Chapter 1: Reborn as a Husband and Heir to Two Houses
"Hey, the Prince of Pingxi is getting married, and why are there two sedan chairs entering at the same time? What's going on?"
"I heard that the prince is marrying the only daughter of the Yun family, the richest family in Daqi. The Yun family is rich enough to rival an entire country. Look at this ten-mile red dowry. I guess most of the family property will be given to the only daughter as a dowry. The Pingxi Marquis's Mansion will never have to worry about running out of money in the future. I'm so envious."
"The sedan chair on the left has the Yun family's emblem, so it must be the Yun family's only daughter. Then who is sitting in the more gorgeous sedan chair on the right?"
"This... I haven't heard of it. It's strange."
The guests' discussions reached the Yun family's bridal sedan. A beautiful woman in a bright red wedding dress opened her eyes, which were filled with resentment, despair, anger, pain, and unwillingness. Countless complex emotions were as deep and unfathomable as thick ink that could not be dissolved, and her whole body exuded a strong sense of hostility.
She was actually reborn!
She was the only daughter of the Yun family, the richest family in Da Qi. The Yun family was rich enough to rival a country, and their business was spread all over the world. As the only daughter, she was born to be spoiled, and she could get whatever she wanted, and lived an extremely happy life.
When she was sixteen, the Marquis of Pingxi suddenly came to propose marriage. Her family and friends were overjoyed and thought she was so lucky to be able to marry a noble and powerful man as the daughter of a merchant, crossing the social ladder and marrying up.
In order to make her feel confident in her husband's family, her father decided to give her most of his property as a dowry.
At the age of seventeen, she married into the Pingxi Marquis's Mansion with great anticipation and a grand wedding, but she didn't know that her miserable life would begin from then on.
She became a laughing stock on her wedding day. Her husband took Bai Yueguang to the hall to marry into two families. She fought hard, but her mother-in-law smashed her heirloom jade bracelet in public and pressed her head to force her to accept her fate.
She was a living widow for ten years, guarding the tablet of the eldest son. She was forced to adopt Bai Yueguang's son, had her dowry squeezed out of her, and was finally poisoned and thrown into a mass grave.
Before dying, the husband hugged Bai Yueguang and laughed.
"How can a daughter of a money-grubbing merchant be worthy of being included in the family tree of my Marquisate?"
"You are just a stepping stone for my mansion to become rich and prosperous for a hundred years!"
A female voice suddenly rang out from outside, startling Yun Zheng from her agony. "Groom, please kick the door of the bridal sedan."
"Bang." The sedan shook after a heavy kick. This kick was somewhat influenced by personal emotions.
The matchmaker yelled at the top of her lungs, "Please get the bride out of the sedan chair."
The sedan door was opened, the light came on, and Yun Zheng met the young man's eyes.
The bride had almond eyes, rosy cheeks, snow-white skin, and picturesque eyebrows. She was as beautiful as a peony, and a hint of surprise flashed in the man's eyes.
Yun Zheng looked at him intently. This was Jiang Wenzhou, the young Prince of Pingxi, her nominal husband!
"you……"
The surprise in Jiang Wenzhou's eyes flashed away, and was replaced by impatience.
What's the use of being beautiful? Being forced to marry a merchant's daughter is the greatest shame of his life, and he will never show her any kindness.
"Do you need to be invited three times before getting out of the sedan chair? Why are you putting on so much airs? You can imagine what the Yun family's upbringing is like."
Yun Zheng shuddered all over. These were the first words Jiang Wenzhou said on their wedding day, exactly the same.
Full of disgust, he tried his best to belittle the Yun family, trample her into the dust, and destroy her self-esteem. This was one of Jiang Wenzhou's methods of controlling people.
Back then, she didn't dare to defend herself, as she felt that she was of humble origin. She only wanted to please her husband and her in-laws, just to gain a foothold in the Marquis' Mansion and not bring shame to her parents and her family.
But, everything went against our wishes!
A surge of anger rose from the bottom of her heart, and Yun Zheng asked coldly, "What happened to my Yun family's upbringing? Please tell me clearly, my lord."
Jiang Wenzhou was stunned. How dare she do that?
"A merchant's daughter is petty and not presentable."
Yun Zheng was immediately furious. "Then why did the Marquisate still come to ask for a wife? Has the Marquisate fallen into depravity? Or... Is it that you, the Prince, can't find a wife of equal status?"
She lowered her gaze, and a malicious smile appeared at the corner of her mouth. "Or is it that you have a physical defect?"
Don't be fooled by the glamorous appearance of the Marquis' Mansion. In fact, it has long been empty inside. It can't even pay the servants their monthly wages, otherwise he wouldn't have wanted to find her, a sucker, to fill this hole.
Jiang Wenzhou was as if he had been slapped hard. Furious and embarrassed, he shouted, "Yun Zheng, how dare you say such words that humiliate the Marquis' Mansion? You're so bold! I'll teach you the Three Obediences and Four Virtues, and what it means to put your husband first."
In his rage, he didn't care about his dignity and reached out to drag Yun Zheng out of the sedan chair to show her a warning. However, Yun Zheng was prepared and dodged nimbly and got out of the sedan chair.
Yun Zheng looked around. Flowers were in full bloom and the house was crowded with guests. They were all looking at her with different expressions.
She turned around and looked at Jiang Wenzhou again, arrogant, condescending, overbearing, and with a hint of immaturity.
She was actually reborn back to the day of her wedding, when her husband married two wives and two bridal sedan chairs landed at the same time!
Good, that’s great. In this life, she will defy fate and change her destiny!
First, stay away from this wolf den that eats people without leaving any bones, and then slowly plan other things.
She had an idea in mind and deliberately leaned forward, lowering her voice. "You're anxious. It seems I've hit the nail on the head. Alas, the dignified Prince of Pingxi can only marry a merchant's daughter. After all, our Yun family has mountains of gold and silver. It's not shameful to bow to money. When I marry into the Marquis's mansion, you can coax me more. I'll be happy to reward you."
Reward? This was absolutely humiliating. Jiang Wenzhou had never seen such a nasty woman before, and he couldn't help but tremble with anger.
"It's not that easy to enter the Marquis' Mansion. Believe it or not, I will send you back."
This is a threat and also an intimidation. Once she retreats, the woman and her family will lose their reputation and be criticized by the world. This is forcing her to die.
An inexplicable light flashed in Yun Zheng's eyes. She blinked, and her eyes suddenly turned red. "Prince, are you sure you want to send me back?"
Seeing that she seemed scared, Jiang Wenzhou felt proud in his heart. She was just a lowly merchant's daughter, but she was shameless even when given the chance. So he would trample her face under his feet.
"yes."
Unexpectedly, Yun Zheng bowed to the guests around her, tears in her eyes, looking pitiful as if she had suffered a great injustice.
"Everyone, the Prince of Pingxi openly questioned the upbringing of my Yun family. He assaulted me before even entering the house and threatened to return the bridal sedan. I hereby ask everyone to bear witness. It was not my Yun family that was unjust, but the Prince who humiliated my Yun family first. This marriage shall not take place."
She didn't even give the other party a chance to react and quickly made a decision, "Come here, take the dowry back, and we'll go home."
Once you enter the mansion, it is like entering a deep sea. Once you step in, your life and death are no longer in your own hands.
She currently does not have the strength to confront the Marquis' Mansion head-on.
However, when he was young, Jiang Wenzhou hadn't been tempered by his past. He wasn't very cunning, so he wasn't very difficult to deal with. The real difficulty was...
When these words were spoken, the guests were stunned and the whole place was boiling. The Prince of Pingxi looked elegant and was a well-known young talent in the capital. How could he do things so unethically?
Jiang Wenzhou was furious, "Yun Zheng, are you crazy? Do you know that if I don't marry you, no one else in this world will dare to marry you, and you will end up living a lonely life."
Yun Zheng deliberately raised her voice and said, "Rather than dying alone, I'm more afraid of... being wiped out and having no place to bury my body!"
Every word was crystal clear and reached the guests' ears clearly.
The whole audience was in an uproar.
"So the Pingxi Marquisate is planning to wipe out the entire family. How insidious."
"Isn't it obvious that you're after her money? Otherwise, why would you propose marriage to a merchant's daughter?"
"You look down on her, but you have to bite your teeth and marry her. You feel so wronged. Does this count as living off her?"
"Yes, why not?"
Jiang Wenzhou felt as if he had been hit hard by a punch. His vision went dark and his blood was boiling.
Damn it! How dare that bitch Yun Zheng drag them into this with the Pingxi Marquisate? She's tired of living and looking for death!
Yun Zheng turned around and walked away quickly, one step, two steps, three steps...
Just as she was about to step out of the street, feeling slightly happy, a majestic voice sounded behind her, "Stop her."
Yun Zheng froze, closed her eyes, and when she opened them again, they were filled with madness...
Let’s fight!
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