I fought back after reselling my engagement

At dusk, Yu sent a maid to call her three children.

Zhen Yuan held out his beloved porcelain.

"The blue porcelain cups were given to me by a good friend when I got married. Unfortunately, there are only four cups in a set. I am the head of the family and I am going on a long journey alone. This time, I will treat you with love. Each of you four, mother and children, will have a cup to use as a wine glass."

He said to the maids, "Wipe it clean with a handkerchief."

The maids wiped the four porcelain cups carefully with handkerchiefs and poured the wine into them.

Zhen Yuan held up a silver wine cup and said, "Your father is going to Fuzhou to take up his post. You three should be filial to your mother in the future. You can call her aunt in front of others and mother in private."

Zhen Zhen asked, "Father, you are going to Fuzhou without taking us?"

"No need to bring you along. You are grown up now and need to discuss marriage. It is not convenient to bring you along." Zhen Yuan smiled. "Drink this cup to the full. May our family be safe and happy!"

The five people each had their own thoughts.

Yu wanted to go with them.

Zhen Yuan decided not to take them with him.

He has been troubled by them for so long. Why can't other women give birth to children? He is not stupid. Of course it was Yu who did something, so the concubines who were taken in before could not give birth to children.

Zhen Zhen drank it all in one gulp. Her father was too much, saying that they were going to discuss marriage, and he was afraid that when he arrived in Fuzhou, he would have a new wife there, marry a stepmother, take a concubine, and pass on his father's love to his future children.

If there is a stepmother, there will be a stepfather. After a few years, how can you remember them?

Now that Zhen Yuan is less than 40 years old, he can marry someone new and have children.

Now that their father is gone, they have to return to their ancestral home. From now on, they will have to deal with family members, which is not as good as having their father, an official, around.

Zhen Zhu said: "Father, can't you take us with you?"

"I've told you several times that you should stay in the capital. No one else wants to leave the capital, but you still want to go with me. Don't you know that the sea breeze in the south is strong? A delicate girl like you will turn black as charcoal in less than half a month."

He joked in a lighthearted way and shook his head.

He was doing it for their own good, but they didn't appreciate it at all.

He didn't want to take them, he really didn't want to, and he was tired.

Zhen Zhen was a little annoyed and motioned the girl to store some wine. "Father, you're going to the south. Will you forget about us in a few years?"

"Nonsense!" Zhen Yuan shouted, "You made a scene at the Rong family a few days ago, and you're not ashamed of it. Do you still think I'm your father?"

Yu's eyes rebuked Zhen Zhu, "Don't be upset, Master. It's my fault for not disciplining Zhen Er properly."

Zhen Yuan raised his chopsticks, took a few bites of the food, and then raised his wine glass. "Here, I, your father, wish that all three of you can find a good marriage. But your father will not be able to see you get married or have a family."

Of course you can’t see it, because you are all going to die.

Since you will only bring trouble to me, it is better to cut off our worldly ties.

You are ignorant and I am worried that when I am not around, you will continue to make trouble and affect my mother, second brother and third brother.

You are ignorant and your ambition is so big that it scares me.

Especially what Zhen Bao said so delusionally. He actually wanted to impersonate the prince. Who gave him the courage?

After the second cup, Zhen Yuan raised his cup and said, "Cousin, I want to toast you. Thank you for your support and assistance over the years."

Ironically, because of her, his career was very difficult.

If she hadn't seduced him, ruining his reputation and making the noble lady unwilling to marry him, he wouldn't have been so foolish as to dream of getting his hands on Su Wan.

Yu smiled slightly and drank the cup in one gulp.

Zhen Yuan said: "Eat vegetables. Eating more vegetables won't make you drunk."

He greeted Yu and his children, and after another cup, he said, "Abao, since your father is not around, you are the only male left. You must protect your mother and sister. As for your sister, she will not suffer any harm given her personality."

Zhen Bao raised the cup and drank it all in one gulp.

Zhen Yuan raised his glass again, "Zhen'er, you need to change your temper. You act impulsively. Forget about becoming Prince Rong. The Rong family won't let you in. And the evidence is that the prisoners on death row are trying to find someone to take the blame before they die. It's all fake. I've ruined it all."

Zhen Zhen didn't believe it, "It can't be fake."

"When a person is about to die, his words are good; if the person is unwilling to die, he will naturally drag someone else to die with him." Zhen Yuan smiled bitterly, "Actually... cousin, there is something I have been hiding from you."

"Cousin, what's the matter?"

"I have a concubine outside the city, whom I married seven years ago. She has given birth to two sons and a daughter for me. I will take her with me when I take up my post this time."

"What?" Zhen Bao jumped up.

Besides them, he has another son.

Zhen Yuan curled his lips and smiled bitterly, "Do you think I don't know that the second, third, and fourth concubines couldn't keep the babies because of you. Since we can't keep the babies in the mansion, then we should live outside the mansion.

The fifth aunt was the daughter of a convicted official. Her father committed a crime and was exiled to the northwestern border town. She was demoted to an official slave and was auctioned at the vegetable market that year. I bought the five of them, the master and the servant.

She was able to conceive and gave birth to three children after marrying me. She raised them very well.

Zhen Zhen held her belly, feeling a heart-wrenching pain.

Next up is Zhen Bao.

Yu and Zhen Zhu also held their stomachs.

Zhen Yuan drank the same wine and ate the same food, so why was he fine?

Yu remembered that it was the wine cup. He had been wiping the wine cup. Only the wine cup was different, everything else was the same.

"cousin……"

Yu was very tender-hearted.

Zhen Zhen yelled: "Father, my stomach hurts, please call a doctor, father——"

Zhen Yuan did not move, and said to his trusted girl, "Back off!"

The maid had a cold face. Although she was called a maid, she was actually his roommate. He had already agreed with her that when he got the office, he would make the maid his concubine.

He may not marry again, but he will have new concubines.

Zhen Bao said: "Father——"

Zhen Zhen had already understood what was going on, and she raised her arm and knocked the food on the table to the ground.

Zhen Yuan said: "I've had enough, I've had enough of you. Zhen Zhen is arrogant and willful. This time the Rong family made a big fuss and exposed the royal secrets. The emperor severely punished Miss Rong. How can you survive?

You must die. Only your death can save the Zhen family. It is also because of you that I was exiled to Fuzhou to serve as an official.

Zhen Bao, you didn't have to die, but what you said today is a capital crime. Su Su is of royal blood, and you actually wanted to confuse the royal heirs. Do you know that I can't afford to gamble now and can't make any more mistakes? Since you are so bold, you must die!

I am leaving Beijing, and I cannot leave behind such an arrogant person, and I cannot bring trouble to my mother and brother.

Yu, these are the children you gave birth to. They are incompetent and only do evil things. If a daughter is not educated, it is the mother's fault. You... deserve to die!

If you hadn't seduced me back then, giving me a reputation in the capital for having affairs with my cousin instead of marrying a wife, how could I have no noble ladies to marry, and how could I have been forced to plot against Su Wan?"

It turned out that he hated them.

So today's family dinner was a setup to kill them.

Zhen Zhu held her belly and said, "Father, what about me? I... I have always been very good, I..."