After the others left, Shen Yanrong checked his wife’s body again.

Lu Yao generously gave him a big eye roll, “Do I look like I have a problem? Even the doctor didn’t want to bandage me.”

If it weren’t for this man’s insistence on treating the wound, the doctor would have left long ago.

Shen Yanrong said good-naturedly, “It’s not that the wound isn’t serious and doesn’t need to be bandaged, it’s clearly that he’s looking down on people.” He didn’t want to dirty his noble hands.

“Are you still angry?” Lu Yao comforted him, “After tomorrow, no one will be more noble than anyone else.”

Shen Yanrong understood the implication and remembered what Yao Mei had said before the doctor arrived, he asked, “Is there something else?”

Lu Yao didn’t hide it, “Didn’t I go to a strange world while I was unconscious? I lived there for many years, I was helped by many people, and I helped many people too. The celestial being saw that I was kind and told me that the Shen family would soon be confiscated and we would all be exiled to Ganzhou.”

“Are you serious?” Shen Yanrong was about to marvel at his wife’s amazing experience, but when he heard the latter part, his expression turned serious, “The Shen family is at its peak now, and that person is a strong candidate for the Minister’s position, how could they…”

“Strong, but not the only one,” Lu Yao extended her index finger and swayed it back and forth, “Many people are eyeing this position. That person has made many enemies over the years, and he’s not really clean behind the scenes. He’s not really powerful enough to be unshakeable.”

Shen Yanrong nodded, that was true.

However,

If everyone in the Shen family was going to be exiled, then he and his wife and children would be…

His mind suddenly felt a little confused.

“And…” Lu Yao hesitated for a moment, then finally spoke, “Back then, my maternal family was framed.”

“What?” Shen Yanrong suddenly got up, “Bang!” The chair behind him was knocked over with force. He was a little anxious, “Yao Mei, are you sure?”

“You heard correctly,” Lu Yao was reluctant, but she didn’t hide it, “Back then, it was the Shen family who conspired with others to frame my maternal family.”

It wouldn’t be long before the Rong family would be cleared of those charges and regain their freedom.

However,

So many years had passed, the former wealth and glory were long gone, and the vast family had disintegrated.

“You mean, the Rong family back then…” He couldn’t finish the sentence, his voice choked with sobs.

It was his biological father who had harmed his maternal family. Even though he and this so-called father only had this thin blood connection left, he still felt guilty.

Without the Rong family, the Shen family wouldn’t have been able to reach this height in such a short time.

How could that person, how dare he?!

Lu Yao knew it would be like this.

She sighed lightly, went forward and took his hand, gently comforting him, “It’s not your fault, you’re also a victim.”

The Shen family had been tormenting people for years, and it was only because her husband was strong that he survived.

“Yao Mei, actually, Mother had her suspicions back then, but she didn’t have any evidence,” Shen Yanrong said with red eyes, revealing what he had been keeping in his heart, “I’ve been investigating this matter for years, but I’ve made no progress because of my limited ability.”

He finally understood what Yao Mei meant when she said those words in the study, and he finally understood why that person was suddenly so accommodating.

He was guilty.

He was also afraid that they would ruin his current grand plan.

Thinking of something, Shen Yanrong became anxious and worried, “If he suspects that you know something, will he…”

He could crush the Rong family, who had supported him wholeheartedly, into the dust. He didn’t doubt that this man could do something as cruel as killing people to silence them.

“He won’t have the chance,” Lu Yao smiled, reassuring him, “Tomorrow morning, the soldiers will come to our door, and we will all be imprisoned,” her gaze fell on the direction where the two children were sleeping, “There’s nothing else, I’m just worried that the prison environment is terrible, the two children will suffer.”

When she talked about being imprisoned, she didn’t have any other emotions, it was as calm as if she were casually talking about the weather.

Shen Yanrong looked worried, “Tomorrow morning?”

He thought that knowing the news in advance would give them time to plan, but it was so urgent.

“Don’t you doubt it at all?”

Lu Yao looked at Shen Yanrong up and down, he believed everything she said, this man, he wasn’t a fool.

Shen Yanrong shook his head, his gaze towards Lu Yao had no hesitation, “We’re husband and wife, we love each other deeply, you wouldn’t, and you don’t need to lie to me about these things.”

After hearing what his wife said, he didn’t have any other thoughts except shock and “I told you so.”

Besides that, he was only worried about his wife and children’s situation and future, he felt very sorry for them.

“After they deliver the money, you take the children and leave the Shen family. With that money, life shouldn’t be too hard,” Shen Yanrong felt guilty and sad, and quickly made a decision, “It’s my fault as a husband and father, I’ve implicated you and the children.”

“What are you talking about!” Lu Yao rolled her eyes at him, very dissatisfied, deliberately misinterpreting his meaning, she started to nag, “You just said we’re husband and wife, we’re in this together, we’ll never leave each other, and now you’re going to drive me away?”

Shen Yanrong was helpless, “You know I don’t mean that.”

“Then why do you want us to leave?” Lu Yao glared at him, “Do you think a woman and children without a husband and father can really have a good life? Not to mention anything else, just protecting that money is a problem. And can we really leave? Where can we go after leaving?”

Even in modern times, a single woman with two children might not have a good life, let alone in a feudal and backward ancient society where people eat people without spitting out the bones?

She didn’t want to live a life of hiding with her children.

“No matter what, it’s better to go to Ganzhou,” Shen Yanrong was a little anxious, “Be good, take the children and go far away… In this life, I owe you and the children, only in the next life…”

Lu Yao: …

She slapped the man’s arm, “What are you talking about? You’re just being wishful, did you ask me and the children if we agree?”

“I…”

“Alright, stop talking nonsense,” Lu Yao glared at the man, “Do you really think we, a widow and her orphans, can escape? The whole world belongs to the emperor, I don’t want to live a life of fear and anxiety with my children in a dark corner.”

“But…” It was exile, Ganzhou, the land was barren, there were dense forests and bushes, snakes, ants, and rats, the environment was harsh, how could his wife and children adapt? And the journey to the place of exile was long and arduous, who knows what would happen.

Lu Yao didn’t intend to listen to his “buts”. She was no longer the helpless child she was years ago. Not to mention anything else, she could definitely make sure her family didn’t suffer.

Just when she was about to tell him about her trump card, someone else walked towards their courtyard.

They looked at each other, it must be the people who came to deliver Mother’s dowry.

They opened the door and went out. The person at the front was Chunxiang, a maid by Wang Yalan’s side. Seeing them, she rolled her eyes in disdain and asked arrogantly, “Where do you want the things to be placed?”

Lu Yao didn’t even give her a glance, she directly said to everyone, “Put them in the hall.”

After saying that, she stepped aside to let them in.

Chunxiang: …

She gritted her teeth, cursing the two of them over and over again in her heart.