Liu Yingying: "My husband was born from my mother-in-law's ten months of pregnancy, and she raised him with great difficulty and supported his studies until he passed the imperial examinations. Now that he has returned, I thought I shouldn't disturb my mother-in-law and husband's loving relationship. How could I be wrong?"
The Zhu family mother and son were momentarily speechless.
The others present also felt that Liu Yingying's words made perfect sense.
Zhu Jianqiang looked Liu Yingying up and down again with surprise.
He had never really looked at what this woman looked like before.
He was deeply in love with his first wife, and only married Liu to take care of himself and his three children.
Rather than calling Liu Yingying his second wife, it would be more accurate to describe her as a maid!
But now Liu Yingying stood there, bright and beautiful, like the splendid sunset in autumn.
Zhu Jianqiang then discovered that his second wife was also a beauty…
Ma Qiumei's smug voice broke his reverie.
"Sister-in-law, why haven't you come over to greet your husband yet?"
Ma Qiumei was deliberately trying to humiliate Liu Yingying.
According to the laws of the Great Xia Kingdom, a wife is required to kneel and bow when facing her husband who holds an official position!
But Liu Yingying remained standing there calmly, showing no intention of kneeling.
Her actions immediately aroused great dissatisfaction among the Zhu family.
Zhu Jianqiang's expression was also not good.
She is his wife, how could he not respect her?
"Yingniang, you still resent me!" Zhu Jianqiang looked helpless and sad.
One sentence was enough to make everyone think that Liu Yingying was a wicked woman who harbored resentment towards her husband!
In this patriarchal society, her behavior was utterly contrary to the natural order!
As a result, many people at the scene changed their gaze towards Liu Yingying…
Zou Xiuzhi was furious and was about to speak.
But Liu Yingying pulled her aside, signaling her not to speak.
Liu Yingying: "Husband, you've been away from home for two years, ignoring me and the children. Have you ever thought about how difficult life has been for us?"
Zhu Jianqiang; ...
Liu Yingying continued, "I've been looking forward to your return, but I never expected that you would immediately slap such a big label on me as soon as you came back. What are you trying to do?"
"Now that you've been promoted, are you planning to find an excuse to divorce me?"
Zhu Jianqiang's expression stiffened slightly when she saw through his thoughts. He coughed twice and explained, "Yingniang, you've misunderstood. I didn't mean to divorce you!"
Liu Yingying scoffed; "Oh, really? Then how come I heard that you married the legitimate daughter of a marquis in the capital?"
"If you don't intend to divorce your wife, do you want the eldest daughter of the Marquis's family to become your concubine?"
Everyone was stunned by these words!
Zhu Youcai and his wife, as well as Zhu Jianqiang, were terrified and quickly stopped Liu Yingying from continuing her nonsense.
Ma Jinhua: "You bitch, what nonsense are you spouting?"
"Stop spouting nonsense and ruining my son's reputation! Otherwise, I'll tear your mouth apart!"
In the past, Ma Jinhua would have pounced on her and attacked her immediately.
But after witnessing Liu Yingying's violent methods, she no longer dares to do so.
"Yingniang, you've disappointed me so much..."
Zhu Jianqiang looked at her with an expression of extreme disappointment, but his eyes were filled with a chilling coldness.
They originally intended to give Liu Yingying a hard time, but she ended up turning the tables on them with just a few words.
At this point, everyone's focus is no longer on Liu Yingying's disrespect for her husband.
The question is whether the story of Zhu Jianqiang divorcing his wife and marrying a noblewoman from a marquis's family is true or false.
Ma Jinhua quickly changed the subject, "Liu, your man has come home travel-worn. Instead of taking him home and serving him properly, why are you spouting nonsense here?"
Zhu Jianqiang never expected that Lady Liu would find out about his marriage to the legitimate daughter of the Marquis's family.
But back in the capital, no one knew he had a wife back in his hometown…
If word gets out, I'm afraid I'll lose my job!
We must immediately put an end to this and not let Liu continue to spout nonsense!
"Since you have warmly welcomed us, Ziqian should have invited you all to my home for a feast. However, I have just returned and there are still many trivial matters to attend to at home. How about this, you all go back first, and I will host a banquet for you all at my home another day?"
This is a way of kicking people out.
Although the villagers were eager to eat melons, they dared not offend Zhu Jianqiang and dispersed.
However, they didn't completely leave; they simply kept their distance and continued to observe.
Zhu Ziqian felt a nameless anger rising in his heart, but he couldn't vent it.
"Yingniang, shall we go home first?"
"Oh!" This time, Liu Yingying didn't argue with him and turned to leave.
"Wait!" Zhu Jianqiang called out to her again, barely managing to maintain a smile.
"Yingniang, you are the wife I married, how can you leave on your own?"
Listen to this, they're accusing her of not respecting her husband's authority again!
Liu Yingying originally didn't want to argue with him, but this man just had to act like a jerk.
"Zhaodi, Jiawang, Jiafu, are you coming home with me, or going with your father?"
"Huh?" Zhao Di and her two siblings were stunned for a moment.
Everyone felt that Zhu Jianqiang and Liu Yingying were still family, so naturally they should be integrated into the family.
But seeing Liu Yingying's attitude now, I remembered that she also has her own house in the village.
Her home cannot be considered Zhu Jianqiang's home.
"Yingniang, what do you mean by this?" Zhu Jianqiang's tone already contained a hint of anger.
He secretly married the legitimate daughter of a marquis in the capital, so he inevitably felt somewhat guilty when facing Liu Yingying.
But that doesn't mean he'll tolerate this woman provoking him forever!
Liu Yingying had turned to leave, but when she heard him questioning her, she stopped and stared at Zhu Jianqiang with a gaze that seemed to see through all hypocrisy.
Zhu Jianqiang felt inexplicably guilty after seeing this.
"Don't you understand, my husband?" Liu Yingying sneered. "Now the rumors are rampant that you married the eldest daughter of a marquis in the capital. What does that make me, your wife who has shared hardship with you?"
"That's absolutely not true!" Zhu Jianqiang denied loudly, but felt even more guilty inside.
How did this woman know all this?!
Liu Yingying scoffed, "I'm going back to my own home now. Are you sure you want to come back with me, husband?"
Just as Zhu Jianqiang was about to say that he would naturally go back together, he heard Liu Yingying say;
"Your affair with that noblewoman is still unresolved. If you share a room with me, aren't you afraid the news will get out and you'll have trouble explaining yourself?"
Zhu Jianqiang's face froze.
Others might not have been able to hear Liu Yingying's words clearly, but he understood them perfectly.
Lin Jiaorui is someone who can't tolerate any nonsense. If she knew that she and Liu Yingying were still in the same room, who knows what kind of trouble she would cause!
In the end, they could only watch helplessly as Liu Yingying swaggered away.
Unlike her two younger brothers, Zhao Di did not choose to stand by her father without hesitation.
She actually wanted to go with Liu Yingying, but Zhu Jianqiang was, after all, her father.
In the end, they had no choice but to return to the old house with the Zhu family.
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