Peasant Woman's Decreed Life as a Wife

Chapter 1020: Chapter 1017: Return to Yuzhou

Only by becoming one of his own people would the magistrate of Yuzhou feel at ease to employ him.

And with Chu Heng’s talents, managing the water disaster wasn’t a problem, but what magistrate Lin wanted was for the water disaster management to be only halfway successful. Of course, the political achievements of managing the water disaster were primarily to be credited to Chu Heng’s name, but magistrate Lin could also use this as a stepping stone for his own smooth promotion.

Chu Heng was his son-in-law and an official of the capital. With the achievements from this incident, he would be able to rise step by step. But such a person must be held tightly in his own grasp; otherwise, sooner or later, he would overshadow magistrate Lin.

Therefore, magistrate Lin wanted his daughter to become Chu Heng’s legal wife!

Then, Ye Muyu had to die.

Not only that, but it was also necessary to grasp Chu Heng’s weakness, so he could always be tightly linked with this rising star.

“What does your excellency require this subordinate to do?” County Magistrate Sun eagerly expressed his loyalty.

Magistrate Lin was pleased with his compliance, “Afterward, you start working with Chu Heng on managing the water disaster. Don’t concern yourself with other matters.”

While the two were talking, footsteps sounded from outside, and Chu Heng strode in, giving Magistrate Lin his respects.

Leaving aside Chu Heng’s confrontations with magistrate Lin and County Magistrate Sun,

Ye Muyu’s party had already left the County City by ten-some miles.

They hadn’t delayed along the way and went directly back to Yuzhou.

Yuzhou City was as bustling as it was when she arrived.

The carriage traveled all the way back to the Chu family residence.

In front of the Chu family’s house, which was cleaned spotlessly, Lu Chuan jumped down from the carriage and went straight to the front door to knock.

The door soon opened, and the gatekeeper inside, seeing it was Lu Chuan, promptly greeted him with reverence as Guard Lu.

“The lady has returned; have people clean up the back courtyard,” Lu Chuan instructed while also sending for Lu Sangqi.

The journey was not a short one, but Ye Muyu hadn’t let everyone slow down. Although she had pretended to drink the tea in front of the waiter, the road was too long, and surely someone was following them to confirm her condition.

If they dragged out the journey too long, word would reach the person who made the move, and they’d realize she hadn’t been poisoned.

There was no guarantee they wouldn’t make another attempt.

She did not want to escape poisoning only to die at the hands of bandits.

It was also fortunate that she had hemostatic medicine made by Lu Sangqi; otherwise, her wound would have burst open several times by now.

Ye Muyu was quickly taken to the back courtyard. Along the way, not a single person hindered her, clearly showing that Lu Chuan had already taken care of everything.

The moment Ye Muyu lay down on the bed, Chun Xing, and Su Mei were already helping her change her dressing.

Madam Liu arrived with two children in tow.

“Mother,”

Chu Ziluo and Lil’ Jin hurried into the room, while Chun Xing and Su Mei quickly stood up to block them at the bedside.

Ye Muyu had applied some balm to her lips, so she appeared less pale. Seeing the children come over, she coughed lightly, “Ziluo, Lil’ Jin, you two go out and wait for a while. Mother will talk to you after changing the dressing.”

“Mother, my brother and I will go out first. You have to tell us everything in detail later,” Chu Ziluo, with tearful eyes, pulled Lil’ Jin out.

Madam Liu thought for a moment and decided to stay. When she saw the wound on her daughter-in-law’s chest, her face turned white with fright.

“How could you be so severely injured?” The arrow wasn’t big, but it had caused a gruesome, flesh-torn hole.

Ye Muyu furrowed her brows, biting her lip to avoid crying out. Fortunately, Chun Xing had changed her dressing many times already, and her movements were swift and practiced. She quickly wrapped the wound.

“Mother, I am all right,” Ye Muyu said, attempting to sit up.

Madam Liu repeatedly objected, “No, you lean back and rest. This wound is so severe. If I had known you’d be hurt, I wouldn’t have let you go.”