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

"I have reminded you more than once not to make the same mistakes you did before. Now you have ended up in this situation, and it is all your own fault!"

Lord Ruan looked at Ruan Lingfeng lying on the bed. His pale face was heartbreaking, but thinking about how brainless his son was and how many absurd things he had done, he felt an indescribable disappointment.

As Ruan Lingfeng listened to his father's words, his guilt reached its peak.

He climbed out of bed and, ignoring Madam Ruan's attempts to stop him, knelt down.

"Father, your son is unfilial!"

Grand Tutor Ruan arrived upon hearing the news. Seeing Ruan Lingfeng's appearance, which seemed to have lost half his life, he said in a deep voice, "Since you know you were wrong, then correct your mistakes from now on!"

You're not young anymore, you should learn from your mistakes and think things through carefully before acting impulsively.

Yuan Wu is indeed a scoundrel, but if you hadn't misjudged him and had such a significant weakness, he wouldn't have been able to exploit him. Do you understand?

"Grandson understands!" Ruan Lingfeng replied quickly.

He understood that while Ruan Yuanwu was indeed despicable, the main reason for all that had happened was his own stupidity.

He foolishly caused his family to worry about him, made his true savior suffer for more than two years, accomplished nothing, and dragged everyone down for nothing.

Seeing Ruan Lingfeng's condition, no one said anything more, only telling him to take good care of himself. As for Ruan Yuanwu, they should deal with him properly.

When Ruan Yuanwu saw Grand Tutor Ruan arrive, a look of fear appeared on his face.

"Grandfather, I know I was wrong, I will never do it again!"

The current head of the Ruan family is Grand Tutor Ruan, who is known for his absolute authority and strict discipline of his descendants. All the younger generation fears and reveres their grandfather the most.

"You do not dare?"

Grand Tutor Ruan sneered, his usually dignified face now appearing cold and ruthless.

"I see you've got quite the nerve. You've played this game very well, manipulating your brothers like fools. In your eyes, shouldn't everything the Ruan family has fallen into your hands?"

Ruan Yuanwu's heart was in his throat. He had always been inferior to Ruan Yucheng and Ruan Lingfeng since childhood, even though he was no worse than them!

Because he wasn't born into the main family and because his father didn't achieve official rank, he had always had to rely on others.

He is not willing!

That's why this plan came to him; if it succeeded, all the wealth and glory would be his!

But now that his secret has been exposed, he only hopes that he can continue to stay in the Ruan family, otherwise he will have nothing left!

"Grandfather, I was truly blinded by greed and did such a beastly thing. Please forgive me!"

Grand Tutor Ruan gave Ruan Yuanwu a cold glance. He knew very well that Ruan Yuanwu's actions were a momentary lapse of judgment, but this plan was clearly a trap designed specifically for Ruan Lingfeng. Using such an excuse for a plan that had lasted for more than two years was simply too ridiculous.

"What do you two want to say?"

The Ruan family's second wife and her husband were startled and could only repeatedly admit their mistake.

“Father, it is my fault for not disciplining Yuanwu properly, which led him astray. I will definitely discipline him more strictly in the future and never let Yuanwu make such a mistake again. Please forgive Yuanwu this time!”

The second master of the Ruan family knelt down and kowtowed.

Seeing this, his wife also kowtowed, pleading, "Father-in-law, please forgive Yuanwu this time. This will never happen again!"

The members of the Ruan family's eldest branch remained silent. They could no longer associate with such a malicious person in their family.

"From this day forward, Yuan Wu will be expelled from the Ruan family and removed from the family genealogy. Our Ruan family... cannot tolerate such a person who harms his own brother!" said Grand Tutor Ruan.

Upon hearing this, Ruan Yuanwu's body went limp, and his face was filled with despair.

“Grandfather, you can’t be so unfair to me! If I hadn’t always been worse off than Yu Cheng and Ling Feng in terms of food, clothing and other necessities since I was little, I wouldn’t have done this.”

It's clearly you who are being unfair to me, it's you!

Once he is expelled from the Ruan family and loses their protection, he will have nothing left!

"Father, isn't this punishment too severe?"

The second master of the Ruan family looked grim. "Yuan Wu was indeed terribly wrong, but things didn't work out, did they? Ling Feng is safe and sound now, so why can't we show leniency and give Yuan Wu a chance?"

Upon hearing this, Madam Ruan was furious and said angrily, "Ling Feng is alright because he is lucky and happened to meet Princess Chu. It was not his time to die!"

Must we wait until Ling Feng dies before we can convict Yuan Wude?

My son is perfectly fine and has never wronged Yuanwu. Our eldest branch has never wronged you second branches either. If Yuanwu had married the real Qianqian from the beginning, things wouldn't have turned out like this these past two years.

He was such a spirited young man, and look what you've done to him! And you still dare to say such callous things? You're inhuman!

Over the past two years, how many times has she felt heartbroken watching Ling Feng fall to this state?

Only now do I realize that it was all a trap, an undeserved disaster. To ask them to forgive me... is simply impossible!

"Sister-in-law, Yuanwu has realized his mistake and will never dare to do such a thing again. Please forgive Yuanwu and give him a chance to reform!"

The second wife, Madam Jiang, knelt down and pleaded, "If we kick him out, what will he do all by himself?"

We're both mothers, sister-in-law, please have pity on me!

Madam Ruan looked coldly at Madam Jiang, "If you hadn't always said such things in front of Yuanwu and constantly compared yourself to others, he wouldn't have gone astray. It's all because of what you taught him!"

She had often heard the second wife say those sarcastic things before, making up conflicts even when there were none!

Despite the second wife's current innocent appearance, she suspected that such a large-scale scheme might not have been orchestrated by Ruan Yuanwu alone. Perhaps the second wife's people had long harbored resentment towards the first wife's family and had joined forces to set up this trap.

Jiang's expression changed, a hint of jealousy and coldness flashing in her eyes, but she began to cry sadly.

"Sister-in-law, you're trying to drive me to my death! It's true that Yuanwu was wrong to do such a thing, and I, as his mother, know that. But you're blaming it all on me. I'm truly innocent!"

Madam Ruan's face turned ashen; she loathed Jiang's behavior.

She cries and screams over the smallest things, as if she's being forced to die even though she hasn't done anything wrong.

Those who don't know the situation might think that she, as the eldest sister-in-law, is being extremely unreasonable!

Lord Ruan glanced at the weeping Jiang Shi and said, "This matter was originally Yuan Wu's despicable framing. Expelling him from the family is already a lenient act. If you feel wronged, you might as well report it to the authorities!"

Let the authorities decide this matter cleanly, so you won't harbor any resentment!