Marrying into a poor family

Chapter 453

Aunt Liu was dragged from the bed by Duo'er and the maids and brought to Huaye.

Because he was still sleeping, he was only wearing a middle-length shirt. When he was thrown into Huaye's room, Huaye got up and washed.

The trouble early in the morning soon alarmed Du Ziren's mother. She was very angry, but was always unwilling to have a head-on conflict with Hua Ye, so she asked someone to call Du Ziren and ask him to settle the matter in his room first.

This kind of thing was not uncommon in the past, and Du Ziren didn't care about it. He just needed to coax Hua Ye and give her some gold, silver and jade jewelry in private to coax her.

Du Ziren walked in from outside and told Mr. Du, who was having breakfast, that he was going back to the yard to take care of some things.

Without going into details, Mr. Du also understood: "Is your wife making trouble again?"

Du Ziren stood respectfully, looking embarrassed.

"Go ahead, but you have to remember that unrest in the harem is a big taboo. If you can't even handle a few women, how can you convince people that you can do great things?"

"Yes, grandson understands!"

"I heard that the guy surnamed Xiao married a good wife. Not only is he not a burden, but his wife is actually a helper to him. You are better than this guy surnamed Xiao in other aspects. Alas, you just didn't choose the right wife!"

I don't know when it started, but Du Ziren regarded Xiao Chenyu as his rival in his heart. Although, he knew that the other party's family background was too poor and there was a huge difference between him and himself.

On the way back to the house, Du Ziren suddenly remembered that when he first saw Qin Su, the look in her eyes was definitely not that of a stranger.

And he also had a familiar feeling at that time, as if they had known each other before and had had a relationship.

"Is that woman really that good? So good that even my grandfather knows her?" Du Ziren raised his eyebrows and murmured with a smile, walking slowly with his hands behind his back, as if he was not going to deal with the dispute between his wife and concubine.

Although Aunt Liu's residence was in the side yard of Huaye's courtyard, it was still seen by the servants sweeping the yard when it was pulled over.

It was a huge insult for a woman to be seen by a man in her middle-length dress and with her hair loose. Aunt Liu knelt on the ground and even wanted to die.

She was looking forward to Du Ziren coming to save her. He was her only support and backup. Last night, this man had very gently promised to treat her well for the rest of his life.

Aunt Liu believed it, but when Du Ziren came, he didn't even look at her and went straight to coax Princess Huaye.

The two of them had a real or fake quarrel across the embroidered screen with pictures of ladies, but finally reconciled and hugged each other.

Du Ziren took Huaye's hand and came out, saying to Aunt Liu, "I was confused too. I forgot that you are of a lowly family and don't know the rules. From now on, you must come to Grandma's place every morning and evening to learn the rules. After you have learned the rules, I will go to your room."

Huaye sent Du Ziren away and looked at the silly Aunt Liu. Her delicate face was pale and blue. She couldn't help but feel better and sneered, "Did he coax you into loving you and pampering you last night?"

"Today I'm going to teach you a lesson. You can't trust what men say, especially what they say in bed. That's bullshit."

After saying that, all of Du Ziren's concubines walked in from outside the door. They stood aside and whispered to Aunt Liu. Some mocked her, some felt sorry for her, and some remembered that they had also been humiliated in the same way. Only if they really listened to Hua Ye's words, their lives would be a little better.

Aunt Liu was disheartened and she just sat there stupidly, allowing people to look at her and comment on her.

The Liu family's background was not good, but they had no worries about food and clothing, and she was raised in the palm of their hands. She was willing to marry Du Ziren as a concubine, and she also asked for it.

That day, she went to buy fabric and was attracted by Du Ziren at first sight. She was also attracted by Du Ziren's gentleness, extraordinary temperament, and handsome appearance.

Later, she found out that he was the son of the Du family, and she was even more distracted and unable to extricate herself. To be able to marry into the Du family, even as a concubine, was marrying up. Her beautiful dream came to an abrupt end this morning, shattered like dust, and left no trace after the wind blew away.

There was a constant buzzing in my ears, and I was still dizzy even after being sent back to the yard.

The maid she had only bought before her marriage was also ignorant. She was so scared that she huddled aside and trembled, and was unable to comfort or take care of Aunt Liu who was still in a daze in her middle clothes.

Aunt Liu was missing. When Huaye heard the report, he sneered twice and said, "She got angry after being told a few words. This is really a joke. She is not a daughter of a rich family, how dare she run back to her parents' home?"

But later, the servant who went to Liu's house to arrest someone came back and said that Aunt Liu had not returned.

Moreover, after asking all the doormen of the Du family, no one was seen leaving.

Huaye didn't believe it and said, "Those gatekeepers are short-sighted people. They must have taken the things and released the people. Now they are investigating and claim that they didn't release the people. I think they should be dragged out and beaten with sticks before they will behave themselves."

"But Madam will certainly not allow it." The servant said hesitantly.

Hua Ye pursed her lips. She actually had a good impression of her mother-in-law and didn't want to make trouble with her.

"Wait until Master comes back and let him find someone himself. I don't want to worry about this."

After Du Ziren returned home, it was getting dark. He accompanied his grandfather to meet some people in the outer study and discussed many important matters. After dinner, he returned to Huaye's room.

Huaye slowly asked someone to help Du Ziren change clothes and wash up, and chatted with some gossip. Finally, he suddenly remembered that Aunt Liu had run away, and then he casually said it.

Du Ziren placed the tea bowl in his hand heavily on the table, turned his head and looked at Hua Ye coldly: "Why didn't you tell me earlier?"

"Humph, I forgot about it. Besides, she's just a concubine. If she runs away, we can just send someone to catch her. Are you going to get mad at me because of her?"

"She is a good girl, and she will be a good concubine if she gets married. Don't talk about how embarrassing it would be for the Du family if she ran away. What if something happens to her outside and the Liu family makes a fuss? What will we do?"

It seemed like a prophecy, Du Ziren's words came true.

After three days of searching, all the people sent out to look for him returned empty-handed, and Du Ziren felt somewhat uneasy.

He thought of many possibilities, but in the end, Aunt Liu's body was found floating in the pond in the backyard.

When the Liu family came to see the bodies, they were so swollen that they looked like humans and there was a foul odor. Liu's parents had fainted. His brother and sister-in-law did not take the money given by the Du family and took their parents away in silence.

The next day, Liu's brother went to ask for Aunt Liu's body to be returned to her parents' home for burial. After being refused, he did not cry or make a fuss, but left in a bad mood.

A day later, the Liu family filed a complaint to the emperor, which was presented directly to the emperor by the Ninth Prince.

The emperor severely reprimanded Old Man Du and Du Ziren's father in the court, and asked them to go back and take care of their own family affairs before managing the affairs of the court.

In the harem, the empress dowager was so angry that she cursed the emperor for being unfilial and ended up fainting. After the imperial physician examined her, he wrote out a prescription and boiled the medicine himself. The empress dowager got better after drinking it.

But two or three days later, her memory suddenly declined, her speech became incoherent, and she even forgot what she had just been told.

The emperor was furious and killed a group of servants who served the empress dowager improperly. He then rearranged a group of cautious people to serve the empress dowager, so as to avoid the news getting out and damaging her reputation. The door of the empress dowager's palace was slowly closed, and no one was allowed to enter or leave without the emperor's order.