108 ways to die for supporting characters

Chapter 21 The Dead General Returns 3
In front of the envoys from the Northern Desert royal court, the emperor appointed Cheng Shaowu as the General of Cavalry, which was somewhat intended to be a slap in the face to the Northern Desert.

The Cheng family was originally a hunter in the village. After Cheng's father died, Cheng Shaowu went to Beijing to take the military examination, and then joined the army. After eight years, he was promoted to the position of a fourth-rank Zhongwu General. In less than a year, he became a second-rank Biaoqi General. Once Cheng's mother came to power, she spent money lavishly.

The Cheng family had no wealth, and the little things Cheng Shaowu got back from the battlefield were not enough for her to squander. Ning Yan's reputation happened to have spread in the capital, and the mother and son discussed that if they used her reputation to ask for marriage, no one would suspect their family's true purpose, so Cheng Shaowu really took action.

The naive original owner was deceived into joining the Cheng family.

After Cheng Shaowu went to the battlefield, the old lady handed over the household supplies to the original owner. Since the family had no money, the original owner could only pay into the household.

After the news of Cheng Shaowu's death came, the old lady became even more aggressive. The original owner obeyed her in everything out of guilt, and finally died in Cheng's mansion. The millions of dowry ended up going to the Cheng family.

Knowing the ending of the previous life, how could Ning Yan let that shameless mother and son get away with it again?
Last night, she asked Yuan Jingchen to move her dowry from the General's Mansion to the secret room of the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion.

In fact, among the dowry there was a box containing a pair of rulers, and the secret compartment under the rulers contained nearly three million taels of silver notes. These things had all belonged to Cheng in his previous life.

In this life, Ning Yan will never let the Cheng family take advantage of her!

The residence of the General of Cavalry was robbed, and the Jingzhao Yin quickly dispatched people to investigate, but after searching for a long time, they could not find any clues at all, and in the end it became an unsolved case.

The old lady originally wanted to make use of her daughter-in-law to manage the household so that she could get her dowry, but in the end all her dowry was gone.

Now she held the power of the household tightly in her hands and would never let Ning Yan be the housekeeper, for fear that she would embezzle the public money.

She even made up her mind that no matter how hard her daughter-in-law's life was, she would not give her any extra special things.

But in fact, Ning Yan's life was very good. The old man was stupid. Even if she lost her dowry, her dowry included three shops, three farms, and several thousand acres of land, all of which could be used to obtain new land deeds and house deeds.

She could live comfortably with just these things.

There was a small kitchen in her yard, and the servants would go out to buy groceries every day, so the food was better than that in the upper room.

In the days that followed, she claimed to be sick and did not go out, locking herself in her own small courtyard. All the maids in the courtyard were fattened up by her.

The old lady didn't doubt it at all. After all, anyone would get seriously ill if they lost their dowry, not to mention that her daughter-in-law's dowry was as much as one million!
Therefore, she didn't bother Ning Yan at all.

This just gave someone an opportunity.

"How did you come?"

Yuan Jingchen handed a box to Ning Yan, "I got some new jewelry, take it and wear it."

The tribute offered by small countries was of a style that the Great Jin Kingdom did not have. He felt that it was most suitable for the woman in front of him and no one else was worthy of it.

Ning Yan couldn't help but look at him with a smile, "There is such a good thing? Master Yuan, are you so nice to every woman you sleep with?"

Yuan Jingchen felt a little uncomfortable: "I picked these myself!" The ones given to other women were picked by my subordinates.

Moreover, it was very evil. After he slept with Ning Yan, he no longer had that thought about other women. All he thought about all day was her. That kind of extreme happiness made him addicted. This was something no other woman had ever given him.

He is not a person who would compromise, so he wants this woman to divorce Cheng Shaowu.

"Okay, I've collected the things, you can leave now."

Yuan Jingchen's face darkened. He stood a foot away from the bed and looked at Ning Yan, who was sitting on the bedside, with anger in his eyes. He knew that this woman was heartless. She used to throw things away after using them, and she was also ruthless. But when he saw this woman looking at him with a half-smile in her eyes, the fire in his heart quickly extinguished.

Why are you so angry? The other person has no interest in him. Wouldn't it make people more willing to pay attention to him if you give him the cold shoulder?
Then he exhaled, lowered his voice and whispered: "Yan'er, since you and I have had physical intimacy, why don't you divorce Cheng Shaowu, then we can be together openly."

Ning Yan chuckled and got off the bed. Her bright red transparent satin dress showed off her good figure, which made Yuan Jingchen's throat move quickly and his eyes darken.

Ning Yan walked to the table and sat down, pouring two cups of tea and handing one to Yuan Jingchen, "You said you wanted me to divorce, but what happens after the divorce? Are you going to marry me?"

Yuan Jingchen was choked, "I, I already have a wife at home..."

"Not only do you have a wife, you also have a bunch of jealous concubines! What makes you think that I would rather be a concubine who is looked down upon and could be killed at any time than being a wife?"

Meeting Ning Yan's eyes that saw through everything, Yuan Jingchen's heart trembled. She, she already knew his identity!

"But I don't really like any of those people."

Ning Yan had indeed known Yuan Jingchen's true identity for a long time, otherwise she would not have asked Yuan Jingchen to help transfer the dowry.

She didn't think much about it the first night she met him, but she realized it after they slept together. Yuan is the emperor's surname, and Qian Fu has no beard, and the emperor's eunuch has the surname Qian, so she knew that the man she slept with was the current emperor.

"Mr. Yuan, you may be able to fool others with these words, but I won't be fooled.

Don’t you think it’s particularly ridiculous to hear the word “sincerely” come out of your mouth? "

If you don’t like me, don’t sleep with me. If you don’t like me, don’t marry me. Is there anyone forcing you to do that?

"Can you guarantee that Cheng Shaowu is sincere to you? Can you guarantee that he won't take a concubine?"

Ning Yan took a sip of tea and said, "Why do I need his sincerity? I don't like him!

All I want is to be the mistress of the Cheng Mansion!
Even if he takes a hundred concubines, they have to bow their heads and serve me tea. Even if they give birth to a hundred children, they have to call me mother.

I can sell them anytime if I'm unhappy. Only a fool would give up such a good life!"

"You, you are so heartless."

Ning Yan said proudly: "This is not the first day you have known this!"

I am ruthless. I throw away things after using them. Please don't let me use them!
"Okay, now that I've made myself clear, go back and don't come again. This is the end of our relationship, and we'll just pretend we don't know each other anymore."

Ning Yan poured another cup of tea and served the guest.

Yuan Jingchen was in a terrible mood and left with a dark face. He had never been treated like this in front of any woman since he was a child!
But he couldn't do anything to Ning Yan. He couldn't just kill her with a knife, right?

Not to mention actually chopping it off, just thinking about it made him feel so uncomfortable. This woman must have cast a spell on him, otherwise why did he become somewhat unlike himself?

Qian Fu, who was guarding outside the courtyard wall, said: "Master, why did you come out so soon?"

After saying this, Qian Fu wanted to slap himself in the face. Was this the question he should ask?
(End of this chapter)