The daughter of the first wife is a black lotus, reborn and remarried to kill

"How dare you," Li Qingqian said coldly, "Do you think you can break into the Zuo Xiang Mansion?"

Li Zhengkang looked at Jiang Lin with anger in his eyes, "My daughter is not married yet, I cannot bear the name of father-in-law from you!"

Although Jiang Lin lowered his head and looked submissive, the expression on his face betrayed him. From Li Qingqian's perspective, he could see it clearly.

His face was grim, and he seemed to be gritting his teeth as he spoke: "I have a grievance that I have to speak out. Last night, I ran into my aunt and her husband on the street. I heard that Changming Tower had caught fire, so I followed them to see what was going on. At that time, I did learn that a woman had put out the fire. I guess she had done Changming Tower a favor, so I wanted to take her as a concubine to repay her."

Before Li Qingqian could say anything, Li Zhengkang shouted angrily, "Since it is a favor from Changminglou, what does it have to do with you?"

Jiang Lin cupped his hands and said, "I saw last night that my aunt and her husband were on good terms, and I didn't want her to interfere with their relationship, so I came up with this stupid idea."

Look, it was obvious that he wanted to take advantage but failed, yet he still acted like he was very aggrieved.

Li Qingqian followed suit: "My younger sister is not married yet, I can't bear your calling me aunt!"

Jiang Lin suddenly looked up and glared at her fiercely.

Li Qingqian was not afraid at all and said calmly, "By the way, Master Shen is the nephew of the current emperor. If you insist on calling him aunt and brother-in-law, does that count as falsely claiming to be a royal relative?"

Jiang Lin knew that he was far inferior to Li Zhengkang in terms of momentum, but now he was being overshadowed by a little girl, and he felt unwilling to accept it.

But he didn't want to be accused of the crime that Li Qingqian mentioned, so he had to quietly shift his gaze.

Li Zhengkang was puzzled: "Even if you want to repay the favor, is taking a concubine the only way?"

Jiang Lin felt that he had a good reason: "She was alone, and she risked her life to save the fire. Such a noble act, isn't it worth it for me to take her as my concubine and give her a support?"

Li Qingqian laughed angrily, "How can you be so sure that girl is willing to be your concubine?"

The way to repay a favor is to make someone your concubine. This is really ridiculous.

Jiang Lin glared at Li Qingqian again, "Miss Third clearly knows everything. Are you trying to force me to tell you what happened that day? Well, then please admit that you beat me up that day!"

"What happened that day?" Li Qingqian pointed at him, then at herself. "You are a man, much taller than me. How do you think I could beat you?"

"It was that maid who beat him. Call her out!"

"Maid?" Li Qingqian pointed at Yun Yi beside her, "Is it her?"

Jiang Lin didn't say anything.

Then Li Qingqian said, "Then Yunyi, you should follow Master Jiang's instructions and go get Yunshang and Yunyan. But Master Jiang, I have to remind you that one of my two maids has a disabled leg and is in a wheelchair, and the other is two years younger than me. Are you sure they beat you?"

Jiang Lin's eyes turned red with anger. "That's the one you asked to take Ling Ling to the government office last night. Find her here and let's confront her!"

Confrontation with a shovel.

Li Qingqian bowed to Li Zhengkang and said, "Since Master Jiang has said this, I have nothing to hide. Last night, the girl came from an unknown place and was determined to establish a relationship with the Li family. I sent someone with me to send the girl to the government office. If Master Jiang insists on using an excuse to see the girl, I am not afraid of trouble and am willing to go with him to the government office. By the way, let's talk about Master Jiang's trespassing into the government residence today."

Li Zhengkang nodded, "You are right. No matter what, I am still the prime minister. How can someone break into my house by force?"

Jiang Lin was immediately panicked and quickly changed the subject: "Third Miss! Are you so aggressive just because I want to take a concubine? But which man in the capital doesn't take a concubine? Even your father must have a concubine, right?"

Li Qingqian didn't know what to say to him. It turns out that people really do laugh when they are angry.

She looked at Jiang Lin with interest. "My father is over 40 years old and he is a first-rank prime minister. It is normal for him to take a concubine. But you, Mr. Jiang, have no military merits and no literary achievements. Now you have embezzled money from your future in-laws and want to take a concubine before marriage. It is even a question whether you can stay in the capital as an official in the future. How can you say such a thing?"

"Which man in the capital doesn't take concubines? Let me think," Li Qingqian pretended to think, "The current crown prince doesn't take concubines, the second prince doesn't take concubines, the fifth prince doesn't take concubines, and even the seventh prince hasn't taken concubines before marriage. What do you think of them, Mr. Jiang?"

Jiang Lin's pupils shrank slightly. These princes did not take concubines. He had to be very brave to question their actions.

Liu pointed a trembling finger at Jiang Lin, "It's obvious that you are blinded by lust! I will never allow you to humiliate my daughter like this. I will cancel the engagement today!"

As soon as she heard the word "break off the engagement", Li Shuyue hurriedly pleaded for mercy.

Jiang Lin was furious: "Third Miss, is this what you want? You look down on my family background and don't want me to marry your sister. You are really mean!"

Li Qingqian rolled her eyes speechlessly, "Have I ever said anything about your bad background? After what happened yesterday, isn't it enough for me to see your character clearly? What you did today was so abominable. Why, my sister has been wronged, and I have to comfort the person who made her suffer?"

After saying this, Li Qingqian watched Jiang Lin's gaze slowly move toward Li Shuyue, knowing that she had successfully diverted the focus.

The quarrel was originally caused by the two of them, and it is time for them to know what it means to shoot oneself in the foot.

But she certainly wouldn't let the two of them break off the engagement. If they did, wouldn't Ling Ling's plan succeed?

So she cleared her throat and suggested, "If you don't want to cancel the engagement, that's fine, as long as you agree to the two conditions of the Li family."

"What conditions? Tell me." Jiang Lin asked impatiently.

"First, the girl's origins last night are unknown, and you intended to take her as a concubine before marriage, which really caused her and our Li Mansion a lot of trouble. According to the rules, you still need to compensate my fourth sister with 100 taels of silver, as well as repay the silver, house deeds, and servants that my fourth sister gave you."

"Secondly, the government will decide where the girl should go, and she will most likely never be allowed to return to Beijing. Neither our Li Mansion nor Changminglou will interfere in this matter. If you want to save her, you have to pay for it yourself."

As soon as these two conditions were put forward, Jiang Lin was stunned.

No matter which condition it was, he didn't want to agree to it.

But when Liu heard that she could return the money to them, she immediately agreed and echoed: "That's right, only if these two conditions are met will we believe your sincerity."

Li Shuyue was originally worried that Jiang Lin might resent her in the future because of the first condition, but when she heard that the second condition was in her favor, she was unwilling to say anything to plead for him.

It would be better for that vixen to leave the capital and never come back!

Although Li Zhengkang was somewhat dissatisfied with Li Qingqian's unauthorized decision at the moment, fortunately, the conditions she stated were what she originally wanted to say, so he just let her do it.

He even added a code to Jiang Lin: "All the money, deeds, and servants must be returned to Shu Yue within three days. Otherwise, I will file a complaint with the emperor and let His Majesty make the decision!"

Jiang Lin heard this and realized that this was not okay. If this got brought to the attention of the Emperor, wouldn't it be tantamount to ruining all his future?

Only then will both your life and your wealth be lost.

So he gritted his teeth and said with a determined heart: "Yes, I understand."

Seeing that the situation was almost over, Li Qingqian kindly reminded: "If Master Jiang wants to rescue someone, why not go to the government office now? If it's too late, it's still unknown what the girl's fate will be."

Jiang Lin was so busy trying not to lose this marriage that he only now realized the urgency of the matter, so he hurried out of the house without even saying goodbye.

Li Shuyue looked at her leaving back and blamed Li Qingqian: "Why did you remind him? Did you do that on purpose?"

"Li Shuyue!" This was the first time that Li Zhengkang yelled her full name. "Your sister is trying to protect you. Do you want to be involved in a case involving a woman of unknown origin before you get married? Only if she stays away can your reputation be protected!"

Only then did Li Shuyue fall silent.

Li Qingqian didn't intend to let the matter end just like that. She raised her red lips slightly and said to Liu: "Mother just said that I was jealous of my fourth sister because the marriage of the Duke of Zhenguo's Shen Shizi was not as good as that of Mr. Jiang?"