Real Empress from a Noble Family

Chapter 239 Immoral Maiden Family and Unhappy Husband

After hearing Qiu Yelan describing the whole course of Madame Tao Junior’s incident, Qiu Jinglan and Ling Zui all fell into thinking. After a while, Qiu Jinglan said, “This is not easy to handle.”

Ling Zui took over and said, “Why? I think you’d better give the deposit back to the Tao Family. An Zhenshang is not easy to be dealt with. Killing her means starting a feud with Jiang Yadan. For Madame Tao Junior, that’s really unnecessary! As for the An Family, do you really think Feng Rugui is dead? You will still become an enemy of Jiang Yadan and make the Jiang Family unhappy!”

Qiu Yelan asked carefully, “What do you think? In the current situation, is there any way to bring Jiang Yadan’s heart back?

“He no longer cares about your sister-in-law’s life. How can you expect him to come around?” Qiu Jinglan sneered, “This Madame Tao Junior really had a tough life. Her husband is not kind and her maiden family is unjust. If she can’t see through it, then she’ll go the wrong way!”

Ling Zui said, “So, Yelan, you really don’t need to bother. Just go back and talk to your sister-in-law. Bring her to her senses. She is not very old now and she comes from a prestigious family. Just ask some money from the Jiang Family and re-marry another honest and sincere person. Maybe she’ll have some children to rely on when she gets old.”

Qiu Yelan looked at Qiu Jinglan, “Do you think so too, brother? I don’t think it’s that bad! I think you’ll definitely have some good ideas! After all, speaking of romance, I think you’re better than Jiang Yadan. He relies on his family, yet you have real ability. Won’t it be easy for you to guess his mind? Can you teach me a good... Ouch!”

Qiu Jinglan couldn’t bear it and knocked her in her head. He said without expression, “Stop talking nonsense!”

“...” Qiu Yelan turned to Ling Zui aggrievedly. Ling Zui rolled his eyes, “I can go get some aphrodisiac. You go to give it to your sister-in-law. Then ask her to get Jiang Yadan drunk. If they have a child, maybe...”

“You shut up too!” Qiu Jinglan impatiently called his wild friend to stop, “Is it appropriate to say such a thing in front of her? Don’t mess around!”

Ling Zui didn’t know whether to laugh or not, “Did you forget that your baby sister has already married? Besides, aren’t we thinking for her sister-in-law?”

Seeing Qiu Jinglan’s cold look, he knew Qiu Jinglan was really angry. He didn’t dare to make fun. So, Ling Zui just shrugged at Qiu Yelan, showing how helpless he was, “I don’t have anything else. The only one to blame is your sister-in-law. Why is she not your brother’s older sister?”

Qiu Jinglan was not the kind that would be sympathetic to everyone. No matter how poor Madame Tao Junior was, it wasn’t his business.

He only said a few things because his sister cared. Otherwise, even if it had happened next door to him, he would have ignored it. After all, speaking of abandoning someone or cutting someone off, he also had done such things.

It was just that he was clever, not as direct as Jiang Yadan who would be hated by others.

Now Ling Zui exposed his attitude. He didn’t hide it. He just asked calmly, “Will it impact you if your eighth sister-in-law is changed?”

“Of course!” Qiu Yelan’s mouth twitched, “Jiang Yadan is the legitimate eldest son of the fourth branch. No matter how useless he is, his wife will be in charge of this branch! The current eighth sister-in-law is nice. She never picked on me and actually taught me many things. If it changes into one that makes a lot of trouble, how will that be good?”

She thought now he should care about it more and figure a way out for Madame Tao Junior.

Indeed, hearing changing a sister-in-law might be a disadvantage to his sister, Qiu Jinglan became serious. But he thought for a while and said, “Ling Zui, last time you heard someone wanted to marry her daughter to a prestigious official in Jing City. Who was it? How does his daughter look like and what’s her personality?”

“...” Qiu Yelan secretly complained at heart. She grabbed his sleeve and shook, “I want this one! Do you have any idea? Tell me, tell me!”

“If I were her younger brother, we could fight this and make the Jiang Family unable to mistreat her from now on!” Qiu Jinglan couldn’t resist her beg. He smiled coldly and said, “But I’m not related to her at all. The Tao Family doesn’t have this kind of courage. What can I do?”

Qiu Yelan asked surprisingly, “No way. Tell me. What is this way that can be used only if you are her maiden family?”

“What is it?” Qiu Jinglan said coldly, “If I were her brother, I would go argue with them if they mistreat my sister because they’re a prestigious family. I would go ask the elders in the Jiang Family to get it straight! Not mentioning Marquess Qin relied on the Tao Family to develop the Jiang Family, even if without this gratitude, your sister-in-law did nothing wrong. Even though she doesn’t have a child, she is not 50 this year. On what ground can they divorce her?! Besides...”

He lowered his voice, “Now the fight of Crown Prince is going on. Even though the Tao Family declined, they still have the name of “one family three prime ministers”. If they push too hard, I’ll just threaten to go to the Empress Dowager’s side! Let’s see whether the Jiang Family dares to gamble their reputation and whether other families will see this as a fresh lesson!”

Qiu Yelan dazed for a while and said, “The Tao Family really can’t do this. It has been this long and they didn’t talk to the elders of the Jiang Family. They don’t even dare to talk to Jiang Yadan. If it weren’t for Madame Tao, who tried her best to protect the eighth sister-in-law...”

“Because their daughter is not adored and has no child, they want to replace her with another daughter. This kind of maiden family can never be tough!” Qiu Jinglan said disdainfully, “The Jiang Family is so prestigious now. They can’t play up to them enough. How would they have the courage to go fight for their daughter? They can’t prosper the family on their won, so they rely it all on the marriage. They are doomed to decline! Things in the world go up and down. Back then, there were three prime ministers in the Tao Family. No others are more prestigious than them. Now the Tao Family declined so fast. It was not strange.”

Speaking of which, he narrowed his eyes and said calmly, “Besides, why do you think Marquess Qin didn’t take care of this and just watched Jiang Yadan abandon Madame Tao Junior? He is using this chance to see how much is left of the Tao Family.”

“What you are saying is that the Tao Family is afraid of getting suppressed by the Jiang Family so they are intentionally being weak?” Qiu Yelan blurted out!

“How’s that possible?” Qiu Jinglan humphed, “All the attention of the Jiang Family is now on the fight of the Crown Prince. They wish their allies are more capable. As long as they’re not better than the Jiang Family! This time the performance of the Tao Family, no matter it was intentional or not, would look useless in the Jiang Family’s eyes. Therefore, when the Jiang Family wins, they can give nothing to the Tao Family! Judging by this matter, even if the Tao Family is not satisfied, they don’t dare say anything!”

Qiu Yelan understood, “If Madame Tao Junior was cast off, it will be a reason for the Jiang Family to cast off the Tao Family, right?”

“If Madame Tao should still be alive, Marquess Qin would probably show some respect. He won’t actually let Jiang Yadan cast-off Madame Tao Junior now.” Qiu Jinglan said calmly, “But I don’t know what they’ll exchange in private with this!”

“Then what if they are exchanging the benefits that were supposed to give to the Tao Family after the victory? Madame Tao probably won’t agree to that.” Qiu Yelan understood what he was implying. She straightened her face, “People now always see family as more important than some of the younger generation, right?”

Qiu Jinglan was dazed. He said carefully, “Sometimes, you can’t do anything else. It’s not like you don’t care about them...”

“I am worried that Madame Tao will ignore the eighth sister-in-law because of her family’s benefits.” Qiu Yelan thought for a while and understood that Qiu Jinglan misunderstood her. He thought she was angry at Old Princess Lian as she chose to fake his death but left her daughter-in-law and granddaughter in the Prince’s Mansion. She didn’t know whether to laugh or not. She explained and continued, “Besides, even if Madame Tao gives up Madame Tao Junior and gets the Jiang Family to continue supporting the Tao Family after the victory, she won’t let the Tao Family have a daughter that is cast off. It’ll still hurt Madame Tao Junior. I really don’t want her to have that!”

“She can’t rely on her maiden family or her husband. If she wants to have a good ending, the only way...” Qiu Jinglan fell silent for a while and said, “It’s like want Ling Zui said. She needs to have a child, a son. If she has a child, even Marquess Qin will say something to keep her status. As far as I know, Marquess Qin really values the bloodline of the Jiang Family, especially legitimate ones.”

He didn’t need to tell her that. She has Madame Zhuang as an example. Qiu Yelan knew that if Madame Tao Junior had had a son, unless she did something unforgivable, such as cheating or murdering her husband, Marquess Qin would have kept her status. But the problem was that Madame Tao Junior didn’t have a son or a daughter!

“How is giving birth that quick?” She said disappointedly, “It’s still up in the air. Besides, Jiang Yadan wants to kick her out right now. Where can she find a child?”

Ling Zui who had been listening on the side leaned over, “That aphrodisiac...”

“Stop it!” Qiu Jinglan was speechless, “You want to give this kind of brothel-used things to my sister and ask her to bring back to the Jiang Family. And she’ll give to her sister-in-law to use on her brother-in-law... Are you kidding me? If this goes out, it’ll ruin my sister’s reputation!”

Ling Zui spoke plausibly, “If you don’t drug Jiang Yadan and Madame Tao Junoir is not liked by Jiang Yadan, how can they get a child?” He said carelessly, “Besides, Jiang Yadan used this quite often on others. He deserved it!”

“But it still can’t be us!” Qiu Jinglan straightened his face. He was warning Ling Zui and also Qiu Yelan, “As for this kind of inappropriate thing, you can at most suggest it and you can’t leave any evidence! As for doing it, never!”

Qiu Yelan said sulkily, “With Madame Tao Junior’s health, I don’t think it will work even if I have it!”

“Then there’s nothing I can do!” Ling Zui sighed, “Your sister-in-law is too honest. Actually, even though she didn’t have a maiden family to rely on, she can still go ask Marquess Qin’s favor to let her die in the Jiang Family. It looks like she’s retreating, but she’s advancing. She’ll force Marquess Qin to say something to protect her. But she didn’t do it.”

Seeing Qiu Yelan’s eyes lit up, he immediately dissuaded her, “It’s fine to do so at the beginning. But now it has been too late. The outcome is not guaranteed! Besides, you should never go to advise such things. Otherwise, if they find out that you suggest it, you’ll have trouble in the Jiang Family!”

Qiu Jinglan narrowed his eye and said, “You go back to clean your room. This is not a hurry. Let us think about it.”

“Fine!” Qiu Yelan sighed and walked back, “I’ll go to see Ruan Ciyi!”

No matter Qiu Jinglan or Ling Zui, they were good at romance. To some extent, they were quite like Jiang Yadan. They should know him the best. Maybe they could think of something to get Jiang Yadan in line.

Now Qiu Yelan could only think like that...