Chapter 235: Pull Her Down

In the inn.

Ye Caiping has changed her clothes.

Jin'er and Huan'er's hair were all stained with wonton soup, and they were taking a bath in another room this time.

There was a knock on the door. Ye Caiping opened it and saw Magistrate Lu standing outside. He said with a guilty look on his face, "Madam Ye, can we chat for a few minutes?"

Ye Caiping let him in: "Didn't the master say last time that he had already taught Madam a lesson? And those rumors haven't stopped at all."

Magistrate Lu was embarrassed: "I have taught her a lesson and put her in solitary confinement. But she has been in charge of the harem for many years. I can only confine her, but I can't confine all the servants in the mansion!"

"Those rumors... I have already killed a chicken to scare the monkeys, but unexpectedly, she secretly let the maid pay people to continue spreading them."

"Fortunately, half of the people already know that she was the one who was jealous and slandered Madam Ye."

"It's just... what surprised me was that she actually allowed Zheng Kai to kidnap Madam Ye. How audacious!"

"She...is getting more and more outrageous!" He looked at Ye Caiping and said, "Madam Ye...do you have any ideas?"

Ye Caiping said: "I don't have any idea! I won't have any idea. If you want to help me, why don't you let us go out of the city and relax!"

Magistrate Lu's face froze. "Of course I want to help you. But Madam Ye must have heard the news recently. I am investigating a massacre in Yizhuang. The murderer is a notorious thief who was originally arrested. But he was rescued by his accomplices last night."

"We have received orders from above that he must be captured. Before that, no one can leave the city."

Ye Caiping responded calmly: "Oh."

Magistrate Lu sighed fiercely: "I can no longer tolerate her."

"So what do you plan to do, sir?"

Magistrate Lu waved his sleeves fiercely and snorted, "Isn't she spreading rumors that you and I are having an affair? She wants us to avoid suspicion, but we won't do what she wants!"

"Besides... Madam Ye's reputation has been ruined by her during this period. Why don't you just follow me?"

"Don't worry, I'm not taking a concubine. I'll marry you as my equal wife. This way, you can avenge your previous shame and trample her under your feet!"

"When you enter the palace, we will bring her down little by little. After three to five years, we will make you our legitimate wife."

"Besides, the rumors have changed recently. Now that they know you were framed, no one will say anything bad about you even if I marry you. By then, everyone will know that it was all her own fault. I am only marrying you to be responsible for you."

Ye Caiping's face darkened and she said angrily, "Please don't be impulsive, sir."

"I don't want to get involved in your fight again. If you want to take revenge on her, just take in eight or ten concubines. Why drag me into this?"

"Once you have a bunch of beautiful concubines, her attention will naturally be distracted. You can do whatever you want to bring her down. If you have a new love, the rumors about me will be self-defeating."

Magistrate Lu's face froze: "Madam Ye also has a point."

Ye Caiping stood up and said, "It's getting late. I should go home now. Goodbye."

After saying that, he turned and walked out.

Ye Daquan was cursing with Master Luo in the lobby. Ye Xuan and Jin'er Huan'er were sitting nearby. When they saw Ye Caiping coming down the stairs, they immediately stood up.

"Little sister, are you okay? Why does it take you so long to change clothes?" Ye Daquan said.

"Nothing, let's go home and talk about it."

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When Old Mrs. Ye heard the sound of a carriage, she hurried to the west door. She was surprised to see Ye Daquan driving the carriage over.

"Why are you back?"

Ye Caiping and the others got off the carriage, and Ye Jiner said, "I heard that a notorious thief got away, and the whole city is searching for him."

Old Mrs. Ye was startled. "Oh, then go out less often. Have you eaten yet?"

Ye Caiping and the others walked towards the yard while saying, "We've eaten."

Ye Huan'er pursed her lips and told the old lady about the incident when Zheng Kai tried to kidnap someone. The old lady's face changed.

Old Mrs. Ye thought that even though the magistrate's wife was still making a fuss, Magistrate Lu had at least put Zheng Kai in jail.

Unexpectedly, in the afternoon, Zheng Kai brought three or five servants and a matchmaker and broke directly into the main hall of Ye Caiping's house.

Everyone in the family came out after seeing this scene.

Ye Daquan's eyes almost popped out: "Aren't you in jail?"

Zheng Kai waved his fan and said, "My eldest sister is the wife of the county magistrate. Don't think she is just a woman in the inner house. My nephew is a fourth-rank official in the Ministry of Works, and my niece is the eldest daughter-in-law of the prefect. They all favor the eldest sister, and my brother-in-law can't do anything to us."

Then he stared at Ye Caiping:

"And you are just ordinary people. Do you really think you can resist? It is your blessing that I, Zheng Kai, like you. You must come back with me today to get married. You have to go even if you don't want to."

Ye Daquan was so angry that he wanted to hit someone, but Ye Caiping reached out to stop him.

She sneered at Zheng Kai and said, "Since Master Zheng likes me, I dare not disobey him. You don't have to force me. Just send someone back now to ask for a sedan chair and take me out of this village in a grand manner."

Ye Daquan and Old Lady Ye turned pale, and Jin'er Huan'er held her with tears in her eyes: "Mother..."

"That's enough." Ye Caiping shook her head at them and looked at Zheng Kai: "Mr. Zheng, what are you waiting for? Go now!"

After hearing what she said, Zheng Kai froze in place, stopped waving the fan in his hand, and the muscles on his face trembled, looking very ugly.

"How is it?" Ye Caiping raised her eyebrows: "I agreed, why does Master Zheng still look unhappy?"

Zheng Kai tightly gripped the handle of his fan and forced a smile: "Oh, I'm happy, of course I'm happy! Well... I was so happy that I was stunned. In this case... then, then I can't just be perfunctory, right? I'll go home and prepare now, and come to pick you up in three days. Let's go!"

After saying this, he left in a hurry with a few servants and the matchmaker. His back looked disheveled.

Old Mrs. Ye, Ye Daquan and others were all stunned.

Old Lady Ye was shocked and asked, "What's going on? This Zheng Kai, it seems to me that he doesn't want to marry her?"

Ye Caiping sneered: "Mother, you still don't understand. The county magistrate's wife doesn't want me to be her sister-in-law, but wants to take a concubine for the county magistrate! This couple, one plays the good cop and the other plays the bad cop. They are just trying to smoke a field mouse with fire."

Old Mrs. Ye, Ye Daquan and others all changed their expressions.

As a villager, everyone has smoked field mice with fire.

When you want to catch a vole, you light a fire to smoke the entrance of its hole. The vole can't stand the smoke and the stupid ones will jump out of the hole where the fire was lit, while the smart ones will escape from the hole at the other end.

The county magistrate's wife first compared her to an ugly girl and forced her to marry Zheng Kai. He created a character for himself who was jealous and did not allow Ye Caiping to have any contact with the county magistrate.

Once Ye Caiping is forced into a corner, she will panic and lose her way.

Moreover, the actions of the county magistrate's wife would arouse rebelliousness and revenge in any normal person, just as Mrs. Zhao said.

By then, no matter whether Ye Caiping is desperate, or has a desire for revenge, or both, she will take the initiative to throw herself into the arms of County Magistrate Lu.

At that time, she would willingly marry into the Lu family, thinking that she could take revenge or bring down the county magistrate's wife.

But all of this was actually a conspiracy set up by the county magistrate and his wife.

One plays the good guy and the other plays the bad guy.

Yesterday, County Magistrate Lu, who should have avoided suspicion, came to see her and changed the carriage but not the coachman. When Mrs. Zhao and the villagers found out that it was the county magistrate, she began to guess.

When they were stopped when leaving the city in the morning, she was already 80% sure. County Magistrate Lu comes to the rescue again... Haha, now this can't be hidden any longer!

Afraid that she wouldn't take the bait, he forced Zheng Kai to come to him again!