The old lady's eyes widened when she heard this, and she became furious and said, "Who are you calling vicious and shameless? I am your mother-in-law, and you have no respect for your elders and dare to insult my mother-in-law, what a slut."

As he said this, his eyes darkened and he raised his hand to hit me.

But she would have thought that her daughter-in-law, who had always been tolerant of her, would raise her hand before her and slap her hard in the face after she pounced on her viciously.

The old lady screamed "Aiya" and was knocked to the ground.

Seeing this, Ji Zihan and Rongchang Hou hurried over to help:

"mother,"

"Old lady."

The old lady was helped up by the two men, but she covered her face and looked at Madam Rongchang in disbelief, "Ji Ziyuan, you, you dare to hit me?"

Mrs. Rongchang laughed coldly, "I only regret that I didn't do this earlier!"

The old lady was so angry that she trembled. She pulled her son and yelled, "Ji Changrong, did you see that? The bitch you married beat your mother. Did you see that? Go and deal with this bitch for me. I want her..."

"Mother," Rongchang Hou interrupted her loudly, holding her hand tightly, and said with a warning in his eyes, "This is the imperial palace, not a place for you to fool around. Look around first."

When the old lady heard this, she realized belatedly that a lot of noble ladies had already stood around her, watching the fun.

Even behind the bitch who beat her, there stood the princess and the wife of the governor, whom she wanted to curry favor with.

The old lady's cry was stuck in her throat. Even though she didn't know the seriousness of the matter, she was afraid of being embarrassed, so she stopped shouting.

Seeing his mother being honest, Rongchang Hou turned to look at Madam Rongchang and said with a pained look on his face, "Ziyuan, I know you are angry and resentful towards me now, and I also know that I am too embarrassed to ask you to forgive me, but I really want you to give me a chance to make it up to you. So, let's go home first and calm down. I swear, I will give you a satisfactory answer to this matter."

Madam Rongchang sneered, "Li Changrong, you don't have to deliberately delay time. I don't need your compensation, nor do I need your confession. I will just say one thing now. If you want me to forgive you, there are only two options: one, you abort the child, and two, we end our marriage."

When Rongchang Hou heard about breaking off the marriage, he panicked and said, "Break off the marriage, no, I will never break off the marriage, Ziyuan, calm down, no matter how angry you are, you can't say such things!"

Madam Rongchang looked at him, "Not calm, no, I have never been as calm as I am now in these years, now just tell me your decision!"

Rong Changhou's face showed painful despair, and he looked at her pleadingly, "Ziyuan, please don't be so cruel to me!"

Upon hearing this, Madam Rong Chang burst into laughter, "Cruel, this is cruel to you, but what about what you did to me?

Someone told me that when we first met, you rescued me like a hero and made me fall in love with you, but it was all a show you deliberately arranged. You chose me to marry you because you were attracted by my family's status and power, and because I was innocent and gullible. You used dirty tricks to deceive and scheme against me for half my life. Isn't this cruel?

I knew clearly that you were so despicable and shameless, but I still begged others not to tell this matter, for fear of tarnishing your reputation. But you, how did you repay me?

When you were hanging out with Ji Zihan behind my back, did you ever think about the fact that she was my sister? Did you ever think about how I would live if this matter got out? You and my sister had a child out of wedlock, but you wanted me to raise it for you. You did so many despicable things, and in the end you said I was cruel to you?"

Marquis Rongchang looked at his wife's distressed expression and actually felt regret in his heart. Although he planned to marry her in order to take advantage of the Ji family's power, how could he not be moved by the ways his wife had treated him over the years? He had already decided that she was indispensable to him.

Rongchang Hou grabbed her with a painful look, knelt down again and said, "Ziyuan, please don't do this. I really know I was wrong this time!"

Madam Rongchang looked at him coldly, "Then what are you waiting for? Go ahead and make your move. Or have you not yet made up your mind whether my status as the legitimate daughter of the Ji family will bring you more benefits, or whether it will be more cost-effective for you to have this child as the future heir to the Marquisate?"

Rongchang Hou's face turned pale as he grasped her hand and said, "Ziyuan, why would I think like that?"

On the side, Ji Zihan couldn't hold back any longer. She didn't dare to bet on the decision of Rongchang Hou, so she knelt on the ground with a plop, and said sadly with tears on her face, "Sister, it's Zihan who is sorry for you. It's all my fault. It was my sister who was bewildered for a moment and made a big mistake. Please don't hurt my child."

Madam Rongchang turned her eyes to her and said, "Sister, you are not worthy. You are just a child born by a servant in the family. I was blind. I saw your mother died in childbirth and your father ran away from the house. I saw that no one cared for you and you starved to death, so I raised you in the Ji family.

When you grew up, I asked your family to give you the status of a concubine's daughter in order to prevent you from being looked down upon by others. In order to give you a good marriage, I also took you to my side and wanted to find a good husband for you in the capital. However, I never thought that my heartfelt love would actually raise a vicious wolf with a heart as vicious as a snake, who turned around and bit me hard. "

Ji Zihan's face turned pale. She didn't expect Ji Ziyuan to reveal her background on the spot.

For a moment, he was filled with anger and hatred, and he didn't dare to look at the contemptuous eyes of the people around him.

The old lady at the side stared at her and said, "You are not the daughter of the Ji family. You, you are the son of a slave..."

As he spoke, he stared at Ji Zihuan fiercely, asking her to dare to lie to him. If she wasn't a girl from the Ji family, if she wasn't Ji Ziyuan's sister, what would happen to the Ji family? How could Ji Ziyuan swallow her anger for a servant?

The old woman's confidence in the ceremonial guard suddenly disappeared by half, and she dared not make trouble anymore!

Ji Ziyuan looked at Ji Zihan and continued, "You are willing to turn against me and get into the Rongchang Marquis' Mansion. Don't you want to rise to the top in one step? Well, I will grant your wish today. From now on, you are no longer my concubine's daughter. I will notify my family to remove you from the family!"

Ji Zihan panicked upon hearing that. She didn't even bother to pretend to be pitiful and knelt down and said, "Sister, sister, I didn't do that. I just wanted to be a concubine of the Marquis. I never thought of competing with you for anything. You have loved me and taken care of me since I was a child. I just didn't want to leave you. That's why I thought that if I became a concubine of the Marquis, I could stay by your side. Sister, please believe me, please believe me...!"

Madam Rongchang avoided her and shook off the hand of Marquis Rongchang. She looked at the man and woman on the ground coldly and said, "That's enough. You two don't have to kneel in front of me and act out your pain and regret. You have done something shameless, so you should admit it. Li Changrong, just speak frankly. Is it the child or me?"

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