Chapter 134: Pay Back What You Owe Me, One Piece at a Time (Part 1)

At the Pingxi Marquis Mansion, on the dining table, a pot of fragrant chicken soup caught their attention.

Everyone was so greedy that they started scrambling for the food as soon as it was served on the table. Jiang Wenzhou and his brother almost came to blows over a chicken leg.

Jiang Wenyue took the opportunity to scoop the chicken leg into her bowl and happily brought it to her mouth. It smelled so good.

Unexpectedly, Jiang Wenzhou snatched it away.

"Why would a girl like you eat chicken legs? I'm busy from morning till night every day and I'm exhausted. I need to replenish my energy."

He was the only one who went out to work. Although he didn't get paid, it was hard work.

Jiang Wenyun snatched it and stuffed it into his mouth. "I am the prince. I am the eldest in the family besides my father. The chicken leg should be mine."

Jiang Wenyue cried angrily, "Father, Mother, please give me some advice."

Marquis Pingxi felt very heavy-hearted when he saw his children quarreling over a chicken leg.

"You guys didn't even touch it before because you thought the meat was too fatty."

The three siblings' faces froze, and they all recalled the luxury of the past.

A meal would have eighteen dishes, all of which were delicious and beautiful. The ingredients were all of the highest quality, and only the best were used. A meal would cost several hundred taels of silver.

I never tire of fine food, and I never tire of delicate minced meat.

But now, we are fighting for a chicken leg!

Jiang Wenzhou was silent for a long time, looking down at the chicken leg in Pingxi Hou's bowl. "Father, don't you want to eat it? Give it to me."

He quickly picked up the chicken leg. Pingxi Hou opened his mouth, wanting to say something but stopping himself. He also wanted to eat.

These days he borrowed money from everywhere, suffered from the coldness of the world, and had to endure other people's faces. He finally managed to borrow some money to get by.

He reduced the number of servants, sold or pawned the household items, lived frugally, and did everything himself, and finally things looked a little better.

A trace of sadness flashed in the Marquis's wife's eyes. She had worked hard all her life, but in the end she fell heavily.

"It's all that bitch Yun Zheng's fault. She eats and drinks the best food, wears fine clothes and eats delicious food, steals all the limelight, but makes us unable to even afford a chicken."

She had heard that Yun Zheng earned millions a day and was making a lot of money, and she was jealous to the point of going crazy.

Jiang Wenyue's eyes were filled with resentment. "Yes, blame her. She has so much money, so what if she gives us some?"

She had pawned all her jewelry and clothes, and was only wearing a cloth dress, which looked very ugly.

Jiang Wenyun also held all his resentment against Yun Zheng. "Pingxi Marquis Mansion is her husband's family. It's only natural for her to spend money on us. Second brother, go and bring her back."

Jiang Wenzhou's face turned ugly, "I can't bring it back."

Jiang Wenyue glared at him unhappily, "You're useless."

The contemptuous tone deeply hurt Jiang Wenzhou's heart. She would never dare to speak to him like this before.

Seeing his expression change, Madam Hou scolded him lightly, "Wen Yue, stop talking nonsense."

Jiang Wenyue was still feeling aggrieved. "Did I say something wrong? If he wasn't useless and couldn't control Yun Zheng, how could we have fallen to this point?"

"I should have consummated my marriage with her and had a child. No matter how much money she makes, it will still be ours."

Pingxi Hou also blamed his son for not living up to his expectations. "You just didn't listen to my advice. Alas, you regret it now."

He also regretted it. If he had known that Yun Zheng had such amazing business ability, he would have treated her well and let her work for his family.

Jiang Wenzhou also secretly regretted that he shouldn't have been too stubborn and missed the best opportunity.

"I still have Zhenzhen."

Jiang Wenyun sneered sarcastically, "Haha, where is she?"

The Marquis's wife rolled her eyes, "Master, think of a way to trick Yun Zheng back to the mansion, and then drug her. Once the matter is settled, women will accept their fate..."

"Boom." The door was pushed open heavily and a group of people rushed in. The one in front was Yun Zheng in red clothes.

Her face was frost-covered. "Do you want to drug me?"

Everyone was startled, but the Marquis' wife reacted quickly, smiling apologetically, "Yun Zheng, you heard wrongly. We were just discussing how to invite you over to discuss something."

"Hurry up and sit down, let's eat together. This big chicken leg is for you."

Yun Zheng glanced at the dining table and a sneer appeared on the corner of her mouth. In her previous life, they had squandered her dowry like crazy, eating delicacies from land and sea, dragon liver and phoenix marrow every day.

But now, without her as a sucker, they can hardly even eat.

She deliberately said, "The Pingxi Marquis's Mansion has really fallen on hard times. How can they have the nerve to invite people to dinner when they are so poor? Even a dog wouldn't eat this food."

Jiang Wenzhou was furious. "Yun Zheng, you're so mean... Ah, Mom, why did you hit me?"

He covered his forehead and looked at his mother with resentment. The Marquis glared at him and winked wildly, "You bastard, you clearly regret it in your heart, but you're always thinking about Yun Zheng. Why are you still being so stubborn in front of her?"

Jiang Wenzhou received the signal, took a deep breath, and smiled.

"Yun Zheng, I... want to live a good life with you. Let's not talk about the past anymore. From now on, I will be a good husband and will never accept two women."

He thought these words could impress Yun Zheng. Isn't this what women want?

Yun Zheng felt like she was watching a joke. Some men were just so ordinary yet so confident. "Stop talking nonsense. What are you talking about?"

Pingxi Hou cleared his throat and said, "It's like this. You've been married for so long, it's time to pay respects at the ancestral hall and have your name written in the family tree."

The Marquis's wife patted her chest and assured, "Yun Zheng, don't worry. Wen Zhou only has you as his wife. Ye Yizhen is just a plaything and has no right to be included in our Marquis's family tree."

You talk as if no one cares.

Jiang Wenyue is more enthusiastic than anyone else. She wants a large dowry and wants to marry into a wealthy family.

"Second sister-in-law, we have already driven Ye Yizhen away. You are the only mistress of this house."

Jiang Wenyun stopped making a fuss and said, "We in the whole mansion will listen to you. If you say one thing, we will never say another."

Looking at these people's flattering smiles, Yun Zheng felt extremely happy, "Hahaha, you guys have come to this day too."

Pingxi Hou felt a chill in his heart, but his smile was particularly warm. "Yun Zheng, come back..."

Yun Zheng's expression grew serious. "Marquis Pingxi, receive the decree."

Everyone in the Pingxi Marquis Mansion stood up and knelt on the ground, feeling extremely nervous.

Why did it become Yun Zheng's turn to issue the imperial edict?

Yun Zheng took out the imperial edict and said loudly, "By the providence of Heaven, the Emperor decrees that after investigation, the marriage fraud case at the Pingxi Marquisate is true. I hereby order that the engagement between Pingxi Marquis Jiang Wenzhou and Princess Jinyun Yun Zheng be annulled. From now on, the marriage between the man and the woman is no longer related. I decree this."

Everyone in the Pingxi Marquis Mansion was stunned and could hardly believe their ears.

It's not a divorce, it's the cancellation of the engagement, which is unprecedented.

Jiang Wenzhou raised his head abruptly, his eyes wide with anger. "This is impossible, Yun Zheng! How dare you forge an imperial decree? Are you crazy?"

Yun Zheng held up the imperial edict high up and said, "Come, take a closer look. This is an imperial edict."

Jiang Wenzhou was extremely angry, "Fake..."

"Pa." A slap was swung, and the defenseless Jiang Wenzhou fell heavily to the ground, gasping in pain.

Yun Zheng looked at the Jiang family coldly and shouted, "How dare you disregard the Holy Order? Are you planning a rebellion?"

As soon as these words were spoken, the imperial guards all drew their swords.

The atmosphere suddenly became tense.