On the day when Jiang Zhinian's leg was broken by Murong Chuan, half of his blood was forcibly taken away to treat Su Wanruo.

The boy continued to strike with the stick again and again.

Dark red blood oozed from the hem of her clothes.

"Jiang Zhinian, you didn't agree to take my cousin as a concubine, and you didn't drink the tea she offered. For so many years, you have been making things difficult for her."

"Now, you have colluded with a man outside your family, cheated on me, and ruined the reputation of the Marquisate. You even dared to run away without permission. How can I keep you here?"

"If you are willing to continue bleeding Wanruo to cure her illness, I can still spare your life."

Murong Chuan's voice was indifferent, completely different from the man who had asked her to marry him with sincere eyes.

Jiang Zhinian held on to his breath and recalled his miserable life.

It seemed as if she had been doomed from the moment she married into the impoverished marquis's mansion.

She was the legitimate daughter of the Loyal and Brave Marquis's family. Her grandfather was from a prominent family and her grandmother was from a military family. She grew up being loved and spoiled by her grandfather's family and her grandmother.

Because she was accidentally poisoned and was rescued by Murong Chuan, she believed in him and married him without hesitation.

Unexpectedly, three years after their marriage, he took his cousin as his concubine. On the grounds that he had no children in three years, he asked her to adopt an orphan girl from a branch of his family whose parents had both died and adopt the girl under his name.

She carefully educated her adopted daughter Murong Yanran, loved her deeply, taught her how to be a legitimate daughter, left all her own dowry to her, and took her to various banquets hosted by noble families, in order to gain a good reputation for her and arrange a marriage for her with all her heart.

But who could have thought that the reason she was caught was that Murong Yanran leaked her escape plan to Murong Chuan and Su Wanruo.

"Yanran, I'm your mother, why do you treat me like this?"

"Why, you still ask why?"

"If you hadn't forbidden Daddy to take a concubine, my mother and I would have entered the mansion long ago. Oh, the Marquis is my biological father. Before he married you, he and my mother had me. I should have been the daughter of the Marquis's mansion, raised in luxury. It's all because of you that my mother died early and I was delayed for so many years before entering the mansion... and I even have to recognize a thief as my mother..."

"You just won't let me do whatever I want to do. I like the prince, but you want me to marry a poor scholar. You say you'd rather be a poor wife than a concubine of a rich family. You just can't bear to see me marry into the prince's palace and be a concubine."

"Yanran, everything I do is for your own good..."

"Stop being so hypocritical!"

"Humph, if you hadn't mistakenly believed that my father had saved you, you wouldn't have married into the Marquis's Mansion."

After hearing this, Jiang Zhinian suddenly realized something, "Ahem, Yanran, what do you mean by this? What do you mean by mistaking?"

Murong Yanran showed a hint of sarcasm on her face, "You are going to die anyway, so it doesn't hurt to tell you. It will allow you to be a more understanding ghost."

"That is, when you were poisoned, the person who actually saved you was the crown prince. Oh, no, now it should be said that he is the deposed crown prince."

"He is not my father at all. My father said that you are stupid. You mistakenly recognized the person who saved your life and married into the Marquis' Mansion, using your dowry to subsidize the whole family."

"So, you were a joke from beginning to end. Your grandfather's family, your grandmother, and those who loved you all died because of your stupidity..."

"The person my father has always liked is Aunt Wanruo..."

"puff……"

She wiped the blood from the corner of her mouth, and tears flowed from the corner of her eyes...

She mistook her savior for her own, and in order to repay his kindness, she married into the Marquis's Mansion with a generous dowry, and devoted all her energy to planning for Murong Chuan and the Marquis's Mansion.

As the Marquis's Mansion prospered, those who truly loved her died tragically one after another.

It also harmed the real benefactor.

If the Marquis' Mansion had not supported the Fourth Prince, if the Marquis' Mansion and the Fourth Prince had not joined forces, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince would not have been deposed.

……

Jiang Zhinian died on that cold night, naked, with blood soaking the bluestone floor.

After her death, her soul floated over the Marquis' Mansion, watching Murong Chuan and Su Wanruo burn her yard, leaving no trace of her body, without even a tablet for her. They also deleted her name from the Marquis' Mansion family tree.

She...is not willing to accept it!

-

"Chinen, my cousin is very sickly and the doctor said she won't live for many years!"

"Chinen, you are the most kind and virtuous. I want to make Wanruo my concubine, so that she can live a stable life in the mansion for a few years. At least she will have a place to return to after her death. She will not compete with you for anything..."

Jiang Zhinian was shocked when he heard the exact same words.

She slowly realized one thing: she was reborn after death.

She was reborn at the age of eighteen, and it was the third year since she married into the Marquis' Mansion.

It was also at this time that her husband, the marquis, proposed to take her cousin as a concubine.

In fact, she was sick with a cold at that time, and she was longing for her husband, the Marquis, to come back early. However, she didn't expect that the first thing he would say to her when he came back was to take a concubine.

In her previous life, she naturally refused.

When he married her, he once said that he would be with her for the rest of her life and would never take a concubine.

So she was willing to marry into the impoverished Yongping Marquis's Mansion with a generous dowry, and didn't care even if she was laughed at.

Upon learning that the mansion was becoming a mere shell, she confiscated her dowry to maintain the mansion's daily expenses.

She manages the Marquis' Mansion with great care and concern, and is sincere and attentive to her husband, the Marquis. She treats him with the best of her abilities and even gives him the elite secret guards her grandmother left for him so that he can protect himself.

Even though he later insisted on taking his cousin as a concubine, no matter how uncomfortable she felt, she still believed what he said, saying that he was just giving his cousin a place to stay.

She gave him everything and trusted him completely.

But how did he treat her?

She could not forget how she died.

Seeing that Jiang Zhinian had no reaction, Murong Chuan said something, also putting pressure on her, "Zhinian, this is also what mother meant!"

Jiang Zhinian listened to Murong Chuan's voice and suddenly came back to his senses from his memories and looked at Murong Chuan beside the bed.

It’s good to be reborn. After being reborn, you can take revenge and kill your enemies one by one.

"Chinen, what's wrong with you? Why are you looking at me like that?"

Why did the gentle and docile Jiang Zhinian look at him with eyes as cold as a knife at this moment, which was completely different from her gentle and understanding look before.

Did she know that he and his cousin had been together for a long time?

Jiang Zhinian suppressed the hatred that was boiling in his heart, and said with a strange smile: "Of course I can make her my concubine!"

When he heard Jiang Zhinian agree, Murong Chuan breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Zhinian, I knew you were kind, gentle, and reasonable."

"Don't worry, I'm just giving her a name. I won't touch her. You're the only one in my heart. After a few years, when my cousin passes away, we'll bury her properly!"

The reason why Murong Chuan cares about whether Jiang Zhinian agrees or not is simply because Jiang Zhinian is the legitimate daughter of the Earl's Mansion.

Although it is just a marquis's mansion, the master of the mansion is now highly valued by the emperor, and the old lady of the mansion has a wider network of contacts, which is much better than their impoverished marquis's mansion.

And the person the old lady loves the most is Jiang Zhinian.

However, he heard that the old lady was seriously ill. Once she died, he wouldn't have to worry so much.

Since Jiang Zhinian was so easy to talk to, Murong Chuan continued to bring up another matter.

"Also, I brought back an orphan girl from a branch of my family this time. She's Yan Jie'er. My mother and I think she looks good and has a good personality, so we'll adopt her as your daughter and let her accompany you every day."

"I'm thinking about you too. You haven't had any children for three years, and it's hard to explain to your mother. You should raise this daughter first to resist the rumors. You will also have a good reputation in the outside world. Maybe you will be able to give birth to a son soon."

"I am thinking of you for this."

"I'm also worried that you'll be wronged."

Jiang Zhinian lowered his head to hide the coldness in his eyes. Murong Chuan was really impatient to arrange these things.

This Sister Yan is Murong Yanran, the enemy who killed her.

In this life, don’t be in a hurry, just kill them one by one.

She didn't say anything else, lowered her head to hide the murderous intent in her eyes, and said calmly: "Since my husband only has me in his heart and thinks about me, then take my dowry back first!"

"Then I will agree to take my cousin as my concubine!"

"As for adopting Sister Yan, at least wait until I meet her first."

When Murong Chuan heard this, his expression suddenly changed, "What?"

He knew the situation of the Marquis' Mansion best. If Jiang Zhinian had not brought a generous dowry that was confiscated to maintain daily expenses, the Marquis' Mansion would have become an empty shell long ago.

If the dowry was taken back, how could he support himself with his daily social activities, let alone provide precious medicinal herbs for his cousin's health?

Jiang Zhinian snorted in his heart, he couldn't stand it anymore.

This is just the beginning.

"Zhinian, you also know the situation of the Marquis' Mansion. Why do you want to take back the dowry now? Didn't we agree that after I marry in, the dowry will be confiscated to maintain the expenses of the Marquis' Mansion?"

Speaking of this, Murong Chuan was originally very confident, but under the gaze of Jiang Zhinian, he actually felt a little guilty.

Jiang Zhinian pretended to sigh and said, "The last time I went back to visit my grandmother, she asked me about my dowry."

"My grandmother said that Concubine Zhen in the palace heard that I have a plum blossom jade bracelet made by Master Hong back then, and she wanted to see it."

"My dear husband, you also know that Concubine Zhen is favored by the emperor now. If we say something bad about us in front of the emperor, he will blame us!"

"I am also thinking about the Marquis' Mansion. If outsiders knew that the Marquis' Mansion used the mistress's dowry to maintain daily expenses, they would definitely laugh at the Marquis' Mansion!"

As Jiang Zhinian spoke of this, his eyes grew colder.

Many of the precious jewellery in her dowry were one-of-a-kind pieces. Master Hong, who had made the jewellery, had long passed away, so some of them became one-of-a-kind pieces.

In the previous life, when the dowry was confiscated, the jade bracelet had already been used by Murong Chuan to coax Su Wanruo.

So the jade bracelet is now in Su Wanruo's hands.

She liked it very much and later wore it everywhere to show off.

Doesn’t she like it? Then let her spit it out.

You still want to use her dowry to buy precious medicinal herbs to treat your illness? Forget it!

Murong Chuan still has some dignity to save now.

His face flushed slightly as he asked, "Well, then can't you just decline politely?"

"You also know that in order to maintain relationships, many things have been given away."

Jiang Zhinian said, "My dear, do you remember what you said on the day of our marriage? We will be together for life, and I will never take a concubine. Only then will I hand over my dowry."

"But now you want to take a concubine, no matter what the reason is, if grandma and daddy knew about it, and also knew that the dowry was confiscated..."

"Bring back the dowry and send the other things over, so that my cousin can be successfully promoted to a concubine!"

Jiang Zhinian expressed it very clearly. At the beginning, she had agreed to the conditions of not taking a concubine and her dowry would be confiscated to resolve the crisis in the Marquis' Mansion.

Now he goes back on his word and wants to take my cousin as his concubine. Okay, then return all the dowry first.

"Oh, yes, I have a dowry list here, my grandmother has one, and the government has it on file, so it can't be faked!"

Murong Chuan's face turned pale and then blue.

"Besides, even if I adopt Sister Yan as my daughter, I will need to give her a better living condition as a legitimate daughter in the future. I need to arrange a dowry for her, right? The dowry under my name should also be left to my daughter, right?"

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