Ye Zhen's logic is not wrong.
If they weren't engaged, why would the other party have to give Xie Jinyao gifts every year?
But the Marquis of Zhongyong was worried that things were not so simple.
Lady Liu was proud and arrogant, and she wished Xie Jinyao could be married to a prince or a phoenix, so how could she easily give her away to someone else?
She didn't even tell her father. Liu knew how much he cared about his daughter, and no matter how bold he was, he wouldn't dare to make decisions about his daughter's marriage on his own.
If they weren't engaged, why would the other party send Jin Yao gifts every year?
If it were to please him, she wouldn't have gone so far as to send a gift for Jin Yao's birthday.
He doesn't only have Jinyao as a child; pleasing his son might be more promising.
The Marquis of Loyalty and Courage felt his heart grow heavier and heavier.
He asked Ye Zhen, "Is there anything else?"
some.
Ye Zhen thought to himself, "But if I give you too much at once, I'm afraid you won't be able to accept it."
She was also afraid that the Marquis of Zhongyong would not believe her and would instead suspect that she was framing Liu. It would be better to let him find out for himself.
Marquis Zhongyong picked up the whip from the wall and said, "I will send someone to investigate the matter on the clan's side."
"You've worked hard, go back and rest. I'm going to the village."
Ye Zhen glanced at the sky, hesitated, and said, "Father, night is about to fall..."
Marquis Zhongyong waved his hand, "It's alright."
It was common for soldiers to travel at night during battles, and he wouldn't be able to sleep soundly if he didn't go to the village tonight.
Ye Zhen squinted as she watched him stride away.
After guessing that Liu would seek help from the old lady and her lover, Ye Zhen took advantage of the opportunity of the head of the estate visiting the new head of the household to bribe the head of the estate who was guarding Liu.
I just received a message from the head of the village that someone was wandering around the village today.
Ye Zhen calculated the time and figured that Liu's support should have arrived by now.
If it were the old lady, she could have gone straight into the manor without sneaking around nearby, so she guessed that the person who came must be Liu's lover.
Therefore, I just went to see Marquis Zhongyong. Sure enough, after learning about the matter, Marquis Zhongyong wanted to settle accounts with Lady Liu.
I wonder if he can catch them in the act in time. Ye Zhen slowly walked back into the house.
"I wonder how the old lady will deal with me when she returns."
Ye Zhen pondered the question of abandoning Liu Shi and began to devise a plan.
Meanwhile, in the village, Liu worked in the fields all day, so busy that she could barely straighten her back.
All they got was a steamed bun and a bowl of porridge.
She was so angry that tears streamed down her face.
During the days she was left at the manor, except when Zhiyun came to visit her and she took the opportunity to ask the old lady for help, she was always watched by the guards left behind by the Marquis of Zhongyong.
Only when using the toilet or washing up can one have a moment of freedom.
However, the people in the manor had received the Marquis's orders, and none of them dared to reveal her true situation in the manor, let alone pass on messages for her.
She was blind and deaf here, except for the guards who, at the Marquis's instruction, told her about Xie Jinyao's stupid mistakes one by one.
After finishing all the steamed buns and porridge, she picked up a wooden bucket to fetch water for washing.
For the first few days, although the guards kept an eye on her, they would at least help her with some physical tasks such as fetching and pouring water.
However, after Xie Jinyao made a mistake, the Marquis took his anger out on her mother and became increasingly harsh on her.
Thinking of her daughter, tears welled up in Liu's eyes again.
It's anger.
She had originally hoped that her daughter would take her back, but instead of saving her, she ended up getting into trouble.
Upon hearing that Xie Jinyao herself had also been sent to the horse farm, Madam Liu felt both despair and resentment.
She blamed her daughter for being useless, having a head but not a brain, and still failing miserably despite her own advice.
She hated the loyal and brave Marquis for being so heartless, wasting their years of marriage.
Once her son, Lanzhou, inherits the title, she will definitely teach the Marquis of Loyalty and Bravery a lesson. But when she thinks of her young son, who is only five years old, she breaks down.
Let alone whether Lan Zhou has the ability to compete with Xie Tingzhou for the title, even if they were to compete, it would be ten years from now.
These days felt like an eternity; she feared she wouldn't even last a year, let alone ten.
She immediately began to hate Xie Yunzhou. If he had been more ambitious and hadn't eloped with a man three years ago, he might have already obtained a title and wouldn't be in this situation today.
But then she remembered why Xie Yunzhou disliked women, and she felt guilty.
Amidst these conflicting emotions, Liu spent her days one after another, her greatest hope being that the old lady would receive her letter and return to the capital soon.
But no good news came, and she carried the water into the room, filled with resentment.
He yelled at the two guards to get out of the way, then slammed the door shut.
These experiences have made her much stronger, but Liu doesn't think it's anything to be happy about.
The pampered and powerful matriarchs had servants to wait on them in everything, while only lower-class women needed to exert themselves to earn a living.
After a quick wash, she was about to fetch water to pour it out when she heard a noise from the window.
Liu's heart skipped a beat, and then she heard three long and two short notes, a familiar code, and her tension instantly turned into joy.
The window was opened, and a man climbed in. Liu threw herself into his arms.
She sobbed softly, "You've finally come."
In the dim light, the man embraced her tightly, saying, "I arrived during the day, but you were being watched by someone, so it was inconvenient for me to show up. I waited until this hour."
"If you had come a few days later, you might have found my bones."
Liu complained.
The man offered words of comfort in a low voice.
He released her, looked her over, and frowned.
The person who used to be radiant and beautiful now looks much more haggard. Her flawless, fair face has lost its luster and has developed many fine lines.
He looked more than ten years older than when he saw him last year.
"He is truly a heartless and ungrateful man, treating his wife like a servant."
The man gritted his teeth and cursed, "He's supposed to be an important official in the court, yet he doesn't even care about the reputation of the Marquis's mansion."
If word gets to the capital that you're farming here, it'll be him who loses face. A brute is a brute, a brainless idiot.
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