Chapter 218: Make Him Divorce His Wife

Chapter 218: Make Him Divorce His Wife

Jiang Qianzhu's words left Madam Jiang wide-eyed in disbelief as she looked at her seemingly righteous niece.

It turned out that not only Jiang Qianzhu, but the entire Jiang family viewed her this way.

They all believed she owed them everything.

Everything she had done for Jiang Qianzhu, all the efforts she had made, were seen as their due right!

They even resented her, resented that she alone remained in the Imperial City, resenting that she wasn't like them!

Yet, when the Jiang family had fallen, she too had been implicated and left unable to marry. If not for General Wang's achievements, rushing back to marry her, she would have either become a nun or ended her life to preserve the family's honor!

These people... How could they think like this?

"Aunt, you've reaped so many benefits, it's time you contributed to the family instead of just thinking about yourself," Nanny Sun said slowly, her gaze filled with jealousy and resentment as she stared at Madam Jiang.

Like a crab at the bottom of a bucket, envious and resentful, glaring at the crab that had climbed out to gain a broader sky.

They wished they could drag her back down at any moment!

Hearing this, Madam Jiang turned red with anger, her chest heaving, trembling so much she couldn't utter a word.

Madam Jiang was seething with anger, her chest heaving as she struggled to find words.

Seeing this, Lu Lingyun quickly took Madam Jiang's hand. She looked at Nanny Sun, her eyes turning cold. "You, a lowly servant, have the audacity to lecture your master!"

Hearing this, Nanny Sun looked at Lu Lingyun. Having been a servant for so long, she had grown a bit arrogant. As an elder of the Jiang family, having watched Madam Jiang and the current head of the Jiang family grow up, she saw Lu Lingyun as an outsider. "Wife of the Heir Apparent, this is our family matter, not something for outsiders to comment on."

"A family matter? I didn't know this was the Wang family of my godfather and godmother, or the distant Jiang family!"

If Nanny Sun was going to dismiss her with talk of family matters, Lu Lingyun would remind her exactly whose family they were in.

Hearing this, Nanny Sun was left speechless. They dared to act so arrogantly in the Wang family, relying on the fact that Madam Jiang was cherished by General Wang, that she could make decisions for the entire Wang family, and that they were favored by her.

But after all, this was the Wang family, not the Jiang family.

Nanny Sun turned to Madam Jiang, her eyes shifting. She spoke to Madam Jiang, "Aunt, we all come from the Jiang family, sharing the same blood. Blood is thicker than water, and a family should support each other. You can't forget your roots."

Hearing this, Madam Jiang felt both cold and angry. These people were sucking her dry, secretly undermining her, and yet they had the nerve to say she had forgotten her roots!

They wanted to see her destroyed, and only then would they be happy!

Seeing her reaction, Lu Lingyun, holding her increasingly cold hand, coldly retorted on her behalf, "Supporting each other means standing shoulder to shoulder, especially in tough times. When your family fell into trouble, my godmother has been helping you from time to time. When your family's daughter came, my godmother treated her like her own daughter, giving her whatever she wanted. How is my godmother not supporting her family?"

"It's you! You secretly schemed against my godmother, manipulating marriage alliances to betray the Wang family. How dare you speak of supporting each other!"

"The idea of blood being thicker than water and not forgetting your roots is laughable. Until just now, my godmother was still thinking of the past affections, not reporting your family's misdeeds to the head of your family, just sending you back, all the while cherishing that bit of blood relation. But you kept evading, shifting the blame onto my godmother. You showed no respect or remorse toward your own aunt, treating her with utter disregard. A lowly servant dared to act high and mighty, so selfish and ungrateful, forgetting your roots. Who is the one truly forgetting their roots?"

Lu Lingyun's words were sharp and hit deep, leaving Nanny Sun speechless.

Looking at Madam Jiang's face, she had gone from extreme anger to calming down.

With Lu Lingyun's support, she regained her composure. Her eyes no longer held the previous affection and care. She shouted at the top of her voice to the servants, "Where are the servants! Get them out now!"

This time, Nanny Sun realized Madam Jiang meant business.

The Jiang family behind her was no longer able to keep Madam Jiang in check.

In a panic, she pleaded, "Auntie, we really don't have any such intentions. Young Miss Qianzhu has always been innocent; you know that. After all, it's not a big deal. Young Miss Qianzhu just had some idle talk with Madam Yang. We didn't say anything significant about the General's mansion!"

With a few words, she brushed over the serious matter of Jiang Qianzhu secretly revealing the Wang family's secrets. All the bad intentions were dismissed as casual small talk.

Under the nudging and signals from Nanny Sun, Jiang Qianzhu also began to admit her mistake. "Auntie, I spoke without thinking earlier. When I saw her, I thought you were being manipulated by some people, and in my anger, I spoke without thinking. Those were just idle rumors. How could I resent or blame you? I am your niece; we share the same blood! I was just angry at those who were stirring up trouble!"

Jiang Qianzhu once again shifted the blame onto Lu Lingyun.

Unfortunately, this time, Madam Jiang had completely lost faith in her and wouldn't believe her nonsense anymore.

She looked at Jiang Qianzhu with a chilling gaze. "You don't want to go back?"

"No," Jiang Qianzhu nodded hurriedly.

"It's fine if you don't go back," Madam Jiang said with unusual calmness.

Her words instantly lit up Jiang Qianzhu's eyes.

She couldn't go back, especially after offending Madam Jiang and being sent back by the Wang family.

At home, she wasn't the most favored. Her legitimate elder sister was better in every way, and her father favored several concubine-born younger sisters. If she were sent back, there would be no good prospects for her.

And if her father found out she had completely offended Madam Jiang, who knew how he would punish her!

"Auntie, I will reform from now on. You can make me do anything. If it's really not possible, I am willing to marry into the Wang family and become your daughter-in-law." Jiang Qianzhu desperately offered.

Her words only made Lu Lingyun want to laugh out loud.

Even now, she still looked down on the son born to a concubine in the Wang family.

Madam Jiang had no sons of her own. The two sons born to concubines in the household were raised by her as if they were her own, and the general's mansion would be passed on to them. Whoever Jiang Qianzhu married would become the successor of the Wang family.

But Jiang Qianzhu had always looked down on them for being born to concubines.

Madam Jiang's smile turned even colder. "My son, born to a concubine, could never match the Jiang family’s direct heir."

"Auntie..."

"Since you're close to Madam Yang and have a good relationship with her, why don't you go to her house and become her daughter-in-law!"

Madam Jiang's words startled Lu Lingyun, Jiang Qianzhu, and Nanny Sun. Lu Lingyun kept her lips sealed, while Nanny Sun hurriedly said, "Auntie, that won't do! Young Master Luo already has a wife!"

Madam Jiang's expression turned even colder. Ha, she knew Luo Heng was a woman-beater, and it was bad!

"Even if his wife is still around, I'll talk to Madam Yang and have her arrange for him to divorce his wife and marry your young miss! I’ll humble myself to secure her future! If not, you can go back, lest she blame me for not doing my best to plan for her future!"