Jiang Tian's husband will be implicated, not to mention her father.
The two children might also be stigmatized.
One small thing can have far-reaching consequences; Jiang Tian's presence is truly an eyesore.
After learning the inside story, Jiang Tian's father went to see the Duke that very night and presented his plan.
Nobody wants to be associated with that kind of crime, so they have to give up their pawns.
The two talked late into the night and finally reached an agreement.
A few days later, Jiang Tian began to fall ill.
Her poison was administered by the Jiang family; it was colorless and odorless, yet deadly.
The Duke's Mansion tacitly approved of the Jiang family's actions.
They've even thought of a suitable second wife, so the two families will still be related by marriage.
Eliminating the threat posed by Jiang Tian would also greatly benefit the male protagonist's career.
The passing of the lady would preserve the Duke's family's reputation for benevolence and allow them to weather this crisis unscathed.
As for Jiang Tian's life—it is the most insignificant thing.
Perhaps it wasn't an accident; the concubine knew Jiang Tian wouldn't live much longer, so she told Jiang Tian the truth.
Jiang Tian died far too slowly. She was so angry that she wanted to die quickly so her daughter could marry into the family on an auspicious day.
Sure enough, psychological warfare works.
Jiang Tian died of anger that very day.
A grand funeral.
No one knows how many conspiracies and schemes were hidden in her death.
Turned into a handful of dust, who would care about her?
Later, the male and female protagonists naturally lived happily ever after, and their two sons accepted their new mother without any reservations, making them a joyful family.
Jiang Tian has become an insignificant memory.
As a background character, Jiang Tian rarely appears in the story.
The original novel mostly describes the adjustments the male and female protagonists make after marriage, so who would bring up a dead person for no reason?
Later, when Jiang Tian's uncle's case was overturned, her cousin endured humiliation and re-entered the circle of power and influence, treating Jiang Tian's two sons as close juniors and doing his best to help them enter officialdom.
The female lead, grateful for her cousin's kindness and saddened by her sister's untimely death, had her two children offer incense to Jiang Tian to express their remembrance—this was Jiang Tian's last appearance.
Later, the male protagonist rose through the ranks to a very prominent position, and the female protagonist also benefited from her husband's rise to become a Lady of Imperial Decree.
Their lives were noble and happy, but who would think about how much blood and bones they trampled underfoot?
The male protagonist is naturally Jiang Tian's original husband, while the male supporting character in this book is the emperor of this dynasty.
When he was still the crown prince, he was a classmate of the male lead. Later, he met the female lead and developed some friendship with the couple.
Later, when he ascended the throne, the male protagonist, along with Jiang Tian's cousin, did a lot of work for him.
He can be considered the invisible golden finger of the male and female protagonists. The reason why the male protagonist's official career is so stable is naturally because his old friend sits in the court.
The male supporting character is just a normal emperor, and he doesn't have a romantic relationship with the female lead.
[Targets for romance: Male lead Lu Zhixing, male supporting character Yuan Ye]
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Jiang Tian traveled to a time when she had finished making her final arrangements, heard the truth from her concubine, and was on her deathbed, about to die of anger.
After the concubine left, the maids continued to ignore Jiang Tian, who was on the verge of death.
The next day, they found Jiang Tian dead in her sickbed.
Right now, the first thing to do is—survive.
That night, all was quiet.
A scream pierced the silent night sky.
"Fire! Fire! Yiqiu Courtyard is on fire!"
Countless people were awakened from their sleep!
"Where is the fire going!"
"Hurry, hurry, put out the fire!"
Countless servants rushed to put out the fire without even being properly dressed.
Yiqiu Courtyard is where the lady lives. Although she is dying, if the fire continues to spread, none of them will be able to escape!
Lu Zhixing was still awake when he came out of his study.
Upon hearing the servant's flustered report, his face instantly turned ashen.
"Put out the fire as quickly as possible!"
"yes!"
At that moment, everyone forgot to care about Jiang Tian's safety.
After all, she was a dying woman, so who would care whether she lived or died?
Unexpectedly, despite the large number of servants rushing to put out the fire, the fire not only failed to be extinguished but instead grew even stronger.
If the fire continues like this, the entire house might be reduced to ashes.
Lu Zhixing could only send his servants to borrow people and water.
Unfortunately, too much time was wasted, and in the end, the servants could only ensure that the fire did not spread to other places, while the entire Yiqiu Courtyard was burned to the ground.
Of those living inside, only a few maids managed to escape.
Jiang Tian was naturally buried there.
The skeleton was retracted, making it impossible to identify who it was.
Suddenly, a huge fire made the Duke's mansion famous in the capital.
Everyone knew that the fire in his mansion burned for a whole day and night.
Just as the fire subsided, news spread from somewhere that Lu Zhixing, the heir of the Duke's mansion, had tacitly allowed his servants to start the fire so that he could remarry as soon as possible.
I heard that they had already made proper arrangements for the Crown Prince's wife's funeral and also arranged for her to remarry her younger sister. They had even calculated an auspicious day. Unfortunately, the first wife was still alive, which blocked the good things for both families.
Originally, this was just a rumor circulating among the people, but for some reason, the rumor spread wider and wider, and many people in the capital knew about it, and it even reached the ears of the censor.
Not long after, the Duke was impeached.
Although the emperor did not believe the rumors, the Duke's family, in order to avoid suspicion, postponed the originally scheduled wedding date by three months.
Lu Zhixing stayed indoors for several days, reportedly to pray for his wife's well-being.
Some people in the capital believed it, while others did not.
In short, news had already spread that Lu Zhixing had allowed his wife to burn to death in the backyard in order to marry a second wife as soon as possible, and his reputation for ruthlessness could not be salvaged.
The fact that the Jiang family was willing to marry another daughter to such a man shows that their desire to curry favor with the powerful is truly undeniable.
The Jiang family was known for its refined and noble character, yet they sold their daughter for personal gain; no wonder others looked down on them.
As a result, the Jiang family became the target of public criticism.
Because of a fire, both families became "scumbags" overnight, and even their close friends and relatives dared not visit them.
They gritted their teeth in secret, but the cause of the fire was nowhere to be found, and Jiang Tian had already passed away. They had no choice but to accept their fate.
A rainy night. On the official road.
A troop of soldiers galloped through the torrential rain.
Their eyes were resolute, undeterred by wind and rain, as they followed the leading man into the darkness.
Lightning flashed and thunder roared across the sky, and torrential rain poured down relentlessly.
A sudden clap of thunder rang out, but everyone remained unfazed.
The leader's attendants were always very perceptive; otherwise, they wouldn't have been appointed as the man's deputy.
In the heavy rain, he focused intently, making the most of his strengths and not missing any abnormalities.
Suddenly, his gaze froze!
After taking another look, he no longer hesitated and immediately reported, "Your Highness, there is a woman ahead who has fainted!"
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