Chapter 16 The Cuckolded Prince (6)
Jiang Cheng took Wen's dowry and felt a little uneasy. When he went to Yihonglou to repay the money, he told himself that he would leave after paying the money.
Although he was dissatisfied with Wen before, he thought about it carefully and felt that Wen was doing it for his own good, so he shouldn't hold a grudge against her.
It’s just that things are often just beautiful in our imaginations.
After the madam got Jiang Cheng's money, she immediately shouted towards the courtesan's room. The courtesan, wearing a red gauze skirt, twisted her slender waist and wrapped herself around Jiang Cheng's arm.
After being coaxed by the courtesan, Jiang Cheng completely forgot his guilt towards Wen before entering Yihonglou and followed her into the courtesan's room.
For the next half month, Jiang Cheng completely treated Yihonglou as his second home. He stayed there at night, returned home early the next morning to get Wen's dowry, and then delivered the money to the brothel owner after nightfall.
Jiang Cheng was coaxed by the courtesan every day, and his self-confidence swelled to the point of bursting. He no longer cared about the rumors in the government office.
He is just lucky, so what? What's wrong with having a father-in-law who is willing to help him?
Let those people be envious, jealous and hateful!
In order to avoid Wen's suspicion, he took Wen to the government office and showed her the temporary sleeping place he had built.
Wen watched Jiang Cheng coming back from work early in the morning every day. She was worried about his health but also happy about his efforts.
If he continues to work hard like this, his father will be able to promote him within half a year.
However, Wen's mother's family did not have a huge fortune, and the dowry they gave her was limited.
Jiang Cheng squandered money without any scruples in half a month and spent two-thirds of her dowry.
On this day, Wen saw that Liu's birthday was approaching, so she wanted to go to the storehouse to see if there was any gift she could give her as a birthday present.
Just this one look frightened Wen so much that she fainted in the warehouse.
When Jiang Cheng came back, he happened to meet the maid who went to report to Liu, and immediately stopped her.
He knew that he could no longer hide the matter, so he had to take the initiative to confess to Liu.
Jiang Cheng knelt before Wen's bed, tears welling in his eyes, "My dear, I took your dowry, it wasn't stolen by a thief."
Wen Shi was so shocked that the handkerchief she wiped her tears with stopped on her face, and she forgot to move. "You... why are you..."
"Before, you said you were afraid of my elder brother. I didn't want to see you worried in your own home, so I thought about making more money, buying a house, taking you out of the palace, and living on our own."
"I happened to have a friend who was doing business, and I wanted to join him, but, you know, I didn't have the capital, and I didn't want you to look down on me, so I secretly embezzled your dowry, thinking I would make it up to you when I made money."
"He went to Jiangnan and sold all the thousands of kilograms of goods he brought from the capital. My investment multiplied several times over. But on his way back, he encountered a wave at sea and sank with his boat. His body has not been found to this day, and the money he brought back has also disappeared."
Jiang Cheng, with a look of remorse on his face, knelt down and took two steps forward, then grabbed Wen's hand and hit himself in the face.
"My wife, please hit me. It's all my fault. I squandered all your dowry. Please hit me hard," he said, and tears of regret flowed down his face.
Wen raised her hand, as if to hit him in the face.
Jiang Cheng closed his eyes tightly and waited for a long time, but he didn't feel the pain on his face as he had imagined.
He slowly opened his eyes and saw Wen's hands frozen in the air, crying uncontrollably.
Jiang Cheng took advantage of the situation and hugged Wen in his arms, speaking words of regret.
Because Jiang Cheng actively admitted his mistakes and gave sincere assurances, Wen Shi finally did not tell Liu Shi about this.
Only two-thirds of the dowry was gone, and Wen was still heartbroken for a long time.
That day she went out shopping with a few close friends. Before this, she relied on her dowry and would buy anything she liked, no matter the price.
But now that she no longer has such support, she can only be restrained when shopping and can only look but not buy.
"Wan'er, you're still wearing the same headband that Yudiexuan wore a few months ago. Why didn't Mr. Jiang, the doting wife-loving maniac in Beijing, buy you a new style this month?"
The sister who was traveling with us joked.
Wen's mouth corners lifted, forcing a smile.
"He recently got a promotion and is very busy all day. I didn't want him to be distracted anymore, so I told him that I would take care of small matters like this myself from now on."
"I know you two are in love. I didn't ask just now, so I was shown off my love for nothing."
Wen smiled but didn't reply.
When they parted after the shopping, several of the maids were carrying a lot of things, but only Wen's maid was carrying an inconspicuous little box.
This was the first time that Wen lost face in front of her sisters.
Ever since Wen Shi found out that he had taken her dowry, the little bit of self-respect that Jiang Cheng had left in his heart reminded him all the time that he had no face left in front of Wen Shi.
He vowed to make up for Wen's dowry and redeem his lost face.
On my way home from work that day, I passed by a casino and saw a man taking out a thick stack of banknotes.
When he asked around, he found out that he had invested five taels of silver and came out with five hundred taels.
He had been living in the capital since he was a child, so he naturally knew that gambling was unreliable. He just looked at the banknotes in the man's hand with envy and went back home.
"Boss, Jiang Cheng saw it, but he didn't seem interested," Wanzai said to Muyan, who had used illusion to bewitch everyone.
Mu Yan put away the thick stack of straw paper in her hand and stuffed it into her sleeve. "Wan Zi, let's make a bet. If he doesn't come to the casino within five days, I will call you Boss. If he comes, you will call me Dad until this mission is completed."
Maruzai: ...something seems to be wrong.
"What do you think, do you want to bet?" Mu Yan urged him.
Wanzai really wanted to hear Muyan call him "big boss". He had been exploited for so long and wanted to turn things around.
"bet."
Mu Yan raised the corners of his mouth and revealed a wicked smile, thinking to himself, just wait for me to call me daddy.
Two days before Muyan and Wanzi made the bet, everything was calm.
Maruzai was very excited. There were still three days before Muyan would call him "big brother".
But something unexpected happened on the third day.
Wen went shopping with her sisters several times in a row, but didn't buy anything. She could feel that the way her sisters looked at her had changed.
Before, it was envy, now... sympathy, gloating, gossip...
That day she still only bought a small gadget that was not worth much, and the sisters who were traveling with her looked at her with even more naked eyes.
Halfway through the tour, Wen left early to go home, saying that she had something to do at the palace.
She entered the palace and could still hear the sisters laughing and gossiping about her behind her.
When she returned to the yard and saw Jiang Cheng, Wen Shi felt resentful towards him for the first time.
While eating, I casually asked him about his promotion.
It has been a while since the last promotion. Judging from the speed at which his father works, Jiang Cheng should be ready for a promotion now.
However, she only asked one question, but Jiang Cheng gave him a bunch of replies, and finally threw his chopsticks and left angrily.
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