The sun shone brightly today.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
The weather was fine.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
Jiang Wan had tended to her grandmother for most of the night, finally managing to soothe her.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
Old Lady Jiang was truly stunned by that p from Heir Apparent Han.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
Her heart ached, her wound hurt, everything hurt.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
She felt a mixture of regret and anguish.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
Yet she couldn''t bring herself to say anything.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
Early in the morning, unexpectedly, people from the Seventh Prince arrived.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
The Seventh Prince''s people were reliable,ing prepared to take them away without dy.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
Jiang Wan was ecstatic.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
She could finally leave this dreadful ce.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
However, before leaving, she was determined to bring her parents along.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
Whileforting her grandmother, she sent someone to fetch her parents.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
But when the servant arrived at the guest house, they found Old Master Jiang passed out drunk in the room, with Jiang Rong hiding inside.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
Mrs. Jiang and the children were nowhere to be found.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
Even the wet nurse had run away...<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
The previous night, the couple had a massive argument.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
Somehow, they had started talking about Jiang Changtian.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
Jiang Huaisheng said that he had made everyone enter the meditation room, even his mother, but she hadn''t gone in.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
Wu was absolutely stunned by this reasoning.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
Did being spared by the viins once mean she had be one of them?<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
If that were the case, enemies wouldn''t need to do anything; they could kill half a family, leave the other half, and the remaining half would just destroy each other.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
Wu was too angry. She couldn''t help butin: "The worst person is your mother. If it weren''t for your mother''s meddling, if it weren''t for your mother falsely using me and Changtian, how could we have ended up in this situation?"<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
And Jiang Huaisheng, used to defending his mother, actually raised his hand against Wu.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z css-x61atf"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">4
<bold>@Leinyll:</bold>
<span ss="content">And the ''Husband of the Year'' award goes to... definitely not this guy. Sheesh!
This time, he was sober.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
He shoved his wife.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
She crashed to the ground.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
Then she cried, holding the child.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
Hearing both the child and Jing''er crying, Jiang Huaisheng felt irritated. He didn''t know what to do. He had apologized, but what had happened had happened. What more could he do?<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
He could only drown his sorrows in alcohol.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
He loved Jing''er, and he also respected and loved his mother. He still remembered how on the road to exile, his mother would share half of whatever food she had with him.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
His mother might have wronged his brother, but she had never wronged him.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
It was he who hadn''t done well enough.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
He was worried about his mother''s injury and didn''t dare to see her.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
He was also concerned about Rong''er''s condition. Now, Rong''er, traumatized, didn''t leave his room every day, didn''t want to see anyone, just hugging his books and reading in his room.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
He was also irritated by the crying of children.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
He didn''t know how life had be like this.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
Countless troubles weighed on his mind.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
When the servant came to find him, asking him to return to the manor, he excitedly went to look for Jing''er, only to find that she was gone. Not only was Jing''er gone, but his newborn daughter Shu Shu was also missing.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
Had Jing''er disappeared with the child?<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
Could they have already returned to the manor?<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
Jiang Huaisheng took Rong''er back to the manor.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
Although they had only lived in the guest house for a short time, Jiang Huaisheng found everything inconvenient and ufortable there.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
There was no dedicatedrge study room, no dedicated martial arts training ground, the bed wasn''t as big as the one there, there was no incense burning in the room, and he couldn''t sleep well.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
He thought about how a real man should earn money to support his family.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
But despite being well-educated and skilled in both civil and military arts, he couldn''t find any work when he went out.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
He couldn''t possibly work at a tavern keeping ounts for people, or copy books, that would be utterly ridiculous, how could he do such things?<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
But if he were to work at the County Government Office, it would mean having to ask his brother Changtian for help.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
Changtian had already gone mad, he was no longer his brother, he would only face humiliation, and he wouldn''t go to bring shame upon himself.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
After much consideration, he found he had nothing to do.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
He had nothing to do before, but he didn''t have to worry about food and drink, and was quitefortable at home.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
Now he had nothing to do, had to worry about food and drink, and couldn''t sit still at home.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
Now he increasingly dared not think about why his brother had tried to drown himself back then.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
When his brother had said such things, he only thought his brother was weak, had an extreme personality, a grown man always thinking about death, beyond help.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
But now, he didn''t know what to do either.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
He thought Jing''er might have returned to the manor with the child.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
When the servant came to fetch him, he quickly returned with Rong''er.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
However, Jing''er hadn''te back, nor had she brought the child back.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
Where could a woman go in the middle of the night carrying a child?<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
He had only pushed her, he hadn''t actually hit her.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
Jiang Huaisheng frantically searched everywhere.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
But he heard that Heir Apparent Han had left early in the morning, taking a woman carrying a child with him.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z css-x61atf"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">4
<bold>@Ber5:</bold>
<span ss="content">I bet Jiang Huaisheng is regretting that push now. Karma works fast in this novel!
Jiang Huaisheng felt as if he had been struck by lightning. It was impossible.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
Jing''er also came from a noble family, and although the Wu family had fallen on hard times due to guilt by association, she wouldn''t elope with Heir Apparent Han just because of a few days of hardship with him. No matter what, she was still his legitimate wife, the mother of his children. What was she doing with Heir Apparent Han, degrading herself, lowering herself to be a concubine? Could she really have had something going on with Heir Apparent Han behind his back?<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
On the road.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
Heir Apparent Han gradually sobered up.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
His face was still swollen like a pig''s head.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
He looked at Wu and the child in the carriage and felt a massive headacheing on.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
If his father knew what he had done, would he beat him to death?<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
"How about I have someone send you back?" Heir Apparent Han tentatively suggested.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
"Although Old Jiang isn''t a good person, he should be more reliable than me. I have many women in my household, you won''t have to worry about food and drink there, but I''m very fickle."<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
Wu sat in the carriage, her eyes lifeless. Last night, when her husband had shoved her to the ground, her back had hit the corner of the table hard, but her husband hadn''t evene to check on her once, just turning and running away.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
Her sorrow was greater than her despair.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
They had grown up together as childhood sweethearts, married, and had children.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
After all these years, he actually doubted her.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
In a fit of anger, she had taken the child and run out, but once outside, she didn''t know where to go. As a woman who had never wandered outside before, she was very afraid and could only walk towards the County Government Office.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
Unexpectedly, she was encountered by Heir Apparent Han and taken away.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
Heir Apparent Han had held her and called her "mother" all night.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z css-x61atf"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">4
<bold>@HotTakes101:</bold>
<span ss="content">Plot twist: Heir Apparent Han is actually a time-traveling Norman Bates. #PsychoReference
Wu felt utterly hopeless.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
If it wasn''t her husband, it didn''t matter who it was.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
She loved Jiang Huaisheng, loved that knowledgeable, honest, and faithful Jiang Huaisheng, loved that Jiang Huaisheng who always considered her feelings, loved that Jiang Huaisheng who was attentive to her needs.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
But he was gone now.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
Wu had never managed household affairs. In the Jiang family, she had basically lived on her husband''s love. Once that love was gone, she was at a loss, not knowing what to do.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
"I won''t get off. If you make me leave, I''ll smash my head against something and die right in front of you with the child," Wu said.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
Heir Apparent Han: ...<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
She spoke with tears in her eyes, her gaze lifeless. The carriage wasn''t moving fast. She had been out for a day and a night now, but her husband still hadn''te to find her.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
...<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
When Jiang Huaisheng learned that Jing''er had been taken away by Heir Apparent Han, he felt utterly hopeless and wanted to go after them.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
But he was stopped by his mother.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
"That fickle woman, what use is there in chasing after her? How will you arrange marriages for Rong''er and Wan''er in the future? You might as well consider her dead."<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
Old Lady Jiang, upon hearing that Heir Apparent Han had taken Wu away, was also furious.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
She was even more angry at Wu.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
Heir Apparent Han had taken no one else but Wu, and with the child too. This must have been Wu offering herself to him.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
She had been through enough torment these past few days.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
Finally, someone hade to take them away.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
Even though she was injured, she wanted to leave this ce.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
She had been terrified by that mad son of hers.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
The family was extremely efficient.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
Also because Jiang Wan had always kept important belongings packed, ready to leave at any time.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
When the Seventh Prince''s people came, they packed up and set out that very day.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
Jiang Huaisheng wailed about wanting to find Jing''er and Shu Shu, but was tied up and put in the carriage by Jiang Wan''s guards.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
Although she had feelings for this ce where she had lived for many years,<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
There was a voice in her heart constantly telling her to leave, to leave quickly.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
As for her mother, if she had really gone with Heir Apparent Han, it wasn''t appropriate to make a big fuss about finding her now. They could only wait until they were settled.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
On this day, dust rose on the official road as carriages came and went.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
On this day, Commander Jiang had just taken office and was preparing to conduct a military exercise.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
After all, a new official must make a strong start.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
Everyone said Commander Jiang''s troops were only old, weak, sick, and disabled.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
He led thousands of old, weak, sick, and disabled to the official road.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
The crowd was a sea of ck.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
Jiang Changtian earnestly consulted with Meng Shaoxia: "Little Meng, you''re the expert in leading troops. Please give us more guidanceter."<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
Meng Shaoxia looked at the scene before him. Although the numbers wererge and they didn''t look like strong soldiers and sturdy horses, the neat and orderly formation was impressive. When Brother Feng raised his left hand, the whole group turned left; when he raised his right hand, they turned right. The troops followed orders strictly, it was simply invincible.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
At this time, few people could read, and it was difficult to distinguish left from right, let alone followmands.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
If the army he led could do this, they would have been invincible and unstoppable long ago.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
Was there some secret to this?<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
Jiang Feng smiled innocently, saying there was no secret, he had just learned from watching Mianmian y with andmand ants.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z css-x61atf"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">4
<bold>@Ycol:</bold>
<span ss="content">This gives ''it''s a bug, not a feature'' a whole new meaning in military strategy!
Mianmian could even make ants form ranks, so of course it was possible with people.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
...<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0