Donate 300,000 yuan to invite the God of War to marry, and I ask for a divorce

Yan State, Gu Mansion.

Madam Jiang took a yellow calendar and showed it to Gu Wanzhou: "Wanzhou, look at these two dates. One is the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, and the other is the sixteenth day of the third lunar month after the New Year."

Jiang was a woman with a pointed chin and slightly vulgar phoenix eyes. She smiled and said, "Mother thinks the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month is a good day. What do you think?"

Wan Zhou's clear eyes swept across the almanac, and then at her stepmother Jiang, who was holding the almanac with a happy face, and sneered in her heart: The eighth day of the twelfth month is less than two months away, and she just turned 16 in August. Jiang is really anxious.

That's right. According to the plot of the previous life, the sooner she gets married, the sooner Jiang can control her huge dowry. She has been waiting for more than ten years, so she must be impatient.

It’s a pity that even if Jiang waited for another ten years, she would not be able to get the property.

Yes, she was reborn, not too early or too late, just this morning.

In her previous life, she chose the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, put on her wedding dress, shyly and happily got into the bridal sedan, and married Jiang Xuan, the nephew of Jiang's natal family.

Although Jiang Xuan was born in a poor family, he was handsome and had the spirit of a scholar. He had been very good to her since childhood. She had infinite longings for Jiang Xuan himself and this marriage.

But she never imagined that all this was just a conspiracy designed by her good stepmother and her natal family.

Just to defraud the hundreds of thousands of dowry left by her mother.

That year, her mother died when she was only six months old due to loss during childbirth. Before she died, she made arrangements for the dowry she left behind and asked the clan leader and government officials to sign a document together.

The document stipulated that the entire property would be left to her as a dowry, and would be managed by Manager Hua before she got married, with 3000 taels given to the Gu family every year as her expenses.

The document also stipulated that if she died before getting married, the property would be inherited by the family of Hua, the housekeeper who managed the property.

In her previous life, Wan Zhou had never thought about why her mother had to issue this document, but after her rebirth, she admired her mother's wisdom and foresight immensely.

But even though the document was so cautious, the stepmother still found a loophole.

Because the document only restricts before marriage. So Jiang asked her nephew Jiang Xuan to get close to her, treat her well, win her trust and love, marry her, trick a huge dowry into the Jiang family, kill her, and then marry her own daughter Gu Wanyu to her to enjoy the glory.

In her previous life, their conspiracy succeeded, and she married into the Jiang family with a dowry worth 50 yuan. However, she was killed within two years.

"Mother, I want to cancel the engagement." Wan Zhou suppressed his emotions and silently took a step back.

"Break off the engagement?" Jiang's eyes almost popped out of their sockets, as if she had heard something extraordinary.

"Impossible!" Jiang waved her hand and sat back in her chair with a cold face, giving people a sense of coldness that left no room for negotiation.

Wan Zhou was not surprised at all by the expected answer. Jiang had been planning for more than ten years and was about to reap the fruits of his labor. How could he possibly agree to this?

Just as she expected, there was no way to cancel the engagement through normal channels. Fortunately, she had a plan to cancel the engagement without making them lose a penny.

Wan Zhou turned his eyes slightly and looked at Jiang, and said tentatively: "Mother, I know this will make it difficult for my uncle's family. We can let my uncle's family take the initiative to propose to cancel the engagement, and then give them 5 taels of compensation."

Seeing Jiang withdraw her sharp gaze from her and frowning in thought, Wan Zhou added, "Mother has been working so hard for my marriage for so long, but in the end, I let her down. I will give you 5 taels as a token of my apology."

As soon as she finished speaking, Jiang glared at her and said angrily, "Who do you think the Jiang family is? How can you be blinded by money? You are simply insulting us. How can the Jiang family's reputation be compensated by your mere fifty thousand silver coins?"

Seeing Jiang's indignation, as if the Jiang family had been insulted, Wan Zhou couldn't help but sneer.

Good reputation?

It’s really hilarious.

Is it possible for a family to have a good reputation by using their son's marriage to gain wealth?!

Jiang's father was a sixth-rank official with an annual salary of less than 200 taels. Jiang's father could not earn 5 taels even if he worked until his death. Besides, the Jiang family had a small fortune, with an annual income of less than 1500 taels. How could a family that could not earn 30 taels in 5 years say that 5 taels could not compensate?

It's just that 5 is not enough.

Don't want the 5 taels of compensation? She was waiting to see if Jiang would regret losing the 5 taels of compensation when she found out that he had donated all his dowry and got nothing.

Of course, if she agreed to the compensation of 5, she would not get a penny. She would be sick to death if they asked her to take money after she was reborn.

Jiang was a little annoyed. Wan Zhou, who had always been obedient and let her do whatever she wanted, suddenly talked nonsense about breaking off the engagement. She was very unhappy.

With a cold face, he said, "What's wrong with you? According to Xuan'er's conditions, you are good-looking and will definitely pass the imperial examination and become an official in the future. Mother, let me put it bluntly, it's your blessing that Xuan'er didn't despise you."

Wan Zhou: “…”

Now it's her turn to disgust Jiang Xuan.

"Oh, I get it." Jiang suddenly clapped her hands and said, "Don't you think you are not worthy of Xuan'er? You are right to think so. To be fair, your mother is indeed a little unsatisfactory for Xuan'er. But don't be afraid, don't you still have your mother? Your mother has always treated you as her own child, how could she bear to let you suffer any injustice."

Wan Zhou listened and couldn't help but sneer in his heart again.

Treat it as your own?

Seizing her property and giving it to her daughter, and calling her treating her as your own?

In fact, in her previous life, she completely trusted Jiang, which led to the tragedy later on. It was indeed because Jiang treated her well and broke the outside world's stereotype of stepmothers.

When Jiang was a child, her stepmother Qian would often tell her that someone from a certain family was beaten half to death by his stepmother because he talked back...

Someone stole something and was beaten by his stepmother so hard that he couldn't get out of bed...

So-and-so was crippled by her stepmother..., so-and-so was beaten to death by her stepmother..., so-and-so was promised to an old widower by her stepmother...

The list goes on and on.

She also lives under the care of her stepmother. Isn't she afraid after hearing about those cases of stepmother abuse?

She is afraid.

Therefore, whenever Qian's mother finished telling a story about a poor guy and added the sentence: "Our eldest daughter is so lucky to have met such a good stepmother like Madam, you must not let Madam down.", she always thought that she was so lucky.

Not only did her stepmother not treat her harshly, but she was always gentle and caring. In her heart, Jiang was simply the best stepmother in the whole of Shangjing. So she secretly decided to be obedient and never disobey her stepmother, and be a sensible daughter.

Over time, she became a big fool who let her stepmother make decisions for her in everything, let her do whatever she wanted, and was still grateful to her.

Now it seems that Jiang's method of conquering her was really sophisticated.

"Wanzhou, you don't have to be afraid of anything as long as your mother is here." Seeing that Wanzhou didn't mention the cancellation of the engagement again, Jiang stood up and sat next to Wanzhou, comforting him.

Jiang was used to using both soft and hard tactics to control her. Wan Zhou did not say much, just said "hmm" lightly and left.

After she returned, she changed her clothes and went out to find her property manager. The property was previously managed by Butler Hua, and now it was taken over by Butler Hua's son Hua Yang.

"Brother Huayang, I heard that the food and fodder shipped to Huajiang was destroyed by the snowstorm. Now the court is collecting military pay from the people, right?"

Huayang was puzzled, wondering how Wanzhou knew that since he never went out of the front door or the back door, but he didn't ask and just nodded.

Seeing Huayang nod, Wanzhou asked again: "How is the fundraising going?"

"Not ideal."

really……

The treasury of Yan State was not well-off due to years of continuous wars, and this year there were many disasters. First there was a flood in the south of the Yangtze River, and then there was a drought in the north. In addition, supplies had to be transported to the border areas, and the court had organized two evening donations.

Everyone responded enthusiastically the first time, but reluctantly the second time.

The third time? Those who have money have already donated twice, and they are already in pain. Moreover, they are afraid that it will never end, so they all cry poor.

Not to mention those who have no money.

The fundraising situation is far from ideal.

In her previous life, during this period of time, Jiang Xuan saw this as a great opportunity and instigated her to borrow money from Huayang and donate it to the court. As a result, Jiang's father was promoted directly from the sixth rank to the fourth rank.

Since Jiang Xuan, that scumbag, could use her money to gain benefits for the Jiang family, she followed suit and donated money to gain benefits for herself.

Jiang Xuan married her for money anyway. Without this fortune, Jiang Xuan would have nothing to gain, and even if she didn't mention breaking off the engagement, he would send her a letter of breaking off the engagement as soon as possible.

"Brother Huayang, I want to donate 30 yuan to the court as military pay..."

After Wan Zhou confessed his intentions to Huayang, Huayang frowned and pondered for a long time.

"Since you want to do it, I will definitely do it for you. The person in charge of fundraising this time is Mr. Xie, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue. Mr. Xie and I have some friendship. You donated 30 yuan, so it won't be difficult to get a chance to see the emperor."

When Huayang said it was not difficult, Wanzhou knew that the meeting with the emperor was almost certain, because Huayang was a low-key person and never said anything he was not sure of.

Yes, the purpose of her donation was not only to break off the engagement, but also to meet the emperor.

When Jiang Shi found out about donating her dowry, she would definitely take revenge on her. Now that her father was away fighting, Jiang Shi, as the legal mother, had full control over everything. The most ruthless way to harm her was to find her a marriage that was like a hell of a pit.

Meeting the emperor was to ask for marriage. With the emperor's marriage, Jiang dared not touch her, nor did she dare to affect her marriage. Even if she had ten thousand evil schemes to trick her, they could only rot in her stomach.

When her father comes back, it will be time for her to settle accounts with Jiang family. She is a reborn person, and she can pick two things to make Jiang family fall.

As for the person who is proposing marriage, it is the God of War General Ji Nanzheng, who is currently fighting in Huajiang and is in urgent need of food and money.

Thinking of this, Wan Zhou felt a little guilty and silently said many sorrys to Ji Nanzheng who was far away in Huajiang.

"Your Excellency General Ji, I am not dreaming of becoming the general's wife. I am just borrowing your identity for a while. When you come back, I will apologize in person and give you your freedom immediately. Thank you very much."