An incident once shook the entire Great Zhou.

A young man who’d married into the imperial family and become the imperial son-in-law couldn’t handle the rules and restrictions that came with his new position and attempted to dissolve his marriage, only for his in-laws to order his dismemberment by five horses!

This was the fate of the live-in son-in-law.

And in the eyes of the Wen Family, no matter how exceptional Su Yi became, he was still just their live-in son-in-law, and his fate was still firmly within their grasp. Even if they killed him, no one would point the finger at their Wen Family.

Thus, despite knowing that Su Yi had recovered his cultivation, that Fu Shan thought highly of him, that Huang Yunchong favored him, and that the daughter of the Yuan Family admired him, Wen Changjing wasn’t the least bit concerned. 

This was a private family matter!

Wen Changjing certainly didn’t think the likes of Fu Shan and Huang Yunchong would have a falling out with the Wen Family over a mere Su Yi.

Of course, that was only the worst-case scenario.

Wen Changjing was confident that in the face of such terror, Su Yi, a seventeen-year-old, would cave beneath the pressure and obediently accept the conditions he offe...