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 465 It Was Time for Summer Again
When Jiang Yadan learned his brother and sister-in-law’s concerns, he said dismissively, “The thing between them and Qiu Jinglan? I have told my fourth brother and fifth brother long ago!”
“Do our fourth brother and fifth brother still want to take them as mistresses?” Qiu Yelan was surprised.
“What does it matter? They are courtesans from the brothel. Who expects them to be chaste?” Jiang Yadan snickered, “As my fourth brother and fifth brother like their talents and appearances, they intend to take them as mistresses. Back then they were well-known in the court and had many friends of high status. And among their guests, there were no common people. But everything changed. Now they are being no longer pretty. If they do not find a good husband, they would probably be miserable in the future. They may not have hostility towards you, my nineteenth sister-in-law.”
Qiu Yelan said, “I’m not afraid that they have any animosity towards me…”
Before Qiu Yelan finished her sentences, Jiang Yadan said, ignoring her, “Even though you are right to be worried about their hostility, the two women are in their twenties, not as young as they were. How many of those who visit a brothel are not easily bored? Only my fourth brother and fifth brother, who just came to Jing City, are dazzled by them and insist on taking them as mistresses. In a few years, when they are wrinkled, who will remember them? And they can do nothing big at that time!”
“…” Qiu Yelan had no words for this. After all, Jiang Yazhao and Jiang Yawan’s grandfather was not the same one of the fourth branch. And they didn’t meet until recently. So far, they had still been polite towards each other when they met. They were not so close that they could prevent them from taking Hua Shenshen and Penglai Yue as their mistresses without making them enemies.
As such, Qiu Yelan had to return with a failure.
Jiang Yashuang comforted her on the way back, “Although the war in Xijiang is not as smooth as that in Beijiang, there is no big mistake. So, the first branch has no reason and opportunity to intervene there. And naturally, they cannot do something to your brother, let alone my fourth brother and fifth brother! Even if Hua Shenshen and Penglai Yue are going to provoke the relationship between them and your brother, what does it matter?”
As for whether Hua Shenshen and Penglai Yue would vent their anger on Qiu Yelan, Jiang Yashuang thought they didn’t dare to do that unless they wanted to die. Moreover, the yard where Jiang Yazhao and Jiang Yawan lived was next to the first branch and far from the fourth branch. With their identities, the two women were not likely to come alone to visit the fourth branch. Even though they were in Marquess’s Mansion as well, they could hardly meet Qiu Yelan. Also, they could not manage anything. How could they do something to Qiu Yelan?
So, it was done.
In a few days, with the help of Jiang Yadan, Jiang Yazhao and Jiang Yawan redeemed Hua Shenhua and Penglai Yue and placed them in a residence not far from Marquess’s Mansion. The two courtesans, who had been making the world mad for nearly ten years, were good at enchanting men. Since that, they not only coaxed Jiang Yazhao and Jiang Yawan to ignore the rules of the Jiang Family that their sons must take mistresses from good families, but also let them solemnly invite someone to choose a date.
At the beginning of May, Jiang Yazhao and Jiang Yawan set up a wedding banquet in the yard where they lived. They invited Jiang Yadan and some others of the Jiang Family, as well as a few friends they had known these days, namely some dandies from other families, to celebrate the ceremony and witness that they officially accepted Hua Shenshen and Penglai Yue as their mistresses.
As the two courtesans were taken into the Jiang Family, Jiang Yazhao and Jiang Yawan indulged in their beauty. Instead of going out with Jiang Yadan, they remained indoors all day. He Shuijin privately told Qiu Yelan, “Our fourth sister-in-law and fifth sister-in-law now grind their teeth for the two courtesans. But the two courtesans are not easy to mess with, aren’t they? As our two sisters-in-law just gave warnings to them on the pretext of caring for the health of our fourth brother and fifth brother, they were viciously sued by the two courtesans. That made our two sisters-in-law a great disgrace!
“My eighth brother is likely to be hated by two sisters-in-law!” Qiu Yelan sighed, “Yesterday, I heard from Yashuang that our fourth brother and fifth brother now even did not care about Jingmu and Jingman. All they cared about is how to coax the two mistresses!”
The corners of He Shuijin’s mouth curled, “Our fourth sister-in-law and fifth sister-in-law are planning to arrange for their trusted subordinates to go out and buy someone these two days!”
“Eh?”
“They think they have grown old. Even when they were young, in terms of appearances and seduction skills, they were not comparable to the courtesans from the first-class brothels in Jing City. So, they want to find someone who can fight with the two courtesans to vent anger!” He Shuijin said, “After all, their maiden families are much lower than our Jiang Family. It was only because the second branch and the fifth branch had been confined in Kui County that my fourth brother and fifth brother married them. Now that my fourth brother and fifth brother have almost been enchanted to death by their mistresses, how can they not worry?”
Qiu Yelan mused, “I’m afraid it is difficult to buy someone.”
“Of course, it is difficult. If they are only beautiful, they will be unlikely to compete with those two!” He Shuijin jeered, “If they have beauty and means, they will be ambitious, and then will they be willing to be driven by my fourth sister-in-law and fifth sister-in-law? The two sisters-in-law are just driving the tiger to swallow the wolf. There is still a lot to worry about in the future!”
With that, she heaved a sigh of relief, “But Hua Shenshen and Penglai Yue can make our fourth brother and fifth brother stay in the mansion. Perhaps that’s a good thing! The two brothers are too careless with money. When the previous expenses were reported to me, I almost wanted to immediately get up and get them out!”
Qiu Yelan asked, “Was it the last time they went on a trip with our eighth brother? How much did it cost?”
He Shuijin gave a number. Qiu Yelan also felt the urge to go with her to drive the two brothers away, “How could they spend so much? How much do we the whole family spend in a full year?”
It was only a dozen days, no more than a month. However, the expenses were nearly half of the whole family’s one-year expenditure! Who could accept such relatives?
“I asked your fourteenth brother to ask your eighth brother about what happened. It was said that our fourth brother and fifth brother were a bit apprehensive on the way to the ‘Spring House’, asking that as it was their first journey far away from home, whether the courtesans in Jing City, who must be used to seeing great things, would look down on them and make them lose face in front of people.” Speaking of this, He Shuijin grimaced, “What do you think our eighth brother said?”
“What did he say?” Qiu Yelan was sure that Jiang Yadan must have said something terribly bad!
It was sure enough, “He said that the brothels were all the same all over the world. As long as a person was rich, he had a say. If the person was generous enough, no one would care about whether he was a frequent visitor or not!”
“And then the fourth brother and the fifth brother sent Hua Shenshen a bucket of pearls as soon as they met!”
“It took less time before a cup of tea was finished that they promised half-car cloud brocade, which was as valuable as gold.”
“As Hua Shenshen just played one song, the fourth brother promised her a house in the heat of the moment. Before others could say anything, the fifth brother jumped in and said he would send Hua Shenshen a bigger house than his fourth brother… The two of them just fought all the way, promising countless benefits like water!”
He Shuijin sneered, “The two of them are very generous. But they didn’t pay a single penny themselves. They let the factotum in the brothel write it down. And then they asked someone to come to our mansion and ask me for money! If they didn’t take the two courtesans in and love them so much, I would suspect that they were working together to blackmail our Marquess’s Mansion!”
“… When you say so, I also think it’s a good thing that Hua Shenshen and Penglai Yue have been taken into our family!” Qiu Yelan sighed.
Although she did not expect to live on the property of Marquess’s Mansion, she would not be happy when she watched people who were not qualified to share the property boldly squander and spoil the family’s money!
At the end of May, it was the day when Emperor and Empress Dowager went to Mount Dizi for spending the summer.
Marquess Qin’s condition was a little better this year than last year. But Dr. Lin still suggested that he should not go on a trip. So, once again, the entire Jiang Family stayed.
“Watch out for them. Do not let them run too fast and fall to the bottom of the steps!” The blazing summer sun baked the earth. Though the tall trees around the yard were cleaned twice, there were still sounds of the cicadas that were missed when they trying to pick them up, which added to the restlessness.
Qiu Yelan, in a loose low-necked dress, lay on a rattan bed under a vineyard, squinting at the occasional halo of light leaking down between the dense grape leaves.
With four utensils containing ice around the rattan bed, she felt cool while the breeze was blowing.
Jiang Jingkun and Jiang Jinglang were running around under the corridor not far away. Children’s screams and frolics made the yard extremely lively, but also let Qiu Yelan worry about accidents.
“Where there are steps, two of you should stand there. When you see the junior young masters approaching, protect them! Don’t let them hurt! Or else you will be punished!” Mrs. Qu answered and passed the order.
Mrs. Zhou handed over a bowl of sour prune drink and said, “My madame, you didn’t sleep last night and this morning, you also didn’t want to eat anything. Now as you have an appetite, just drink it!”
When Qiu Yelan was pregnant with Jiang Jinglang, she behaved as she was not pregnant. At that time, she could eat, drink and sleep. And even the birth went surprisingly smoothly. But perhaps her luck was run out with the first child. This time her second baby got her to suffer terribly.
She found out that she was pregnant because of the vomiting. As she took the medicine prescribed by the doctor, she had been fine for two or three months in a row. And she had thought it was all the same as she had Jiang Jinglan. Even He Shuijin said she envied her for having a second child so soon and not suffering so much. However, two days ago, she started throwing up again without warning!
Jiang Yashuang was scared enough to call someone to open the door and invite the doctor to come in the middle of the night. They were all up all night. And finally, Dr. Lin was invited over. Only until then did they confirm that Qiu Yelan was fine. It was just the reactions of pregnancy. From that night until now, Qiu Yelan had always wanted to vomit, which completely hurt her appetite.
She didn’t eat for a day and a night. But when she finally had some appetite now, she just asked for a bowl of sour prune drink. No matter what else food was held to her eyes, she was not interested.
She drank less than half a bowl of sour prune drink by Mrs. Zhou’s hand and then pushed the bowl away, “I can’t eat anymore!”
Mrs. Zhou and Mrs. Qu looked at each other, worrying and thinking, “How could a pregnant woman always not eat?”
The two old women hadn’t come up with any ideas when someone outside reported that Commandery Princess Yishu had arrived.
“Just let her in!” As Qiu Yelan heard that, she immediately half sat up. She thought to herself, “Qiu Qian always does not come to the door. Once she comes to visit, she must have something. I do not know what brings her here this time.”
A few moments later, Qiu Qian entered the yard with two willow hats in her hand. According to the freshness of the leaves, it could be known that they must have been folded after Qiu Qian entered Marquess’s Mansion. She nodded to Qiu Yelan as a greeting and walked to the corridor. And then she called Jiang Jingkun and Jiang Jinglang over and smilingly gave them one each to wear, “How about your Aunt Qiu Qian’s handicraft?”
“Be careful of the bugs on the willow hats!” As Qiu Yelan saw them, she hurriedly reminded. There were too many caterpillars on the willow leaves this season.
“I know they are delicate. I have picked caterpillars off and washed the leaves in the lake water.” Qiu Qian spread her hands as she walked down the corridor. She sat down on the soft couch in front of Qiu Yelan, “I promise it will not hurt your two babies. You can rest assured!”
Even though she said so, Mrs. Qu still picked up the two willow hats and carefully checked them before giving Jiang Jingkun and Jiang Jinglang to wear back. It was the first time for the two brothers to see the willow hats, which were new to them. Since that, they thanked Aunt Qiu Qian happily.
“You are so good at fooling children!” Qiu Yelan said contemptuously, “How can you ask with this sort of handicraft… It is not as good as my handicraft!”
“It is not for you anyway. Your son and nephew like it. That means I am good at handicraft!” said Qiu Qian triumphantly.
Qiu Yelan turned down the corner of her mouth, “Your visits are too few. Why are you here this time?”
“It’s too hot to eat and drink. I told Sister Mei that I wanted to change into a better cook, but she refused. So, I have to come over here to eat your food!” Qiu Qian sighed as soon as she heard it, “You don’t know the place where we live now…”
“Wait!” Qiu Yelan gestured for the servants to back off and asked in a suspicious whisper, “At the end of last year, didn’t my brother send Ruan Yi back quietly to hand over ‘Tianya’ to you? How come Mei Xue is still in Jing City? And why didn’t you guys go for the summer?”
The corners of Qiu Qian’s mouth twitched, “Your brother just gave us an empty shell! You think we can immediately give orders as soon as we take over ‘Tianya’? Now Sister Mei wishes to pinch pennies. Except my brother, my expenses on food and clothing are being reduced again and again together with Sister Mei. How can I not come to you?”
“That’s it?” Qiu Yelan found it farcical, “Nothing else?”
“Of course not!” Qiu Qian swore, “If you don’t believe me, you can send someone to send me food every day and I won’t come anymore.”
“Am I so stingy?” Qiu Yelan turned around and called Mrs. Zhou to come over, “Go and pack a room for Qian’er!”
At night, Jiang Yashuang came back. As he knew about this, he smiled and said, “It may be that she has been involved with somebody and something, and she comes to hide in our yard because she is inconvenient to speak out, right? Your cousin really does not seem to be a person who will come to stay just for some food and drink.”
“I think so as well.” Qiu Yelan smirked, “I have quietly sent someone to check after keeping her stay. I’m telling you. She is not young now. We have played matchmaker for her these two years. But she doesn’t like those men. Perhaps it has something to do with this!”
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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