Chapter 477 The Death of Yu Jiaojiao
In recent days, she has read a lot about the history of hermitages and seen the consequences brought about by many powerful beings who came to the secular world incognito.
Perhaps they had no ill intentions, and they never thought they would cause any harm to the secular world when they came.
But they and their strength are themselves a hidden danger.
Every person in the secluded realm and their network of relationships is a giant sword hanging over the heads of ordinary people. If it gets out of control, the consequences will be immeasurable.
Just like the Gao family before, and the Taixu Sect before it reconciled with Yu Zhiyi.
She did not elaborate, but the emperor remained silent, clearly understanding her concerns.
Ordinary people are too fragile to withstand the torment of such powerful beings.
Even if he were an emperor, he would have to bow and scrape before those powerful figures.
With a sigh, the emperor said, "I can understand your good intentions, my dear minister."
He paused, then added, "However, love is, after all, a pillar of our Great Sheng Empire. If our Great Sheng Empire faces disaster in the future, I hope you will lend a helping hand out of consideration for our past relationship."
Yu Zhiyi frowned slightly.
Looking at the causal lines extending from her body, she hesitated for a moment before nodding: "Okay."
The emperor was overjoyed and personally handed a token to Yu Zhiyi: "This is my golden token. Seeing this token is like seeing me. No matter what happens in the capital in the future, as long as you have this token, you can see me directly."
Yu Zhiyi hesitated for a moment before accepting the token.
She still felt some regret when she left the palace.
As a woman, she longed to do more for the women of this world.
As long as she's in that position, even if she does nothing, she'll be a great inspiration to other women.
It is also a signal—although it is difficult for women to become officials, it is not without hope.
However, she had no choice but to resign from her official post.
Because she had a premonition that the world was about to descend into chaos.
If the issues in the hidden realm cannot be resolved, the secular world will also be affected.
As she walked, her thoughts wandered. Although she was absent-minded, she was still aware of her surroundings and did not bump into any pedestrians.
However, because she was so focused on scouting the way, she didn't see anyone appearing ahead.
As Zheng was pushing a manure cart, struggling, she saw Yu Zhiyi with a blank expression.
A fierce hatred instantly erupted in her eyes.
Although she was not yet familiar with pushing the manure cart and was pushing it shakily, she suddenly found strength from somewhere and the manure cart steadily and quickly rushed towards Yu Zhiyi.
Pedestrians on the street noticed the unusual manure cart and hurriedly moved aside.
Seeing that Yu Zhiyi seemed oblivious and continued walking forward, someone couldn't help but shout a warning: "Be careful!"
Hearing the crowd's reminder, Yu Zhiyi came to her senses, looked up, and saw Zheng Shi with a face full of hatred.
The veins on Zheng's neck bulged, and his jaw was clenched tightly.
Perhaps in her own eyes, her posture at this moment was extremely heroic, with an indomitable spirit and determination.
But in Yu Zhiyi's eyes, she was just throwing an egg against a rock, and at an absurdly slow pace.
She didn't dodge, but instead lowered her head and did some calculations, quickly figuring out why Zheng was there pushing a manure cart.
After the Yu family's property was confiscated, the entire family lost their means of livelihood. Even the shops run by the Yu family suffered a sharp decline in business, incurring losses every day, and were forced to close down.
The family of several people were waiting to be fed, but they had no source of income and had no choice but to go out and make a living.
This family were all scholars; even the woman, Meng, could read the account books.
However, due to their reputation, no one would hire them to access core secrets such as ledgers, so the family, who were used to a life of luxury, had to find another way to make a living.
The eldest and second eldest sons both went to do manual labor.
The third child had a big argument with his family and then left home.
The fourth brother had been flogged by the government officials and was still recovering. He couldn't do heavy work and couldn't find any easy jobs, so he spent his days idly, fantasizing about making a lot of money.
The fifth son, Yu Zixuan, was hailed as the hope of the whole family and was sent to study at the academy.
However, due to the Yu family's reputation, he was often bullied at the academy.
As for Yu Chunyue, the head of the family...
It's impossible for me to go out and work.
Even without his official position, he still had four healthy sons.
He would never go out and show his face in public, much less face the insults and pointing fingers of outsiders.
As for why the Zheng family came to push the manure cart...
It must be said that she is a qualified mother. In a society where sons are generally favored over daughters, she loves her daughter Yu Jiaojiao deeply.
Although the Yu brothers could earn over a hundred coins a day, it was barely enough for the family's expenses.
It was barely enough, and there was absolutely no way they could use it to help Yu Jiaojiao.
Although Yu Jiaojiao was the young mistress of the Zhang family, she was not favored at all. She even lost power because of the Yu family's influence and was often hungry and cold.
Zheng wanted to save some money for her daughter so that she could have a better life.
She couldn't find any good work, so she could only save up a dozen or so copper coins by pushing a manure cart every day.
However, Yu Jiaojiao died a few days ago.
Zheng was disheartened and didn't want to continue working there.
But then they suddenly discovered that the expenses for their youngest son's education were a bottomless pit. In the past, when the Yu family was wealthy, they didn't feel the pinch when they gave their youngest son hundreds or thousands of taels of silver every month.
But now, the expenses for paper and pens that need to be bought every now and then, various books, and the costs of welcoming and seeing off their sons are all an insurmountable hole, which cannot be met by their two older sons alone.
Besides, the eldest and second eldest sons also have to contribute to the household expenses.
She could only grit her teeth and keep going.
Then he ran into Yu Zhiyi.
A fierce hatred blazed in her eyes, and Yu Zhiyi had no doubt that if she had the power, she would have drowned herself in a latrine.
Unfortunately, the Zheng family did not have this ability.
Before she even reached Yu Zhiyi, she lost all her strength, her foot slipped, and the manure cart wobbled along with her.
Zheng struggled to operate the manure cart, but to no avail.
She was originally a noblewoman raised in seclusion, and although she had gained some strength after more than a month of training, she was only slightly better than before.
She was already struggling to push the manure cart; today, her desperate courage had exhausted all her strength.
As a result, the buckets of manure on the truck tilted and swayed with her movements, collided with each other, and the sewage inside spilled out.
Then, it was all poured over Zheng's body.
In a panic, Zheng instinctively opened her mouth and screamed, "Ah!"
After that, I couldn't call out anymore.
vomit!
vomit!
vomit!
Numerous sounds of vomiting filled the air.
Yu Zhiyi's lips twitched violently.
She knew that Zheng couldn't hurt her, and she didn't plan to retaliate. After all, she hadn't changed her habit of carrying defensive talismans with her, and the manure cart wouldn't even be able to hit her before being forced to stop by the transparent protective shield.
She had considered everything, but she never expected it to turn out like this.
I must say, it really does induce vomiting.
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