Synopsis and Starting Chapter Chapter 2 - Barely Escaping With Her Life
Chapter 3 - Cruel And Unscrupulous Relatives (1)
Chapter 4 - Cruel And Unscrupulous Relatives (2)
Chapter 5 - Sharing The Same Bed
Chapter 6 - Perverted Thief
Chapter 7 - Cousin Of The Ruan Family
Chapter 8 - Stirring Revenge
Chapter 9 - Princess Yang'S Agenda
Chapter 10 - The Fightback Of Madame Lu
Chapter 11 - The Threat Of Qiu Mingzhu
Chapter 12 - Beautiful Youth In The Snow
Chapter 13 - A Chance To Escape
Chapter 14 - Met Rival In Love On The Road
Chapter 15 - Famous Prostitute Was Sentimental
Chapter 16 - Cousin Qingyan'S Origin
Chapter 17 - Midnight Tryst (Part One)
Chapter 18 - Midnight Tryst (Part Two)
Chapter 19 - What Should I Wear?"
Chapter 20 - You Are Such A Beast!
Chapter 21 - Beat Your Head Broken And Bleeding!
Chapter 22 - Fight Between Mother And Daughter-In-Law
Chapter 23 - The Attempted Murder In Ganli Palace
Chapter 24 - Involved In Trouble
Chapter 25 - Be Involved In Big Trouble!
Chapter 26 - Digging Deep While Digging
Chapter 27 - Destroying His Future!
Chapter 28 - You Do It Wrong, Watching Me!
Chapter 29 - Inside The Fu Ning Palace
Chapter 30 - Solicit Patronage
Chapter 31 - Misogyny
Chapter 32 - The True Face Of Cousin
Chapter 33 - A Cousin Who Cares For You Like Your Mother
Chapter 34 - Prince Of Zhou
Chapter 35 - Decisive Prince Of Yan
Chapter 36 - What Does “Try Peaceful Means Before Resorting To Force” Mean?
Chapter 37 - Questioning Visit
Chapter 38 - Assemble On Imperial Court
Chapter 39 - Fierce Battle In Golden Hall!
Chapter 40 - A Sudden Clap Of Thunder!
Chapter 41 - Do You Have Designs On My Cousin?
Chapter 42 - Exactly Touched The Spot
Chapter 43 - How About Digging Them Out?
Chapter 44 - "Nianxue? Whitey?"
Chapter 45 - Strived For Favor
Chapter 46 - Picking A Son-In-Law
Chapter 47 - Who'S Shy?
Chapter 48 - The Poison Youmianxiang
Chapter 49 - The Official Mother And The Official Brother Came
Chapter 50 - Battle Of Wits, Or Cruelty?
Chapter 51 - Qiu Bo
Chapter 52 - Lian Family Arrived
Chapter 53 - Another Debate On Imperial Court!
Chapter 54 - Guilty As Charged
Chapter 55 - Actually, I Come Here To Offer Help!
Chapter 56 - Asked Her To See Me
Chapter 57 - The Conspiracy Arising Out Of The Poisonyoumianxiang
Chapter 58 - My Death Was A Must?!
Chapter 59 - Playacting, Who Cheated Who?
Chapter 60 - Cannot See The Forest For The Trees
Chapter 61 - An Eye For An Eye!
Chapter 62 - You Are So Heartless And Ruthless. You Totally Broke My Heart!
Chapter 63 - Premiership For You, Dowry Returned To Me
Chapter 64 - General Jiang After Bath
Chapter 65 - Don'T Worry, You Are Out Of My League!
Chapter 66 - An Unexpected Visitor
Chapter 67 - Wait And See Who Will Be Ruined
Chapter 68 - Hey, Time To Pay The Protection Fee!
Chapter 69 - Mistress Bian Was Pregnant
Chapter 70 - My Brother Told Me
Chapter 71 - A Disservice To Dear Brother
Chapter 72 - That Is Your Fate!
Chapter 73 - Be At The Second Rank
Chapter 74 - Noble Girls' Gathering
Chapter 75 - General’S Family Was Full Of Drama
Chapter76 - I Was A Bossy Girl In Nature
Chapter 77 - I Was The No. One
Chapter 78 - Kneel In Front Of Me
Chapter 79 - Being The Brother, The Father, Also The Mother
Chapter 80 - Don'T Disturb My Cousin!
Chapter 81 - Let Me Teach You How To Be A Man
Chapter 82 - Alone In A Room
Chapter 83 - Be My Maid?
Chapter 84 - Why Were You Hiding Here?!
Chapter 85 - No Need To Explain To You!
Chapter 86 - Are You Qualified To Mind My Business?
Chapter 87 - Is This Your Marriage Proposal?!
Chapter 88 - A Pile Of Good-Guy Cards For You....
Chapter 89 - I'M Born To Be A Dangerous Beauty!
Chapter 90 - Here Comes Another Eavesdropper
Chapter 91 - You Can Scream, But No One Will Ever Come To Help You!
Chapter 92 - You Have The Courage To Bow Down To Me, But You Don’T Have The Courage To Help Your Son
Chapter 93 - I Did Not Care Whether She Liked Me Or Not
Chapter 94 - Ruan Qingyan Denounced Me Again...
Chapter 95 - Older And Wiser
Chapter 96 - The Active Princess Yongfu
Chapter 97 - She Was Scolded By Cousin...
Chapter 98 - Things That Shouldn'T Be Asked About
Chapter 99 - Have A Foot In Both Camps
Chapter 100 - Cousin, You Are Innocent
Chapter 101 - Diversion. Pull The Plug (1)
Chapter 102 - Diversion. Pull The Plug (2)
Chapter 103 - Diversion. Pull The Plug (3)
Chapter 104 - Diversion. Pull The Plug (4)
Chapter 105 - Give Me My Stuff Back
Chapter 106 - He Will Be A Dead Man If He Won’T
Chapter 107 - Do You Think I Want To Marry Only For The Wealth?!
Chapter 108 - How Dare You Insult My Cousin! I Will Kill You!
Chapter 109 - Don'T You Care About Her Baby?!
Chapter 110 - I Will Be At Daggers Drawn With You All My Life!
Chapter 111 - The Lost Property
Chapter 112 - Misunderstood Hush Money
Chapter 113 - A Psychologically Twisted Wild Child
Chapter 114 - You Will Never Get Away With It!
Chapter 115 - Trouble Knocking On The Xue Family'S Door
Chapter 116 - Don'T Compete With Me For A Man, Aunt!
Chapter 117 - In Which Way You Choose To Die?
Chapter 118 - Cousin Was Humiliated
Chapter 119 - Is Jiang Yashuang Making A Proposal?!
Chapter 120 - I Don'T Love You At All!
Chapter 121 - Guess What I'M Gonna Do?
Chapter 122 - Missed The One-On-One
Chapter 123 - Got A Godmother As Your Backer?
Chapter 124 - General Ruan Passed Away
Chapter 125 - The Funeral
Chapter 126 - You Have Taught A Good Son!
Chapter 127 - Make False Countercharges
Chapter 128 - The Person Behind The Scenes
Chapter 129 - Spoil The Concubine And Ruin The Wife
Chapter 130 - Allow To Be Buried In Emperor'S Tomb
Chapter 131 - I Must Marry You!
Chapter 132 - As The Rumor Goes, Drunk After One Glass Of Wine
Chapter 133 - I Will Marry You, Lady!
Chapter 134 - My Mourning Period Is Over Finally
Chapter 135 - How Can I Cancel My Engagement
Chapter 136 - Aunt Lian In Distress
Chapter 137 - Internal Strife Of The Jiang Family
Chapter 138 - Is It Pure Relationship Between Brother And Sister?
Chapter 139 - I Let You Leave The Jing City Because Of Yelan
Chapter 140 - The Princess Yang'S Request
Chapter 141 - All With Their Own Designs
Chapter 142 - Kept The Promise Or Die!
Chapter 143 - Miserable Princesses
Chapter 144 - Took Our Cats. Let'S Go!
Chapter 145 - The Trouble
Chapter 146 - Sabotaged Before The Competition
Chapter 147 - The Skill Is Not Enough. The Integrity Can Complete It.
Chapter 148 - Win Aggressively
Chapter 149 - The Immortal At Magpie Bridge Knocked The Door
Chapter 150 - Did You Know That Truth Should Be Brought Into Light.
Chapter 151 - Scheme Emerging
Chapter 152 - Show The Culinary Talents For The First Time
Chapter 153 - Good Boy, Yashuang!
Chapter 154 - Easy, Bro. She Won'T Torture You To Death!
Chapter 155 - I Did Beat Her!
Chapter 156 - The Murder
Chapter 157 - Cousin'S Crisis
Chapter 158 - Do You Suspect Me Of Having An Affair With My Cousin?
Chapter 159 - An Unexpected Betrayal!
Chapter 160 - Leave My Sister Alone. Or You Would Die!
Chapter 161 - She Was Fooled Because She Trusted Me!
Chapter 162 - Told Sister I Won!
Chapter 163 - How Do I Call You?
Chapter 164 - Daddy And Soldiers
Chapter 165 - That Was All He Could Do
Chapter 166 - Bad Karma In Elders
Chapter 167 - Didn'T You Say I'M Your Beloved One?
Chapter 168 - Don'T Ruin My Cousin!
Chapter 169 - Are You Telling A Story?!
Chapter 170 - She Must Be Having An Affair!
Chapter 171 - The Fiances Met Each Other Again
Chapter 172 - Stop Flirting With Each Other In Front Of Me!
Chapter 173 - Are You Sure You'Re Worth So Much?
Chapter 174 - Is Your Brother Married?
Chapter 175 - Don'T You Think You Need A Sister-In-Law?
Chapter 176 - Assassination!
Chapter 177 - That Is My Brother! My Sibling!
Chapter 178 - When Was I Ever Arrogant To You Guys?
Chapter 179 - Unexpectable Road Ahead After Rivals In Love Met
Chapter 180 - One More Vicious Stab
Chapter 181 - What Sincerity Was It By Just Working Hard For You As Cattle And Horses?
Chapter 182 - The Leftover Value Of Aunt Qiu
Chapter 183 - Empress Jiang'S Worries
Chapter 184 - That'S Great. I'M Single Too!
Chapter 185 - Unfilial Grandson! Unworthy Of My Love!
Chapter 186 - Really Want To Punch This Brother-In-Law!
Chapter 187 - You Know Nothing About Men'S Relationship! You Little Girl!
Chapter 188 - Dating After Dusk
Chapter 189 - Slip And Hug Again
Chapter 190 - The Brother-In-Law Who Had A Sister Complex Was Terrifying
Chapter 191 - An Episode Before The Emperor'S Birthday
Chapter 192 - A Gift Battle In The Birthday Ceremony
Chapter 193 - Why Do I Have To Avoid Them?
Chapter 194 - Happened To Find Out An Affair
Chapter 195 - Earthquake! Live Or Die Together!
Chapter 196 - Turmoil!
Chapter 197 - Can He Make It Or Not?!
Chapter 198 - You B*St*Rd! What Have You Done To Me?
Chapter 199 - Are You Familiar With Him?
Chapter 200 - Added Insult To Injury
Chapter 201 - Rumors, Intended For The East Palace, Were Everywhere
Chapter 202 - The Duke Of Puyang Returns A Favour
Chapter 203 - Just Pretend To Have Amnesia
Chapter 204 - Noble Man Is Easy To Impress
Chapter 205 - Master Qiu'S Unexpected Marriage
Chapter 206 - Young Master Ruan Is Such A Great Man That Every Girl Wants Him!
Chapter 207 - The Plots Of Prime Minister Xue
Chapter 208 - My Brother Has Been Ruined. It Was Impossible To Take The Northern Army!
Chapter 209 - The First Branch Is To Blame. What Does It Have To Do With Me?
Chapter 210 - Two Happy Events At Once
Chapter 211 - Got Married
Chapter 212 - Wedding Night
Chapter 213 - The Troublesome Phoenix Hairpin
Chapter 214 - Our Family Is More Complicated Than You Think!
Chapter 215 - Teach The First Branch A Lesson
Chapter 216 - Just Wanted To Show Off In Front Of Them!
Chapter 217 - Who Cares About Your Family Rules?
Chapter 218 - It Was So Nice To Have A Husband Backed Up
Chapter 219 - Don'T Be Busy Crying
Chapter 220 - If You Don'T Fight It, How Do You Know?
Chapter 221 - I Knew My Wife Was Smart!
Chapter 222 - You Deserved! You Spoiled Him!
Chapter 223 - I Know You Have Your Difficulties
Chapter 224 - Hard To Be A Daughter-In-Law
Chapter 225 - The Candidate For The Crown Princess
Chapter 226 - Fear The Nagging Of "Giving Birth To A Boy Once And For All"
Chapter 227 - A Messy Arranged Marriage
Chapter 228 - Helplessly Compromise
Chapter 229 - The Hatred Went Deeper!
Chapter 230 - Offer Advice
Chapter 231 - Something Bad Happened At Home!
Chapter 232 - The Insidious Tao Family
Chapter 233 - Madame Tao Junior'S Crisis!
Chapter 234 - You Cheap Concubine, You Are So Malicious!
Chapter 235 - I Wanted To Kill Jiang Yadan More And More!
Chapter 236 - Your Brother Wants Who To Replace Me?
Chapter 237 - Hoist With Their Own Petards!
Chapter 238 - The Tao Family'S Great Regret
Chapter 239 - Immoral Maiden Family And Unhappy Husband
Chapter 240 - The One With A Child Rules The Backyard
Chapter 241 - A Huge Variation Of The Fight For The Crown Prince!
Chapter 242 - An Undercurrent Arising From Whitey
Chapter 243 - Invitations? It Was More Of A Declaration Of War
Chapter 244 - Take Measures Accordingly. Only They Smart?
Chapter 245 - Wanted To Get Out? Got Out With Scars!
Chapter 246 - Sound Her Out
Chapter 247 - The War Between Women
Chapter 248 - The Fight For The Position Of Crown Prince Should Be Accelerated!
Chapter 249 - Killing Two Birds With One Stone?
Chapter 250 - Who Would Be Willing To Be A Pawn If He Could Be The Master?
Chapter 251 - Hurry, Check Useless Teammate!
Chapter 252 - Where To Find A Five-Star Brother?
Chapter 253 - I Was Doing What My Role Model Did
Chapter 254 - We Have To Rely On Qiu Yelan!
Chapter 255 - How They Met
Chapter 256 - A Plan Of Empress Dowager’S Party
Chapter 257 - The Remaining Problem? Your Teacher Would Help You!
Chapter 258 - Wrangle In Summer Palace
Chapter 259 - Seduction Under Admiration? How Was It Possible!
Chapter 260 - Killing Three Birds With One Stone. A Good Strategy!
Chapter 261 - Keep The Wealth, Overtly Agree But Covertly Oppose
Chapter 262 - You, Vicious Woman, What A Bad Daughter You Gave Birth!
Chapter 263 - I Merely Want To Have A Kid Of My Own
Chapter 264 - Try The Best To Save This Marriage
Chapter 265 - Threatened Abortion
Chapter 266 - It'S Way Over The Line!
Chapter 267 - Scum, You Have No Bottom Line
Chapter 268 - Hung Himself Because Of Her Oppression!
Chapter 269 - Helping The Evil
Chapter 270 - Suffering A Big Loss
Chapter 271 - The Truth About The Death Of Princess Ruan
Chapter 272 - I'Ve Already Known She Could Not Tolerate Yelan
Chapter 273 - Truth Hard To Explain
Chapter 274 - Misunderstanding Coming Up
Chapter 275 - Can'T Save Your Daughter And Want To Lose Your Son Too?
Chapter 276 - You Are So... So Ruthless!
Chapter 277 - I Want Her To Be Safe And Sou
Chapter 278 - Guessed It Wrong!
Chapter 279 - Being Schemed Against By That Old Woman!
Chapter 280 - Shiftless Jiang Yadan
Chapter 281 - Don'T Disrespect A Prince!
Chapter 282 - Unanimously To Kill Her
Chapter 283 - How And Why Did Miscarriage Happen?
Chapter 284 - Give My Brother More Suits Of Silk Armor
Chapter 285 - Urgent Military Situation!
Chapter 286 - He Was Born To Be It!
Chapter 287 - He Beat His Own Son To Death?
Chapter 288 - A Surprising Choice For The Expectant Princess
Chapter 289 - Good Intention Yet Bad Result
Chapter 290 - Something Wrong With The Dowry
Chapter 291 - How About A Thorough Investigation?
Chapter 292 - The First Branch Seems Too Idle, Make Them Busy!
Chapter 293 - Still Suffered From Old Illness, One Disaster After Another!
Chapter 294 - How Could I Let You Guys Lead Me By The Nose?
Chapter 295 - A Deal
Chapter 296 - The Level Of A Woman Who Has Been A Mistress For Thirty Years
Chapter 297 - Get Pregnant Now!
Chapter 298 - I Will Be The One Who Benefits The Most!
Chapter 299 - Hidden Tide Rising Before The Lunar New Year'S Eve Dinner
Chapter 300 - Can'T Let The Fourth Branch Continue Being Arrogant!
Chapter 301 - How Did She Get Brainwashed?!
Chapter 302 - The Emperor Was Poisoned!
Chapter 303 - Investigate Regardless Of One'S Status. No One Is Innocent!
Chapter 304 - A Must-Have Poison For Every Situation!
Chapter 305 - Look After Your Sister-In-Law For Me!
Chapter 306 - You Aren'T Lucky!
Chapter 307 - This Is A Punishment!
Chapter 308 - If I Have To Die, No One Will Live!
Chapter 309 - Tell You A Joke
Chapter 310 - That Was Not A Simple Joke!
Chapter 311 - Destiny
Chapter 312 - Show Everyone How Useless She Is!
Chapter 313 - Someone Has Planned To Marry Your Husband For A Long Time.
Chapter 314 - No One In The Palace Is Simple
Chapter 315 - Young Master Is Always On Your Side
Chapter 316 - Help Him!
Chapter 317 - He Was Forced Too Much.
Chapter 318 - A Crazy Change!
Chapter 319 - Choose The Right Side To Save Life In The Key Moment
Chapter 320 - Revenge! Don'T Let The Kuang Family Go!
Chapter 321 - An Attack With Hatred Caused A Dying Struggle
Chapter 322 - You Don'T Trust Me, And I Don'T Trust You Either.
Chapter 323 - Someone Must Be Responsible For It.
Chapter 324 - Rebelling At War
Chapter 325 - You Have To Prepare For Potential Failure
Chapter 326 - A Big Defeat, Another New Way
Chapter 327 - Why Did Princess Zhou Have Contacts With My Brother?
Chapter 328 - Revenge After A Long Time.
Chapter 329 - Your Son Was Going To Die.
Chapter 330 - The Heir Was Important.
Chapter 331 - Young Prince Asked You To Kill The King
Chapter 332 - Son, Don’T Blame Me!
Chapter 333 - Provocation? Why Couldn'T We Do It?
Chapter 334 - Just Need A Goddaughter
Chapter 335 - Win The Beautiful Spy Over
Chapter 336 - Kill Two And Release One. Who Will You Choose?
Chapter 337 - If You Are Hurt, I Am Ashamed!
Chapter 338 - Emperor Died. Was It Empress Dowager'S Final Card?
Chapter 339 - They Surely Came At Me
Chapter 340 - Rest In Peace
Chapter 341 - Difficult Labor
Chapter 342 - You Two Will Raise The Kid
Chapter 343 - Becoming From Your Enemy To Your Sword!
Chapter 344 - Marriage
Chapter 345 - Strike First To Gain The Initiative!
Chapter 346 - There Will Be Fun!
Chapter 347 - They Shouldn'T Look Down The Madame Of The Jiang Family.
Chapter 348 - Troublemaker (Part One)
Chapter 349 - Troublemaker (Part Two)
Chapter 350 - Bully My Wife, She Surely Doesn'T Take Me Seriously!
Chapter 351 - Here Comes The First Branch'S Big Trouble!
Chapter 352 - Can She Be Lucky Enough To Fulfill Her Dream?
Chapter 353 - Fabulous Show Was Started By The Remarriage Of Eighth Brother
Chapter 354 - Doubt Me And Still Want My Help? Do I Owe You?
Chapter 355 - Ling Zui Was Back.
Chapter 356 - A New Wave Of Discord
Chapter 357 - The Good-For-Nothing Father And Son Deserve A Bad Ending!
Chapter 358 - Don'T Care Too Much! Get Her Firstly!
Chapter 359 - Failed To Use Others And Lost Their Face.
Chapter 360 - Fulfil Promises
Chapter 361 - You Need To Learn That From Jiang Yashuang!
Chapter 362 - Jiang Yashuang Thought Too Much.
Chapter 363 - It Was My Incompetence That Made You And Daughter Live In Aggrieved Life.
Chapter 364 - The Fire Burnt To Her!
Chapter 365 - Inflicting Someone On Your Husband
Chapter 366 - Failed Settlement Talks
Chapter 367 - A Desperate Situation
Chapter 368 - Survived From A Desperate Situation And Framed Each Other
Chapter 369 - No One Is Crueler Than The Two Uncles
Chapter 370 - A Good Wife
Chapter 371 - A Letter Written In Blood
Chapter 372 - Did Not Take Him As An Idiot!
Chapter 373 - They Have To Die!
Chapter 374 - Nothing Ventured, Nothing Gained
Chapter 375 - An Experience Of Qiu Feng
Chapter 376 - Unforeseen Event Of The Future Princess Of Wei
Chapter 377 - Couldn'T Figure Out Who Did It
Chapter 378 - Who Murdered The Kids Of The Jiang Family?
Chapter 379 - The Most Vicious Thing Is Women'S Heart
Chapter 380 - Qiu Jinglan’S Self-Justification
Chapter 381 - The Real Aftermath!
Chapter 382 - Jing City Would Be In A Mess!
Chapter 383 - Which Side Was Their Eighth Uncle On?
Chapter 384 - Who Was The Most Perfect Scapegoat?
Chapter 385 - Sir Jibei'S Choice
Chapter 386 - Why Lie To Him At This Point?
Chapter 387 - Madame Zhuang Came Back!
Chapter 388 - She Had No Choice But To Play Her Trump Card
Chapter 389 - Being As A Father And A Mother
Chapter 390 - In An Uproar
Chapter 391 - Took Care Of The Sick.
Chapter 392 - Shameless Guy!
Chapter 393 - Madame Dou'S Death And The Grievous News At Last!
Chapter 394 - To Save Qiu Jinglan!
Chapter 395 - If You Have Anything To Say, Just Tell Me Directly!
Chapter 396 - Every Dog Has His Day!
Chapter 397 - A Mother-In-Law That Even A Real Mother Cannot Compare With!
Chapter 398 - Knowing The Real Culprit
Chapter 399 - My Cruelty Is Always Enough!
Chapter 400 - If You Want To Get Married, Why Don'T You Marry Me?
Chapter 401 - Dare You Agree? If You Do, I Will Marry You!
Chapter 402 - I Knew It That I Would Marry Him, Surely!
Chapter 403 - Get Them All Into Trouble!
Chapter 404 - Swapped In The Courtyard!
Chapter 405 - My Brother Is Getting Married After All
Chapter 406 - Are We In Your Way When We Survive?
Chapter 407 - The Remaining Members Of The Dou Family And Gu Are The Masterminds!
Chapter 408 - Trump Card: Tell My Father!
Chapter 409 - The Filial Jiang Yahong
Chapter 410 - Ling Zui’S Charm Had A Powerful Effect On Married Women.
Chapter 411 - Madame Zhuang Met Her Sister-In-Law.
Chapter 412 - The Gap Between Mother And Son
Chapter 413 - This Is The Opportunity For Us!
Chapter 414 - It Is An Ability To Deal With Lovers At Home And Outside
Chapter 415 - No Shrewishness, No Rules
Chapter 416 - What A Psycho! Ignore Her Niece!
Chapter 417 - Tit For Tat
Chapter 418 - An Episode Before The Wedding
Chapter 419 - The Grand Wedding Of The Emperor And The Empress
Chapter 420 - The Gap Between Mother And Son
Chapter 421 - Troubles From Women
Chapter 422 - Giving Birth And The Completion Of The Baby'S First Month Of Life
Chapter 423 - The Death Of Sir Jibei
Chapter 424 - I Knew You Wouldn’T Believe Me!
Chapter 425 - Today Wasn'T The Same As Before!
Chapter 426 - How Dare You, A Little Girl, Threaten Me?
Chapter 427 - Got Poisoned!
Chapter 428 - What A Good-For-Nothing Madame He Is!
Chapter 429 - I Consider You My Sister From Now On!
Chapter 430 - Finding Out The Poison Source
Chapter 431 - Subscription For Shares
Chapter 432 - Was This Option Worth Thinking About?
Chapter 433 - Be In The Clear
Chapter 434 - Tensions
Chapter 435 - Jiang Tianchi Arrived In Jing City
Chapter 436 - Elder Preference
Chapter 437 - The Meeting Of The Brothers
Chapter 438 - Whether There Exists Firm And Unyielding Character?
Chapter 439 - The Empress Was Pregnant
Chapter 440 - The Happiness
Chapter 441 - Finishing The Mourning
Chapter 442 - Curtsy To Empress
Chapter 443 - Miscarriage
Chapter 446 - Ling Zui And Zhuang Man Got Married
Chapter 447 - Thought It Wrongly
Chapter 448 - Assassination
Chapter 449 - More Doubts
Chapter 450 - When It Was Through, It Was Through (1)
Chapter 451 - When It Was Through, It Was Through (2)
Chapter 452 - Interlocking Stratagems?
Chapter 453 - Conversation Between The Grandfather And Grandson
Chapter 454 - Staff
Chapter 455 - Kui Xiannan Passed Away
Chapter 456 - Prepare For The Worst Thing
Chapter 457 - Ace In The Hole
Chapter 458 - The Next Year
Chapter 459 - One-Year-Old Birthday Banquet
Chapter 460 - Unexpected Visitors
Chapter 461 - A Kept Man
Chapter 462 - Being Pregnant Again
Chapter 463 - Family Matters
Chapter 464 - Unexpected Concubinage
Chapter 465 - It Was Time For Summer Again
Chapter 466 - You Think I Don’T Know What You Are Thinking
Chapter 467 - Labor And Title Conferring
Chapter 468 - The Most Important Person
Chapter 469 - Swaddle
Chapter 470 - Something Odd
Chapter 471 - Jiang Qilai’S Origin
Chapter 472 - Trifles Before The Lunar New Year
Chapter 473 - The Miserable Former Emperor
Chapter 474 - The Second Day Of The Lunar New Year
Chapter 475 - Behind The Scenes Of His Failed Blind Date
Chapter 476 - Naughty Parents Of Naughty Children
Chapter 477 - Emperor And Noble Consort
Chapter 478 - Keeping Enduring
Chapter 479 - Suspicious Money
Chapter 480 - The Death Of Madame Jin
Categories Genre: All, Ongoing, Romance Status: Ongoing ______
Total Chapters in book: 478
Estimated words: 1212412 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 6062(@200wpm)___ 4850(@250wpm)___ 4041(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 1212412 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 6062(@200wpm)___ 4850(@250wpm)___ 4041(@300wpm)
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Chapter 304 A Must-have Poison for Every Situation!
Seeing that she woke up, Jiang Yashuang simply bent down and hugged her. After a while, he whispered, “Fortunately you are OK.”
Qiu Yelan noticed that his voice was a little hoarse, and she knew that he must have been very anxious and was shut out of the palace that night. She immediately moved and let him sit down on the bed. “It’s OK. Don’t worry about it!” She said softly, leaning on his shoulder.
The couple hugged each other for a while, and their emotions finally calmed down. Then Qiu Yelan asked, “What did Dai Cong mean about the witness?”
“I arranged the witness.” Jiang Yashuang sighed wearily, “I wanted to frame Empress Dowager Gu and prove my innocence by the way. As a result, such a big thing happened last night. Who could take care of such twists and turns?”
That was true. Compared with the incident that the Emperor was almost poisoned to death in front of the civil and military officials and concubines of Imperial Harem, it was no big deal that a Hanlin Academy was slandered.
Qiu Yelan breathed out, “Even if other people don’t care, the first branch and the Dou Family will keep thinking about it. Just make it clear. Otherwise, even if we are not afraid of them, it will be difficult for grandfather to do it.”
Jiang Yashuang kissed her on the face and said, “Yes.”
After a while, Qiu Yelan asked in a low voice, “Is there no one outside now?”
“What?” Jiang Yashuang was stunned.
“I have something very important to tell you! This can not be heard by anyone, even Su He,” Qiu Yelan said. Even Su He couldn’t know it. Jiang Yashuang knew that it must be something important. He ordered people outside the house to go away and let Su He and others stay far away and not allow anyone to stay near the inner room.
Several maids were not nervous when they heard it. Instead, they covered their mouths and snickered. Obviously, they thought too much.
Jiang Yashuang didn’t care how they speculated about his order. After returning to the house, he listened carefully for a moment and confirmed that there was no one around. Then he sat back beside the bed and said, “You can say it!”
Qiu Yelan whispered, “Before the banquet, Cousin Xin and I were talking near a railing outside the Hall. We heard someone throwing things under the nearest flower tree in the wind and snow. Looking back, I found that someone left in a hurry at the corner of the corridor in front of the Hall. Then I just said one word to Cousin Xin, but a little servant came to urge us to enter the Hall to welcome the Emperor…” Jiang Yashuang became serious and said, “You mean what happened at the banquet?”
Qiu Yelan sighed in distress, “I don’t know! In the middle of the banquet, the Empress Dowager and my aunt asked me when Cousin Xin and I came out of the Hall and which section of the railing we were leaning on. And then they called the servants to check. It suddenly occurred to me what happened. I was really scared at that time! I thought that I had been trapped. As a result, the servants sent by the Empress Dowager went to see it and said they didn’t find anything, but I definitely heard that sound!”
Jiang Yashuang frowned and thought for a while, and then he asked in detail about the sound she heard at that time, the place where the things fell, and the height of the corner of her clothes. Finally, he pondered, “This is really an important clue, but now I’m afraid that Empress Jiang and the Empress Dowager are still checking the palace people together. Wait until the evening to report the news and ask Empress Jiang to arrange someone to check it.”
“Be careful! I wonder if it has anything to do with His Majesty’s poisoning. If it was the Empress Dowager’s people who did it, why didn’t they find anything last night? Is it because Cousin Xin and I took a large group of servants with us last night? If we said that we didn’t throw anything, we couldn’t be convicted by force. But if now my aunt’s people were caught quietly looking for things, there would be no way to make it clear.” Jiang Yashuang said. Qiu Yelan understood from his tone that the Emperor’s poisoning had nothing to do with the Empress’ party. She was very afraid and said, “Fortunately, His Majesty was saved this time. Otherwise, the consequences would be unimaginable. Although my brother hasn’t arrived in the city of Shazhou, he must have entered the realm of Shazhou.”
If the Emperor died at the critical moment, Kuang Shihan would probably kill Qiu Jinglan first to ensure the stability of the Western Army. After all, the country couldn’t exist without a monarch for a day. If the Emperor died, it would mean that the Crown Prince had to be decided in the shortest time. If it were the Prince of Zhou, then there would be no need to worry about Kuang Shihan’s problem. If it were the Seventh Prince, then Kuang Shihan would be desperate anyway and do anything possible!
In other words, as soon as the Emperor died, Kuang Shihan would be desperate and even lead a part of the Western Army to kill Qiu Jinglan. At that time, unless Qiu Jinglan could withdraw from Shazhou and rush back to Jing City in time, he would die.
Jiang Yashuang patted his wife on the shoulder and said, “His Majesty’s body is not good, but it should be OK. You can rest assured. Last night, I sent someone out of the city to inform my elder brother. After knowing the reason this morning, I wrote another letter in my handwriting. He knows what to do.”
“But all the people in the Hall didn’t carry poison last night. All the utensils in the Hall, including the porch pillars and floor tiles, were examined by imperial doctors and the Imperial Army in full view of the public. I don’t know how His Majesty got poisoned.” Qiu Yelan said. She put her finger around her long hair and said with confusion, “What is the poison in His Majesty? I was thinking about what the man had thrown under the flower tree, and I missed your words.”
Jiang Yashuang pondered, “It’s Hedinghong Poison. Strangely, no poison can be found everywhere.”
Qiu Yelan knew Hedinghong Poison was a good name for arsenic. As the most famous poison in ancient times, it had always been a must-have to kill meritorious officials, to eliminate dissidents, to make plots among wives, to murder for money, to murder one’s husband, to revenge, and to solve suspect cases. However, it was not difficult to find out the trace because it was used too often. People could find it through a silver needle.
However, when the two empresses ordered a thorough investigation of the whole Hall and the people in it, all the people and objects in the Hall were thoroughly tested by countless silver needles. No one found any needle turned black, except the white wine which the Emperor drank.
“In a word, no matter who did it, since he dared to do such a thing, there must be a plot.” Jiang Yashuang said. Jiang Yashuang thought for a while, and a sense of obliteration flashed in his eyes. He said slowly, “If the Empress Dowager Gu had done such rebellious things, our family would have prepared for this.” He looked at his wife and said, “But in case of accidents, don’t go out these days. Send some servants to greet Prince’s Mansion of Xihe, the Ruan Family, and the Li Family. It’s no big deal to be rude at a special moment.”
Qiu Yelan agreed.
Prince’s Mansion of Xihe, the Ruan Family, and the Li Family could either neglect or explain the situation without going there in person. But the Zhuang Family was different. At this time, the rule was that the uncle on the mother’s side was important. Therefore, Jiang Yadan and his brothers must go to pay New Year’s greetings together to the Zhuang Family every year. Especially it was the first lunar month Qiu Yelan stayed in her husband’s home. It was important to greet their uncle.
Even if something serious happened in the Palace, since it was not the worst, they had to greet their relatives.
In fact, the only daughter-in-law of the Jiang Family who could really stay at home this year was Tao Qianbin, because Madame Tao refused all relatives to make her concentrate on the pregnancy.
Therefore, on the third day of the first lunar month, after a night’s rest, Qiu Yelan and Jiang Yashuang got up early and dressed up. They went to the room to kowtow to Marquess Qin and Madame Tao, explaining where they were going. Then they went to the Zhuang’s Mansion to pay a New Year’s visit with Jiang Yadan and Jiang Yazhu couples.
The Jiang Family and the Zhuang Family were both in Jing City. They usually had a lot of contacts. So they were not very serious today. However, it was Zhuang Man’s elder brother Zhuang Rong who led his eldest son Zhuang Nanfeng to meet them outside the gate. Entering the second gate, Zhuang Man and her sister-in-law, Feng, welcomed Sheng Shishui and Qiu Yelan.
After a friendly exchange, Zhuang Mo’s wife, Wen, dropped her daughter-in-law, Feng, a hint. Feng understood and proposed to take her two cousins to her yard. She said, “The pots of plum blossoms I bought the other day are now open. Would you like to have a look at them?”
This was obviously to get the women to avoid. Sheng Shishui and Qiu Yelan both knew that, and they went out after hearing the words.
Wen made an excuse that she took Zhuang Man to the kitchen to have a look at the preparations for the lunch so that her husband and nephews could talk in the Ming Hall.
As soon as the mother and daughter left, Zhuang Mo lost the mood of chatting and immediately asked Jiang Yashuang, “What happened after Dai Cong took you out of the Palace on New Year’s Eve?”
“I have explained clearly with my elder brother.” Jiang Yashuang smiled and said. Then he said, “The witness he arranged was stubborn. I made him unable to justify himself. He just insisted that it was I who had instructed him to give the Dou Family’s criminal evidence to Qiu Dian. Although I’m not smart, I still have a few obedient people around me. I can make money to buy other people to do things, and I’m not that stupid to hand over the evidence to a strange roadside beggar. I’m afraid he’ll spend his money and throw the evidence into the ditch.”
The people he arranged, of course, would leave a clear flaw so that he could clear the suspicion.
Dai Cong later came to realize that he was framed. But the “beggar witness” was the Men of Sacrifice Jiang Yashuang arranged. As Dai Cong said, he could not survive that night. On the first day of the first lunar month, the man died. And there was no proof. Dai Cong would have no one to turn to. However, he just fortunately met the time when the Emperor was poisoned. No one would punish him for framing a Hanlin Academy. Even if it was raked up in the future, he would be temporarily hidden and safe for now.
Zhuang Mo was relieved to hear that he had explained clearly that he had not killed Uncle Mengmin’s relatives by marriage. He cautioned, “Over the years, the Dou Family has gone too far by relying on your Uncle Mengmin’s unusual position in front of your grandfather. But no matter how bad they are, they are still your elder’s family in law. No matter how unhappy you are, the worst you can do is to be silent when others do that. But there is no way that you do it by yourself. Even if we bring them down, we will get the reputation of disrespect for our elders! It’s not worth it!”
Jiang Yadan and his brothers all nodded to say yes, but none of them put these words seriously. Jiang Yadan and Jiang Yazhu had not known the meaning of reputation for a long time, while Jiang Yashuang smiled and said, “Those who achieve great things do not pay attention to trivial matters. Uncle Mengmin is getting more and more aggressive. If we are still afraid of mere words and do nothing, we will see the fall of our family soon. And we may even live under Uncle Mengmin’s power. Although uncle’s words are out of love for us, they are not suitable for the current situation of the fourth branch!”
The three brothers didn’t want to spoil Zhuang Mo’s good mood at the Spring Festival, so they were very nice about what he said. Seeing this, Zhuang Mo knew that the three nephews had no intention and didn’t listen to him at all.
It was just something that their grandfather, Marquess Qin, could not do. Zhuang Mo didn’t expect to coax them into obedience and sighed in secret. And Zhuang Mo stopped the words of exhortation. He brought up today’s hottest topic, “Is there any clue to the murderer of the Emperor?”
Now it was the period of closing the Yamen. Although the poisoning of the Emperor led to the emergency work of criminal investigation and military departments, Zhuang Mo, an official of the education department, continued to be on the vocation at the Spring Festival. When people were at home, the news was relatively closed. The Zhuang Family had no contacts in the palace, so he could only ask for the latest news through his nephews.
However, to his disappointment, the Jiang brothers did not bring any valuable inside information. They said, “It is said that people in the Palace are still investigating. Many palace servants have been killed in the past two days. But they only have found out a lot about the mess. No clue about the serious business was found.”
In fact, in the past two days, a lot of dirty questions were forced out by the high pressure. Before that, any one of them was enough to cause heated discussion between the government and the public. However, in the face of the terrible incident in which the Emperor almost died, they all became nothing.
Zhuang Mo listened to the nephews, frowned, thought for a while, and became worried. He said, “Affairs like these were found out, but the business of murdering the Emperor has not progressed yet. I’m worried if it can’t be found out all the time, or if it has nothing to do with the Empress Dowager. The Empress Dowager will bring up these dirty things again and make trouble to Her Majesty in the name of incompetence in ruling the palace.”
When Empress Jiang got married to the Emperor, Empress Dowager Gu and the Jiang Family were still very close. Also, Empress Dowager herself was in charge of the government. She was very generous and gave the Empress imperial power on her first day in the Palace after the greeting ceremony.
After that, Empress Jiang was not satisfied with her power and began to intervene in the government. However, her power didn’t increase. So she went close to Maid Lin and trusted her deeply. Therefore, if there was a mess in the Palace, the Empress would have compelling leadership responsibility.
Regardless of hatred or position, Empress Dowager’s party had no reason to let go of this opportunity to bring the Empress down.
Total Chapters in book: 478
Estimated words: 1212412 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 6062(@200wpm)___ 4850(@250wpm)___ 4041(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 1212412 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 6062(@200wpm)___ 4850(@250wpm)___ 4041(@300wpm)
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