12dz Chapter 257: Tear off all the fig leaves of the Marquis' Mansion
Chapter 257: Tear off all the fig leaves of the Marquis' Mansion
Jiang Ji'an reached out and caught the divorce letter that was falling on his face.
Then read it again.
He looked up at Wei Fenghua in disbelief, "You can't mess around with something like this."
Wei Fenghua sneered, "I'm not sick, why would I make a fuss about something like this?"
"What's more, in your heart, I am just a person who can only make trouble?"
"I am indeed not as hypocritical, considerate and virtuous as your precious second wife, so I will help you!"
"You, your father, and your second wife, love each other as a family."
"After I leave the Marquis' Mansion, no one will interfere with the love between the three of you."
She sneered, "I don't have to look at you anymore and feel sick to death."
When the onlookers heard this, their eyes went from being shocked and disbelieving to filled with wonder.
Even the Marquis's wife said so, so it seems that the rumors are true.
Tsk tsk, the father and son and the second wife in the Marquis's Mansion are really a mess.
No wonder the Marquis’ wife wanted to divorce her husband.
Although this behavior is very unorthodox, it somehow makes people feel understandable.
Anyone who has such a husband and father-in-law will feel disgusted to death.
What's more, this princess is loved by the Empress Dowager and the Emperor, so how could she tolerate this?
Jiang Jian and Wei Fenghua grew up together, so they could naturally tell when she was serious and when she was joking.
He just couldn't believe it and wasn't willing to accept it.
He looked at Wei Fenghua seriously and said, "You are my wife, and no one can replace you."
"My father and the second wife's affairs were all misunderstandings."
"I owe more to the Second Madam than you think."
He said in a pleading tone, "Please take back the divorce letter first, and let's go back to the Marquis' Mansion and have a good talk. Then you can decide, okay?"
Wei Fenghua sneered, "Debt? Responsibility?"
"You still have the nerve to bring this up now."
"Debt, that's the excuse your father always uses, and you insist on using it as a fig leaf."
She then looked at everyone and said, "Everyone, please help me and my son to judge the matter."
"Back then, the old marquis asked Jiang Ji'an to inherit both branches, saying that he didn't want his only deceased brother to cut off his bloodline."
"But to keep the bloodline going, do we have to have two children? Wouldn't it be better to adopt someone?"
“Then the two men, father and son, kept talking to me and my son.”
"Our first wife is going to inherit the mansion, and the industry will also occupy the majority, so the second wife is at a great loss."
"They used the excuse of owing money to the second wife to continuously subsidize her from public funds and their own private assets."
"When there are any conflicts of interest or contradictions between our first and second wives, they always choose to side with the second wife."
"What's even funnier is that they also instilled in us, the first wife, the idea that we also owe the second wife."
"I've been confused by them all these years. I almost thought we owed the second wife something."
"So I tolerated the Second Madam and her son who often made trouble in the Marquis' Mansion and demonstrated in front of me."
"But in fact, not only do we not owe the second wife anything, but because of this inexplicable second wife, my son and I have suffered a lot."
"The Marquis' Mansion originally belonged to our eldest wife, but over the years, this father and son not only used the public funds to support the second wife, but also subsidized her privately in various ways."
"Even the old marquis and Jiang Ji'an put all the resources of the marquisate on the two sons of the second wife."
"And my two sons got nothing, but this was supposed to be theirs!"
"So it's obviously the second house that's taking advantage of us and sucking the blood of our first house."
"But they are still using the excuse of debt to force our eldest family to suffer losses and give in."
"Everyone, do you think that they, father and son, have gone too far?"
"Are we the ones who are at a disadvantage?"
Everyone nodded as they listened, "It is indeed your eldest family that suffered a loss."
This father and son are really good at talking and coaxing each other, it feels so shameless.
Wei Fenghua then asked her maid to take out several account books that she had someone calculate before entering the palace and showed them to the onlookers.
"This is the money that the second house has spent over the years. This is just the money that is visible in the public account."
"But as far as I know, the private subsidies from the old marquis and Jiang Ji'an are several times the amount spent by the public."
"As for the expenses of our eldest wife's house, apart from the public funds, the only thing she spent was my own dowry."
Because she had never lacked money since she was a child, she never cared about these things before.
That's why the second wife took so much advantage of me.
But now she will make the second wife choke to death if she eats it.
She said: "Let's see who is the one who suffers the loss."
In recent years, we have been given in under the banner of being indebted.
She also guessed that Jiang Jian would bring this up again today, so she just laid it out for everyone to see and judge.
Tear off all the fig leaves of the Marquis' Mansion.
Many of the people who came to watch were sons and daughters of noble families, as well as families and servants of ministers.
Someone took the account book and deliberately read it to everyone.
After listening, everyone looked at Wei Fenghua and Jiang Yilin with sympathy.
A young man from an aristocratic family whose family is very close to the Prince Yi's Palace.
Holding the account book, he said in surprise: "The monthly expenses of the second branch of the Marquis's Mansion are actually more than the total expenses of several branches of our family."
Their family is a first-class family in the capital, and they have not yet divided the family into several branches to live together, so the monthly expenses are not small.
"If we add in the subsidies from the old marquis and Marquis Wu'an, the monthly expenses and income of the second branch would probably be comparable to the annual expenses of several branches of my family."
"As for the expenses of the first wife of Marquis Wu'an, just looking at the account books of the public office, it is less than one-tenth of that of the second wife in a month."
"How dare you say you owe the Second House? The old Marquis and Marquis Wu'an are really shameless!"
Others also said: "This is too shameless."
"Besides, the Marquis' Mansion should originally belong to the eldest wife!"
"The party that suffered the loss has become the party that owes the debt. This father and son are really good at confusing right and wrong."
"The Marquis' wife is a favored princess. If it were an ordinary noble lady from an aristocratic family, she would be even more wronged."
Someone from a small family lamented, "The monthly expenses of the second house are enough to support my family for several years. Is this considered a loss?"
"The second wife and her son are very rich and noble. How can they spend so much money every month?"
"Before, everyone said that the eldest son of the Marquis's Mansion was a young talent, how outstanding he was, but it turns out that he was from the vampire first house."
"That's right. The two sons of the first wife, one followed the old duke to fight on the battlefield to defend the country, and the other was the prince but was suppressed by his grandfather and father."
"He gave all the things and resources that belonged to him to his so-called cousins. How can we fight for it?"
"I thought the Wu'an Marquis Mansion was good before, but I didn't expect it to be like this inside."
"No wonder the princess couldn't help but want to divorce her husband."
Jiang Ji'an didn't expect Wei Fenghua to take out the account book and disclose all the debts.
He was not in charge of the accounts in the mansion. His father had instructed the chief steward and the accountant that if the second house wanted to withdraw money, they didn't need to report it, they could just give it directly.
Therefore, he didn't care about it or ask about it.
Listen to the man reading the accounts and what everyone said.
He was also surprised to realize that the second wife's expenses over the years had far exceeded those of the first wife.
It’s just like what his father said, the second branch has always suffered losses, do they need compensation?
At this moment, he felt that he had wronged his wife and two sons.
He looked at Wei Fenghua with guilt on his face and said, "I didn't know it cost so much before. I always thought the second house was at a disadvantage."
"I promise you, this will never happen again."
"It's supposed to be the first wife's, and it will only be the first wife's in the future."
Wei Fenghua looked at him coldly, "It's too late. I don't need your promise anymore."
"Besides, it's my son's. I don't need your guarantee. It's my son's."
"My son is the crown prince personally appointed by the emperor, and he is also the most orthodox bloodline of the Jiang family."
"No one can take his things away unless he doesn't want them."
"So your assurances and promises are a joke."
This statement was agreed by everyone.
Originally, the Marquis' Mansion should belong to the eldest wife, so Jiang Jian's guarantee is a joke.