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

Ever since Dun Guogong bid farewell to the prosperous Shengjing, Gu Zhiyi's life has returned to peace and harmony.

What made her even happier was that the old lady of the Xie family also ended her seclusion in the countryside and returned home. She finally got rid of the burden that bound Xie Xun.

In the following days, she closed the door of Jinghong Garden and announced to the public that she had unfortunately suffered from a severe cold. In order to prevent innocent people from being attacked by the disease, she politely declined all visitors.

So, when the Eighth Wise King took great pains to rescue Chao Yunxuan and wanted to settle accounts with Gu Zhiyi, he saw Luluo with tears in her eyes and said sadly: "My young lady is indeed sick..."

As if to confirm her words, a heart-wrenching cough was immediately heard in the yard.

Xie Xun, who had come specially to stop the Eighth Sage King from making trouble and intended to find out why Gu Zhiyi had deliberately misreported the address the first time, could only smile helplessly at this moment: "..."

The Eighth Wise King certainly couldn't bear the bad reputation of bullying the sick.

Although deep down he didn't believe that the woman who was so energetic in the morning would become terminally ill in such a short time, he couldn't continue to intrude.

After all, he still has to consider his own face.

"Since your master is ill in bed, you should rest well."

He emphasized the word "well".

When he thought of how Yunxuan almost suffered bullying from those evil guys, he gritted his teeth and hated the culprit who caused all this.

He secretly made up his mind that the next time he saw Gu Zhiyi, he would not be as kind as he was today.

What the Eighth Wise King had not anticipated was that Gu Zhiyi's vitality was extremely tenacious, and the next time they met, before he could make a move, he had lost the chance to do so forever.

During this time, Duke Dun followed Gu Zhiyi's instructions and finally found his lost sister.

Just as Gu Zhiyi said, my sister's family was indeed in trouble.

The local county magistrate's son was extremely greedy and coveted his sister's granddaughter-in-law. After being bribed by bribes, he even tried to take her away by violence.

His plan was to put the Tang family to death first, and then force the granddaughter-in-law to throw herself into his arms in order to obtain peace for her family.

When Duke Dun rushed to the scene, the conspiracy of the county magistrate's son had reached the most critical juncture: he falsely accused the Tang family's son and daughter-in-law of murder and threw them into prison.

In order to protect his son, the county magistrate was even willing to risk human life and was ready to execute the death penalty three days later.

The moment Duke Dun arrived was exactly the last day before the execution.

Fortunately, the execution time in ancient times was set at three quarters after noon, and he arrived in the morning.

After confirming that the old lady of the Tang family was indeed his sister, he immediately sent people to find out the truth of the whole incident in detail.

After hearing the news that his nephew and his nephew's wife were about to be beheaded unjustly, he resolutely led a group of people to attack the county government office, tied up the extremely corrupt county magistrate and his unfilial son, and threw them into a cage for dereliction of duty and abuse of power.

Within half an hour, the majestic Duke Dunguo had learned the next sinister plan of the county magistrate's son from the confessions of the county magistrate's son and his entourage.

His sister, Mrs. Tang, had two sons and two daughters. Unfortunately, the eldest son and his wife were the first to be wrongly accused. After the eldest son and his wife were beheaded, the county magistrate's son repeated the same trick and fabricated an equally deadly crime for the second son and his wife, attempting to push them into the abyss of death one by one.

Their conspiracy gradually destroyed the foundation of the Tang family and the psychological defenses of Mrs. Tang's granddaughter-in-law, and finally left only a lonely old lady, which they used as a bargaining chip to force the granddaughter-in-law to surrender.

The reason why Madam Tang was left alone was that once the Tang family bloodline was cut off, the granddaughter-in-law would lose all her support, and she might choose to follow the Tang family. However, Madam Tang was old and weak, and she had not recovered since her body was damaged when she gave birth to her last child. Such a weak old woman could not stop the atrocities of the evil county magistrate's family, let alone take revenge.

However, no matter how ingeniously these people calculated, they ignored human nature and the limits of human endurance. Once the Tang family really only had Madam Tang and her granddaughter-in-law, the granddaughter-in-law might choose to compromise for the sake of her grandmother as they wished. But Madam Tang...she was already weak and sickly, and this series of blows would undoubtedly completely destroy her spirit and body.

Although all this has not happened yet, when reading the detailed frame-up plan in the testimony, Duke Dun couldn't help but feel a chill in his heart. He firmly believed in Gu Zhiyi's judgment - once his eldest nephew and his nephew's wife were beheaded, the tragedy of the Tang family would begin, and his sister would not survive.

He was both angry and grateful. He was angry that these despicable and shameless parasites who were in office for nothing actually dared to take human lives and push his sister's family into a desperate situation as officials of the court. At the same time, he was also glad that he listened to Gu Zhiyi's advice and rode his horse as fast as he could without slacking off all the way to here.

He simply couldn't imagine what would have happened if he hadn't arrived in time.

A few days later, Duke Dun finally finished handling the Tang family affairs, and returned to the prosperous Shengjing with excitement and gratitude. This time, he not only returned alone, but also brought his sister with him to visit Gu Zhiyi in person to express his sincere gratitude.

Gu Zhiyi felt the new glory and virtue around her, and did not refuse the thank-you gift from the Duke of Dun. Seeing Gu Zhiyi accept the gift, the Duke of Dun finally felt relieved and smiled with satisfaction: "From now on, the wife of the Duke of Ning's mansion will be the distinguished guest of my Duke of Dun's mansion." Even the Duke of Ning himself had never enjoyed such courtesy.

Old Madam Xie smiled and held Gu Zhiyi's hands tightly, saying affectionately: "Your Majesty, you are so polite. Our Zhiyi may seem indifferent on the surface, but she is full of enthusiasm in her heart. She accomplished such a great feat without making any noise."

Gu Zhiyi glanced at the newly added boxes of gifts in the courtyard and magnanimously declined Madam Xie's flattery: "Mother, I did not tell fortunes for the Duke for free. However, these gifts are too generous. I will only take 10,000 taels of silver as a reward. I hope the Duke will take back the rest of the gifts."

If it wasn't for balancing the power of the Eighth Sage King, she wouldn't have involved Duke Dun in this dispute. She did change the fate of the old lady of the Tang family, so it was natural for her to accept the reward. However, she would not covet ill-gotten gains.

Faced with Gu Zhiyi's insistence, Duke Dunguo no longer insisted and took out 10,000 taels of silver from the gifts. He then gave the remaining gifts to Duke Ningguo and his wife to thank them for raising a capable and kind daughter-in-law. As for who these gifts would eventually fall into, it was no longer his business.