After transmigrating into the book, I replaced the innocent-looking girl and became the Crown Prince

"Yes, I am a servant, but not a servant of your Jiang family."

To be honest, I feel sorry for our young lady. We shouldn't have advised her to marry into the Jiang family in the first place.

What is your Jiang family? It's a den of wolves, a hole that can never be filled.

Anyone who marries into your Jiang family will be unlucky enough to be exploited to the point of being completely drained by you, old woman…

Seeing the young lady who was crying in distress and dared not speak, Dingxiang decided to go all out.

"You, you wretched servant, you've gone too far..."

Jiang pointed at her, trembling with anger.

Seeing Jiang Shi so angry that she was blowing her nose and glaring at her, Dingxiang felt relieved.

"Mrs. He, stop lying there pretending to be dead! Get up and discipline this wild girl..."

Seeing her mother-in-law and Dingxiang arguing like this, He Yuyan felt helpless.

She apologized, saying, "Mother, I apologize to you on behalf of Dingxiang."

Dingxiang did this for my sake. Please, don't hold it against her, she's a magnanimous person..."

Listen to what kind of talk this is.

He Yuyan, who condones her maid's disrespect and attacks on her mother-in-law, really thinks she doesn't know her vicious intentions?

Jiang decided to refrain from arguing with her for the time being.

When her son returns, she will definitely make Yang'er divorce He Shi.

However, now, as an old woman with neither money nor connections, she has no way to rescue her son.

The only person she could rely on was her daughter-in-law, He Yuyan, whom she looked down upon.

She remembered that her son had given her a thousand taels of silver to keep safe before he left.

Her lips trembled, but she stubbornly refused to mention the money.

If He Yuyan doesn't have money, let her figure it out herself. If all else fails, like she just said, sell the pharmacy.

This thousand taels of silver was her retirement money, and she would never take it out.

Jiang sighed and made a gesture of compromise.

"Alright, I'm not someone who can't distinguish right from wrong."

"As long as you rescue Yang'er, you'll be in charge of this family, and whatever you say will go."

Jiang seemed to have compromised, and she walked heavily out of He Yuyan's room.

Watching Jiang's departing figure, He Yuyan lowered her head, seemingly lost in thought.

Seeing her like this, Dingxiang immediately stepped forward and said, "Miss, what do you think we should do about the young master's matter?"

After waiting for a long time, they heard He Yuyan's voice, which was as soft as a mosquito's buzz.

"Dingxiang, do you think I should submit to that person?"

The next day.

In the inn.

A guard reported that He Yuyan had gone to visit her husband again and was now on her way to the inn.

Lu Hanting held the divorce papers signed by Jiang Yang, his gaze lingering on the name He Yuyan.

Finally, they were going to meet again.

He Yuyan stood at the entrance of the inn, her mind in turmoil.

Yesterday she went to visit Jiang Yang, only to learn that she had been divorced.

Jiang Yang tearfully recounted his grievances, knelt down to apologize and beg for her forgiveness, and said that he had been forced into all of this by Lu Hanting.

If he doesn't divorce her, Lu Hanting will take his life.

He still has an elderly mother to support; he cannot die.

Jiang Yang apologized to her and asked her to forgive him.

He Yuyan covered her face; she was filled with hatred.

She even faked her death and got married, but he still wouldn't give up.

All I wanted was to live an ordinary life, not seeking wealth and luxury, but simply to have a loving and peaceful marriage.

But he just wouldn't let her go.

In the end, will she still be unable to escape Lu Hanting's clutches?

"Miss, ma'am..."

Just as He Yuyan was about to collapse, Dingxiang caught her.

"How about we go back?"

Dingxiang knew her young mistress's inner conflict. In her opinion, the young master did not treat her mistress badly; he simply did not understand her heart.

What the young lady wants is equal love, wholehearted care, and a promise of being with one person for life.

"No, he's just waiting for me to beg him. If I back down, he definitely won't let Jiang Lang off the hook."

Seemingly having made up her mind, He Yuyan took a deep breath and strode towards the top-tier room in the inn.

"Knock knock knock!"

There was a knock on the door from the outside.

"Enter."

As a pleasant, deep voice rang out, He Yuyan pushed open the door.

Inside the room, a cold and aloof young master sat quietly.

He wore a dark brocade robe with delicate embroidered patterns on the hem, which seemed to shimmer in the hazy light filtering through the window.

The man's black hair was tied up high with a jade crown, with a few strands falling to his temples, adding to his aloofness.

Hearing her enter, Lu Hanting only turned his head slightly.

He Yuyan could only see his sharply defined features, his sword-like eyebrows that slanted upwards into his temples, and his deep, cold eyes, like a deep pool of water, without the slightest ripple.

It must be said that this man's appearance is indeed attractive.

Unfortunately, no matter how handsome he was, he couldn't win her heart.

"What exactly do you want to do?"

He Yuyan questioned him coldly.

Lu Hanting stood up and moved closer to her.

"Yan'er, it's only been two months, but you've become even bolder."

She had always treated him with gentleness.

She had only been away from him for two months. How could it be that her incompetent husband had given her the courage to question herself?

He Yuyan frowned.

"Your Highness, as you know, I have been gone for two months."

For the past two months, I've been eating and sleeping well in Tongzhou. I don't have to live in fear every day, and I don't have to read between the lines and try to please everyone..."

"This is not a reason for you to betray me. Tell me, why did you betray me?"

Lu Hanting's voice was calm and even.

"Hehe, why?"

He Yuyan looked at the man in front of her, whose thin lips were slightly pursed and whose expression was unusually calm.

"Because I don't want to deal with you anymore."

I want to be myself, to be the real He Yuyan.

I don't want to constantly remind myself that there's someone I need to lie to to appease them. I'm tired.

He Yuyan said in despair.

She knew that the calmer the man appeared on the surface, the closer he was to exploding.

Since we can't escape his grasp, then let us die by his hand!

"Are you saying that everything you told me was just to deceive me? That you weren't happy being with me every day, and that you even had to carefully weave lies to appease me when you spoke to me?"

The man's tall figure loomed over her.

His eyes were as sharp as ice blades, and his face was so gloomy it seemed as if water could drip from it.

He suddenly reached out and grabbed her chin with such force that He Yuyan felt a sharp pain.

"Yes, I don't love you, I don't want to be your concubine, and I don't want to stay by your side."

He Yuyan was utterly desperate.

"you……"

Lu Hanting tightened his grip on her chin, and tears welled up in her eyes.

But he showed no pity whatsoever.

She tried to break free, but found herself completely immobilized under the man's control.

He Yuyan was forced to raise her head and meet his eyes, but her heart trembled when she saw his gaze.

The anger and coldness in his eyes terrified her.

"I know you're not afraid of death, but what about Jiang Yang? Is he willing to die with you?"