Chapter 376 Getting Beaten
Wan'er was terrified of Jiang Zhihai. Although he was not of high status, he had a very rough appearance and was extremely fierce when he got angry. He glared at her with a menacing look, and he was even more frightening now that he was drunk.
"I said... our young lady is resting, and no one is allowed to go in and disturb her rest..."
Before she could finish speaking, Jiang Zhihai slapped her across the face, and Wan'er fell to the ground. One side of her face swelled up, and blood flowed from the corner of her mouth. She was immediately stunned by Jiang Zhihai's blow.
Seeing the current situation, the other woman didn't dare to stop Jiang Zhihai anymore. Besides, she only wanted to use Liu Zijun and was unwilling to risk her life for Liu Zijun.
Seeing that the two had behaved themselves, Jiang Zhihai snorted and walked in with satisfaction.
Liu Zijun had already gone to bed. She had trouble sleeping on her first night in an unfamiliar place, especially since this place was much worse than the Prime Minister's residence, and she felt quite disgusted with it.
Hearing a noise at the door, she said with displeasure, "What's that sound? Didn't I tell you to guard the door and not let anyone in? Why are you..."
Liu Zijun turned her head and saw a man standing in the room with his back to the door, looking at her. In the moonlight, she saw the fierce expression on the man's face, and she was immediately terrified and screamed.
"Hey! Who are you? Get out of here!"
Even though Wan'er was terrified after being beaten, she still rushed in to protect Liu Zijun: "Young Master Jiang, you promised our Prime Minister today that you would treat Miss well. Miss will sleep alone tonight, so you...you should sleep somewhere else."
Jiang Zhihai sneered and mocked, "Tonight is my wedding night. Why should I sleep somewhere else? You're already married into the family, so why are you pretending to be so virtuous? What? So what if you're a daughter of the Prime Minister's family? You're mine now that you've married me. It's only right for a wife to serve her husband. Get up!"
As he spoke, Jiang Zhihai walked over, pushed Wan'er aside who was blocking his way, and then pulled Liu Zijun up: "What are you pretending to be, young lady? Now you are my wife, Jiang Zhihai's wife, the young mistress of our Jiang family, do you hear me? And you, you wretched maid, you are not allowed to call me 'young lady' anymore, you must call me 'young mistress'!"
Liu Zijun struggled desperately: "Let me go, Jiang Zhihai, how dare you! Aren't you afraid I'll tell my father? He'll kill you, he'll kill your whole family!"
"Hmph, now that we're husband and wife, if I die you'll be a widow. Do you think your father would let you be a widow? Stop making trouble and behave yourself. If you behave, you'll suffer less. Otherwise, you'll only get beaten."
How could Liu Zijun be willing to listen to such a person? She reached out and slapped Jiang Zhihai hard across the face, cursing, "What kind of thing are you? You don't deserve to be my husband. You know in your heart why I married you. Marrying me will only benefit your Jiang family. You just need to take the benefits. Don't even think about anything else. Especially me, you are not worthy at all. You just need to cooperate with me in front of others."
Jiang Zhihai frowned as he listened. He threw Wan'er out and locked the door from the inside. Liu Zijun, seeing her movements, retreated in fright: "You... what are you going to do? If you dare to do anything to me, you'll lose your life. My father is the prime minister, the current prime minister... let me go!"
Jiang Zhihai suddenly pounced on Liu Zijun, tearing at her clothes with all his might: "Your father is my father, why are you being so formal? Your rejection of me is only because you don't know how powerful I am. Once you've tasted my power, you won't want to leave me... You still look down on me? I'll show you what I'm capable of, what it means for a husband to be the head of the household..."
From inside came Liu Zijun's painful cries for help. Wan'er kept banging on the door, but couldn't open it. She looked at the indifferent woman beside her and said angrily, "You heartless woman! My young lady brought you back and gave you food, and you just stood by and watched her being bullied without doing anything? Do you have any heart?"
The woman sneered, "You're already married, why are you still trying to maintain your composure? Your young lady is so naive. Besides, neither of us is a match for him. What can we do inside except get beaten up? Let's protect our own lives. That way, we can at least clean up the mess for your young lady."
Wan'er glared at her fiercely, but could only wait outside in agony. The Liu family members had all left, and now she and her mistress were truly all alone.
The next day, Jiang Zhihai opened the door. Wan'er was sleeping outside, but the other maid was nowhere to be seen. He walked out with great satisfaction: "The Prime Minister's daughter is just so-so. She's just been raised a bit better. She still needs some training. These two maids are not bad either. I'll keep them as my concubines."
Wan'er trembled upon hearing this. After Jiang Zhihai left, she climbed back in. Liu Zijun was lying on the bed with lifeless eyes, clearly having not slept all night. Her face and body were covered in wounds and bruises, and blood was flowing from her body.
"Miss, Miss, how are you?"
Wan'er cried out.
Liu Zijun glanced at her, gritted her teeth, and said, "I hate it, I hate it so much!"
Wan'er cried, "Miss, I will go back and tell Madam right away, and ask Master and Madam to help you."
Liu Zijun didn't speak. At this moment, several more maids came in. They weren't surprised by the situation in the room, and they weren't afraid when they heard Wan'er's words. They said coldly, "Young Madam, it's time to get up. You are a new bride, and you should serve tea to your mother-in-law at this time."
Liu Zijun remained silent. Wan'er glanced at her and said, "We're not going. Didn't you see how our young lady looks? How dare you treat the young lady of the Prime Minister's family like this? Are you tired of living?"
The old woman sneered, "What young lady from the Prime Minister's mansion? In my eyes, there is only the young mistress of the Jiang family. Young mistress, it's getting late. If you don't get up, you will be punished. Our Jiang family has its own rules. If you can't get up, we can help you."
As they spoke, the old women came up and pulled Liu Zijun up, ignoring her injuries. They forced her to wash up and changed her clothes.
"You...you dare to treat me like this..." Liu Zijun had already lost her temper and her tears had dried up.
The old woman said, "We are all following the rules of the Jiang family. Now, please go and serve tea to Madam."
Liu Zijun was forced to serve tea to Madam Jiang. Seeing Liu Zijun like this, Madam Jiang said to Lord Jiang in a low voice with some concern, "Oh, Zhihai is quite ruthless. If the Prime Minister sees this when she goes back to her parents' home in a couple of days, it won't be good, will it? Zhihai is really something, how can he be so reckless?"
Lord Jiang gave Liu Zijun a cold look and said, "Hmph, that must be because the wife is disobedient and doesn't listen. Now that you've married into the family, you should remember your place and stop acting like a spoiled young lady. Otherwise, you'll be the one who suffers."
Liu Zijun glared at them with red eyes and bruises on her face: "Aren't you afraid my father will find out if you treat me like this?"
Lord Jiang said coldly, "What's there to be afraid of? You've already married into this family, and in such a way. Who else but our Jiang family would want to marry you? You should be grateful. It's only because our Jiang family is kind that we've been so kind. Otherwise, a woman with such a bad reputation wouldn't even be worthy of being a maid. We've been very good to you. Your parents probably married you into this family because of this, right? Don't you have any self-awareness? You're truly shameless."
Liu Zijun was shocked. She took a step back in anger, her face flushed, and said angrily, "Isn't that all because...because of your son..."
At this point, the Jiang family members all gave her disgusted looks.
"If you hadn't called Zhihai over, this wouldn't have happened. If you wanted to marry into our Jiang family, you could have just told the matchmaker. Instead, you used such a despicable method. Who else would we despise if not you?"
Liu Zijun wanted to explain, but it was indeed she who had someone invite Jiang Zhihai over, but it was to frame Jiang Mi, not herself... However, she couldn't say such things, otherwise her reputation would only get worse, and these people would only laugh at her more.
Seeing that Liu Zijun remained silent, Madam Jiang said disdainfully, "I know my son is very outstanding. You are so eager to please him. You don't act like a proper young lady from the Prime Minister's family at all. You even dare to talk back to your parents-in-law. You will be kneeling in the ancestral hall later. You are not allowed to eat lunch."
Liu Zijun was unwilling, but was forced to stay inside. Looking at the many memorial tablets she had to serve, she was terrified. How had she ended up living such a life? If she had known it would turn out this way, she wouldn't have harmed Jiang Mi that day…
On the other side, Jiang Mi is also getting married soon. That night, Jiang's mother talked to Jiang Mi a lot, telling her what a wife should do after marriage, and even talking to Jiang Mi about matters between men and women.
Jiang Mi said shyly, "Mom, please stop talking. I don't want to hear about this, and I don't want to know."
Mother Jiang laughed and said, "You child, this is all very normal. If your mother doesn't teach you, who will? In a few days, your eldest brother and sister-in-law will also be here. When you get married, our whole family will be here to send you off. We just didn't expect that you would be sent off in the capital. We thought it would be in our Shushan County."
Having not been back for a long time, Jiang Mi also missed her hometown.
"Mother, even if I get married, I will still come back to see you and Father often. I can also stay at my parents' house. Huo Ran won't say anything."
Jiang's mother laughed and said, "That won't do. You're already married. It's not good for you to stay at your parents' house all the time. People will gossip."
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