"Little lady."

Zheng brought his close Madam Zhao and several maids to Du Ruo. Du Ruo raised his head and bowed to her casually.

Zheng was wearing a peach-red cross-collared skirt, a satin vest on her outside, a white silk wrapped around her arms, and a horse-drawn bun. She had exquisite makeup. She looked so pretty.

Du Ruo was an independent musician who owned a music studio in his previous life, and a history enthusiast. According to his age and income before traveling through time, it would be profitable if he could marry such a wife.

But now Du Ruoke has no intention of caring about her beauty. He is now revenge and revenge, so as not to harm her in the future.

"Du Ruo, what's the point of sending your servant to my yard to death? Where did I mess with you?" Zheng asked with a frown.

"Where do you mess with me? You know, little mom, don't treat me as a fool!" Du Ruo said coldly.

"Haha, you are not stupid. Everyone in Meizhou knows what kind of person you are!"

Zheng didn't know that Du Ruo made a big splash in Su's house, so he said this as a deliberate mockery. She paused and continued: "Come on me quickly. I can take someone away. I can think that nothing happened, otherwise you will not ignore it whether you sue it to your father or your mother!"

"I don't care?" Du Ruo smiled. He stepped forward and approached Zheng with a sharp look. He said in a deep voice: "Then Ma Sanke has already taken everything you told him."

After saying that, Zheng and Madam Zhao looked pale and took several steps back together.

When Du Ruo saw Zheng's reaction, he knew that she was guilty. After all, she was a little woman with little knowledge in ancient times. Du Ruo had been struggling in society for many years in his previous life and could see through her thoughts at a glance.

"I... why would I let him harm you? You can't believe it. Ma San must be talking nonsense!" Zheng's eyes dodged left and right. After saying this, Ma Ma Zhao next to her immediately pulled her arm, and she realized that she was talking.

But it was too late, Du Ruo sneered: "I didn't say what Ma San told me, how do you know that he has harmed me over the years?"

"I……"

Zheng suddenly turned red, and she said with a stern look on her face: "I guess... I don't know anything anyway, so don't think of frameing me!"

Seeing her cheating, Du Ruo smiled. He was not afraid that Zheng would not admit it. He just needed to confirm that his inference was correct based on his memory.

In my memory, five years ago, Ma San became a servant around Du Ruo. Ma San is smart and interesting, and is well-versed in various playing skills. First, he took the young Du Ruo to dig a bird's nest, pounded bird eggs, caught fish and turtle, and put down a clip to catch rabbits and pheasants... These are tantamount to opening the door to a new world for Du Ruo, who has only read since childhood.

Later, it developed to raise dogs, walk birds and fight crickets, which made Yuan Duruo obsessed with it and thus wasted his studies.

After having been in contact with Ma San for a long time, Yuan Du Ruo accidentally learned that he had a relative relationship with Ma Ma Zhao around Zheng, and she introduced him to the mansion. However, Yuan Du Ruo didn't think much about it. Du Ruo also saw Ma San after traveling through time.

Although he was a musician in his previous life, he had to compete with others when opening a studio and deal with all kinds of people. He had long developed a deep and conscience. When he remembered the memories related to Ma San, he smelled the scent of conspiracy.

Now, he confirmed his guess from Zheng.

"You all retreat!"

Du Ruo shouted and left the yard and the maids around Zheng, but Madam Zhao still supported Zheng and did not leave. Du Ruo ignored her and approached Zheng again.

"What do you want to do?"

Zheng looked at Du Ruo with a frightened look. She never expected that the little Du Ruo, who was usually harmless, would show such a fierce aura at this time, which made people feel frightened and almost breathless.

"Just relying on a few words of slander from the servant, it doesn't mean anything. Even if Ma San intentionally leads you, it has nothing to do with me!"

Zheng was not too stupid. She had already forced herself to calm down. She raised her head, her neck was white, stared at Du Ruo, and continued, "I am your little girl and I don't have a son. I have always regarded you as my own. What's the benefit of you?"

"Bang!"

Zheng never expected that as soon as she finished speaking, Du Ruo slapped her left face hard. At this moment, she felt the scorching pain on her face and her whole body was confused.

"Oh, second lady! Young master, no matter how you say it, your little lady is, you are an elder, why can you hit her..."

Madam Zhao immediately cried and hugged Zheng in distress. Zheng came to her senses, covered her face, and looked at Du Ruo in disbelief.

"You also know that it is not good for you! Then you still do it?" Du Ruo scolded coldly.

At this time, Zheng's eyes were covered with tears and humiliation. She snatched Du Ruo's eyes hard, turned her head and ran out of the East Courtyard in shame and anger.

Zheng ran away, and Du Ruo called the servants of the East Courtyard to come back.

"Send someone to my little girl's yard, carry Ma San to the woodshed and lock him up, and ask a doctor to help him with sore medicine."

Butler Li received the order and left. Du Qing followed Du Ruo and left the East Courtyard and asked, "Where is the young master going?"

"Go to my mother's place, this is not over yet."

Du Qing swallowed in horror, thinking that the young master was going to kill the second wife. Everyone knew that the eldest wife was a tiger girl in the general and had a hot temper. Although he had restrained a lot over the years, if he knew that the young master had become a mediocre person in recent years, it was the second wife who deliberately caused someone to lead the destruction, he would probably just lift his sword and slash the second wife!

But Du Qing was wrong. Du Ruo didn't want to kill Zheng. He didn't even hate Zheng very much. The slap just now was just annoyance to the original owner.

This is what Zheng owed, but that's all.

———

In the small villa courtyard of Du Mansion’s west wing, Zheng rushed in with tears all the way, headed straight to the bedroom, and threw himself on the bed and cried.

She was also a woman with a poor life. She was sold to a brothel to learn skills at a young age. Later, she became a family prostitute raised by the magistrate of Qingshen County, Meizhou. At an official banquet, Du Shouyi took her as a livestock and gave her to Du Shouyi, and then she became a family prostitute of the Du family.

Later, Du Shouyi took her into the side room. The concubine had no status and the mistress in the mansion was extremely strong. She was even more careful and lived a depressing life.

Later, I gave birth to a daughter. I thought my life would be in a position to support me, but I didn’t expect that this was the beginning of her nightmare…

"Cai Niang, don't cry. He is the legitimate son. Even if he gets older, the master will not do anything. Besides, his mother's family is in great power, so we can't afford to offend him!"

Madam Zhao sat beside Zheng, gently stroking Zheng's back to comfort her, while also crying sadly.

“Woo woo woo woo…”

Zheng threw herself into Mama Zhao's arms, crying even more sadly. She couldn't cry and kept chanting in her mouth: "Come on... In the next life, even if you are a beast, you will never be a woman!"

"well!"

Madam Zhao sighed and could only keep comforting her.

"Second Lady, the young master is here."

After a while, the maid came to report. Zheng immediately sat upright, wiped tears, and gritted his teeth and said, "What else is he here? Haven't you beat me enough? Then I'll let him beat him to death!"

As he said that, he was about to get up and go out, but Madam Zhao grabbed him: "Cai Niang, don't be stupid. This kid becomes cruel after he is sick. Let's avoid it! If you don't think about it, you can think about it for Zhi'er!"

Hearing the word "Zhi'er", Zheng burst into tears in an instant, and the toughness on his body immediately disappeared.

The maid here looked embarrassed and whispered: "Miss Zhi'er is here too, she is being held by the young master..."

"What!"

Now, Zheng seemed to be stabbed, and instantly got up, rushed out with a pale face.

In the front hall, Du Ruo was holding a little girl in his arms. The little girl was wearing two small braids, wearing a pear flower cotton skirt, and brocade lotus shoes on her feet. She had light eyebrows and big eyes, long eyelashes, and a pink little ball of face. She was so cute.

"Brother, why haven't my mother come out yet? Why don't we go play with your cricket?"

The little girl is Du Zhier, the biological daughter of Zheng, and naturally Du Ruo's sister. She is six years old this year. This sister was loved by Du Ruo before. She knew that Du Ruo had raised a lot of crickets and was always thinking about coming to play. But it turns out that Du Ruo would always be played to death by her every time she played with crickets.

After she was killed by her, Yuan Du Ruo was completely afraid of her. Every time she wanted a cricket, she would use other things to coax her to divert her sight.

"I went back and forth my brother, I'll give you all the crickets, and you can cook them all."

Du Ruo's voice was gentle, he smiled and put her on the ground, and continued, "It's better to wait for the little girl, don't you miss the little girl?"

In the Song Dynasty, concubines also called themselves their biological mother and mother for having children. There was only one mother, which was the wife of the family.

Du Zhier tilted her head, turned her black eyes and said, "I'm thinking a little."

As she said this, she took Du Ruo's hand naughtyly, while leaning down and shouting, "Xiao Madam, Xiao Madam, come out quickly!"

Swish!

Zheng rushed out in a hurry, and in the blink of an eye, he came to Du Ruo, pulled Du Zhier away and hugged her tightly in his arms.

"Zhi'er, are you okay?"

She checked Du Zhier nervously. Du Zhier looked at Zheng, who looked frightened, and was speechless. Zheng glared at Du Ruo again: "If you have something to do, come to me! Don't touch my daughter! Otherwise, I will become a ghost and I won't let you go!"

As she said that, there was a strong resentment in her eyes.

"Zhi'er is my sister, I love her more than you!" Du Ruo frowned slightly, "You scared her."

Du Zhi'er was so scared that she grinned and cried. Zheng hugged and comforted Du Zhi'er nervously, but the child couldn't stop crying. Zheng looked at Du Ruo and asked Madam Zhao to take Du Zhi'er away to coax her first.

"Are you threatening me with Zhi'er?" Zheng stared at Du Ruo coldly.

Du Ruo raised his legs and said lightly: "Don't you want to see Zhi'er? The mother and mother haven't seen each other for half a month, right?"

Upon hearing this, Zheng's eyes twitched.

In this era, when concubines from wealthy families give birth to children, they are usually sent to their wife for upbringing, because concubines are generally from humble origins, and the wife is either a famous family or a lady from a wealthy family, or at least a good family. In the eyes of people in this era, concubines should not be raised by their concubines.

The Du family is also the same. Since Du Zhier was one year old, he was taken to Du Ruo's mother to raise him. Zheng, who is Du Zhier's biological mother, cannot meet Du Zhier several times a month, and most of the time he can only hide behind the eaves and houses to secretly watch his daughter grow up.

This torment was enough to make any mother mentally distorted. It was from that time that Ma Sancai went to Du Ruo to be a servant through Zheng's relationship.

Du Ruo knew that this was Zheng's revenge on his mother Liu. Liu was too strong and looked down on Zheng, who was of low origins. For a period of time, he even refused Du Zhier to see Zheng. Zheng was inevitably resentful. It turned out that Du Ruo was just a victim of a woman's home fight.

All this information was actually lying in Yuan Du Ruo's mind, but this kid was really ignorant of the world and didn't know about struggle at all. Du Ruo was different. After he traveled through time to receive his memories, he sorted out a little, and all the grievances were revealed in front of him.

"My little girl, you owe me the slap you just now. I will never mention it again in the future."

After Du Ruo finished speaking, Zheng did not say anything, as he agreed, but his eyes were filled with hatred.

Du Ruo slowly stood up, walked towards Zheng, and said, "You must understand that harming me is harming Zhi'er. I am her only brother. When she grows up and gets married in the future, I am also her only backing!"

After a pause, Du Ruo continued, "If I had a promising future, no one would dare to look down on Zhi'er in her in-laws' house in the future. If I was bullied by her in-laws, my brother would definitely help her stand out; but if I don't make it to the future, or die early, then do you think, will Zhi'er still be responsible for her in-laws' house? If you are bullied, will you take someone to support her?"

After saying this, Zheng lowered his head with complicated eyes.
To be continued...