Remarrying Chun Yuan

Chapter 387 The handle

Liu Yuechu refused decisively, almost without hesitation, "The two families' reconciliation and divorce are none of my business. Besides, I haven't been in contact with your lady for a long time. At this critical juncture, if I go there, I won't know whether to persuade them to reconcile or to separate. I won't go and cause trouble."

She was already very blunt; the relationship was neither close nor distant, so there was no reason for her to be a good person.

Moreover, the only close associate between the Li and Liu families was Li Chengyue, yet it was Madam Li who came to invite her. Since Li Shu married Wei Gongming, Madam Li and Li Shu had only exchanged nods when they met, and were no longer as close as before.

Should we summon her at this time?

Why?

The steward of the Li family looked embarrassed, clearly having anticipated that this powerful figure would be difficult to persuade. "Actually, Madam still hopes that you can intervene. Now, the eldest master has assaulted someone and is still in the palace, unaware of the details. Even the master is being held in the palace and cannot return."

"The son-in-law was on the verge of death, covered in wounds, and the madam nearly fainted several times, but she managed to stay upright."

"Madam is completely at her wit's end, and has lost her backbone. The family really needs someone to hold things together, and we're also afraid that the young lady might do something rash and try to kill herself again..."

"So Li Shu asked me to go, and if I don't go, and she jumps into the lake and commits suicide again, then I'm being heartless, right?"

Liu Yuechu thoroughly disliked the seemingly magnanimous yet narrow-minded nature of the Li family.

She just said she wouldn't force me, but now that she's refused, she's starting to complain. If she refuses again, it'll be seen as Liu Yuechu being mean, arrogant, and heartless.

This is also what Liu Yuechu dislikes most about Li Shu: she never looks for faults in herself and always blames others.

Upon hearing this, the Li family's steward dared not be defiant anymore and instead put on a helpless and pitiful act.

"I was just feeling sorry for Madam and Aunt, and I offended Madam Liu. But could you please go and see them for the sake of our past friendship?"

“Young Mistress Lu and our great-aunt are distant relatives, please put in a good word for her.” He then turned to look at Lin Mengyu.

Lin Mengyu was happy to hear that Wei Gongming had been beaten, but the fact that the Li family came to find Liu Yuechu made things seem suspicious.

"Why should I speak up for her? I'm going home. Besides, Li Shu already said that Liu Yuechu and I are cut from the same cloth, we don't know the rules and have no sense of order. People like us who are so unreliable shouldn't get in her way."

“But as a distant relative, I’m not a mean person. After she divorces Wei Gongming, I’ll send someone to deliver a congratulatory gift.” Lin Mengyu’s words were even more venomous; she had long since stopped associating with Li Shu.

I initially thought she had distanced herself from her friends because she married Wei Gongming, but then I discovered that she had repeatedly plotted against Liu Yuechu, which showed that Chun Chun's heart had turned bad.

The reason she and Lu Bingyang were able to fall in love was because she disliked the hypocritical facade of the literati's mansion.

In her mind, Li Shu was the epitome of hypocrisy and disgust. She was always submissive and weak, but if Li Shu ever got hold of her weakness, she would stab her in the back without hesitation.

She recalled Liu Yuechu's remarkably accurate assessment of Li Shu: a scorpion lying on the verge of death in the desert, destined to be stung if anyone reached out to save it.

The Li family was at a loss and lamented that their great-aunt was so unpopular.

These two former best friends have both completely ignored her. Her relationships with others are even less close; she's simply unlikable.

The steward slunk away and returned to the Zhenning Marquis's residence to report back.

Lin Mengyu watched the person leave, feeling somewhat uneasy. "...How about I stay with you a little longer? Until Yuan Cuo returns?"

"Forget it, let's go back. Otherwise, Lu Bingyang will chase us to our residence, and I'll have to provide him with a meal. I'll send someone to let you know when things are settled." Liu Yuechu teased her on purpose, just to put her mind at ease.

Seeing that the carriage had arrived, Lin Mengyu could only leave first. "Don't worry about Li Shu. It's not necessarily a good thing that she's thinking of you at this time."

"Don't worry, I won't go." Liu Yuechu assured her repeatedly before Lin Mengyu felt at ease.

After seeing Lin Mengyu off, Liu Musheng quickly returned from outside. He was cursing and complaining, criticizing Pei Chun, "...You and your brother-in-law made him a loyal subject, and he really took it to heart. He even refused to help me ask him to pass on a message, and told me to get as far away as possible!"

"This guy is clearly just a chicken, but he's got two long tassels stuck on his tail and he thinks he's a phoenix!"

He cursed for a while, then saw so many people at the door, as if they had just seen someone off. "Who came? Did something happen?" Liu Muchi's face was not good, and he was full of worry.

Having spent so long mingling in the world of government and business, Liu Musheng's eyes are now exceptionally sharp.

Liu Muchi nodded. "It was Sister Mengyu who just left."

"Let her go, what are you worried about? Did she have a fight with Lu Bingyang? Did Lu Bingyang beat her up?" Liu Musheng was unaware of the matter between the Li family and Wei Gongming.

Liu Yuechu glared at him fiercely, "What nonsense are you spouting? If Lu Bingyang dares to make a move, do you think I'll still be able to stay at home peacefully?"

"That's true, he was definitely courting death." Liu Musheng blurted out without thinking. "So what exactly happened?"

Liu Muchi then told her about Wei Gongming's desire to divorce Li Shu and Li Shu's suicide by jumping into the lake.

Liu Musheng listened with great excitement, still wanting more, but when he heard that Li Chengyue was being held in the palace, he was still a little worried. "Wouldn't Wei Gongming deliberately set him up? After all, they had a feud before. I heard that since Brother Chengyue started making waves in the Ministry of Works, he has also dealt a good blow to the Zhenning Marquis's mansion."

"Wei Gongming was actually driven out of the capital; he simply couldn't stay there any longer."

“The Third Prince has already left, what is there for him to do here? The Zhenning Marquis’s mansion was particularly corrupt in its dealings before, and if he stays in the capital, he will naturally be taken advantage of. Leaving is the wise thing to do.” Liu Muchi managed the trivial matters of the business and had naturally heard a lot about the scandals of the Zhenning Marquis’s mansion.

"Just mind your own business and don't worry about outsiders." Liu Yuechu had no time to deal with the Li family, and she didn't want to hear Wei Gongming's name.

This person left an indelible scar on her life in her past life. In this life, she only wants to treat him as a stranger, preferably someone she can never even hear his name.

She turned and went back to Yuanchu Pavilion, eager to coax the children. Now that they were a hundred days old, she had grown accustomed to the two little ones frequently bursting into song together.

Moreover, after 100 days, the two babies were chubby and adorable, and she wanted to hold them in her arms all day long, but Yuan Cuo refused to give up his place.

At this time, the Li family went to the Zhenning Marquis's residence to report the news. Naturally, Liu Yuechu refused to come, and he also told Madam Li and Li Shu everything that Lin Mengyu had said.

Li Shu's lips tasted bitter; her dry lips cracked and bled when she bit them lightly.

"I will never divorce Wei Gongming, not even if it means death."

“Go tell him that if he divorces me, I will expose the shameful things I’ve been covering up for him!”

"If I can't survive, he'll only end up dead!"