Yu Jinshu thought Chu Zan’s arrangement was very good.
My father, Yu Xiaoyuan, was a marquis in the capital, but he was demoted to Guizhou to serve as a county magistrate.
There is also the second mother, Zou. She was born in a small family. When she was young, she finally got together with Yu Xiaoyuan, and poisoned his mother, Wen, to make her a co-wife. She became the second lady of the marquis's mansion and lived a glorious life for more than ten years. But now she is going to follow her husband, Yu Xiaoyuan, to a wild place like Guizhou to be the wife of a county magistrate.
Moreover, Yu Xiaoyuan was demoted because Zou offended his eldest daughter Yu Jinshu. He was upset and had a bad temper. In this case, how could Zou have a good ending?
Yu Jinshu knew his father's temper too well.
As for Yu Yunli, she is determined to marry into a prominent family and become the mistress. Now she has a bad reputation in the capital. In the past, the threshold of the Marquis' Mansion was almost broken down by her, but now no one comes to propose marriage to the Marquis' Mansion anymore.
Even those who had proposed marriage before would take a detour when they saw Yu Xiaoyuan and Zou, for fear of being harassed.
Yu Yunli is of marriageable age. If she goes to Guizhou, she will probably get married in Guizhou. If she marries in Guizhou, she will probably stay in Guizhou for the rest of her life.
Yu Jinshu knew very well that Yu Yunli definitely didn't want to go to a place like Guizhou.
Just as Yu Jinshu expected, Yu Yunli cried her heart out in the Dingping Marquis Mansion.
"Mom, I don't want to go to Guizhou. I heard it's all mountains there, and once you go in, you can't get out."
Zou wiped her tears and said, "Yun'er, mother doesn't want to go to Guizhou either, but the emperor's order is hard to disobey!"
Yu Yunli cried, "Mother, I heard there are many bandits in Guizhou. They make a living by robbing. I also heard that many people who went to Guizhou to be officials died on the way. I don't want to die. A rich girl like me, they will definitely take me away to the mountains."
Yu Xiaoyuan was already extremely upset, and hearing his second daughter crying, he could no longer bear it. He shouted at her, "Why are you crying? If you and your mother hadn't treated Jinshu so harshly, why would the emperor have banished me?"
Zou buried her head, not daring to make a sound. Recently, Yu Xiaoyuan always disliked her. He either scolded her or slapped her all day long, almost taking out all his anger on her.
Yu Yunli has always been willful, and she was no less restless now. She completely disregarded her father's feelings and walked up to him crying, "Daddy always scolds me, but you've never blamed me and Mom for mistreating Yu Jinshu!"
Yu Xiaoyuan has been feeling more and more guilty about the past recently. When Yu Yunli brought up this matter, it really touched his sore spot. He was so angry that he slapped Yu Yunli in the face.
Yu Yunli covered her painful and numb face with her hands, her eyes wide open: "Daddy, you hit me."
It was the first time her father hit her, and this time he actually slapped her in the face. Perhaps because he hit her too hard, she felt a buzzing in her ears.
Yu Xiaoyuan regretted the fight. He had already offended one daughter, so why would he offend another? He only had these two daughters!
Yu Yunli ran out crying, and Zou tried to chase her but couldn't catch up.
"Why are you chasing her? She's just a girl, how far can she run?"
Zou said, "But we are about to set off."
Not long after Yu Yunli ran out of the Marquis' Mansion, she was stopped by a young man.
She looked at the strange man in front of her, a little frightened: "Who are you?"
The man was wearing commoner's clothes, but his face had a noble air and his eyes were sharp. He looked a bit like a down-and-out young man whose family had fallen on hard times.
"Miss Yu Er, don't be afraid. I'll ask Wei Quhu."
Yu Yunli widened her eyes: "The Wei family in Beijing?" The aristocratic family that she most longed to marry into was the Wei family in Beijing.
The Wei family was a founding hero. It was because of the glory of the Wei family that the empress dowager summoned Wei Ruyan into the palace to be the queen.
It's a pity that Wei Ruyan conspired with King Xiang to usurp the throne and was executed. The Wei family was also implicated by her. Although their entire clan was not executed, they were demoted to commoners.
From then on, there was no more Wei family in the capital.
Yu Yunli looked at Wei Quhu in front of her. Although he was wearing commoner's clothes, it couldn't hide his handsome demeanor.
In fact, she once fantasized about marrying Wei Quhu, and the Wei family had come to the Marquis's Mansion to propose marriage, but it didn't happen later.
Fortunately, it didn't work out. Even if she liked Wei Quhu, she couldn't marry a commoner.
"What do you want to see me for?"
"Second Miss Yu, I heard you're going to Guizhou. If you go, you'll be stuck in a wild place like Guizhou forever."
Yu Yunli stared into Wei Quhu's eyes: "What do you want to say?"
Wei Quhu's eyes were filled with hostility: "Second Miss Yu and I have a common enemy. We both want Yu Jinshu dead."
Yu Yunli's eyes lit up, and her tone softened: "Do you want to avenge your sister Wei Ruyan?"
Wei Quhu said coldly, "It's one thing that my sister was killed by your eldest sister, but my Wei family was a founding hero, and I can't stand being demoted to a commoner. I can't stand this."
Everything that once existed is gone, including the family’s glory, wealth, and supreme power.
Now all they have is being laughed at, being despised, and being in poverty.
He didn't think that the emperor had already shown mercy to the Wei family. Queen Wei had committed treason, a crime punishable by the extermination of nine generations of her family, but he only demoted them to common people.
Yu Yunli asked: "What are your plans?"
Wei Quhu said, "The Emperor will leave the palace tomorrow to accompany the Empress Dowager to the Imperial Temple to pray for your eldest sister, and will stay overnight at the Imperial Temple. I can arrange for you to go to the Imperial Temple."
He took out a packet of medicine powder and handed it to Yu Yunli. "As long as the emperor takes this medicine powder, he will definitely favor you. Then, you will definitely be brought into the palace by the emperor. Then, you can deal with your eldest sister and the child in her belly."
Yu Yunli has followed her mother in framing Wen and Yu Jinshu since she was a child. Faced with such things, she is not afraid, but rather a little excited.
If she went to Guizhou, even if she could make it to the county government office alive, she would probably have to stay in that wild place forever.
If that is the case, life would be worse than death.
It would be better to listen to Wei Quhu and give it a try tomorrow night. If successful, she will not only be able to stay in the capital forever, but also become the emperor's woman.
She was supposed to be the emperor's woman. If it weren't for the false rumor that the emperor was impotent, she might have been crowned queen.
"Okay, I promise."
Wei Quhu smiled strangely and glanced at the carriage not far away: "Second Miss Yu, please come in! Let's go to the Imperial Temple to make preparations now."
Yu Yunli turned around and glanced in the direction of the Marquis' Mansion. Her father and mother would soon set off for Guizhou. If she chose to go to the Imperial Temple at this time, she might never see her father and mother again in this life.
But no matter what, she would not go to Guizhou. She must become the emperor's woman tomorrow night.
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