for Liu's two children, Jiang Shijiao and Jiang Jinshu, to have any contact with each other.

Jiang Jinxing was standing on the stone bench, sulking.

He stood on the stone bench the entire afternoon, demonstrating countless different fighting moves in the air.

"Why did my uncle marry such a bad aunt? If it were my aunt, my sister should have been kidnapped that year." Jiang Jinxing broke out in a sweat and said unhappily, "I really want to sell her to human traffickers."

On the side, Rong Ting's expression changed slightly.

Dusk is falling.

Huai Qing came back and said, "Your Highness, Mr. Yan is going back to the academy. Would you like to go with him?"

Rong Ting nodded.

Before leaving, he looked back at Jiang Rao.

On the night they were kidnapped, the kidnapper kept looking at the time before leaving the house.

It was as if he had discussed the time with someone early on.

Been waiting.