Chapter 001: True and False Daughter in Exchange
The thirty-second year of Baoshun.
Early summer.
"Wen Yan, you usurped Ruyue's place and enjoyed the blessings of the Wen family for sixteen years, while Ruyue suffered hardships in the countryside in your place.
Now, mother has made the decision and wants you to give up the marriage of Jinping Hou Shizi to Ruyue, as a way to make up for the debt you owed Ruyue over the years. Do you agree?"
Wen's mother Jiang Xinkui held Wen Yan's hand, her tone filled with tenderness and guilt.
Everyone who sees her will praise her as a loving mother.
Wen Yan lowered his eyes, hiding the sharpness in his eyes.
The scenes before death seemed to be right before my eyes.
She was originally the wife of the prince of the Marquis of Jinping. On the day her husband Huo Yaoxing inherited the title, Wen Ruyue gave her a cup of poison to send her off.
She struggled agonizingly under the poison.
Wen Ruyue, however, boasted in front of her, telling how she and Huo Yaoxing had an affair and even gave birth to an illegitimate child.
But Wen Yan's only child was killed by them!
Wen Ruyue patted her face triumphantly, "From now on, I'll be the Marquis's wife, and my son the Crown Prince. Thank you so much for the prosperity and wealth you've created for us!"
It turns out that... she spent half her life planning, but ended up making wedding clothes for others.
Wen Yan was filled with anger and hatred, vomiting blood continuously. He used up his last bit of strength, pounced on Wen Ruyue, bit off her trachea, and dragged her to the underworld with him!
However, Wen Ruyue's poison not only did not send her to hell, but instead she was reborn at the age of sixteen, before she married into the Marquis of Jinping's Mansion.
In her mouth, she seemed to still be cruelly smelling the stench of Ruyue's blood.
Suppressing the urge to vomit, she pretended to be aggrieved and asked, "But... the Marquis' Mansion had their eyes on me. If they suddenly change to someone else, will they agree?"
The Wen family held a third-rank official position, and even if they stretched their necks, they could not reach the marriage of the prince of the marquisate.
It was because the Marquis favored his concubine over his wife and wanted to abandon his legitimate son and let his more outstanding illegitimate son inherit the title.
The Marquis' wife was unwilling to accept this, so she wanted to find a powerful and easy-to-control daughter-in-law to help her seize power.
After careful selection, I finally decided on Wen Yan.
"You don't still think you're the daughter of the Wen family, do you?
Everyone in the capital knows that you, Wen Yan, are a fake. "The Marquis's Mansion isn't stupid. Why would they want a second-rate item like you, instead of a real daughter like me?" Wen Ruyue approached gracefully.
She held her chin high and glanced at Wen Yan with disdain.
Wen Yan frowned slightly.
How could Wen Ruyue agree to marry into the Marquis's Mansion?
Doesn’t she want her childhood sweetheart, the young scholar from the countryside?
Could it be that she was also reborn!
She and Wen Ruyue are real and fake daughters, who were taken away by mistake at birth.
The real daughter Wen Ruyue was chasing chickens and ducks in the countryside.
The fake daughter Wen Yan was raised as a lady from a noble family in the Wen family.
Fifteen years later, Wen Ruyue returns to the Wen family to restore order.
In order to compensate Wen Ruyue, the Wen family wants her to marry the son of Marquis Jinping instead of Wen Yan, so that she can enjoy a life of wealth and luxury.
However, Wen Ruyue was deeply in love with her childhood sweetheart, the scholar Ying Zhilin, and refused to marry him into the Marquis's mansion.
Unexpectedly, she became a widow and returned to her parents' home after only three or four years of marriage to the young scholar.
At this time, Wen Yan was already the Crown Prince's wife.
Huo Yaoxing, the unknown prince of Jinping, seemed to have suddenly become wise after his marriage and became calm and motivated.
He entered the officialdom through the imperial examination, and within a few years he made several contributions and gained the emperor's favor.
He used his achievements to ask for an imperial decree for Wen Yan.
Wen Yan became the youngest first-rank imperial lady in Dayong's history.
Everyone says that Wen Yan is very lucky to have married a good husband who is worth a fortune.
Oh, what's the result...
Wen Yan bit her lip and said reluctantly, "As long as the Marquis's Mansion agrees and doesn't let my parents suffer any grievances, I will be at ease. As for this marriage, it should have been my eldest sister's."
Originally, she planned to marry into the Marquis' Mansion as usual and take revenge personally.
Since Wen Ruyue is eager to get married, of course I should help her!
The Marquis of Jinping favors his concubine over his wife, his wife is jealous and narrow-minded, the old lady favors the youngest son, the illegitimate son dominates the legitimate son Huo Yaoxing. Huo Yaoxing is ambitious, but unfortunately his strength does not match his ambition!
In this life, without her advice, could Huo Yaoxing regain the Marquis's attention and successfully inherit the title?
Without her to clear up the crisis in the Marquis Mansion, how could the scumbag and the bitch still live in peace and love?
"Since you're sensible, I've also picked a good marriage for you." Wen Ruyue snorted softly, "Scholar Ying Zhilin, the top scholar identified by the headmaster of Wutong Academy.
If you marry him now, you'll be the number one scholar's wife in a few years, which is a great bargain."
Wen Ruyue had a smile on her face, but her eyes were full of hatred.
The wife of the top scholar?
Wen Yan is also worthy!
The Ying family are all vampires who eat people without leaving any bones.
It should be known that Lin is a hypocritical and pretentious short-lived person.
After she suffered torture in the Ying family and became a widow, he married her to a wealthy businessman as a concubine.
Not only can it be exchanged for a generous betrothal gift, but it can also provide a steady stream of silver and money as a tribute.
Wen Yan, no matter in the past life or the present life, you are only fit to be my stepping stone and you will never be able to turn over!
"We have checked Yingzhi Lin and it is indeed a good match. Wenyan, you can rest assured and wait for your marriage. Your mother will prepare the dowry for you." Jiang Xinkui made the final decision.
Wen Yan knew that this marriage could no longer be changed.
As for the dowry, it's a joke.
In her previous life, she married into a marquis's mansion. Jiang Xinkui prepared sixty-four loads of dowry in a grand ceremony. But when she arrived at the mansion, she found that the dowry was all for show but useless.
Because of this, she was often despised and bullied by the Marquis's wife.
In this life, she is just marrying a poor scholar. It would be strange if she could give her good things!
As for marrying Ying Zhilin and becoming a widow, it was exactly what she wanted.
After experiencing all kinds of things in her past life, she has long been calm and has no interest in love between men and women.
Being a widow made it easier for her to travel.
It turned out to be just as she expected.
The day before the wedding, Jiang Xinkui called them in to confirm the dowry.
On the left is Wen Ruyue's, with 108 carriages, gold, silver, jade, porcelain, and a full set of rosewood furniture.
The one on the right is Wen Yan’s.
Although there are twenty-four carriages, only a few of them are exposed with silk quilts, which are genuine and of good value.
The rest are silver-plated spear heads.
The entire dowry was no more than fifty taels of silver, but he wanted to gain a good reputation for being kind and continue to bind her with family affection.
The Wen family is still as greedy and hypocritical as ever.
Jiang Xinkui felt that Wen Yan should kowtow to him nine times in gratitude for giving her adopted daughter such respect.
If it were her biological parents, they probably wouldn't be able to come up with even five taels of silver, let alone fifty.
But she still acted like a loving mother and said earnestly, "The Ying family is in a bad situation. If I give you too much dowry, I'm afraid your husband will think you're superior to him.
Men are all concerned about their reputation. If he becomes the top scorer in the imperial examination one day, how can he respect you? "
Wen Yan sneered.
That's not what she said in her previous life.
She said that the Ying family was poor, and the richer the dowry, the more confident Wen Ruyue would be in her husband's family.
Wen Yan smiled gently: "Thank you for your concern, mother. Please seal the box."
Seeing that she understood his situation, Jiang Xinkui's smile became more sincere.
Wen Ruyue sneered at the dowry.
That night.
Wen Ruyue brought several maids to the yard where the dowry was kept.
She waved her hand and the maid acted according to her instructions.
The Ying family is only interested in profit.
When they open Wen Yan's dowry and find that it is full of stones and broken tiles, they will definitely be furious!
How could the Ying family let her go after suffering such a great loss?
He will surely torture her in many different ways.
Thinking of the torture that Wen Yan was about to face, she couldn't help but look forward to it!
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