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The Chu family and the Zhang family are old friends with similar social status, but in recent years, due to the death of Old Master Chu, the Chu family has gradually moved away from the political center.

When Old Master Chu was still alive, he had a verbal agreement with Old Master Zhang to marry the original owner to the eldest grandson of the Chu family.

The Zhang family also took into account their old friendship and did not mind that the Chu family was not as strong as before, so they were willing to fulfill the marriage contract.

But Chu Jin had a concubine who was very restless. At the poetry meeting organized by the princess, she begged the princess to accept her because she and Young Master Chu were truly in love.

The original owner was humiliated before she even got married. Mr. Zhang didn't expect Chu Jin to be so inconsiderate, and he didn't want to marry the original owner to suffer injustice.

But Old Lady Chu came to plead in person and promised to send the woman away and not hinder the marriage between the two families. She spoke pitifully and brought up Old Master Chu. Old Master Zhang softened his heart and reluctantly agreed.

Chu Jin's concubine was kept outside by him and behaved well until the night Chu Jin and the original owner got married, when she ran away with the baby.

The original owner was neglected on her wedding night. She watched her husband looking for a concubine all over the city, and she was deeply in love with him. She turned gray overnight.

Mrs. Chu and Madam Chu, who had tried their best to please the original owner before the marriage, were always picky about the original owner. Not only did they not pity the original owner, they also blamed the original owner for Chu Jin's physical problems.

Before the original owner could go home and complain, he was strangled to death by the drunk Chu Jin.

Fearing that she would be discovered by Old Master Zhang, Madam Chu burned the original owner's body, turning it into ashes.

Old Master Zhang regretted his decision and broke off all ties with the Chu family, but he could not find any evidence to help the original owner get justice, and he died of depression not long after.

In order to vent his anger on his concubine, Chu Jin bribed the original owner's personal maid and poisoned the masters of the Zhang family. As soon as Mr. Zhang passed away, Zhang's father, mother and the original owner's brothers were poisoned. Their health deteriorated and they died soon after.

Chu Jin brought his concubine and the child back, held a grand wedding, and relied on Old Man Chu's connections to get a government job in the capital.

Later, because he saved the prince's life, he was highly regarded by the prince and was promoted to the highest official rank.

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"Miss Zhang, the young master and I are truly in love. Please don't drive me away, Miss Zhang!"

Kneeling at his feet was a beautiful, graceful, and snow-white woman, crying like a pear blossom in the rain, which made people feel very sorry for her.

"Who is your young master? Why would I want to separate you?"

Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, Zhang Shan couldn't just kick her into the water to wake her up.

The woman, Jiang Fuqiu, was stunned. Although she knew that Zhang Shan was asking the question knowing the answer, she was still too anxious.

"My young master is... the eldest young master of the Chu family."

"Young Master Chu?" Zhang Shan smiled tenderly and affectionately.

"Don't worry young lady, I have no engagement with Young Master Chu, nor do we have any personal relationship. It's just that Master Chu has a personal relationship with my grandfather. I met him a few times when I was young. I can't remember what he looks like now."

"I admire your courage, and I hope you and Master Chu will live happily ever after."

Zhang Shan's explanation made Jiang Fuqiu feel a little embarrassed.

The Zhang family and the Chu family did not have a matchmaker, nor did they have an engagement, and outsiders did not know about it, so there was no need for Zhang Shan to make this matter public.

Since they are lovers, she is willing to help.

"Today's poetry gathering, I wonder if the young lady is interested in participating?"

Zhang Shan’s attitude was so good that Jiang Fuqiu couldn’t find any fault with her.

Jiang Fuqiu gritted her teeth secretly. She didn't expect Zhang Shan to be so vicious. If she wasn't a time-traveling girl, the original owner who was uneducated would have been embarrassed.

"Okay, thank you, Sister Zhang."

Zhang Shan kept her smile on her face and was not annoyed when a servant called her sister.

"Today is Mid-Autumn Festival. The theme of this poetry gathering is also about the Mid-Autumn Festival. The sisters have already submitted their poems. I wonder if Miss Jiang..."

Mid-Autumn Festival?

She had learned 3,000 ancient poems, many of which were about Mid-Autumn Festival. Jiang Fuqiu was full of confidence, but the brush in her hand was not obedient, and the words she wrote were hard to describe.

Jiang Fuqiu's smile froze on her face, but she quickly returned to normal. "I'm not used to the pens you have here. Can you prepare a charcoal pencil for me?"

Charcoal pencils are wooden sticks made from burning charcoal. They are generally used by children from poor families for writing. Many people look down on them.

But the eldest princess was very tolerant and generous, and sent someone to the kitchen to get charcoal.

After the charcoal pencil arrived, Jiang Fuqiu started writing directly on the rice paper as if by magic, but the words she wrote were incomplete.

Even Zhang Shan, who has lived in the modern world, can see that four of the seven words are typos.

Good man, are you using homophones here?

After it was finished, the first person to admire it was the eldest princess, who then withdrew her gaze indifferently.

Jiang Fuqiu was a little displeased when she saw this, "Your Highness, is there something wrong with my poem?"

"Is this a poem you wrote?"

"nature."

Although she didn't do it, there are no such people in this world, so if she took it out, doesn't that mean she did it?

Jiang Fuqiu was calm and composed, but the eldest princess was already a little angry.

She was already unhappy that her poetry meeting was interrupted by such a servant, but she didn't expect that this servant would lie all the time and use such things to fool her. Did he really think she was made of clay?

At this time, Chu Jin arrived late, "Chu Jin greets Her Royal Highness the Princess, may Her Royal Highness live a thousand years."

The princess lowered her eyes, "Chu Jin, which Chu family is it?"

"My father is Chu Xingzhou, and my grandfather is Chu Lian, the Minister of the Imperial Household Department."

"Chu Lian? I remember that the Guanglu Temple Minister's surname was not Chu. Aunt Xing, could it be that I remembered it wrong?"

Chu Jin got himself into a big mess, and only the late Grandpa Chu Lian of the Chu family became somewhat well-known. The others were either of the fifth rank or did not engage in politics.

"My grandfather was the former Minister of Imperial Households. He passed away due to illness a few years ago."

"Oh, that's how it is."

Doesn’t the princess remember?

She just wanted to embarrass Chu Jin and humiliate him.

Chu Jin was not stupid either. He took Jiang Fuqiu to stand aside and wait for the result of the poetry competition.

"The first place is Miss Li Qi, the youngest daughter of the Minister of Imperial Households."

Jiang Fuqiu couldn't believe it and grabbed the maid who delivered the message, "How is it possible? There must be something behind it!"

She didn't believe that she would lose. That was a masterpiece that would be passed down through the ages, and yet it couldn't compare to these useless birds in cages?

Chu Jin knew how talented Jiang Fuqiu was, but he didn't believe it, so he let Jiang Fuqiu make a fuss.

"You bold servant, are you questioning the character of Her Royal Highness the Princess?"

Jiang Fuqiu looked unconvinced, but she still explained obediently: "I am not questioning the princess, I am suspecting that someone is trying to trip me up and affect the fairness of the poetry gathering!"

Jiang Fuqiu was hinting at something, but Zhang Shan was too calm and just watched her perform.

The princess was not annoyed, "Then what do you think is fair?"

Jiang Fuqiu thought the princess was easy to talk to, so she felt even more proud. "Take out my poem and let everyone vote!"

The eldest princess agreed and invited the young masters from the outer courtyard to come.

When Jiang Fuqiu's poem was hung up, the garden was as quiet as a chicken. Finally, a young man dressed in fancy clothes exclaimed: "Isn't this one of the millions of poems? This young man remembers that this is Su Shi's poem!"

"What? How come Su Shi is here?" The surprise on Jiang Fuqiu's face couldn't be faked.

The noble ladies and princesses at the scene all smiled in the same way, while Chu Jin frowned and asked, "What Su Shi? How come I have never heard of him? This is clearly a poem written by Fuqiu."

At this time, the kind-hearted young man handed a thick collection of poems to Chu Jin. Chu Jin had good eyesight and saw the poem that Jiang Fuqiu had just written at a glance. What's more, the poem was not copied correctly and there were a lot of typos.

This is very embarrassing.

No matter how much Chu Jin liked Jiang Fuqiu, he could not go against his conscience and accuse others of plagiarizing Jiang Fuqiu's poems. He could only cover his face and run away.

"Chu Jin, where are you going? Wait for me!"

Although the poetry gathering was disrupted, everyone felt as if they had made a fool of themselves, and only the eldest princess felt relieved as she was hurt.

The eldest princess is a very stingy person, otherwise she would not have gone over countless people and brought up the girl from the Guanglu Temple Minister's family to slap Chu Jin in the face.

When Zhang Shan returned home, she went straight to Master Zhang's study and told him everything that happened at the poetry party without hiding anything.

"Forget it, the Chu family is so unclear about it, they are not worthy of my grandson."

In the previous life, the original owner took the Chu family's reputation into consideration and did not speak too seriously. Mr. Zhang did not see it with his own eyes, so he let Old Lady Chu cover it up.

"The Chu family and the Zhang family have never been engaged. Grandfather, your granddaughter doesn't understand what you are saying."

Mr. Zhang was stunned for a moment, then he laughed out loud, "Yes, yes, yes!"

After Chu Jin returned home, he asked his servants to go outside to collect the poems he didn't know. When he brought them back and took a look at them, he felt a black screen before his eyes.

"Chu Jin..."

Jiang Fuqiu was a little scared when she saw Chu Jin’s dark face.

"You said before that these were all poems you wrote. Can you explain them?"

Jiang Fuqiu looked at the familiar poem and she felt terrible. She was pretending to be cool but got slapped in the face so quickly, and it was a series of palm strikes.

"I……"

There was no way to explain it. Jiang Fuqiu was so angry that she cursed the person who took out these poems a thousand times.

There must be other time travelers in this world. She wants to find that person and kill him/her. There can only be one time traveler, and there can only be one protagonist!

Jiang Fuqiu, representing the Chu family, single-handedly offended half of the noble ladies in the capital, especially the emperor's younger sister, Princess Rongcheng.

Chu Jin was punished to kneel in the ancestral hall, and Jiang Fuqiu was also beaten with a stick. Even though she screamed and shouted, no one came to save her. After being beaten with thirty sticks, she was half dead.

Old Madam Chu found that the Zhang family had no reaction at all. At first she felt fortunate, but as time went on, she became more and more uneasy.

In the end, he couldn't sit still anymore and brought Chu Jin to the door.

"Mrs. Chu, long time no see. How are you?" She was greeted by Zhang's mother.

Mother Zhang greeted them warmly, without any sign of familiarity at all. This was the upbringing of a noble family, impeccable. Old Madam Chu could not find any clues from her face.

"My children and grandchildren are not good enough. I can't change them no matter how hard I try. You are lucky to have filial children. You will become a grandmother in a few months, unlike me, who is such a bad boy..."

Old Madam Chu glared at Chu Jin with resentment, and Chu Jin quickly begged for mercy and actively cooperated with Old Madam Chu's performance.

He had always known that their Chu family was on the decline, and if he could not marry a noblewoman of equal status, the Chu family would be basically finished.

In the past, he was extremely reluctant but had to obey the arrangements of his elders. However, ever since he lost face at the eldest princess' poetry gathering, the news had spread throughout the capital, and no noble lady would be willing to marry him and help the Chu family.

Therefore, the Zhang family has become his best choice now.

"Chu Jin is handsome and extraordinary, so he won't have to worry about finding a wife. Don't worry about it, your sister. Your descendants will have their own blessings. You just need to wait to hold your grandchildren."

Mother Zhang kept smiling. She was not secretly pleased by Mrs. Chu's compliments, nor was she dissatisfied by the mention of Chu Jin's marriage. It was as if it had nothing to do with her.

Old Madam Chu secretly resented Zhang's mother, thinking that she was too difficult to deal with. She also thought that the Zhang family was snobbish and looked down on them after their family lost power.

Madam Chu felt that if she continued to play Tai Chi with Zhang's mother, her trip today would be in vain, so she got straight to the point and said, "Has your little daughter not found a husband yet? Take a look at my Chu Jin. Is he worthy of your attention? When my master was still alive, he wanted our girl Shan to marry into our family, but unfortunately he passed away early and left before he could see Chu Jin get married. Alas..."