BMECDAH 13

Chapter 13

“Forget it. Watch the Second Miss closely; do not let her leave the room, and certainly do not let anyone else come to see her. If she dares to defy me, I will deal with her.”

“Yes, Master. I will definitely keep a close watch on the Second Miss; I won’t even let a mosquito enter or leave her room.”

Seeing Xiao Lv looking shyly at the scumbag father’s face, Jiang Wei discovered a “new continent.” She quickly curled her lips and stroked Xiao Lv’s calloused hand. “You are a smart girl, and I, your master, am fond of you. It is a pity that the Second Concubine refuses to let me take you as my Fourth Concubine. If you could get a hold of some leverage on her… well, forget it. You should just continue being a good maid.”

After saying this, Jiang Wei shook her head with feigned regret and walked away. Left behind, a desire for power ignited in Xiao Lv’s heart. Second Concubine, I have served you wholeheartedly, yet you have blocked my path to becoming a concubine. Since you treat me this way, don’t blame me for being ruthless.

When she passed by the Second Concubine’s room, she heard her crying inside.

“What are you crying for?” Jiang Wei pushed open the door and saw the Second Concubine’s beautiful face covered in acne and pockmarks. She jumped back in fright. “What happened to your face?”

“Master~” Chen Xiaolian cried even more violently. “It was the Second Miss who harmed me. Her cup of tea was poisoned; after I drank it, my face turned into this!”

Jiang Wei stepped back in disgust. “You deserve it. How dare you drink tea meant for the Young Miss? Look at this face, it’s swollen like a pig’s head. Who knows if it will ever heal.”

“Wuwuwu~” Chen Xiaolian cried even more sorrowfully.

“Stop crying, I have serious business to discuss with you.”

The Second Concubine hurriedly wiped her tears. “Is there news regarding the trip to Xiangjiang?”

Sure enough, the scumbag father is already preparing to go to Xiangjiang.

Jiang Wei nodded. “Mm, the people in Xiangjiang are demanding we show our sincerity, but the Jiang family’s assets have all been locked up by me. You take the money you have here and give it to me for urgent use.”

“But—” When money was mentioned, the Second Concubine hesitated.

Jiang Wei glared at her. “What? Are you unwilling? Is it true what the Second Girl said—that you and Steward Zhao are having an affair? Did you two conspire to empty the Eldest Miss’s room?”

“No, of course not! I just…” didn’t want to give it.

“Then stop wasting breath! Xiangjiang is pressing us hard. You must give me all the money immediately, otherwise, I have no choice but to go to the First Madam. If she finds out we are planning to go to Xiangjiang, she will definitely insist on coming along. Do you want to be beneath her for the rest of your life?”

“No!” Chen Xiaolian had had enough of being a concubine; she wanted to be the main mistress. She hurriedly emptied her jewelry box and handed over all her money and various trinkets. “Master~ this is my entire life savings.”

“Mm. Find all the deeds and property titles that can’t be taken with us. I will find a time to sell them and convert them into cash. Also, no one is to know that I came to you for money tonight, including the Eldest Miss. I’m afraid she might soften her heart and tell the Shen woman, and then none of us will be able to leave.”

“I will listen to everything you say, Master. Then tonight…” Chen Xiaolian reached out, wanting to steal a kiss.

Jiang Wei quickly refused. “I have things to attend to tonight. I already know where Steward Zhao has hidden everything; I’m going to empty him out tonight.”

Huh? Chen Xiaolian hurriedly packed a few things and left the manor to find Steward Zhao. Although she and Steward Zhao were innocent of a physical affair, she had stashed away quite a lot of money with him over the years, and she couldn’t let the “Master” find that money and confiscate it.

As soon as Chen Xiaolian left, the real Jiang Dahai pushed open her door aggressively. “Chen Xiaolian, how dare you hide things from me about you and Steward Zhao? If it weren’t for… wait, where is she?”

Xiao Lv ran over in a hurry. “Master, I just saw the Second Concubine rush out of the manor. Do you think she went to find Steward Zhao?”

“Too much deception!” Jiang Dahai hurriedly summoned the servants. “Everyone, follow me to Steward Zhao’s house! Retrieve everything he took from the manor. There will be a heavy reward for anyone who catches him.”

“Yes!”

“Yes!”

A group of people carrying all sorts of tools rushed toward Steward Zhao’s house in the city. Steward Zhao had made a fortune following Jiang Dahai over the years, and his house in the city was large and bright.

Jiang Dahai’s eyes turned red with greed. “Charge! Today, we must empty out everything in Steward Zhao’s home.”

“Yes!” The group rushed into the house, but they were stunned. “Master, there is nothing in the house. Even the door frames have been dismantled.”

“Excessive, this is too excessive! Smash it! Smash it to pieces!”

Soon, Steward Zhao’s house was reduced to ruins. Still not satisfied, Jiang Dahai directly set the house on fire.

When Steward Zhao learned from the Second Concubine that Jiang Dahai was coming for him, he rushed home, only to see his house burned to ashes. “Ahhhhh! That god-forsaken Jiang Dahai, I am your sworn enemy!”

Steward Zhao only suffered for a few minutes before getting up to go to his secret storage location. Fortunately, he had taken precautions. Looking at the iron boxes neatly lined up in front of him, Steward Zhao gritted his teeth. “Jiang Dahai, since you destroyed my things, then I will take yours. Don’t forget that it was I who found the place where you hide your things.”

After double-checking that everything was correct, Steward Zhao exited the warehouse.

Immediately after, the beautiful Jiang Wei appeared in the warehouse. With a quick “he-ha,” she cleared out the warehouse in an instant. Before leaving, she didn’t even forget to throw the doors and locks into her space.

“B*tch! Why did you go to Steward Zhao? Were you trying to tell him I was planning to fix him?” Having gained nothing, Jiang Dahai learned the Second Concubine had returned. He rushed into the room, grabbed her, and slapped her across the face.

“You hit me?” Chen Xiaolian stared at him in disbelief. “Jiang Dahai, I have been married to you for nearly 20 years. In the past, you couldn’t bear to even move a finger against me, and now you hit me?”

She immediately put on a pitiful expression. In the past, no matter how angry Jiang Dahai was, as long as she looked aggrieved, he would immediately coax her. But she seemed to have forgotten that her current face, swollen like a pig’s head, didn’t look aggrieved—only grotesque.

Jiang Dahai became even more furious looking at her grotesque face. “You still have the nerve to speak? You relied on my favor and the fact that I wouldn’t scold or hit you, so you went behind my back to steal another man?”

“I didn’t steal another man!” Chen Xiaolian was also angry. “I only knew you were going to move his things, so I wanted to get back the things I had placed with him. Look, these are the things I left with him!”

Only then did Jiang Dahai notice the two iron boxes on the floor. “These are your things?”

“Mm. These are all things you gave me in the past. I’ve been saving them, thinking of giving them to the Eldest Miss as her dowry in the future.”

“It is I who misunderstood you.” Jiang Dahai lowered his head to apologize. He wanted to touch the Second Concubine’s face, but seeing that it was covered in dense acne and countless pockmarks, he didn’t know where to start and pulled his hand back. “I’m sorry. It was my misunderstanding. Did it hurt when I hit you?”

I’m afraid it wasn’t just a painful hit; it was a disfiguring one. He hadn’t expected that while he might be “ineffective” in that department due to his age, his strength when hitting someone was still fierce; one slap had disfigured the Second Concubine.

“It hurts. Not just my face, but my heart too. If you don’t believe me, touch it.” As the Second Concubine said this, she tried to get close to him again. She knew Jiang Dahai’s weakness: no matter how great his anger, as long as they slept together, he would be mollified.

“No… no need. It’s too late. I’m going to the Shen woman’s place. She already saw through our child-swapping affair today; for the sake of the Eldest Miss’s future, I must pay her a visit.”

“Alright then…” the Second Concubine said, reluctant to let him go.

After Jiang Dahai left, Chen Xiaolian frowned. Who told the Master about her leaving the manor?

“Master~”

Outside the room was the sound of Xiao Lv’s delicate voice.

You lowly btch! So it was that lowly btch Xiao Lv! Chen Xiaolian’s mind flashed with Xiao Lv’s fair, tender face, and then she looked at her own face in the mirror, which was swollen like a pig’s. She gritted her teeth fiercely. “You have a death wish. Trying to climb into my man’s bed last time wasn’t enough? Now your skin is itching again, is it?”