The fake daughter of a book, the villain who was humiliated ascended the throne

At this time, the imperial decree to exile the Tao family had just been issued, and the officials were counting them.

Because the incident happened suddenly, the Tao family was in chaos.

"Stop making noise, stand still!"

A group of soldiers drove all the members of the Tao family into the yard, and the leading official named Zhang began to count the people with documents in his hand.

Tao and her husband Yu Ansheng stood at the front. She looked at Yu Ansheng uneasily.

Yu Ansheng shook his head gently at her, telling her not to worry.

"No, why are there so few people here?!"

After counting the number of people, Lord Zhang frowned, turned around and told the soldiers beside him to look inside again.

When Tao heard this, he shook his shoulders and quickly lowered his head.

When Liu from the second branch of the Yu family saw this, she shrank back into the crowd out of guilt.

Suddenly, a soldier came out quickly from the backyard, holding a boy in his hand like a chicken.

"Sir, there is another one here."

The boy, who was about ten years old, struggled desperately in the soldier's hands.

"Let me go, let me go!"

As soon as he saw Liu, he burst into tears.

"Mother, mother, save me. I don't want to go into exile, mother!"

Liu tried to rush forward, but was stopped by two soldiers who drew their swords.

"Tiger, tiger!"

She called the little boy's name anxiously.

Originally, Liu thought that there would be a lot of chaos during the house search, so she wanted to let her youngest son Huzi hide first and escape during the chaos.

Who knew that in the blink of an eye, Hu Zi was caught.

He was still so young, yet he had to go into exile.

The official just said that they were exiled three thousand miles south to Nanzhou.

That's a place farther away than their hometown.

Thinking of this, Liu was overwhelmed with grief and sat down on the ground.

"Oh my god, why am I so miserable?! That witchcraft incident has nothing to do with our family. We are innocent! It's a pity that our Huzi has to suffer such hardships at such a young age."

"This is all Yu Ansheng's fault. Just arrest their family. Please, let our family go, okay?"

When Tao saw this, she was furious.

"Her aunt, stop howling here! You came here to enjoy the wealth and luxury, but now you are in trouble and you are blaming others."

Yu Ansheng was the Tao family's son-in-law and had long since left the Yu family.

It was his younger brother Yu Anquan and his family who saw that Yu Ansheng had become an official in Beijing, so they shamelessly came to him.

When Liu heard this, she refused and said "Pooh" loudly.

"Am I wrong? If it weren't for your husband, why would our whole family be exiled? Besides..."

She became angrier and angrier as she spoke, blurting out all the things she couldn't say.

"Why should my Tiger be exiled, but your good daughter can escape?"

When Tao saw Liu yelling without caring about anything, there was a moment of panic in her eyes.

She wanted to stop Liu, but it was too late.

Liu rushed to Mr. Zhang and glanced at Tao with a resentful look.

"Sir, the eldest wife of the Tao family has another daughter. In order to avoid exile, the couple sent their daughter away!"

Anyway, since their family is so miserable, the Tao family shouldn't have an easy life either.

When Liu said this, Tao's face turned pale.

Lord Zhang snorted coldly and counted the documents again.

"There is indeed one person missing, the eldest daughter of the Tao family."

This kind of situation has never happened since he started handling the case.

The Tao family really doesn't take him seriously.

"You guys are so brave!"

He snorted coldly, feeling very annoyed.

How would he explain to his superiors if he didn't teach them a lesson today?

He pointed at Tao and ordered his men to take her aside alone.

"Tell me, where did you send the person? Tell the truth, or you will suffer more physical pain."

Lord Zhang said viciously.

Tao lowered his head and remained silent.

Yu Ansheng was anxious when he saw his wife didn't say anything, but there was nothing he could do.

As for the other members of the Tao family, they did not know about Tao Jiaojiao's situation, and when they saw this situation, they were all silent.

Seeing that Tao refused to budge, Lord Zhang became even angrier.

He waved his hand to signal the two soldiers to start beating her up first.

Upon seeing this, Yu Ansheng knelt down and begged Lord Zhang.

"My Lord, I don't know anything. If you want to hit me, just hit me!"

But Lord Zhang ignored him and just waved at Tao.

Tao's face turned pale. Knowing she couldn't escape, she closed her eyes.

Originally, she held a glimmer of hope that Tao Jiaojiao would go back and ask the Zhongyong Hou couple to help save her family.

But even at this time, she still didn't show up.

She had mixed feelings, and it would be a lie to say she wasn't sad.

I have raised her for fifteen years and have always treated her as my own daughter.

Now that she has returned to the Marquis of Loyalty and Bravery’s Mansion, she is the young lady of the Marquis’ Mansion.

If she were to be exposed, it would damage her reputation.

Therefore, she would not give her away no matter what.

Just as the stick was about to fall, a delicate cry was heard.

"stop!"

But then a girl of about fourteen or fifteen years old walked in.

Hearing the voice, Tao and Yu Ansheng's faces lit up with joy, thinking that Tao Jiaojiao had come.

I felt both happy and worried.

Wait until you can see clearly who is coming.

Both Tao and Yu Ansheng were surprised.

They looked at each other, with confusion and worry in their eyes.

They both knew Shuxin. Just before Tao Jiaojiao recognized her relatives, they had secretly gone to see her, but Shuxin didn't know about it.

Lord Zhang frowned.

"Who are you?!"

Shu Xin did not answer him directly, but asked back with a sneer.

"May I ask, sir, the imperial decree asks you to come and take inventory, but is it allowed for you to beat up the wives of the criminal officials at will?"

Her eyes were as sharp as torches and her whole body was full of aura.

Mr. Zhang was stunned by the question and stood there in a daze.

Of course, the imperial edict was not written in such detail.

However, these are all prisoners, their lives and deaths are unpredictable, so the higher-ups naturally won’t care so much.

But we haven't left Beijing yet, so it's not a good idea to do too much.

Thinking of this, he waved his hand to let the two soldiers retreat, but he became even more angry.

"Who are you? How dare you trespass into the official's residence? Get out now!"

Shuxin smiled and didn't take it seriously.

He walked forward and bowed to him.

"I am the one you are looking for. Tao Shuxin, the eldest daughter of the Tao family!"

As he spoke, he took out a silver note worth one hundred taels from his sleeve and quietly put it into Mr. Zhang's hand.

"My daughter went to a friend's house yesterday and learned that something happened at home, so she rushed back."

Shuxin explained with a smile.

Mr. Zhang stroked the banknotes in his hand, and his anger subsided immediately.

The household registration documents at this time were not like those in later generations. Generally, only the name of the head of the household would be recorded.

The names of the women in the family, especially their maiden names, are not written so clearly.

Lord Zhang saw that Shuxin's face was somewhat similar to Tao's, so he believed her words.

Besides, no one would be so stupid as to go into exile in place of someone else.

Shu Xin was worried that other members of the Tao family would use her identity to cause trouble, so she whispered a few words to Lord Zhang.

After hearing this, Mr. Zhang nodded.

"Okay, in that case, go stand over there."

Lord Zhang's expression calmed down a little, not as fierce as before.

Shu Xin smiled and nodded, then walked towards Yu Ansheng and Tao.

Everyone in the Tao family looked confused. This was obviously not Tao Jiaojiao, so who was Tao Shuxin?

Why would he go into exile instead of Tao Jiaojiao?

Seeing this, Liu started yelling again.

"My lord, my lord, she is not the eldest daughter of the Tao family, she..."

Lord Zhang frowned and glared at Liu.

"Shut up! If I say she is, I will slap her in the face if you keep making trouble!"

Tao Shuxin just said that this Liu wanted to marry her to her stupid nephew from her natal family, but failed, so she held a grudge against him.

Seeing this, Liu was so frightened that she covered her mouth and dared not say anything more.

When the Tao couple saw Shuxin coming, tears welled up in their eyes.

They understood everything. Shu Xin was going to be exiled for Tao Jiaojiao.

But why bother?