Marrying for someone else and being a widow? Stepmothers open classes to raise children

"May God have mercy on me and allow me to be reborn! In this life, I swear to marry Shen Jilian and become the wife of the Prime Minister, enjoying all the glory and wealth!"

"All of this will eventually belong to me, Gu Zhiping!"

"I will trample you under my feet so hard that you will never be able to stand up again!"

Gu Zhiping looked triumphantly at her cousin Gu Zhiyi, who was unable to move in the wedding sedan, and almost roared hysterically.

Gu Zhiyi was reborn, and before her consciousness had fully recovered, Gu Zhiping pretended to care for her and forced her to drink half a bowl of chicken soup.

The cousin secretly put enough knockout drug into the soup in advance, and Gu Zhiyi soon fell into a coma under the effect of the drug.

When he opened his eyes, he found himself lying in a wedding sedan. Gu Zhiping was standing outside, looking as if she had succeeded in her evil plan.

Gu Zhiyi did not dare to let her guard down and continued to pretend to be unconscious, so she overheard that Gu Zhiping had also been reborn!

In her previous life, Gu Zhiyi was forced to marry the poor scholar Shen Jilian.

When the cousin learned that Shen Jilian would become the prime minister in the future and have great power in the court, she exchanged the birth certificates of the two families without hesitation.

In order to escape the fate of being a widow in the Ningguo Mansion in her previous life, she planned to marry into the Shen family and push Gu Zhiyi into the fire pit of the Ningguo Mansion.

"Sister, in this life, it's your turn to be a widow! Hahaha!"

After saying this sarcastic remark, Gu Zhiping let down the curtain of the sedan chair and walked away like a proud peacock.

After a moment, Gu Zhiyi slowly opened her eyes and couldn't help but sneer.

How could this stupid bitch Gu Zhiping actually think that the Shen family is a great destination for her?

The Shen family has been farming for generations and is penniless. Father Shen is selfish, Mother Shen is mean, and Shen Jilian is even more of a rotten person.

If it weren't for her advice behind the scenes, he wouldn't have been able to find a way to become an official, let alone become a first-rank prime minister.

Since my cousin insists on marrying off someone else, let's just wait and see!

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Gu Zhiyi sat in the bridal sedan and was carried swayingly for two incense sticks of time. The effect of the knockout drug had worn off. She had just stretched when the sedan stopped.

She frowned and gently pushed open the curtain of the sedan chair. Through the red veil, she vaguely saw an extraordinary mansion. The vermilion gate was carved with intricate cloud and dragon patterns, and the stone lions in front of the gate were majestic. The lanterns with the word "happiness" on both sides swayed in the wind, reflecting a prosperous and festive scene.

Gu Zhiyi was helped down from the bridal sedan, stepped onto the bluestone path, and felt the coolness under her feet.

Looking up at the golden plaque of the Ningguo Mansion, he couldn't help but feel a little emotional.

To her, the Ningguo Mansion was both unfamiliar and full of expectations.

Seeing the bride getting out of the sedan chair, the crowd around them suddenly became excited, and all kinds of discussions arose one after another.

"I heard that Duke Ningguo is stationed in the northern border and has not returned yet. Doesn't that mean Miss Gu will marry a rooster soon?" A middle-aged man with pimples all over his face spoke in a sarcastic tone, causing laughter from the people around him.

"That's right, Miss Gu is so unlucky that she has to stay alone in her empty room on her first night after getting married."

"Is the Gu family so anxious to marry off their daughter? A daughter who is married off is like water spilled out!"

"I heard that Duke Ningguo didn't know about this marriage at all, and it was all arranged by the old lady secretly. Maybe she was worried that Duke Ningguo would regret the marriage, so she just made the decision first and reported it later!"

"So Miss Gu is really pitiful!"

"Yes yes yes!"

Gu Zhiyi walked towards the gate of the Duke's Mansion, listening to the discussions that were a mixture of ridicule and sympathy, but her heart was calm.

What outsiders don’t know is that Ningguo Duke Xie Henan had actually died in battle not long ago.

In his previous life, Xie Henan sacrificed his life for his country and his heroic soul is now outside. Only his three wives and concubines, five sons and two daughters are left in the Duke's Mansion.

However, none of these five sons became successful.

The eldest son, Xie Yunchen, was a lustful man who spent all his time in brothels and eventually contracted syphilis and died early.

The second eldest son, Xie Yunce, was an idle dandy, naughty and careless by nature, which eventually led to the decline of the Duke's family.

Xie Yunjie, the eldest son of a concubine, is cowardly and timid. He only knows how to agree with his brothers and never fights for any rights for himself. He is like a puppet, being manipulated by others.

Xie Yunxuan, the second son of a concubine, was rough and unrestrained, with great martial arts skills. However, due to his impulsiveness and recklessness, he repeatedly got into trouble. In a martial arts competition, he signed a life and death agreement and was beaten to death.

Xie Yunlin, the third son of a concubine, was smart and well-read. After he became the top scorer in the imperial examination and entered the officialdom, he became scheming and used all means to eliminate dissidents and covet power. Eventually, he was killed by an assassin sent by his political enemies in a party dispute.

As for the two daughters, the eldest daughter, Xie Huiyi, was obsessed with love affairs, but was abandoned by her husband after marriage and lived a lonely life.

Xie Huixuan, the second daughter of a concubine, had a gentle personality but was neglected by her parents since childhood. After she got married, she was unable to give birth to a child, and suffered from the cold eyes of her husband and the disgust of her parents-in-law. She died of depression before she was forty years old.

Nowadays, the old Duke and his wife are already gray-haired and weak, unable to shoulder the responsibility of educating their children and grandchildren. So, before the news reached the mansion, they hurriedly married a second wife for their son.

They carefully selected the famous family of scholars, and Mr. Gu was only a Hanlin scholar with a clean family background, so his legitimate daughter became the best candidate for this marriage.

This move can not only avoid future family disputes, but also eliminate the need to worry about divorce.

This was also one of the original reasons why Gu Zhiping resolutely decided to change her marriage, to escape the fate of being a widow.

However, Gu Zhiyi is full of longing for this kind of life. Because she does not need to work hard to maintain the complicated relationships between the elders, nor does she need to find ways to please her husband, and she does not need to keep giving birth to children for the mansion...

After all, five sons and two daughters are already noisy enough!

Moreover, the moment she stepped into the mansion, she became the mistress of the house, respected by everyone, wearing gold and jade, and eating the best food and drinking the best drinks.

In this turbulent world, what other kind of life can compare to this kind of comfort and freedom?

Gu Zhiyi moved lightly with lotus steps, and following the guidance of the bridesmaid, she stepped over the fire basin and walked into the wedding hall to prepare to worship the tied rooster.

In the wedding hall, incense burners are curling, red candles are burning, and there is a festive atmosphere.

Unexpectedly, at this moment, a man with crooked eyebrows and squinting eyes rushed in anxiously, shouting: "Wait! She is my wife, you can't get married here!"

The guests who were watching the ceremony were all stunned when they heard this, and they all turned their eyes to the man who appeared out of nowhere.

He was of burly build, and looked a little tired, but his slanted eyebrows and sharp eyes made it impossible to underestimate him.

After the man finished speaking, he took out a big red bellyband from his arms, showed it to everyone, and pointed at Gu Zhiyi and said, "To be honest, she is my fiancée! We have been childhood sweethearts and have already secretly decided to spend our lives together. She is not virgin now, so this red bellyband is the token of love she gave me. The word 'Ping' embroidered on it is the proof of her vow to me!"

When everyone heard this, they began to whisper to each other and discussions arose one after another.