After rebirth, the Prime Minister's wife married the living devil

He Mansion was bestowed upon He Zhiyuan by King Cheng after his meritorious service. It was originally the mansion of a wealthy merchant with a courtyard with four entrances.

The front yard is for receiving guests, and the main courtyard at the back, Woyun Courtyard, is where He Zhiyuan lives. His bedroom and study are both in this courtyard.

In the back yard, Songyun Courtyard, lived He's father, He's mother and others, and the back room was the servants' residence.

Among them, the front yard and He Zhiyuan's Woyun Courtyard are not connected to Songyun Courtyard. The servants of Songyun Courtyard and the back house all enter and exit from the corner doors on both sides.

There is a small garden in Woyun Courtyard, where many crabapples are planted. Now is the season when the crabapples are in full bloom.

He Zhiyuan's cousin Cao Fangruo had always wanted to see the crabapple flowers, but she found that the front yard and Woyun Courtyard were guarded by layers of guards. She was stopped outside before she even stepped in.

Cao Fangruo hasn't seen He Zhiyuan for more than half a month.

Since He Zhiyuan took her in half a year ago, except for a few visits to her room at the beginning, he never came again.

If we were to ask when he stopped going there, it was probably after Lin Yanxia was punished.

No one had expected that Lin Yanxia was so bold that she dared to give her, her cousin's concubine, a drug that would make her childless, and gave her aunt, her cousin's biological mother, a chronic poison.

Lin Yanxia was finally dealt with by her cousin, but what was the use?

She would never be able to have children again, and even her aunt's health became unwell and she was not as energetic as before.

In her opinion, her cousin was really merciful as he spared Lin Yanxia's life.

He just fed Lin Yanxia a bowl of sterile medicine and cut off her tongue, and that was it.

This vicious woman deserves to die thousands of times elsewhere!

Just because her cousin is kind doesn't mean that she and her aunt will let her go. They just need to give Lin Yanxia a life.

She owed them this!

Cao Fangruo stood at the main entrance of the He Mansion, stretched her neck, and looked towards the hanging flower gate with expectant eyes.

Suddenly her eyes lit up and she called out in a tender voice: "Cousin~"

However, the young man who stepped out of the Chuihua Gate seemed to be oblivious to the shout as he was thinking about something.

He was wearing a green robe, his jet-black hair was tied up, his handsome face was stern, and he was listening to Liu Quan's request beside him with his head slightly lowered.

"Sir, I haven't heard from them for three days. You see..."

"Tell the garrison commander, Lord Zhang, to strengthen the city's defenses. Check the entry and exit information of people who have recently entered and exited the city gate, especially those from Chongzhou."

"Yes, my lord."

He Zhiyuan was feeling upset, his brows were furrowed and he looked worried.

When he reached the front door, his brows furrowed even more tightly.

"Why are you here?"

In Cao Fangruo's impression, her cousin was always gentle, and she had never seen him look so gloomy before, so she couldn't help feeling a little scared.

"Cousin, I haven't seen you for a long time. I miss you."

He Zhiyuan suppressed his impatience and said calmly, "This is not the place for you to come. My mother is not in good health. You should go and stay with her."

"I didn't come to the front yard on purpose. Who made your yard suddenly... What happened to your face?!"

Cao Fangruo took a few steps forward and tried to touch He Zhiyuan's face with the handkerchief in her hand, but he stepped back a few steps to avoid her.

"Oh, I was scratched by a branch while riding my horse yesterday. Cousin, if you have nothing else to do, I'll leave first."

After saying that, He Zhiyuan ignored him and walked away.

Only the pale-faced Cao Fangruo was left standing there.

Cao Fangruo clenched the handkerchief in her hand, her chest heaving violently with anger.

Her cousin's face was fair, and she saw clearly just now that it was not scratched by a branch but by a woman's nails. There were some dark red bruises at the corners of his mouth.

Who on earth was that bitch who dared to slap her cousin?

No, she had to tell her aunt not to stuff anything dirty and smelly into the backyard.

Cao Fangruo was shocked and angry. She turned around and tried to go back to Songyun Courtyard from the corner door on the right. Suddenly, a carriage stopped in front of the main entrance. The two servants did not see her because of the carriage.

Two servants, one fat and one thin, got off the carriage first, and then slowly dragged out a large ebony box from the carriage.

The fat servant said, "Slow down, slow down, there are precious items in here from the Nishang Pavilion and Baiyu Hall, be careful not to drop them, or the master will skin you alive!"

"Why did you buy these expensive things for women and send them to your own room instead of giving them to the old lady?"

"Hey, that's why you're not well-informed."

The skinny servant smelled a scent of gossip.

"Fat brother, do you know something? Tell me quickly."

"Mother Wu in the adults' room is my great aunt from a distant family. Come here and I will tell you something in secret. You can't tell anyone else."

Cao Fangruo couldn't control herself and also moved forward from the back of the carriage, holding the handkerchief.

"I'm telling you, our He family is going to have a wife soon!"

"What?!" The thin servant screamed in surprise, then he thought of something and lowered his voice, asking, "I didn't see any movement. Whose lady is this?"

"I don't know about that either. My aunt didn't tell me, but I heard that she looks like a fairy. I won't say more."

"So beautiful?"

"Alright, alright, stop asking questions and send the things over quickly. We will be able to see the adults when they get married."

……

The two servants carried the box into the mansion quietly and did not notice that behind the carriage there was Cao Fangruo, whose eyes were red with jealousy and whose whole body was trembling.

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Since He's mother was given the chronic poison, her health has been much worse than before. She spends less time moving around and spends most of her time in bed.

The beautiful maids that others gave to He Zhiyuan were all transferred to He's father. He's father spent all day hanging out with the beautiful maids and concubines and rarely came to her.

She cried and made a fuss.

Instead, she was scolded by He's father for being jealous and not being generous and virtuous enough as a legal wife.

She went to her son to complain, but her son asked her, "Didn't you say these things yourself, mother?"

From then on, she knew that her son and she were no longer on the same page.

Fortunately, she had a niece, Cao Fangruo, by her bedside. She would come to her every day, feed her medicine, talk to her, and teach her not to be so miserable and lonely.

He's mother stuck her head out to look and felt strange.

It was usually the time for Cao Fangruo to come and feed the medicine, but no one showed up.

After she finished drinking the medicine with the help of her maid, she saw Cao Fangruo rushing in like a gust of wind.

After entering the room, he threw himself on her and cried, "Aunt! Please take care of my cousin!"

He's mother felt a tightness in her chest and almost vomited out the medicine she had just drunk.

She reached out and touched Cao Fangruo's trembling body, "What's wrong, my son? Maybe your cousin bullied you."

Cao Fangruo cried and shook her head.

"No, my cousin didn't bully me."

Then it’s not a question of going to the room or not.

Seeing her niece crying so sadly, He's mother felt bad too. She sighed and said, "Fang Ruo, you know, ever since...your cousin has not listened to me very much, so there is not much use for me to say to him."

"Aunt! You must take care of this matter! No one else can take care of it except you!"

Cao Fangruo suddenly raised her tear-stained face, as if she found it difficult to speak.

After hesitating for a long time, she shouted, "My cousin, he hid a vixen in Woyun Courtyard! That vixen even beat my cousin's face!"