Li Ziyu looked at Ma Shi with mixed feelings. She is not a virgin, and in the face of Ma's greed and ingratitude, she is not disgusted in her heart. However, what happened to them in front of them has been retributed, so they plan to give their family another chance. So, he said in a faint voice: "In this way, you will pay back fifty taels of silver every year, and pay it off in ten years, and if you have money before then, you can pay it off in advance." Write an IOU if you want, and forget it if you don't. ”

"Alright, don't kneel, get up." Xiaoshan looked at the Ma family coldly and said.

Although the Ma family has fallen to this point today, he and Xiaowen secretly instructed people to do it, and the 1,000 taels of silver tickets have already arrived in their hands. However, seeing that their family had learned a lesson, the resentment in their hearts disappeared a lot.

Ma Shi, Du Qingjiang, and Du Wangcai stood up one after another, with bruises on their foreheads, and blood stains even oozed in some places.

Ma Shi turned around and discussed with Du Qingjiang in a low voice, and before Ma could speak, Du Wangcai suddenly said loudly: "Xiaoyu, Xiaoshan, I want to follow you to the capital, I don't want to go home." Don't you want to buy people? Our family is willing to sign a contract and sell it to you. In the future, you can withhold the monthly silver of our family of three, and when will it be deducted and when will we leave, I don't know if you are willing? ”

"Prosperous!······" Ma Shi exclaimed in surprise, but when he came into contact with his son's cold gaze, he swallowed back the words he was about to say, and lowered his head weakly.

Li Ziyu took a closer look at Du Wangcai, and saw that this young man, who was already a man of few words, changed his previous cowardly expression, and his face was full of determination. She knew that Du Wangcai himself was a good person, unlike his mother Ma, who was lazy and loved to chew the root of his tongue, nor like his father who was too honest and unassertive, and was a responsible, hardworking, and loyal person. It's just that the future of going to the capital is slim, and I don't know what awaits me. So, she can't bring the instability over. Especially around her own home, she wants absolute safety. So, she smiled slightly. said: "Brother Wangcai, I can't agree to this request. You can go to Lijiazhuang to find Grandpa Zhao, and I will write a letter to him, asking him to return the house you used to live in and place the three of you in a suitable place. So that you may have at least a few taels of silver a month, otherwise what will you pay back my thousand taels of silver? ”

"Good, good! Xiaoyu, you are so good! Ma was overjoyed when he heard this, and hurriedly agreed.

Li Ziyu ignored her, and asked Mrs. Zhang for a pen and paper, wrote a contract of arrears, and made the family of three press their handprints. The contract stated that fifty taels of silver would be repaid every year, and Zhao Qingqing would keep the silver taels. If the Du family has money, it is okay to repay the loan in advance. In addition, Li Ziyu wrote a letter to Zhao Qing and handed it to Du Wangcai.

Although Du Wangcai really wanted to follow Xiaoyu and them to atone for their sins. But thinking of his mother's virtue, he had to sigh secretly and put the letter in his arms.

Li Ziyu ransomed his body for his family of three, paid the ransom silver, bought three simple and innocent people, and said goodbye to Mrs. Zhang and returned to the inn. Chai Bin and Wang Qiuyue went to settle their subordinates without mentioning it, and Li Ziyu took Xiaolan back to their room.

Li Ziyu asked Chai Bin to send a message to Lin Tianshu, saying that he would leave early tomorrow morning. Lin Tianshu also went out with his entourage after Li Ziyu and the others went out, he returned to the inn before Li Ziyu, and agreed to go on the road as soon as possible tomorrow. The reason why he agreed to rest for a day. is worried that Li Ziyu's sister and brother will work hard all the way. He also sensed the innkeeper's abnormality, so he didn't want to make a fuss.

After a night without words, Li Ziyu and his party got up early in the morning and had breakfast. When he got into the carriage and just wanted to go on the road, Ah Quan came out of nowhere, came to Li Ziyu's carriage and whispered: "Miss, there is news in Beijing that the emperor has died!" ”

"Really?" Li Ziyu was not too surprised, and asked lightly. After all, the emperor's body has been delayed long enough. Death is a matter of time.

"Yes, the female shopkeeper of the inn took a group of people on the road early in the morning, and she may have entered Beijing." Ah Quan continued.

"Who is the new emperor? Is it the crown prince? Although Li Ziyu knew that it should be the crown prince Junzhang, she still asked.

"Yes, it is said that the emperor passed the throne to the crown prince Junzhang on his deathbed, and the new emperor has ascended the throne." Ah Quan said.

"That's good." Li Ziyu breathed a sigh of relief in her heart, and the big stone that was pressing on her heart finally moved away. There should be no resistance to his marriage contract with Brother Ren, right? The new emperor won't stop his marriage to Brother Ren, right?

At this time, Lin Tianshu walked over slowly, came to Li Ziyu's carriage, and whispered: "Xiaoyu, the first emperor of the capital has died, the new emperor has ascended the throne, everything is complicated, I have to take the first step." Don't be in a hurry, take your time and stay safe. ”

"Good! Brother Lin, take care! Li Ziyu opened the carriage curtain and admonished.

Lin Tianshu left the carriage to Li Ziyu, and the group turned over on the horse and galloped away along the official road.

"Get on the road!"

Emperor Jingtai of the Daye Dynasty died, and the new emperor ascended the throne, with the country name Jingping. After the new emperor ascended the throne, he promulgated a series of new policies, reducing and exempting harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes, so that the people living at the bottom could see a ray of light.

Li Ziyu arrived in the capital in mid-November of the first year of Jingping and lived in a luxurious and spacious mansion arranged by the new emperor. Later, Li Ziyu learned that this mansion was the ancestral residence of the Ouyang family in the capital, although it was raided and destroyed at that time, but the first emperor of the house did not let anyone live in.

I don't know if the emperor knew Li Ziyu's identity or unintentionally inserted willows, because this mansion was arranged by the emperor before his death, in short, Li Ziyu and the others returned to the ancestral house of the Ouyang family, which made them happier than anything else.

Because the new emperor died, the people were not allowed to marry within three months, so in March of the second year of Jingping, Li Ziyu and Ren Xiaohang got engaged, got married at the end of the year, and gave birth to the eldest son Ren Feier a year later.

Xiaoshan and Xiaowen entered the Tai Academy to continue their studies, and Xiao Wu and Xiaohu entered the Eastern School to study. Three years later, Xiaoshan and Xiaowen participated in the meeting examination and the palace examination, and both were admitted to the Jinshi. Xiaoshan won the tenth place in the Jinshi examination, and Xiaowen won the third place in the examination, becoming the youngest Tanhualang, which was a sensation. Xiao Wu and Xiao Hu also entered the Tai Academy to study because of their excellent grades, and the Li family was in the limelight in the capital for a while.

Emperor Jingping transferred Li Xiguang back to the capital, and rehabilitated Zhaoxue for Ouyang's old capital, and the Li family finally reunited with the family in the capital.

Li Regeneration took over his brother's position and became Princess Lingshuang. Princess Lingshuang left the princess's mansion in the capital and went to the border to live with her husband.

Xiaoshan was arranged by the emperor to enter the household department, and Xiaowen entered the cabinet, and the marriage between the two became the object of competition among big families in the capital. In the end, Li Xiguang and his daughter Li Ziyu discussed and decided on the eldest daughter of the Fu family and the Lin family respectively, and they got married one after another.

After Emperor Jingping passed the filial piety period, he immediately got married, and the queen was Fu Xiaoshuang, the daughter of the Fu family. Li Ziyu didn't expect Fu Xiaoshuang to become the queen, but it was reasonable to think about it. The two of them have known each other since childhood, and they have a certain emotional foundation, which is better than blind marriage and dumb marriage.

Ren Xiaohang is now completely in charge of Longwei and is the orthodox leader of Longwei, and the Ren family has also recovered its former glory.

Li Ziyu opened the shop in her hometown of Zhangkou Town to the capital, she only needed the pickle shop, and left the rest to her younger brothers. Because she has a stake in Yongfutang, she is not so keen on other shops. Because she has enough to eat and drink, it is her greatest wish to leave more property for her younger brothers so that they can live a richer life.

On a dusk in the early spring of the third year of Jingping, an inconspicuous carriage drove out of the capital towards the official road of the south city gate, and a childish voice sounded in the carriage: "Mother, where are we going?" ”

"Go to a place where the seasons are like spring."

"What about Daddy?"

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"Oh, I see, we're going to a place where Daddy can't find it, aren't we?"

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