frightfiction Chapter 1105 The Eldest Daughter Who Was Rejected in the Engagement 1
Chapter 1105 The Eldest Daughter Who Was Rejected in the Engagement 1
Watching his daughter's departing figure, two lines of tears fell from Gu Bingkun's eyes. He thought that the only person he had ever wronged in his life was Jiang Shi, but only now did he realize that the person he had wronged was also his daughter.
Perhaps his daughter is right; he is getting his just desserts.
Six months later, Gu Bingkun also passed away. On the day he died, Jiang Huishu couldn't help but sigh, and then she was gone forever.
After all, all the suffering she had endured in the first half of her life was brought to her by Gu Bingkun. Therefore, even though she did not hate Gu Bingkun, she really had no feelings about his death. The fact that she could sigh was only because they had been husband and wife for more than ten years.
The emperor died eighteen years after Jiang Chunxi's son, and after Jiang Chunxi became empress dowager, Jiang Huishu lived a more comfortable life.
After all, she had a niece who was the Empress Dowager. Just ask any of the high-ranking officials and noblewomen in the capital, who wouldn't fawn over Jiang Huishu? With that, Jiang Chunxi's mission was considered accomplished. After living in this world until she was sixty years old and sending Jiang Huishu away, she left this world as well.
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"What? You say you want to marry Chunyun?" Old Madam Jiang looked at An Chongli with disbelief. "Chongli, is this your own idea or your parents' idea? You and Chunxi were betrothed since childhood, but now you say you want to marry Chunxi's sister."
“Mother,” it was Jiang’s mother’s voice, “when Father and Grandpa Chongli arranged the marriage between our children, they didn’t specifically name our eldest daughter, so…”
"Shut up!" Old Madam Jiang scolded with a dark face. "Yan, don't forget, Chunxi is your biological daughter, while Chunyun, although registered under your name, is ultimately just a concubine's daughter, not someone who crawled out of your womb."
“So what?” Although Jiang’s mother looked scared, she still stubbornly said, “Chunyun has been raised by my side since she was a child. She is no different from my own daughter. So even if she is not my daughter, in my heart she is no different from my own daughter.”
“Mother, your daughter-in-law knows that you favor Chunxi, and she also knows that the An family and the Jiang family have tacitly approved of her marriage to Chongli over the years. But haven’t they exchanged horoscopes and signed the marriage certificate yet? In addition, Chongli has now clearly stated that he wants to marry Chunyun. Why do you insist on anything? Do you want to make Chunxi and Chongli a pair of ill-fated lovers before you are happy?”
"You..." Old Madam Jiang's face turned red with anger at her daughter-in-law.
“Madam,” it was An Chongli’s voice, “Aunt Jiang is right. I have always regarded Chunxi as a younger sister. If I were to marry Chunxi, we would only become a pair of resentful lovers.”
"Moreover, the person I love is Chunyun, so please grant me and Chunyun's blessing, since Chunyun and I truly love each other."
"Ha!" Old Madam Jiang let out a cold laugh. "If you treat Chunxi as your younger sister, then how do you explain all the things you've done to Chunxi over the years?"
“Young man, don’t treat people like fools. If you fall in love with someone else, just fall in love with someone else. Why use the excuse of being a sister? I never expected that you would have an affair with Chun Yun and even steal your own elder sister’s fiancé,” Madam Jiang said with a contemptuous sneer. “No wonder you were born to a concubine. You’re just a licentious person by nature.”
"That makes sense, if she weren't so frivolous and dissolute, she wouldn't have fallen for a man like you."
"Madam Jiang, please say something..."
“Grandmother,” Jiang Chunxi walked in from outside, interrupting An Chongli’s angry voice, “Why waste so much breath on a man like him? Since he wants to marry my sister, let’s just grant them their wish.”
As they were talking, Jiang Chunxi had already come to Old Madam Jiang's side. She gestured to her two maids to place the boxes they were carrying in front of An Chongli: "An Chongli, these are the things you have given me over the years. Now I am returning them all to you. I hope that when you go back, you will also return the things I have given you over the years."
“Chunxi, why are you like this?” An Chongli frowned. “There’s no reason to take back something that’s been given away. I know you must be very angry right now, but Chunyun and I are truly in love. It was only after falling in love with Chunyun that I realized I only have brotherly feelings for you. Even if we can’t be husband and wife, we can still…”
"An Chongli, you'd better shut up!" Jiang Chunxi interrupted An Chongli with a sneer. "To call a secret affair a true love story, only a man like you would have the nerve to say that. If anyone had any shame or moral conscience, they wouldn't be so brazen as to speak like you."
"Although we haven't exchanged birth dates or signed a marriage certificate, our engagement was arranged by your grandfather and my grandfather when we were just born. Everyone in the capital knows that we are engaged. When will it be your turn to switch between my Jiang family's legitimate daughter and illegitimate daughter?"
"You call yourself a renowned scholar in the capital, yet you're full of shameless fallacies, praising the so-called true love as male thieves and female prostitutes. An Chongli, you truly disgust me."
The original owner truly loved An Chongli. Before An Chongli changed his mind, he took great care of his fiancée. Every time they met, they could only see each other.
But this man's heart is like the weather in June, it can change in an instant. Not only was the original owner rejected by An Chongli without any warning, but An Chongli also shamelessly said that he loved his sister and only had so-called brotherly and sisterly feelings for her.
In this situation, I believe no woman could accept it. Without any warning, her lover changed their mind and denied their childhood relationship. I ask you, which woman could accept that?
Therefore, in the original owner's previous life, the original owner was determined not to break off the engagement, and the An family would not allow An Chongli to act recklessly. So in the end, the original owner still married An Chongli.
Yes, An Chongli came today to break off the engagement and even declared that he would marry Jiang Chunyun. The elders of the An family were unaware of this.
In the original owner's previous life, after marrying An Chongli, An Chongli harbored resentment towards her. Therefore, he not only refused to consummate the marriage with her, but also took in a large number of concubines and allowed them to bully the original owner, his legal wife.
The elders of the An family blamed the original owner for not being able to win her husband's heart, so they let her be bullied by the concubines and trapped her in the An family, making it impossible for her to even go back to her parents' home for help.
In the end, naturally, the original owner became depressed and bedridden, passing away at the young age of twenty-two.
The original owner's wish was simple: she would not marry An Chongli again. Of course, she did not want to seek revenge, since she was the one who insisted on jumping into the fire. Knowing that An Chongli did not want to marry her, she still insisted on marrying him. Therefore, she deserved her fate.
Therefore, she doesn't hate or resent anyone; she only wants to completely sever her ill-fated relationship with An Chongli.