After the arranged marriage, I pampered the sickly regent.

"apologize?"

Seeing Su's matter-of-fact attitude, coupled with the sinister look in Ye Qingzhu's eyes, Ye Qingwu's lips curled up slightly, and she couldn't help but sneer.

"It's clearly my sister who's being unreasonable. If anyone should apologize, it should be her, not me."

Ye Qingwu took another step closer to Madam Su, saying, "I may be ignorant, but do you not understand either, Aunt?"

Upon hearing Ye Qingwu address her as "Auntie," Madam Su's face turned deathly pale, and her anger surged.

Ye Qingzhu was the first to lose her temper. She clenched her fists and gritted her teeth as she roared at Ye Qingwu, "Ye Qingwu, what are you pretending for? The person standing in front of you is the lady of the Duke's mansion. Who are you calling 'aunt' to?"

“Of course, it’s your mother who should listen.”

Ye Qingwu's gaze was icy. Although the original owner was the legitimate daughter of this Duke's mansion before marriage, she had never had a good day since Su entered the family.

She outwardly appeared gentle and virtuous, but secretly treated the original owner like a maid. It was precisely because of this that the marriage exchange went so smoothly.

However, she was not the original owner of this book. Now that she had transmigrated into it, she was determined to make amends for all the suffering the original owner had endured over the years.

"Ye Qingwu! You've gone too far!"

Ye Qingzhu was furious. This bitch was usually silent, but today she dared to talk back to her. She raised her hand and said, "You dare to talk about Mother like this. I will teach you a lesson today."

Seeing this turn of events, Jiang Wenjin vaguely sensed that something was amiss, but he made no move to stop it. After all, this was a struggle between the sisters, and no matter how domineering Ye Qingwu was, she was still the second young lady of the Duke's mansion, and he still needed to gain the Duke's favor.

Just as he was thinking this, he heard Ye Qingwu's unhurried reminder.

"Young Master Jiang, you're about to take the imperial examination, aren't you? Do you know what the punishment is if a member of the royal family harms the princess? I wonder if this will affect your examination results."

Jiang Wenjin, who valued his reputation highly, had a drastic change in expression upon hearing Ye Qingwu's words.

Yes! The woman standing here is not the legitimate daughter of a duke's family, but the Regent's wife.

His Highness the Regent is someone even his father-in-law can't afford to offend. If Ye Qingzhu's recklessness delays his imperial examination, his official career will be over.

Thinking of this, Jiang Wenjin didn't even have time to think further. He pulled Ye Qingzhu back, who was about to rush out, and gave her a slightly displeased look, lowering his voice, "Wife, you can't be so reckless outside."

"I was reckless?"

Upon hearing this, Ye Qingzhu instantly exploded and directed her anger at Jiang Wenjin.

"Jiang Wenjin, you call yourself a scholar? Didn't you see that she was the one who spoke rudely first?"

"As your wife, it's one thing for you not to protect me, but you're actually siding with outsiders."

"Mother, you must stand up for me!"

Ye Qingwu coldly watched all of this. According to the book, Ye Qingzhu married into the Regent's Palace less than seven days before the Regent suddenly fell ill and was sent to be buried with him. Naturally, she did not know what happened afterward.

Although this poor scholar was quite talented in his studies, he was very stubborn and even had a strong sense of self-esteem.

Ye Qingzhu acted this way in front of so many people; once the Duke's mansion loses power, things will get interesting.

Jiang Wenjin's face turned ashen, and his hands clenched slightly when he saw Ye Qingzhu rush into Su's arms.

"Alright, today is the day for your parents to return home. What kind of behavior is this? Go inside first. Your father will be angry when he comes back from the palace and sees this."

Su reminded him, glancing in Ye Qingwu's direction with a hint of scrutiny in her peripheral vision.

This brat used to be so timid and hesitant, but ever since the arranged marriage, something seems to have changed about her.

Most importantly, she dared to call herself "aunt"? Isn't that telling everyone that she's the second wife?!