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Zheng Qiaoyan's father, Zheng Yun, and his first wife got married when they were fifteen years old, and they soon had a son. Zheng Yun continued to study and gained fame along the way. When he passed the imperial examination, his first wife had already died of illness.

Because of his good appearance and talent, and because his brother-in-law was capable, with his military exploits and years of hard work, he was already the commander-in-chief of the Hangzhou Army. It was also because his sister asked someone to help that Zheng Yun got the position in the Ministry of Etiquette at that time. Meng Jian, a doctor, appreciated her deeply and betrothed his second daughter, Meng Zuoyi, to Zheng Yun, who had a promising future at that time.

It was also because of Meng Jianshen's recommendation that he was waiting for a job in the capital and stayed in the capital to serve.

However, Zheng Yun still missed his son Zheng Peilin from his hometown, sighing all day long. One year after he got married to Meng Zuoyi, the Meng family finally discovered that he had an eldest son in the family.

Originally, he only thought that he just had a wife and was dead, but now that he learned that he actually had a son, Meng Zuoyi refused to let him go and asked him what he planned to do with his son at home.

According to Meng Zuoyi's wish, Zheng Peilin was adopted as an heir to Zheng Yun's cousin's family.

But Zheng Yun was unwilling to do so. He thought of his wife's good fortune, said that he could not treat her son poorly, and planned to bring Zheng Peilin to study in the capital.

It is said that those who are aware of current affairs are heroes, but Zheng Yun was very high-spirited at that time. He only felt that he had a bright future and would be able to achieve something in Beijing, so he was not someone who knew current affairs. He also thought about the friendship he shared with his wife through thick and thin when they were young, and he loved and cherished his eldest son very much. He had been studying and taking the imperial examinations all these years so that his family could live a good life. Now that his wife has passed away before him, if he can't even take good care of the son she left behind, wouldn't he be a father and a husband in vain?
  But Meng Zuoyi was also a fiery person. She felt that before Zheng Yun got married, the Meng family all hid the fact that Zheng Yun had an eldest son. They were deceiving them first, and then they wanted to take the eldest son to Beijing. The insult to her comes later.

Moreover, Meng Zuoyi grew up in Beijing, and often followed his brothers and sisters in the circle of young ladies in Beijing. His horizons and knowledge were far beyond those of Zheng Yun, who was from a local place.

Zheng Yun was very proud of being an official in Beijing and had high self-esteem, but Meng Zuoyi always looked down on him, feeling that he was worse than the other ladies in Beijing that he was, as a seventh-grade official. Far away, there is no comparison at all. I spend all my time belittling and scolding him, blaming him for not being able to make progress.

Meng Zuoyi was also very reluctant to the marriage her parents proposed to her. She always felt that her mother was partial and would not find her a son from a wealthy family, but she chose such a poor boy from a remote country.

Zheng Yunze thought about his first wife's gentleness and virtuousness every day, and how much she had to serve and obey him. If his first wife were here and saw his achievements at that time, she would have been satisfied and would only speak words of admiration and support. Zheng Yun looked at Meng Zuoyi with growing disgust.

The two had been at odds for a long time, so they started to quarrel over Zheng Peilin's matter. Both of them refused to give in, and later they ended up wanting to reconcile.

This is not only a quarrel between the couple, but also a tit-for-tat confrontation between the two families.

Zheng Yun's parents died early. It was his eldest sister who raised him since he was a child, and she also helped arrange his marriage. His sister and brother-in-law were also a poor and humble couple. The two of them worked together in the same boat, and the brother-in-law became the commander-in-chief of Hangzhou. , and they are all the achievements of fighting with real swords and guns.

Both husband and wife were also very protective of Zheng Yun, their younger brother. At that time, Zheng Yun's brother-in-law had a prosperous official career, but he was not willing to talk down to a minor official in the Ministry of Rites. He was also very indignant at their proposal to give Zheng Peilin an heir.

The eldest daughter of the Meng family at that time entered the palace early and had been unknown for many years. However, in those few years, the fortunes turned and she had already been granted a noble title. When she was favored, the concubine was about to be granted. The Meng family relied on her daughter to gain power. How can one surrender to a local magistrate?

No one in the two families was willing to say soft words, but they actually took it seriously and divorced. It was only after the two reconciled that Meng Zuoyi discovered that there was a fetus in her belly.

The Meng family originally wanted to buy medicine to abort the child, but Meng Zuoyi picked up the medicine bowl for some reason at that time, but felt that the baby in his belly was moving violently, as if he didn't want to leave. Meng Zuoyi Yi was so reluctant to let go due to some strange combination of circumstances that he actually kept the child without telling the family.

By the time it was discovered when the month was over, it was already too late.

By keeping the child like this, Meng Zuoyi's life was ruined.

The Meng family became angry, so they resorted to some means to seize Zheng Yun's official position in Beijing and sent him back to Hangzhou to wait for his post.

After Zheng Yun returned to Hangzhou, he was depressed for a while. Fortunately, his sister and brother-in-law felt sorry for him and ran around for him. After a few years, he finally let the things in Beijing go and found him another job as the magistrate of Xiaoshan County. Official position. Later, he was a diligent and honest official, did a lot of practical things for the people, and had outstanding political achievements. With the help of his sister and brother-in-law, it took him more than ten years to reach the position of Hangzhou magistrate.

But the daughter of the Meng family was also favored by the saints. She was pregnant again and gave birth to a prince. The mother was granted the title of concubine because of her noble son.

The father and elder brothers in the family also benefited from the honor of their legitimate daughter, and were promoted accordingly. Meng Zuoyi's father was promoted from a doctor in the Ministry of Rites to a minister in the Ministry of Official Affairs. Because the Meng family was becoming more and more powerful in Beijing, he gave Meng Zuoyi another job. Looking for someone to marry her, it's just that now that she has been divorced once, it will be difficult for her to be a proper wife.

However, she was also very ambitious and would not marry anyone other than an emperor or general. She did not want to marry someone like Zheng Yun again. She would rather be a concubine for a prince than a wife in Bai Yi.

Her mother also doted on her and was driven out of her mind by her, but she really obeyed her. Because of her sister, she was brought into the then Yongjun Prince's Palace as a concubine.

Later, it was more than ten years later that she gave birth to children for Prince Yongjun and was promoted as a side concubine.

It was just that in order to enter the county prince's palace, Meng Zuoyi could no longer keep Zheng Qiaoyan by his side, so he left Qiaoyan at his mother's house in Beijing. He originally hid the fact that he had a daughter from the outside world, but after all, he had raised three children. Years old, there is no airtight wall in this world, so he lied that he died of illness.

Meng Zuoyi also felt Zheng Yun's suffering back then. She was also reluctant to let go of Zheng Qiaoyan in every possible way, but she had no choice but to tell her mother to educate Qiaoyan well and find her a good family.

But the Meng family was still afraid that the county prince would notice Zheng Qiaoyan's existence, which would affect Meng Zuoyi, so after Meng Zuoyi got married, they secretly sent Zheng Qiaoyan back to Hangzhou and threw it to her father.

Since then, Qiaoyan has never seen her mother or anyone from her mother's family again. It was like an abandoned child who was raised in his aunt's house. Zheng Yun felt that Qiaoyan would be better off with an upbringing by her aunt. However, no one could explain the misery of Qiaoyan, and his father could not understand it, until Zheng Yun returned home. After he got an official position and his own mansion, he took Zheng Qiaoyan back home.