Having transmigrated into a book, who would still want to be a secondary wife?

"Mother, do you still remember who he is?" Huang Qingqing asked expectantly.

Mother Huang couldn't help but wonder. She took a closer look and exclaimed in surprise, "Isn't this the young master who helped us before?"

Huang Qingqing smiled, "I knew Mother would remember."

"How did it come to this?" Huang's mother looked at Zhao Ziyi with heartache and called out to the inside, "Husband, quickly boil some water and find another set of your good clothes!"

Mr. Huang came out looking confused. After seeing the situation in the yard, he didn't ask any questions and went straight to boil water.

"Mother, today I was pushed into the river by a madwoman. Luckily, Brother Yi saved me, otherwise I'm afraid I wouldn't have made it back alive."

Huang Qingqing was still shaken when she thought about the scene of falling into the water. Although there were many people on the shore, no one saved her. Fortunately, Brother Yi came down from the sky.

"You should go change your clothes too. I'll go make some ginger soup right now. You can't catch a cold!"

Huang's mother looked concerned and wanted to ask what had happened, but now was clearly not the right time to ask.

"I'll help." Qing Teng followed Huang's mother inside and told her what had happened that day.

"Mother, Qingqing has been thinking about Young Master Zhao all these years, and now he has saved her life. However, he is now poor and alone. What do you think?"

"Qingqing told you herself? She wants to marry him?"

Qing Teng nodded, making no attempt to hide anything; Qing Qing's previous attitude had already been quite clear.

Soon, Huang's mother had brewed ginger tea, Huang Qingqing had changed into clean clothes, and Zhao Ziyi had washed himself thoroughly.

He was wearing his father's clothes, which were somewhat loose and short, but he looked like a completely different person; he was indeed a handsome young man.

"We don't have any suitable clothes at home, so you'll have to wear this for now," Mr. Huang said with a smile. "You look much more energetic than before."

Zhao Ziyi had been thinking about how to start the conversation, and he had even considered that he might be kicked out as soon as he entered the door. However, he did not expect them to treat him so kindly, which made him feel even more guilty.

They are so kind; if they knew that he had nothing and still wanted to marry their daughter, they would probably feel that he was repaying kindness with enmity.

"Young master, I remember you."

Huang's mother smiled kindly, "Back then, when our family was starving and couldn't afford to eat, you gave me a sum of money and saved us."

Upon hearing this, both Huang Qingqing and Qing Teng looked surprised, as neither of them knew about this!

Father Huang suddenly realized, "You said there was a kind young master who gave us all his money, and then went back saying he had lost his own money and got punished. Was that him?"

Huang's mother nodded and explained, "Back then, the harvest was poor, and the imperial taxes were heavy, so our whole family was so hungry that we couldn't even afford to eat."

Everyone advised me to sell my daughter, but this young master gave me all the money and begged me not to.

"At the time, he also said that he had some silver at home and would give it to me next time. The next day, he gave me the silver again."

I was so grateful that I secretly followed him, only to see him being punished by his parents for losing the money.

Huang's mother found it amusing to recall how the young boy had been chased and beaten by his father, yet he insisted that he had simply lost it by accident.

Qing Teng seemed to remember this incident quite well. "So you were so angry because you knew I went to the Prince's residence?"

Life was so hard back then that the family couldn't afford to eat, and almost everyone else had to sell their children. My parents were struggling to keep going.

As the elder sister, she really didn't want her family to starve to death, which is why she signed the indenture and gave the money to her mother.

Unexpectedly, her mother said that she already had money and could survive. When she learned that her daughter had signed a contract of indenture, she was furious and immediately dragged her to redeem the contract.

However, she still stopped her mother, because she herself did not believe that her mother could really have money.

Huang Qingqing was surprised that Zhao Ziyi had helped them so much, and she was even more grateful.

“Although we are all from the countryside, we know the importance of gratitude. If it weren’t for the money you gave us to save our lives, we might not have survived that year.”

"You are our savior."

Both Mr. and Mrs. Huang thanked Zhao Ziyi. In fact, after they had survived the ordeal, they had wanted to thank him as well, but they learned that their benefactor's family had moved away.

I never expected to see them again today. Although I don’t know what happened, they certainly have no reason to be disgusted.

"From now on, you can stay here as long as you like!"

Mr. Huang was very grateful. Many people in the village did not survive that year, so his family was very lucky.

However, after Mr. Huang said these words, the expressions of the three women present all became strange.

Mr. Huang couldn't help but ask in confusion, "Why are you all looking at me like that?"

"I'm afraid we'll not only be staying here, but our family is also having a happy occasion," said Huang's mother.

Father Huang: "???"

He glanced at Zhao Ziyi, then at his two daughters. His face was initially filled with a grateful smile, but the smile quickly disappeared.

Could it be that this benefactor had his eye on my daughter before?

……

After Song Biyun accompanied Lu Huai'an to Shuntian Prefecture, she witnessed the guards of the Chu Prince's Mansion telling the Shuntian Prefect about the whole matter.

"My lord, I am truly innocent!"

Lu Huai'an's face was as pale as paper. When the guard carried him over, he didn't treat him like a human being at all!

Upon arrival, they simply threw him on the ground, treating him like some kind of merchandise—it was utterly despicable!

"I just took a fancy to that girl and wanted to take her as a concubine. I was just asking around. It's not illegal. But Princess Chu had me beaten thirty times!"

"Shall I ask?"

The prefect's face turned cold as he looked at Lu Huai'an, who seemed to have been wronged. This blind fool dared to harass a respectable woman and then speak so righteously!

Even the Princess of Chu couldn't stand it anymore. How dare he come to the government office? This is deliberately trying to harm him!

They were still hoping he would say he was innocent, which would not only completely offend the Chu King's Mansion, but also make people think he was incompetent and foolish!

"Ask me about the girl you caused to fall into the river, ask me about the girl you forced to say in public that she would rather marry a beggar than marry you."

Lu Huai'an, you really know how to distort the truth!

"My lord, I... I didn't mean that." Lu Huai'an's expression changed drastically. "I absolutely didn't mean that."

"Now that you're here today, I, the official, must decide this case!"

You harassed a respectable woman and almost drove her to desperation. If it weren't for the Princess of Chu upholding justice, this girl would probably have been abducted by you!

The situation is serious; we must severely punish Thirty for his dishonesty!

Lu Huai'an's eyes widened. "W-what?"

"Considering you're weak, I'll let you go home and rest for ten days. You can come back to get your beating after that!"