The Abandoned Wife of a Military Family: Your disguise has been exposed again.

Chapter 125 Betrothal Gifts
When the Lou family rushed over upon hearing the commotion, they saw Yun Yao with disheveled hair and messy clothes, while Li Mingzhu was kneeling on the ground with a shocking pool of blood under her skirt.

Upon seeing this, Madam Lou almost fainted.

"My grandson..."

"Come on, call the doctor!"

The Lou family was thrown into chaos.

……

Yunwei was unaware of the Lou family's affairs. In order to make the poison as soon as possible, she stayed in the pharmacy after returning from outside.

Although it is unclear how Rong Zhen intends to poison the Emperor of Yue, the poison she makes must be fatal and leave no trace.

She was so engrossed in the pharmacy that she didn't emerge until the afternoon of the next day, carrying a porcelain bottle.

The poison was ready, and she planned to go to the Regent's Palace immediately to give it to Rong Zhen.

Her senior brother's matter was urgent.

She hoped to rescue them as soon as possible.

She was about to go back to her room to change her clothes when Tian'er told her that the Regent had arrived.

Upon hearing this, Yunwei's face lit up with joy. She was just about to go find him, and he had delivered himself to her doorstep.

"where is he?"

Seeing how happy she was to hear that the Regent had arrived, Tian'er thought to herself, "It seems that Miss is indeed interested in the Regent." She then happily replied, "She's in the front hall. She's been here for a while."

Upon hearing this, Yunwei became too lazy to change her clothes and hurried to the front hall.

Rong Zhen had already drunk several cups of tea in the front hall. Seeing that Yun Wei hadn't come out yet, he was about to ask Sang Qing to go and ask her when a woman suddenly rushed in from outside.

The woman's hair was messy and her clothes were wrinkled. She ran up to him in an instant.

"You've come at the right time. I've already prepared the poison. Here you go."

Before Rong Zhen could react, he heard the woman speaking rapidly and then shoving a porcelain bottle into his hand.

It was only then that he realized the person was Yun Wei, and he couldn't help but chuckle, "How did you get yourself into this state?"

"What does it look like?" Yun Wei was taken aback.

Rong Zhen looked at her and said jokingly, "If you didn't know better, you'd think she was some kind of beggar woman."

Yunwei gritted her teeth, "You're the beggar."

Sang Qing, who was standing to the side, was speechless.

He tried his best to lower his own status and pretended not to hear such treasonous words.

However, Rong Zhen was not angry at all. Instead, he joked, "Hmm, a beggar woman and a beggar are a good match."

Yun Wei: "..."

"Sit down." Rong Zhen pulled her to sit down and poured her a cup of tea.

Yunwei was indeed thirsty, so she picked up the glass and gulped it down in one go.

Rong Zhen examined the porcelain vase in his hand and teased, "This wouldn't happen to be a gift after the engagement, would it?"

Upon hearing this, Yunwei was stunned for a moment before she remembered that today was the day of their engagement.

"You went to the Yun family?"

"Yes, I went. I just finished and came here." Rong Zhen said, then reached out and tidied her messy hair, then took out a gold hairpin with a phoenix head inlaid with rubies from his sleeve and inserted it into her hair.

Yunwei paused, then reached up to touch the hairpin in her hair. "What did you put on me?"

“The hairpin is my engagement token to you,” Rong Zhen explained gently, his gaze falling on her hair, a smile in his eyes. “Now that we have exchanged betrothal gifts, we are officially engaged.”

Upon hearing this, Yun Wei felt somewhat dazed and unreal. She still remembered that when they first met several months ago, this man had mistaken her for a maidservant trying to seduce him.

Now, however, they are engaged.

A sense of bewilderment arose in her heart.

Is she really going to marry Rong Zhen?

"What are you thinking about?" Rong Zhen noticed that she was lost in thought and reached out to take her hand, which was resting on the table.

Yunwei paused, withdrew her hand, and awkwardly changed the subject, saying, "This medicine took me a whole day and night to make, so you must keep it safe."

Seeing that she was avoiding his gaze, Rong Zhen vaguely knew her concerns, so he didn't say anything, only saying, "Since you have prepared the poison, I will make the arrangements. In addition, Xuan Yuan Ke has promised me that he will release the Mu family first, but your senior brother Mu will not be released without charge until the Emperor of Yue passes away."

Upon hearing this, Yunwei's face lit up with joy. "How did you manage that?" Then, as if remembering something, her expression turned serious. "Did you agree to some request of his?"

If Rong Zhen agreed to Xuan Yuan Ke's unreasonable demands because of her, she would feel uneasy.

"Don't overthink it." Rong Zhen saw through her thoughts at a glance and explained, "I only agreed to help him ascend the throne, that's all."

"Really?" Yunwei asked, somewhat uncertain.

“Really. Otherwise, why would I ask you to make this poison?” Rong Zhen said with certainty.

"That's good." Seeing that he didn't seem to be joking, Yunwei felt relieved. After thinking for a moment, she asked again, "Poisoning the Emperor of Yue is no easy task. How do you plan to do it?"

“We have our spies in the Moon Kingdom’s palace,” Rong Zhen explained simply.

Upon hearing this, Yun Wei didn't ask any further questions. She stood up and said, "Are you going back, or do you want to sit here a little longer?"

Rong Zhen also stood up and said, "I won't sit down. You go wash up. I still have things to arrange."

"Alright, do as you please." Yun Wei also felt extremely uncomfortable at this moment.

After entering the pharmacy yesterday, she didn't come out again, and she even forgot about washing up.

However, just as she was about to leave, Rong Zhen grabbed her arm. "Aren't you going to see me off first?"

Yunwei looked at him in surprise, "It's just a few steps from here to the gate, and this isn't your first time here, do you really need me to walk you?"

"Yunwei, this is the most basic way to treat guests," Rong Zhen reminded her.

Yunwei was even more surprised. "Are you a guest? Didn't you say we were..." She paused and didn't finish her sentence.

Rong Zhen understood and felt pleased. He released her hand and said, "That's true. I'm leaving now." With that, he strode away.

Yunwei stood there for a while, then muttered to herself, "How pretentious!"

Uncle Chen and Tian'er both tried to suppress their laughter when they heard this.

……

The next day, Yunwei planned to go play with Aman, but as soon as she stepped outside the door, she was stopped by Xu Shi, who had suddenly arrived.

"Weiwei, come with me to the Lou family's place right away."

Yun Wei frowned. "What are we going to the Lou family for? I'm not going!"

"The Lou family wants to divorce Yao Yao. If you come with me, they might not divorce her for your sake," Madam Xu said anxiously.

"Why did the Lou family divorce Yun Yao?" Yun Wei asked in surprise.

“Yaoyao has not been able to give birth to a child for three years, and the Lou family has long had complaints about her. Yesterday, Yaoyao got into a fight with Li Mingzhu, causing Li Mingzhu to miscarry. Her mother-in-law has found an excuse to divorce her now.” Madam Xu was very worried. She looked at Yaoyao’s face and said, “For the sake of me and your father, you will come with me to the Lou family.”

Yun Wei resolutely refused, saying, "I'm not going."

In her opinion, Yun Yao and Li Mingzhu were both bad people, and they had only themselves to blame for ending up in this situation.

(End of this chapter)