Shen An’an came from a prestigious family, blessed with both talent and beauty. As soon as she reached marriageable age, she was betrothed to the Fourth Prince, Xiao Yuan—a man of unparalleled ...
Chapter 305 Li Huaiyan, You Are All I Have
Yue'er succeeded?
"What is Master Ling doing?" He glanced at the crowd of soldiers with swords behind Ling Chenyi.
"Lord Zheng is still awake late at night," Ling Chenyi turned his head to glance at Xiao Tian inside, and continued, "Isn't he just waiting for someone to come?"
“…”
Lord Zheng immediately said, "A daughter who is married off is like water spilled out. Zheng Yue'er has already married Duke Li. No matter what she does, it has nothing to do with my Zheng family."
Ling Chenyi narrowed his eyes and said nothing.
"Yes," Mrs. Zheng said boldly, and immediately hid behind Lord Zheng, her voice coming from behind.
"When Yue'er left, she hugged me and cried. She was not willing to marry the playboy Li Guogong. Everything she did was the result of Li Guogong's bullying and forced marriage. It was Zheng Yue'er who wanted to take revenge on him. It has nothing to do with my Zheng family."
In a dark corner not far away, a girl in red staggered a few times, her legs became weak, and she could hardly stand.
A pair of strong arms held her firmly.
Zheng Yue'er turned around and met Li Huaiyan's silent face. She forced a curl of her lips, but her plain little face was filled with despair after disappointment.
"It's okay. I expected it."
The last bit of burden in her heart completely disappeared, and she suddenly felt extremely relaxed.
"Husband," she hugged his waist and said faintly, "From now on, you are the only one for me. If you bully me, I will not live anymore."
"Don't talk nonsense. You are the head lady of Duke Li's mansion. This will be your home from now on. You have the final say."
"Really?" She raised her head and squinted at him, "Can I also do whatever I want with the four maids in the courtyard?"
"..." Li Huaiyan wanted to say no, but in this situation, especially facing her empty eyes and dead face...
"Of course, Madam has the final say on everything."
Zheng Yueer hugged his waist tightly, crying silently under the moonlight, "You are the best to me in this world."
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"Madam Li? What happened to her? How come I don't know?" Ling Chenyi smiled.
Lord Zheng was stunned when he heard this.
Don’t know what it means?
Mrs. Zheng was also stunned. They had already thought of an excuse to put the blame on Yue'er, so why did the situation develop differently?
While he was in a daze, a stack of rice paper was thrown at the feet of the Zheng couple. "Master Zheng, take a good look at it. Do you remember what is on it?"
Lord Zheng lowered his eyes and looked at the papers at his feet. His legs had begun to tremble and he could hardly stand.
His old face turned pale, and he collapsed to the ground, unable to hold on even with the door frame.
The Fourth Prince actually has so much evidence of his crimes! ! ! !
It’s over, everything is over, the Zheng family’s foundation of several generations is over.
His eyes rolled back and he fell straight down, frightening Madam Zheng and screaming, "Master, Master, what's wrong with you? Wake up quickly, what's going on? And our Ye'er hasn't been rescued yet."
Ling Chenyi waved his hand, and soldiers immediately came forward to drag the Zheng couple away and seal off their mansion.
Soon, the whole Zheng family was filled with ear-piercing screams. The concubines in the backyard and the illegitimate children living in the mansion were all arrested.
Ling Chenyi glanced at it indifferently.
The fifth prince stepped over the threshold and stood beside him, "I really admire your speed, my cousin."
"Fifth Prince, you are joking. It is just a turtle in a jar. It depends on the mood when to catch it. It just so happens that the Fourth Prince is in a bad mood today. The Zheng family can only be unlucky in advance."
Xiao Tian swirled his tongue around in his mouth, revealing a wicked smile, "It turns out that everything is ready, except for the east wind. I have done a great thing this time. I wonder how my cousin and brother will thank me?"
"How to thank you, I don't know." Ling Chenyi tilted his head, with a gentle smile on his face, "I only know that my cousin's wife likes to settle accounts after the event, and she won't suffer any loss. The Fifth Prince will wish you good luck, especially since she is used as a knife by others, she will hold a grudge even more."
If Shen Anan was really that easy to be calculated, she would have died hundreds of times before it was his turn.
Xiao Tian never had any hope that Zheng Yue'er could kill Shen An'an.
After all, Zheng Yue'er is not a fool, especially since she was able to extricate herself from such a difficult situation, and she is not someone who would do such a stupid thing.
What he wanted was to use Xiao Yuan to eliminate the Zheng family, the two-faced people who indirectly killed his eldest brother.
He will not let any of those who plotted against his eldest brother, those who stood by and watched, or those who executed him go. All of them must die! !
"It's okay. Tell the Queen's sister-in-law that I am very satisfied with this favorable wind."
After saying that, he strode down the stairs and left with a swagger.
"Master, what is going on? Why are they arresting us?" Mrs. Zheng struggled desperately but couldn't get away at all. She shouted at Master Zheng in horror.
Lord Zheng's face was ashen and full of despair. "Shut up! If it weren't for you and that little evildoer, our Zheng family wouldn't be in this situation today. You are such a jinx. I should have divorced you back then. It would have been better than having three generations of our Zheng family destroyed here!!"
The Zheng family members were still being driven into the yard, and soon it was crowded with people. The couple glared at each other with resentment in their eyes, like they were enemies with a deep blood feud.
"I'm a jinx, and you dare to call me a jinx? If it weren't for me, your Zheng family would have been gone decades ago." Madam Zheng no longer cared about her image at this moment, and she wished she could rush over and beat Lord Zheng up.
"Master, what is going on? I am so scared." The woman in the light pink dress was pushed into the yard in a disheveled state and fell into Lord Zheng's arms, her face pale with fear.
"Bitch," Madam Zheng looked at the girl with more bloodshot eyes, "You made such a solemn promise when you married me, but after we got married, you favored this bitch because I had no children. You didn't have a legitimate son, but you had a concubine's eldest son first. You are a bastard with a beastly heart."
"Madam." The woman's eyes were full of tears. "It's obviously your fault that you gave birth to a daughter but then stopped. Master can't let the Zheng family die out. You're childless and you've violated the seven reasons for divorce. Master has tolerated you for so many years and has done his best. Otherwise, how would you have had the chance to give birth to a legitimate son?"
"Bullshit."
He was not sentimental or righteous at all. He was clearly thinking about the support from her family. Later, his official position rose because he was worried about the pen in the hands of the censor.
Zheng Yue'er was held in Li Huaiyan's arms, watching the scene calmly, "Look, they are about to become prisoners, but they are still arguing over the issue of legitimate sons and illegitimate sons. Isn't it funny?"
"Not very smart." This family has been rotten from the root!
Zheng Yue'er didn't know whether to feel compassion or what to do. She looked at Mrs. Zheng, whose face was full of resentment, and felt strange, as if she had never known her before.
When she was a child, she also loved herself, but unfortunately, there were too many bad memories, which far outweighed the sporadic good ones.
"She has been struggling for half her life, but still can't figure it out. Or maybe, she is not like this by nature, but was forced into this state step by step by the Zheng family."
She didn't want to admit, and was unwilling to admit that Mrs. Zheng had never loved her.
"Well, ma'am, you're right."
Zheng Yue'er paused, looked up at Li Huaiyan, her cheeks slightly red.
He called her "Madam" very smoothly.
Mrs. Zheng, who was screaming madly, suddenly caught sight of Zheng Yue'er standing in the dark. Her eyes suddenly lit up and she stopped her madness.
"Yue'er, Yue'er, you're back. You came back to save mother and your brother, right?"
Hearing this, the courtyard suddenly became quiet. Lord Zheng also raised his eyes to look over, but he had been working in the officialdom for several years and had already developed a ruthless heart.
Seeing Zheng Yue'er and Li Huaiyan appear together, he immediately narrowed his eyes, "It was you, you betrayed me, you never thought of poisoning the Fourth Prince's wife to save your brother, you teamed up with them and destroyed your own family."
"Daddy, don't speak so harshly. What can a weak woman like your daughter do? This is all your fate. The evidences have long been in the hands of the Fourth Prince. I have only accelerated the downfall of the Zheng family." Zheng Yue'er's face was extremely calm.
"Speaking of which, I have to thank Dad. If you hadn't married me off, I would have been a prisoner today as well... No, I was able to be here today and escape from the sea of suffering because of my own hard work."
"Bitch, you bitch." Lord Zheng glared, "I knew my daughter was useless, I should have strangled you to death when you were born. I really raised you in vain. You are an ungrateful person, you actually colluded with outsiders to kill your entire family."
Zheng Yue'er listened to Lord Zheng's abuse with a calm expression, but Li Huaiyan knew that her hands were shaking, her palms were covered with sweat, and her red lips were tightly pursed.
Mrs. Zheng stared at Zheng Yue'er in a daze. It took her a while to react, and then she started cursing.
Zheng Yue'er said nothing, she was so calm as if they were not scolding her, and these people who were about to go to jail had nothing to do with her.
Ling Chenyi waved his hand and asked the soldiers to take the person away.
Soon, the insults gradually faded away and the yard became quiet.
Zheng Yue'er could no longer maintain the dignity she had managed to maintain, and fell into Li Huaiyan's arms, her face covered in tears.
"Li Huaiyan, you are all I have."