Having transmigrated into a book, who would still want to be a secondary wife?

Upon hearing this, Master Tianshui's heart skipped a beat. Zhao Wentao, however, began to recall, puzzled, "My grandson started crying incessantly about seven days ago, refusing to eat anything, and even if he did eat, he would quickly vomit it up..."

As he spoke, he seemed to suddenly remember something, and his eyes widened as he looked at Tianshui, "Master Tianshui seems to have arrived in the capital around this time!"

"Did anyone give your grandson anything before he started crying?" Song Ruozhen asked again.

"Someone did give my grandson a jade pendant, saying it was blessed and a treasure. I didn't want to accept it, but seeing that my grandson seemed to love it, I hung it around his neck."

The child cried incessantly from the second day onwards. It wasn't until two days ago when I brought my grandson to see Master Tianshui that the situation improved; he gave us another jade pendant. However, the original pendant is now missing.

After Lord Zhao finished speaking, even the slowest person would understand what was going on.

This was not a spell to break the curse after the child was tainted by something unclean; it was an undeserved disaster!

The jade pendant harmed the child, and then Master Tianshui performed a ritual. In fact, as long as the original jade pendant was removed, the child would have returned to normal. It is likely that Master Tianshui had been watching them from the beginning and deliberately set up a trap!

"You bastard, how dare you harm my grandson!" Lord Zhao's face turned red, and he threw a punch.

Tianshui couldn't escape at all; one of her teeth was knocked out, and her mouth, already inflamed with sores, hurt so much that she could barely breathe when she spoke. But she couldn't care less. "No, no, no, that's not true. She's just making things up!"

"Nonsense? Why don't you tell me where you got this thing?" Song Ruozhen scoffed, then suddenly reached out and ripped the object from Tianshui's chest.

Zhao Wentao looked closely and exclaimed, "This is the jade pendant my grandson was wearing a few days ago! You lied to me, you just denied it, but here's the evidence!"

Tianshui's face turned deathly pale, and he lowered his head in despair, knowing that at this point, there was no turning back.

"Now it's proven that I wasn't talking nonsense. I hope Lord Lin will keep his word." Song Ruozhen glanced at Lin Zhiyue with disdain.

Lin Zhiyue was equally shocked by what he saw. Was Master Tianshui really a fraud?

He felt a pang of guilt, but when he met the woman's disgusted gaze, he couldn't help but feel annoyed. He said coldly, "It's just a bracelet. I don't believe in ghosts or gods. I'll wear it if I want. Does it really have any effect on me?"

"Wait and see."

Song Ruozhen noticed the gradual change in Lin Zhiyue's expression after he said those words, and a playful glint flashed in her eyes.

“Miss Song, since you know this thing is bad, why do you still insist that the Marquis wear it all the time? Isn’t that deliberately harming him?” Qin Shuangshuang couldn’t help but speak up, her words filled with righteous indignation.

Song Ruozhen glanced at the self-righteous woman and said sarcastically, "Speaking of which, doesn't Miss Qin owe me an apology? You were jumping around quite enthusiastically when you were slandering me. This is the master you invited back. Instead of questioning me here, shouldn't you apologize to those who have been implicated by you?"

Upon hearing this, everyone who had been deceived looked at Qin Shuangshuang. Only then could they clearly hear that Master Tianshui was invited by Qin Shuangshuang!

Qin Shuangshuang's expression changed, and she looked at Lin Zhiyue in a panic, "My lord, I... I was also deceived. If I had known he was this kind of person, I would never have invited him back."

"Shuangshuang didn't mean it, why are you being so aggressive?" Lin Zhiyue shielded Qin Shuangshuang behind him, his face darkening.

"I'm being aggressive? So many people were harmed here, Lord Zhao's grandson suffered an undeserved calamity, and my second brother went blind because of wearing this bracelet. Now, Lord Lin is just casually dismissing all of this with a single sentence that it wasn't intentional? What right do you have to say such things?"

The woman's exquisite and beautiful face was tinged with a fierce aura, and her dark, beautiful eyes shone with a captivating light. Her sharp and imposing presence was unmistakable, and she actually intimidated Lin Zhiyue.

"This so-called master has fooled so many of us. If Qin Shuangshuang hadn't invited him back, how could we have been fooled?"

"It's bad enough that he has bad eyesight, but he also brought back such a scourge. We trusted him so much, and now we're in such a terrible situation!"

"I'm afraid that Lord Lin has also been bewitched by this woman through some kind of shady means. Otherwise, why would he be so obsessed that he would abandon such a wonderful Miss Song and insist on marrying this woman instead?"

Listening to the increasingly harsh criticisms from the crowd, Qin Shuangshuang turned pale. She couldn't understand why, in her previous life, Master Tianshui had been thriving in the capital, and she had attracted the attention of many high-ranking officials and nobles, which had given her a lot of help later on. Why was everything different now?

The next moment, her gaze turned to Song Ruozhen; all the changes were caused by her!

Hearing the sobbing behind him, Lin Zhiyue turned around and met Qin Shuangshuang's pitiful little face. He immediately felt that Song Ruozhen's words were harsh and cruel.

"Is this your goal? To make everyone criticize Shuangshuang, ruin her reputation, and prove that she is inferior to you?"

Song Ruozhen, I know that my feelings for Shuangshuang have hurt you, but I also promised that I would treat you well if I married you. Yet, your scheming and manipulative tactics to bully Shuangshuang are truly wicked!

Hearing the man's self-righteous accusations, Song Ruozhen raised an eyebrow. "What you're saying, Lord Lin, is quite interesting. The swindler was invited by Miss Qin, not by me."

According to your logic, I should just stand by and watch this charlatan swindle everyone without saying a word, otherwise it would be considered targeting her?

In that case, I'd like to ask her: wasn't it a deliberate act of targeting me that she sent this charlatan to my house to cause trouble and make my second brother go blind?

You must understand, before yesterday, I had absolutely no idea about the relationship between this Miss Qin and you, Lord Lin. On the contrary, she already knew of my existence!

The woman's words were sharp and clear, and even Lin Zhiyue found it difficult to refute them. He began to waver slightly. It was indeed impossible for Song Ruozhen to know about this matter; it must have been a coincidence.

"Of course, Lord Lin also said one thing correctly."

"She is indeed inferior to me in every way."

"Well said!" Chu Junting clapped his hands, his handsome eyes sparkling with laughter. "I used to think that Miss Song lived a secluded life in her boudoir, but I never knew she had such eloquence and ability. It has truly impressed me."

"Lord Lin, a bet's a bet. You'd better wear this bracelet properly. Also, if you're a man, you should apologize properly. To keep slandering a young lady is not the conduct befitting a marquis."

The man's voice carried a hint of coldness, seemingly a lighthearted jest, yet it exuded an undeniable authority.