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Chapter 696 The Magistrate's Love Affairs

The county magistrate got angry too, "Fine, fine, if you won't help me, I can handle it myself."

"Fine, then you go and handle it." Gao Min's eyes were filled with mockery. She knew the person in front of her best: greedy, lustful, and concerned about his reputation.

He wouldn't directly order someone to kill Aunt Wang or sell her off, as long as it was an order he gave and it would damage his reputation if word got out.

I have to take the blame for this myself.

But she didn't earn her bad reputation for nothing.

The county magistrate was furious, his face turning red with anger. He couldn't utter a single word until he finally said, "I can respect Zhen'er's opinion, but... she cannot marry down."

"Her marriage is her own decision. I will oversee it for her. You can't interfere. If you agree, I can help you with anything in your household that you need. But you only get one chance. If you don't agree today, I won't be so easy to talk to you in the future." Gao Min knew she had to give him some incentive.

The county magistrate did indeed like the intelligent Gao Min, but like her husband, she was also exceptionally strong-willed.

Then I thought about Zhen'er's personality.

The county magistrate could only sigh in the end, "Alright, I agree."

Fortunately, there were other daughters, but unfortunately, Zhen'er was the eldest legitimate daughter, which made her different from the others, who were all illegitimate daughters.

However... if you want to marry into a higher social class in the future, you can register under Gao Min's name.

Seemingly understanding what the magistrate was thinking, Gao Min spoke first, "When I said things about your backyard, I meant your women. If you want to put the children born to other women in my name, then forget it."

"You..."

"If you don't want to, then deal with her yourself." Gao Min pointed at Aunt Wang, who was already dumbfounded.

The county magistrate was currently troubled, also worried that the Ling family would find out about Aunt Wang's existence and give them a bad impression of him. "Alright, alright, I'll agree to whatever you say. You should handle this quickly. I'll go back to the yamen first."

"Okay." Gao Min agreed happily. Her daughter's matter had been weighing on her mind, and she never expected that the opportunity would come so suddenly.

She learned from a rumor that the master actually intended to send Zhen'er to the prefect to be his concubine.

Worse than animals.

For the sake of her future, she was willing to sacrifice her daughter.

How could she have been so blind as to fall for a man like that?

"No, no, I'm pregnant, sir, I'm pregnant! You can't let Madam deal with me!" It took Aunt Wang a long time to react. She had always been confident that she was favored by the master and that he wouldn't do anything to her.

But today...

She realized that this man was selfish; he only thought about himself.

The county magistrate turned around in shock, "You... what did you say?"

Aunt Wang quickly spoke up, "I told you I'm pregnant, you can't do anything to me, I'm really pregnant."

The county magistrate was somewhat incredulous. No woman in his household had gotten pregnant in the past five or six years, yet Consort Wang had become pregnant. Was it because Heaven pitied him for having so few children?

Gao Min raised an eyebrow slightly, glanced at the county magistrate, and sighed inwardly, "Sir, you may leave. I will handle Aunt Wang's matter."

“No, she’s pregnant. We’ll give her a small courtyard to herself, and assign her a maid and an old woman to take care of her. We’ll discuss everything after the baby is born.”

Gao Min was so angry she laughed. "Liu Shijie, you're ridiculous! No one has been born in the backyard for years, how come Aunt Wang is pregnant? Don't you even ask if the child is yours?"

She rarely called him by his name like that, unless she couldn't help it.

I was really angry this time.

Liu Shijie was originally a student of her father. After passing the imperial examination, her father did not pursue an official career but became a teacher. Liu Shijie's family was very poor before, but she was quick-witted and did well in her studies.

Her father was very fond of this student, so he helped him a lot, giving him all the best things. It could be said that he raised him like a son, which led Liu Shijie to a career in officialdom.

Liu Shijie did it partly to repay a debt of gratitude, and partly because they were still young at the time. They were both fond of each other, so when Liu Shijie proposed marriage and her father asked her about it, she agreed.

Thinking that Liu Shijie was a good person, she was sure he wouldn't let her suffer after marriage.

For the first two years after their marriage, she was unable to conceive, and Liu's mother made things difficult for her in every way. However, Liu Shijie always protected her, which strained her relationship with her mother-in-law. Despite this, the couple had a good relationship and lived a relatively smooth life.

Later, she became pregnant, and Liu Shijie was a good father, busy with everything. After Zhen'er was born, they finally had a child, but... her mother-in-law was still not satisfied, complaining that it was a daughter.

Liu Shijie said he felt sorry for her and that they would wait until she recovered before having another son.

A few months after my daughter was born, my mother-in-law caught a cold while sleeping at night. She took all sorts of medicine, but nothing worked. She got sick quickly and died just as fast.

During her mother-in-law's final moments, she was the one who took care of her closely. Liu Shijie was too busy to attend to her mother's funeral until she breathed her last.

She sent someone to look for her, and unexpectedly learned that... that day was also the crucial moment when Liu Shijie's mistress gave birth.

Liu Shijie hoped that his mistress would give birth to a son so that he could bring him home to fulfill his mother's wish, but things didn't go as planned, and his mistress gave birth to a daughter instead.

Because of childbirth, Liu Shijie was unable to see his own mother off on her final journey, which filled him with immense regret.

He had high hopes, thinking it would be a son, but it turned out to be a daughter, which made Liu Shijie particularly dislike his mistress.

Her father was still alive at the time. After learning about this, she fell seriously ill, and everyone thought it was because she was heartbroken over her mother-in-law's death.

After her serious illness, Liu Shijie came to her hospital and tried to stay overnight, but she refused several times.

Liu Shijie also had a temper. After several arguments, he got angry. When the two quarreled, Gao Min revealed that he was keeping a mistress. Liu Shijie was speechless and left. He never went into her courtyard again to insist on staying overnight.

Two years later, after his father passed away, Liu Shijie stopped pretending and demanded that his mistress be brought back, using the excuse that his child couldn't always be wandering outside. She didn't stop him and just told Liu Shijie to handle it as he saw fit.

From the time her mistress was brought back to the time when one concubine after another was brought into the house, she remained indifferent, simply closing the courtyard gates and living her own life.

She wouldn't care how the women in the backyard fought or made a scene.

Until... the number of women in the backyard increased, the trouble became more and more intense, and more and more children were born. One of the concubines even set her sights on Zhen'er.

They wanted Zhen'er to die so that there would be no legitimate daughter, and the child born to the concubine could be registered in her name. The concubine gave birth to a son, but not the eldest son born to a concubine.

It can only be said that human greed will destroy oneself.