Chapter 163: The fake heiress is completely expelled from the General's Mansion!

Why? By what right?!

Because they are the blood relatives, they will grow closer no matter what.

What hurt Li Qingzhu even more was that they all wanted her to leave the General's Mansion; they didn't want her anymore...

She thought back to the past, when her parents loved her the most.

Her brother was the one who truly cherished her like a precious jewel!

But now, all they see is Li Qingluo!

They wanted her dead, they wanted her to leave the general's mansion.

She had escaped today, which was exactly what she had wanted, but now she was somewhat unwilling to accept the situation.

In this family, not a single person was reluctant to part with her in the slightest!

"Li Qingluo, what gives you the right to make such a decision? I..."

Li Kechuan hissed, "Get out! Or do you want to keep kneeling in the ancestral hall until the day you decide to kill yourself?"

Li Qingzhu then shuddered!

Though unwilling, she still wept and said, "Father, Mother, Brother... Pearl bids farewell from now on..."

Li Chaojing said coldly, "Alright!"

As the head of the family, Li Chaojing had no choice but to step forward and make a decision in front of the world.

"This matter ends here!"

“Li Qingzhu, no… from now on, you don’t need to have the surname Li anymore.”

“Daughter of the Liu family, we promised you before that we would not hold the Liu family accountable for the matter of the girl being switched back then. It was because we valued you and treated you with all our heart that we raised you. So blood ties are not that important.”

"If you remain obedient and well-behaved, you will be the eldest legitimate daughter of the Li family for the rest of your life."

"But you have repeatedly done things that have disgraced the Li family! And have caused your mother and me to be heartbroken and disappointed time and time again."

"And your Liu family has not kept our promise, which we made in our letter, that the Liu family should not appear before my Li family again! Today, you even have the audacity to come to my General's Mansion to cause trouble, making it known to everyone in Jinling City, and trampling and humiliating our Li family to this extent. It is utterly despicable!"

"Since your Liu family is so shameless, don't blame us for going back on our word and showing no mercy!"

"You are so eager to leave, and the Liu family is so earnestly making a scene to ask you to return home and reunite with them. If our General's Mansion were to shamelessly try to keep you here, wouldn't that seem far too inhumane?"

"In that case, from this day forward, Liu Qingzhu is expelled from the gates of my General's Mansion, her name is removed from the family register, and she is no longer the eldest legitimate daughter of the Li family!"

"From now on, there is only one true and rightful eldest daughter of my General's Mansion: Li Qingluo!"

As for the Liu family—

Li Chaojing raised his hand, and Deng Mama glanced at Li Qingluo and finally stopped what she was doing.

During the process, the nannies' hands were sore from hitting them, and three to five different people took over.

Zhao was beaten until her mouth was full of blood, her face was swollen like a pig's head, and seven or eight of her teeth were knocked out.

These old women were all skilled, and they all knew that it was this old, vicious woman who had caused their young lady so much suffering over the years, so they were ruthless in their attack today.

Zhao was beaten so badly she couldn't speak, blood was flowing from her mouth and she was seeing stars.

As soon as the maids stopped, she immediately fell to the ground.

The onlookers, seeing this, all spat and said, "You old vile woman, you deserve it!"

"He deserves to be beheaded!"

"Go to hell!"

Someone threw a rotten egg at us, and instantly countless rotten vegetable leaves fell down.

"mother--"

"Grandma—"

The Liu family members were all tied up and could only shout anxiously.

Li Qingzhu, or rather Liu Qingzhu, silently watched all of this, her heart filled with humiliation and indignation, causing her to pinch her palms until they bled and her whole body trembled.

But since things have come to this, she has no choice but to swallow her anger for now, having managed to escape.

But are they really so heartless as to completely expel her from the Li family?

She looked at the people on the steps and memorized them one by one.

When her gaze turned to Li Kechuan, a sorrowful look involuntarily welled up in her eyes.

Li Kechuan turned his head away. It was for the best. She was now back in the home she was meant to return to, and they would no longer be siblings.

Isn't this exactly what she wanted?

Li Chaojing looked at Li Qingluo.

"Luo'er, you have suffered so much torment and hardship in the Liu family all these years. Since that's the case, it's up to you to decide how to deal with them."

The entire Liu family turned to look at Li Qingluo.

"Cao'er, please be magnanimous for the sake of our past as family..." Liu Qingzhu's birth mother, Wang, pleaded.

Liu Da, however, was indignant and angry: "Why are you begging her?! Now that she's successful, she lets her own father trample on us. Does she even remember a shred of our kindness?"

"That's right, she won't let us off the hook. We treated her like that back then..."

"Grass! How can you be so heartless? We raised you for over ten years..."

Li Qinglu remained expressionless throughout, refusing to respond or argue with them.

The truth is clear to everyone.

What's the point of arguing with them again?

It's all a waste of breath.

She simply said coldly, "Was my abduction and replacement back then a conspiracy by the entire Liu family? This case must be thoroughly investigated!"

"Therefore, send the entire Zhao and Liu families to the Jinling Prefecture government office!"

"The results of the interrogation await further notice!"

Li Chaojing nodded: "Men! Do as the young lady says. Take my official token and seize this old vile woman Zhao and her entire family, and send them to the Jinling Prefecture government office for a thorough investigation and interrogation!"

The guard stepped forward: "Yes!"

The Liu family members all turned pale, some shouting and some resisting, but it was all in vain.

Zhao was already beaten unconscious, her eyes rolling back as she was dragged away.

Liu Qingzhu could only lie on the soft chair with a pale face, watching as all the members of the Liu family were taken away one by one.

"Pearl, save us—Pearl—"

"Pearl, we're all doing this for you, Pearl!"

"Pearl—"

The farce has come to an end.

Liu Qingzhu was also taken away by Prince Yun's guards and disappeared without a trace.

The gates of the general's mansion were closed tightly once again.

Rumors about the Li family quickly spread to every corner of Jinling City, and within half a day, they were known to everyone again.

The commotion at the Li family's house was endless, naturally causing some to sigh and others to laugh.

The Princess's Residence.

Upon hearing the servants recount this amusing tale, the noblewomen who had come to speak with her at the mansion that day all chuckled.

The eldest princess's expression, however, was not good.

"Why is the Li family always causing so much trouble? They're so restless; they don't seem like a good family!"

Immediately, a woman echoed, "Yes, Your Highness. Although Li Qingzhu has been expelled from the General's Mansion, she was still raised by them. They cannot escape responsibility for these shameful things she has done."

The eldest princess stared at the woman with wide eyes: "What are you implying about the shameful things she did?"

Li Qingzhu's numerous notorious deeds were all related to Prince Yun.

Especially the biggest scandal recently, I heard that in Minglou, he was caught red-handed having an affair by Prince Su...

On that very day, Li Qingzhu, at the Princess's residence, caused the unborn child of Prince Yun's concubine to die.

Unexpectedly, these two were having an affair!

Then the truth about Cao Rou'er's miscarriage becomes even more elusive.

The woman's face changed, and she lowered her head tremblingly: "Your Highness, no...no, I was just talking nonsense, I dare not mean anything."

The eldest princess said impatiently, "Get out!"

The noble ladies in the hall immediately withdrew, and the princess, with a gloomy expression, picked up her tea and took a big gulp.

"That fifth one... of all people to be interested in, it has to be that Li family's daughter! The fourth one is the same, also caught up in that fake Li family member. What kind of bewitching spell did the Li family cast on them!"

Before she could calm down, Princess Nanping came skipping in.

"Mother, look at the post I wrote myself, has it improved?"

The princess's expression softened somewhat upon seeing her beloved daughter.

She held Nanping in her arms, opened the post, and her brows furrowed again.

"Is this addressed to the eldest daughter of the Li family?"

Princess Nanping: "Yes, Mother. I wrote to Sister Luo'er, inviting her to go horseback riding in the countryside on the seventeenth of the twelfth lunar month!"

The eldest princess hesitated for a moment before speaking, "Nanping, your mother knows you like that girl from the Li family. It's not just because she saved your life, but also because you two are compatible."

"But lately, the Li family has been embroiled in a series of scandals, each one more offensive than the last, to the point of being unbearable to hear! You should keep your distance from such a family!"

Upon hearing what the princess's mother said, Nanping immediately stood up.

"Mother! Why do you say that?"

"Sister Luo'er is a victim!"

"The reputation of the daughters of the General's Mansion has been implicated because of Li Qingzhu's scandalous affair with the Fourth Prince's uncle. Why does the world have to drag more innocent people into this?"

"On the contrary, the fourth prince's uncle was not implicated at all."

"Besides, I know what kind of person Sister Luo'er is. I don't care what trouble their General's Mansion causes, I'm going to associate with Sister Luo'er."

"If Mother is going to get involved in even this matter, then I might as well go back to the Northwest!"

After Nanping finished speaking, she took the invitation and was about to leave, but when she reached the door, she suddenly turned back, her eyes red as she stared at the Princess and said, "How boring. Since Mother came back, she has started to care more and more about these useless things, just like those noble ladies in Jinling City."

Watching Nanping leave, the eldest princess was exhausted.

She rubbed her temples and sighed, "How could she know that Jinling isn't in the Northwest?"

To gain a foothold in Jinling, regain favor, and secure their power and wealth for eternity, they didn't care about things she considered useless. Did they expect to be trampled to the very bottom of the imperial power?

But this is indeed the only time Nanping has sincerely wanted to give his heart and soul since returning to Jinling.

But the Li family's reputation is really bad these days!

"Someone! Go and find out if Princess Qinyu has returned. If she is, Nanping will definitely change his mind and like her even more!"