Chapter 3 Inverted Paste

In her previous life, she had the same feelings as autumn kumquats, anger, humiliation, despair, and unwillingness!

In her heart, she thought, "I am the legitimate daughter of the Marquis's family, clearly married to the eldest grandson of the Grand Prefect, a young talent who passed the imperial examination at the age of thirteen. Why should you, a daughter of a concubine, shamelessly seduce my husband and make me lose face, becoming the biggest joke in the capital, and then force me to marry into your declining household?

I married into your declining household on your behalf, and in the end, you smoothly married into a noble family?

It was clearly your mistake, but you want me to bear the consequences, cover up the ugly truth for you, and then watch you act arrogantly?

Why! Why!

In her previous life, in anger, unwillingness, and despair, she rushed out of the women's quarters in her wedding dress, kneeling outside her grandfather Ye Hewen's study under the various mocking or pitying gazes of the guests.

Ye Hewen was forced by her to pull her into the study.

At that time, Ye Hewen said, "What do you want to do, huh? You actually knelt outside the door, do you feel like you haven't lost enough face?"

Ye Tangcai cried and said, "Grandfather, my face has long been lost! It was trampled into the mud by my younger sister!"

"Who said that? Haven't I found a good solution for you now?"

"A good solution?" Ye Tangcai stared with tearful eyes, "Grandfather's good solution is to let me marry into the Chu family, marry a commoner? And then? Then, to save face for both families, cover up the truth, and then marry my younger sister into the Zhang family, marry Zhang Boyuan, right? Will it end up like this in the end?"

Faced with her granddaughter's impassioned questioning, Ye Hewen felt guilty and was momentarily speechless. Indeed, that was his idea. This was also the best way to minimize the damage.

"Is this fair to you?" Ye Tangcai said, "This is clearly the mistake of my younger sister, why should I bear the consequences? I will never accept this injustice!"

Ye Hewen, feeling ashamed and angry, said, "Then what do you want to do? In any case, the wedding today cannot be canceled."

"Grandfather, the Chu family's wedding sedan has arrived!" Liu Er came in to report.

"Someone, tie her up for me! Even if she's tied up, she must be tied to the wedding sedan!"

Ye Tangcai said, "You can't force me, I will never get on the wedding sedan! If I have to marry, I will marry into the Zhang family!"

Saying this, she held a hairpin to her neck, threatening to die rather than go out.

After about two quarters of an hour of commotion, another servant came in to report, "Grandfather, the Zhang family's wedding sedan has arrived!"

Ye Tangcai and others were all surprised.

Then the maidservant from the Zhang family came in, kneeling and apologizing, saying, "Something happened in our Zhang family, so we missed the auspicious hour. What? The groom eloped with his cousin? There's no such thing, the groom is fine at home! Who spread such malicious rumors?"

She explained, "Last night, a thief entered our house and maliciously poisoned our food and water, causing everyone in the family to fall ill. The groom is too sick to get out of bed, so we missed the auspicious hour. Tomorrow, the groom will definitely come to apologize in person, please forgive our rudeness."

After this explanation, Ye Tangcai was half-believing and half-doubting, but out of pride, the Zhang family's explanation and attitude at least restored her dignity and honor!

Miao Shi calmly said, "The second miss is back! There was really no elopement, the second miss just went to the jewelry store to pick up a gift, and coincidentally, something happened in the Zhang family, so they couldn't come to welcome her in time. It's unexpected that someone took advantage of this and spread such rumors, it's truly despicable."

Upon hearing this, Ye Hewen also felt that both the face and the substance had been restored, so he let Ye Tangcai board the Zhang family's wedding sedan.

Upon entering the Zhang family, they said that Zhang Boyuan was still sick and unable to bow at the ceremony, so they asked her to bow to the rooster. When she entered the bridal chamber, it was her younger sister who lifted the veil. Her younger sister said that Zhang Boyuan was too weak to get out of bed, so he couldn't come to the bridal chamber, and asked her to rest first.

It wasn't until the second night that Zhang Boyuan appeared and completed the bridal chamber, but from then on, he was cold and distant towards her. At that time, she was generous and, after being advised by her mother-in-law, believed that his temperament was always like this, and did not investigate further.

About seven or eight days later, she found letters between Zhang Boyuan and his cousin in Zhang Boyuan's study. It turned out that the elopement on the wedding day was true! The poisoning in the Zhang family was also true, but the one who poisoned them was not a thief, but Zhang Boyuan himself!

Upon learning this, she felt immense humiliation and had a big quarrel with Zhang Boyuan. Zhang Boyuan no longer pretended and openly admitted that he liked his cousin. From then on, their relationship deteriorated even further.

Later, she became pregnant. But Zhang Boyuan did not treat her well because of this, and used it as a reason to move to the outer courtyard. She was filled with resentment throughout her pregnancy, and as a result, she had a difficult delivery and gave birth to a stillborn baby.

Upon hearing this, Zhang Boyuan sneered outside the delivery room, saying that she was useless and couldn't even give birth to a child. Hearing her husband's mockery, she was so angry that she bled profusely. Although she was eventually saved, she ended up unable to conceive again.

Half a month later, Zhang Boyuan said he wanted to bring in a concubine, but the one he brought back was his cousin.

Because of this, her mother was so angry that she died.

When his cousin entered the house as a concubine, Zhang Boyuan did not allow her to be called "mother" and instead insisted on calling her "second madam." Her mother-in-law let it go, after all, a wife who was disabled and unable to bear children was worthless, and it was better to elevate the aunt who could bear children. Besides, the Wen family was already dead, so there was no need to offend the legitimate wife's family.

Because of the issue of the title, she had another big quarrel with Zhang Boyuan.

At that time, Zhang Boyuan said, "Ye Tangcai, is there anyone as shameless and shameless as you? On the day of our marriage, I had already run away! I had already drugged the entire Zhang family to prevent them from welcoming the bride! Yet you still cried and begged, used all your wits, and forced your way into the marriage with threats of suicide! I clearly don't want you, I don't like you, it's you who eagerly offered yourself. Now don't blame me for not giving you face, because you don't deserve it."

Being eager and shameless suddenly became her label.

The servants followed suit and treated her with disdain, secretly mocking her as a barren old hen sitting on the nest, and a desperate woman throwing herself at someone!

She became melancholic, withered away, caught a cold in the winter, and never recovered. Later, when her cousin became pregnant and gave birth to a son, her condition worsened.

Qiuju and Huiran went back to their mother's house to complain, but their grandfather not only didn't help her but also scolded her for being petty, saying that she couldn't even tolerate her cousin and that she couldn't bear children. He said that since her sister had given birth for her, she should be grateful, but now she was turning against them, truly a thankless wretch! In the end, he acted as if she didn't exist.

Seeing that her grandfather didn't care about her life, Zhang Boyuan simply used her illness as an excuse to send her to a remote estate. There, she endured for over two years, but eventually died from her illness.