amaotonovel Chapter 328 The Prince's Mystery: The Cannon Fodder Bride Forced into a Substitute Marquis'
Chapter 328 The Prince's Mystery: The Cannon Fodder Bride Forced into a Substitute Marquis'
Meanwhile, Su Jinlan and her son chatted for a long time. Madam Feng kept urging Su Jinlan to get a divorce, not wanting her to suffer the pain of exile. But Su Jinlan was determined and insisted on sharing joys and sorrows with Ye Jiazhou.
Feng had no choice but to believe Su Jinlan's unwavering conviction that the Ye family could be exonerated, rise to prominence, and be granted titles and high positions.
Anyway, I will find someone to accompany Su Jinlan so that she won't suffer along the way.
After the mother and son finished talking, Madam Feng finally noticed Su Jinyue standing next to her.
Feng Shi had always ignored Su Jinyue, the daughter of her first wife. Since Su Jinyue married into the Su family, she had servants to take care of her, and her maternal grandfather's Lin family would send her good things from time to time. Feng Shi did not mistreat Su Jinyue.
However, since the mistress of the house did not pay attention, the servants inevitably became lax. Fortunately, Su Jinyue was not short of money, so she did not suffer much in the Su family.
Madam Feng, adopting the air of the matriarch, spoke in a condescending tone: "Jinyue, you've come to see your sister off too?"
Su Jinyue bowed to Madam Feng and said demurely, "I heard that something happened to the Ye family and that my sister was also implicated, so I packed some things to give to my sister on her journey."
Su Jinyue paused, glanced at Su Jinlan, and then said, "But it seems my sister doesn't like it very much."
Upon hearing this, Madam Feng glanced at Su Jinlan, fully aware of her daughter's ulterior motives.
Madam Feng had never met the master's first wife, but she had heard that she was beautiful and gentle. If Madam Lin hadn't been so beautiful, Su Fanglin wouldn't have married the daughter of a wealthy merchant after passing the imperial examination.
Su Jinyue was the daughter of the Lin family. She was beautiful even at a young age, and when she reached marriageable age, she became even more outstanding in appearance.
Su Jinlan inherited her mother's looks and was quite a beauty when she went out alone, but when she stood next to Su Jinyue, she looked like a maid.
Therefore, Su Jinlan never liked Su Jinyue and often picked fights with her at home.
Now, Su Jinlan's petty temper is acting up again.
Su Jinlan is the granddaughter of the Earl's family. Madam Feng often taught Su Jinlan to act with magnanimity and not to tarnish the reputation of the Earl's family.
Su Jinlan was usually very proud, but now that the two sisters were getting married at the same time, her elder sister was the wife of the concubine's son of the Marquis of Xuanping, while she was about to be exiled to the northern border as a criminal. She couldn't help but feel a sense of loss.
Not to mention that Su Jinlan would be angry to see Su Jinyue, Madam Feng also doesn't want to see her daughter from her first marriage.
"I, as your mother, have prepared everything your sister needs."
"You don't need what you brought; Lan'er can't carry too much stuff."
"Yes," Su Jinyue replied obediently. It would be better if she didn't have to give it to anyone; she could save herself the trouble.
Then, as if remembering something, Su Jinyue continued, "Mother, there's something I need to apologize to you for. Today should have been the day for my mother to return to her parents' home."
But since our marriage, my husband has caught a chill and fallen ill. He can't even get out of bed now, so I'm afraid he won't be able to visit my parents today..."
Today should also be the day for Lan'er to return to her parents' home.
But now, she, as a mother, can only watch helplessly as her daughter embarks on the road to exile.
Thinking about these things made Madam Feng even more upset, and she waved her hand impatiently at Su Jinyue.
"Alright, sir, you're busy with official business today and can't get away. Since your son-in-law is unwell, you don't need to go back to your parents' home. Go back and take good care of him. As a daughter-in-law, you must be careful with your words and actions, respect your parents-in-law, and serve your husband well..."
Madam Feng gave Su Jinyue a few words of advice on being a good daughter-in-law, and then asked Su Jinyue to leave first so as not to delay her conversation with her daughter.
Su Jinyue had finished what she needed to do, and she really didn't want to stay in this dusty place any longer.
Not to mention, there was an unexpected bonus: she didn't have to go back to the Su family and see their faces. Su Jinyue was secretly delighted.
Once seated in the carriage, the driver slowly drove towards the inner city.
With nothing to do in the car, Su Jinyue cleared her mind and started thinking about the plot of this little world.
The original female lead in the story is Su Jinyue's younger sister, Su Jinlan, while Su Jinyue is just cannon fodder used as a control group.
In her first life, Su Jinlan learned from her father the day before her wedding that something bad was going to happen to the Ye family.
The news that Su Fanglin was a senior official in the Ministry of Justice, and that General Ye Jing'an, as the commander-in-chief, had made a misjudgment that led to a defeat on the battlefield and had been ordered by the emperor to be escorted back to the capital for questioning, had already spread throughout the court.
Upon hearing this news, Su Fanglin felt a sense of dread; his second daughter was about to marry the second legitimate son of the Ye family!
Su Fanglin rushed home to think of a solution. At this time, it would be bad for his daughter's reputation to rashly propose breaking off the engagement. His idea was to have his daughter pretend to be sick, have a sudden illness, and be bedridden, so that the marriage could not proceed.
Even if it can only delay things for a few days, it's not unreasonable to wait until the situation becomes clearer before making any plans.
But when Su Fanglin went home and told his wife and daughter, his daughter immediately said she disagreed with doing so.
Su Jinlan believes that whether the wedding is delayed or the Ye family is forced to break off the engagement due to some trouble, it will not be good for her reputation, and the quality of future husbands will also be lower.
Rather than marrying a man of low social status, she would rather exchange marriages with her sister Su Jinyue and marry into the Xuanping Marquis's household.
In Su Fanglin's eyes, Su Jinyue, the daughter of his first wife, was not as good as Su Jinlan.
After all, Su Jinyue's maternal grandfather was just a wealthy merchant, while Su Jinlan's maternal grandfather was an earl.
Su Fanglin was unwilling to break off the engagement directly because he was concerned about the reputation of the Su family. However, knowing that the Ye family was going to be in trouble, he hesitated to sacrifice his eldest daughter. After all, Su Jinyue was also his biological daughter, and he couldn't bear to do it.
Madam Feng was originally worried about her daughter's troubled marriage, but Su Jinlan's plan to arrange a marriage exchange gave her a bright idea.
Since something was going to happen to the Ye family, her daughter definitely couldn't marry into it. As for whether Su Jinyue should marry into the family, Madam Feng didn't care.
But if it's an exchange marriage, Su Jinyue will have to marry into the Ye family!
Madam Feng's intention was not to marry her daughter to Shen Huaizhi, the eldest son of the Xuanping Marquis's concubine. Tomorrow's wedding was also going to be held at the Xuanping Marquis's residence, with the eldest son of the concubine and the eldest son of the legitimate wife getting married at the same time. If things were handled properly, perhaps Su Jinlan could be married to the eldest son of the Xuanping Marquis's legitimate wife...
The more Ms. Feng thought about it, the more feasible it seemed. Things had already come to this point, so she had to consider both appearances and reality.
With the Ye family in trouble and Su Jinyue's substitution marriage exposed, they lost face and could only consider practical matters.
Thinking of this, Madam Feng began to persuade Su Fanglin to agree to the marriage exchange.
Under the persuasion of the mother and daughter, Su Fanglin acquiesced to their actions, still harboring a glimmer of hope that things might not be as bad as he thought.
And so, without her knowledge, Su Jinyue married Ye Jiazhou in place of her sister.
Su Jinlan married into the Xuanping Marquis's household, but the Xuanping Marquis's wife was no pushover. Feng's scheme failed, and Su Jinlan had no choice but to obediently marry the sickly Shen Huaizhi.