Chapter 462 - 462: Trick

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Mr. Wen brought Ruyi to a broker shop in West City. The broker brought the two of them around the city for two days and found a shop that satisfied Mr.

Wen. There were two square doors and a small courtyard behind the shop hall. There was also a well in the courtyard.

After securing the shop, Ruyi hired someone to paint it and hire a carpenter to make a medicine cabinet. Zhao Cai followed Mr. Wen to buy medicinal herbs elsewhere.

Zhizi waited at her mother’s house for a few days, but Zhao Cai did not come to invite her back. The more she waited, the more flustered she became. While her mother was not at home, she packed her things and went home.

When the gatekeeper saw her return, he bowed and said, “Madam, Master went out with Old Master.”

“I understand.” Jasmine was a little disappointed when she heard that. She entered the courtyard and looked at her spacious and bright home. She thought that her own home was better. She took her bag into the room and saw two letters left on the bed and her packed luggage.

Zhizi picked it up and looked at it. One of the envelopes had the word “letter message” written on it, and the other had the letter of release from marriage.

Zhizi opened the message with a trembling hand and saw that it said, “I can’t be a husband to your satisfaction, nor will I be your mother’s marionette. Now, there are two paths in front of us. It’s up to you to choose.”

“If you stay, put your luggage back in the cabinet. If you choose to leave, take your luggage and leave. I’ll give you all the dowry and 500 taels of silver. I hope you can find a son-in-law that suits your mother in the future.”

Zhizi opened the other letter and saw that it said, “From here own, we will go our separate ways.”

“Bastard, how dare you really write a letter of release?” Jasmine was so angry that she tore the release letter apart in a few moves. She threw it to the ground and stepped on it a few times. She gritted her teeth and stomped her feet as she shouted, “Bastard, I won’t let you off when you come back.”

At this moment, the old woman reported from the door, “Madam, the old lady is here to look for you.”

Before she could finish her sentence, Zhizi pushed the door open and walked in. She pinched Zhizi’s ear and said in expected better from someone, “Wretched girl, I told you not to come back. Why did you come back?”

Zhizi pointed at the torn letter on the ground. “Mother, take a look. This is the letter that that bastard left behind. Do you want to make a fuss until I’m divorced? I said that his personality is different from Father’s. He’s very headstrong and won’t listen to me. Why don’t you believe me?”

Zhizi’s mother pointed at Zhizi, her hands trembling with anger. “Wretched girl, I’m doing this for your own good. I’m your mother. Why would I want you to be divorced? What good will it do me if you’re divorced?”

Zhizi said resentfully, “Your trick is useless. Look, I listened to you. Didn’t you see that he’s not softened at all? Instead, our relationship is getting worse and worse. Look, I didn’t go over to help Madam’s brother get married this time. What do you want Master and Madam to think of me? In the future, I’ll be an unfaithful wife in their eyes.”

Zhizi’s mother looked at Zhizi in a daze for a while and sighed. “Forget it! Forget it! You treated my good intentions as ill intentions. I won’t ask about your matters in the future. Don’t come back and cry to me if you’re bullied.” With that, she turned around angrily and left.

Zhizi was at home putting the clothes back into the cabinet. When she saw the shredded paper on the ground, she picked it up listlessly and put it in her purse. She thought to herself that she had offended her family for her husband. If he didn’t treat her well in the future, she would really go back home.

In the evening, Li Fengqi went to the teahouse. After going upstairs, he walked towards a loyal-looking man. After sitting down, the man asked, “Mr. Li, did you find out?”

“I found out.” Li Fengqi looked at him uneasily. “I’ve asked around and recorded everything my Madam knows since she was young. Have you prepared the things you promised me?”

The man glanced at him and picked up a small bag by his feet. He placed it on the table and patted it. “These are all the insights from the top three on the rankings in the past decade. I believe that with your talent, it will be easy for you to be in the rankings in the next Spring Quarter Examination after you finish reading and comprehending the notes. As long as you have talent, my master will mention you.”

Li Fengqi looked at the small bag under the man’s hand and his eyes lit up. It was as if he could see himself parading in from of tens of thousands of people on Mayu Street. He took out an oilskin paper bag from the bag and took out a stack of paper. He handed it to the man and said, “Mr. Yang, it’s all in here. What I recorded is what my Madam knows. I don’t know what she doesn’t know. ”

The man called Mr. Yang flipped through it roughly and looked up to see Li Fengqi looking at the small bag on the table eagerly. He smiled and opened the bag to take out a stack of bound exam papers. He pushed them in front of Li Fengqi. “High Scholar Li, I wish you good luck.”

Li Fengqi looked at the test paper in front of him excitedly and said happily,

“Yes, yes, yes. Thank you for your auspicious words, Mr. Yang.”

Mr. Yang looked at his ecstatic expression as he held the papers and revealed a

mocking gaze. He put the things into his bag and stood up. He smiled and said,

“Scholar Li, see you again.”

“Mr. Yang, see you again.” Li Fengqi looked up and cupped his hands.

Mr. Yang nodded and strode downstairs. Li Fengqi carefully placed the papers in the oilskin paper bag and hugged the bag in his arms. He walked downstairs as if he was carrying a rare treasure with a happy expression.

After Mr. Yang went downstairs, he got into a carriage. The car stopped in front of a large courtyard. Mr. Yang entered the residence with a small bag and handed it to an old woman. “Nanny, I took a look. Madam Li only got engaged to Assistant Minister Zhou after breaking off the engagement. From the looks of it, Madam Li doesn’t have any stains on her character. Do you think it’s useful?”

The old woman frowned. “I’ll show it to Madam. Madam will decide if it’s useful. Go back!”

Mr. Yang cupped his hands and left. The old woman took the small bag into the inner courtyard. When she entered the house, she bowed to the exquisite woman lying on the couch and reported, “Madam, I’ve already obtained it. Mr. Yang said that according to this, Madam Li doesn’t have any stains on her character.”

Country Lord Ning raised her chin. The old woman put down the bag, bowed, and left. Country Lord Ning said to the delicate-looking man who was sitting on the couch massaging her, “Read it to me.”

The escort took the booklet and read it softly. When she heard that Li Yu had escaped from the Zhang family with Li Qing and decisively broke off the engagement, she said, “This temper is to my liking. Unfortunately, you offended me.”

Country Lord Ning chuckled. “Isn’t that a stain? You can create waves on flat ground and stir up waves without wind. Besides, you’ve been engaged for a few years and lived in someone’s house for a few years.” After saying that, she glanced at the gigolo. “Continue reading.”

The escort then finished reading the records. When Country Lord Ning heard this, she thought to herself, “She knows martial arts and was born with divine strength. She knows how to earn money and even saved Shen Yu’s nephew on the way. Who is this person? Could it be His Majesty? That’s impossible. His Majesty was still unconscious at that time.”

“Later, she saved the Shen family during the Lantern Festival and even produced high-yielding rice. It was probably because of this that she was conferred the title of Madam Protector and that person was promoted so quickly.”

“As soon as she returned to the capital, the Empress Dowager summoned her.”

It seemed that she could not act carelessly because Li Yu had the support of the Empress Dowager. She had to do things realistically and speak with substance..