As soon as Jiang Nianwei woke up, she heard the noise of gongs and drums.

Before she could come to her senses, the maid Taozhi beside her began to sob, "Madam, when you first got married, the Marquis went to fight outside. Now that we are reunited after a long separation, he brought back a woman and insisted on taking her as his concubine. What should I do?"

Jiang Nianwei was in a trance for a long time after listening to the familiar words.

After her thoughts gradually became clear, she did not feel sad, but instead felt a hint of excitement in her heart.

She should have been reborn into her first life.

After the end of her first life, she was reincarnated directly into a new and strange world called "modern".

There, she experienced all kinds of new things and also read a book in which the cannon fodder mistress had the same name as her.

Only then did she suddenly realize that her first life was just a short-lived cannon fodder in the book.

So she read the book carefully and learned that the protagonist of the book was the so-called time-traveling girl Meng Wanran, and she also knew all the events that happened later.

Jiang Nianwei lowered her head, a cold light flashed in her eyes, "There is no need to rush this matter right now, we have more important things to do."

Taozhi was the maidservant carefully selected for her as a dowry by her mother. She was also the person she trusted most in the entire mansion. She was loyal to her master and died for her in her previous life.

In her previous life, she was so heartbroken over Qin Ziqian taking a concubine that she was completely unaware of the changes in her mother's family.

As the mistress of the Marquis's mansion, she managed the household affairs diligently and served her mother-in-law. Even though she was subjected to harsh words from her mother-in-law, she swallowed all the grievances, because it was all because she was deceived by Qin Ziqian.

I think Qin Ziqian must have known your majesty's intention, which is why he dared to take a concubine so unscrupulously.

Three days later, the Jiang family will be exiled to the Yazhou area, where the mountains are high and the roads are long.

In modern times, it is a well-known tourist resort, but in the Zhou Dynasty, due to its remote location, most exiled prisoners died before reaching Yazhou. Going there was undoubtedly a death sentence.

Her father was an imperial censor. He was upright and honest, incorruptible, and was deeply respected and loved by the people. However, he offended many officials in private without realizing it and was impeached by many people. Among them, Qin Ziqian was the most powerful one. He talked about benevolence, righteousness, and morality, but in fact he just wanted to seize the Jiang family's property.

After being exiled, my father was old and frail. Unfortunately, he contracted malaria during the exile and died before he could make it halfway through the journey.

The two older brothers, who originally had promising futures, were also implicated.

One had a fierce fight with bandits on the way to exile, but was eventually killed; the other was like a fish in a dry ditch, and died of hunger.

The most pitiful one was her younger sister, who had a pretty and lovely face but suffered inhuman abuse along the way.

In the end, she and her mother could no longer endure the humiliation and chose to commit suicide by jumping into the river in order to preserve their reputation and seek relief.

The reason why she was able to survive for three years was entirely due to the generous dowry she brought when she got married.

Unfortunately, when she later learned that her entire family had been exiled, it was too late.

Qin Ziqian was like a cunning fox. He tricked her into taking out her dowry to bribe the woman. After three years, he cheated her out of all her money and property, then gave her poisoned wine and killed her.

After being forced to drink the poisoned wine, the old lady looked grim as she looked down at her dying daughter and said in a deep voice, "I didn't want you to enter the Marquis' Mansion from the beginning. The Marquis' Mansion has tolerated you for many years, which is already a kindness to you. Now it's time for you to go."

She died with her eyes wide open, her internal organs in great pain, and she was still asking, "Why?"

Before she died, Meng Wanran's face was solemn. He walked to her and whispered something incomprehensible in her ear: "I am a person who traveled through time and space and could not tolerate sharing my husband with other women. I want to be together for the rest of my life. If you don't die, how can I become the true mistress of a marquisate?"

At first, Jiang Nianwei found it difficult to understand her words, but now that she thinks about it carefully, she realizes that Meng Wanran is actually a time traveler.

No wonder she knows all kinds of strange and weird things, is proficient in cooking all kinds of unheard-of delicacies, and is even better at all kinds of tricks and tricks, which fascinated Qin Ziqian.

After her death, Qin Ziqian anxiously helped his concubine ascend to the throne of the mistress of the marquis's house, while he himself was nothing but a laughing stock and a tool used by others from beginning to end.

Thinking of this, her heart tightened and she clenched her palms involuntarily.

In this life, she was determined not to let the scumbag get what he wanted. She was determined to take back all the dowry that belonged to her and loot all the valuable things in the mansion. She wanted the scumbag, the bitch and the evil mother-in-law to get their retribution and not have a good end.

Jiang Nianwei gently pushed open the door and looked coldly at the noisy mansion outside.

Everyone in the Marquis's Mansion was busy preparing for the wedding, but no one cared about her dinner. It was obvious that they regarded her as Qin Ziqian's divorced wife.

Back then, when she married into the Yuanshan Marquis Mansion, she brought a generous dowry, which was also the reason why Qin Ziqian temporarily spared her life.

Among the pile of treasures, there was an inconspicuous little walnut. However, after her death, this little walnut fell into the hands of Meng Wanran, and revealed the spatial secret hidden in it.

Meng Wanran used this magical space walnut to help Qin Ziqian gain more confidence.

As a result, Qin Ziqian later completely controlled the lifeline of the Zhou Dynasty, used the emperor to command the princes, and became the regent who was feared by the world.

Now that she was back here, she would never let Meng Wanran take the walnut for herself. Fortunately, she was not stupid enough to give him all her knowledge.

After opening the dowry box in her boudoir, she found the walnut as if she had found a treasure, and a happy smile broke out on her face.

Sure enough, it was safe and sound.

Gazing at the densely packed and lifelike carvings on it, she couldn't help but admire the exquisite craftsmanship of this little walnut.

"Taozhi, please wait outside the door. If anyone comes, let me know immediately. I want to take a short rest."

"Yes, ma'am." Taozhi originally thought that the ma'am was too sad and wanted to take a rest. But when she thought of the grievances the ma'am had suffered, she felt indignant.

Although the wife was clearly the principal wife, the protocol for marrying a concubine was even more stringent than marrying a principal wife.

Moreover, on the wedding night, Marquis Yuanshan went out to lead the troops. Now that he has returned, he has not even set foot in his wife's room. He has been lingering with that vixen all day long. This is really too much.

Jiang Nianwei's feelings for that man had long since disappeared, even to the point of hatred.

At this moment, she just wanted to try the magical effect of this walnut.

She reached out her hand and gently turned the walnut three times according to the description in the book.

In an instant, a vast white wonder appeared before her eyes, surrounded by clouds and mist, like a fairyland, and there was also a vast and boundless space.

I remember that the book once said that this place not only has the magical ability to store things, but can also produce crops, vegetables and fruits that have never been seen in this era.

A smile finally broke out on the originally cold face.

With this space, she could not only take away all the dowry, but even empty out the entire Yuanshanhou.

If time permits, I might as well go to my mother's house, the Jiang Mansion, and move out all the valuables, so that those treacherous officials will come with a large army to search the house, but they will only return empty-handed.

Now that the Walnut Space has fallen into her hands in this life, Jiang Nianwei will definitely make full use of it and will never let Meng Wanran have the chance to get this golden finger again.

Jiang Nianwei knew that time was running out and she had to act immediately. While Taozhi was guarding outside the door, she put all the two boxes of dowry into the space, as well as the valuable items in the jewelry box and the accumulated banknotes.

She still owns a lot of shops, and now that she has decided to leave, she must find a way to sell them as soon as possible.

Thinking back to the past, after she died, all these jewellery were taken away by Meng Wanran. How could she make Meng Wanran happy this time?

While everyone outside was busy with Qin Ziqian's concubine, she got ready and asked Taozhi to continue guarding the door while she quietly went to the storeroom of the Marquis' Mansion.

Her half of the dowry was all here, not only that, but also some of the few gold, silver and jewelry in the Marquis's mansion.

The Qin family was wary of her and did not store any valuables in the warehouse at all. This family was like blood-sucking leeches, relying entirely on her dowry to survive.

The gold, silver, jewelry, antiques, calligraphy and paintings they had accumulated were all hidden in the secret room of the marquis' mansion.

If she had not witnessed these scenes, she would probably have been deceived by these heartless guys.

Thinking back to how she had believed Qin Ziqian's words in order to save her family, and took out her belongings to prepare the dowry, all of which was taken by the Marquis' Mansion, she couldn't help but frown.

Mother-in-law Zhuang Qiuhe specially sent a warehouse man to guard here, simply because she was worried that Jiang Nianwei would take away things inside at will.

Although she can come and go freely here, once she takes something away, Zhuang Qiuhe will know everything.

Zhuang Qiuhe's spies were all around her. If it weren't for the special circumstances today, the old women and maids would have been busy with the wedding money and had no time to monitor her, and she would never have been able to slip in so easily.

The warehouse man looked up at her and asked in confusion, "Madam, there is a big celebration in the Marquis' Mansion today, how come you have time to come here?"

Jiang Nianwei thought for a moment and said casually, "There is a new bride marrying into the Marquis' Mansion, so I naturally have to find a beautiful item to give her."

"Madam, you are so thoughtful, but..."

"Why, now I want to go into the warehouse and I need you, a servant, to supervise me?"

"I dare not, I dare not, please come in, madam."

The warehouse man did not doubt her, and smiled as he watched her enter the warehouse, but he could not help but mutter in his heart, "Do you still think that I am the mistress of the Marquis's mansion?" Those things outside were making a big fuss, and she was the only one who was kept in the dark.

But he stayed here, so he knew exactly what Jiang Nianwei took. He would write it down and report to the old lady. She couldn't leave the mansion anyway, so these things would belong to the Yuanshan Marquisate in the future.

As soon as Jiang Nianwei entered the warehouse, she put away her harmless smile and began to look at the things in the warehouse.

She knew that the warehouse man let her in because he saw that she was alone and couldn't take anything. But no matter how he calculated, how could he have known that she now had the space and could even empty the place out directly.

Jiang Nianwei looked at the full warehouse. There were more than a dozen boxes filled with the dowry she had brought with her. She did not take all the boxes away directly. After opening the boxes, she put all the things into the space and left all the empty boxes here.

Of course, she also moved all the things that the Qin family left here as a show into the space. After all, these could be exchanged for some silver, which was better than nothing.

After the warehouse was emptied, she walked out as if nothing had happened, holding an exquisite brocade box in her hand, "This bracelet, please write it down."

"As you command, ma'am."

No one should notice that the warehouse has been emptied in a short period of time. Of course, Jiang Nianwei's ultimate goal is still the gold, silver and jewelry in the secret room.

This time, she would definitely not leave anything for the Marquis' Mansion.

Without money, Qin Ziqian would not know how to please Meng Wanran, let alone pave the way for the future of the Marquis' Mansion.

When Jiang Nianwei returned to the room, she saw that old lady Zhuang Qiuhe was already waiting at her door.

Taozhi was terrified and fell to her knees, trying her best to stop Zhuang Qiuhe from entering.

As soon as Jiang Nianwei showed up, Zhuang Qiuhe sneered, "I was wondering why this little bitch was trying to stop me. It turns out you weren't even in the room. Now that things have come to this, it's useless for you to be sad. You can only blame yourself for not being able to keep Ziqian's heart. Besides, as the mistress, you are so jealous. You've been married for a whole year and don't even have a child. It's normal for you to take a concubine."

In the past, Jiang Nianwei was timid and cowardly. She dared not argue and followed her parents' teachings to be humble.

But now, she felt that facing such a vicious mother-in-law, there was no need to talk about morality and justice, she could just fight back directly.

"Madam, what you said is wrong. The Marquis has been away from home for exactly one year since he led his troops to war. How can I have a child if he and I haven't consummated our marriage yet? If I am really pregnant, it would be a strange thing!"

She also recalled that when she first learned that Qin Ziqian was going to take a concubine, she did act a little bit capricious and made some noise, but that was because she really cared about him.

The two grew up together as childhood sweethearts and had similar family backgrounds. Jiang Nianwei thought that he also liked her and that they were in love with each other.

However, the beloved had ill intentions from the very beginning and had other intentions.

She was once so infatuated with him, how ridiculous and pathetic! Now, even if he marries any Tom, Dick or Harry, it has nothing to do with her.

"What nonsense are you talking about?"

Zhuang Qiuhe felt that the originally submissive Jiang Nianwei seemed to have become a different person. When she was about to scold her, a servant came to report, "Madam, the King of Yan is here."

"I don't have time to teach you a lesson now. I will slowly settle the score with you after the wedding is over!"

Zhuang Qiuhe did not notice the cold smile that Jiang Nianwei showed after seeing her leave.

She helped Taozhi up and said, "Why are you still so timid? You don't have to be afraid of her anymore."

Taozhi was not really afraid of Zhuang Qiuhe. She was afraid that if she offended Zhuang Qiuhe, her young lady would suffer the consequences.

While the evil mother-in-law was receiving King Yan, Jiang Nianwei quickly slipped into Qin Ziqian's study. The entrance to the secret room was right here in the study.

Qin Ziqian used to not let her get close to this place, but now she took advantage of the poor management of the backyard and slipped in.

On the surface, there didn't seem to be anything unusual in the study, but she knew where the mechanism was.

Coming to a hanging painting, she took it down and pressed the switch in the secret compartment. The door of the secret room opened and all the wealth accumulated by the Marquis' Mansion over the years was here.

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