Zhu Shize left the main hall of the Chengguo Mansion and was half-escorted back to the West Courtyard by the housekeeper Uncle Chou.

Along the way, he walked very slowly.

He needed time to plan, how could he continue to stay in the Chengguo Mansion without offending the Deping Bo Mansion.

This time, he made a mistake in his plan, and he confessed to Zhu Yingzhen, a little cub.

But next time, next time, it may not be, he still loses!

The guest secretary in his hospital once left a sentence for him before leaving Beijing Province.

He said that people can lose and lose all the time, but as long as they win the last time, many previous defeats will be erased and no longer mentioned.

Zhu Shize felt that what he said was very reasonable.

Famous families have always only talked about success and defeat.

Whether the means are bright or bad, only the ultimate winner will be considered orthodox.

In other words, no matter what kind of attitude Zhu Xizhong treats him now, as long as in the end, he can defeat the other brothers and inherit the title, Zhu Yingzhen, which makes him suffer a lot of dark losses, he is not afraid.

After all, since the Year of Yongle, Sun Cheng's ancestral throne has become a taboo for famous families.

Although the law does not explicitly stipulate that this situation is not allowed, everyone understands the "market" in their hearts.

Don't say that it's just the Chengguo Mansion, the same surname Guogong Mansion with estranged blood, is the younger brother of today's saint, and he may not dare to treat the rules as child's play.

Emperor, if you don't get angry, anger is the disaster of the nest!

Walking to the gate of the courtyard, Zhu Shize stopped, turned around, and politely saluted the housekeeper Ugly Uncle, thanking him for sending him back, but also refused him to continue to follow.

The housekeeper Choubo was ordered to send Zhu Shize back to the courtyard.

The word "return" may seem simple, but it can mean many things.

Sent to the courtyard gate, called to send back, sent to the door of the house, called sent back, sent into the house, also called sent back.

"The old slave will go back to his life, Seventh Young Master."

If the ugly uncle can achieve the position of the housekeeper of the Chengguo Mansion, he will not be a stupid person.

He politely waved at Zhu Shize and stopped.

In the battle of the house, it is difficult to distinguish the winner and loser.

The smartest person may not be the last winner, and the person who starts to lose may not have a chance to make a comeback.

He is just a housekeeper, and he knows the truth of "being forgiving and forgiving".

Chengguo Gong is in the limelight, and a few years ago, he patrolled the suburbs on behalf of the emperor and performed sacrificial ceremonies, so he didn't need to stand in line too early, and cut off his own way of life for the disputes of his masters.

……

Zhu Shize stood at the gate of the courtyard for a while.

After thinking about what he should do, he slowly entered the inner courtyard.

Like most prominent families, Depingbo only uses its own daughters as a tool to forge alliances.

Previously, Depingbo Li Mingken agreed to marry his daughter-in-law Li Yuanru to him as his wife, because he was the son-in-law of the Chengguo Mansion and was expected to inherit the title.

In order to get the support of Depingbo's mansion, he promised Depingbo Li Ming that if he could inherit the title of Chengguo Duke's mansion, he would make a document to confirm the son born to him and Li's concubine as the heir to the title.

If he divorces his wife and remarries, the son born to him and Li can no longer be regarded as a concubine, and will no longer have the right to inherit the title.

In the meantime, De Pingbo's Mansion will surely take back all the help he has given, and even put him to death.

If he refuses to divorce his wife, his father, Zhu Xizhong, will expel him from the house.

At that time, it will be impossible for De Pingbo to devote energy and financial resources to such a worthless man.

If there is no accident, Depingbo Li Ming will let his wife, Li Yuanru, reconcile with him, take his two sons and a daughter, and go back to Depingbo's mansion.

Both of these results are unacceptable to him and cannot accept.

He didn't want to lose everything.

There is only one way.

let his wife, Li Yuanru, die of "unexpectedness" without being abandoned by him.

According to the law of the Ming Dynasty, Li Yuanru died as his wife, and the children born to him should still be regarded as descendants.

Even if he marries someone else after three years, that woman can only be regarded as a continuation, even if he has children, the inheritance is after the two sons born to him and Li Yuanru.

He knew that as long as his promise to Depingbofu remained unchanged, Li Ming would not care at all if a concubine died.

If he went to explain the situation to Li Ming, Li Ming said that he could not rest assured of his promise, and he could also agree with him that after three years, he would continue to be his wife, and he would also hand it over to Depingbo Mansion for arrangement.

"Yuanru."

Slowly entering the door, Zhu Shize's face remained unchanged, and he called Li Yuanru.

Since they got married, they have always respected each other like guests.

But it's just that they respect each other like guests.

He never liked her, and even gave birth to an heir, all in order to fulfill his promise, and he had to do it as a last resort.

"Is it done today?"

Seeing Zhu Shize enter the door, Li Yuanru hurriedly stepped forward.

Zhu Yingzhen is the opponent they most urgently need to get rid of at the moment, if it weren't for him as an obstacle, at this time, in the Chengguo Mansion, the children of Zhu Shize's generation would have to be cut off by half.

In Li Yuanru's words, Zhu Yingzhen will not die, and it will be difficult for them to achieve great things.

"It's finished."

Zhu Shize was already planning to get rid of Li Yuanru, and it was impossible to tell her the truth and make him wary of himself.

"My father was very angry and had sent someone to ask for family law."

Zhu Shize said as he slowly walked past Li Yuanru, sat down at the table.

"You mean, haven't started fighting yet?"

Listening to Zhu Shize's words, Zhu Xizhong just sent someone to ask for family law, but did not implement it, Li Yuanru instinctively wrung his eyebrows, and the joy that he was satisfied with before was also eliminated in an instant.

The things of the world, the most unpredictable variables, make people's hearts.

As long as the family law has not been implemented, to be precise, Zhu Yingzhen has not been killed, and their plan will not be completed.

"I'm in a hurry to come back and tell you the news, how can I have the leisure to stay there and wait."

Seeing that Li Yuanru's face was uneasy, Zhu Shize was busy laughing with her and coaxed her.

"You help me get the four treasures of the study, and I will write a letter to my father-in-law to report the good news."

Li Yuanru didn't move.

She stared at Zhu Shize deadly, as if she wanted to see a few holes in him.

"What are you glaring at me!"

"The implementation of the family law is such a thing, you have to recruit the inner court to observe, in order to set an example, I just stay there to do it, it is impossible, so that the implementation of the family law is faster and half a moment, why not take advantage of this time, write the good news for the father-in-law, you can also save a while, and run again!"

After that, seeing that Li Yuanru was still standing in place and refused to move, Zhu Shize had to make up another nonsense to deceive her, "You hurry up and get the four treasures of the study, and when you write a good letter, we have to go to the front yard, if it's too late, provoke your father to blame, wouldn't it give others a chance, don't you pick us!" ”

Li Yuanru didn't turn around and went out.

Instead, she stepped forward slowly and sat down opposite Zhu Shize.

"You don't have to lie to me."

"That didn't happen."

Li Yuanru said firmly and solemnly.

It was as if she had seen what was happening in the main hall with her own eyes, not just guessed.

"You were bitten back by Zhu Yingzhen, and in order to protect yourself, you pushed all the guilt on me."

"The Duke of the Kingdom instructs you to make a choice between me and staying in the Mansion of the Chengguo Prince."

"You are not willing to spend many years of hard work, and you don't dare to gamble, after leaving the Chengguo Mansion, my father will treat you as before."

"Therefore, you intend to fulfill your promise to my father that day with my death."

Li Yuanru didn't cry, and even her face didn't change a bit.

She was very calm.

It seems that she will have today's fruit, as early as she expected.

"I can fulfill you."

"But you have to promise me to do two things for me."

With the initiative in hand, you have the right to speak.

Li Yuanru put forward a request to Zhu Shize in a tone that sounded like a discussion, but in fact could not be refused.

"You say."

Zhu Shize had no choice.

A famous family doesn't care about the life and death of its children, but it can't care less about the reputation of the family.

Knowing that the plan was revealed, if he didn't agree, Li Yuanru would make a big deal about it, and he would definitely be regarded as a thorn in the eye by both the Depingbo Mansion and the Chengguo Mansion at the same time, Zhu Shize unconsciously clenched his fists, stiffened his head, and asked Li Yuanru about the content of the request.

"When I die, put my body in a coffin and send it outside the city, my dowry Zhuangzi."

"After the first seven days, I will be buried as a wife."

"That is the place of my heart, the last time in my life, I hope to be able to spend it there in peace."

Li Yuanru said as she opened the purse on her waist, took out a porcelain bottle from the purse, and put it in front of Zhu Shize.

"My dowry should be taken care of, and your wife and aunt in the house must not be tampered with."

Li Yuanru's gaze unconsciously moved away from the porcelain vase.

Although, saying that he is willing to seek his own death, his body is still a little disobedient.

Listening to Li Yuanru's request, it was so simple, and Zhu Shize, who was ready for it, couldn't help but be stunned by her.

"Only these two?"

If you live in the backyard of the family for a long time, you will get used to it and be harassed by others.

At this time, listening to Li Yuanru, he actually exchanged his own death for such two insignificant fulfillments, Zhu Shize instinctively tightened his brows.

His instinct told him that this matter might not sound so simple.

"Just these two."

Li Yuanru said yes, and in his eyes, the water vapor gradually condensed.

"Okay."

After being married for many years, Zhu Shize had never seen Li Yuanru crying, but when he suddenly saw it, he instinctively felt a trace of guilt in his heart.

I agreed to her request without hesitation.

In Zhu Shize's impression, Li Yuanru is a woman who is ruthless to others and ruthless to herself.

A woman like her, who even gave up her newborn child without hesitation, just for the sake of a woman who put her opponent to death, if she was not helpless, she would not show her sorrow in front of the person who forced her to die.

"Remember your promise today."

"If you break your oath, even if I turn into a ghost, I will let you die without a place to be buried!"

Li Yuanru got up suddenly, a little excited, picked up the porcelain bottle on the table, pulled out the cork, raised his head, and drank it all.

Boom.

The empty porcelain vase was put back on the table by Li Yuanru.

The medicine is very effective.

At this time, her face was already in a painful and distorted state, and the corners of her lips were overflowing with scarlet.

She tried to hold on to the table so that she could maintain a minimum of decency before she died, but under the ransacking of the drug, her body was no longer self-contained.

Bang.

The delicate body fell to the ground, leading the dust in the house to rise, and in the afternoon sunlight shining in from the paper window, a iron-blooded battle horse was staged, and the big drama of fighting for me was staged.

Zhu Shize suddenly felt that his eyes were a little sour.

A feeling called heartache rushes like water bursting an embankment.

He was sure that he had never had a crush on her.

When she falsely accused his beloved, murdered his son-in-law, and beat him to death, he even thought about making her pay for her life.

But now, she died, so simply, so decisively......

Why can't he be happy?

"You can go in peace."

"I promise you, and I will do what I say."

He picked up the porcelain bottle, poured the remaining poison from the bottom of the bottle into the teapot, and added some tea to the half-full pot he had poured earlier.

Leaning over and picking up Li Yuanru, who was already out of breath, from the ground, Zhu Shize slowly approached the bed and carefully put her on.

He still has the second half of the scene to play, and he has no time to grieve.

Turning around to leave, Zhu Shize suddenly stopped, turned around, and looked at Li Yuanru who was placed on the bed by him, and felt that she was lying like this, which was a little unreasonable, so he moved again, dragged the quilt, and helped her cover it.

Boom.

Because of the excessive movement, Zhu Shize's sleeves took down the purse on Li Yuanru's waist.

The purse fell to the ground with a soft thud.

Zhu Shize wrinkled his eyebrows.

bent down and picked up Li Yuanru's purse that fell to the ground.

Yu Li, the purse that the woman hangs around her waist will not contain hard things, before, she took out the porcelain bottle containing poison from it, which has surprised him, at this time, listening to it, there are hard objects, how can you not be curious?

I'm just going to see if there's something in there that shouldn't exist, don't let this dead woman cause me unnecessary trouble.

Zhu Shize persuaded himself like this, and then moved to open Li Yuanru's purse.

In the eye, it is a thumb-sized bead.

This bead made Zhu Shize feel a little familiar.

It's just that he can't think of why it looks familiar.

Maybe it's all too common.

Zhu Shize thought like this, but his hand, but he was not free, took out the beads and put them in his purse.

Tie the purse back to Li Yuanru's waist, Zhu Shize covered the quilt for her again, made sure that it looked like there was nothing wrong, and turned around and went out.

"Twin Sparrows."

Going out and standing still, Zhu Shize took a deep breath, adjusted his mood, and called softly to the next room.

"Yes, sir."

Shuangque'er came out in response, with a respectful attitude, and saluted Zhu Shize.

"How long has Madame been asleep?"

twisted his eyebrows and asked Shuangque'er, Zhu Shize seemed to be a little unhappy with Li Yuanru's "sleeping in broad daylight".

"Back to the master, a quarter of an hour ago, when the slave maid went to add tea to the lady, she was still awake."

"Come to think of it, I should have just fallen asleep."

Shuangque'er lowered her eyebrows and looked at Zhu Shize, and answered without delay.

"You go wake her up and get her groomed."

"Tell her that I have something important to discuss with her."

Zhu Shize nodded lightly, said a word to Shuangque'er, and slowly moved to the courtyard, sat down at the stone table.