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Chapter 1756 The Country Girl Looked Down Upon 77
After Li Yuanniang returned from her divorce, she quickly remarried and lived a good life afterward.

Perhaps because her previous marriage was so terrible, her remarriage couldn't possibly be worse than her first one. So even though there were many unsatisfactory aspects to her life, Li Yuanniang felt content whenever she thought of her first marriage.

In addition, her second marriage, with its wealthy husband and her high social standing, truly satisfied her, as it fulfilled her long-held desire to live a life of lavish spending and indulgence.

She had always had her money taken away by Aunt Cao since she was a child, and she had always wanted to have her own money. Now that she had achieved it, she was naturally satisfied.

Her aunt was quite dissatisfied. After all, her children would no longer give her money, and she was not favored. She could only give her monthly allowance to her family. The Cao family had previously earned several hundred taels a year while following Li Yuanniang, and their lives were much better than now. So they couldn't adjust to the situation and were very upset.

They were determined to find the Cao family and see if they could give them some money.

But how could Cao give them money? After all, Li Erlang had taken all her money, and she had nothing left. She was even jealous that Linlang and Li San's grandmother had money to spend while she had none, which made her increasingly dissatisfied with her family. Giving them money was simply a pipe dream.

However, Cao was afraid that she would have to rely on her maternal family, so although she was dissatisfied, she did not say it. She only told them about her actual situation (that her monthly allowance and annual allowance had been taken away by Li Erlang) and said that she had no money and could not help them. The Cao family could only let it go.

So whether it was the Cao family who couldn't accept the change in status, or Aunt Cao who was unhappy that her children no longer listened to her, no one cared about their feelings. So no matter how unhappy Aunt Cao was, no one paid attention to her, and she couldn't do anything about it.

What she didn't know was that her son was planning to divorce Cao.

His excuse was that he had been married for three years and had not yet had a child, so he needed to find a new wife to give birth to a legitimate son so that he could inherit the title of General of Fengguo.

Although the title of Fengguo General can only be inherited for one generation, it is still better than having no legitimate son and having a son from a concubine who can only inherit the title of Assistant State Lieutenant, since that title is reduced by two ranks.

As for Cao Shi, isn't it normal that she doesn't have children? Because Li Erlang only goes to his concubines and never to her, so how could she have children?

Seeing that the concubines had already given birth while she still had no children, she was extremely anxious. She even considered having Aunt Cao threaten to kill herself to force Li Erlang to come to her more often.

But Aunt Cao was getting scared when her children ignored her. After all, if Master Li died young, the second branch of the family would have to divide the property, and she would definitely have to live with her son. What if she completely broke ties with her son and he refused to support her? Thinking this, and seeing that Madam Cao hadn't given birth to a son and wanted her to force her son to sleep in her room, Aunt Cao said irritably, "How can I help you with this? Even if you force him into your room, it's useless if he doesn't want to sleep with you. Am I supposed to tell the second young master that he has to sleep with you? If word gets out, people will say that I, as a concubine, have no sense of propriety."

She needs to rely on her maternal family, not this niece. On the contrary, this niece needs to rely on her to live a better life in the second wife's household, so she is naturally not afraid of this niece.

When Cao saw that Aunt Cao was unwilling to help her, she became angry and said, "If Aunt is unwilling to help me, I have heard that in families like ours with titles, if a wife does not have children for three years, she is likely to be divorced and remarried, like the fourth wife. If I am really divorced, I will not be able to help my family after Aunt passes away."

The Cao family was hoping that Cao Shi could help them after Aunt Cao passed away. Otherwise, why would they have married Cao Shi into the Prince Ying's mansion? It was precisely so they could continue to benefit from the Prince Ying's mansion. Even though Cao Shi couldn't get any money now, perhaps things would change after she had children.

At the very least, when her children grow up, they can give her some money, and then she can take over from Aunt Cao and continue to take care of the Cao family.

It must be said that Cao's words touched Aunt Cao.

If Cao had not borne any children, it was possible that Li Erlang would use this as an excuse to divorce her. After all, without a legitimate son to inherit the title, it would be reasonable for Li Erlang to divorce her.

Although it touched Aunt Cao's heart, and Aunt Cao was persuaded by Cao Shi to help her persuade Li Erlang, in the end, of course, it did not succeed.

Not to mention that Li Erlang is getting older and more opinionated every year, and won't be persuaded by Aunt Cao; even if he were persuaded, Li Erlang doesn't like Cao Shi and can't get up when he sees her, so he can't get anything done.

When Cao saw that Aunt Cao was unable to help her, she felt disappointed, no, desperate.

Because Li Erlang was planning to divorce her, she wasn't worried that it would happen, but that it was bound to happen. Li Erlang had already spoken to her, saying that the two of them had been forced together by Aunt Cao, and that since she was still young and it would be easier for her to remarry, the two of them should divorce and each marry someone else, and then have nothing to do with each other.

Although it was called a divorce, for Cao Shi, it was a complete break, since Li Erlang didn't want her anymore anyway.

However, Li Erlang was a kind-hearted man. He only agreed to a divorce, not to abandon her. If he abandoned her, it would be even more difficult for Cao to remarry. If they divorced, he could say that the woman had not made much of a mistake, and that the two of them simply could not live together, so the marriage was dissolved. This way, it would be easier for the woman to remarry.

But for Cao Shi, how could she possibly want to remarry? After all, her first marriage was to someone of such high status and position; what kind of person could she marry for the second time? She was unwilling to marry a country bumpkin.

But given her family's circumstances, even if she could marry someone with slightly better conditions thanks to her aunt's status in the Prince's mansion, it still wouldn't be as good as Li Erlang. She certainly wouldn't be satisfied, so Cao Shi's future was destined to be bleak.

Thinking of this, Cao regretted her previous hostility towards Linlang and Li San's grandmother. If she had gotten along well with them before, even if Li Erlang divorced her now, she might have been able to benefit from their good relationship and get some advantages in the future.

Now things are really bad. Not only do she have absolutely no contact with Zhou Linlang and their relationship is very strained, but she's also not very close to Grandma Li San anymore because Grandma Li San didn't invite her to her lavish meals.

She wasn't very close to either of them, so it was obviously impossible for her to take advantage of them in the future. No wonder Cao was regretting it now.

Linlang, on the other hand, was quite satisfied with Cao's fate. After all, this woman had been constantly causing trouble for her while she was in the second wife's household. Now that the woman was gone, she was relieved to have one less troublesome person.