Chapter 1015: Uncle and Sister-in-law’s Murder of the Original Wife (7)

No one expected the Yue family to be so bold, but it was understandable. After all, who wouldn't be angry when their daughter, who had grown up pampered, was humiliated and betrayed like this after getting married? The Zou family was originally in the wrong. Their son and his sister-in-law committed suicide for love. Did they want to make the innocent young lady who had only been married for half a year to be a widow for him? Pah! Did he deserve it? !

As a result, the uncle-sister-in-law suicide incident, which was already in the spotlight, had one more topic of conversation: the wife of the second young master who committed suicide broke off relations with her husband's family!

The Zou family's reputation has become extremely bad because of Zou Hongyi. Everyone can understand Yue Shichu's actions, and no one with a saintly mentality has come out to say that she has gone too far.

The Murong family was even more depressed. They had a daughter who was restless and had an affair with her younger brother-in-law. The girls in the Murong family were miserable and suddenly became synonymous with fickle, lewd and lowly. Some of those who were already married were divorced, and for those who were engaged but not married, the man immediately sent someone to cancel the engagement... In this era when women were subject to extremely strict control, their lives were basically ruined. Murong Liu had done a lot of harm to them.

After Murong Liu's body was sent back that day, the Murong family wanted to whip her corpse. After she did such a shameful thing, the Murong family was already kind enough not to throw her into a mass grave. How could they possibly give her a grand funeral? Therefore, the Murong family only bought the cheapest thin coffin, found a piece of land at random, and buried her secretly at night. Afterwards, they wanted to erase all traces of her existence because she was a shame to the family.

These days, the servants of the Zou family have to go out to buy things secretly and cover up. They dare not reveal their identities, for fear of being pointed at and said, "Ah! So your master is the Yong'an Earl's Mansion where your brother-in-law and sister-in-law are having an affair? Tsk tsk..." Isn't this extremely embarrassing?

However, the situation of these families had nothing to do with Yue Shichu. She returned to the Yue family with her dowry. Yue Chonglou was afraid that she was still sad about this matter, so he tried every way to make her happy, such as finding a troupe to perform for her, finding Xiuniang to make clothes for her, and asking the jewelry store in Beijing to deliver the jewelry to her door so that she could choose the jewelry she liked...

Yue Shichu was extremely happy to have such a brother spoiling him.

"Brother, hurry up and cancel your leave and go back to work. If you keep staying at home like this, you might lose your job." Yue Shichu said to him kindly when she saw that Yue Chonglou had been at home with her these days.

"No, His Majesty is kind and sympathetic when he heard about my sister's situation. He specially granted me several days of leave." Yue Chonglou touched Yue Shichu's head and said.

"Your Majesty knows all about Zou Hongyi's scandal?" Yue Shichu was very surprised. "Could it be that you, brother, told him on purpose?"

Yue Chonglou glanced at his sister and said, "This is not a good thing. Do I need to tell His Majesty? Don't underestimate His Majesty. The story of Zou Hongyi and Murong Liu committing suicide for love has caused a sensation. It has spread all over the capital. It is hard for His Majesty not to know about it."

"Oh." Yue Shichu recalled the current emperor and found that she had no impression of him. However, she did not have a good impression of this emperor now. After all, in the original world's plot, Zou Hongyi forged evidence of treason against the original owner's father, and the emperor wiped out the original owner's family without saying a word. Although Zou Hongyi was the culprit, the emperor who trusted flatterers, was suspicious and ungrateful was also an accomplice.

Yue Shichu tried his best to persuade Yue Chonglou and finally let him go back to work the next day.

She disguised herself as a young man and went out shopping openly with her maid Zhichun.

"Miss, is it inappropriate for us to come out like this?" Zhichun tugged at the servant's clothes on her body awkwardly. Yue Shichu was now dressed as a man, so her maid naturally had to become a servant.

"What's wrong with it? We're not doing anything harmful. We just changed our identities to be a man for convenience. Don't worry too much. It's okay." Yue Shichu comforted her.

"But I'm afraid I won't look like a man." Zhichun was a gentle and graceful girl who was not very courageous. This time, she was asked by Yue Shichu to dress up as a man, and she felt very nervous and uncomfortable.

"Just follow my example, take bigger steps when you walk, speak louder..." Yue Shichu instructed. But when she saw that Zhichun couldn't change her habit of taking small steps and even staggered when she was nervous, she couldn't help rubbing her forehead and said, "Forget it, forget it. If you can't pretend, don't pretend. At most, when others see you, they will think I'm a little playboy who brought my favorite maid dressed as a man out to play. It's no big deal."

"It's all my fault." Zhichun felt very guilty.

"It's okay, don't force it." Yue Shichu was not a demanding master. Zhichun had never been taught how to disguise herself, so it was normal that she couldn't disguise herself as a man. However, she still reminded him, "From now on, you can't call me Miss, you have to call me Second Young Master. I am now the Second Young Master of the General's Mansion, Yue Chongyang, understand?"

"Yes, Second Young Master." Zhichun answered smartly.

Yue Shichu was immediately satisfied.

"Second Young Master, where are we going now?" Zhichun asked.

"I heard that there is a lotus pond stretching for ten miles outside the west city. Now is the time when the lotus flowers are in full bloom. Why don't we go boating and enjoy the lotus?" Yue Shichu had an idea and remembered that the young actress in the opera troupe mentioned two days ago that a guest invited them to perform in the lotus pond.

"Is this... okay? I heard that many people go to that lotus pond. What if something happens accidentally, like falling into the pond?" Zhichun thought too much and asked worriedly.

"I can swim, don't worry. If you fall down, I will save you." Yue Shichu patted her shoulder and said.

Seeing that she was determined to go and appreciate the lotus, Zhichun had no choice but to think that the worst that could happen to her was for her to follow the young lady closely and not let anything happen to her.

This ten-mile lotus pond is actually the garden of Princess Dachang, the current emperor's aunt. It was not open to the public in the past and was only used for the couple to play. But later, Princess Dachang's husband betrayed her and secretly had a mistress outside. Princess Dachang was so angry that she divorced her husband. The late emperor was also angry that the husband's family dared to let the princess down, so he dismissed them from office and drove them back to their hometown.

The lotus pond used to be a symbol of the love between Princess Dachang and her husband, but after being betrayed, Princess Dachang never came to the lotus pond again. After she passed away, her descendants did not want the beauty of the lotus pond to be wasted, so they opened it to the public.

Of course, the only people who have the leisure to enjoy the lotus are the rich and free nobles. The common people are too busy making a living to have the time to enjoy the scenery. Therefore, the opening of the lotus pond is a great benefit to the nobles.

(End of this chapter)