I fought back after reselling my engagement

Unable to let the first branch of the family die out, Zheng became pregnant and gave birth to two sons and a daughter. Looking at her three sons, she liked them better than Yu's three. All three children were handsome.

"In that case, let's do as mother wishes."

Zhen Yuan had the same concerns as the old lady.

This is good. Since the old lady wants to keep someone here, she will protect the four of them, mother and children.

The eldest wife had some family property in the capital, so she picked out the deeds of the farms and shops and gave them to Zheng, asking her to manage them.

Zheng had no maternal family, and her father was exiled to the northwest. She had not been in contact with him for many years, and she had no relatives to visit. Given her personality, she would just take care of her three children. With a little income and the old lady watching over her, nothing serious would happen.

On the last day, Zhen Yuan went to see his second brother Zhen Xiao and his wife in the morning, and told them about the disappearance of Yu's mother and son. He even said that he suspected that Yu's mother and son had secretly gone to Fuzhou.

Zhen Xiao didn't believe this.

Mrs. Dong believed it, "Did they know that you let your mistress, Mrs. Zheng, and her son into the house?"

"I was going to Fuzhou to take up my post, and I had to get my three children into the family tree. She started arguing with us at the family dinner. She was a concubine herself, so why didn't she let her children recognize their ancestors? She really thought she was the wife. I said I would take Zheng and her son with me to take up my post, but she refused again. Not only did she argue, but Zhen Zhen and Zhen Bao also followed suit. I was so angry that I went out of the city first, thinking of taking Zheng home the next day.

I was afraid that Yu's mother and son would do something to hurt Zheng's mother and son. Zheng was young and her children were small, so there was no way they could stop them.

When I came back early yesterday morning, I was gone. She thought she had run away early. If I don’t drink Zheng’s tea, Zheng will have no status. I asked Zheng to serve tea directly to mother. Mother also said that for the sake of the three children, she would give Zheng the status of a co-wife…”

Zhen Xiao felt that the mysterious disappearance of Yu's mother and son did not seem like they had sneaked away to Fuzhou, so it was very likely that they had died.

When I think about Zhen Zhen’s fuss and her criticism of the royal secrets, if she doesn’t die, who will?

Like everyone else, Zhen Xiao suspected that the Supervisory Guards were responsible for the murder.

Since Zhen Zhen was going to die, and she was with the Yu family, the four of them were killed together to vent their anger.

Zhen Yuan said, "Second brother, when I'm not around, I'll have to trouble you to take care of Zheng's mother and son. I wanted to take them with me, but mother said the children are too young and weak to withstand the ordeal. Wait until I've settled them there first."

On this day, Zhen Yuan visited the second branch's family, and went to the house of his former superior to say goodbye. Even his superior knew that Yu's mother and son had sneaked to Fuzhou, and they opposed him giving Zheng's mother and son a legal status.

The superior was a shrewd man and felt that Zhen Yuan was overacting. Perhaps Zhen Yuan himself had guessed that the Yu mother and son were dead, which was disrespectful to the emperor and he deserved to die. If he said so, the superior pretended not to know.

The death of Yu's mother and son did not cause even a ripple in the capital, especially since Zhen Zhen had caused such a big fuss that day, but with her gone, there was nothing left.

In the afternoon, Zhen Yuan went to the government office and transferred all the land and shop documents in Yu's hands to Zheng's name. He had wanted to leave them to Zheng earlier, and now these were all ready. If he hadn't been packing up, he wouldn't have discovered that Yu had hidden away some money and accumulated a fortune that even he didn't know about.

Zheng had farms and shops, so she called the steward over to talk to him and gave him some advice. From now on, this would be the property for her and her three children.

Zhen Yuan packed his bags early in the morning, selected servants and maids to accompany him, and took his second aunt to board the Fuzhou ship at the Beijing dock.

The old lady had a headache, but she still forced herself to stand at the dock with Zheng's mother and son to see them off. Zhen Xiao and his son also came to see them off.

"Qiuniang, I'm not here. You have to be filial to your mother and take good care of the children. I'm leaving..."

Zhen Yuan waved goodbye with tears in his eyes, and the second aunt helped him board the ship. This time, he was accompanied by a maid, three big girl servants, and ten strong servants and guards.

The waterways in the south of the Yangtze River were relatively peaceful, and the pirates had been cleared out by the supervisory guards and military generals.

When Zhen Yuan boarded the ship, he found that there was another official on board who was also going to Fuzhou to take up his post. He was a young man from a noble family in the capital. He was going to a county in Fuzhou with his newly married wife to serve as a county magistrate. So he started talking to him.

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Yueyang Prefecture, Baixian Villa.

Su Zhen heard about Zhen Yuan, "He poisoned and killed the four people of the Yu family?"

"They also spread the news that the mother and son of the Yu family were missing and must have fled to Fuzhou. However, any smart person in the capital would suspect that the Supervisory Guards were responsible for the murder."

Chunmei was quite unhappy when she said this. Whenever someone went missing, it could be that it was done by their Supervisory Guards.

Su Zhen turned around and asked, "All four are dead?"

"Zhen Zhen and Zhen Bao died. They were poisoned too deeply. However, Yu Shi and Zhen Zhu woke up after being unconscious for two days."

"Can you survive if you're buried underground?"

Is this really a ghost?

Chunmei replied, "It has not been buried yet. Zhen Yuan gave two of his trusted followers ten taels of silver to bury him, but they saved trouble and gave three taels of silver to the charity cemetery to ask them to bury him.

There were so many dead bodies in the charity cemetery that there were only two disabled men left to look after them. They thought they could take their time, and by the third day, Yu and Zhen Zhu had woken up. "

The poison was smeared on the cups and pouring wine would dilute it partially. Zhen Zhen and Zhen Bao drank the most wine, so they were poisoned the most severely.

Yu and her daughter Zhen Zhu only drank two cups and woke up after being in a coma for two days. Although they were still weak, they had escaped the disaster. Yu sold her jewelry and asked a doctor to prescribe medicine to detoxify her.

When she recovered, she sneaked back to the Zhen family, but heard the servants talking about how they were actually killed by the supervisory guards.

The Supervisory Guards never failed in their killings.

Chunmei continued, "The mother and daughter of the Yu family still don't believe that Zhen Yuan would kill anyone, nor did they think that the poison was smeared on the wine cup. They just thought that the supervisory guards wanted to kill them. They didn't dare to show up, so they sneaked back to Zhen's house, packed up their belongings, and quietly followed him to Fuzhou."

Su Zhen felt that Yu was smart throughout her life. Even in the end, she still trusted Zhen Yuan so much. Until her death, she did not think that it was Zhen Yuan who wanted to kill them. Instead, she believed that it was the Supervisory Guard who wanted to kill people and Zhen Yuan did not dare to protect them.

Zhen Zhu holds the same view.

"Mother, my elder sister is really a nuisance. She talked about the emperor and committed disrespect. She caused us to die together. Poor elder brother was also poisoned to death..."

"Don't mention this matter again. If they knew we were alive, they would definitely attack us again. Let's go to Fuzhou quietly to reunite with your father. Be careful on the road."

When Su Zhen heard this, Chunmei said, "The mother and daughter waited for ten days and boarded the Yangzhou ship. They originally wanted to go to Yangzhou and then transfer to the ship to Fuzhou. Alas, they were not lucky. They met a couple of beggars. After getting close to them, they sold the mother and daughter in Jiangnan."

"Where did you sell it?"

"Although Yu was older, she was pretty; Zhen Zhu was young and pretty, and was sold to a brothel in Yangzhou. I heard that the madam knew they could read and write, so she gave them a high price of 220 taels of silver."

Yu was a bully at home, but once he got out into the world, he was deceived and sold out, only then did he realize what was going on.

In this life, they will never be able to be near Zhen Yuan again.