Rebirth of the Prime Minister's Wife

In a simple house in Xinxiang, two fifth-grade officials sat quietly, listening to Qin Zhaozhao describe how she and Qin Changqing were tricked by people with ulterior motives sent by the Yu family after they were driven to Zhuangzi in the countryside, and they had to live a hard life.

Zhou Li and Zhao Ming both had children. Listening to Qin Zhaozhao's explanation, they unconsciously took it in. When they heard the words, they frowned and sighed.

Zhao Ming waved his hand, with anger in his brows, "Don't worry, I will give him another memorial tonight!"

"It is said that a wife of grass chaff will not leave the court. He, Gu Xuezheng, is a fourth-rank official, he is not strict in running the family, and allows a poisonous woman to harm his two children. He is really unconscionable!"

"Whether the Qin family is at fault or not, it has nothing to do with the innocent child. It's good for him. Tiger poison does not eat seeds. Not only did he drive you here to fend for yourself, he even wiped out your surname of the Gu family. Could he be planning to kill you in the next step? Are you going to erase them from your family tree?"

In ancient times, people who had their surname wiped off were usually punished for forgetting their ancestors. This was really too cruel for two children.

Zhou Li also shook his head repeatedly, "I met Mr. Gu by chance in the capital, but I didn't expect him to be such a person."

"Can ordinary people be so decisive? I'm afraid there must be something wrong with the inside story of Qin's death."

He has seen too much in the past six months and knows that things must not be judged from their appearance.

Qin Zhaozhao also agreed with this principle, but he couldn't show it at all in front of the two of them.

She looked hesitant, as if she had some wavering doubts about Zhou Li's guess, "I have also questioned everything, but it's a pity that I was too young at the time and was unable to resist, so I ended up being trapped here for nine years."

Zhou Li looked at Qin Zhaozhao and said with emotion, "If my two young children can be as kind-hearted, perseverant and courageous as you in the future, even if I can only stay in the position of minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs for the rest of my life, I will be worthy of it." To our ancestors."

Zhao Ming stroked his beard and agreed, "Miss Qin is truly a woman, and I have also reported your good deeds in Xinxiang to Your Majesty. Returning to Beijing will not be a problem, and maybe I will give you a reward then."

Zhou Li nodded, "Why don't I stay here with you for the next few days and wait for the news, and then I will return to Beijing with you."

The two of them tried their best to give her a sense of security. Qin Zhaozhao naturally heard it, smiled, stood up and bowed to the two of them, "In this case, Zhaozhao would like to thank you two adults for your help."

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In a prosperous area of ​​Shengjing, a magnificent mansion stands with green tiles and white walls.

The setting sun shines into a corner of the study room. The exquisite incense burner emits a refreshing aroma, and the antique porcelain on display all shows its luxury.

The man in front of the desk looked solemn, and the years had left traces on his face, adding unwarranted majesty.

This man was Gu Xuezheng, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, the biological father of Qin Zhaozhao and Qin Changqing.

He held the pen and ink and placed it on the rice paper. The outline of the word "quiet" appeared on Ni Duan.

At this moment, there was a slight knock on the door outside the study, interrupting what he was about to write.

Gu Xuezheng frowned, and said with a bit of severity, "Come in."

The door was pushed open, and Sun Li, the usually steady manager, had a worried look on his face.

It's rare to see him in such a hurry.

Gu Xuezheng said without raising his eyes, "What's the matter?"

Sun Li was hesitant at first, for fear of being offended when he heard the words, so he gritted his teeth and said it all.

"Sir, the censor Zhou Li and the prefect of Chaisang, Zhao Ming, are here to report. Sir..." He paused, as if he could predict the angry scene in front of him after he finished speaking.

Seeing him like this, Gu Xuezheng narrowed his eyes and said, "I don't remember when you stuttered."

Sun Li closed his eyes and said bravely, "You spoil your concubine and destroy your wife. As a fourth-rank official in the imperial court, you are incapable of running the family. Furthermore, you abandon a pair of young children and leave them to fend for themselves." , you are so immoral and useless as a father, saying that you are not worthy to be the father of those two people."

"Your Majesty is furious...stop...stop your post. The imperial edict will be sent to you soon."

Gu Xuezheng's fingertips unconsciously pressed hard, and the pen tip was covered with thick ink on the rice paper. The last stroke of the word 'quiet' was completely ruined.

His face tightened, and his dark complexion showed that a storm was coming.

Originally, he was only one step away from the position of Minister!He had been planning for a long time, and now he finally had a glimpse of the light, but was thrown into the quagmire.

Gu Xuezheng suddenly broke off his favorite pen, and the low air pressure around him almost made Sun Li breathless.

He had no doubt that the inkstone on the table would hit his head in the next second.

Just when he closed his eyes tightly and was about to resist, he heard Gu Xuezheng's low voice.

"Go and call Mrs. Yu over."

Sun Li was shocked. The master usually called her Madam, but now he directly addressed her as Mrs. Yu.

I'm just afraid that things will get serious

Sun Li responded hurriedly. Before he left the study, he heard Gu Xuezheng's gloomy voice behind him, "Also, go find out what happened. Even if you find out a small thing, it will be cleared up." Tell me the details."

All this happened so suddenly, Gu Xuezheng was very suspicious and couldn't help but think more.

There are many people involved in his book, but this time one is the prefect of Chaisang and the other is the censor?

He has not interacted with these two people for most of his life, and he has never even met one of them!

Gu Xuezheng only felt that it was extremely ridiculous.

Sun Li quickly heard the news. When he kowtowed and trembled and finished speaking, Gu Xuezheng's expression was as dark as the bottom of a pot.

At this moment, a graceful figure appeared outside the door. She was wearing a brocade coat and skirt, with colorful hair on her temples, making her look soft and beautiful.

This person is the mistress of the Gu family, Yu Wanyun.

She stood in front of the closed door of the study and spoke softly, "Master, Sun Li said that you called me over to discuss something?"

A voice came from inside, "Come in."

Yu Wanyun was keenly aware of Gu Xuezheng's suddenly lowered tone, and her heart trembled. She calmed down and pushed the door open.

"Master..." Yu Wanyun's heart skipped a beat when she caught sight of Sun Li kneeling on the ground with his head buried in the corner of his eye.

Sun Li was Gu Xuezheng's right-hand man, his right-hand man, and he was highly valued.

Now even Sun Li was angered. I'm afraid the reason for calling her here today was not a good thing.

She had just prepared herself mentally, but when she raised her head and touched Gu Xuezheng's stormy eyes, she was immediately overwhelmed.

Yu Wanyun was a little uneasy, "Master, what's wrong with you?"

Gu Xuezheng asked coldly, "How are the two children who were sent to Zhuangzi in the countryside doing?"

Yu Wanyun was asked about this matter abruptly, and the corners of her mouth froze slightly when she heard this.

I haven't heard any questions about those two people from him for nearly ten years, but now he actually brought them up. Could it be that he had the idea of ​​bringing them back?

All speculations lasted only a moment, and Yu Wanyun responded calmly, "It turns out it's because of this. Master, don't worry, I have ordered people to take good care of those two children, and I also sent ten taels of silver every month."

"You can survive with these taels of silver in the capital. Even in that place, your children will definitely have enough food and clothing."

Gu Xuezheng sneered, "Take good care of yourself and have enough food and clothing?"

He slowly repeated these eight words. Every time he repeated them, Yu Wanyun's heart became more and more uneasy.

She suppressed the strangeness in her heart and showed a worried look on her face at the right time, "Did something happen? Is there not enough money?"

"Or are those two children causing some trouble or encountering something?"

Yu Wanyun's face was full of worry, as if she had been thinking about everything for Qin Zhaozhao and Qin Zhaozhao in the past few years.

Gu Xuezheng glanced at Yu Wanyun, narrowed his eyes slightly, and threw a few stacks of letters on the table in front of her.

"Did you know that today two people took part in the memorial against me, saying that I was incompetent in managing my family, that I abandoned my two young sons and left them to sleep in the open, and that I had no conscience and wasted my fatherhood."

He said, "The Holy Spirit became furious and withdrew the rank that was originally intended to be promoted to me. He suspended me from my post in the palace and closed my door to meditate on my mistakes."

Gu Xuezheng's voice was furious, and there was a dark anger in his eyes.

He grabbed the two pieces of broken pen and threw them to the ground, with a cold tone, "Thanks to you, my wife who manages the house well."

"Back then, I gave countless instructions not to let those two children become a handle for others to take advantage of me."

"But what have you done for me these past few years?"

"Mr. Yu, Mister Yu, you really fail more than you succeed!" Gu Xue gritted his teeth angrily, "I finally climbed up to the position of Minister of the Ministry of Industry, but now I have been completely ruined by your stupid move!"

Yu Wanyun was horrified, and she knelt down quickly, her beautiful face showing a bit of panic, "Master! When Zhao Zhao and Chang Qing left home, I chose thousands of people to accompany them to serve them personally. Before leaving, You have seen all the instructions with your own eyes!"

"I give out ten taels of silver to the siblings every month. You can see this from the account books. I have never treated my two children harshly!"

"Even the children I gave birth to are only two taels per month. When the house was in trouble, those ten taels of silver came from my private account. I dare to swear to God that I will never I have treated Zhao'er and Qing'er badly."

"Although I have many immature aspects in managing the back house, this is the only thing I..."

Yu Wanyun had no idea what was going on. She was interrupted just as she opened her mouth to defend her idle speculation.

"Yu Wanyun!" Gu Xuezheng became even more angry and threw all the four treasures of the study on the table. He slapped the case angrily and shouted, "I don't want to listen to these useless nonsense."

Gu Xuezheng's anger was vented with this sweep. He glanced coldly at Yu Wanyun who was kneeling on the ground, "If it's just a small matter, I can handle it."

"Qin Zhaozhao and Qin Changqing seemed to have done something earth-shattering in that rural place to attract His Majesty's attention."

"Now I have to do something to save this situation." Gu Xuezheng glanced at her, "In order to avoid causing more trouble, you must hurry up and arrange everything before the new year, and put those two children in front of everyone. Give me a complete pick-up home."

He specially emphasized the word "complete".

Gu Xuezheng caught the emotions flashing across her face and said coldly, "Don't think that I don't know anything about what you have been doing these years."

"I don't want to care about your intentions, but you have to clean up the mess this time."

"If I get implicated because of those two people again, you will no longer want the position of mistress."

Yu Wanyun seemed to be shocked, her face turned pale, but Yiyan still said, "I understand."

Gu Xuezheng tossed his sleeves angrily, stopped looking at the two people kneeling on the ground, ignored Yu Wanyun and left the study.

I thought the room was full of gloom and gloom, but I didn't know that after the person left, Yu Wanyun quickly restrained all her emotions, and her face changed so quickly that it was staggering.

It was as if the person who was kneeling in the middle and turned pale with fear was not her.

Yu Wanyun looked at Gu Xuezheng's leaving figure expressionlessly, her brows gradually becoming serious.

Sun Li quickly helped her up, "Madam, my anger is only temporary, you must not take it to heart."

"I know." There was no emotion on Yu Wanyun's face after being scolded. She kept guessing what Gu Xuezheng meant just now, "What I meant just now is that you want me to calm down this matter so as not to disturb you." His official career."

"Sun Li, find a few people to stop people from talking about this matter, and try to suppress this phenomenon." Yu Wanyun said quickly, "We can't let the master worry more at this juncture."

Sun Li didn't say anything, just nodded.

"As for those two scoundrels? I'm afraid they haven't been taken seriously by the master yet." Yu Wanyun sneered, "Speaking of which, I really underestimated them. I don't know if those two were lucky or did something else. What kind of thoughts do you have to come back to the Gu family?"

Sun Li was silent, pretending not to hear.

He seemed unwilling to stay here and handed over, "Madam, the top priority is to bring the eldest lady and the young master back from Xinxiang before the new year. This matter cannot be delayed."

Yu Wanyun raised her fingers to support the jade hairpin on her bun. She raised her head slightly, the arrogance and contempt in her eyebrows undisguised, "I understand, after all, you are still the young master in the mansion, so I naturally have to receive you well."

He was just a low-life scoundrel raised in the countryside, and his temper wasn't much better after all. Even if he came back, wouldn't he just let her control him obediently?

Upon hearing this, Sun Li raised his hands and bowed, "As my lady said, I will send someone to deal with it. I have important matters, so I won't accompany you." After saying that, he strode out of the courtyard.

Yu Wanyun was left alone.

Qin Zhaozhao, Qin Changqing.

She thought of the news that Li Aiping had returned in the past two years. She heard that Qin Changqing had developed a gambling temperament and was more prone to fighting. Even if he returned to the capital, he would be useless.

I wonder if the master and the old lady would be so angry that they would drive them back again.

As for Qin Zhaozhao... Surprisingly, Li Aiping didn't mention this person much in his reply, not even a trivial matter.

It was as if this person did not exist. I wonder if Li Aiping missed it, or Qin Zhaozhao was too mediocre to attract attention regardless of his appearance, behavior, or personality, so he did not submit the reward?

There was only trace of Qin Changqing on the paper. He had gone everywhere after what he had done on weekdays.

Yu Wanyun thought about it for a long time, and finally her reason overcame the inexplicable doubts in her heart, and she shook her head and stopped thinking about it.

From beginning to end, she never doubted Li Aiping.

Yu Wanyun retracted her thoughts, looked up and looked outside the room, and left the study.