No one in the room believed Jiang Mingzhe's words.
"Jiang Mingzhe, do you think you can threaten me and make me agree to let her marry into the Jiang family? Impossible." Old Madam Jiang absolutely would not allow Jiang Mingzhe to marry a widow with three children in tow.
Jiang Mingzhe chuckled, "Madam, you're getting senile. Didn't you hear what I said? I'm not marrying, I'm getting married."
"Jiang Mingzhe, do you want to marry into the Li family?" Cai Damei walked over.
"Mother," Ye Yunniang tried to say something, but Cai Damei stopped her by raising her hand.
Cai Damei stared straight at Jiang Mingzhe, "You want to marry into the Li family?"
“Mother, I am willing to marry into the Li family.” Jiang Mingzhe said without the slightest hesitation.
“Okay, I agree.” Cai Damei was satisfied with Jiang Mingzhe’s answer.
"I disagree. Jiang Mingzhe, if you dare to marry into the family, I will go to the yamen to sue you for filial impiety and disobedience. I will put you in jail, and you can forget about marrying Ye Yunniang for the rest of your life." Old Madam Jiang's attitude was very firm.
“Jiang Mingde will never be able to return from the frontier in his entire life.” Jiang Mingzhe struck at the heart of Old Madam Jiang’s weakness.
"Are you threatening me?"
"It's not a threat, it's a discussion."
"The Emperor has already pardoned De'er. Whether he returns or not is not for you to decide." Old Madam Jiang did not believe Jiang Mingzhe's words.
"You can try to see if I can do it." Jiang Mingzhe's words left Old Madam Jiang speechless for a moment.
Madam Jiang disliked Jiang Mingzhe, but she had to admit that among her three sons, Jiang Mingzhe was the most capable.
Jiang Mingzhe is a man of his word.
“He’s your older brother, and you don’t even think about brotherly affection,” Old Madam Jiang said gently.
“It wasn’t like that when he forced me to marry Zhuang Meixue in order to get promoted.”
When he was a child, Jiang Mingzhe greatly admired his older brother, who was good at studying.
Therefore, Jiang Mingzhe studied hard, hoping to gain praise from Jiang Mingde.
Jiang Mingzhe stayed up all night reciting the Thousand Character Classic, but instead of praise, he received slander and framing from Jiang Mingde.
Jiang Mingzhe's attempts to explain were futile; he was beaten until his skin was torn and bleeding.
Jiang Mingzhe was unwilling to be wronged and sought an explanation from Jiang Mingde.
Jiang Mingzhe still remembers Jiang Mingde's answer: "The Jiang family only needs me, the one who can study."
After that, whenever Jiang Mingzhe excelled in his studies, he was always the best.
Jiang Mingde would frame him again and again.
The biased Mr. and Mrs. Jiang did not give Jiang Mingzhe any chance to explain himself, and instead beat and scolded him.
Until Jiang Mingzhe completely gave up on the path of the imperial examination and went into business.
Old Madam Jiang arrived full of confidence, but left dejected. What she thought she had in control of the situation was utterly insignificant in Jiang Mingzhe's eyes.
Chunyao, who wanted to go with Madam Jiang, was stopped by Chef Jin.
"Second Master, we're going back to our hometown tomorrow."
Chef Jin originally planned to wait until after Jiang Mingzhe's wedding before leaving, but now he'd better leave sooner rather than later.
"Write to me if you need anything in the future." Jiang Mingzhe was satisfied with Chef Jin.
"Second Master, please take care." Chef Jin pulled the reluctant Chunyao away from the Li family.
"My hand hurts, let go."
Chunyao forcefully pushed Chef Jin's hand away. She rubbed her wrist with her other hand; it hurt so much.
"Go home," Chef Jin urged, his brow furrowed.
"I'm not leaving. I want to stay in Jiangcheng." Chunyao didn't want to go back to her hometown and live a hard life.
"I will take the children with me." Chef Jin made the decision without the slightest hesitation.
"Jin Dachuan, have you lost your mind? Why are you giving up the rich and comfortable life in Jiangcheng to take your son back to your hometown to suffer in poverty?"
“Jin Dachuan, Jin Gao and Jin Dou are your own sons. If you don’t consider my feelings, you should at least consider your two sons. Can you bear to let them spend their whole lives doing nothing in this small town?”
Jin Dachuan couldn't bear it, but he couldn't let Chunyao ruin the last bit of affection he had for Jiang Mingzhe and harm all his sons.
Are you leaving or not?
"I won't leave. I'd rather die in Jiangcheng."
“Okay, let’s get a divorce. From now on, I won’t ask what you do in Jiangcheng.” Jin Dachuan’s attitude was clear: if Chunyao didn’t leave, they would get a divorce.
"Are you really going to go this far?"
"Did you force me to do this?" Chef Jin didn't want to either, but Chunyao's temper had already flared up.
"Let's get a divorce then, who's afraid of who?" Chunyao was disappointed in Jin Dachuan, but she also felt that this was the best course of action.
With his silver tongue, he's sure to live a good life.
In the Li family, Ye Yunniang listened to Cai Damei and Jiang Mingzhe discussing finding a matchmaker to arrange for her son-in-law to marry into the family.
Is Jiang Mingzhe really going to marry into the family?
"no."
Ye Yunniang interrupted their discussion.
"Jiang Mingzhe, marrying into a family is no joke. Don't do anything reckless."
After talking about Jiang Mingzhe, Ye Yunniang then said to Cai Damei, "Why is Mother also following his nonsense?"
"You two talk it out." Cai Damei said this and left, leaving the two of them alone.
"Jiang Mingzhe, marrying into another family is not something you can just say casually."
Jiang Mingzhe didn't speak, he just looked at Ye Yunniang.
"What's wrong?" Ye Yunniang looked down at herself, but there was nothing wrong.
What did you call me?
"Jiang Mingzhe?" Is something wrong? Ye Yunniang blinked in confusion.
Something's very wrong; they are a couple about to get married.
Calling someone by their full name makes them seem too unfamiliar.
Outsiders who overheard this assumed that the couple had a bad relationship.
"It's not appropriate to call him 'husband'." They weren't married yet. Besides, Ye Yunniang couldn't bring herself to call him 'husband'.
Ye Yunniang thought for a moment, "How about I call you, Mingzhe?"
"Too ordinary." Jiang Mingzhe didn't like it; he wanted a name that reflected their intimacy.
"Hmm, Pan'er's father, An'an's father, Pingping's father, the child's father, Jiang Lang, Zhe Zhe, Xiao Zhe..." Ye Yunniang rattled off more than ten titles in one breath, "Which one is better?"
Jiang Mingzhe was not satisfied with any of it.
Ye Yunniang recalled that Cai Damei would occasionally call her father-in-law "brother".
"Why can't I call you brother?"
Upon hearing "brother," Jiang Mingzhe's expression changed.
"Shout it again."
"What are you shouting for?"
"Call me brother."
"elder brother."
"Say it again."
"Jiang...no, Mother's home..."
...
After some "discussion," Ye Yunniang decided to call her by her full name.
"Jiang Mingzhe, do you really not have any businesses?"
"No."
"Impossible," Ye Yunniang said, refusing to believe it.
"I have no money. You don't want to marry me anymore."
“I married you because I wanted to marry you, not because you are rich.” Ye Yunniang was unhappy that Jiang Mingzhe doubted her.
"I know, my wife has her eye on me." Jiang Mingzhe kissed Ye Yunniang.
“We’re being serious.” Ye Yunniang blocked Jiang Mingzhe’s way.
“This is the most proper way.” Jiang Mingzhe hugged Ye Yunniang, enjoying their time alone together.
He also explained why he had no business.
Jiang Mingzhe asked Li Ping to audit the accounts at the end of the year.
On the one hand, it tests his abilities.
On the other hand, he handed over all his businesses to Li Ping.
After hearing this, Ye Yunniang climbed out of Jiang Mingzhe's arms and asked, "Are you serious?"
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