After Rebirth, She Becomes the Revenge Queen
Chapter 91 - 090: If He Disobeys, Capture Him to Be a Son-in-law! (Second Update, Vote Request)

Chapter 91: Chapter 090: If He Disobeys, Capture Him to Be a Son-in-law! (Second Update, Vote Request)

Liang Chen had just recovered, and Pei Zhan volunteered to take charge of investigating the residents of Baiyu Lane, thus returning to the mansion early today.

Just as he had arranged people to go, he picked up the dagger and Li Huai burst in despite Guo Song’s attempts to stop him!

"General! Something major has happened to the Fu Family!"

Pei Zhan frowned and looked up. "What is it?"

"Today, the third wife of the Du Family invited Mrs. Fu to the Hongyun Society for a show. Miss Fu went ahead. However, that concubine, Mrs. Liu, and her daughter Fu Rou conspired with the old lady of the Fu Family to set a trap. First, they tried to lock Mrs. Fu in the mansion, but after Mrs. Fu settled things, she sent someone to find Miss Zhen.

"But by the time our people reached the Hongyun Society, they only learned from Miss Zhen’s maid that the third wife of the Du Family had been suddenly abducted and was taken out of the city! Miss Zhen pursued, but when our people arrived at the foot of the city gate, they heard from the gate guards that a girl claiming to be Miss of the Fu Family left silver behind and said she also left the city!"

"Kidnappers?" Pei Zhan put down the dagger. "Why would they abduct the third wife of the Du Family?"

"Unclear! Mr. Du said he has no enemies, so it shouldn’t be a revenge plot. He has already gone to the city gate, and to prevent rumors from spreading, he has secretly sent people to pursue out of the city! Our men, along with Zhang Cheng and Yang Tong by Miss Zhen’s side, followed for a stretch, but aside from traces of a struggle on the road, we haven’t found where they went!

"However, when our men returned to the Fu Family just now, Mrs. Fu said the second Miss of the Fu Family is also missing! It’s said she left the mansion with the Protector early!"

"Then it must be the work of that group with Mrs. Liu! How could she, a mere concubine, go against the main household’s mother and daughter like this? Why did Fu Zhen chase after them herself?"

As Pei Zhan spoke, he stood up and walked out of the study: "Which city gate did they head to?"

"South City Gate!"

"Deploy more men, search thoroughly along the villages and the hills outside the city!" Pei Zhan finished and frowned again, "It’s almost dark, why wasn’t this reported earlier?"

"Because it was a matter within his mansion, I dared not disturb you lightly..."

Li Huai lowered his head.

Pei Zhan glanced at him, calmed himself, and said, "The third wife of the Du Family is a lady of the National Guardian General’s Mansion, how can we let her come to harm? Prepare the horses, gather the men, I’ll go see for myself!"

...

The mountain road twisted and turned. Fu Zhen carried the third wife of the Du Family on her back, walking for about an hour and only covering a small part of the way.

She had hoped to find traces of that horse along the way, so it could carry the person, but the horse was nowhere to be found long ago.

The incident today was blown so big, the later it got, the harder it was to solve, and along this path, Fu Zhen’s strength was almost depleted.

The third wife of the Du Family felt as if a pot of boiling oil constantly scalding her heart, when they reached a broad area on the mountainside, she said: "Put me down, I’ll walk slowly!"

Sparing herself from seeming like she was intentionally being troublesome to others!

Fu Zhen obliged, putting her down to let her start walking.

The third wife of the Du Family gritted her teeth to take the second step, but found she couldn’t move.

Fu Zhen simply sat down and looked at her: "Why push yourself? With such a stubborn heart, wouldn’t it be better to think about how to strengthen your body when you return? Although your family are academicians, your ancestors were warriors, after all, surely you can’t forget your roots? For a wife of a dignified Great General’s cousin, to be helpless at the slightest trouble, isn’t it laughable upon hearing it?"

The third wife of the Du Family glared at her: "Mind your own business! Such impertinence!"

Being older by a fair margin, irrespective of her official status, she should still be considered her elder, how could she speak like this?

Fu Zhen no longer spoke to her.

She weighed the worst consequences, if Zhang Cheng and the others couldn’t find them here, did she have any way to get the third wife of the Du Family back to the city?

"You’re bleeding!"

The third wife of the Du Family broke a tree branch to lean on a trunk to sit, and upon bending, she spotted the wound on Fu Zhen’s arm, exclaiming involuntarily.

Fu Zhen glanced at it and didn’t care.

Yet the third wife of the Du Family couldn’t take her eyes off, the girl in front of her, who was the refined and exquisite Miss at the opera house, was now covered in blood and dirt, yet she didn’t mind, simply wiped her bleeding wound with her sleeve and carried on as if nothing was amiss, appearing calm and composed beneath the heavens, truly remarkable.

She couldn’t help but say, "Your family, being generations of scholars, how could you turn out so careless?"

Fu Zhen, her mind elsewhere, replied absentmindedly: "Our families are soon to annul the engagement, why do you still ask so much?"

The third wife of the Du Family was choked.

Observing her casually wiping her own blood with her sleeve, without the slightest concern for herself, once her future mother-in-law, a certain bitterness arose within her.

Today’s ordeal was surely to be blamed on the Fu Family, with Fu Zhen as their eldest daughter, she couldn’t think of avoiding responsibility.

Nonetheless, the reality was clear; she had carried her all this way, thin and with each step laborious, yet she never uttered a single complaint, such conduct revealed a hint of pride.

Though the Fu Family plotted against her, if not for Fu Zhen’s daring intervention today, she would have again fallen for Fu Rou’s deceit, and who knows how she would be further manipulated.

For this reason alone, this "careless" eldest Miss of the Fu Family stood out far above that slick-tongued concubine’s daughter of the Fu Family.

Swirling thoughts within, she couldn’t stand Fu Zhen looking down on her, so she indignantly said, "Don’t think I disdain your family for wanting to break this marriage, I am a mother, I have to think of my son, Cheng’er!

"Ever since from a young age, rumors spread that your health was frail, that you wouldn’t survive, persisting even to this day. Even when I sent people to inquire from your family, the reports confirmed it.

"You are still young, haven’t been a parent, you don’t understand how one naturally worries for their children. If you were healthy, even if you occasionally took medicine, I’d accept it!

"But everyone says you won’t live past sixteen, how can I let Brother Cheng marry you contentedly? What if you fall ill upon marriage, what would he do? Even if you could remain unharmed, if you couldn’t bear children, then concubines must be taken!

"Even if a concubine bears children who are then raised by you, their biological mother wouldn’t be of good upbringing; taking them out would still show inferiority!

"Tell me, how could I possibly agree to this marriage?"

The third wife of the Du Family poured it all out in a burst.

These words had been bottled up for over ten years; everyone said she shouldn’t go back on her word, shouldn’t only consider herself without regard for the girl’s feelings, but she simply wasn’t that selfless to happily sacrifice her own son’s lifelong happiness to fulfill someone else’s; she just couldn’t do it!

Fu Zhen looked at her and after a moment, burst into laughter.

The third wife of the Du Family was irate: "What are you laughing at?!"

Fu Zhen said, "Your combative nature really hasn’t changed a bit."

The third wife of the Du Family paused.

Fu Zhen shifted her position and squatted in front of her: "Have you rested enough? Come on, after descending the mountain, we still need to tidy up before entering the city."

If it doesn’t work, they could at least find a farmhouse to settle for now.

The third wife of the Du Family hesitated and didn’t move.

She hadn’t expected that after airing her grievances, not only would Fu Zhen not be angered, but she still planned to carry her!

Fu Zhen turned around: "If you keep dawdling, I’ll tie up your son to be my visiting son-in-law!"

"!..."