Chapter 98: Exposing each other's secrets
Chu Furong was embarrassed, and the gazes of those people were like needles piercing Ji Jinglan's back. Her heart was pounding, and she desperately wanted to escape. But because Chu Yunlan hadn't finished his words, Ji Jinglan kept her feet firmly planted.
She whispered to herself what Chu Yunlan had said, that as long as Chen Shuwei was willing to go home, he would forgive her for what she had done in the past and could even ensure that she became the Third Prince's consort.
Hearing about the Third Prince's wife, Chen Shuwei's eyes flickered, but her expression remained expressionless: "Madam, you should go back and ask a good doctor to look at your son's brain. Since ancient times, the marriage of a prince has been decided by the royal family. When will Chu Yunlan be able to decide the prince's marriage on behalf of Concubine Rou and His Majesty?"
Ji Jinglan's face turned pale. No matter how stupid she was, she understood the meaning of Shen Shuwei's words. Chu Yunlan's words were not only beyond the rules, but also an offense to the royal family.
Shen Shuwei took in her reaction, smiled and said slowly, "Chu Yunlan forgot how his leg was broken. Could it be that Madam has forgotten too?"
"You dare to speak ill of the prince and even claim to have the final say on his marriage. Is the Marquisate planning a rebellion?"
Ji Jinglan's legs went weak and she almost fell to her knees.
That night she was woken up from her sleep by the nanny, and what she heard was that Chu Yunlan had his leg broken because he made irresponsible remarks about the marriage of Prince Jing and said that he wanted to have another prince brother-in-law.
Now Shen Shuwei said that Chu Yunlan was rebelling by saying such things, and rebellion would lead to the execution of nine generations of the family. Ji Jinglan was suddenly panicked and could not help but blame his son in his heart.
Yun Lan is really something. He even broke a leg because of this, how dare he say such outrageous words? Fortunately, he was cautious and only spoke in a low voice to Shen Shuwei and did not spread it out.
The more Ji Jinglan thought about it, the more she felt that she was smart and cautious, but she was still worried in her heart.
Looking at Ji Jinglan who was walking back in a daze, Chen Shuwei frowned slightly, and a deep meaning flashed in his eyes.
In the previous life, the Marquis of Jingning's Mansion really had a concubine of the Third Prince, Chu Xinrou, who replaced her and married into the Third Prince's Mansion.
Although the Jingning Marquisate is still connected to the Third Prince in this life, the connection is far less close than in the previous life. Without her efforts to mediate, the Jingning Marquisate in this life would not be considered the Third Prince's right-hand man.
The Third Prince is a selfish and calculating person. The Marquis of Jingning's Mansion is of little use to him in this life. He will not use his own marriage as a bargaining chip to marry the daughter of the Marquis of Jingning's Mansion.
Then the question is, why is Chu Yunlan so sure that he can make her the Third Prince's consort that he even asks Ji Jinglan to pass on this message.
He was a cripple and had no connection with the Third Prince, and the Third Prince would never make a promise about his marriage.
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When Ji Jinglan returned to her seat at the Marquis' Mansion, she ran into Chu Xinrou, who had been scolded by Chu Furong and was sitting there crying and wiping her tears.
Ji Jinglan was already nervous, and Chu Xinrou's crying made her even more upset. This daughter was really useless.
Not only was the household affairs in a mess, but the housekeeper power that she had worked so hard to hold for over ten years was snatched away by the bitch mother and daughter of Concubine Liu because of her stupid behavior.
Yesterday she came to me and asked me to take her to attend the welcoming banquet for Master Yue, saying that I could definitely help her build good relationships with the ladies of the aristocratic families.
As a result, it's been half a day and she hasn't done anything, and now she's still crying!
Ji Jinglanshi became more and more angry as he watched, and could not help but shout, "Why are you crying? It's a beautiful day and there are so many people here. Don't you think my Jingning Marquis Mansion is shameful enough?"
Chu Xinrou hadn't responded yet. Chu Furong, who was sitting over there, felt increasingly uncomfortable as she listened. What did Ji Jinglan mean by being her sister-in-law? Was she dissatisfied with the way she had just embarrassed herself in front of Shen Shuwei? She was being sarcastic and mocking her here.
She didn't even think about who had caused her such a huge loss of face just now. In the final analysis, it was because of her, Ji Jinglan, who had raised a good daughter. Why didn't Ji Jinglan scold Shen Shuwei when she was choked and speechless just now? Now that she was back, she was showing off her power.
"My sister-in-law is really good at teaching her daughters. One of them is disrespectful and even dares to teach her elders a lesson. The other one is full of cunning schemes and is not even presentable."
"There has never been such a person in my mansion. I don't know who he looks like." Chu Furong rolled her eyes and said.
After hearing what Chu Furong said, Ji Jinglan was so angry that her whole body was shaking. She pointed at her and asked, "What do you mean?"
"You - you -" Ji Jinglan was really tongue-tied. She was so angry at Chu Furong that she couldn't speak for a long time.
She was so angry that a light bulb suddenly lit up in her head. She suddenly recalled what Shen Shuwei had just said about her dowry. Ji Jinglan thought of her wedding and immediately had a handle to vent her anger. She spit out words like beans from a bamboo tube: "Even if I didn't teach my daughter well, at least she has some sense of shame. Unlike some people who, after getting married, not only emptied their elder brother's family assets, but also had the nerve to ask their sister-in-law for a dowry."
Chu Furong had already been exposed by Chen Shuwei about her past when she got married. When she heard Ji Jinglan dare to bring up this matter, her face felt hot and embarrassed. A surge of anger rose to her forehead and she threw the cup hard.
"Ji Jinglan, what nonsense are you talking about! Believe it or not, I will tear your mouth off! I am my mother's daughter, and half of the things in the Marquis' Mansion belong to me. But you, who married into the family from outside, have not only not supported your husband's family for so many years, but you also secretly embezzled the public funds to give to your own family!"
"If it weren't for you being so good at giving birth to a son for my eldest brother and a grandson for mother just a few years after we got married, my family would have divorced you long ago, do you know that?"
Chu Furong screamed at the top of her lungs, completely unaware of how loud her shouts were and how strange the looks from the people around her were.
When Ji Jinglan heard that she was going to be divorced, all the old and new hatreds came flooding back to her, and she started yelling, "Great! You, a married sister-in-law, dare to interfere in the affairs of the family and even interfere in the affairs of my brother and sister-in-law's yard! I'm going to go back and ask my mother how she raised her daughter!"
"What's wrong with me supporting my parents? It was your mansion that forced me to do that! The matchmakers worked together to deceive me and tricked me into bringing my dowry to your mansion to fill your hole!"
Oh, when the young and old people around heard the sister-in-law and the sister-in-law in the marquis's mansion quarreling and exposing each other's secrets, they all stretched their necks and listened carefully.
You won’t know until you hear it. It’s shocking. It turns out that the Marquis of Jingning’s Mansion looks magnificent on the outside, but it’s so rotten inside.
What's more, the old lady of the Jingning Marquis's Mansion married a wife just to pay off her son's debts? Ji Jinglan's dowry not only filled the holes in the Marquis's Mansion, but also allowed the Jingning Marquis to support a concubine.
Life in the Marquis's Mansion gradually improved with the help of Shen Shuwei. However, the ungrateful Marquis Jingning began to forget his roots again and was thinking of divorcing his wife and taking his concubine as his legal wife.
Hearing the whispers around her, Chu Furong regained her senses and realized that she had said the wrong thing. Today, the reputation of the Marquis' Mansion was completely disgraced by them.
She calmed down and stared coldly at Ji Jinglan, who looked like a shrew. "That's enough! Don't you think you haven't shown enough fun to others? Why was my brother so blind to marry a woman like you?"
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