Chen was in a daze. She knew that Jiang Chuan did it on purpose. He knew clearly that Jiang Wen would never let her go, but he deliberately used Jiang Xuan's safety to force her.
All he wanted was her dowry and the Chen family behind her.
The Chen family is a merchant. When she married Jiang Chuan, he was only a seventh-grade county magistrate, but a scholar, farmer, industrialist, and merchant. No matter how rich the Chen family was, as long as they were a merchant, they were naturally inferior to Jiang Chuan.
The Chen family has helped Jiang Chuan a lot in these years, otherwise how could he, a poor student with no foundation, sit in the position of governor of Qiongzhou City.
Chen and Jiang Chuan also fell in love when they were newly married, and Jiang Xuan was born in the expectation of the two of them.
It's just that the time of this love is too short.
Later, Jiang Chuan went to Jiangnan and met Aunt Fang. He brought her back regardless of her thoughts and stayed with her for decades.
Ms. Chen also cried and made trouble, but the more trouble she made, the further she pushed Jiang Chuan away.
The Chen family also came to ask the two to reconcile, but at that time, Mrs. Chen still harbored fantasies, thinking that one day Jiang Chuan would always turn around.
But in the end, reality told her that she should never try to win over a man whose heart is not with her, otherwise you will only end up in complete failure.
The Chen family was also disappointed with her and stopped helping her. Jiang Chuan also lost the support of the Chen family.
However, at this time, he had already established a firm foothold in Qiongzhou, and the Chen family was already useless to him. He wanted gold and silver, so naturally there were people who would be eager to fawn over him.
The relationship between Chen and Jiang Chuan was completely exhausted. She had no face to return to the Chen family and wanted to spend the rest of her life guarding her two daughters.
Jiang Xuan and Jiang Lin are her lifeblood, and she will fight to the death whoever touches them.
"Jiang Chuan, let Xuan'er go! She is going to sea with Princess Rongning. If you keep her locked up, the princess will definitely be blamed..."
Chen still wanted to use Jiang Miao as a threat, but Jiang Chuan had gone to extremes now, and he didn't take her threats to heart at all.
"I am her father, and I won't let her go to sea. Even the princess has no reason to stop her!"
All he wants now is money, whether it is Jiang Wen or the Chen family, Jiang Chuan only has interests in his eyes. Without Jiang Wen, his eyes will fall on the Chen family's dowry.
Especially when Chen gave all the ships to Jiang Miao, Jiang Chuan was extremely jealous.
At first he asked Mrs. Chen for it but to no avail, but now she gave him away so easily. Jiang Chuan only regretted that he had been soft-hearted before and did not get all of Mrs. Chen's dowry.
In the past, he could ignore the Chen family, but now that he has been demoted and isolated by Shen Yanqing and others, Jiang Chuan has no helpers and no source of gold and silver. The Chen family has become his easy hope for a comeback.
He looked at the collapsed and desperate Chen, with a flash of light in his eyes.
"As long as you let the Chen family surrender to me and take out all the money of your Chen family, I will promise you to let Jiang Xuan go."
Jiang Chuan was good at tempting, with a crazy look on his face. Chen's heart sank to the bottom, and she sneered coldly.
"The Chen family severed ties with me ten years ago. If you want the Chen family, it is nothing more than an idiot's dream!"
Mrs. Chen now regrets why she didn't divorce him earlier. She was deceived by him for half her life and even harmed her daughter.
"Is this just a dream? Well, since you said so, I'll let you see if this is my dream!"
Jiang Chuan not only imprisoned Jiang Xuan, but even the Chen family had no freedom.
Mrs. Chen and her master were locked together, with Jiang Chuan's people guarding the door, and all their cronies were separated.
Mrs. Chen was worried, especially because Jiang Wen had learned from the past, and she was even more worried about Jiang Xuan.
"Master, what should we do? I'm afraid you won't let us go. My wife has been so frightened these days that she hasn't slept well, and now she doesn't know where she is being held..."
She was nervous and incoherent, and Chen was also worried, but she couldn't get out, and her people couldn't save her. It was useless for Chen to worry now.
"The princess will definitely find out, and she will come to save Xuan'er..."
Chen thought that the day to go to sea was only three days away, and hope welled up in her heart.
Jiang Miao and Shen Yanqingpo knew these things about the Jiang family very clearly. If Jiang Xuan was not there on the day of going to sea, Jiang Miao would definitely find out.
She sent a sea ship, and Jiang Miao also promised to protect her two daughters, so she waited until Jiang Miao came to rescue them.
Thinking like this, Chen's mood gradually calmed down.
"Wait, we can go out in three days."
Jiang Chuan will also be responsible for his actions. She has been soft-hearted for more than ten years. It was her who was feeding the tiger, and this time is also a lesson for her.
Mrs. Chen sat with her eyes closed, her hands clasped together in front of her, seemingly calm, but in fact her nails were dug into her palms.
Only pain can make her remember this lesson.
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Jiang Miao always feels like her eyes are twitching these days. Her luggage has been packed. Jiang Miao brought a lot of seeds and weapons for this trip, as well as dried vegetables and canned fruits that she had prepared in advance.
There are various inconveniences at sea, and many crew members will suffer from necrosis due to lack of vitamins. Although she has never traveled long distances at sea, she has read many reports and has experience.
Shen Yanqing always looked at her with meaningful eyes in the past few days. Jiang Miao felt that she had been seen through by him and that no secret could be hidden from him.
"Ms. sir..."
This time Jiang Miao was drawing on the side. She planned to go out to sea this time and draw all the maps of the surrounding islands so that she would not get lost again when she went out next time.
She used the drawing method from her previous life, which marked the names of the islands and the distances between them. It was simple and easy to understand, especially because it was outlined with just a few lines, which was much simpler than Dayan's map.
Shen Yanqing had been sitting behind her, looking at her paintings with more thoughts in his eyes.
In his dream, Jiang Miao was not a person of noble status, nor did she have a fortune, but she seemed to know everything.
Shen Yanqing was thoughtful. He believed that in addition to Jiang Miao's intelligence, there were also reasons for her education.
Only after several years of study and broad knowledge can one achieve such erudition and calmness.
There was admiration in Shen Yanqing's eyes. No wonder Jiang Miao has been promoting female education because she is a beneficiary of education, so she understands the benefits of female education better.
Even this time she went overseas, many students from the women's college wanted to follow her.
Shen Yanqing held Jiang Miao in his arms and squeezed her sore fingers.
"Has the person traveling been identified?"
He knew that Jiang Miao was still hesitant. There were many women who signed up to go to sea. Jiang Miao wanted to take them out, but she was also afraid that the journey would be dangerous and these young ladies would suffer along with her.
"Jiang Xuan and Wang Min are sure. Wang Min is the smartest in the women's college. Having her will be a help. The other ladies should wait until next time..."
"Um."
While the two were talking, Jiang Miao suddenly thought of Jiang Xuan.
"Ms. Chen said a few days ago that she would come over early, why was there suddenly no news?"
