The wicked mother-in-law doesn't try to whitewash herself; she only abuses her awful children.

Chapter 512 Misidentification
Even though the family generals pushed all the blame onto Xu Zaohua and Gu Ruinian, they couldn't withstand the sharp eyes of these ladies.

After discussing it privately, everyone came up with a fairly accurate guess as to what really happened.

Most of the ladies who attended the banquet that day had concubines and illegitimate children, but it was rare to see someone like Madam Hua who conspired with her son to ruin the reputation of her illegitimate daughter.

If a concubine's daughter is raised well, she can be a help to the family's children; if a concubine's daughter is capable, she can also benefit the family.

Some wives even hoped that their concubine's daughters would be successful.

Therefore, most people looked down on Hua's behavior.

They looked down on the second young master.

It is said that even the second young master was nearly killed when he was hit by a vase. When he woke up three days later, he could not speak clearly and was like a toddler.

These rumors reached Tong Huaqiong's ears, and she thought to herself that even the Second Young Master had probably gone mad.

Lian Hengruo's control was truly precise; she neither killed the person nor made them wish they were dead. It's likely that the Second Young Master Lian will never reveal that the murderer is his half-sister.

Now, the people who attacked the Second Young Master have been completely crushed by Xu Zaohua and Gu Ruinian. Even if these two manage to escape, they will likely face the Hua family's wrath.

As for the marriage between Lian Hengruo and the second young master Zheng, no one mentioned it again.

Because of the eldest daughter-in-law of the Zheng family, it's already good enough that the two families don't become enemies; marriage is absolutely out of the question.

It is said that Master Lian declared that Lian Heng would never marry and would never go to the Zheng family, as a bunch of filthy people would defile his innocent daughter.

Tong Huaqiong did not hear any news about Gu Ruinian.

All that is known is that Gu Ruinian and Xu Zaohua were handed over to the Zheng family by the Lian family, and once they entered the Zheng family, they never had a good ending.

I wonder how devastated Grandpa Gu and his second wife will be when they receive the news.

Tong Huaqiong knew that Old Master Gu would come to ask her for help.

Tong Huaqiong is now the head of Suifeng Township, the owner of Jufulai Restaurant, and a guest of honor of Magistrate Liu. Everyone in Pingchuan County gives her face.

When Grandpa Gu comes begging with his family, she can easily get rid of him; she just doesn't want to waste her time getting entangled with them.

So Tong Huaqiong decided to go to the prefectural city to find some peace and quiet.

Anyway, she hadn't been to the pastry shop in the prefectural city for a long time, and the prefectural city also needed to choose a suitable location to open a supermarket.

Tong Huaqiong left without hesitation. Early the next morning, she handed Jufulai over to Gu Baishuang and Gu Dashu, and then took Gu Taohua and had Nie Xiaofeng drive the carriage to the prefectural city.

The news that Gu Ruinian and Zheng's eldest daughter-in-law had been caught in public by the Lian family matriarch after drinking at the Lian family's house was only learned by Old Master Gu and Gu Youtian from Wu Na.

These past few days, the story of Young Mistress Zheng and her childhood sweetheart has been widely known, and the people of Wu Ji have naturally heard about it as well, but they still haven't discovered that the so-called childhood sweetheart is Gu Ruinian.

There was no other way; since Old Master Gu and the others hadn't lived in Qinghe Bay for a long time, apart from Gu Honglian, no one could even connect Young Mistress Zheng and Xu Zaohua together.

Next to Wu Ji's restaurant was a teahouse, where the people were discussing this gossip with great enthusiasm. Old Master Gu and the others simply regarded it as the romantic affair of the young mistress of a wealthy family in Pingchuan County.

When Grandma Gu and Madam Jia learned from Gu Honglian that Xu Zaohua was actually Grandma Zheng, they perked up.

Now that Xu Zaohua has committed such a disgraceful act, let's see how the Xu family can still be so smug.

Gu Honglian pondered for a while, then suddenly mentioned that Xu Zaohua had liked Gu Jingzhe since childhood. The so-called childhood sweetheart must be a young man from Qinghewan. Which young man from Qinghewan could catch Xu Zaohua's eye? Who else could it be but Gu Jingzhe?
"Oh my god, could it really be the Awakening of Insects?" Gu Honglian said.

"Don't talk nonsense. Jingzhe isn't that kind of person. He wouldn't even look at Xu Zaohua." Old Mrs. Gu said with certainty. Did she think she was stupid? Would she give up the beautiful and wealthy Lu Zhaozhao to choose a widow? If there were a conflict of interest between Gu Jingzhe's second grandson and his wife, Old Mrs. Gu would unhesitatingly side with the second grandson. But if Gu Jingzhe got involved in such sordid gossip, Old Mrs. Gu wouldn't allow it.

If it really is Gu Jingzhe, then her grandmother, who is the top case leader, will have face?
A look of glee flashed in Jia's eyes; she wished Gu Honglian's words were true.

Gu Honglian overheard some gossip outside and made a new discovery. She ran over to tell Old Madam Gu and Madam Jia, but only Madam Jia and Madam Wei were in the room. Gu Honglian didn't care about pulling the two women together and started yelling.

"People outside say that Xu Zaohua's childhood sweetheart is surnamed Gu and comes from Qinghe Bay. Could it really be Jingzhe? They say he's being held captive at home by the Zheng family. Oh my, I ran into Dashu's wife at Jufulai. She said her sister-in-law went to the prefectural city early this morning. Could she be going to the Lu family to rescue Jingzhe?"

Gu Honglian was a little worried. If this were to be told, she, as the aunt, would also lose face.

What should Fan Tong think of her?

Fan Tong is Gu Jingzhe's senior brother, so this matter will definitely reach his ears.

With excitement shining in her eyes, Jia said, "That must be Jingzhe. I heard my second aunt say last time that when Xu Jin was the village chief, he wanted to marry Zaohua to Jingzhe, but Zaohua always dared to block Jingzhe."

Perhaps they were both interested in each other. Xu Zaohua married into the Zheng family because Xu Jin wanted to climb the social ladder. Gu Jingzhe had not yet passed the imperial examination and was ranked first in the county-level examination, so the Xu family naturally looked down on him.

How could two people who are in love with each other be willing to be torn apart?

Since Xu Zaohua is now a widow, the two of them have started having an affair behind each other's backs.

It must be Gu Jingzhe; everyone says they were childhood sweethearts.

Wei's heart pounded, and she said, "It can't be Jingzhe, can it? We've met Jingzhe's fiancée, Lu Zhaozhao. She's a beauty like an angel, and her family background is so good. Gu Jingzhe must be out of his mind to mess around with Xu Zaohua."

Jia glanced at Wei, wondering what was wrong with this daughter-in-law, why she always seemed to be going against her.

"You don't know anything. The saying goes, 'A wife is not as good as a concubine, a concubine is not as good as a stolen woman, and a stolen woman is not as good as one you can't have.' Gu Jingzhe only stole Xu Zaohua because he couldn't have her before. Men, who doesn't want more women?" Jia said.

Seeing that Tong Dajiao had rushed to the prefectural city early in the morning, Jia Shi became even more convinced that Gu Jingzhe had encountered a great calamity.

Wei was still not quite convinced.

Given Auntie's temperament, if Gu Jingzhe dared to mess around with Xu Zaohua, she would never have gone to the prefectural city to find someone to rescue him.

Could it be that the old lady went to the prefectural city for her own business? It's not like she hasn't been there before.

However, she dared not say this to her mother-in-law.

Jia had been feeling unwell in her chest, but this news made her breathe a long sigh of relief and feel much better.

Let Tong Dajiao be so proud.

Your son should have been a good judge, but now he's someone's lover.

He deserved to be caught. According to her, the Zheng family should not let Gu Jingzhe off the hook; it would be best to cut off his lineage.

The Lu family would be better off not forgiving Gu Jingzhe, lest he lose the support of this marriage alliance.

Thinking of my own son, Gu Ruinian, he made friends with the young master a couple of days ago because of an article, and has been studying at home with the young master for the past few days.

Sure enough, once they left that awful place, Qinghewan, their son recovered.

These days, my father-in-law has been saying that once Gu Ruinian returns from the young master's place, he will take him back to the village, fearing that he might go astray in Pingchuan County.

She would stop him no matter what he said, because Gu Ruinian was suited to Pingchuan, and Pingchuan would bring him good fortune.