Ma'am help, the general is in trouble again

Although I felt weird in my heart, the people present were not nosy people. They just regarded it as going through the process, paid their condolences quickly and went back.

They held the incense sticks in their hands, bowed deeply to the soul three times, and then inserted the incense sticks firmly into the incense burner.

Zheng Quchi was quietly burning paper money on the side. When someone came to greet someone, he stood up to greet the gift and return the gift.

She felt that now, even if it was fake, she had to do a full show. She didn't want to howl a few words, be sentimental, and match the atmosphere of the venue, but she couldn't squeeze out tears or let go of her airs, so she just pretended. Just act quiet and numb.

After all, according to everyone's understanding, "Yu Wensheng" has been dead for a long time. No matter how sad the family is, they should take it easy. Now that the body has been won back from the Julu Kingdom, the next step is to give it to He gave a decent funeral and went through the motions.

While Zheng Quchi was dealing with the guests, he glanced at Fu Rong from time to time with the eyes of Qiu Hou settling accounts, which made his spine go cold and he was about to cry without tears.

Humph, he was even better at acting than she was. His general died without even a red eye, and there was also the old butler Chang Yue. How could a loyal old butler not squeeze out two drops of crocodile tears at this time to mourn his master's family?

She had seen through each of them. She had no suspicion before and didn't think their behavior was unreasonable. Now looking at these people, it is clear that they all know the inside story, as well as Wang Zebang and Wei Yao...

She narrowed her eyes and thought for a moment, but she couldn't tell whether they were acting in the past or whether they were kept in the dark like her, but she was sure that the two of them knew the truth now.

Ever since that day in Yixiu Palace, when they stood behind Yuan Xingzhou with a gloomy and unclear attitude, she should have seen something. However, during these days, although they greeted them every day and received various supplements and medicines, there were no people there. There is no trace, which means there is something wrong.

If you don't even come at this time, could it be that you got the news from Fu Rong, feel guilty and are afraid of being questioned by her, so you don't dare to come?

If you dare, just hide it from her alone, right?

But the problem is, she thought about it all night last night and still couldn't understand why Yu Wensheng did all this?

Why did he escape?

Where is he now? If he did all this just to do a big thing, is it possible that he has actually always been with them and not far away...

Scenes suddenly recalled in her mind. She carefully considered everything that happened last night. After thinking about it, she now had a suspect, but she still lacked key evidence.

Later, as expected, people from the Yuwen family came, but no one in the general's mansion went out of their way to greet them. Looking at the unkind look of each visitor, the old housekeeper Chang Yue's eyes became sharp.

"Steward Chang, you can go handle other matters. I'll leave them to me." Zheng Quchi stopped him and explained.

Chang Yue originally planned to deal with the monsters and ghosts of the Yuwen family in anger, but he didn't expect his wife to plan to "attend the meeting alone".

He was worried that Madam didn’t know how troublesome these vampires in the Yuwen family were: “Madam, except for the direct lineage of the head of the Yuwen family, the other branches of the Yuwen family were all born from ordinary people. Over the years, they have been sheltered by the General’s Mansion and gained some influence. I didn’t know that the sky was high and the earth was high, but when I got into trouble outside and owed huge debts, I decided to go to the general’s house.”

Zheng Quchi had already guessed that these people were lacking in character and would not be good things.

"I know, it's okay, Butler Chang, I can handle it."

Seeing that Madam understood everything and still planned to personally resolve the matter, Chang Yue stopped stopping her. He planned to ask his two loyal servants to keep an eye on the situation. Once he found out that they had bullied Madam, he would not spare them.

The people from Yuwen's family pretended to burn incense and bowed to the memorial tablet and body, but their peripheral vision glanced in the direction of Zheng Quchi from time to time. Their eyes were very uncomfortable. .

After the worship, the elderly Yu Wengui brought his descendants to Zheng Quchi. He was leaning on a staff, his face was covered with age wrinkles, and there were a few dark spots at the corners of his eyes. He looked at him with squinted eyes. As a person, there is a bit of ill-intention and gloominess.

Those behind him did not want to take into account the current situation and began to mobilize troops to investigate.

"Ms. Zheng, how dare you lie to us? You are not pregnant at all."

Yu Wengui also looked majestic and poked the ground with his stick. The clear sound attracted the attention of the people around him. Other guests who came to express their condolences heard the noise and looked over.

"I am the patriarch of the Yuwen family, Yu Wengui, and Yuwen Sheng's great-grandfather. I heard that you were pregnant with Sheng'er's posthumous son. Even if I dragged a handful of old bones, I wanted to come over to visit you. I never thought that everything was a joke. lie."

"Who said I'm pregnant?" Zheng Quchi was stunned for a moment, and then said innocently: "I didn't lie to you. You can't just hear it and then accuse me wrongly, right?"

Seeing that she refused to admit it, the middle-aged man behind Yu Wengui pointed at her angrily: "You - such a sharp-tongued woman with no education, yet you are still so rude in front of your elders."

Zheng Quchi said, neither humble nor arrogant: "I respect you as elders and tolerate everything, but today is my husband's day of condolences. If you make trouble here, don't blame the younger generation for being rude."

Hearing what she said, a sneer appeared on the middle-aged man's face: "Your husband? Oh, don't be ridiculous. You and Yu Wensheng have no registered marriage contract. No one will recognize your identity at all. You just She's just a woman who is cheating under the guise. Do you have a marriage contract in your hand? Does the Yuwen family recognize you?"

They specifically chose today to show off their skin. This was not a random day, but a premeditated plan. Wasn't it just to completely discredit Zheng Quchi and cut off his relationship with Yu Wensheng in front of everyone? Once the Borderless Land is cleared, these collateral relatives can naturally take over.

Originally, they didn't plan to be so extreme. After all, Yu Wensheng put Zheng Quchi's name in the clan ancestral hall together with his, which meant that he really wanted to marry Zheng as his bride. For Yu Wensheng's sake, they They gave her a chance, as long as she obeyed their arrangements.

But if you want to blame her, it's because this Mrs. Zheng is so disrespectful and dares to play tricks on them. If so, tell her to get out of Yuwen's house completely.

Immediately, everyone in the mourning hall was in an uproar.

It turns out that Mrs. Zheng and Yu Wensheng are not legally married.

Zheng Quchi had known that the Yuwen family could only use this little excuse to talk things out. She was not intimidated by them, but argued with reason: "Yu Wensheng and I paid homage to heaven and earth in Fu County, applied for household registration, and exchanged information." Everyone knows the marriage contract, do you think I’m lying?”

"So what? We fell in love and became my concubine. As long as you don't have the marriage contract in hand, you, the general's wife, can't do anything!"

No matter how deep the relationship between a man and a woman in Ye country is, they have worshiped heaven and earth, and held a wedding ceremony, if there is no marriage contract, they cannot be regarded as the official wife of the matchmaker. So what if they enter the ancestral hall? Ding Po Tian can only be regarded as a side room or concubine, and cannot be buried together after death.

"That's right, don't mention these useless things. Where is the marriage contract approved by the monarch? We Sheng'er are not those mud-legged people in your country. He is a dignified general. Without the monarch's personal approval of the marriage contract, your marriage will be invalid!"

Relying on their status as Yu Wensheng's uncle and elder, these people now spoke to Zheng Quchi with no mercy at all, speaking harshly, as if they wanted to eat her alive.

At this time, Yu Wengui pretended to come out to smooth things over: "Well, after all, she can still be regarded as your grandnephew's wife. Even if she is not the main wife, she is still considered as a concubine in Sheng'er's house. As elders, even if she acts surly and behaves If there is no state, you should be more relaxed." After "teaching" his people, he looked at Zheng Quchi again, with a smile on his face, but this smile was threatening: "Mr. Zheng, my life is hard, Sheng'er is old. He left quietly, leaving only Nuo Da's mansion. Now that you have no support, you should make other plans. We can also understand that if you marry another person, the Yuwen family will definitely not treat you badly."

Zheng Quchi saw that these people were singing with both black and white faces, just to seize what should not belong to them. If they truly treated Yu Wensheng and treated him as a relative, they would not run away at this time. They came to his mourning hall to cause trouble.

"I will not remarry, let alone give away what my husband left me." She said firmly.

When the people of the Yuwen family heard this, they said arrogantly: "If you can't get the marriage contract, you are not my Yuwen family's wife. I advise you to be wise and return everything that belongs to the Yuwen family."

"What if I don't know what's interesting?"

She sneered and saw that Fu Rong had been prepared early. He waved his hand and in an instant, dozens of guards in the general's reserve surrounded the mourning hall inside and outside.

"You, what do you dare to do to us? Don't think that you can run wild just because you have someone in your hands!"

The guests hurriedly hid in corners to avoid the trouble, fearing that they would be involved in this family turmoil.

When they heard that Mrs. Zheng was just a concubine, they thought that she would be chewed to pieces by relatives like the Yuwen family. But now it seems that she is not a soft persimmon. She is from the General's Mansion. He was also won over by her and listened to her orders. It was hard to say whether he would win or lose in this family property dispute.

"In my home, can I still let outsiders like you bully me?"

Yu Wensheng gave her power and gave her the confidence to fight back against all evil forces with a strong attitude. Why should she be afraid of challenging these people?

"Zheng Quchi, it doesn't matter if you use your power to suppress others. If you are right or wrong, people in the Ye Kingdom will soon know that you, the general's wife, are a joke. What kind of wife? She is just a concubine, someone who occupies others. Family property, a female liar who steals the world and defrauds the reputation!"

The people of the Yuwen family did not hesitate to use the most vicious words to slander her. When the wife became a concubine, it was undoubtedly the mistress who became a servant who could be sold off at a low price. There was a huge difference between the two.

As they said, if this matter is true, even if Zheng Quchi holds military power, he will be criticized and ridiculed by everyone.

By then, not only will her reputation be ruined, but all the inheritance rights belonging to the general's wife will be confiscated due to the Ye Kingdom's laws, and she will have nothing.

After the guests realized the consequences, they all stared at Zheng Quchi with different expressions.

have sympathy.

There is schadenfreude.

Just wait and see what happens.

There are also people who take it as a joke and sit on the sidelines, waiting for the results.

But Zheng Quchi, who was in the eye of the storm, always looked calm. The stormy waves did not scare her, but instead showed her rock-solid determination.

"Who says she is fake? The marriage contract between Zheng Quchi and Yu Wensheng has long been recorded in the files of the Ministry of Household Affairs, but it is you who are here to talk nonsense, confuse the public, and insult the court ministers!"

Outside the mourning hall, a loud shout suddenly sounded, and a middle-aged man with a big waist and a round waist strode over leading four officers and soldiers. He was wearing a red official uniform and a high hat. He was a third-rank official, and there were many in the audience. He immediately recognized that this person was the newly promoted Minister of Household Affairs.

Why is he here?

He used to hold a small position in the Ministry of Household Affairs. Recently, he had good luck and entered the eyes of His Highness the Crown Prince. Only then did he leap over the dragon gate. How could he have friendship with General Yuwen, who was at the top of the country?

The Minister of Hubu stepped forward and took the lead in bowing his hand to Zheng Quchi: "Master Zheng, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince asked me to deliver the marriage contract to you."

As soon as these words came out, it was like thunder exploding, and everyone was stunned.

Marriage contract? Doesn’t it mean there is no marriage contract?

The people in the Yuwen family also looked in disbelief: "It's impossible, how can there be a marriage contract?"

Yu Wengui, a scheming old fox, also started to lose his composure at this time. His face was ashen: "When was this marriage contract concluded? We clearly went to the county office to check, and there was no such thing as a marriage contract at all."

Zheng Quchi was also a little surprised. She knew that Yuan Xingzhou would definitely complete the marriage contract for her, but she didn't expect that his efficiency would be so amazing. What he just talked about last night was completed and delivered today.

She took the marriage deed from the Minister of Household Affairs and opened it curiously. She saw that her and Yu Wensheng's names were written on it, and there was also a marriage word. The words were very beautiful. The letter read: Two surnames are united in marriage, a contract is made together, and a good marriage will be forever. , it is predicted that we will be together forever in the future, the osmanthus is fragrant and the orchid is fragrant, and the mandarin duck genealogy is recorded.

This card.

This was Zheng Quchi's first time getting married. This marriage contract in Ye State was more solemn than the marriage certificate issued by the Civil Affairs Bureau. It included her and Yu Wensheng's personal information, the date of marriage, the date of approval, and the covenant marriage words. , filling three large pages.

"Excuse me, sir, for making this trip."

"Wherever I am, I will do my best to complete the things that the prince has asked me to do. It would be better if Master Zheng doesn't blame me for being late." As he said that, the sharp and protective eyes of the Secretary of the Ministry of Revenue glanced towards the Yuwen family intentionally or unintentionally.

As soon as the marriage contract was obtained, Zheng Quchi really felt like marrying herself as a wife. Maybe it was not all because of the marriage contract. Her name would always be the same as another person. I would like to quote a hundred poems. appointment.

"He is very efficient. Is he afraid that I will run away?" She whispered to herself.

When everyone saw the scene where Shangshu of the Ministry of Finance was on good terms with Zheng, and even showed his kindness to Zheng, all the previous voices were instantly silenced.

The Yuwen family members were originally shocked by the appearance of the marriage contract, but then they caught a word that made them even more horrified, so they were shocked and said: "What Master Zheng, she...how did she become an adult?" (this chapter) over)