The husband who forced her to marry her couldn't keep her warm, and she didn't want him to

Old Madam Jiang was sitting on the upper Arhat bed. A cup of steaming tea was placed on the small table beside her. The aroma of tea was rising slowly.

She held Gu Jinchu's hand, her eyes fell on her outfit today, and asked her with a smile: "...Why are you dressed like you're going out?"

Gu Jinchu smiled and replied softly, "Fifth Master has nothing to do today. He is going to send me back to my grandparents' home for a few days. He came here to ask for instructions from my mother."

Madam Jiang nodded slightly with a smile on her face, "Minister Zheng is back in Beijing, and he should go back to reunite with his family... Right now, there is nothing going on at home, and the twins in your belly are already firmly seated, so Jin Chu might as well stay with your mother-in-law for a few more days."

Gu Jinchu nodded obediently, her cheeks flushed with shyness, just like the beautiful crabapple flowers blooming in the flower room of the Duke's wife. She whispered, "The Fifth Master also told his daughter-in-law the same thing early in the morning."

Seeing her like this, Liu, who was also an experienced person, laughed and teased her:

"Mother, you were always worried about my fifth brother, thinking that he didn't have a caring and considerate person by his side... Now look at this young couple, they are as happy as honey."

These words touched Mrs. Jiang's heart.

Master Jiang Wu was the only legitimate son of the Duchess's wife, and his marriage had almost become a source of worry for Old Madam Jiang.

Now, in just less than a year, not only did a new bride come into the family, but Jin Chu was also pregnant with twins.

Every day, looking at her daughter-in-law who is as bright as a flower and so lovable, Mrs. Jiang is naturally very happy.

Gu Jinchu raised his head and looked at Liu, smiling slightly, "Second sister-in-law, please don't tease me..."

The smile on his face deepened, and he continued, "The masters of our Jiang family all respect their wives. The couples are in harmony and courteous to each other, which makes the women in Shengjing City envious."

Liu's narrow and long phoenix eyes curved slightly, and her smile was as bright as a spring breeze.

Looking at Madam Jiang who was sitting at the head of the table, she said, "Mother, look at the little mouth of my fifth brother's wife. It's as sweet as honey."

She smiled particularly brightly. The Second Master had only her as his legal wife, and he had never had any concubines or maids around him.

All the love and tenderness of her husband was given to her alone.

Zhang lowered her eyes and raised her hand to gently touch her lower abdomen.

She secretly prayed in her heart that this baby would be a boy.

Two years after her marriage, she still hadn't gotten pregnant, so she decided to have her maid who came with her as a dowry married.

The two maids were originally prepared by their mother to consolidate her favor, and they did a good job and gave birth to the Seventh Young Master and the Eighth Young Master respectively.

After the child was raised by her, the Fourth Master never went to their room again, which was considered to give her enough respect.

She thought that if this baby could be a boy, not only would it fulfill her wish of having both a son and a daughter, but it would also be worth the Fourth Master's kindness to her.

Li disagreed in her heart. The fifth brother's wife could indeed make people happy with her words, but the masters of the Jiang family were not all as she described.

The prince of Songtao Garden was still lingering on his concubine's bed during the mourning period. Although Mr. Jiang San of Lanyuan now knew that his concubine had ulterior motives, he had often caused trouble for her, his legal wife, because of the concubine.

Even if he was envious, it was still the Duke, the Second Master Jiang, and now there was the Fifth Master Jiang, who kept their legal wives in their hearts and doted on them.

Wang was thinking of something and the smile on her face became a little forced, and then she heard Liu mention the eldest princess's marriage.

Li glanced at her eldest sister-in-law's face and said softly, "The Empress Dowager has issued an imperial decree to grant the eldest princess a marriage with the third son of the Zheng family... Our Dingguo Mansion and the General's Mansion are now even closer."

Gu Jinchu smiled when he heard this. What happened during the coronation ceremony of the new emperor yesterday and the decrees issued by Emperor Jianming and the Empress Dowager were already known to everyone in the entire Shengjing City before the officials even returned home.

Wang was a little restless. If Zheng Kaicheng married the princess, it would mean that the Jiang and Zheng families would be married again.

This relationship can be said to have become inseparable.

How could the late emperor agree to this marriage since he was so afraid of the Jiang family?

Thinking that her mother hadn't written to her in recent days, she became more and more uneasy.

"Mother." Wang stood up from her chair and said to Madam Jiang at the top of the table:

"What Fifth Brother's wife just said is exactly what my daughter-in-law is thinking... My mother and father mentioned in their letters that they haven't seen Brother Chen for a while and miss him very much. So my daughter-in-law plans to take the children back to their grandparents' home..."

Old Madam Jiang was listening to Liu talking about the number one scholar in this spring's imperial examination, who would be her grandson-in-law in the future. When she heard Wang's words, she smiled and said:

"Chen Ge'er is at an age where he is very lovable. If I can't see him one day, I will miss him very much, not to mention his great-grandfather and great-grandmother."

Ever since the last incident with her younger sister, Wang has become somewhat estranged from her natal family.

Chen Ge'er, who is several generations apart, is not considered a favored younger generation in the Wang family.

Mrs. Jiang's words made Wang's face flush. She lowered her eyes and smiled, "That's what you said, mother. Then I'll go downstairs and take care of it first."

On the big kang by the window, Mrs. Meng, who was playing with her son and young brother-in-law, had a momentary look of surprise on her face when she heard her mother-in-law's words.

She had not heard the news when she was serving breakfast to her mother-in-law in the morning.

After seeing her mother-in-law bow to her grandmother and say goodbye, Meng took Chen Ge'er down from the big kang by the window and whispered in his ear, asking him to bow to the women in the room.

After sleeping for such a long time last time, Chen Ge'er woke up and was unusually dependent on his mother. He stood beside Meng's legs and said in a baby voice, "Great-grandmother, Chen Ge'er will come to pay his respects to you tomorrow."

Then he turned to look at Gu Jinchu and the others, greeting them one by one, and looked more obedient than ever before.

Gu Jinchu's gaze fell on Chen Ge'er. After experiencing this incident, if he could grow up with his mother and no longer be spoiled by the Crown Prince's wife and have a distorted personality like in his previous life, it would be considered a blessing and good fortune for him.

This makes the Ninth Young Master seem even more regrettable and pitiful.

After all, he is the blood of the prince, so Madam Jiang still asked, "Chengliang has been in poor spirits recently. If you are at ease, leave him in Minghui Hall. He will not starve."

In order to please her husband, Wang registered the Ninth Young Master under her own name, making him the legitimate young master of the first wife.

Looking at the current situation, I don’t know what his intelligence will be like when he grows up.

Wang readily agreed and after leaving Minghui Hall, she looked back.

I thought to myself, I hope this evil creature will never return to Songtao Garden.

Even if he wasn't an eyesore in her eyes, why should she let her eldest son raise a bastard born from a skinny horse?

……

When Master Jiang Wu arrived at Shaoxiu Hall, my father was sitting in the armchair at the top with a great sword.

Several brothers sat in the armchairs on both sides, holding teacups in their hands, as if they were waiting for him to come over.