My Stepmother is Soft and Charming

Therefore, I also have some sincere love for her.

I always thought that I must find a good marriage for her and live a happy and comfortable life, instead of becoming a puppet in the hands of her family like the daughters with three and five bedrooms.

In this farce, the two parties involved, Qiniang and Siniang, did not appear.

Si Niang didn't go because she was so disheartened that she didn't care where her family arranged for her to go.

So I don’t care at all and don’t participate.

Qiniang did not go, simply because she was taking care of the sick Mrs. Guo.

After Wufang returned to Yingjuan, it didn't take long for news to spread that Wulang had a strange disease and might even infect other people.

For the safety of everyone in the Duke's mansion, Mrs. Wei made a prompt decision to surround everyone in the fifth room.

Bundle after bundle, they were dragged together into a carriage and sent to the village outside the city.

The fifth old man who is the most jumping person in the fifth house is only hanging on to half his life at the moment.

However, before he could wake up, the forces that had been entrenched in Yingjuan Courtyard for the past few decades were uprooted by Mrs. Wei.

Over the years, while she indulged, she also held on to the handle.

If it doesn't move, it's gone; if it moves, it's all gone.

Only a few hours had passed, and it was as if these five rooms had never appeared in the Duke's Mansion.

Even the traces disappeared without a trace.

The third bedroom is next door to them, and I have never seen Mrs. Wei's array in such a big way.

This time I was really scared.

Everyone was hiding in their own rooms, not daring to speak out or show their heads.

It seemed as if the past decades of being domineering and arrogant were just a dream, and when I woke up, I found that I was just a poor relative of the Duke's family.

There are even some that are optional.

Shang Ji waited until night fell before turning back to the Duke's Mansion.

It's obviously the same plaque and the same gate, but I always feel like there's something different somewhere.

After dismounting, he entered the gate of the Duke's Mansion and ran towards Dongyuan without hesitation.

When he walked to the door of Xitang Courtyard, he smelled some medicinal smell, which was not too strong.

He frowned immediately, and his pace quickened a lot.

Entered directly through the door of the main house.

Sure enough, he saw Du Jingyi lying "weakly" on the bed, his face looking slightly pale.

"What's going on? Are you injured?"

Du Jingyi probably didn't expect his husband to come back so quickly, so he was a little surprised.

But he quickly reacted and said with a smile.

"General, don't worry, everything is fine with me."

Then she sat up from the bed, wiped her face with her fingers, and the white and fine powder fell on her fingertips.

One look at him and he knew that his pale face was an illusion.

"Mrs. Wei wanted to clean up the fifth house and wanted to get me to be her guarantee. I was not stupid enough to rush to protect her from the knife and gun, so I had to pretend to be sick."

"She may not know."

Shang Ji knew this stepmother very well, so he made it clear as soon as he opened his mouth.

But Du Jingyi is not worried.

"It's okay for her to know. After all, she has completely offended the fifth house this time, and I'm afraid she will fight to the death in the future."

Hearing this, Shang Ji felt the same in his heart.

Sure enough, Butler He and Aunt Dou came to the door.

"The old slave has met the general and the young lady."

"Well, get up."

"Thank you General."

Both of them had a somewhat cheerful expression on their faces, as if they had gained a new lease of life after being suppressed for a long time.

"How is the situation in the fifth room?"

"Mrs. Wei has sent people away. Now Yingjuan Courtyard is as brand new as if no one has ever lived there. Even the servants who serve them or are related to them have been detained. I heard that they will all be sent out of the city tonight." .”

As for where it is going, it is unknown.

If you are lucky, you will probably be sent to Zhuangzi to do some menial work.

But if you are unlucky, or if you are too loyal, you may not know whether you will survive.

Shang Ji sneered.

"She is stealing the chicken but losing the rice. I want to see if her good reputation as a bodhisattva-hearted person can be maintained after this matter is publicized."

After that, he glanced outside and said nothing.

Du Jingyi seemed to hear some movement, and the wind passed without a trace.

It seemed that Liu Xun, who was squatting in the dark, had something important to do again.

Butler He and Aunt Dou are busy dealing with matters in the General's Mansion these days, so they are not involved in many things.

They had never seen Liu Xun before.

Since he is a spy, the less people know about it, the better.

Therefore, Du Jingyi understood that he did not show up.

Shang Ji lowered his eyebrows and looked at her face.

Putting aside her paleness, she was very bright-eyed and clear-minded after not seeing her for only four or five days.

So, he said calmly.

"Okay, since you're sick, take good care of yourself. I'll go see my sister-in-law and Xue Niang and the others."

Now that the matter of the fifth house has been settled, Shang Ji also knows that the time has come to make it clear to his sister-in-law.

Du Jingyi understood, so he nodded and continued to pretend to be sick obediently.

Butler He and Aunt Dou also followed Shang Ji out.

After walking out of Xitang Courtyard, the two of them looked at each other and took two steps forward to block Shang Ji's way.

At this moment, I sincerely surrendered to the young lady Du Jingyi.

"General, in the past we were ignorant of treasures and were always worried that the young lady was young and could not handle the disputes in the back house. Now it seems that the fifth house has been uprooted, Mrs. Wei's reputation has been damaged, and there has been estrangement from the relatives of the two houses. My heart has made our transition to Dongyuan safe."

They were all brought by Mrs. Gu, so naturally they would not be lying if they said they would surrender.

Shang Ji could see that Du Jingyi was still putting a lot of thought into the two of them these days.

Otherwise it wouldn't have been so fast, and their eyes were filled with approval.

In my heart, I was more certain about Du Jingyi's ability, so I said "hmm".

He asked immediately.

"How is Fuqiuyuan these days? What's going on, sister-in-law?"

Aunt Dou shook her head.

"I haven't heard that the eldest young lady has always been in Fuqiuyuan and hasn't been out much. It's just that the eighth lady comes to visit more often."

When Shang Ji heard this, he said to the two of them.

"Okay, then you go and do your work. I'll go to Fuqiuyuan to see my sister-in-law Heping'er."

"Yes, General."

The two courtyards were not too far apart, so Shang Ji walked to the door of Fuqiu Courtyard without much trouble.

The scene of the quarrel with my sister-in-law that day is still vivid in my mind, but if I count carefully, it has been more than ten days.

For some things, he felt it would be better to wait until there were results before talking about them.

Therefore, now that Wufang had met such an end, he dared to step into the door of Fuqiuyuan.

I just hope that my sister-in-law will have calmed down a little later and won't kick him out directly.

Stepping in, he saw three vague figures in the main room, and he knew that the eighth sister Xue Niang was also there.