Chapter 20: Returning to the paternal home

When Jiang Rong killed and harmed people, her methods were ruthless and decisive.

But in front of him, she was a meek and pitiful figure.

After several attempts, he no longer doubted that she was deliberately pretending. But he strongly suspected that because of the Yellow Springs poison entering her brain, it affected her normal cognition, leading to her abnormal behavior.

Similar to hysteria.

When she is cured, she will return to normal.

She will no longer cling to him, but will only want to kill him.

Just in time, then, he will give her a divorce letter, as she wishes.

Xie Lingxi lowered his eyes, the night concealing all his emotions.

On the sixth day of marriage, she returned to her paternal home.

A luxurious four-horse carriage stopped in front of a large mansion on the west street of the capital.

Jiang Rong looked at the plaque on the mansion – Earl of Zhongyi Mansion.

The Jiang family was a family of scholars, with scholars in every generation. Her father was the top scholar in the imperial examination and rose to the position of Assistant Minister of Works…

When she was three years old, he died protecting the emperor during a spring hunt.

The emperor posthumously bestowed the title of Earl of Zhongyi, granted this large earl’s mansion, and exceptionally promoted her father’s younger brother to fill the vacancy of Assistant Minister.

Jiang Qingrong was only a prefect at the time, and by leveraging his elder brother’s merits, he rose to become a third-rank official in the capital…

They were not satisfied with such benefits.

“Greetings to the Heir and the Heir’s Consort!” Jiang Qingrong led his family to greet them outside the mansion.

A maid brought a spring stool, and Xie Lingxi helped Jiang Rong out of the carriage.

“Second Uncle, you don’t have to be so polite, we are family.” Jiang Rong hid all her resentment and smiled warmly.

Jiang Qingrong politely said, “The Heir of the Northern King has a noble status, courtesy cannot be abandoned!”

Xie Lingxi was the heir to a princely title, and the status of the heir to the prince was equivalent to that of a prince of a commandery. For the small Jiang family, he was an incredibly noble and unattainable figure.

The Jiang family welcomed Xie Lingxi and his wife into the inner hall.

“This is Rong’er’s step-brother!” Jiang Qingrong pointed to a young man of eighteen or nineteen and introduced him to Xie Lingxi.

Jiang Wenxing immediately smiled and bowed to Xie Lingxi, “My younger sister is mischievous, please be patient with her, Heir.”

Jiang Rong’s parents had only one daughter.

Jiang Qingrong adopted his eldest son into the main branch’s name to inherit the title.

Jiang Rong used to think that her second uncle loved her. She didn’t have a biological brother, and he even gave a son to be her biological brother…

But what they coveted was nothing more than the title.

Xie Lingxi only glanced at him and did not comment. He was notoriously unruly and unpleasant in the capital and didn’t give face to anyone, so no one would bother with proper etiquette with a dissolute person.

“This is Rong’er’s cousin, my little daughter Jiang Wan.” Jiang Qingrong introduced his daughter on the other side.

“Greetings, Elder Sister, Elder Brother-in-law.” Jiang Wan smiled shyly.

Today, she was wearing an elegant light blue plain long dress, with her hair tied up with only a wooden hairpin.

Xie Lingxi’s gaze fell on Jiang Wan, pausing briefly. This attire, at first glance, looked a bit like Jiang Rong.

The former Jiang Rong dressed in plain and elegant clothes.

But what was most impressive was that no matter who she saw, she always had a cold and aloof appearance.

With poetry and books in her belly, and arrogance in her heart, she looked down on dissolute people and disdained to fawn on and cling to the powerful…

Jiang Wan seemed to resemble her, but when she smiled, her face was completely different.

The aloof and arrogant Jiang Rong would never smile at a dissolute person like this.

(Excluding the current Jiang Rong whose brain is affected by the Yellow Springs poison.)

Jiang Wan and Chang Shi both clearly felt Xie Lingxi’s gaze and looked at Jiang Wan a little more.

The two looked at each other, both happy in their hearts.

For this returning home banquet, the mother and daughter had prepared early.