Mrs. Jiang's brother returned home disappointed and said to Mrs. Jiang in great confusion, "What medicine has Jiang Zhi taken? He used to be like a quail in front of me, but today he's so arrogant that he doesn't even look at me, as if he's so proud of himself."
"Do you think he's hooked up with some noble lady of higher status than us?"
Although Jiang Zhi is not a good person and even though he is not young anymore, his face is still intimidating.
Mrs. Jiang became anxious when she heard this.
"No, that's impossible."
But she was also afraid that it was true. However, she was used to acting like a spoiled brat in front of Jiang Zhi, and it was impossible for her to bow to Jiang Zhi now.
After much deliberation, she decided to let her daughter Jiang Yuan return to the Jiang family.
Jiang Yuan married the eldest son of Ningyuan Marquisate. Jiang Zhi has always been most proud of having such a son-in-law.
As the only daughter of Mrs. Jiang, Jiang Yuan has been loved and spoiled by Jiang Zhi since she was a child.
This time Jiang Yuan came back with Gu Chen.
Although she was very dissatisfied with her father's attitude towards her mother, Jiang Yuan still kept her mother's advice in mind and acted like a well-behaved and cute child.
Unlike Jiang Yi, Jiang Zhi truly loved and doted on Jiang Yuan and raised her. He really had some feelings for this daughter. Now that Jiang Yuan spoke of her mother in such a well-behaved and aggrieved manner, Jiang Zhi also felt a little distressed.
"It's not that I'm heartless towards your mother, it's just that your mother doesn't know the seriousness of the matter. I didn't say anything about how she treated Jiang Yi before, but now that Jiang Yi has been appreciated by a noble, she still treats him like this. Is she trying to plunge our entire Jiang family into an irretrievable situation?"
Jiang Yuan's eyelids jumped. She never thought that it was because of Jiang Yi.
"How could a married woman like her be appreciated by a noble? Could it be that Li Huaqing had some good fortune? But he was born in a poor family, so even if he had any good fortune, it would not be comparable to our young master's." Jiang Yuan said subconsciously: "No, she is about to divorce Li Huaqing, so even if she did benefit from it, how much could she benefit from it? Could it be that she really..."
Jiang Zhi nodded, "Exactly."
Jiang Yuan murmured, "How can she be worthy?"
Thinking about how Gu Chen had fallen in love with Jiang Yi at first sight, she was a little convinced but also a little unwilling, "Who is that person? Could he be better than my Gu Chen?"
Jiang Zhi said: "It is the current emperor."
Jiang Yuan was stunned but not anxious, and continued: "How is it possible..."
"How could she possibly know the Emperor?"
"The emperor personally sent her back to the palace. My father saw it with his own eyes. How could it be false? If not, I would not have treated your mother like that." Jiang Zhi said with certainty.
Jiang Yuan went out in a daze, thinking of telling Mrs. Jiang the news as soon as possible.
She calmed herself down and wanted to go look for Gu Chen, but she would go back first.
A maid said that Gu Chen went to the back garden, so she went to look for Gu Chen, but unexpectedly ran into Gu Chen talking to Jiang Yi.
Gu Chen has always been a polite and courteous person. Although he liked Jiang Yi at the beginning, he did not meet Jiang Yi alone in private. Instead, he asked someone from Ningyuan Marquis' Mansion to come to his house to discuss the matter.
Later, she designed him to marry her. Even though there were some disagreements at the beginning of their marriage, he was a soft-hearted man. With her efforts, Gu Chen gradually opened his heart to her. In the years since they got married, even though she had never been pregnant, Gu Chen had never taken a concubine.
Not long ago, she was diagnosed with pregnancy and thought her life would get better and better, but she didn't expect Jiang Yi to come back suddenly.
Why did she come back?
Why should this humble concubine's daughter steal all her glory?
Her face was very embarrassed for a moment, but when Gu Chen saw her, a smile flashed across his face.
Gu Chen said to Jiang Yi, "Your sister is over there."
When Gu Chen looked over, Jiang Yuan quickly revealed a slightly twisted smile, but fortunately, she was far away and Gu Chen didn't see it.
Jiang Yuan came over and asked, "What is the prince talking to my sister about?"
Gu Chen said, "I just saw my second sister here, so I thought of coming over to say hello. I just learned about everything my second sister has been through recently, and I can't help but feel that my second sister has a miserable life."
There was deep pity in Gu Chen's eyes.
Thinking of the Jiang Yi I met before, she was a very kind-hearted girl. Even if she saw a cat was injured, she would not hesitate to help.
But he never expected that he would meet the wrong person and even almost lose his life.
Gu Chen couldn't help feeling a little melancholy.
Then he said to Jiang Yi: "If you have any trouble, you may go to your sister."
Jiang Yuan also smiled and said, "There are only three of us siblings in the mansion. We should help each other. If you have any difficulties, please tell me."
Jiang Yi just looked at Jiang Yuan coldly.
When Jiang Yuan was young, she would often be bullied by a group of her friends. They would even put dog food in front of her and make her crawl over to eat it for fun.
She knew that her sister had never had any good intentions, not to mention that Mrs. Jiang's previous departure from home was somewhat related to her.
Jiang Yuan was just pretending in front of Gu Chen.
But she had no intention of pretending to be affectionate with her sister, and at the moment she simply said, "I'm not in any trouble. I just want my sister and brother-in-law to live their lives well."
Her attitude was extremely cold, and Gu Chen and Jiang Yuan didn't know what to say, so they both said goodbye.
On the way home, Jiang Yuan and Gu Chen complained, "We were kind enough to help her just now, but she didn't appreciate it. It seemed like we were the ones trying to help her."
"She and I have never had a good relationship. If we get too close to her, she might think we're trying to harm her."
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