Chapter 1 Return in Glory

"Madam, the Marquis is back!"

Jiang Shu was checking medicine for Madam Shen in the kitchen, and the maid Tan Yu ran in hurriedly to report.

Jiang Shu paused while pouring the medicine, and a hint of joy appeared on the corner of his mouth: "It's been six years, and he finally...is back."

"Let's go." Jiang Shu gestured to Tan Yu to bring the medicine.

"Madam..." Tan Yu hesitated and didn't move.

"What's wrong?" Jiang Shu looked puzzled.

Biting her lip, Tan Yu said angrily: "The Marquis didn't come back alone, he was accompanied by a woman and...two children."

Jiang Shu was shocked, and it took him a while to recover. He walked towards Shouyong Hall with his hands clenched.

"Yan Yang, Yan Huan, call grandma and great-grandma."

"Grandma, great-grandma..."

When Jiang Shu entered Shouyong Hall, he saw his mother-in-law Lin and Old Lady Shen holding a child on their laps, each with a happy face.

Shen Changze, dressed in military uniform, sat at the bottom with a woman, talking with a smile on their faces, a scene of family happiness.

"Mother, grandma." Jiang Shu walked up to Old Lady Shen with medicine.

The atmosphere in the room suddenly became silent, and it was finally Old Lady Shen who broke the awkwardness and said, "Shu'er is here, put down the medicine, and go see Changze."

"My Lord." Jiang Shu bowed and saluted, feeling that the person in front of him was familiar and strange.

After six years of fighting, Shen Changze lost his youthful arrogance and became a strong and cold adult man. The corners of his lips were slightly pursed and his jaw was tense, like a sword with a sharp edge, dangerous and charming.

The woman in red military uniform sitting next to him, with a woman's bun, beautiful face and unrestrained eyes, was as heroic as a female general in a painting.

"Who is this lady..." Jiang Shu asked tentatively.

"Didn't mother tell you?"

"Her name is Cheng Jinchu, the wife I married at the border." Shen Changze spoke, but his words were chilling.

What did he mean that no one had ever told her in the past six years that he married a wife at the border.

Jiang Shu turned and looked at Shen's mother: "Mother knew it a long time ago, why didn't you tell me?"

"The reason is quite complicated. Changze didn't write it clearly in the letter. I was afraid that I couldn't explain it clearly and let you misunderstand, so I wanted to wait for Changze to come back and tell you in person." Shen's mother explained guiltily.

Jiang Shu said nothing and stared at her steadily.

Shen's mother felt uncomfortable being stared at, and pushed the cute little girl in her arms: "Yan Huan, call mother quickly."

The little girl was about two or three years old, with a pair of black grape-like eyes on her round face, looking at Jiang Shu curiously.

"Yes, Yan Yang, call mother." Old Lady Shen also touched the boy in her arms.

The boy looked about four or five years old, and somewhat resembled Shen Changze. He pouted and said, "I have a mother, but she is not my mother."

"This child..." Old Madam Shen was helpless and could only say to Jiang Shu, "Shu'er, don't be angry. The child is young and ignorant."

"These two children are the Marquis's." Jiang Shu clenched her hands, her voice trembling.

Although she knew it in her heart, she still wanted to hear him admit it in person.

Shen Changze pursed his lips, a little unhappy, "Yes, they will live with me in the Suoyun Courtyard in the future, and they won't bother you."

He was her husband, a decisive general on the battlefield. How could he save his face when he was questioned by a woman like her in public?

What a man who won't bother!

When Shen Changze went to the border, Jiang Shu was afraid of destroying the layout of the main courtyard and damaging Shen Changze's belongings, so she moved to the Tingzhu Building next door, but she didn't expect it to become a place for others.

Jiang Shu's slender body trembled, and her heart was like a knife.

For six years, she worked hard to support the whole family of the Marquis's Mansion, but her husband married and had children outside, and she didn't know it at all.

This house is a family connected by blood, and she is the only outsider who is kept in the dark!

What a joke.

Cheng Jinchu, who had been silent, stood up and said: "I heard from my husband that you are one year younger than me, so I called you sister, and in the future..."

"Madam, this sister, Jiang Shu is not worthy of it." After speaking, Jiang Shu turned around and left Shouyong Hall.

"Changze, go and explain it to her, don't let her misunderstand and feel resentful." Shen's mother hurriedly said.

The expenses of this mansion are all dependent on Jiang Shu, and she must not be annoyed.

Shen Changze had a calm face and did not move.

He returned with achievements this time, and he would surely be promoted to become a new noble in the capital. Why should he lower his posture to coax a merchant's daughter.

Shen's mother was anxious: "It's not easy for her to support the mansion during your years of guarding the border. In the final analysis, you are sorry for her."

More importantly, the mansion will still rely on Jiang Shu in the future.

After hearing this, Shen Changze finally stood up.

Tingzhulou is a two-story attic with a large area of ​​purple bamboo in the courtyard, which is very elegant and quiet.

"Madam, the Marquis is here." The maid Chu Yu reported in a low voice, and pulled away the indignant Tan Yu, leaving the two alone.

Jiang Shu was angry and did not stand up to greet him.

Shen Changze walked into the room and saw Jiang Shu sitting by the window in a lilac-colored Su Xiu Yuehua brocade skirt. The bright sunlight shone on her jade-white face, making her already delicate facial features bright and radiant, so beautiful that it was breathtaking.

At this time, her brows were tightly frowned, her red lips were slightly pursed, and her face was aggrieved, which made people unconsciously want to coax her.

Shen Changze's heart softened, and he said with guilt: "I didn't intend to marry a wife, but I had no choice."

Jiang Shu didn't say anything, but his ears stood up.

"Six years ago, I was new to the battlefield and had no experience. I nearly died under the enemy's spear. My master risked his life to save me at the critical moment. Before he died, he entrusted Jinchu to me and asked me to marry her."

"Jinchu followed my master to guard the border. She has no relatives to rely on at home. I can't repay her for saving my life, so I have to marry her." Shen Changze sighed and stood beside Jiang Shu.

Jiang Shu was shocked. He never thought that there would be such a reason.

He had no choice but to entrust his life to her before his death

. But no one could force him to have two children.

After pondering for a moment, Jiang Shu asked, "What status do you plan to give her?"

He said marrying a wife, and called her Madam, what did he mean?

Hearing Jiang Shu mention this, Shen Changze was silent for a long time before he said, "Jinchu is the legitimate daughter of a general. She has done me a favor and gave birth to two children for me. It is not good to humiliate her as a concubine. I want to make her my equal wife."

"It is not good to humiliate her, so why does the Marquis humiliate me? Just because I am the daughter of a merchant and have a low status, you can humiliate me at will?" Jiang Shu's face turned red with anger, and his chest heaved.

She is the daughter of a wealthy businessman, and marrying into the Marquis's mansion is indeed marrying up, but it was the Marquis's mansion that took the initiative to ask for her to marry.

Besides, when she married into the Marquis's mansion, the Marquis's mansion was so poor that it could hardly stand in the capital. It was only because of her rich dowry that they could maintain their superficial dignity.

Now that he has returned home in glory, he wants to kill her. It is really too much!

"I don't mean to humiliate you. I just want to give Jinchu a respectable identity. You will still be the head of the Marquis' Mansion in the future. Nothing will change." Shen Changze patiently explained to her.

Who will give her respect

? Looking up at the man in front of him, Jiang Shu said coldly: "What if I don't agree?"