After hearing the news, Gu couldn't sleep all day and sent someone to pass the message to Zheng Yanjin.

After Qin Mian's death, what should Zheng Yanmin, the concubine, do?

The two have already gotten married, and their Zheng family will definitely be implicated.

How happy Gu was at the beginning, how scared he is now.

After receiving the news, Zheng Yanjin rode at full speed and came to the capital alone.

Zheng family.

Zheng Jian was pointing at Gu and cursing.

"If it weren't for the fact that you are the mother of two children, I would have divorced you when you let Yin Kexin marry Yan Jin. I punished you to be confined for a month, thinking that you would come to your senses. Tell me, did you know that the crown prince usurped the throne?"

"What's the point of you talking to me now? I can't stop the prince from doing anything. Min'er knows and has told me before, but I still want to take a gamble for our Zheng family.

The emperor was reluctant to step down because he was reluctant to give up the high position. It was inevitable that the prince would want to usurp the throne. Only when the prince became the emperor could our Min'er become the queen. Then our Zheng family would be royal relatives.

Who am I doing this for? It's all for your Zheng family!" Gu cried, not knowing where she was wrong.

She muttered.

"Who knew that the prince was so useless that he failed to usurp the throne and was killed instead..."

Zheng Jianzheng slapped Gu on the face, his hands shaking with anger.

"Asshole! You want to kill our Zheng family! If I had known this, I shouldn't have cared about the two children and divorced you directly."

"You hit me, you actually hit me." Gu bared his teeth and claws, and stepped forward to grab Zheng Jianzheng.

As soon as Zheng Yanjin came back, he saw his mother and father fighting.

As a son, he hated to see his parents being beaten and scolded.

He also heard what his father said just now.

What do you mean by doing it for him and his sister? If you want to divorce, then divorce. Why do you have to involve them?

He's heard enough since he was a child.

Mom and Dad, this is for your own good.

Daddy didn't divorce me because of you...

When Gu and Zheng Jianzheng saw Zheng Yanjin coming back, they stopped what they did.

Gu cried and complained, "Yanjin, your father beat me. Why did mother do that? It was for your own good. If the prince becomes the emperor, your sister will be the queen in the future. At that time, as long as your sister says a few words, you will rise to the top and will not stay in the small county town as a county magistrate.

But I didn't expect that the prince would fail. Everything I did was for you and Min'er. You two are a piece of my flesh~"

"For my own good?" Zheng Yanjin said coldly, "When Yin Kexin was pregnant with my uncle's child, you wanted me to marry Yin Kexin for my own good?"

"Mom, you don't love me and my sister. You only love your brother."

Every word Zheng Yanjin said was true and pierced Gu's heart.

But even though Gu was a brother-supporting demon, she didn't want to admit it.

She is the kind of person who claims to be doing it for the good of the children, but actually helps her younger brother.

Zheng Yanjin took a step forward. He was two heads taller than Gu, and looked quite oppressive.

"Mother, you said you did it for the Zheng family, but as far as I know, you embezzled the Zheng family's money to subsidize the prince because the prince promised that when he ascended to a high position, he would free your brother from slavery and make him a respectable official. Is this true?"

"Yes, so what if I did it for your uncle? He is your biological uncle, you can't just watch him be a slave for the rest of his life, can you?" Gu was desperate.

Zheng Yanjin took a deep breath and turned to Zheng Jianzhengdao.

"Dad, don't always say that you don't want to divorce mom because of me and my sister. If you really want to divorce, no one can stop you. After so many years, I'm really fed up with this family. Dad, I advise you not to protect mom anymore. Let's handle the matter impartially and send the person to the Dali Temple.

If I know the truth and don't report it, I will be sentenced to death!"

Zheng Jianzheng muttered to himself.

"Is there no other way? Your mother was just confused for a moment."

"A moment of confusion? Dad, can you please stop deceiving yourself?"

Zheng Yanjin closed his eyes.

It happens again!

Whenever my mother made a mistake, my father would always pick it up high and put it down low.

Even this time, their Zheng family might be exterminated, and Dad is still thinking about how to protect Mom.

Zheng Yanjin couldn't understand it. They had clearly spent half of their lives together and had also been arguing about half of their lives.

Zheng Jianzheng knelt down.

"Yanjin, your mother can't die. She is your biological mother. If she dies, you will be motherless. If this matter gets out, how will our Zheng family keep its reputation?"

Zheng Yanjin understood, and he laughed out loud, a sad sound.

Face, face, is face so important?

Dad doesn’t want to divorce because he’s afraid that other people will gossip about him!

Zheng Yanjin was extremely disappointed with this family.

He just left.

…

Gu and Zheng Yanmin were arrested. They were both insiders and it is a matter of life and death for both of them.

Zheng Jianzheng suddenly looked much older.

He took off his official hat and left the capital.

He couldn't stand the way other people looked at him.

The same was true when he refused to divorce Gu.

Face is more important to him than his life.

Zheng Yanjin laughed until his eyes turned red.

From childhood to adulthood, he has always been a child in the eyes of others.

Well-educated, hardworking and diligent.

Anyone who met him would say something good.

But no one knew that it was his father who forced him to do this.

If you don't study hard, you won't be able to eat for the whole day. If you are lectured by the teacher, your palms will turn red.

In order to save face, his father made him a genius.

Yes, he passed the imperial examination and became the youngest top scholar.

But he did not choose to stay in the capital, but took the initiative to propose to the emperor to start as a county magistrate.

Just to get away from this suffocating home.

He was fed up with the constant quarrels in his home, and he was fed up with his father and mother's hypocrisy in front of outsiders.

Only by staying away can he find a little peace.

Zheng Yanjin returned to Longde County.

He thought he would never get married and have children.

He didn't want to live with his wife in pain like his parents.

He also doesn't want his children to be like him.

It's good to be alone.

What he needs to do is to keep his original intention in mind and be a truly good official.

Decades later.

Zheng Yanjin closed his eyes.

He thought he had really done it. He helped many people redress their grievances, and he even developed a high-yield grain variety to benefit the people.

He spent his whole life doing good deeds and helping others.

He feels that his life is fulfilling.

Zheng Yanjin has lived in Longde County all his life. Even after being promoted, he did not leave and asked to stay here.

Although he had no children, after his death, the people of Longde County hung white silk in every household and cried for him.

Some people even volunteered to see him off to his final resting place.

Even after decades, Zheng Yanjin's story is still circulating among the people.

Some people even built small wooden statues for it and worshipped them, praying for good weather and a good harvest in the coming year.

(End of this chapter)