That night, the entire Marquis's residence was in complete chaos.
The next day, the Marquis of Zhongyi and his wife were making a fuss about getting a divorce, which became common knowledge. Even Xu Wanying, who was enjoying some peace and quiet in the courtyard, heard about it.
[Wow, these two are even getting a divorce. System, tell me quickly, why are they fighting?]
[Oh, it's nothing serious. It's just that they found out about each other's little schemes before their engagement. Cen had a sweetheart, and the Marquis of Zhongyi had designs on Cen's half-sister. When these two things were exposed, the two of them started arguing.]
[Tsk tsk, which busybody told them? It's a shame I can't go out now, otherwise I'd definitely go see what's going on!]
The system remained silent for a while before finally logging back in, saying with great regret: "I've just investigated and found that an unknown force is blocking things. I haven't been able to determine who informed the two of this."
【Hey, stop investigating, it's no big deal, don't waste your energy, I'm saving this for watching the drama unfold!】 Xu Wanying had an excellent attitude and didn't care at all.
Besides the Marquis of Loyalty and Righteousness, Jiang Chengzong also found no peace.
After Li Chunlan dragged him out of the study, he was constantly interrogated about the Wei family woman. For a moment, he really didn't know who this Wei family woman was.
He only understood after she tearfully recounted her story, and he was left speechless with a mixture of amusement and exasperation.
He asked his wife to persuade his mother, which upset her, and then Cen Shi retaliated by causing him some trouble.
“Chunlan, Mother did mention the Wei family girl and intended for us to marry, but it’s not even close to happening yet. I only caught a glimpse of her, and I don’t remember what she looks like at all now.”
"You're talking nonsense! How could your mother-in-law lie! None of you men are any good. You are a natural-born lecher, just like your father. You all like women with big breasts and curvy butts. I was wondering why you chose Lanxiang when I asked you to choose a concubine. You had your eye on her all along!" Li Chunlan clearly didn't believe her.
Compared to Jiang Chengzong, she definitely trusted Cen Shi more, since her mother-in-law valued rules the most and would never lie.
Jiang Chengzong smiled bitterly. He had long regretted letting Chunlan persuade his mother. Now he had only brought trouble upon himself.
"I just randomly picked Lanxiang, and besides, I didn't hire her. Mother was just saying that in anger. Did you say something that offended her?"
"Fine! You were the one who sent me to persuade Mother, and now you're blaming me! Jiang Chengzong, I'm definitely not the woman you like. I was only married into the family because of our parents' wishes and the matchmaker's words, so you don't trust me at all. Rather than be despised by you like this, I'd rather go back to Yangzhou right now!"
“No, I didn’t—” Jiang Chengzong immediately reached out and pulled her.
Seeing his attempt to persuade her, Li Chunlan seemed to find an outlet for her anger. She threw herself into his arms and started hitting him wildly, partly out of frustration and partly out of resentment.
"Aren't you feeling particularly wronged marrying me? I didn't want to be a merchant's daughter either, but if my family hadn't been wealthy, we wouldn't even be able to get engaged. How can you look down on a merchant's daughter?"
"I don't look down on the merchant's wife!"
"The Wei family's daughter is well-educated and reasonable, so am I unbearably vulgar? Waaaaah—"
She was crying as she spoke, tears streaming down her face, a mixture of grievance and deep self-loathing.
Jiang Chengzong had no chance to fight back and could only let her hit him.
Li Chunlan's background as a merchant's daughter was actually her Achilles' heel.
She knew she was marrying into a higher social class, her status vastly different from that of the heir of a marquis's family. Before her marriage, her mother had repeatedly instructed her to learn the ways of a noble lady, but she was simply not cut out for it.
Every time she picked up poetry and songs, she would get incredibly sleepy, but when she picked up an abacus to do accounts, she would be full of energy. She was born to be a merchant's daughter.
Even though Jiang Chengzong was a military general, he didn't know much about poetry and literature besides military strategy books, so he wouldn't talk to her about those things.
But every time Li Chunlan saw her mother-in-law, she felt an overwhelming envy of the natural grace and poise of a well-bred lady. The envy was so deep that she was practically obsessed.
"If you still want to kill Pan Ge'er today, I'll take him back with me, so he won't get in your way!"
When it came to Pan Ge'er, Jiang Chengzong, who was not good with words, finally found a way to break through.
"Actually, I hit Pan Ge'er so hard not because I really wanted to kill him, but to make my third sister-in-law happy."
He had been wrongly accused all day, and finally got a chance to explain.
However, this explanation was worse than no explanation at all, as it was full of ambiguity and instantly provoked Li Chunlan's angry rebuke.
"You bastard Jiang Chengzong, you don't even spare your own brother's wife! I know Xu Wanying is pretty and has a nice butt, but she's your brother's wife! Who do you think you are, you lecherous monster! Just like your father!"
Li Chunlan became even more enraged, changing her punching to scratching and biting. Her long fingernails once again made intimate contact with his cheek, and this time she used great force, even digging flesh out of her nails.
"No, no, what are you thinking? The system told my third sister-in-law that I'm going to die, and the ending will be tragic. I just wanted to know how I'll die so I could prevent it in advance. But then the system said my third sister-in-law is in low spirits and has little energy, so it can't check. I thought, my third sister-in-law hates Pan Ge'er so much, maybe if I beat him up, she'd be happy!"
He held his head in his hands and explained at an extremely fast pace.
Li Chunlan, who had been acting like a madwoman, suddenly stopped what she was doing upon hearing these words, and her tears fell even more profusely.
"Pah, pah, pah, what nonsense are you talking about? You can't possibly die! You're highly skilled in martial arts, and you have so many soldiers around you. Even if I die, you won't!" She was clearly heartbroken.
The attacks finally stopped, and Jiang Chengzong couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
"How could the system's words be false? You should know better than me that Brother Pan escaped a disaster thanks to that information." He sighed deeply.
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