The Jiang family was particularly lively today, and many people gathered outside the house to watch curiously.
"What the Jiang family is doing is pulling dozens of carriages, cages, tables and chairs."
"Didn't you hear? The girl from the Jiang family has reconciled with the Marquis of Jing'an and is bringing her dowry back to her parents' house."
"Heli? The Jiang family is really good at it."
"Sister, we're home." Jiang Ning jumped off the carriage and turned around to help Jiang Shu get out of the car.
Jiang Shu wore a curtain hat, and the onlookers could not see her appearance, so they could only guess that she was a beauty based on her figure.
Jiang Ning protected Jiang Shu and quickly entered the house, blocking out those malicious eyes.
"Shu'er." Jiang's mother and Jiang's father came out and cried with joy when they saw Jiang Shu.
"Dad, Mom, I'm back." Jiang Shu hugged Jiang's mother, tears filling her eyes.
Jiang's father patted Jiang Shu's back and comforted him with sobs: "It's good to come back, it's good to come back."
There is certainly a lot to say when the family is reunited, but the most important thing right now is to settle down first.
"Your Shu Tongyuan has been kept. I have asked my servants to clean it up. You go and see if there is anything wrong with it." Jiang's mother wiped away her tears and accompanied Jiang Shu to settle it.
Jiang Ning followed them like a happy tail.
After six years, Jiang Shu set foot in her boudoir again, and was filled with emotions.
"Look, if there's anything missing, I'll order someone to add it." Mother Jiang pulled her around to look around.
Jiang Shu shook his head and said, "Mom arranged it well. There is nothing missing."
"Gugu——"
"What's the sound?" Jiang Ning raised her ears and listened carefully.
Jiang Shu was slightly embarrassed, and his stomach made another sound uncontrollably.
"Gu——"
Jiang Ning heard the source of the sound and said in surprise: "Sister's belly is singing."
Jiang's mother was amused and slapped Jiang Ning angrily: "Your sister is hungry, why don't you hurry up and let the kitchen prepare food?"
"I'm hungry too, and I want to eat too." Jiang Ning laughed playfully and walked quickly.
Half an hour later, the family sat together and had a nondescript reunion dinner.
After struggling for a long time without lunch, Jiang Shu was so hungry that everything he ate tasted delicious.
"This is my sister's favorite food too." Jiang Ning brought a plate of spicy river shrimp to Jiang Shu.
Jiang Shu can't stand the fishy smell, so the shrimp she eats needs to be removed with white wine and various spices to ensure that there is no fishy smell at all.
"Is it delicious?" Jiang Ning asked expectantly.
Jiang Shu nodded: "It's delicious, but peeling the shells is too troublesome. I'll eat something else first and then eat the shrimp later."
"I'll peel it for you, sister." Jiang Ning volunteered.
He remembered that when he was a child, he also found it troublesome to eat shrimps. Every time, his sister would peel them for him to eat, and now it was his turn to peel them for her.
"Ning'er has grown up and knows how to love others." Mother Jiang smiled happily.
Jiang's father looked at Jiang Shu with loving and distressed eyes. He gave Jiang Shu a piece of sweet and sour pork ribs and said, "August 26 is an auspicious day. I want to hold a homecoming party for Shu'er."
"Ah?" Jiang Shu was surprised, swallowed the food in his mouth and said, "Isn't it too showy?"
It is a dishonorable thing for a woman to leave and return home, and she always keeps a low profile.
But when she got here, she actually planned to hold a grand homecoming banquet. Wouldn't it be known to everyone in Beijing?
"I just want to make it public and let everyone know that it is my Jiang family who looks down on his Jing'an Marquis Mansion." Jiang's father said angrily.
"Yes, we need to do it in a big way." Jiang Ning strongly supported it.
"Mom." Jiang Shu looked at Jiang's mother and asked for her opinion.
Jiang's mother looked at the determined father and son, and said warmly: "Let them go, it's better to vent their anger, so as not to hide the problem."
Jiang Shu also compromised after hearing this. She knew that they wanted to vent their anger on her behalf.
Jinganhou Mansion.
After Cheng Jinchu saw the imperial edict with his own eyes, he finally felt relieved.
"Great, Yan Yang can stay in Shangjing, and we don't have to separate."
Shen Changze put away the imperial edict and said without much joy: "You can rest in peace, I have many things to be busy with."
Cheng Jinchu knew that he was sad about his separation from Jiang Shu, so he asked, "Husband, can you blame me?"
Shen Changze said: "It has nothing to do with you, don't think too much about it."
He and Jiang Shu have reached a desperate situation. They are either reconciled or abandoned. There is no room for change.
Even though Jiang Shu was sad to leave him, the money he had to pay back gave him an even bigger headache.
Shen Changze strolled into Tingzhu Building and saw the maid cleaning up.
He went upstairs and walked into the main room and saw that it was empty. Even the bed had been moved away, leaving only an empty shell.
Shen Changze was shocked and stood still for a long time without moving.
In Huaqing Courtyard, Shen Qingrong and Lu Mingke had a heated argument.
"I warned you many times, but you didn't listen. The Lu family has been completely disgraced by you!" Lu Mingke's face was full of pain and disappointment.
Shen Qingrong said full of grievance: "You beat me for outsiders, and you blame me for losing face. Do you really think that I am your wife?"
Lu Mingke snorted coldly: "When you had a private meeting with others behind my back, did you ever think that I was your husband?"
Another private meeting!
Shen Qingrong went crazy and expressed the resentment that had been accumulated in her heart for a long time: "Aren't you also the childhood sweetheart of Su Rou? Don't you know better? Why should you blame me?"
Su Rou is the daughter of the president of the Pingyang Chamber of Commerce. She grew up with Lu Mingke and they were in love.
When the Shen and Lu families were discussing their marriage four years ago, Lu Mingke also resisted and wanted to break off the engagement and marry Su Rou.
But Father Lu was very committed to his promise and refused to do so. Lu Mingke was even beaten for this.
After Shen Qingrong married into the Lu family, Lu Mingke still had contact with Su Rou. Lu's mother also told Shen Qingrong that Su Rou should come into the house as a concubine.
But Su Rou was proud and refused to be a concubine.
Hearing Shen Qingrong mention Su Rou, Lu Mingke was stunned for a moment, and then said: "You are absolutely right. I have wronged her for so many years. After I return to Pingyang, I will choose a day to welcome her."
"What do you mean?" Shen Qingrong was stunned.
Lu Mingke said solemnly: "Your eldest brother can establish equal wives, so of course I can too."
"I won't agree." Shen Qingrong gritted his teeth bitterly.
Lu Mingke sneered coldly: "Then you stay in Shangjing and be your young lady from the Hou Mansion."
"You want to divorce me?" Shen Qingrong opened his eyes wide, his pupils full of shock and disbelief.
Lu Mingke thought about it and said, "For the sake of my parents' friendship, I will give you a piece of paper and a letter of separation to save you some face."
"No, you can't treat me like this. I am the wife you are marrying after making an engagement." Shen Qingrong's eyes were red and she was almost crazy.
Lu Mingke frowned in disgust: "Isn't Jiang Shu the real wife of your eldest brother Ming Media? How did the Hou family bully her?"
"But...but I gave birth to your eldest son. What if He is far away from that star?" Shen Qingrong thought he had grasped a life-saving straw.
However, Lu Mingke said: "Xingyuan is young and doesn't remember anything. When he grows up, he won't remember you at all. Besides, it is a shame for him to have a mother with such bad morals as you."
"Those who respect others will be respected, and those who humiliate others will humiliate themselves. It's all your own fault. You can't blame others."
Shen Qingrong was stunned for a moment, shook his head crazily and said, "No, I don't want to reconcile, I don't want to be separated from Xingyuan. I am Xingyuan's mother, and no one can separate me from him."
With that said, Shen Qingrong rushed out of the house, ran to the courtyard and hugged Lu Xingyuan tightly while playing.
This is the child she gave birth to in ten months of pregnancy, and it is her life!
