After Shi Lingqiao entered the family, she appeared to be gentle and filial to her mother-in-law, who was originally her mother-in-law.

However, he often schemes against the original owner, provoking him at crucial moments so that Huo Jiwen or others can see him get angry.

Shi Ling cleverly pretended to be innocent and virtuous, acting as if she had been wronged but still wanted to be filial to her mother-in-law.

Huo Jiwen was heartbroken and repeatedly argued with the original owner of the body, her own mother, on behalf of Shi Lingqiao.

The original owner of this body naturally grew increasingly displeased with Shi Lingqiao, but she always maintained her own pride and bottom line. So, she would occasionally ask Shi Lingqiao to set rules, but for the sake of her son, she didn't go too far.

But through Shi Lingqiao's deliberate manipulation, she became a "wicked mother-in-law" who liked to torment and abuse her daughter-in-law, and this was even spread around.

Besides her original son, Shi Lingqiao also had the Fourth Prince and a general as her protectors.

The two of them secretly helped Shi Lingqiao spread rumors in the capital, saying how the original owner liked to torture and suppress his wife, and how vicious he was.

The saying "three men can make a tiger" applies here; the more people say it, the more they gradually start to believe it.

Especially when attending any banquet, the original owner always had exquisite makeup and a good complexion, while Shi Lingqiao would deliberately dress plainly, with a pale face, looking rather thin and pitiful.

When she spoke to the original owner of this body, before the original owner had done anything, she would deliberately put on a pitiful look as if she was afraid of displeasing her mother-in-law, which further solidified the original owner's reputation as an "evil mother-in-law".

People who initially looked down on Shi Lingqiao's status, and even envied her for marrying into the Duke's mansion, couldn't help but start to sympathize with her.

It's so tragic to have such a high-status but wicked mother-in-law. Judging from her appearance, she must have been tormented and oppressed by her mother-in-law a lot in the Duke's mansion.

At first, the original owner didn't realize it; he just thought that this daughter-in-law was indeed not presentable.

Because she was a princess, even if others had thoughts in their hearts, they wouldn't show them on the surface, so she didn't know that she had been schemed against by her daughter-in-law.

Normal people wouldn't think of their daughter-in-law in such a dark way.

Not long after, the original owner's younger siblings heard about her "bad reputation" outside and came to inform her.

The original owner felt wronged. She didn't like her daughter-in-law and would occasionally set rules or give her the cold shoulder, but she never tormented or mistreated her.

And every time before anything happened, her son would rush over to protect his wife.

As a result, the original owner of this body became ill from anger.

Despite the original owner's objections and cold attitude, Shi Lingqiao insisted on coming to take care of him while he was ill, which earned her a good reputation and made Huo Jiwen even more moved and heartbroken.

Then she asked the fourth prince to find someone to spread rumors that her mother-in-law was deliberately trying to make her pretend to be sick.

Because of the various rumors circulating beforehand, many people believed them.

Even the Empress Dowager, upon hearing this, summoned her personal maid to persuade the original owner of the body.

Since the woman has already been married into the family, why openly abuse and torment your daughter-in-law and ruin your own reputation?

This prevented the original owner from having a strained relationship with Huo Jiwen, the mother and son.

The original owner of this body never expected such rumors to circulate outside; she was clearly genuinely ill.

My body, which had just recovered, fell ill again from anger.

Shi Lingqiao came again to say she wanted to continue caring for the sick, but this time the original owner of the body firmly opposed it.

Despite her gentle demeanor, Shi Lingqiao spoke with a mix of grievance and firmness, insisting that serving her mother-in-law was her duty and that she could not be unfilial.

He even offered to help the original owner of the body to have a meal.

The original owner was furious and shook off the other person's hand.

Then Shi Lingqiao suddenly fell to the ground, clutching her stomach and crying out in pain. Soon, blood stained her plain dress.

This scene was witnessed by Huo Jiwen and the fourth prince, who ostensibly came to visit his aunt.

Shi Lingqiao suffered a miscarriage because she wanted to serve her mother-in-law a meal, but her mother-in-law was unhappy and deliberately pushed her away.

After the Fourth Prince went out, he pretended to cover it up, but in reality, he kept throwing mud at the original owner, making her reputation even worse.

Even the emperor and empress dowager in the palace felt that their younger sister/daughter had gone too far this time, and bestowed many things upon Shi Lingqiao to compensate her and help the original owner appease her son Huo Jiwen.

As a result, Huo Jiwen harbored deep resentment towards the original owner of this body, her biological mother, and deliberately came to argue with her and vent her anger.

Afterwards, the original owner of this body was bedridden, and he didn't visit her for a long time.

She claimed that the original owner was ill and unable to manage the household, so she asked Shi Lingqiao to manage it for her.

The original owner couldn't help but feel cold-hearted, but because of her love for her child and the fact that her body was indeed getting weaker and weaker, she had no choice but to compromise.

With the favor and support of Huo Jiwen, the heir, the Duke's mansion was quickly taken over by Shi Lingqiao's own people.

She secretly used the Duke's mansion to help her family expand their business and even become a royal merchant, providing financial support to the fourth prince.

Huo Jiwen took over the military power of the Duke's mansion and, with Shi Lingqiao constantly whispering in his ear, secretly used his military power to support the fourth prince.

Later, Shi Lingqiao gave birth to a son for Huo Jiwen, but she deliberately prevented the original owner of the body from seeing her grandson.

What angered the original owner of this body, who originally wanted to get closer to her grandson, was that her son actually supported it.

Her expression, as if she were afraid she might do something bad to their son, gradually made the original owner of this body feel cold towards her son.

Another year passed, and the emperor suddenly died. With the help of Huo Jiwen, Shi Lingqiao's family, and that general, the fourth prince ascended the throne.

Huo Jiwen was also granted the title of Duke of Zhenguo and voluntarily separated his second uncle and younger uncle from the family.

Not long after the fourth prince became emperor, he exonerated the family of the former Vice Minister of Revenue, his maternal clan, who was also Shi Lingqiao's former biological father.

They claimed that their family's alleged embezzlement was a frame-up by Lord Qiao, the Minister of the Court of Judicial Review, and that the case was a wrongful conviction.

They also deliberately framed the Qiao family, listing and fabricating many unfounded charges, and exiled the entire Qiao family to the frontier.

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