"If you dare to appoint that ungrateful wretch as your heir, I'll divorce you!"
"Since you look down on the children I gave birth to, then they will all change their surname to Jin. From now on, they will have no connection with you or this Marquis's mansion whatsoever. You can choose whom to appoint as heir or which noble lady to marry as your wife, it's all up to you!"
Kim was utterly heartbroken.
She only knew that Jiang Qing was biased and looked down on her status as a merchant, but she never expected that he would even look down on the child she gave birth to, who was also his bloodline!
How could he be so heartless!
Jiang Jiaojiao sneered, "Are you so sure that my elder brother will get into trouble and that it will implicate the Marquis's mansion?"
"Or did someone offer you a bribe in exchange for this position as heir apparent?"
"Your elder and second elder brothers are still alive, yet you request that a son born of a concubine be made heir. Aren't you afraid that the censor will impeach you for moral depravity and disregard for human relations?"
Jiang Jiaojiao tore off his mask of shame.
"You—you unfilial son!"
Jiang Qingyun was indeed enraged, "You caused this trouble! Not only did you implicate your brother and imprison him in the palace, but you're also dragging down the entire Marquis's mansion!"
"The only way to appease His Majesty's anger is to appoint Liu'er as the heir apparent, ask for his hand in marriage to the princess, and have Xue'er plead with the Empress and Consort De on his behalf!"
"You don't know yet, do you? Yesterday, the Empress issued an imperial decree, bestowing upon Xue'er the title of the Fifth Prince's concubine. She went to the palace to serve him early this morning. With her pleading with the Empress, this matter is sure to be settled!"
Concubine?
Jiang Jiaojiao was amazed again. As expected of a female protagonist with a protagonist's halo, even after eloping and becoming a concubine, she still became a secondary consort again.
I wonder how the little crybaby is doing.
If Jiang Xueru had managed affairs as a concubine in her previous life, the little crybaby would probably have been too sick to get up again.
And the Empress...
In her past life, the Empress disliked Jiang Xue intensely because of the Second Prince; unexpectedly, they ended up together in this life.
"Heh, I see. So now that ingrate has become successful and climbed the social ladder, he looks down on us. Good, good!"
Jin laughed in anger, "If that's the case, then write down the divorce papers and I'll leave immediately."
"you--"
Jiang Qing choked. Although he looked down on the Jin family's social status, their wealth...
suddenly--
"Write! Write it now!"
After a long absence, Old Madam Jiang walked in, leaning on her cane.
"This unfilial and disrespectful wretch should have been driven out of the mansion long ago! And you—"
Madam Jiang pointed at Jin Shi, "You lowly merchant girl, who rose to the top in my Marquis's mansion to become the mistress of the house, should be obedient and sensible. But you—you are disrespectful to your mother-in-law and mistreat your illegitimate children. You should have been divorced long ago!"
"Mother……"
Jiang Qingyun struggled to stop him, but she still couldn't bear to part with the Jin family's wealth.
Madam Jiang, however, had already made up her mind. "Ever since she entered the Marquis's mansion, so many people have been laughing behind her back. Now she has caused such a mess, offended the princess, and implicated the Marquis's mansion. If we don't kick her out, the Marquis's mansion will die along with them!"
"You, a dignified marquis, should divorce her; freedom and even greater things await you!"
Old Madam Jiang gave Jiang Qingyun a meaningful look. Don't forget Jiang Xue's promise. Without Madam Jin, there will naturally be a better lady of the Marquis's mansion.
Jiang Qingyun shuddered, his eyes darting back and forth between Jin Shi and his mother, hesitant and undecided.
Kim could no longer hold back.
He roared, "If you won't write, I will! Bring me pen and ink!"
Completely disregarding the dignified demeanor of a noble lady, she put her hands on her hips and unleashed a torrent of abuse at Old Madam Jiang:
"So what if I come from a merchant family? Do I eat your food or drink your water?! If I hadn't been supporting you, you would have starved to death on the streets long ago! I can forgive you for looking down on me out of respect for your elders, but you shouldn't have looked down on my child and bullied my Jiaojiao!"
"What kind of mistress do you take me for!"
"I couldn't stand staying in this dilapidated manor any longer!"
Years of pent-up grievances erupted all at once, "Granny Zhen, Granny Zhu, go—go and pack up all of the Jin family's belongings and take them away, leave nothing behind!"
"I'd rather feed myself to the dogs than leave any for you ungrateful wretches!"
Madam Jiang was so angry that she trembled all over.
"You—you dare!"
The cane thumped loudly as she watched Granny Zhen and Granny Zhu directing people to move things. She almost fainted, still thinking that Jin was the daughter-in-law she could manipulate at will.
For the sake of their children, even if they divorce, they will definitely leave behind their dowry and belongings.
They were afraid that the children would lack food and water.
They might even be able to secretly transfer some more from the Jin family.
Jiang Qingyun's face was also very ugly. He gritted his teeth and glared at Jin Shi, "Are you really so heartless? Even if we get a divorce, you can forget about taking the child with you!"
Jin froze, tears streaming down her face, "You—"
Her child was her Achilles' heel, and the reason she had endured so much for so many years.
Jiang Jiaojiao saw that her mother had stopped.
He shifted his feet and stood next to Jin, then burst into laughter.
"Hehe... Good! It just so happens that my brothers and I are also reluctant to leave the Marquis's mansion. If His Majesty blames us, our entire family, including our extended family, will be protected by our grandmother and father. We will live together and die together. It's wonderful that the whole family is together."
She will never forget the scene of herself floating in the air, watching her mother die of anger.
Perhaps the child died, and so did the Jin family.
My mother had long since given up on life, and after her death, she showed no reluctance whatsoever; her soul returned to the netherworld.
She walked around her mother's grave again and again.
They were unable to see even a single soul or spirit.
This lifetime.
She not only had to protect her mother, but also lead her away from this den of wolves and away from these ungrateful bastards!
She wanted to see what it would be like to be without a mother and without the Jin family.
Jiang Xue, the Marquis's residence.
Is it possible to reach the position of my past life?
"The traitor——"
Jiang Jiaojiao's words were practically a curse, wishing for the Marquis's mansion to be ransacked and its entire clan wiped out, and for her own death!
Madam Jiang clutched her chest. "These wretched creatures, get them out! Get them all out!"
"I've already had the divorce papers written!"
"Sign it quickly and send it to the government office!"
Old Master Jiang spoke sternly, but ultimately he was thinking about his two grandsons' future; otherwise, it wouldn't be a divorce agreement, it would be a letter of separation.
"From this day forward, your Jin family has no further connection with my Marquis's mansion, and you are not allowed to set foot in my Marquis's mansion again!"
"Mother!"
Jiang Qing was getting a little anxious.
Although Jiang Xue's conditions were very tempting, Jin had given him two sons after all, and the Jin family's wealth should be divided between the two sons; what belonged to the sons would be his.
Why make things so complicated that we never speak to each other again?
Ms. Kim glanced at the divorce papers and signed her name without hesitation.
After more than a decade of marriage, she was ultimately betrayed. Her parents always said that merchants were of lowly status and their lives were full of ups and downs, and they hoped that she would marry into the Marquis's mansion and live a stable life. Little did they know that all the storms were brought about by the Marquis's mansion.
There has never been a single day of peace.
The moment he pressed his fingerprint, Kim felt a sense of peace he had never known before.
Suddenly, I stopped being angry and didn't care anymore.
But we must fight for the child.
She couldn't let her child rot away in this dark and indifferent mansion.
So he resolutely said, "I will definitely take Jiaojiao with me. Jingtian and Lingtian have come of age. Whether they stay or leave is up to them to decide!"
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