Not following the expected path? Reborn and unexpectedly married to a demon.

Chu Luo coldly replied, "Then you go and get married, wouldn't that make everyone happy?"

These words immediately made Chu Yinmei stop cursing, "Who wants to marry that devil?"

"Shut up if you're not going to marry me," Chu Luo said, no longer putting up with anyone.

She knew that the Chu family couldn't escape the marriage to the Jin family, so they were all wary of her now.

"On the other hand, rumors are just rumors. Perhaps Jin Wuchen isn't a great demon, and it's just hearsay. You might even find a good match if you marry him."

Chu Luo tried to persuade Chu Yinmei to consider the marriage.

Chu Yinmei's face darkened, and he blurted out, "There's absolutely no way that's possible."

Chu Luo was puzzled by her certainty, as if she had seen it with her own eyes. Could it be that her maternal grandfather, who was an official, had some connections and knew something?

"I've heard his mother is a beauty, and sons often resemble their mothers. Putting everything else aside, he should be good-looking, right, Father?"

As Chu Luo spoke, she looked at Chu Songyuan, hoping he would say something. She always felt that Jin Wuchen was not as ferocious as the legends suggested.

Chu Yinmei is desperate to get married. Not to mention any man with a bit of good looks, she won't let go of any man with decent features. If Jin Wuchen is good-looking, it's not impossible for him to persuade Chu Yinmei to marry him.

Chu Songyuan shook his head uncertainly and said, "Actually, the person who saved me was the old leader of the Cao Gang, and he was also the one who arranged the marriage. I've never met Jin Wuchen, but I imagine he can't be too bad-looking."

As Chu Luo asked, she kept an eye on the expressions of Chu Yinmei and her daughter, but the two of them remained quite calm and showed no curiosity whatsoever about Jin Wuchen.

Chu Songyuan also thought about the rumors surrounding Jin Wuchen's mother and said, "Although I have never met this Madam Jin, I have heard that she is indeed a beauty that is unforgettable at first sight."

"Even if the rumors are half true and half false, they are not entirely baseless..." Chu Luo's mother began hesitantly.

"Mother, the storyteller at Qinglou loves to tell stories like this: a handsome young man is framed and falsely accused of being a bad person, thus missing out on a marriage with a noble lady. But when an unfavored concubine's daughter marries into the family, it turns out that the truth is completely different, and the concubine's daughter finds a happy marriage."

Chu Luo deliberately spoke loudly so that everyone present could hear her clearly.

Chu Yinmei, who was not far from Chu Luo, remained unmoved and instead looked like he was watching the show.

If that's true, then congratulations on finding your perfect match!

Seeing that she couldn't persuade Chu Yinmei and Chu Luo, she continued to circle back to the topic of money, "So, does that mean you've agreed to my dowry?"

"impossible"

Madam Chu refused without any room for negotiation.

"Why wouldn't I agree? I remember that the First Madam has always been generous. For example, last year when she went back to her parents' home, she returned..."

Chu Luo looked at the First Madam, who seemed to want to say something but hesitated.

Upon hearing this, the First Madam's face showed a hint of panic, and she looked at Chu Luo tentatively, wanting to know how much she really knew.

Chu Luo looked at her and chuckled, seemingly understanding everything, and was about to speak again.

"Fine, I agree to give you half of Yinmei's dowry, sir."

The First Madam was afraid that Chu Luo would reveal something that Chu Songyuan shouldn't hear.

Chu Luo said bluntly, "Not enough."

The First Madam looked at Lu Yifu and immediately thought of a pretext to use against her.

"Your mother reminds me of something from the past, it seems that your mother's slave status documents are still in my hands..."

Lu Yifu stared at Chu Songyuan in shock and questioned, "Slave status? What slave status? How could I still have slave status? Didn't you say you would cancel my slave status when you brought me into the manor?"

Chu Songyuan remained silent and dared not meet her gaze; the answer was obvious.

When the First Madam spoke of this, she was very proud: "To put my mind at ease, the master handed over your slave registration documents to me on the day he brought you into the household."

Hearing this, Lu Yifu collapsed to the ground, utterly dejected. "Chu Songyuan, you've deceived me so cruelly! All those good days were a lie! I'm just a joke!"

Chu Luo had long been disappointed in her father, Chu Songyuan, and now she felt even more sorry for her mother.

Lu Yifu has been married into the Chu family for many years, working hard without complaint, and even gave birth to a daughter for Chu Songyuan.

She usually lived a life even more miserable than that of a maid or servant, but even her only advantage over a maid—her status as a good man—was a lie.

"I can forgo my spouse's dowry, but I need to receive my mother's slave status documents."

"Deal, but you can only receive it after you marry into the Jin family."

The First Madam was smug at the moment. She didn't know that Lu Yifu cared so much about the slave registration documents. If she had known earlier, she would have taken them out to annoy her much sooner.

Chu Songyuan felt somewhat guilty, but he also felt that so many years had passed, and it wasn't a big deal anyway. At most, he could just appease Lu Yifu a little in the future, which would be enough.

He only instructed the doctor to quickly administer poisoned medicine to treat Chu Luo's injuries, and ignored Lu Yifu.

Before leaving, he instructed the steward to take good care of Chu Luo and her daughter, and not to mistreat them as he had before.

"Father, do you know how mistreated Mother and I have always been?"

Chu Luo knew he wouldn't dare do anything to her now, so she spoke without restraint.

Chu Songyuan paused, but ultimately said nothing, turned and left, with his first wife Chu Yinmei following closely behind.

Seeing Lu Yifu's distraught state, Chu Luo asked, "Mother, did you see him clearly?"

Her father was always fully aware of the days they lived in poverty and mistreatment.

"It's tough being a woman in this world. I've had bad luck with men. I only hoped you could marry a good man, but now you're in trouble too!"

Lu Yifu's tone was desperate; her heart must have been broken.

"Mother, it doesn't matter who you marry. It just means you'll need more planning and strategy. Life is just one hurdle after another."

Chu Luo knew that her life was destined to be full of ups and downs, but if she married an old man in his seventies or eighties, a common laborer, it would be easier for him to control what she had to do and make things simpler.

However, right now, the other party is Jin Wuchen. This power and the complicated relationship with the Cao Gang are extremely unfavorable to what she wants to do. In fact, they are more worrying to her than going to Jiegu.

"How could it not be important? I've always felt that you're too mature for your age. You've never had a moment of relaxation or happiness since you were little. It's all my fault for being incompetent, indecisive, and unable to be ruthless, which is why you've suffered so much."

After saying that, Lu Yifu looked worried again.

"Mother, as long as you are well, I will not suffer, and everything I have done will have been worthwhile."

If Lu Yifu knew what she was carrying, she would know that what Chu Luo said was true.

The matter at hand is not important enough. This small Chu family mansion and her personal love and fate cannot compare to that matter.

Chu Luo, who has been reborn several times, is a person whose fate is shackled.

The reason she has been reborn several times is also the nightmare that torments her for countless nights.

It is the future of the Great Zheng, the injustice and debt of the two hundred thousand people who died tragically in the Great Zheng.

In this life, if she cannot stop Feng Zhe's butcher's knife as soon as possible...

Two hundred thousand innocent people will die again, and their great empire will be destroyed.

The descendants of Da Zheng were slaves enslaved by other countries for generations, let alone her and her mother...

But having been reborn several times, she knew even more deeply how terrifying and difficult to eliminate Feng Zhe was, almost a demonic being.

Chu Luo looked at her warm and healthy mother in front of her, and at the somewhat dilapidated but still habitable house.

And the sight of countless lights illuminating homes as night falls evokes a pang of sorrow, a wave of melancholy washing over me.

Before long, Jiangzhou, this prosperous and bustling place where people live and work in peace, will become the cruelest place, a slaughterhouse leading to hell.

Jiangzhou is a place that even evil spirits would avoid.

She is neither a god nor a Buddha, yet she bears a destiny heavier than Mount Tai.

This responsibility is an even longer torment, a agonizing ordeal, a constant struggle against fear.

Bearing the resentment of two hundred thousand people, and the great future.

In short, she could only find relief by killing Feng Zhe with all her might and changing the fate of the Great Zheng and those 200,000 people.

Jin Wuchen's identity in the Cao Gang is sensitive and special. The Jin family is a place she cannot contend with and will be a great obstacle.

If the First Madam and the others were to attempt to steal the marriage, the current situation could be resolved.

After making inquiries from various sources, Chu Luo obtained some information about Jin Wuchen.

Although not many people have seen what Jin Wuchen looks like now, he recuperated at the Jade Buddha Temple on the outskirts of Jiangzhou when he was young.

In his childhood, he was enlightened by a wise monk who used Buddhist scriptures to teach him.

At that time, Master Liaowu praised him for his exceptional enlightenment and Zen mind.

Chu Luo couldn't understand how someone who was so insightful and Zen-like in his childhood could grow up to be so despicable as to be like a demon. What had happened in between?

When this news reached Madam Chu Yinmei, Chu Luo used other methods to beautify Jin Wuchen.

She was sure there were no flaws in her reasoning, and thinking about Chu Yinmei, who was eager to get married, even if he didn't try to steal her away, he should still be curious about Jin Wuchen.

For several days in a row, they remained steadfast and unmoved by wind and rain.

Each time someone is reborn, things change.

But old habits die hard. Not only did they not care, but they also prepared a dowry for her, which left Chu Luo completely baffled.

Unable to find any other way to dissolve the engagement, the Jin and Chu families quickly matched their birth dates and set a wedding date.

It was a foregone conclusion that Chu Luo would marry Jin Wuchen.