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Chapter 1628 Substitute Bride 32
In the end, the Dowager Princess Qinghe had no choice but to use her own private funds to help Third Master Jiang find another wife.

This wife is different from the previous Granny Jiang. She comes from a very low social background, so she doesn't dare to interfere with Third Master Jiang's affairs and only tries her best to give birth to a son.

Given that Master Jiang is a big spender and has a reputation for womanizing, coupled with the mysterious disappearance of his wife, it's quite normal that he would have a hard time finding a good match.

The disappearance of Grandma Jiang has been the talk of the town in Beijing for some time now.

Although Third Master Jiang's rank wasn't high and he wouldn't be able to rise to the upper echelons of the capital after the family split up, Third Madam Jiang's family still lived in the Qinghe Prince's Mansion and were considered part of it. The Qinghe Prince's Mansion was, after all, a prince's mansion, and it still held considerable influence in the capital. So, if anything happened to them, people would definitely pay attention. Moreover, it would be strange if no one paid attention when a noble lady suddenly disappeared.

Not only did it attract attention, but it also gave rise to many conspiracy theories. Many people speculated that Grandma Jiang's disappearance was related to Grandpa Jiang. They wondered if Grandpa Jiang was dissatisfied with his wife, Grandma Jiang, but didn't want to divorce her. To avoid being accused of going too far, he killed her and then claimed she had disappeared. After all, there are many cases in the countryside where men beat their wives to death and then claim that their wives ran away with someone else.

By disappearing like this, he would be without a wife and could then openly marry another one.

When the Dowager Princess Qinghe heard these rumors, she was so angry that she cursed them, but she couldn't produce any evidence to prove that the disappearance of Granny Jiang was not caused by her son. As a result, when she wanted to find a wife for her son again, any family that had heard the rumors and still loved their daughter would not marry their daughter to Master Jiang, lest they end up like Granny Jiang, disappearing without a trace.

This also makes it more difficult for the Dowager Princess Qinghe to find a wife for Third Master Jiang this time than the last time. The last time was already quite difficult, after all, given Third Master Jiang's personality, once he found out, who would want to marry him? It was only because Third Madam Jiang had ulterior motives that she took the initiative to marry him.

Now that there's no one like Granny Jiang with ulterior motives, and the previous wife has disappeared without a trace, even fewer people are willing to marry him. It took the Dowager Princess Qinghe a long time to find a concubine's daughter from a minor official's family for her son.

This new Third Madam Jiang, being the illegitimate daughter of a minor official's family, was clearly married off to them to curry favor with the powerful, regardless of her life or death. It was all to establish a connection with the Prince of Qinghe's mansion so that they could boast to others that their family was related to the Prince of Qinghe by marriage.

As for whether their daughter will disappear like Grandma Jiang after marrying into the family, they don't care.

The new Third Madam Jiang knew that her living environment was harsh, so after marrying into the family, she dared not offer any advice to Third Master Jiang, fearing that he would dislike her and that she would mysteriously disappear like the previous Third Madam Jiang.

She was single-mindedly focused on having a child, hoping that once she had a child, she would have someone to rely on.

The new Grandma Jiang's idea was actually quite good, because people like Grandpa Jiang were completely unreliable. It was better to rely on her own son than Grandpa Jiang.

Actually, relying on her son might not be useful. After all, what if her son is still young when the Dowager Princess Qinghe passes away and they separate their household? The child is too young to support her, and the family is squandered by Third Master Jiang. How will they live then?

But there's nothing she can do about it; given her living conditions, this is all she can hope for.

Linlang also wanted to see what the new Third Madam Jiang's temperament was like. If she was alright, she would help her out—once she had a child, she would help her send Third Master Jiang away. Firstly, it would help the poor girl resolve future troubles. Secondly, it would save Third Master Jiang from squandering the Qinghe Dowager's money in less than two years. When the Qinghe Dowager ran out of money, she would definitely ask them for money to subsidize Third Master Jiang. She didn't want to see that happen, so it would be better for everyone if Third Master Jiang died.

Leaving aside Linlang's plans, let's talk about Linlang's current investigation of Li Sanniang. While preparing to deal with Li Sanniang, she discovered that it wasn't actually that difficult. She found that Li Sanniang was quite reckless—she was using the power of her husband's family, the Wang family, to monopolize lawsuits, settle murder cases, and even lend money at exorbitant interest rates. The reason Li Sanniang was able to amass wealth in this way was because in her two previous lives, she married into the Wang family, but the power to manage the household was firmly controlled by the Qinghe Dowager Princess, leaving her with no real power and a perpetual lack of funds.

Even after marrying into the Wang family in this life, she was still not the matriarch, had no power to manage the household, and was still short of money.

She felt that since she had been reborn twice, she should live more freely, so she started making money.

She wasn't afraid of the negative consequences of making money for herself; after all, many people in the capital did the same thing. Unless the emperor specifically wanted to cause trouble, he wouldn't bother with such trivial matters.

Even if it brings bad consequences, she is not afraid. At worst, she can just be reborn again. Having been reborn twice, Li San Niang has become unscrupulous. She feels that she may be able to be reborn again, so she is not afraid of anything and just wants to live a good life.

Because that's their mindset, it's quite normal for them to do these things to make money.

Therefore, it was incredibly easy for Linlang to deal with Li Sanniang, because she had committed far too many offenses.

Linlang originally wanted to wait a while before dealing with her, but now that Li Sanniang was preparing to help a rich young master who had committed murder settle the case, Linlang felt that she couldn't wait any longer, otherwise, many people would be harmed.

So Linlang immediately submitted the evidence of Li Sanniang's crimes to the Ministry of Justice and the other three departments. If the three departments did not take action after receiving the evidence, then they would deal with it.

The reason why it is said that there is a possibility that no action will be taken is because the Wang family has a powerful background, and the dynasty has been running for more than a hundred years. There are many corrupt officials and parasites. Upon seeing such information, instead of taking the person down immediately, it is possible that the Wang family will be blackmailed with the information and forced to pay money to buy peace.

So even though she sent the information to three different places, it's possible that Li San Niang will be completely unharmed.

Linlang's thinking is correct; some of these three families are indeed planning to talk to the Wang family.

Fortunately, one of the companies was prepared to investigate the matter. Once this company took action, the other two companies realized that the Wang family could no longer cover up the matter, so they also joined in.

With all three families mobilized, the Wang family naturally couldn't protect Li Sanniang.

Seeing that they couldn't protect Li Sanniang, the Wang family, fearing they would be implicated, immediately divorced Li Sanniang, intending to let the Three Departments bring disaster to the Marquis of Changning's mansion.

However, the Changning Marquis's mansion was not implicated much because it was a fallen noble family with a daughter who was the Princess of Qinghe. In addition, Li Sanniang had just been divorced and her actions had nothing to do with her family. Therefore, the three departments took these factors into consideration and did not expand the scope of the attack, targeting only Li Sanniang and not destroying the Changning Marquis's mansion.

Although it didn't really affect the Marquis of Changning's residence, it still gave everyone there a fright.