Chapter 482 Are you done cursing?
If there were other houses nearby, she would have loved to lie down on the ground and throw a tantrum.
Although the shrewish attitude is unsightly, it is undeniably effective!
She glared angrily at Yu Zhiyi: "I really regret not strangling you back then! If I had been more decisive, my son wouldn't have been led astray by you, and our Yu family wouldn't have ended up in such poverty!"
You're a jinx!
"Are you done cursing?" Yu Zhiyi asked calmly, her mood unaffected by the insults.
Having survived so many life-or-death ordeals, this level of attack was nothing more than a drizzle to her.
"After you've finished cursing..."
Yu Zhiyi said to Jiang Liuyun, who was hiding behind the door watching the commotion, "Take Madam Yu home."
Jiang Liuyun jumped out: "Alright!"
He clenched his fists so tightly they cracked: "Old woman, if it weren't for your age, I would have shown you why flowers are so red!"
Before Zheng could say anything more hurtful, Jiang Liuyun grabbed her by the back of her collar and flew away from Peach Garden.
Yu Zhiyi turned around and saw Yu Mingquan looking forlornly in the direction Zheng had left.
She pursed her lips, about to speak, when Yu Mingquan spoke first: "Yi'er, I've thought it over carefully, I can't accept this house."
Although he has severed ties with the Yu family, how easy is it to sever blood ties?
If kinship ties could be easily severed, there would be far less oppression and misfortune stemming from family in the world.
He was all alone, penniless, and unattached; whatever his life was like was his own business.
But if the Yu family were added, it would be a complete mess.
He didn't want this tranquil peach orchard to become some kind of chaotic mess in the future.
So he decided to return to the slums and live out his days in solitude.
Yu Zhiyi said calmly, "I've given it to you, this is your place, you can do whatever you want with it."
Even so, she knew that her third brother would take good care of Taoyuan for her.
Besides, with her abilities, if she didn't want certain people to move in, they wouldn't even be allowed a single hair to drift in.
Yu Zhiyi patted his shoulder and sighed, "Brother, you were good to me when we were young, so it's only right that I be good to you now. You have talent, ideals, and ambitions; you shouldn't be bothered by those filthy things."
"As long as you focus on passing the imperial examinations, you will surely achieve great things in the future."
Yu Mingquan's lonely eyes suddenly lit up: "You really think so?"
"certainly."
Yu Zhiyi smiled and said, "You have always been very talented, but you were previously limited by your legs, which is why you were unable to achieve your goals. Now that your legs are healed, and His Majesty is a person who cherishes talent, you will surely rise to great heights."
From childhood to adulthood, Yu Mingquan heard nothing more than praise from others for his brothers.
He was the only one whom everyone looked down upon, considering him a useless person.
Even his parents thought he was a useless person and couldn't be of much use.
No one understood his ideals and ambitions, nor did anyone understand his anguish.
Unexpectedly, Yu Zhiyi had already seen through his efforts.
She understands him.
"Don't worry, Yi'er, I will definitely not let you down!"
"If you really become an official in the future, I hope you can be a good official who does practical things for the people."
Yu Mingquan paused for a moment, thinking of his father.
He gave a wry smile: "Don't worry, I will definitely cultivate my character and never become a corrupt official, much less oppress the people. I dare not compare myself to the upright and just ruler, but I can guarantee that as long as I pass the imperial examination, there will be absolutely no injustices under my rule."
"I...I believe in my brother."
That night.
The night was hazy.
Zheng had a very, very long dream.
In her dream, the Yu family had not yet met with disaster, and she was still the high-ranking wife of the Minister.
In her dream, she treated her adopted daughter Yu Zhiyi much better than her own biological daughter, because Yu Zhiyi was very gentle and virtuous under her tutelage, and was the model for all noble ladies in the capital.
On the other hand, her biological daughter, Yu Jiaojiao, was raised in the countryside from a young age. She was coarse and vulgar, selfish and jealous. After returning to the Yu family, she did many wrong things and often framed Yu Zhiyi.
Unfortunately, her methods were too naive. Not only could she and Yu Chunyue, two people who had experienced many things, not even their five sons could be fooled.
Every time their affair is exposed, their disappointment in Yu Jiaojiao grows even deeper.
Later, the two got married one after the other.
Yu Jiaojiao had a terrible time. She was completely crushed by a lowly peasant girl. The daughter of a high-ranking official ended up being stabbed to death by her husband, who judged her as an assassin.
After Yu Jiaojiao died, Zheng accidentally found a stack of diaries while sorting through her belongings.
The handwriting on the logs is not quite the same. It is clear that it is a process of a person learning to write from the beginning to the end. The first log is written crookedly, while the last one is written very neatly.
The diary begins when Yu Jiaojiao returned to the Yu family mansion at the age of ten.
Having just returned home, she still retained her innocence and naivety, hoping to receive the love of her family.
However, her family did not give her the love she longed for.
All eyes were fixed on the beautiful and elegant Yu Zhiyi. When they occasionally glanced at the drab Yu Jiaojiao, they only felt disgusted that she was not presentable and that she had disgraced the Minister's Mansion.
Yu Jiaojiao suffered in this torment day after day, her original kindness gradually eroded, and she transformed into a vicious and vengeful person.
But she wasn't very smart; she couldn't even give a proper reply.
In Zheng's dream, Yu Jiaojiao married Du Ziheng.
At first, Yu Jiaojiao was really looking forward to the marriage. She prayed to heaven in her diary, hoping that she would marry a good man who would give her lots and lots of love.
Unfortunately, she was disappointed again.
Du Ziheng only had one love in his heart: the peasant girl You Bingyue.
After that, Yu Jiaojiao's heart was torn in two, one part hating Yu Zhiyi, and the other hating You Bingyue.
These two hatreds did not fade with time; instead, they grew deeper and deeper.
Ultimately, this led to disastrous consequences.
Her husband despised her so much that he framed her as an assassin and took the opportunity to kill her.
In contrast, Yu Zhiyi's life became increasingly smooth, and she even became a princess.
After reading Yu Jiaojiao's diary, Zheng's long-dormant maternal love was awakened. She began to regret how she had treated her biological daughter so harshly, and instead showed extra care for her adopted daughter.
Moreover, that adopted daughter could bring her utter destruction at any moment.
At that moment, her hatred for Yu Zhiyi reached its peak.
Just when she had nowhere to vent her hatred, a person dressed in a black cloak came up to her and asked her if she wanted to change the fate of her biological daughter.
Of course, Zheng wanted to.
The black cloak gave her a black stone, instructing her to drip her heart's blood onto it and then make a wish upon it.
The man in the black cloak said that if she did as she was told, everything could be reversed.
Although Zheng was somewhat conflicted, she made up her mind when she thought of the suffering her biological daughter had endured.
She did as the man in the black cloak instructed.
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