Locked: God is the matchmaker, neither you nor I can escape

After breakfast, Yan Yiyi and Xin Ye continued to wander around the capital, but they felt that there was nothing interesting to see.

The capital city is indeed prosperous, but either I encountered this official lady and another official lady being weird in this shop, or I saw a dandy young man who took advantage of his family's official status to show off his power. It was really not a good impression.

Compared to the capital, Yan Yiyi felt that Sand City was more interesting. At least if she was dissatisfied, she could just roll up her sleeves and fight. As long as no one was killed, the government would not intervene.

Furthermore, Hua Mange has something on the prefect of Shacheng. Even if she doesn't support the Hua family, at least she won't bully them by relying on her power. In Shacheng, she can do whatever she wants.

On the contrary, there are restrictions everywhere in the capital.

It’s not that I’m afraid of offending people. At worst, I can seek revenge at night. But I can only do it at night. I can’t beat the national laws by fighting openly and honestly.

Although she grew up in the end times and killed people like crazy, she did not want to destroy this relatively peaceful world just because of her momentary unhappiness.

Moreover, she had a premonition that as long as she took action to disrupt the balance of this world, the person above would probably destroy her. She was not an idiot and would not do such a stupid thing as to perish along with the world for a momentary anger.

After having lunch outside, Xin Ye and Yan Yiyi returned to Hua Mansion.

As soon as she came back, Hua Yanzhi presented the relevant information she had investigated.

The Miss Gu I met today is the eldest daughter of the General Protecting the Nation, Gu Chengjiao. Her eldest brother is the General Protecting the Nation, Gu Chengen, and her second brother is Gu Chengqing who is taking part in the imperial examination today.

Gu Chengjiao is eighteen years old this year. She is the daughter of the old couple of the Gu family and has been favored since childhood.

Logically speaking, Gu Chengjiao's status should not be such that she would not be able to get married at the age of 18. The main reason was that she was in mourning. Three years ago, Madam Gu passed away, and the plan to find a match for Gu Chengjiao was delayed. As a result, Gu Chengqing did not take part in the imperial examination that year, and it was delayed until this year.

Gu Cheng'en was originally supposed to stay at home in mourning, but due to the instability in the north, the emperor issued an order to reinstate him after just three months. Naturally, some people in the court opposed this, but the emperor was strong-willed and fully supported Gu Cheng'en. The war in the north did not become turbulent because of his presence.

This shows how deeply General Gu is favored by the Emperor.

The other wife of Zeng Ershao was the daughter of the Marquis of Ping'an. The Marquis of Ping'an was once the confidant of the late emperor. However, after the old Marquis of Ping'an passed away, the prince succeeded to the throne, and the father of Mrs. Zeng Ershao became the new Marquis of Ping'an, but he did not make any political achievements.

Coupled with the change of imperial power, the decline of Ping'an Marquis Mansion was also reasonable.

The new Marquis of Ping'an was unable to establish himself, and relying on the influence of the previous generation, he lived a life of drunkenness and debauchery. The emperor saw that he did not cause any big trouble, but just took in more concubines and had more children, and thought that all the quarrels were family affairs, and he did not intervene to govern.

In order to get close to the Shangshu Mansion, Marquis Ping'an would rather let his legitimate daughter marry the Shangshu Mansion's illegitimate son. With this marriage relationship, life in the Marquis Ping'an Mansion is indeed much more comfortable than before.

Others can ignore the impoverished Marquis' Mansion, but they cannot ignore the powerful Shangshu.

As for this Minister Zeng, he is quite interesting. He has some small connection with Yan Yiyi and others.

Previously, when Yan Yiyi and others passed by Gaohuai County, they accidentally witnessed a farce at the Flower God Festival. Also, because Master Xia placed an order at Huaman Pavilion, Huaman Pavilion disrupted the marriage between the eldest daughter of the Ruan family and the eldest son of the Zeng family.

The Zeng family of Gaohuai County is a branch of the Zeng family of Shangshu Zeng. In terms of blood relationship, Shangshu Zeng and Mr. Zeng of Gaohuai County are cousins. Their fathers are brothers, but Shangshu Zeng's father is a legitimate son, while Mr. Zeng's father is a illegitimate son.

After the Zeng family split up, Mr. Zeng's father was arranged to return to his hometown to inherit the property there.

After the eldest daughter of the Ruan family was broken off from engagement, her reputation was damaged, so she was sent to the capital by her father. Through the introduction and manipulation of others, she became the seventeenth concubine of Marquis Ping'an.

The eldest daughter of the Ruan family was able to be re-elected as the envoy of the Flower Goddess Festival, which showed that she had some strength. In addition, she had no other choice and was arranged to learn the means to please men. Since entering the Marquis of Ping'an's mansion, she became the Marquis of Ping'an's most beloved concubine.

Relying on the favor of Marquis Ping'an and the constant flow of money from her family, she quickly gained a foothold in the mansion. However, the struggle in the back house was not so easy, and she urgently needed a child.

Ping'an Hou's body had long been hollowed out, so it was obviously impossible for him to have children.

When she learned that the fifth daughter of her family had married the illegitimate son of Minister Zeng, she immediately came up with a plan. In order to take revenge on the Zeng family for breaking up the marriage and also to have a child of her own, she framed the second son of Zeng and had an affair with him.

Miss Ruan was tactful enough not to make a scene. Instead, she acted as if she had been wronged, but still thought about him and suppressed the matter.

There is a saying that goes, "A wife is not as good as a concubine, a concubine is not as good as a secret lover, and a secret lover is not as good as not being able to steal at all." Young Master Zeng fell into the trap that Miss Ruan had carefully set for him.

And his wife's aunt from her family... This forbidden ethics aroused the second son Zeng's hidden abnormal psychology, and he gradually sank into it.

Mrs. Zeng Ershao often boasted in her circle how much her husband loved her. Whenever she went back to her parents' home, he would follow her, little did she know that he was going to see her aunt.

The second son of Zeng also got inspiration from Miss Ruan. He designed a plan for his legitimate brother to sleep with the wife of the second young master of Zeng. Then he caught them in bed and pretended to be magnanimous and forgave his brother. He also acted like he was thinking about his eldest brother in everything, respecting him and being loyal to him.

You know, the Zeng family has quite a few illegitimate sons, seven or eight!

He was the only legitimate son, so it was imperative for the eldest son Zeng to win over the other brothers and secure his position. Unexpectedly, the second son took the initiative to surrender, and there was also the matter with his wife...

If the second brother made a fuss at this moment, he would surely be disliked by his father. Therefore, the eldest son Zeng believed in the surrender of the second son Zeng. The relationship between the two brothers was still very distant on the surface, but very close in private, so close that the second son Zeng knocked out the second young master Zeng's wife again and again and sent her to the eldest brother's bed, and he also kept watch for the two of them.

The eldest son of Zeng also fell into this incestuous stimulation and made the wife of the second son of Zeng pregnant.

At the same time, Miss Ruan also became pregnant. In order to give birth to two children on the same day, Mr. Zeng made the wife of Mr. Zeng slip and cause a miscarriage.

The two gave birth to children on the same day, so it was not difficult for the second son of Zeng to exchange the two children. Moreover, his own son could be raised under his nose and enjoy the wealth and splendor of the Shangshu Mansion, while his eldest brother's daughter could only stay in the backyard of the Marquis of Ping'an's Mansion and be bullied by the wives and concubines in the backyard of the Marquis of Ping'an.

Mr. Zeng felt happy just thinking about it!

Master Zeng felt that having just a daughter was not enough. What he wanted was for his eldest brother's son to also have a taste of being a bastard, and he was planning to do it again.