The old man's mother originally wanted to marry him a second wife, but the prominent girls in the Jiangnan area did not want to marry a man who was infertile.
In desperation, he thought of promoting his concubine to be his legal wife.
Rong Fangqing was originally the daughter of the county clerk. Because she was not favored, she was sent to the Ling family as a concubine. However, as a descendant of an official family, her literacy skills were as good as those of merchants' daughters, and sometimes even better.
Moreover, Rongfang's first wife gave birth to the Ling family's second grandchild a month earlier. It is reasonable and moral that she has the qualifications.
So a month later, it was officially recorded in the family tree.
The Ling family wasn't as prosperous as other wealthy families, so there were only nineteen people detained, half of whom were from the main branch of the family.
Although the old lady had discovered the discrepancy in the account book, she did not tell the old man out of selfishness.
Even though he was annoyed by the fact that his original wife drugged him, his relationship with his eldest and third sons was average.
But after all, they were his own sons. How could he just watch them suffer in poverty and do nothing?
Although the old lady has not been harsh on the bloodline left by her original wife over the years, she is a selfish person.
Why should she give away the property that her grandson had saved at great lengths?
So no matter how much he felt sorry for the old man, he didn't tell anyone about this secret. He just sat quietly in the corner, calculating how much property his little grandson had transferred.
As for how Ling Jiheng knew this, she automatically blocked it out. Anyway, the master said that this boy is extraordinary!
In addition, there are Shu Muyun’s brother, sister-in-law and nephew.
Shu Muyun's elder brother Shu Xuhong and his sister-in-law Ge Jinglan are childhood sweethearts and have a deep love for each other.
However, Ge Jinglan was injured in her youth and was unable to have children. It was not until she was in her thirties that she became pregnant and gave birth to Shu Rui, the only son of the Shu family.
Shu Rui, a chubby five-year-old, was in jail. He didn't cry, but clung to his mother's clothes, not knowing what was happening.
"Sister-in-law, why are you so impulsive? Exile is no trivial matter. We should have..." Shu Muyun looked at Ge Jinglan worriedly. He did not agree with her and her elder brother's choice at all.
Ge Jinglan, however, didn't care. She touched Shu Rui's head and said, "For so many years, the Shu family has been under your care. How could your brother and I do such a thing as to sever our ties?"
"But your body, sister-in-law... and Xiaorui, he is so young, how can he withstand the long journey." Shu Muyun didn't cry when the house was searched, but now, he felt so sorry for his little nephew that he burst into tears.
"It's okay. I've taken good care of him these past two years, and your brother is quite strong."
Ge Jinglan raised her hand to wipe away Shu Muyun's tears, turned to look at Chi Xingyue and waved.
Chi Xingyue was suspicious, but still walked over to the two of them from the fence, only to see Ge Jinglan quietly taking out a bracelet from Shu Rui's clothes.
"Aunt didn't expect to meet you under such circumstances, so I didn't prepare any gift. I'll give you this bracelet!" She lowered her voice, fearing that others would hear.
Chi Xingyue looked at the bracelet in her hand, which was of icy type, with floating flowers and no cracks.
It’s not a worthless thing at all. In the future, any of them would cost six or seven figures. How could she dare to despise it!
He smiled and said, "Thank you, aunt!"
Ge Jinglan breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that Chi Xingyue really liked him.
This bracelet was originally a dowry given to her by her mother. She had worn it for many years and had become attached to it. When the family was searched, she hid it in her son's arms while the soldiers were not paying attention.
Now that I can get a word of favor from my nephew’s wife, I feel that I have chosen the right person.
Seeing this, Shu Muyun took out two golden peanuts from her waist and said, "Mom can't come up with anything better now, but when I have the chance in the future, I will definitely make it up to you!"
Chi Xingyue nodded: "Thank you, mother!"
Then stuff the things into the sleeves, actually storing them in the space.
She thought that the Ling family members were not all naive. Look, her mother-in-law was quite smart. She saw that something was wrong and reacted immediately.
Chi Xingyue returned to Ling Jiheng and asked him about the situation of the Dayong Dynasty.
During this period, she was busy receiving goods and had no time to understand the world.
Now that I have stopped and listened to Ling Jiheng's story, I have formed a preliminary impression in my mind.
The Jiangnan region is very large. The location of the Ling family is probably the Nanjing area in later generations, while Shangjing is near Kaifeng.
As for Youzhou, where they were exiled, it became Beijing in later generations.
At first glance, the map looks very similar to the territory of the Song Dynasty. But in fact, the cultural development here is more like that of the Ming Dynasty.
Now the disaster-stricken area is in Shaanxi, and the victims fleeing famine instinctively head towards Beijing. Only a few will take the longer route to the south of the Yangtze River.
But Shangjing was the seat of imperial power, and with the emperor's demeanor, how could he possibly care about the victims? He might even resort to massacres to whitewash the situation.
Although the Jiangnan region was also affected by the drought, it was not serious after all. As long as you were not extremely poor, you could survive.
But then there will be heavy rain, heavy rain will cause floods, floods will cause plagues, plagues...
By then, the situation here may be worse than that in the northwest.
On the contrary, although the Youzhou area is bitterly cold, it is vast and sparsely populated, so the affected area is small.
Most people would subconsciously avoid it, but it is actually a good place to escape famine and disaster.
Just as he finished thinking this, Chi Xingyue's stomach started to growl.
Yes, she hasn't had a drop of water since last night. The fact that she has been able to hold on until now is because she has been in good health during this period.
He secretly took out a piece of mung bean cake from the space, and seeing that no one was paying attention, he quickly stuffed it into his mouth. His cheeks bulged out like a little hamster.
Seeing Ling Jiheng looking at her with a smile, Chi Xingyue's face suddenly turned red with embarrassment.
After glaring at the other person for several times, he grabbed Ling Jiheng's hand, stuffed a few cakes into his sleeve, and told him to do whatever he wanted.
Ling Jiheng raised his hand and rubbed the little fairy's hair. After care, the dry and yellow hair became somewhat smoother.
Unfortunately, he was about to be exiled and could not continue to care for her. The fairy could have stayed out of the matter, but because of his selfishness, she suffered this disaster.
Ling Jiheng thought to himself that he must take good care of the little fairy and not let her suffer and cry, or regret marrying him.
After Ling Jiheng left, Chi Xingyue also left the fence.
He came to the old lady, squatted down, and stuffed two pieces of mung bean cake into her mouth. Then he came to his mother-in-law and stuffed three pieces into her mouth.
Shu Muyun was surprised: "Where did it come from?"
"My husband gave it to me!" Chi Xingyue shifted the blame so easily.
Shu Muyun knew that his son was a capable person, so he nodded and shared the mung bean cakes with his nephew and sister-in-law.
As for the people in the first and third houses, the old lady and Shu Muyun didn't care about them. After all, they were not on the same side as them.
Because the light in the cell was dim and everyone was in a low spirit, no one suspected that Chi Xingyue and Ling Jiheng were cheating even though they were making some big moves.
Around noon, cries could be heard from the main gate. Curious, the Ling family members turned toward the source of the noise, only to see the Chen, Li, Wang, and Han families all arrested and brought in.
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