Divorced by her husband's family and rejected by her own! She defiantly turned her life around

"Master and Madam, Master and Madam, something terrible has happened! The yamen officials left Xiao Liu's body at the door and left."

Master Wu summoned his steward and instructed him to buy a thin coffin, put the person inside, and bury him in a pit.

Madam Wu quickly instructed the kitchen to prepare some ginseng soup to nourish her son.

"Son, stay home these days and don't go out. Take good care of your health; you're really depleted."

"Mother, I'm fine, I'm perfectly healthy!"

"Mother, I saw a girl on the street today. She's very beautiful, and all the girls in our house are just as good."

"Oh, whose daughter is she?"

"Your son doesn't know, that girl is quite feisty, but he likes her."

"Mother, I want to bring her into the mansion and make her a concubine."

"Alright, as long as my son is happy, tomorrow we'll have someone inquire about which family's daughter she is and bring her into the family to help our Wu family have more descendants."

"Mother, then I'll go back to my own courtyard."

"Go on, treat your wife well, and don't act up again. Let your father and me hold our grandson soon."

"I know."

When Wu Yonglu returned to his courtyard, a group of beautiful women surrounded him. "Young master, you're finally back! We've missed you so much!"

"Young master, what happened to your finger?"

"You bumped into something by accident, it's nothing serious, just let it rest, it'll be fine in a few days."

"Young master, please come to my room quickly, let me give you a good massage."

"Yes, you're the most considerate."

"Young master, you still have us. You can't show favoritism!"

"I'm a little tired, I'll go back and rest first, and then I'll pamper you all properly tonight."

"Yes, young master. We'll be waiting for you tonight."

The next morning, Lu Fangcao woke up and saw Wu Yonglu still sleeping next to her. She was secretly delighted. The young master still doted on her the most. What was the young mistress? She was just occupying the position of the principal wife. Sooner or later, that position would be hers.

Lu Fangcao rolled over and hugged Wu Yonglu, even kissing him on the cheek. But something felt off; why was his body so cold?

She touched it carefully with her hand; it was unusually cold. She called out to it softly twice, but there was no response. She immediately sat up and checked its breath; the person was completely lifeless.

She grabbed a piece of clothing hastily and threw it on before running out, shouting, "Help! The young master is dead! The young master is dead..."

The shouts echoed through the courtyard, one after another.

The concubines were sulking. Last night, the young master had clearly promised to come to their room, but he hadn't come after waiting all night. Hearing the sounds coming from Lu Fangcao's room, they wished they could rush in and tear her to pieces.

"Can you hear that Lu Fangcao's voice? I think I heard her shouting that the young master is dead."

"Let's go, let's go take a look!"

"Sisters, sisters, hurry and see! Young Master is dead! Young Master is dead!" Lu Fangcao said in a terrified voice, her words stammering.

When the group reached the bedside, they screamed in horror and rushed out, crying, "Master, Madam, something terrible has happened! The young master is dead! The young master is dead!"

Mr. and Mrs. Wu were sitting in the living room, still complaining that their son had been harassed by those vixens as soon as he returned home, and that it was so late and he hadn't even come over to pay his respects to them.

The steward rushed in, flustered. "Master, Madam, something terrible has happened! The young master's concubines say he's dead."

Madam Wu slammed her hand on the table. "Those little bitches dared to curse their own son! They've really gone too far!"

"Let's go take a look."

Master Wu and Madam Wu arrived at the courtyard where Wu Yonglu lived. "Where is my son? Take me to see him quickly. If I find out who is cursing Lu'er, I'll skin her alive."

Lu Fangcao was too frightened to speak. The young master had died in her bed, and she was terrified.

The other concubines quickly said, "The young master is in Concubine Lu's bed."

When Mr. Wu and Mrs. Wu went in, they saw their son lying on the bed, lifeless, and when they touched his body, they found that he was already cold.

"Bring the Lu family here. What exactly happened?"

As soon as Lu Fangcao entered, she knelt on the ground, trembling. "Master and Madam, please spare me! I don't know what happened. Last night, my master and I were playing in bed when the candle suddenly went out. I told my master to rest early, but he refused. And then I don't know what happened."

When I woke up in the morning, I saw that the young master was still asleep, so I put my hand on him and felt that he was very cold. I called him several times but he didn't wake up. When I checked his breathing, I found that he was already dead.

"Master and Madam, it really wasn't me! I don't know anything about it!"

"Guards, lock this wretch in the woodshed."

"Master, Madam, look! The young master's neck has been snapped, and his hands and feet have been broken."

How come this death is the same as the deaths of Guo Changfeng and Magistrate Su?

"Quickly, send someone to check the warehouse."

The butler immediately led people to the storeroom. The locks on the storeroom were still in place, but there were signs that it had been tampered with. He opened the door and found that the storeroom was empty.

The steward then checked all the other storerooms one by one, and found that not a single blade of grass remained.

He rushed over to tell Master Wu, "Master and Madam, the storeroom has been emptied."

"It seems that mysterious person has reappeared. Why is he targeting my family?"

The Li, Gu, and Zou families discovered their sons were dead early in the morning. Their homes were in chaos, filled with weeping. Their sons were dead and the storerooms had been robbed. They immediately went to the yamen to report the crime.

Hearing the commotion and hurried footsteps outside, the gatekeeper opened the door and saw a group of constables passing by the Wu residence. He grabbed one of the constables and asked, "Sir, what's going on?"

When the constables saw that it was someone from the Wu family, they said, "Early this morning, the stewards of the Li, Gu, and Zou families came to report that their young masters had all died and all their valuables had been stolen."

"You're all so close by, is the Wu family alright?"

"It's alright, we don't have any in our manor."

After the yamen runner left, the gatekeeper closed the gate and went to the backyard.

When he got to the backyard, he noticed something was wrong. "Where are the master and mistress? I have something to report."

"The master and mistress went to the young master's courtyard after hearing that he had died."

The gatekeeper was startled when he heard this, because he had just told the yamen runners that nothing had happened in their mansion.

He rushed to Young Master Wu's courtyard in a panic. As soon as he entered, he saw that the master and mistress had dark faces, and no one else dared to breathe.

The doorman didn't dare speak directly to the master and mistress, but instead went to the steward, "Steward Wu, is the young master dead?"

"Yes, you heard it at the gatehouse too."

"Steward Wu, something terrible has happened. The young masters of the Li, Gu, and Zou families, who are on good terms with the Wu family, all died last night, and their valuables were also stolen. A group of constables just went to the scene to handle the case."

"What?" The butler's voice suddenly rose, startling everyone.

"What's wrong? Why are you so startled?"

"Master and Madam, the gatekeeper just reported that the Li, Gu, and Zou families, who are on good terms with our household, have all encountered misfortune, exactly the same as our situation. Their young master is dead, and their valuables have been stolen."

"Quick, let's go take a look."

Overwhelmed with grief, Madam Wu fainted and had to be carried away to be cared for.

When Mr. Wu arrived at the nearest Li family's house, Mr. Li was even more grief-stricken upon seeing him. "Old Wu, you must do justice for us! My eldest son, Cheng Hong, is dead, and our valuables have been stolen."

"Old Li, I'm just like you, an old man sending off a young man with black hair."

Let's go visit the Gu family and the Zou family together.