After Rebirth, She Becomes the Revenge Queen
Chapter 61 - 060: The Good Days Are Over?! (Second Release, Asking for Votes)

Chapter 61: Chapter 060: The Good Days Are Over?! (Second Release, Asking for Votes)

Fu Zhen returned to the mansion, and Bixi immediately placed two account books under the candlelight.

"These are the first two account books we found, from Mrs. Liu’s room. They record all the income over the years, including when they lived outside!

"The monthly salary should have been received regularly, but in recent years, additional assets have appeared on these accounts from time to time. Some are silver, some are jewelry, some are silk fabrics, and so on!"

Bixi spread the account books open and slapped them on the table, smacking them twice: "This is just part of it! We haven’t got the ones from Master or Madam yet. Yang Tong is working hard on that. Miss, take a look first! I’ll continue to handle matters!"

Having said that, she whirled out again.

Fu Zhen glanced through the books a few times and handed them to Ru Yi to put them away.

She didn’t need to know exactly how much Mrs. Liu embezzled; does it matter if it’s a lot or a little? Any amount taken is theft!

What she needed was evidence!

But with the efficiency of Bixi and Yang Tong, it shouldn’t take a few days to gather everything.

She’s already established a connection with the Cheng family; Cheng Chili should seek her out soon. But Pei Zhan is so difficult to deal with. Does he truly believe she’s not plotting against the Liang family only after seeing that dagger? Does he doubt her story of the hutong murder?

Recalling the events several times, Fu Zhen felt it was understandable. The reason for Mrs. Fu appearing at the inn being a night of accounting is somewhat forced.

But the two deceased were people Mr. Ning emphasized should be well-received, and they still held the potential to assist the Fu family, so they must not have been ordinary people. Being extraordinary people who died silently without any rumors, their identities are undoubtedly subtle.

Fu Zhen had faith in Pei Zhan, but when it came to Mrs. Fu’s safety, she couldn’t disclose these secrets to him. Her quest for revenge couldn’t involve the Pei family, nor could she implicate the innocent Mrs. Fu.

If achieving her goals meant exchanging the safety of others, she was utterly unwilling.

So, does it mean she must retrieve that dagger no matter what?

Damn it!

Isn’t she supposed to only have to deal with the Xu family?

Why does she have to engage in a battle of wits with the Pei family’s boy now?

Fu Zhen pounded her fist on the table, unable to resist walking to the door.

Outside, the night was deep and thick. She couldn’t search for that item in broad daylight, but instead, had to take advantage of the night. Yet, Baihe Temple was outside the city, and the gates were already closed. How was she supposed to get out?

Besides, her body couldn’t yet fully perform its martial arts; whether she could even enter the temple walls of Baihe Temple was uncertain.

However, Mrs. Fu did mention last night that she wanted to take her to the temple to offer thanks...

With this thought, Fu Zhen’s heart was stirred, and she stepped over the threshold.

...

Mrs. Liu had never been subjected to such grievance since following Fu Yun, nor had she encountered such an attitude from him afterward!

She had given Fu Yun three children; the eldest daughter, Fu Rou, was fourteen, the eldest son, Fu Jing, was thirteen, and even the second son born after she entered the mansion was four. Regardless of which family she was in, with such backing, one might say she need not worry for the rest of her life.

Even if she couldn’t become the legitimate wife, she would surely be the first person next to the main wife!

Especially in the Fu family situation, where Fu Yun had only one wife and one concubine, and had long lost interest in his wife. Relying on the fondness he had for her when he was young, Mrs. Liu had reached today’s proud position. Except for not being the main wife, she had everything she could have in the Fu household!

But ever since Fu Zhen had changed, her days had been anything but peaceful!

That damned girl, that sickly pest, how dare she lay hands on her and her daughter!

How dare she?

Last night, all Fu Rou did was release a few wasps to scare her, yet she came with a stick to confront them!

Even hitting Mrs. Liu along with them!

Fu Yun, that old man, was actually frightened by the few words of that mother and daughter!

Spineless fool!

What could Fu Zhen do to him? What ability do they have to make him lose his official position? Or send him back to Jiangling?

Yet he actually believed it!

Even told her to manage Fu Rou well, else he would punish them together?

Mrs. Liu couldn’t believe her good days were over. After waiting all day without seeing Fu Yun, she finally got news of his return from court, but Fu Yun went straight to the study.

Mrs. Liu hurriedly ordered the prepared soup to be sent, intending to take it to Fu Yun. But upon reaching the courtyard of the study, she was informed that Fu Yun was tired, had gone to sleep, and left word for them to stay in their rooms and not go out for the next few days.

Mrs. Liu, in her fury, returned to her room and smashed the bowl!

I followed you, old man, to live a good life, not to suffer grievances!

After venting her anger, seeing Fu Rou crying beside her, with her bruised and swollen face looking ugly as a chipped pig-feeding plate, she flared up again: "Crying, crying, crying! What are you crying for? Incapable of anything useful!"

Fu Rou cried even harder, with grievances mixed in her voice: "Mother only blames me! Why don’t you blame yourself for not persuading Father to propose to the Du family earlier? If the marriage had been settled early, I would have been the Du family’s daughter-in-law-to-be, and Fu Zhen wouldn’t have dared to touch me. If she dared to harm a single hair on my head, I’d make the Du family give her a hard time!"

Hearing this, Mrs. Liu suddenly realized the Du family engagement was indeed the trigger for last night’s events!

She immediately called in those she had kept around since her concubine days: "Stuff some money and find out what’s going on with the Du family now!"

She couldn’t glean intel from the General Mansion, but she could find out tidbits from the Du family’s third house, a subordinate branch of the General’s Mansion.

After all, she hadn’t relaxed her surveillance of the Du house third branch since she learned of the marriage agreement! Since Du Su had encountered Fu Yun on the streets and hadn’t recognized him, she didn’t believe that by now, Du Su would still not know that was his in-law!

...

Just as Mrs. Liu guessed, the atmosphere was solemn in the Du family’s third house.

But what Mrs. Liu didn’t expect was that not only did Du Su know he hadn’t recognized his in-law, but afterwards he was also mocked by Liang Chen and Cheng Chiren!

Liang Chen had just returned from the northwest, having been honored as the Great General of the Nation. Though his battle achievements didn’t match Pei Zhan’s due to an injury, he remained a top-ranking figure at court. He failed to recognize his long-time bonded in-laws, openly signaling his unwillingness to honor the alliance, intending to break faith?

"It’s all your fault!" Du Su blamed angrily, "I said we couldn’t avoid this engagement; you insisted on stalling the proposal, claiming you’d heard Miss Fu wouldn’t live long, and the engagement would cancel itself if she died. Now look! She’s perfectly fine, but my reputation’s ruined! So many people heard it yesterday; they’re probably secretly despising me now!"

Du Third Madam retorted with regret and irritation: "I heard this from within the Fu family’s inner chambers; they all said their eldest daughter had been declared incurable by both divine and mortal healers, and was predicted not to survive this year. I just believed it! Who knew we’d be caught unguarded."