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Chapter 1752 The Country Girl Looked Down Upon 73
The servant, who had been feeling unwell due to his illness, immediately remembered the poison when he heard Master Zhou say this. He was now in a real bind. After all, three people were sick at the same time, and he had heard that the eldest aunt who had given him the medicine was also sick. It was really hard not to think that the four of them had been poisoned. After all, what a coincidence that it was the four of them who were supposed to poison Master Zhou who had fallen ill.
So the man immediately told Master Zhou to find a doctor and ask him if their condition was due to some kind of poison.

After hearing this, the doctor prescribed some medicine for Master Zhou. After taking it, Master Zhou felt that his symptoms had lessened, which meant that he had indeed been poisoned.

Mr. Zhou couldn't understand why he had been poisoned, so he could only ask the doctor to treat him.

However, the doctor said that this poison would damage the body's foundation and could only alleviate the pain; there was no way to save the patient.

No one knows how much they ate. Those who ate a lot died quickly, while those who ate little didn't last more than three to five months. They should hurry up and prepare for their funerals.

When Mr. Zhou heard this, he felt as if the sky had fallen.

Not only can't they inherit the Duke's mansion, but they're also going to die. How can this be?

The reason he dared to harm Master Zhou was that he thought if he couldn't kill Master Zhou, he could continue to be the second master of the Duke's mansion and continue to enjoy wealth and honor. He thought it was a profitable deal that wouldn't result in a loss. He never thought that not only would he not be able to become the Duke, but he would also lose his life instead of enjoying wealth and honor. How could he accept that?

He suspected that it was Master Zhou who was behind this, but no matter how he looked at it, Master Zhou didn't seem to know anything about it.

But if it wasn't Master Zhou's doing, how come the poison meant for Master Zhou ended up in his own body? Could it be that there's something supernatural going on in this mansion?
The thought of some evil spirits helping Master Zhou made Master Zhou feel uneasy.

He comes from the countryside and is quite superstitious about these things.

Not only did he believe it, but his eldest aunt also believed it.

The great-aunt and second aunt who had previously caused trouble for the Zhou family both suffered bad luck. At the time, she felt that the Zhou family was a bit strange, which is why she stopped taking action for several years.

Unexpectedly, the poison she had intended for Master Zhou ended up on herself—she learned of this from the servant assigned to Master Zhou's side—this was too bizarre! Could it be that the Zhou family was blessed by their ancestors? Otherwise, this was impossible to explain.

The thought that the Zhou family's ancestors were protecting them made the eldest aunt, like Master Zhou, feel uneasy.

People in ancient times believed in this, so once she believed it, the eldest aunt, despite her illness, went back to her parents' home to attend the funeral of Old Master Zhou. She also went to the ancestral temple of the Duke of Zhenguo's mansion, offered incense to the ancestors of the Duke of Zhenguo's mansion, and asked them to forgive her for what she had done.

Although she was about to die and the other party's forgiveness was useless, what if the ancestors really existed and didn't forgive her? What if they wanted to beat her after she died and went to the underworld? After all, her niece aunt had committed evil deeds but was only exiled, and her second aunt had committed evil deeds but was only paralyzed. Neither of them had died yet, but she had been poisoned and would die in a few months. So, her eldest aunt still went to burn incense and repent for her actions, so that as the first person to go down after committing evil deeds, she wouldn't be beaten too badly.

After this incident, the eldest aunt dared not cause any more trouble for Master Zhou. Of course, the main reason was that Old Master Zhou had passed away and Master Zhou had inherited the title, so she could no longer use the title as a pretext to incite Master Zhou to kill Master Zhou.

Besides, it's too late to stir things up anymore, because Lord Zhou only has a few months left to live. What's the point of stirring things up now? The other side knows they're going to die, so why would they bother with any seizure of the throne?

As for the idea of ​​taking someone down with you even if you die, it's likely that the other party was too disheartened and suffering from illness to have the energy for such a thing.

—If anyone is going to stir up trouble, it should be Zhou Sanlang of the eldest son's family, who will fight with his elder brother. Then they will kill each other, and the matter will be exposed, causing the emperor to revoke his title.

However, she was dying soon and was afraid that what she had done would offend her ancestors, who would then punish her in the afterlife. So, although the eldest aunt thought this way, she dared not do such a thing again and could only let it go.

As for Zhou Ergu and the poisoned servant, seeing that their attempt to harm others had backfired and they were about to lose their lives, they were terrified. However, they dared not make a fuss about it, fearing that if they did, they would have to spend the last few months of their lives in prison. So, seeing that they were about to die, they had no choice but to suffer.

Especially Aunt Zhou, she just couldn't understand why it wasn't Master Zhou who died, but her. In the end, she also felt that, just like Master Zhou said, Master Zhou was protected by his ancestors, so he was fine; while they, the group who wanted to poison Master Zhou, were reprimanded by their ancestors.

Thinking about what they had done, which was indeed extremely vicious, Zhou Ergu did not dare to jump out and cry out that heaven was blind. She could only resentfully let it go.

Fortunately, if she couldn't get a divorce, staying in the countryside and suffering would be no different from being dead. So, she might as well die. Every time she came back, seeing how well her family was doing, especially Zhou Linlang, who was only ten years younger than her and living a life of luxury, was too much of a blow to her. She was living a life worse than death.

So when Aunt Zhou saw that the poisoning attempt had failed and that she was about to die, she didn't say a word. After Old Master Zhou's funeral, she left with her husband's family.

Not long after, Mr. Zhou, Ms. Zhou, and others passed away one after another.

After her husband, youngest son, and youngest daughter passed away one after another, Old Mrs. Zhou, being old, could not bear the blow and also passed away.

After the passing of Old Master Zhou and Old Madam Zhou, the Zhou family naturally divided their property. Zhou Erlang, the second son of the second branch, left the Duke's Mansion with his family and moved into a house in the capital that Old Master Zhou had allocated to his family before his death.

Without the control of the Duke's mansion and now managing the household himself, he had a large sum of money. He was quickly targeted, just like in the original world. He was led to gamble and became addicted. Within a few years, he squandered all his family fortune, just like his great-grandfather in the original world.

However, that's all for the future. In the present, before Old Master Zhou passed away, the family property was divided. The bulk of the inheritance naturally went to Master Zhou the First and Master Zhou the Second, but some of it was also given to Linlang. After all, the family was able to have so much money because Linlang had exposed those corrupt officials. In addition, Linlang was in the Prince Ying's Mansion, and the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion also needed to rely on the status and position of the Prince Ying's Mansion. So Old Master Zhou gave Linlang some more, hoping that the Zhou family members, who were helpless in the capital, could rely on the Prince Ying's Mansion and not be ignored by others or become nobody in the capital.