They know perfectly well how capable their family is.

If his aunt really gets angry, their main branch of the family will probably decline completely.

So he waited and watched.

As long as the second wife doesn't make a move, he'll go find Qi Mingyu and help him.

Perhaps in the future, through the princess's child, their main branch of the family can also get some benefits.

Otherwise, their entire household would most likely be killed by their aunt.

Because he overthought things, Zhong Wenming didn't immediately offer Qi Mingyu a helping hand.

He remained on the sidelines, but in the end, Qi Mingyu never saw the person who would save him.

Because the evidence against Shen was conclusive, he was sentenced to be executed in the autumn.

September, being the end of autumn, meant that executions would only be a matter of a few days.

The day before the execution, Qi Maosheng, the clan head, personally wrote a letter of divorce on behalf of the deceased old man Qi.

Therefore, Shen, who was not recognized by her maternal family, ended up with her son being a cripple, and no one came to collect her body. Her body was thrown into a mass grave and burned.

The dowry she had so desperately wanted, which she had secured through her child, was taken back by the Xue family after the premature baby died.

It was Shen's own fault; when that child was born, she hated Xue Mengyu and had no scruples whatsoever.

She grabbed the child's head and pulled it out.

The baby's head wasn't deformed at birth, but he couldn't even cry.

He died before his third-day celebration after birth.

Everything that the Shen family wanted in the end turned into bubbles floating in the air.

When the bubble burst, nothing was lost.

Qi Mingyu was quite resilient; perhaps out of a will to survive, he actually managed to move his body and reach the water.

He survived on that little bit of water until the third day after Shen was beheaded before he finally died.

Before he died, scenes from the past flashed through his mind again.

He regretted it, regretting why he had looked down on Chi Shi in such a way just because she was a hunter's daughter from the deep mountains.

If he hadn't looked down on her, he wouldn't have been attracted to his sister-in-law.

It's clear that her sister-in-law is inferior to her in terms of looks, figure, and age.

Not to mention her status in her maternal family!

If he could live a good life with the Chi family, he would be living a life of unparalleled glory now.

Even if Lady Chi wasn't a princess, he himself would definitely be a scholar who passed the imperial examination.

With a beautiful wife in my arms and children around my knees, my future looks bright...

Perhaps thinking about these things, Qi Mingyu died just like Xue Mengyu.

Because of his resentment, his eyes were wide open and he couldn't close them.

However, he was better off than his mother in that at least someone would collect his body.

When Qi Mingyu died, Chi Yu hurried along the way and was about to reach Qilian City.

Just twenty miles from entering the city, Chi Yu, who was with her sister in the space, suddenly heard a voice in her mind.

"The male and female protagonists of this book's world have all died, and new male and female protagonists are about to emerge. The world order will gradually be restored!"

Overwhelmed with excitement, Chi Yu, seeing that the carriage was at the front, immediately lowered the curtain and slipped into the space.

As soon as she entered, Chi Qiao, who was holding Zhuangzhuang, said excitedly:

"Little Fish, did you hear that sound just now?"

Just now, I heard a voice saying that the male and female leads are dead, and new male and female leads will be created.

The restoration of world order means there will be no more disasters, and even wars.

Chi Yu was also very excited: "Yes, sis, I heard it too."

However, the world order is being restored gradually, meaning it won't improve all at once.

In any case, this is a good sign.

If I had known that Qi Mingyu's death was necessary for the male and female leads to emerge, I would have killed him immediately.