Hearing that Yu Jiao had made such good arrangements, it was clear that she had made up her mind to go to the capital. Yu Mengshan could only say, "Your grandfather would not agree to it either."

Old Master Yu still doesn't know that Yu Jiao has bought land and is doing business in Xixun County. Yu Jiao will have to go out more often in the future, and she won't be able to keep using the excuse of seeing a doctor for long. But if Old Master knew that Yu Jiao has bought so much land, I'm afraid the family will be in trouble again.

Yu Jiao didn't care much about Mr. Yu. She said, "It's okay. I will convince Mr. Yu."

In the past, Yu Jiao also thought that Mr. Yu was an obstinate miser, partial and selfish. But from the perspective of the division of the family, although Yu Ruhai was annoying, he was the head of the Yu family after all, and he still cared about the entire Yu family.

As for Yu Ruhai thinking that he could control her completely by registering her in the Yu family's household registration, that was wishful thinking.

Yu Mengshan knew that Yu Jiao always had her own ideas in mind, and it would be useless to say too much, so he stopped talking.

Yu Fuling stood up and said, "Since we have to hurry back to Changkui tomorrow, Dad, you must be tired from the journey. I will go and prepare a guest room for you. You can rest first, and wait for Zhao Yu to come back in the evening and have him drink with you."

Yu Mengshan nodded, stood up and followed Yu Fuling outside.

After Yu Fuling settled Yu Mengshan, Yu Jiao was no longer in the main hall. She went to find the cook and asked her to cook a few more dishes to go with the wine in the evening before returning to the side room.

Yu Jiao was sitting on a couch by the window writing a note. Yu Fuling quietly sat down beside her. After Yu Jiao stopped writing, she asked, "Are you planning to tell your grandfather about your business?"

Yu Jiao placed the wolf-hair brush in her hand on the pen holder and said, "It doesn't matter whether you tell me or not."

"How can this be okay?" Yu Fuling said with a worried look on her face. "If Grandfather knew that you had bought so much land in Xiyun County, there would be trouble. Why don't we keep it a secret? The longer we can keep it a secret, the better."

Although he was her biological grandfather, Yu Fuling sided with Yu Jiao in her heart and did not treat Yu Jiao as an outsider.

Given my grandfather's personality, if he knew that Yu Jiao was opening a workshop and buying land, he would definitely try to take them all away.

Yu Jiao smiled faintly. She had inquired and found out that the government registered the household register once every three years. Yu Ruhai was only on the Yu family's household register because of her household registration deed.

The Yu family bought her from the Meng family as a bride for good fortune. The contract they signed was a private one, which was not kept by the government. Once the contract was torn up, it became invalid.

Yu Ruhai originally registered her in the Yu family's household register through Chen Gensheng, the head of Qingyu Village, who reported it to the county government. In theory, there was nothing wrong with it, as the imperial court's population inspection was based on the village head reporting the population and then registering it.

But Yu Qizhe said that she was registered as his wife in the Yu family's household register, but there was no marriage document between her and Yu Qizhe.

The marriage document is the proof of the marriage, which is issued by a matchmaker and must be approved by the government. It has legal effect and is equivalent to the marriage certificate in later generations.

I heard that the practice of registering marriage documents with official seals was first implemented in the Sui Dynasty before Taiyan. The trafficking of women and children by beggars has existed in every dynasty, and there were especially many cases of women being abducted or sold to men as wives or concubines. The Sui Dynasty formulated the marriage document upon its enthronement to prevent women from being forcibly bought or sold. Before getting married, a man and a woman had to hold the matchmaker's marriage document and register their household registration with the government.

She asked Wu Zhubu of the county government of Xixun County. If the matter really got to the county government, as long as she asked the head of Mengjia Village to testify, she could get her household registration deed back.

Moreover, the imperial court inspected the population in order to collect corvée and taxes. She had purchased so much land in Zhixun County that she was already a landlord. Even if she wanted to set up her own business in Zhixun County, it was possible. County Magistrate Shao would surely help her.