Chapter 79 It's endless

In Ye City, the Yuan and Zhen families appeared calm on the surface, but undercurrents were already surging beneath.

Zhen Rong was now fully awake, lying in her room, staring blankly at the ceiling, without saying a word.

Zhen Mi entered with a basin of water, placed it aside, and said, "Sister, get up and wash your face."

Zhen Rong looked ashamed, turned her face away, and said, "Little sister, I'm so sorry for you."

Zhen Mi shook her head: "Fourth Sister, don't worry. It was Miss Yuan Xing who brought you out last night. Nothing should have happened."

Zhen Rong felt even more distressed. "I didn't expect Yuan Shang to be so insidious, he even drugged me!"

"He simply wants to drag our whole family into this mess. It's hateful that I trusted him!"

"I was blinded by my own desires, wanting to avenge your brother-in-law's death, but I didn't consider you."

"Now I've offended both Yuan Xi and Yuan Shang, I'm afraid it will implicate you."

"It's all my fault."

Zhen Mi was silent for a long while: "What the Third Master Yuan said may not be true."

Zhen Rong shook her head: "I asked Third Brother, and your brother-in-law did leave the military camp overnight and has been missing ever since."

"If Third Master Yuan can exonerate him, that would be good, but if he deserted without permission, it would be a serious crime, and our Zhen family would not be able to escape the consequences, especially since Third Brother is still working as a clerk for the Yuan family."

"I had no choice but to listen to Master Yuan Shang at the time, what else could I do?"

Zhen Mi sighed, "That day when you and I went to see Master Yuan Xi, did you think he seemed like a bad person?"

Zhen Rong was stunned, then burst into tears, "I don't know, I also hope your brother-in-law is okay, but why did he disappear as soon as he saw Second Master Yuan? I don't understand!"

Zhen Mi was also filled with worries. Regardless of the truth, Zhen Rong had become involved in the internal strife between the two sons of the Yuan family. According to Yuan Shang's way of doing things, this matter would not end so easily!

She couldn't think of how to comfort Zhen Rong, and after who knows how long, there was a rapid knock on the door. The maid opened it, and Zhen Yao hurried in.

As soon as he saw Zhen Rong lying on the bed, he hurriedly said, "What exactly happened last night?"

"Third Master Yuan has spread rumors that Fourth Sister seduced Yuan Xi while drunk. Now the Yuan family is reconsidering the marriage with the Zhen family, and may even punish Fourth Sister!"

Zhen Rong was so shocked that she sat up from the bed: "Did Third Master Yuan file the complaint? Did Second Master Yuan say anything?"

Zhen Yao shook his head: "It should have nothing to do with Second Master Yuan, he hasn't appeared today."

"Third Master Yuan went to the Lord this morning and exposed this matter!"

"He said that Madam Hong invited Fourth Sister to a banquet last night, but Fourth Sister drugged Second Master Yuan during the banquet, attempting to seduce him!"

Zhen Rong felt as if she had been struck by lightning. Not only had she been deceived by Yuan Shang, but in the end, she had been abandoned and sold out again!

Zhen Mi also realized and sighed, "Second Sister, you've been deceived."

"Third Master's purpose is not to avenge Brother-in-law, but to sabotage the marriage between the two families."

"In the end, whether things succeed or not, Fourth Sister will be abandoned."

Zhen Rong finally understood that Yuan Shang had been lying to her from the beginning!

She felt even more ashamed, "Little sister, if only I could be like you and read more books, I wouldn't have been so easily deceived."

Zhen Mi shook her head, thinking that Yuan Shang was not someone ordinary people could deal with. He had insidious tricks at every turn, and no matter how one responded, he always had a backup plan.

She wondered how Yuan Xi, whom he was so painstakingly trying to deal with, had offended him.

Zhen Yao was completely baffled. After Zhen Mi briefly explained what happened last night, his face turned even more unsightly.

He stood up and said, "If this matter is not handled well, the Zhen family is in danger!"

"Let's go see Mother together now."

In the Yuan residence, Wu Zhao's face was flushed, and she endured the groping while struggling to put on her clothes.

Yuan Xi asked curiously, "What's wrong with your face? Can't you wash it off?"

Wu Zhao explained the matter of cinnabar and pine ink, saying, "If we don't find another way, it may take several years to completely fade."

Yuan Xi nodded, thinking that it was no wonder, a woman with such outstanding looks, falling into the hands of the Xiongnu people, who knows what would happen.

He was about to say a few words of comfort when Yuan Xing walked in with a hurried expression. Seeing the state of the two, she immediately guessed what had happened. Not caring, she said resentfully, "Third Brother is too much!"

In Yuan Xing's mind, Wu Zhao was a close-fitting maid, probably had already served Yuan Xi in bed, but she didn't expect that last night was the first time for both of them.

The excessive thing she spoke of was that Yuan Shang had actually drugged Yuan Xi and Zhen Rong, wanting to create a scandal, thereby ruining Yuan Xi's reputation.

Yuan Xi listened and said, "I didn't expect Third Brother to be so targeted at me."

"Does he think I won't go to Father to complain?"

"This time I have to go see Father and have a good argument."

Yuan Xing listened and said, "Third Brother is very shrewd. He went to Father early in the morning to complain, but he didn't complain about you, but about Zhen Rong!"

"He said Zhen Rong drugged you to seduce you!"

Yuan Xi was stunned, "What's going on?"

After Yuan Xing finished speaking, Wu Zhao said, "Third Master Yuan is very powerful."

"No matter what the final result is, this plan will be beneficial to him."

Yuan Xi nodded, Yuan Shang was indeed difficult to deal with, no wonder Yuan Tan was forced to stay away from Ye City.

Now Yuan Shang, for some unknown reason, was determined to break up his marriage with the Zhen family. Could it be that he had taken a fancy to Zhen Mi's beauty?

For a woman, to the point of brothers fighting each other?

Yuan Xi put himself in Yuan Shang's position, such an ambitious person, would he tear up with his brother for this kind of thing, creating enemies for nothing?

Even Liu Bei had said that women are like clothes, brothers are like limbs, would Yuan Shang, who aspires to be the head of the family, have such a low standard?

Yuan Xi shook his head, the matter before him could be resolved in a short time, but he was in a hurry to go to Mount Tai.

Wei County was at least seven or eight days away from Mount Tai, and if he delayed a few more days, the bodies of Cao Song's family would probably be cold.

Yuan Xi, of course, guessed that Zhen Rong wanted to harm him because of Gao Lan, but he couldn't let Gao Lan show up until he had subdued him.

Yuan Xi was glad that he hadn't killed Gao Lan on a whim at the time, otherwise his trump card would be gone, and he would have a feud with the Zhen family.

In fact, Yuan Xi had the intention to kill at the time. Gao Lan was so loyal to Yuan Shang, it was hard to guarantee that he would not threaten Qu Yi's life later.

Moreover, Zhang He and Gao Lan were key figures in the Battle of Guandu. If they hadn't surrendered, the situation in the Battle of Guandu would not have deteriorated so quickly.

Yuan Xi really wanted to kill the two and Xu You in advance, so that even if the Battle of Guandu broke out, Yuan Shao might not lose in the end.

But now it seemed that keeping them had its benefits. If he could subdue Gao Lan and marry Zhen Mi, he could firmly bind the Zhen family to his chariot and give Yuan Shang a strong counterattack.

The key to the matter was still his marriage with the Zhen family.

He said to Yuan Xing, "Sister, go back first, I'll go see Father."

Yuan Shang, you dog, I'll make you regret it sooner or later, but Yuan Xi should let him restrain himself a little in front of him, otherwise Yuan Shang would really think he was easy to handle!

If the relationship is broken, then so be it. If things get out of hand, it would be best for me to be adopted in advance!