The old lady is reborn

That night, Han Zhang recalled his past life, when he kept his promise to Lu Yiyi and returned to the old house to pick her up twenty years later.

At that time, intentionally or unintentionally, he concealed the real reason for returning to the old house from his wife He Yuan.

He planned to bring Lu Yiyi and the two children back to Kyoto by himself and then tell He Yuan.

In his previous life, he did not think that he was being excessive. Wasn't it normal for a man to have concubines? It would be nothing for a marquis like him to have three or four concubines, but he had this extra woman.

Although he and Yi Yi knew each other first and fell in love first, he still put his legally married wife first, such as when it comes to having children.

In his previous life, he and Lu Yiyi had a son and a daughter, Lu Yiming and Lu Yifeng.

He and He Yuan had three sons and one daughter. It was only after he had two legitimate sons that he returned to the old house and found an excuse to stay here for more than a month.

That time he and Lu Yiyi got married in the old house, which was actually just a lively "wedding ceremony". This was when he was truly together with Lu Yiyi.

After that, he would often find opportunities to return to the old house. In the next four years, he and Lu Yiyi had a son and a daughter.

As the children of Marquis Dongyang, this pair of little ones are afraid of being seen in public, take their mother's surname, and have no father on a daily basis. How can they not be pitiful?

Now that his parents have passed away, and he, as the Marquis of Dongyang, is the highest-ranking official in the mansion, he is going to bring the three of them, mother and son, back to Kyoto. Yiyi has waited for him for twenty years, and he owes Yiyi and his two children.

The two children are already in their teens. If they can trace their ancestral roots, it will be of great benefit to their marriage. The status of illegitimate children in a marquis's mansion is always much better than when they had no name or status before.

In his previous life, he did not feel that he owed his wife anything when he did this. His eldest son with his wife was already the crown prince, and the marriages of his several children had already been arranged.

He had spent his best years accompanying his wife. As his stepmother and legal wife, she would definitely be his old lady or old lady dowager in the future. Didn't he want to cause trouble for Yi Yi by keeping her from seeing the light of day for twenty years?

He hadn't expected that his wife would go to the old house with him. He hadn't told the truth at the beginning, so he couldn't tell it now.

He thought that this was a good idea, his wife would have to know it eventually, so he let her go. It might be better for her to know there than for him to take her back directly.

She would vent any resentment or anger she had in the old house, tempering her temper there so that she and her wife and concubine could live in harmony after returning to Kyoto.

The current Marquis of Dongyang seems unwilling to recall the past. He did not expect that in the next two years, or just two years, the healthy He Yuan died.

After He Yuan learned the truth, she wanted to divorce him and return to Kyoto, and then she broke her leg inexplicably. Although he felt sorry for her injury, he also meanly thought that this way she would not be able to leave him.

As long as she can tolerate Lu Yiyi and is willing to bow her head for him this time instead of asking for a divorce, she will do whatever she wants.

But He Yuan just wanted to confront me.

He only found out later that the entire old house belonged to Lu Yiyi.

It's ridiculous that he, who has never been in charge of the household, thought these people belonged to his Dongyang Marquis Mansion. Although it was true in theory, Lu Yiyi's family had been in control of the place for twenty years. When they were not here, this family lived like the masters.

When he brought He Yuan to the old house, he was worried that He Yuan, his legal wife, would rely on her status to bully Lu Yiyi.

When there were disputes in the beginning, he always supported Lu Yiyi. She had been guarding him for twenty years and had been looking after the old house for twenty years. But as soon as his wife came, she started causing trouble everywhere. Why should he replace her with someone else and change someone else's rules?

The entire Dongyang Prefecture is managed by his wife, and it will still be managed by his wife when he returns to Kyoto. He won't be living in the old house for long, so everything has to be done according to the old routine. If there are changes all the time, it will be difficult for the servants to do their work, as they will be leaving soon anyway.

But it was not until the two older girls around He Yuan met with accidents one after another, He Yuan broke her leg, and became extremely thin in half a year, that he felt that something was wrong.

Once, he inadvertently stood outside He Yuan's window. Through the window paper, he heard Lu Yiming and Lu Yifeng verbally provoking He Yuan who was lying on the hospital bed. He even heard two slapping sounds. He suspected that He Yuan was slapped.

But when he strode into the room and asked He Yuan what happened, she closed her eyes and turned her head away, as if her husband was a dirty thing.

His wife remained silent. Lu Yiyi pleaded for the two children, saying that they never hit He Yuan, and that the sound was just them slamming the table because they were excited.

It was certainly wrong for the two children to scold He Yuan, but they had also suffered a lot over the years and felt bad because of the injustice they had suffered.

Lu Yiyi said that she couldn't bear to speak ill of him as a father in front of the children, so the two children hated He Yuan, saying that it was this woman who left them without a father.

Hearing this, he felt powerless. The two children were only punished to kneel for less than half an hour, and the matter ended in a whimper.

He and He Yuan's four children rushed over from Kyoto again. When the four children saw their mother's current condition, they insisted on taking He Yuan back to Kyoto for treatment.

The eldest son Han Qinghua first lifted his robe, knelt down and kowtowed to him, then he took his two younger brothers and the people they brought from Kyoto to carry He Yuan onto the carriage. His daughter Han Qingyan stayed by her side to take care of her.

He and Lu Yiyi's two children were peeking outside. It might be that Lu Yiyi was not convenient to come, so she asked the two children to see what happened. But the way they looked was indeed a bit embarrassing.

When Han Qinghua passed by them, he suddenly slapped each of them in the face with such force that both of them fell to the ground.

Han Zhang blurted out in shock: "What are you doing?!"

The son replied: "It is just the eldest brother teaching his half-brothers and half-sisters, so that they know how to behave politely to their stepmother in the future."

Daughter Han Qingyan said: "Big brother, you beat them well, but what you said is wrong. How can they be called illegitimate children now? How can they be called your younger brother's sister? Big brother beat them just like the master teaches the servants a lesson."

Originally, when he saw He Yuan's current appearance, he was also regretful and afraid, and he also agreed in his heart that the children should take his wife back to Kyoto for treatment.

But after his eldest son made such a fuss, his daughter joined in the insults, and he felt more and more annoyed. A harmonious family is the key to success, but this family was no longer harmonious.

"I'm not dead yet!" Han Zhang could only angrily scold: "Their mother is also your elder, and they are your brother and sister. A harmonious family is the foundation of everything. Do you have to make such a fuss?"

Han Qingyan said: “If things have gone beyond common sense, then there will naturally be voices of dissatisfaction.

This is the old house of Dongyang Mansion after all, and the three brothers are the legitimate masters of Dongyang Mansion. But even the eldest brother can't support a servant here. Does father really think this is right?

I thought this was the Lu Mansion? The master lives worse than the servants, while a bunch of servants are bullying others."

Han Zhang was at a loss at that moment. He could support these servants, but why couldn't his own children? So what He Yuan said was true? Wasn't she just trying to stir up trouble?

Looking at the carriage carrying his wife and children going away, he felt a pain in his heart that he had never imagined. When he returned to He Yuan's empty room, he felt even more dejected.

Lu Yiyi tried her best to comfort him gently, but he was still upset. In fact, ever since He Yuan first proposed divorce, although he deliberately suppressed her, his concern for her grew stronger day by day.

How could he not care about her?

In the middle of the night, Han Zhang couldn't fall asleep. He finally fell asleep in a daze, and his dreams were filled with He Yuan's figure, but only her back.

No matter how he shouted, she didn't look back. No matter how he chased her, she was getting farther and farther away.

Han Zhang woke up from his dream in a cold sweat, and what was swaying in front of him was still his wife's back.

At this moment Han Zhang could no longer hold back. He asked the stable staff to bring the horses, and took two personal servants with him, and took advantage of the dawn to chase the convoy of his wife and children.

But he didn't expect that he would never see his wife again. He Yuan died two years later. She was forced to death by him.

Looking back, the only justice she got before she died was that her children stood up for her and beat up the two people who bullied her.

Until the last time I saw her before her death, I was still protecting Lu Yiyi and Lu Yiyi's child. As always, I never stood up for her or defended her.