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Cui Niang is seriously ill.
Du Yaoyao rushed to Qingzhou without stopping.
She suspected that all this was done by Shen Jie, who deliberately set a trap for the Du family just to force her to show up, beg him for mercy, and then become his pet for his sexual gratification.
Then he thought again, with Du Qing's greedy and arrogant character, it is not impossible for him to bribe the examiner.
Du Yaoyao couldn't find a good way to solve the current urgent problem.
After traveling for several days, she arrived in Qingzhou. She disguised herself as a maid of the Song family and followed Du Lan to the Du Mansion to visit Cui Niang.
Cui Niang was taken care of by the Qingzhou prefect and his wife, and her status was no longer that of a place where she could be bullied. When the gatekeeper saw that a maid was wearing a mask, she became suspicious and did not dare to ask any more questions.
There was a bitter smell of medicine in the room. Du Lan went in and exchanged a few words of greeting, then sent everyone away, leaving only Du Yaoyao and Cui Niang, mother and daughter.
“Yaoyao…” Cui Niang propped herself up, tears streaming down her thin face before she could say anything, “My poor daughter…”
"Mother..." Du Yaoyao saw Cui Niang's pale face, sunken eyes, and skinny body. Her nose felt sore and she knelt beside the bed and cried, "My daughter is unfilial."
“Yaoyao, Yaoyao…” Cui Niang held Du Yaoyao in her arms, “It’s good that you’re back, it’s good that you’re back…”
"Mom, did Dad really spend 50,000 taels of silver to buy the examiner's test questions?" Du Yaoyao asked tearfully.
Cui Niang stammered, "I'm not sure either. Ever since Wenwu passed the provincial examination, your father has asked people in the capital to inquire about the examiners and questions in previous years, and has bought a lot of guessed test papers on the market for Wenwu." She sighed, "I didn't expect, I didn't expect..."
Cheating in the imperial examination is unfair to other students, and the court will definitely severely punish the perpetrators.
This kind of thing has happened in the past, and the punishments have varied. Some were disqualified from the imperial examinations, some were beaten with a stick and exiled to remote areas, and some... their families were implicated and they were beheaded as a warning to others.
Du Yaoyao didn't understand why Du Wenwu was the most severe one.
Cui Niang wiped her tears and said, "Yaoyao, your father went to look for his son-in-law, but he couldn't find him after several attempts. He wanted to bribe the jailer to see your brother, but he had no money or means..."
Du Yaoyao had long given up hope on Chen Jie, but Du Qing was kept in the dark and thought that Chen Jie was still his dear son-in-law.
The officialdom is not so clean. The people below try to make small profits and take care of family members and personal relationships. As long as the matter is not made into a big deal, the people above will not investigate further.
I'm afraid Du Wenwu was warned in advance by someone with ulterior motives.
Du Yaoyao didn't understand what Chen Jie wanted to do?
Adding insult to injury and adding fuel to the fire, does he have such a deep hatred with the Du family? At least I played with the Du family's daughter for a few years.
Are you suspecting that she faked her death and forcing her out on purpose?
"Yaoyao..." Cui Niang got out of bed trembling, grabbed Du Yaoyao's hand tightly, knelt down on her knees, and cried without saying a word.
History repeats itself when Cui Niang asked for an official position for Du Wenwu.
Du Yaoyao's heart grew colder little by little.
She hated being a girl in ancient times because it was too easy for women to be abandoned by men and given up by their families.
She didn't blame Cui Niang. Cui Niang herself is a woman who suffers from feudal shackles. She obeys her husband after marriage and obeys her son after her husband's death. She regards her daughter as important and her son as her life.
Chen Jie just abandoned her when she was in trouble, so what? If a man is powerful, he should bow his head. A woman should let bygones be bygones and forgive him generously.
What's more, following him means eating delicious food and drinking spicy drinks, having unlimited glory, and can also rescue Du Wenwu, so why not do it?
What is self-esteem, what is personality, what are principles, is it important?
unimportant!
This is a society where a large number of women happily share a powerful man.
Will Du Yaoyao give in?
Never.
The heart never gives in.
"Mother," Du Yaoyao helped Cui Niang up and comforted her, "I will find a way to deal with my brother's problem."
Cui Niang refused to get up and kept apologizing, "Yaoyao, I'm sorry, I'm sorry for you..."
Du Yaoyao smiled sadly, "As a woman, I should shoulder the responsibilities of a woman."
Tears fell from her eyes, and the corners of her lips curved up, "Mother, get up. If I have nowhere else to go, I will go to find Chen Jie. He loved me so much before. If I beg him, he will let my brother go."
"Yaoyao," Cui Niang was grateful and shed tears again, "Mother knows that I have wronged you..."
"I don't feel wronged." Du Yaoyao was calm, and regarded it as Cui Niang's thank you gift for being her mother for so long.
Worst case, everything returns to the original book.
Shen Jie opened a harem, and she became one of his concubines.
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