Jiang Shuwan was completely bewildered.

Pei Lingyu was known to be amorous, but to call a courtesan onto a carriage was simply too ahead of its time…

Feeling Jiang Shuwan's strange gaze, Pei Lingyu also felt very uncomfortable.

It was certainly disgraceful for him, as the brother-in-law, to let his wife's sister know about these things.

Not to mention that Jiang Shuwan is the young mistress of the Marquis's family. If word gets back to the Marquis's family, he will lose face even more.

For a moment, Pei Lingyu felt extremely ashamed.

He kept his head down as Madam Ren and Jiang Yao berated him. Jiang Yao, in particular, pounced on him, hitting and pinching him, but he only protected his face and did not fight back.

"Don't hit my face, my dear Yao'er, don't hit your husband's face..."

"How dare you have any shame? Are you even a man? How could you do this to me? How could you do this to the poems you wrote for me...?"

Jiang Yao cried so hard she could barely breathe, tears streaming down her face like broken beads, her eyes red and swollen.

She untied the mandarin duck pouch from her waist, revealing pink poetry slips inside.

"My heart is captivated by the beautiful woman, and my gaze lingers on her beauty, my love unending."

"I am willing to give my true feelings and share the seasons with you."

"This is what you wrote for me, have you forgotten?"

Her angry eyes were filled with hatred as she stared at Pei Lingyu, as if she were about to spit fire.

"You lied to me. You said you loved me before, but it was all a lie..."

"A scion of a prestigious family, actually engaging in illicit relations with a courtesan! Shameless scoundrel, despicable scum!"

"You're despicable! You have no shame!"

"You just lust after women!"

"You must be really hungry. You'll eat anything, even a prostitute who's ridden by a thousand men and slept with by ten thousand. You disgust me!"

Her face contorted in pain, she tore the love poem into shreds and flung it into the air. The scraps of paper fell like snowflakes, filling the room.

Upon seeing the poem, Pei Lingyu recalled the time she fell in love at first sight at a poetry gathering.

Jiang Yao was so spirited and beautiful back then, but now she's crying so sadly because of him.

For a moment, he even felt short of breath and was in great pain.

"Yao'er, please forgive me. I didn't mean to hurt you. I didn't know she was pregnant..."

"Don't call me!"

"You slept with her and then said you didn't know she might be pregnant?"

Jiang Yao flung his hand away, refusing to let him touch her.

She had thrown a tantrum when Pei Lingyu took in Lianxiang and Lianyu before, but never like she was now.

Pei Lingyu panicked and rushed to comfort her, but Jiang Yao pushed him away. He was pushed backward and hit the doorpost. He cried out in pain as one of his arms turned blue.

"Serves you right! You deserve it!"

The aunt showed no pity for him; instead, she pounded her heart in anguish and cursed him.

"Heavens above, someone save me! There are no sons in our family who frequent brothels! You're a scholar who passed the imperial examinations, and the spring examinations are just around the corner. If people find out, how will I ever face them?"

"I'm so ashamed I can't face anyone. A dignified young master, a member of the Pei family, actually getting involved with a courtesan! Waaah, I've never been so humiliated in my life..."

The aunt covered her face with her hands, choking back tears.

"I was already embarrassed when you married Jiang Yao, but I never expected you could embarrass me even more!"

"What a tragedy! How could I have given birth to such a rebellious son? If I had known this would happen, I should have strangled you back then!"

"I'm so ashamed! What will I say when the old lady finds out, when the other women in the clan find out? Will I say that my precious son, whom I've raised with such care, is a client of prostitutes...?"

"Oh God, my life is so miserable!"

"I don't want to live anymore, sob sob sob..."

Lady Bo burst into tears. Looking around, she found a pillar that was close to her and tried to smash her head against it.

He looked like he was contemplating suicide, and the maids and servants beside him quickly tried to stop and pull him away.

The room was in complete chaos.

The old lady wept bitterly.

"Don't stop me, I really don't want to live anymore..."

"Madam, please don't say that. If anything were to happen to you, how could I live?"

Jiang Yao was also crying.

It turned out that she had heard from Madam Bo that her marriage to Pei Lingyu was shameful, and she even cursed Madam Bo, saying that this vicious woman was trying to step on her now.

But seeing how old the aunt was crying like this, she softened.

“Madam, even if our family is unfortunate and Yu-lang is disappointing, I will still manage this household well. Madam is a dignified elder sister-in-law, and I will never let you be disgraced!”

"My goodness, Yao'er, you are such a good daughter-in-law. I never expected you to say such things at a time like this. You are so sensible. I have always been sorry for you. Don't worry, I will treat you like my own daughter from now on."

“Madam, you’re being too polite. Actually, I’ve been treating you like my own mother all this time.”

"Really? That's great!"

Lady Bo burst into tears of joy, hugging Jiang Yao as she wept.

She used to look down on Jiang Yao, but after Jiang Yao opened an ice shop, she started to treat Jiang Yao better because of the money.

Later, the ice shop went out of business, and the relationship between the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law gradually reached its lowest point.

However, she was later confined to her quarters, and nothing happened while Jiang Yao managed the Marquis's residence, so she couldn't help but think a little more highly of Jiang Yao.

Of course, it's only a little bit.

After all, her previous daughter-in-law was the daughter of a high-ranking official; how could Jiang Yao compare?

Her previous promotion of Lianxiang and Lianyu was also a way to suppress Jiang Yao.

However, since last autumn, Jiang Yao has changed her usual unreliable ways and has been urging Pei Lingyu to study every day without ever slacking off.

It made her look at him with new respect.

She never expected that Jiang Yao could be so clear-headed.

Now that such a shameful thing has happened, even though Jiang Yao is crying and making a scene like a madwoman, she still comforts her, saying that she treats her like her own mother and that she will not let her be shamed.

In that case, wouldn't it be just like having a biological daughter?

A bittersweet feeling welled up in Mrs. Bo's heart. She grasped Jiang Yao's hand and patted it firmly.

"Good boy, don't worry. Even if she's just pregnant, or even if she gives birth to twins right now, I won't let that slut from the brothel into your home and sully your eyes!"

"Thank you, ma'am."

Hearing that Madam Bo was going to stand up for her, Jiang Yao was very moved, and she looked at Madam Bo with the same eyes she used to look at Madam Song.

The woman in red sitting inside the house was no longer calm.

"Madam, you can't say that. What's wrong with courtesans? Does anyone have to be born a courtesan?"

"I, Xiao Taohong, was not born a lowly, worthless person. If my family hadn't been poor, why would I have ended up in this world?"

"Besides, I was still a virgin when I gave myself to you, young master!"

In the very center of the tornado, the courtesan named Xiao Taohong, who had been silent until now, became unsettled when she saw Pei Lingyu being pushed and injured.

While supporting Pei Lingyu with heartache, he looked at everyone and said.