Super-Fertile Darling: Forced to Marry the Heirless Tyrant

She had beaten a daughter-in-law of the Marquis Mansion’s face into a pulp and tied up the Grand Dowager.

Mrs. Qiao wondered how Xiao Wu had managed it, but she also knew this had gone a bit too far.

She sat up straight, her tone softening considerably.

"Princely Heir, Qingrong’s childbirth was perilous. Xiao Wu was a bit impulsive, but only because she was worried about her older sister."

After she finished speaking, Mrs. Qiao watched Lu Juan with a somber expression. Seeing his dark face and displeased look, she sighed inwardly.

No matter what, that was Lu Juan’s own mother.

No son could see his own mother tied to a tree and remain indifferent.

Mrs. Qiao was a mother herself, and a daughter-in-law as well.

She glanced at Ji Bo Lian. Even if Old Mrs. Ji at home grew muddled, a son’s love for his own flesh and blood was a bond that could never be broken.

They could walk away with a flourish, but in the future, Ji Qingrong still had to live in the Marquis Mansion...

Since Xiao Wu had been the one to throw the punch, she had to be the one to negotiate peace.

Mrs. Qiao said, "Princely Heir, Xiao Wu didn’t do it on purpose."

Ji Bo Lian frowned and also spoke, his words ringing with conviction. "It was a matter of life and death. Any delay on the road would have been too late. Xiao Wu did nothing wrong."

Lu Juan still wore an expression of profound suffering and resentment.

Ji Qingwu nodded. "What I did was perfectly reasonable. There was nothing wrong with it. Why are you saying I went too far?"

Lu Juan raised his head, just about to speak.

Feng Shuang, who was kneeling on the floor, wailed loudly, "Mr. Ji and his wife are biased toward their own daughter, but I’m the treasured darling of the Feng family, too! Ji Wu was clearly trying to kill me!"

"Those two lashes she gave me on my back and waist... my insides are all aching now."

"Beating me is one thing, but that Ji Wu was so arrogant she even dared to lay hands on my mother-in-law! Does she have any respect for the Duke Zhongyong’s Mansion at all?"

Ms. Cui also revealed the bruises on her wrist, saying, "Oh, Ziyou, your wife was inside giving birth. Mother had arranged for the doctors and midwives, everything was ready. I was just keeping watch at the entrance of Ninghua Hall."

"But this sister-in-law of yours, she charged in and had her subordinates attack me."

Ms. Cui’s eyes were bloodshot. She said, "I have never been so humiliated in my entire life. If... if you find this difficult, then just forget it."

’Forget it?’

Ji Qingwu’s gaze shifted to Ms. Cui.

As expected, Ms. Cui wasn’t finished. She continued, "I’ll just go back, find a well, and jump in. That way I won’t disturb you two and your new life together."

Lu Juan frowned. "Mother, what are you talking about?"

A smile played on Ji Qingwu’s lips as she asked, "Will the Grand Dowager keep her word?"

Ms. Cui, her heart filled with sorrow, shot her a venomous glare upon hearing this. "What right do you have to meddle in the affairs of my Marquis Mansion?"

Ji Qingwu replied with crisp logic, "Who caused the difficult situation Mr. Lu is now facing? Since you created this mess, you should accept the bitter consequences."

Ms. Cui turned her head to Lu Juan. "Ziyou, if you don’t uphold justice for your mother in this matter, then in the future, any random nobody will be able to barge into the Marquis Mansion and beat your mother."

The sound of her shouting gave Lu Juan a headache.

He pondered for a moment before saying, "Father-in-law, Mother-in-law, the Marquis Mansion was in the wrong first. However, this punishment is sufficient. Let’s let the matter end here for today."

Ji Bo Lian wanted to say more, but Mrs. Qiao stopped him.

For the sake of her eldest daughter’s future in the Marquis Mansion, Mrs. Qiao chose to back down.

"Qingrong has suffered so much, risking her life to bear you a child. I hope you will remember this and not let her down."

A flash of surprise crossed Lu Juan’s eyes. He glanced at Ji Qingwu and saw her biting her lip, seething with frustration.

He stood up. "What Mother-in-law says is absolutely right. I will see you out."

Ji Qingwu furrowed her brow. ’I used to think my brother-in-law was a fair man. How did he become such a muddle-headed fool?’

She spoke up, "Mr. Lu, you call this a punishment?"

Lu Juan immediately sat back down and cleared his throat. "And what brilliant insight might Fifth Sister have?"

Ji Qingwu stood up and walked over to Feng Shuang.

"I don’t think this even counts as punishment. They say minor punishments serve as a major lesson. We’ve had the minor punishment, but the major lesson has yet to be implemented."

Feng Shuang felt Ji Qingwu’s stare on her back, and the whip marks began to throb with pain again.

Ji Qingwu said, "They were the ones who repeatedly blocked my path, trying to stop me from seeing my eldest sister."

"If I hadn’t been here tonight, my sister and the child would not have survived."

She was not exaggerating.

When Ji Qingwu entered the main room of Ninghua Hall, Ji Qingrong’s pulse had been very weak. If there had been a delay of another hour, it truly would have been one body, two lives lost.

Lu Juan’s pupils contracted, as if he too had imagined such a scene.

Ji Qingwu said bluntly, "If this is Mr. Lu’s attitude, then I’ll just take my sister back home."

Ji Qingwu tilted her chin toward Ji Bo Lian, seeking his support.

"Father, am I right?"

Ji Bo Lian had been holding back a basketful of words, and now his face immediately darkened.

"Prince Lu, when you wanted to marry my daughter, we spoke all night in my study. Do you remember what you said to me? Are you going back on your word now?"

Lu Juan seemed to flinch, and clear indecision appeared on his face.

After a long moment, he let out a long sigh.

"I believe Father-in-law is right. You should take Qingrong back with you."

Ji Bo Lian: ...

No one in the room had expected Lu Juan to concede so easily.

Ji Qingwu remembered the last time she had said this to Lu Juan, remembered the tension and panic in his eyes.

’How could he change right after she gave birth? Does love spoil so easily?’

Ms. Cui was so overjoyed she began to weep, wiping her tears with her sleeve.

"Good! Ziyou, you’ve done well! Mother won’t pursue this matter any further!"

Ji Qingwu snorted. "Not pursue it? I believe the Grand Dowager misspoke. *I’m* not finished pursuing it."

Feng Shuang said, "You’ve already whipped someone and tied someone up. What more do you want?"

Ji Qingwu said, "That was just an expedient measure at the time. Now that I think about it, I feel the punishment was too light."

Hearing Lu Juan’s words, Feng Shuang felt a surge of confidence.

The Ji Family was no longer to be feared. The Empress Dowager in the palace now hid herself away in Cining Palace every day, her power all but gone.

"Such arrogance! What gives you the right to punish a lady of the Marquis Mansion? Is it because you’re the daughter of a mere third-rank official?"

Ji Bo Lian frowned, his mustache twitching.

He boomed, "What’s wrong with a third-rank official? What rank are your father and brothers from the Feng family? How dare you make such wild claims!"

Feng Shuang choked on her words. Her own family’s status was not prominent.

Mrs. Qiao tugged on Ji Bo Lian’s sleeve. ’This isn’t the time for a contest of family ranks. Xiao Wu doesn’t need him drawing attention to himself.’

Ji Qingwu glanced at the bundle resting on a chair.

"Why don’t you guess?"

Feng Shuang sneered, "Don’t tell me you’re relying on being General Zhenbei’s... entangled mistress with no official standing."

Ji Bo Lian snapped, "Watch your words!"

Feng Shuang squeezed the words through her teeth. "Am I wrong? If you’re not ashamed to do it, you shouldn’t be ashamed to have it said."

Seeing the argument turn into a chaotic mess, Lu Juan said in a low voice, "Enough! No more arguing. This matter ends here."

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