Chapter 1

On a sunny day in June, Su Liuyue was sitting under the shade of a big locust tree in the yard, holding a book, reading leisurely.

I could hear the sound of cicadas and the occasional warm breeze blowing in my face, but the woman under the tree seemed unaffected at all, her white fingertips gently caressing the yellowish pages of the book.

Er'an on the side was so anxious that her eyes were about to turn red. However, seeing her girl standing still, she didn't dare to say anything even though she had a lot to say.

It's really strange. Since the girl woke up two days ago, her impression has completely changed.

Obviously, the girl should be the one who is most concerned and anxious about today's incident!
Er'an was looking out the courtyard door anxiously when a hoarse female voice suddenly sounded, "Didn't Ersi say she was going to get some snacks for tea? Why hasn't she come back in so long?"

The voice was calm and steady, but it made Er An, who was already feeling guilty, tremble slightly. He opened his mouth and said, "She...she is probably..."

Before she could rack her brains to come up with an excuse, she heard Ersi's noisy voice not far away -

"Oh no! Girl! Oh no! The Zheng family... the Zheng family really came to cancel the engagement!"

Not far away, a little girl with a slightly round face and a red face ran into the yard as if her butt was on fire, stamped her feet fiercely and said, "Girl, guess what? As soon as those people from the second branch of the Zheng family came to our house, they said they wanted to cancel the engagement with the girl, and also said... they also said that the girl was not worthy of marrying into their Zheng family.

It would have been fine if they said that, but who would have thought that they would immediately propose to let the fourth girl marry into the Zheng family instead of the young lady. This was really too much!
They don't want a daughter, but a concubine's daughter. Isn't this a slap in the face of the daughter? How can the daughter... go out and meet people in the future?

I said that the fourth girl had been encouraging the young lady to dislike Zheng Jiulang, and was trying to please the thirteenth girl of the Zheng family like a pug. She had no good intentions!
The master and the mistress actually agreed to such an outrageous request. This is clearly bullying the girl because she has no mother to love her and they are abusing her at will..."

Seeing that the girl was getting more and more excited and about to cry, Su Liuyue frowned slightly, raised her hand and gently rubbed her eyebrows, interrupting her in a calm voice, "Okay, didn't I tell you that you are not allowed to ask about what happened in the front yard today? Why did you go there to eavesdrop?"

Er Si's throat choked, but the grief and anger in his heart were still churning, and he couldn't help but say, "But, girl..."

"okay."

Su Liuyue interrupted her again, this time with a heavier tone.

She had long guessed that these two girls would not be obedient. In fact, before she took over this body, these two girls followed the original owner who was raised by her stepmother to be willful and capricious. They always acted without thinking and were lawless.

She has been suppressing them for the past two days, which has made them restrained their actions a lot. Otherwise, Ersi would not have just gone there to eavesdrop today.

However, the loyalty of these two girls to their original owner is unquestionable. Based on this alone, Su Liuyue still feels that they can be properly disciplined.

"It has come to this. No matter how much you say, it will be useless. The most important thing is to take care of yourself and avoid unnecessary trouble."

Su Liuyue's subtle, unquestionable aura made Ersi, who was full of resentment, speechless for a moment. After a while, she muttered in a low voice with red eyes, "Why are you not anxious at all, the Zheng family is doing this to completely ruin your reputation!

The girl obviously only made a small mistake, and because of that small mistake, the girl had a close call with death, but the Zheng family is still brooding over it, it's really... really not worthy of a great family at all!"

Su Liuyue couldn't help but twitch the corner of her mouth, raised her hand and gently touched the white gauze around her neck.

For that so-called small mistake, the original owner lost his life.

Now, perhaps only they would think it is a trivial matter!
Although Su Liuyue had only been here for two days, thanks to her complete acceptance of the original owner's memories, she quickly understood the original owner's current situation.

This matter has to start from this strange dynasty. More than a year ago, Zhou Xiaokun, the Grand Protector of Beiting stationed in the north of the Great Yan Dynasty, suddenly started an uprising and led the rebels all the way to Yanjing, the capital of the Great Yan Dynasty. The previous dynasty had already caused public resentment because of the incompetence of the royal family and the corruption of the court. Zhou Xiaokun's uprising was like a blessing from heaven.

Everything changed in a flash. In just one year, the noble throne was occupied by a new person. Dayan was renamed Daqing, Yanjing was renamed Xinjing, and the dignitaries of the old dynasty suddenly became like leaves floating on a torrent. Those who were clear-headed and resourceful were already seizing the opportunity and using all possible means to try to gain a foothold in the new dynasty.

Among them, the Zheng family, which was the last of the five most prominent families in Dayan, reacted the fastest. Not only did they immediately express their loyalty to the new emperor, they also sent their third daughter, who was known as the most beautiful woman in Yanjing, into the palace. The third daughter was very capable and became pregnant with the emperor's son in just a few months. She was promoted to noble concubine, and the Zheng family rose rapidly and enjoyed the emperor's favor.

This is especially true for the five major families, not to mention some other smaller families, who are even more determined not to be eliminated.

In fact, according to the experience of previous changes of dynasties, in order to maintain the normal operation of the court and to avoid being branded as a tyrant from the beginning, the new emperor mainly recruited and won over most of the old ministers. However, officials in key departments and ministers who were related to the royal family of the old dynasty must be replaced, especially the Ministry of Revenue, which was in charge of household registration and finance.

Unfortunately, the original owner's father, Su Weili, was a Langzhong in the Ministry of Revenue, a fifth-rank official.

Su Weili was born in a poor family and had no foundation in the court. If he was purged and transferred to a low-paying government office or exiled to a remote area, his career would be ruined. In desperation, he set his sights on the Zheng family, which was the first family to gain a foothold in the new dynasty.

Su Weili selected an auspicious date and prepared generous gifts to visit the Zheng family. No one knew what he said, but after that, the two families came and went and soon finalized the marriage between the original owner and Jiulangjun, the illegitimate son of the Zheng family's second branch.

Originally, everything was going quite smoothly, but she didn't expect that the original owner, who had been raised by her stepmother to be ignorant and willful, and had high aspirations, would become increasingly disgusted with her fiancé's background under the instigation of her step-sister, and eventually caused a disaster. Four days ago, at the Zheng family's banquet, the original owner privately complained to her maidservant that her fiancé was just an unpopular bastard, a small lieutenant in the army, who dared to get close to her, the eldest daughter of a civil official family! It happened to be heard by other guests attending the banquet.

This is incredible!
The rumor that the poor Su family was so ignorant as to despise the Zheng family spread like a whirlwind throughout Xinjing in just half a day.

The Zheng family was naturally furious. There was no shortage of people in the court who were trying to please them. They were merciful and willing to give the Su family a chance. Not only was the Su family not grateful, but they actually allowed their daughter to come out and disgust them. The Zheng family was furious.

Su Weili was so angry that he could only take the original owner home. Unexpectedly, that night, the original owner was found hanging in his room.

When he woke up again, the person in charge of this body was Su Liuyue, who died in the line of duty and came to this world inexplicably.

It's really a big pot of dog blood and a speechless situation.

Even after two days, Su Liuyue couldn't help but hold his forehead when he thought of those things.

Seeing that Su Liuyue had been silent, Er'an thought she was still bothered by the matter, and quickly interrupted Ersi and said, "Stop talking, the girl finally recovered, and she is obviously in a better mood these days.

You don’t even know, that day… that day, when I saw the girl hanging from the beam, I almost lost my soul!”

Ersi immediately thought of the horrifying scene that day and shut his mouth with a stammer.

Su Liuyue was silent for a moment, but chuckled softly, her voice faint, "You should know your daughter best. In your opinion, is your daughter someone who would seek death so easily?"

There were some things that she didn't care about because she was new here, but that didn't mean she didn't notice anything at all.

Ersi and Eran were stunned.

What are you talking about, girl? You're talking as if it has nothing to do with you?
However... after the incident, they did feel it was a bit strange. Given the girls' personalities, it was unlikely that they would commit suicide, let alone feel ashamed!
But when the girl hanged herself, they were called over by the furious lady and scolded. They had no idea what happened to the girl at that time.

The two maids looked hesitant and were about to ask something when a gritting voice suddenly rang out from outside, "Su Liuyue, didn't I tell you that you are not allowed to set foot in the front yard today?! What on earth do you want to do by letting your maid sneak into the front yard!"

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