I unlocked the heroine's chance in the book exile

When General Li saw the brother and sister, he realized that they were just like their father, good at acting.

But thinking that he was the child of my old friend after all, I turned a blind eye to it.

"What do you mean by exile? Who are you to dare to break into Zhou's mansion?"

Zhou Jinyan looked at the people with knives and her body couldn't stop shaking. How was it possible? How could their Zhou family be exiled?

Zhou Jinran, who wanted to run out to find Bai, was blocked by a soldier.

"Why are you running? Go to the front yard and take her and the people in the yard over there."

"Yes, General Li."

These people knew that General Li was an old acquaintance of the brother and sister's father, and they saw that the brother and sister did not enjoy the blessings in the Zhou family, but instead had to suffer with them.

And looking at the little girl's yard, I'm afraid even mice wouldn't want to visit it, let alone worry about them hiding things.

Therefore, when General Li asked them to escort the people out, they didn't have to object. Maybe they could find a chance to take advantage of the situation if they went there now.

After Zhou Jinyan and the remaining maids were taken away, General Li took out a few silver bills from his sleeves. It was obvious at a glance that there were about two hundred taels of silver.

"I see that you all know what's going on, so I won't say much. Keep this banknote safe, and don't be reluctant to give it away when you need it during your exile.

When you leave this courtyard, pretend not to recognize me, otherwise if the Zhou family finds out, they will pester you."

Zhou Jinran looked at her brother. They had no shortage of money, but she didn't know whether to take it.

After all, their current status is that of descendants of criminals.

"Uncle Li, we still have some money left by our parents, so we can't take yours."

"Take it. The money your parents left behind is needed to treat Ranran's illness. When we get to Nan Ze, there will be a lot of money to spend. Uncle Li's family is big and powerful, so we don't need this.

If I wasn't afraid that you couldn't keep it, Uncle Li would have given you more. Don't feel burdened. Just think of it as Uncle Li repaying your father's favor."

As time was running out, Zhou Jinan didn't hesitate and directly handed the money to Zhou Jinran. After thanking Uncle Li, the three of them went to the front yard.

As for General Li's talk of returning a favor, it was just an excuse.

Zhou Jinran's yard was remote, so when the three of them arrived at the front yard, almost all of Zhou's family members had gathered.

The scene was completely silent. Looking closely, one could see that the people kneeling on the ground were trying to shrink themselves in fear.

Zhou Jinran quietly raised his eyes and saw a person lying on the ground who had been knocked unconscious.

That person seemed to be from the main house, and was the concubine of Zhou Jinyan's father's half-brother. She was very favored on weekdays and was considered one of the arrogant and domineering people in the Zhou Mansion.

Now seeing her half-dead appearance, she must have offended the people who were confiscating her property.

However, the arrival of Zhou Jinran and her brother did not attract the attention of others, except for Zhou Jinyan's murderous gaze.

The two siblings, who had just knelt obediently behind the crowd, saw the old man being supported by someone.

When Old Master Zhou arrived at the scene, he originally wanted to take Qiao's advantage. After all, it is easy for people to forget their place when they live long enough.

Fortunately, this old man had lived so long that he had some skills in avoiding danger, so when he saw the official signaling the soldiers to raise the whips in their hands, the old man knew the situation and knelt down in the front.

"Okay, now that everyone is here, let's announce the decree."

The eunuch who delivered the imperial edict spread out the imperial edict with an arrogant look and looked at the Zhou family with contempt.

As the eunuch reading out the Zhou family's crimes word by word, the crowd began to become restless again.

They knew about the embezzlement of disaster relief funds and the attempt to rebel, but how come the marriage with the Jiang family became a reason for the confiscation of property?

The girls in the crowd were as gloating and hateful as they were yesterday when they envied Zhou Jinyan.

Zhou Jinyan took all the advantages and disadvantages, so they were the innocent victims.

If Zhou Jinran knew what they were thinking, he would definitely put them in a sack. How dare they say that they were innocent victims? Bah, how shameless.

The crowd began to get agitated, and Old Master Zhou's cries drowned out all other sounds.

"Father-in-law, my Zhou family is a century-old family, how could there be treason and corruption? Is this a mistake?

If your majesty had said earlier that we couldn't marry into the Jiang family, then my Zhou family would have just withdrawn, so why did it come to the point of confiscating our property?"

"Are you questioning the emperor's decision?

Humph, you still have the nerve to talk about a century-old family. Everyone in Beijing knows that your Zhou family got its start with the help of the old lady.

Normally, the Zhou family should be grateful after they got rich, but you guys complained that the old lady was too strong and forced her to death. If the old lady hadn't said before she died that she didn't want to have anything to do with the Zhou family anymore, I'm afraid that by then, your family would have been driven out of the capital by the late emperor."

As soon as the eunuch who delivered the imperial edict finished speaking, everyone except those who knew about the matter looked at Master Zhou in shock.

When Old Master Zhou saw that the matter he had covered up well was revealed, his face turned as pale as liver.

The eunuch who delivered the imperial edict looked at Old Master Zhou's expression, as if he was afraid that he had not been upset enough, and continued to speak to the kneeling man,

"You illegitimate children probably don't know that Old Master Zhou, Uncle Zhou, and Uncle Zhou Zhou, who always look down on illegitimate children, are all illegitimate children, right?

It's normal that you don't know. After all, the old lady's son changed his surname to Zhou and left the family tree.

That's why you have been looked down upon by other illegitimate children over the years, and I'm afraid you have suffered a lot.

In order to make it clear to you that the legitimate children who have been suppressing you are actually of the same status as you, His Majesty is afraid that you will continue to be ordered around inexplicably during your future exile, so he kindly informs you that you are of the same status as them, and you don’t have to worry about the distinction between legitimate and illegitimate children.”

The eunuch's sarcastic words made the legitimate descendants of the first and second wives panic.

Old Master Zhou, who had already been angry, fainted.

Next, the officials who were confiscating property did not care about the people who had fainted, and began to check the people to be exiled one by one.

And while checking, he also took off the jewelry that people were wearing.

On the other side, Zhou Jinran, who saw that it was not his turn yet, was quietly talking to the sign-in system.

"Xiao Jiu, this scene doesn't seem to be in the plot. The eunuch who delivered the imperial edict did this. It seems that there will be something interesting to watch on the road to exile."

[Host, according to monitoring, the original eunuch who delivered the imperial edict was the Third Prince's man, but for some reason, he revealed his identity in advance this time.

So it was the turn of the emperor's personal eunuch to convey the imperial eunuch. This eunuch had grown up with the emperor and knew everything that had happened in the capital in the past.

Especially at that time, the Zhou family incident was a big deal, so everyone who was older knew about it. But later, as the Zhou family gradually became more powerful, no one brought it up again.]