Quick Wear: The Enchanting Concubine, Rules of Survival and Plunder

Chapter 1080 The Unfaithful Lover 8

Mingyuan and Mingtao are the original owner's two biological brothers.

"It's just a maid, why make such a fuss?" Madam Jiang said with a displeased look. "Master, I know you hope Chunxi can marry well in the capital, which is why you value her so much. But a girl is ultimately an outsider. There's really no need to treat her so highly when she's still at her parents' home."

Mr. Jiang looked at his wife in disbelief: "How come I only realized today that you are such a short-sighted and ignorant woman?"

In the past, Mr. Jiang might have agreed with his wife, thinking that girls were useless and not worth paying attention to.

However, ever since his younger sister married into the family and brought him benefits, Mr. Jiang no longer thought that way. Therefore, he attached great importance to the girls in the family, especially his eldest daughter, Jiang Chunxi, who was likely to marry into a high-ranking family as well. Naturally, he valued her even more.

“How am I short-sighted and ignorant?” Madam Jiang said with a wronged expression. “It’s just that we didn’t hold a family banquet for Chunxi. Is that enough to make Master so angry with me? Besides, if Chunxi complains about the family because they don’t value her, then we might as well consider her dead.”

"So that if she marries into a wealthy family in the future, she won't harbor resentment towards her family and do something to retaliate against them."

"Slap!" Father Jiang slapped Mother Jiang across the face. "You are a disgrace to being a mother. You can say such cruel things to your own daughter. You are worse than an animal."

Immediately, Mr. Jiang turned and left, not wanting to look at Mrs. Jiang again, otherwise he was afraid he would be unable to resist strangling her.

"Waaah! I don't want to live anymore," Jiang's mother cried, beating her chest and stamping her feet. "I've lived to this age and I've never been beaten before, but today, just because of that wretched girl Chunxi, my husband actually hit me."

“Madam, please stop crying, or your eyes will swell up,” said Granny Yao. “It’s all the eldest young lady’s fault. She’s really something. Why didn’t she stay in the capital to find a good marriage? Why did she come back to Jiangnan? She’s made you, her own mother, suffer like this. If you ask me, the eldest young lady did it on purpose. She can’t stand to see you doing well, so she deliberately came back to upset you and make you suffer.”

Although Jiang's mother didn't say anything, she strongly agreed with what Yao's mother said.

Meanwhile, in Madam Jiang's courtyard...

When Grandpa Jiang returned from outside, he learned that his eldest daughter-in-law had not held a family banquet for her granddaughter, so he came to Grandma Jiang to inquire.

Madam Jiang paused for a moment before speaking, "I guess the eldest daughter-in-law thinks that Chunxi must be very tired since she just came back today, so she's planning to hold a family banquet for her tomorrow!"

Madam Jiang's words were meant to cover for her mother. There was nothing she could do; after all, her mother was her niece from her maternal family. If she told the truth, her husband might get angry.

As for her niece, Madam Jiang was well aware that her mother had no intention of holding a family banquet, and Madam Jiang herself felt it was unnecessary.

Judging from her husband's attitude, it seems that this family dinner really can't be avoided.

Grandpa Jiang didn't doubt his wife's words: "Then tell your eldest daughter-in-law to make tomorrow's family banquet more lively and grand, so that Chunxi can see how much the family values ​​her."

Grandpa Jiang stroked his beard and continued, "After all, Chunxi is very likely to inherit her aunt's good fortune and marry into the family, bringing huge benefits. So naturally, we need to make her feel the importance the family attaches to her. That way, when she rises to a high position, she will always remember the good things her family has done for her."

A hint of guilt flashed across Madam Jiang's eyes as she carefully considered whether her attitude towards her granddaughter had been inappropriate.

Fortunately, there was still a way to salvage the situation, so the guilty look in Madam Jiang's eyes immediately disappeared: "I understand. Tomorrow I will give my eldest daughter-in-law a good instruction to make sure the family banquet is lively and grand, so that Chunxi can feel how much the family values ​​her."

Meanwhile, in Jiang Chunxi's courtyard...

Jiang Chunxi had already woken up, while Changli had been sent out to the front yard to gather information.

“Miss,” Changli hurriedly returned from outside, “I have found out that the master has returned, but he went to the madam’s place. I don’t know if he is still in the madam’s courtyard at this time.”

"Then let's go to Father's study and wait there!" Jiang Chunxi said, getting up from the couch, and then led Changli outside.

When Jiang Chunxi arrived at her father's study in the front yard, her father had already returned to the front yard, but he was not in the study. A servant went to inform him, and he immediately came to the study to see his daughter.

"Daughter greets Father." Jiang Chunxi bowed to her father.

"My son, get up quickly," Father Jiang said, helping his daughter up with both hands. Looking at her beautiful face, his smile was incredibly loving. "I already know about the grievances you suffered today. I just gave your mother a good scolding."

“Although I left home when I was young, many of my memories of home have become blurred,” Jiang Chunxi said in a calm tone. “However, I have always remembered very clearly that my mother did not value me as her daughter. Therefore, I had already expected that my mother would not value me when I returned today. It is impossible for me not to feel resentful, but I certainly don’t feel that much resentment.”

"After all, it was something we had already anticipated, so how could it generate much resentment?"

“Father,” Jiang Chunxi looked directly at her father, her eyes revealing an extremely dazzling ambition, “The main reason I have returned to Jiangnan this time is because I know that the Emperor will soon be making a southern tour to Jiangnan.”

"I know that I want my father to marry me off to a high-ranking family in the capital, but with my background as a merchant's daughter, it is too difficult to do so. After all, I don't think I have the same luck as my aunt."

"And most importantly, if you're going to curry favor with the powerful, why not curry favor with the Emperor, the supreme ruler? You know, the Emperor doesn't have a single prince right now. If our daughter could serve the Emperor and be fortunate enough to conceive and give birth to a prince, then the Jiang family..."

Mr. Jiang's breathing quickened, his heart pounding. He stared intently at his daughter's stunningly beautiful face and the dazzling ambition in her eyes. In that moment, a wildfire of ambition was ignited within him.

“My daughter is truly worthy of being a daughter of the Jiang family,” Father Jiang said, his face full of love and admiration for his daughter. “Since my daughter has such ambition, then our Jiang family will naturally help you climb that ladder to the clouds. I will go and discuss it with your grandfather now. If your grandfather knew your idea, he would definitely agree.”