For Jiang Tian, it would be ideal if the couple could treat each other with respect.
The male protagonist is not a violent person. Her husband does not take concubines, does not have mistresses, and does not frequent brothels. He is a good man.
Countless people envy her marriage.
The two of them continued living their lives together.
Later, Jiang Tian became pregnant and gave birth to two sons, which naturally solidified her position.
The Duchess, who was also her mother-in-law, had stopped interfering in affairs a long time ago.
Born in the countryside, she married the Duke by chance, and thus had limited control over important matters.
After Jiang Tian married into the family, the affairs of the entire clan fell on her shoulders.
With such a large family, she was simply too busy.
Because she was too busy, she entrusted her two sons to a trusted wet nurse and would check on them from time to time.
She also tried her best to be perfect for her husband, so that he wouldn't have to worry about anything in the household.
She is intelligent and eager to learn; once she makes a mistake, she doesn't repeat it.
Before long, she became adept at managing the household affairs and did so very well.
Her life seemed peaceful, respectable, and well-regarded.
But one day, she suddenly fell ill.
I initially thought it was a cold, and the doctor who came to see me also said it was a cold, so I treated it as such.
Unexpectedly, her illness worsened until she became bedridden.
At that time, how could Jiang Tian have imagined that someone actually wanted to take her life?
She was also afraid that if she fell ill, it would delay the affairs of the household. Even while she was sick, she was busy with the accounts and inquiring about all sorts of trivial matters. She was really using her energy to keep going.
It was just a minor cold that would have been cured with a few days of medicine, but after drinking the medicine for almost a month, she not only didn't get better, but her condition worsened and she became delirious.
The male protagonist went from being indifferent at the beginning to staying by her bedside with his two children in the end.
Medicine was sent from various mansions, and Jiang Tian's family also sent people to visit her frequently.
Meanwhile, Jiang Tian's half-sister, the female protagonist of this world, was sent over to take care of her during her illness.
Despite the concern of so many people, Jiang Tian's illness worsened. The imperial physician said she was on the verge of death and urged the household to prepare for her passing.
At that time, Jiang Tian had been married to the male lead for twelve years and was just twenty-eight years old.
The eldest son is eleven years old, and the youngest son is eight years old.
In a few years, when her son goes to take the imperial examination, she can finally breathe a sigh of relief.
But it was precisely at this moment that she couldn't go on.
It's impossible to say I'm willing to give it up.
But everyone has their own destiny, and who can defy fate?
On her deathbed, Jiang Tian repeatedly gave instructions to her husband and children, making arrangements for her final affairs.
She even deliberately called the wet nurse to her bedside and gave her a few words of advice.
The wet nurse had always taken care of the two young masters, and both sons respected her greatly, so the wet nurse became quite arrogant.
To Jiang Tian's surprise, she had meant well and wanted the servants to treat the two young masters with more respect, so she deliberately reprimanded the wet nurse.
But after she finished speaking, she was met with hostility from her two sons.
The two sons had no feelings for her to begin with; they had already gotten the maternal love they wanted from their wet nurse. How could they be happy when Jiang Tian was cursing the mother they had chosen?
Jiang Tian was heartbroken that her son was so unreasonable, and her illness worsened.
At this time, her maternal family sent someone to emphasize the matter of having her half-sister become a second wife.
The reasons are, of course, very valid.
If the male protagonist were to marry a noblewoman from another family, her sons would definitely be marginalized.
But if a family member marries into the family, there are naturally many benefits.
These days, the female lead has been taking care of Jiang Tian while she is ill. Jiang Tian can see that this girl is a bit eccentric, but at least the children are close to her.
Rather than letting the wet nurse control the two sons, it would be better to hand them over to her sister.
As I said before, the female lead is her own family.
Jiang Tian, believing she wouldn't live much longer, could only nod.
Later, it was she who persuaded the male protagonist.
With his first wife pleading, how could the male protagonist refuse?
He was originally planning to remarry.
So even before Jiang Tian died, the male lead's remarriage was already a done deal.
Even at this moment, Jiang Tian still didn't notice anything unusual.
Later, Jiang Tian returned the indentures of her personal maids, found them good futures, and let them go.
Several new maids came to serve her, but seeing that her illness had worsened and fewer and fewer people were visiting her, they couldn't help but be less attentive.
After all, what needed to be decided has already been decided.
With a new mistress in place, who would care about Jiang Tian, who was barely clinging to life?
Perhaps she was too arrogant, because one day, while Jiang Tian was half asleep, she heard a shocking truth.
On that day, it happened to be Jiang Tian's father's favorite concubine who came to visit her.
Jiang Tian's father had a good reputation among the people, but no one knew that he was also a man who favored his concubine over his wife.
His legal wife, Jiang Tian's biological mother, was born into a prestigious family; she was the daughter of a general.
At the time, marrying her was considered a step up for him.
However, Jiang Tian's mother did not look down on her husband. Instead, she wholeheartedly encouraged him and used her family's resources to help him rise in the ranks.
Later, Jiang Tian's father gradually rose to a high position, but he became increasingly neglectful of his wife.
One year, he acquired a beautiful concubine by chance and doted on her excessively.
Jiang Tian's mother made a fuss several times, but Jiang Tian's father's status had already risen considerably by then, and in the end, the matter could only be dropped.
Later, Jiang Tian's mother passed away a few years after she was born.
Jiang Tian's father hired a strict nanny for her, who demanded that she be treated according to the standards of a well-bred young lady.
Jiang Tian was raised to be too obedient, and she took on everything herself.
But she was a woman, a mother, and a wife, and she couldn't be in two places at once.
She was too young then and thought her mother had died of a simple illness, but the concubine let it slip—
Years later, Jiang Tian finally learned that her mother had been angered to death by that concubine.
Her mother is dead, and now it's her daughter's turn.
Jiang Tian's death was not due to a sudden cold that worsened her condition, but rather because someone deliberately poisoned her.
At that time, the situation in the court was extremely chaotic.
Jiang Tian's mother's family had been military families for generations.
After her younger sister passed away, Jiang Tian's uncle took great care of his niece and would often invite her to stay at his home for a couple of days.
Jiang Tian was also very filial to her uncle.
Jiang Tian's father had no feelings for his daughter. Jiang Tian's uncle was both her uncle and her true father in her heart.
With her uncle's support, Jiang Tian was able to marry into the Duke's mansion smoothly, without having her marriage stolen by some villains.
But in the same year she fell ill, her uncle was suspected of treason.
With the evidence irrefutable, and her uncle about to be executed by slow slicing, Jiang Tian's father, fearing implication, wished he could sever all ties with his family.
Jiang Tian has always had a very good relationship with her uncle, so her presence naturally makes her the first person to be affected.
Although she married into the Duke's mansion and wouldn't be implicated, with her around, the male lead might have to sit on the sidelines for several years.
The blame lies with his wife having such a relative.
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