Quick Transmigration: Refusing to Be a Victim's Child

[For the content of Chapter 1, please refer to the previous chapter.]

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The room was silent. Shao Linshen finally had a moment to calm down and carefully sort out the plot of this world.

The original owner, "Shao Lin Shen," was the heir of the Jingyuan Marquis's mansion and should have been born to enjoy wealth and honor. However, the mansion has declined and is now just an empty shell.

In order to restore the glory of his ancestors, the original owner diligently practiced martial arts from a young age.

Before he even reached the age of twenty, he volunteered to go to the border to guard the frontier, hoping to achieve military merits on the battlefield.

Fortunately, the original owner was brave and fearless on the battlefield, fighting valiantly against the enemy. He rose from an unknown junior officer to a Left General, in charge of military affairs in one region, thanks to his outstanding military achievements.

During this period, he repeatedly and successfully repelled enemy invasions with his outstanding military skills, winning battle after battle.

It was his outstanding military achievements that enabled the once-declining and impoverished Jingyuan Marquis's Mansion to regain its footing in the circle of nobles and receive continuous rewards and favors from the emperor.

The old marquis, who had been retired at home and had long been marginalized by the court, was able to return to court and participate in government affairs again thanks to the emperor's grace.

The original owner's mother and wife, whose titles of nobility had been repeatedly rejected, were finally granted in due course.

Even his own brother, because of the original owner of the body, was selected by the emperor on the spot as the third-ranked scholar and then entered the Hanlin Academy as a "compiler," becoming a close minister of the emperor.

His sister was even granted the title of County Princess, a position of unparalleled prestige.

This situation truly exemplifies the saying, "When one person attains enlightenment, even their chickens and dogs ascend to heaven."

If everything continues to develop so smoothly, and he returns home victorious, having achieved great success, with his wife and children by his side, then his life will be complete and without regrets.

But he is not the protagonist of this story.

The main characters of the story are his wife, whom his mother forced him to marry before he went to the border, and his own younger brother.

The female protagonist, Jiang Wanyin, was born into the Zhongqin Earl's Mansion. Her father was originally the heir of the Earl's Mansion, but unfortunately, he died young, which caused the title to fall into the wrong hands and be taken advantage of by her second uncle.

Once the second wife gained power, she began to suppress and bully the first wife without restraint.

Unfortunately, the male members of the first branch of the family were still young and unable to support the family. Jiang Wanyin's mother was also weak and timid, and had no power to resist the oppression from the second branch.

Left with no other choice, Jiang Wanyin had to step forward in every matter to fight for a sliver of survival for the eldest branch of the family.

However, her behavior was deliberately spread by some people who thought she was arrogant, rude, and disrespectful, so that even at the age of sixteen, no one came to propose marriage.

Fortunately, Jiang Wanyin's mother's close friend, Lady Jingyuan, had a discerning eye and knew Jiang Wanyin's true kindness and character. She personally visited her family to ask for Jiang Wanyin to marry her eldest son.

With this incident, the eldest branch of the family finally had a chance to hold their heads high in the Zhongqin Earl's Mansion, sweeping away the gloom of the past.

However, Jiang Wanyin herself was completely distraught over this incident, as if she had lost her soul.

It turned out that the person she admired was the second young master of the Marquis's mansion. After a chance encounter during the Lantern Festival, the two seemed to be destined for each other, often exchanging letters and pouring out their hearts to one another.

Although they rarely had the chance to meet, their affection for each other grew stronger through their correspondence.

She originally thought that they could only maintain a relationship as uncle and sister-in-law in this life, and buried this feeling deep in her heart.

But fate loves to play tricks on people.

On her wedding day, her husband, the heir apparent, fell unconscious from a drunken stupor. Out of concern, Jiang Wanyin went to bring him some hangover soup, but got lost in the intricate courtyards of the Marquis's residence.

Unexpectedly, she discovered the Second Young Master, who was heartbroken and drowning his sorrows in alcohol, in a quiet bamboo forest.

Jiang Wanyin wanted to avoid suspicion and quickly went around, but she didn't expect to be seen by the other party.

In the midst of their chaotic argument, both parties accidentally fell to the ground, and what happened next was irreversible.

Fortunately, no one else knew what happened that night except for the two of them.

Jiang Wanyin took it all as an absurd dream. After waking up, she would still be the Crown Prince's wife and his rightful sister-in-law.

But she never expected that her desperate attempts to conceal the matter would be used by the other party to relentlessly pressure her, causing her to stray further and further down the wrong path, making one mistake after another.

After that, Jiang Wanyin lived in constant fear in the Marquis's mansion. She felt ashamed to face her husband and was also deeply afraid that others would find out about this matter, thus disgracing the reputation of the Marquis of Zhongqin's mansion. Therefore, she could only try her best to cover it up and live a cautious life.

Fortunately, although Prince Shao loved swordsmanship and was not as handsome and refined as the Second Prince, he was understanding and considerate.

On the second day of their marriage, Jiang Wanyin deliberately showed off the bruises all over her body, her eyes filled with tears, and said she was scared. The young master Shao understood and tactfully slept in a separate bed from her, consciously sleeping on the soft couch in the outer room.

Seeing how considerate and caring her husband was, Jiang Wanyin felt increasingly guilty and uneasy. Her self-reproach surged into her heart like a tide, so much so that she fell ill and was bedridden due to exhaustion after only half a month of marriage.

The prince, who knew nothing of this, took meticulous care of her without taking off his clothes, spoke highly of her in front of his parents-in-law, stood firmly for her in front of the servants, and did his best to help her consolidate her position in the household.

Moved by her husband's sincere devotion, Jiang Wanyin resolved to completely sever her past ties with the second young master and dedicate herself to being a good wife.

Unfortunately, fate always seems to love playing tricks on people.

She had just made up her mind to fully accept her husband when, unexpectedly, he was ordered to lead troops to the border to guard the frontier.

What struck Jiang Wanyin even more was that she discovered she was pregnant!

The child's father turned out to be her own brother-in-law.

Even though Jiang Wanyin desperately wanted a child of her own blood, reason told her that this child could not be kept.

Otherwise, she would not be able to explain why she was only three months pregnant when her husband had been away on campaign for six months.

Left with no other choice, she could only instruct her trusted maid to buy abortifacients and secretly brew and drink them.

Unexpectedly, her mother-in-law accidentally stumbled upon this, and the secret she had been keeping was completely exposed.

Just as Jiang Wanyin was being slapped by her mother-in-law and interrogated about her lover, the second young master received the news and rushed to protect her, admitting to the mistake.

Lady Jingyuan was so angry that she fainted on the spot.

The Marquis's family originally intended to secretly execute Jiang Wanyin and publicly announce that she had died of a cold, in order to prevent the scandal of the Marquis's family from being exposed and causing a tragedy of infighting among the brothers.

Unexpectedly, an urgent report came from the border: her eldest son, whom she was always proud of, had defeated the enemy with fewer troops, but his whereabouts were unknown.

When His Majesty learned of this, in addition to ordering a full-scale search for the eldest son, he once again bestowed honors upon the Jingyuan Marquis's family, not only granting the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law the title of Lady, but also bestowing favors upon the second son and the youngest daughter.

In this way, it would be difficult for Lady Jingyuan to execute her eldest daughter-in-law at this critical juncture.

Moreover, after searching for more than a month, there was still no news of the eldest son. Finally, fragments of his armor were found on the edge of a cliff. All signs indicated that he had probably met with misfortune.

To prevent her eldest son from having no one to carry on the family line and thus ending the bloodline, Lady Jingyuan adopted her second son's suggestion and left Jiang Wanyin and her son behind, allowing her second son to inherit both branches of the family, so that her eldest son would at least have an heir.

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Therefore, the old Marquis personally ordered a gag order under the pretext of "thinking of the original owner," and announced to the outside world that the Crown Prince's wife, Jiang Wanyin, had requested to enter a nunnery to eat vegetarian food and chant Buddhist scriptures for a year because of her deep love for her deceased husband, praying that her husband would ascend to the Pure Land as soon as possible.

In reality, she secretly conceived and gave birth in one of the Marquis's estates. After the child grew up, the Marquis's estate spread the word that the female lead had given birth to the original owner's posthumous child.

This clever trick allowed the illegitimate son to legitimately become the young master of the Marquis's mansion, and he was directly registered under the original owner's name.

Immediately afterwards, the male protagonist (the second son of the Marquis's family) declared to the public that he had no intention of coveting the position of heir, but was only temporarily taking over the affairs of the Marquis's family on behalf of his nephew, and that the position of Marquis of Jingyuan would definitely be inherited by the eldest son's family in the future.

After this matter spread, the male protagonist not only gained a good reputation and thrived in the court, but also ensured that Jiang Wanyin's unborn child could be raised legitimately in the Marquis's mansion.

The only minor change was that the child's age was increased by half a year.

They thought they could keep this a secret, but five years later, the original owner, whom everyone thought was long dead, reappeared in Qingzhou and, by chance, saved Princess Rong and her son who were visiting their family.

According to the original owner, he fell off a cliff when he was surrounded by pursuers. Although he survived by chance, he lost his memory and worked as a stable boy for five years. Recently, he hit his head and gradually regained his memory.

The news that the Marquis of Jingyuan's heir was still alive caused an uproar in the capital and disrupted the Marquis's plans. The old Marquis had just petitioned for his grandson to be granted the title of heir apparent, and the emperor, considering the original owner's past achievements, had agreed.

Now that the original owner has returned and his son has become the grandson of the emperor, the original owner, who has repeatedly made military achievements, can no longer be just a mere heir. So the emperor waved his hand and the original owner was promoted to marquis, and decreed that the title of Marquis of Jingyuan would be hereditary for three generations without being demoted.

The original Marquis was forced to retreat to the background, becoming an elder who lived in luxury in the Marquis's mansion but had no power.

As for the original plan of Lady Hou to let her second son inherit both the lineages, it has now become a complete joke.

Unfortunately, the Marquis's mansion kept this matter extremely secret, and the original owner of this body, the unfortunate victim, knew nothing about it.

Upon returning to the Marquis's residence, the original owner was told by his parents that his wife had never abandoned him and was willing to stay in the Marquis's residence to remain a widow. She had been pregnant before he went to war.

At the time, his pregnancy was unstable, and his family was worried that he would be preoccupied with family matters, so they temporarily kept it a secret. Little did they expect that the original owner would be gone for six years.

The original owner, completely unaware that he was being cuckolded, was even grateful to the female lead, thinking she was a virtuous wife and that his son was well-behaved and adorable.

The unsuspecting original owner believed he had finally returned home after going through countless hardships, unaware that while he regarded the people in the Marquis's mansion as his blood relatives, they saw him as a thorn in their side.

The people in the Marquis's mansion even felt that it would have been better for the original owner to have died outside, so as not to disrupt the peace of the mansion and make them a laughing stock.

Despite being caught off guard, the original owner of this body was seriously injured while saving Princess Rong and others, and was recuperating in the mansion.

As a result, although his injuries gradually healed, he began to lose his mind, becoming moody and often cursing and hitting thin air.

The old lord and others, on the grounds that they were worried that the original owner would harm his wife and children, separated him from them and invited famous doctors to come and treat him, but the final results were not satisfactory.

A general of the army, in the end, met a tragic end, falling into a lotus pond and drowning.

As for the female lead, she bears the reputation of being a widow for the original owner for her entire life and raising the "posthumous child". During this time, she also adopted several "orphaned" children from the clan, making the original owner's lineage prosperous and earning her a good reputation for a lifetime.

The male protagonist married the princess, but unfortunately, the princess was weak and sickly and was unable to bear him any children in her lifetime.

The male protagonist remained devoted to his lover and never took a concubine. He even adopted a child from his clan, which became a popular story. His integrity was appreciated by the emperor, and he eventually became one of the Three Dukes.

As for the old Marquis and his wife, they had many children and grandchildren, allowing them to enjoy their later years in peace and die peacefully in their old age.

Only the original owner became the tragic sacrifice.

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Thoughts came back.

Shao Linshen looked at Jiang Wanyin kneeling in the courtyard, his eyes growing increasingly cold.

Before he could make a move, the maid who had come with Jiang Wanyin and sensed that something was wrong had already brought reinforcements.

Before the person even arrived, her voice preceded her. She stormed into the courtyard, leading a group of servants, and began to shout angrily:

"Stop! You bastard! You've caused chaos in the house since you got back. What did Wan Yin and her son ever do to you that you would treat them so cruelly?"

"Oh dear, my dear grandson is suffering. How could he have such a heartless father? He works so hard to prepare and feed his father medicine, and he gets beaten up for no reason."

As she spoke, the old lady rushed towards the crying child, snatched the ruler from him, threw it on the ground, and hugged the child tightly to comfort him.

Without further ado, he ordered the old woman to help Jiang Wanyin up, and the group stormed into the house, completely disregarding Shao Linshen's injuries and inability to withstand disturbance.

She sat upright in her chair, glaring angrily at Shao Linshen, as if she would not give up until he admitted his mistake.

Shao Linshen loathed the old woman. Seeing the female protagonist and her son hiding behind the old lady, staring at him with reproachful and resentful eyes, he felt disgusted.

He raised his hand to cover his mouth and coughed lightly, secretly smuggling the pills from his spatial storage into his mouth. The pills melted instantly upon entering his mouth.

As he felt his injuries gradually heal and the toxins in his body being suppressed, he threw off the blanket, grabbed the medicinal soup from the small table, and quietly let the powder under his fingernails fall into the medicine.

Before anyone could react, he grabbed the child's chin and quickly forced the medicine down his throat.

"vomit--"

The child opened his mouth to spit it out, but Shao Linshen covered his mouth tightly.

"Ah! Yuan'er!"

"My dear grandson!"

"Little Prince!"

Everyone gasped in surprise, only now snapping out of their daze, and they screamed as they rushed towards Shao Lin Shen. Unfortunately, the soldiers the original owner had brought back to the manor were no pushovers either. Seeing the servants harming their general, they immediately drew their swords and struck the servants, knocking them to the ground.

Seeing this, Shao Linshen simply threw the chubby boy to the ground.

"Yuan'er—"

Seeing her son drink all the medicine, Jiang Wanyin was extremely anxious. She rushed over, hugged the child, and tried to make him vomit.

Seeing this, the old lady who was a step behind looked gloomy and raised her hand to slap Shao Linshen's face.

"You inhuman beast, you must be so mad from killing that you even want to harm your own son."

If you don't want to drink the medicine, just throw it away. Why torture Wanyin and her son like this...

"Snapped--"

Just as the slap was about to land on his face, Shao Linshen threw the bowl at the other person's palm.