Marrying a concubine and swallowing her dowry? The mistress turns around and marries a high-ranking

Chapter 36

After bombarding Liu Manman with a barrage of words, Qin Shaoze turned and left.

Liu Manman stood there dumbfounded, as if struck by lightning.

Qin Shaoze... how could he talk to her like that?

Qin Shaoze took a few steps, but eventually turned back to look at her impatiently.

"Still not leaving?"

This was the first time Liu Manman had seen Qin Shaoze so angry, and she knew he was really upset. She had always been spoiled and arrogant, but for the first time, she was a little flustered.

She says she can live without Qin Shaoze, but in reality, how can she live without him?

Qin Shaoze had finally given her a way out, and this time she dared not refuse. After hesitating for a moment, she followed him.

He returned to the Marquis's residence with Qin Shaoze.

The two seemed to have ended their cold war and reconciled.

However, the core issue remained unresolved, and a rift seemed to have formed between them, causing Qin Shaoze to become noticeably colder towards Liu Manman.

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Yufei Courtyard.

Dou Niang vividly recounted the conflict between Qin Shaoze and Liu Manman to Shen Lingjun, gloating over their misfortune.

She was happy to see that the two adulterers were having a bad time.

"...Madam, I think the Marquis is very dissatisfied with bringing Madam Liu back. They will definitely have a falling out in the future!"

Shen Lingjun listened while eating breakfast, a faint smile on her face.

Indeed, Qin Shaoze's feelings for Liu Manman were not as strong as he claimed.

Previously, even on harsh battlefields, their environment was relatively free. But now, in Kyoto, with its strict social norms and constant need for restraint, it's a completely different story.

After spending some time with her, Shen Lingjun had gained a certain understanding of Liu Manman.

She was indeed unconventional and different from ordinary women, but she was simply not suited to be a noblewoman.

She may have some expertise in medicine, but in many aspects, whether in temperament or ability, she is far from adequate, and she is also extremely arrogant and disdainful of everyone.

Before Qin Shaoze married Liu Manman, he felt that they were true love. He ignored worldly customs and stayed with her, naturally full of passion, and thought that Liu Manman was the most charming woman in the world.

After marrying him, Liu Manman's halo quickly faded, her cinnabar mole became a mosquito bite, and her vibrant, unique, and unrestrained spirit was all seen as immature and ignorant.

Just wait and see; their conflicts will only increase and intensify in the future.

Shen Lingjun didn't take the two's bumpy love story to heart. She was now preparing to take the twins to the Wen family.

After the twins were recognized, Shen Lingjun took them back to her maternal home to meet her maternal grandmother, Madam Wen. They also had to visit her maternal grandparents' home.

The Wen family were upright officials in the court, but their social standing was not high. Shen Lingjun's maternal grandfather, Wen Zhengyin, was a fifth-rank Imperial Academy Doctor, and her maternal uncle, Wen Mingwei, was a sixth-rank Secretary of the Secretariat. Both of them were civil officials with little real power.

Upon arriving at the Wen family home, Shen Lingjun, along with her two children, kowtowed to the elders of her maternal grandparents' family.

The elders prepared gifts for the two children. The Wen family was not wealthy, so the gifts were not expensive, such as writing brushes, ink, paper, inkstones, and rare books, but it was clear that they had put thought into them.

Wen Zhengyin looked at the mother and her two children, his eyes slightly red.

"It's good that you've been recognized, it's good that you've been recognized... The entire Yongning Marquis's family is utterly despicable, and the Shen family has suffered a great calamity, leaving only your mother. Jun'er, you've had such a hard time..."

The misdeeds of the Yongning Marquis's family were widely known, and the Wen family was naturally aware of them as well.

He was merely a low-ranking, upright civil official, not enough to do anything to the Yongning Marquis's mansion, nor could he avenge Shen Lingjun.

Wenming said bitterly, "I only regret that I am a lowly official with no power or influence, and cannot help you directly raze that filthy place of the Marquis of Yongning's mansion to the ground!"

Shen Lingjun smiled.

"Grandfather and Uncle, rest assured, Jun'er will have a better and better life in the Yongning Marquis's mansion."

She had no intention of razing the Yongning Marquis's mansion to the ground.