Quick Wear: The Development of a Pure Cannon Fodder

Master Chang tensed his nerves and softened his tone, "Madam, I'm not forcing you, but this matter concerns Wan'er's life, and I'm really too anxious. Now only my father-in-law can help Wan'er. If Wan'er is really captured by Jingzhao Prefecture, then our family's most proud support will be gone!"

After all, the identity of the Second Prince's Consort is there, and the Chang family, as the Second Prince's Consort's family, will naturally be valued by others, and the interpersonal interactions will be much more than before.

But all these honors had nothing to do with Madam Chang. Because the Second Prince's wife married earlier than Madam Chang's daughter, everyone knew that Madam Chang only had one daughter, so they actually laughed at Madam Chang behind her back. After all, even a concubine and a daughter-in-law could step on her and her daughter for prominence, so what kind of capable person could Madam Chang be? Naturally, it became everyone's after-dinner talk and jokes.

Therefore, not only did Mrs. Chang not gain any benefits from this matter, but she and her daughter became a laughing stock. Later, her eldest daughter also had many difficulties in her marriage. If her family could not bear it any longer and helped, her eldest daughter would probably have been dragged down by this bitch mother and daughter and become an old maid. Although her son was not affected, he was also subject to a lot of gossip outside. Therefore, how could Mrs. Chang be afraid that the fall of the Second Prince's Concubine would affect her? She even hated the Second Prince's Concubine for being able to sit in this position, and she was eager for her to fall.

But now she was in the Chang residence, so it was hard for Mrs. Chang to say these words. But she had already figured it out. Even if she wanted to have a tantrum, she would do it after returning to her parents' home. Now she would just pretend to agree and leave here first.

When Mr. Chang and the Second Prince's wife saw that the other party had agreed, they did not think about whether the other party was pretending to agree, because they had a sense of reliance in their hearts and felt that Madam Chang would definitely not dare to play tricks on them.

Mr. Chang's reliance was naturally on his and Mrs. Chang's son. He felt that even if Mrs. Chang didn't consider the years of love between them, she would still give in because they had a son. If they really divorced, how embarrassing would it be for their son? Mrs. Chang, who loved her son, would definitely not want such a thing to happen.

The Second Prince's wife thought much more simply. She felt that Madam Chang would definitely not want to accept the fate of being divorced. If she didn't want to be ridiculed and disliked by her family after returning to her parents' home, she had to bow her head and help her.

Therefore, Mrs. Chang left quite smoothly, and she did not forget to trick Mr. Chang. She said that what she wanted to do was not a trivial matter, and she couldn't ask her father for help without any reason. She had to give her father something good to honor him, or use it to build connections with Jingzhao Prefecture, right?

After hearing this, Mr. Chang and the Second Prince's wife did not think there was anything wrong. They were afraid that they did not take enough, so they gave Madam Chang a lot of silver and good things. Madam Chang had the things loaded into a car and taken away, and then went back to her parents' home.

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After arriving at her parents' home, Madam Chang immediately ran to her father and mother and told them everything that had happened. She then cursed Master Chang, "Chang Sheng is a piece of shit! He used to allow his concubines and illegitimate daughters to bully me and my children. Before, my son and daughter hadn't even married yet, and I had to endure it. But now that my son and daughter don't have to worry about it anymore, he tried to cover up what Chang Wan'er did and forced me to come to you, father, to clean up the mess that little bitch made! Father and mother, I really can't live like this anymore!"

Upon hearing this, Madam Chang's parents were furious. Madam Chang's mother's eyes were red with rage. "What a Chang family and what a Chang Wan'er! Do you really think you're someone important just because you married the Second Prince? How dare you team up with Chang Sheng to oppress my daughter! Master, not only can we not agree to this, we have to go to their house and demand an explanation!"

Although Mrs. Chang's father was also angry, he was much calmer than his wife.

He knew the key to the matter from Mrs. Chang's words. As far as he was concerned, he didn't think that Zhang Tong had not been tried yet. After all, the people in the Prince's Mansion were able to arrest so many people so quickly and send them to Jingzhao Mansion in one day, which meant that they had all the evidence in their hands, and Zhang Tong's identity must have been exposed.

Moreover, he knew the prefect of Jingzhao and understood him. He knew that he was decisive and efficient, and had the ability and means to investigate cases. He must have found out the relationship between Zhang Tong and the Second Prince's wife. The current situation was by no means as optimistic as Mr. Chang and the Second Prince's wife thought.

The most important thing was that he had heard some rumors from some old friends who had not retired from their high positions, that is, the current emperor was dissatisfied with the second prince.

So even if the Second Prince wasn't involved in this incident, Madam Chang's father thought he was certainly to blame, since Chang Wan'er was the Second Prince's consort. Would His Majesty, unable to control his wife and seeing her do such a thing, not take this opportunity to lash out at her?

After thinking this through, Madam Chang's father looked at his daughter, Madam Chang. Although he was now old and had retired from the center of the court, he had been immersed in officialdom for many years, and his methods and insights were far beyond the reach of Master Chang. He immediately thought of a countermeasure and asked, "You said before that Chang Sheng said that if you didn't agree to his request and come to me for help, Chang Sheng would divorce you? When Chang Sheng said this, was there anyone else with you?"

Madam Chang nodded. "Yes, at that time I didn't know he came to see me about Chang Wan'er, so I didn't ask the maids and servants in the yard to stay away. We were arguing so fiercely that they must have heard it."

Mrs. Chang's father nodded. "Okay. Dad asks you again, now that things have come to this, Qingyue, do you still want to continue living with Chang Sheng? Dad doesn't mean that you and Chang Sheng should divorce. After all, this matter has nothing to do with you, the Chang family, or your children. It was Chang Sheng who was confused and wanted to help Chang Wan'er cover up the crime. Dad wants you to go to Jingzhao Prefecture to report Chang Sheng for helping Chang Wan'er cover up the crime."

"It's not nice for a wife to sue her husband, but you can say you're doing it for the future of the Chang Mansion, to prevent the Chang Mansion from following that bastard Chang Sheng and violating Dashao laws. Outsiders won't dare say anything. Later, the court and Jingzhao Prefecture will punish Chang Sheng and find out that this was indeed Chang Sheng's doing. Then the Chang Mansion will be fine. You still have your son by your side, so let him support the Chang Mansion. Although it will be difficult for a while, it's better than following Chang Sheng's nonsense."

Mrs. Chang's mother fell into deep thought when she heard her husband give her daughter this idea. "Old man, is this matter so serious? Does my daughter need to go to Jingzhao Prefecture to sue Chang Sheng? Isn't it better for us to just go to his house and warn him?"

Madam Chang's father sighed and shook his head, saying, "This matter is definitely not as simple as you think. Based on my understanding of the Jingzhao prefect's abilities, he must have thoroughly investigated Zhang Tong's background by now. Why hasn't he taken action yet? I'm afraid it's his superiors' intention."

Madam Chang and her mother's expressions changed. "Old man, are you talking about the emperor?"

Seeing their father/husband nod, their expressions changed again, either to fear or surprise.