Chapter 234 The Fake Heiress Commits Suicide by Hitting a Wall? A Family Scheming Against Each Other

"Pearl—!"

Upon seeing this, Li Kechuan felt extremely anxious.

He limped over quickly, but due to his limited mobility, he could only look anxiously at Madam Qu.

"Mother! Are you really so heartless as to completely abandon Zhu'er?"

"Even though she's made a thousand mistakes, she still grew up around us!"

"Just for the sake of your past relationship as mother and daughter, please save her first!"

Ms. Qu was truly heartbroken.

Even though she had already said those harsh words of severing ties, at this moment her heart was no better than Chuan'er's.

But she still glanced at Li Chaojing first, "Master, this..."

Li Chaojing's face darkened: "What are you all standing there for? This is Miss Zhu from Prince Yun's residence. Do you really think we can let something happen to her at the gate of our General's Mansion?"

Upon hearing this, Madam Qu quickly summoned Granny Chang to bring people over to carry Liu Qingzhu inside.

Li Kechuan glared fiercely at Zhuang Wei: "Zhuang Sanlang, how cruel you are!"

"Pearl is in this state today because of you, yet you stand idly by and do nothing. How heartless and ungrateful you are!"

"Someone like you is truly destined to be with Li Qingluo!"

Zhuang Wei, who had just been scolded, stared at the scene in disbelief, and that strange feeling in his heart rose again.

Are they really so forgiving and have they forgotten what happened at Minglou?

Perhaps unable to contain himself any longer, Zhuang Wei let out a cold laugh: "I certainly do not have the magnanimity of Young Master Li to forget what happened between Madam Zhu and His Highness Prince Yun at Minglou."

“I do not love Madam Zhu as deeply as Young Master Li. Even though rumors about the two of you are circulating all over the city, you still regard her as the most precious pearl in your heart without any scruples.”

"Furthermore, she is now Lady Zhu of the Prince Yun's Mansion. Does Young Master Li really want to see me get entangled with her again, and end up like you, with my future and reputation completely ruined by her?"

"I, Zhuang Wei, still have a sense of shame, and so does the Marquis of Zhongyi's mansion!"

Li Kechuan's face turned ashen with anger: "You—"

Li Chaojing also interrupted Zhuang Wei with a shout: "Shut up!"

"If Young Master Zhuang has come to our General's Mansion today with a displeased attitude, please leave immediately!"

"The affairs of our General's Mansion are none of your business, an outsider!"

Zhuang Wei stared at Li Chaojing in shock.

He suddenly gave a bitter laugh.

Then he retreated step by step.

Zhuang Wei shook his head and sighed, "Now I finally understand what's wrong..."

"Being born into your general's mansion is probably the greatest misfortune of Miss Li's life."

"Zhuang was blinded by a leaf and did not know the truth."

"And together with you, we hurt her several times..."

"But now it's all too late...too late..."

"Haha, hahahaha..."

Zhuang Wei knew that what he had asked for today would all be in vain.

But how could the fourth son of the Qu family be worthy of her?

But then he thought, Miss Li is such a strong-willed person now, perhaps she won't let them manipulate her?

Zhuang Wei left looking utterly dejected.

Li Kechuan remembered Liu Qingzhu, and hurriedly turned around and went into the mansion, leaning on his cane.

Li Chaojing followed behind with a gloomy expression. Just as he arrived outside the room where Qu Shi had settled Liu Qingzhu, he heard the sound of Liu Qingzhu waking up inside.

"Mother—Waaaaaah..."

Liu Qingzhu threw herself into Qu's arms and cried heartbrokenly.

Qu comforted her, "You... Zhu'er, oh... what am I supposed to do?"

"Seeing you like this now, my heart aches more than if it were being stabbed. You are truly my karmic folly, something I owed you in my past life!?"

Liu Qingzhu: "Mother, it was all my fault before."

“Zhu’er has realized the mistake she made and is very remorseful. Zhu’er really knows everything… Please don’t ignore Zhu’er, please don’t be so heartless to Zhu’er, okay?”

Li Kechuan rushed in: "Zhu'er, don't cry. Your mother has already brought you in, and your father personally agreed to it."

Liu Qingzhu was overjoyed upon hearing this: "Really!? Father... he won't kick me out again, and kill me again...?"

Liu Qingzhu still felt a little afraid of Li Chaojing, thinking about how ugly things had gotten before.

Li Chaojing stepped inside.

"You know what kind of awful things you've done before!"

"You are no longer a daughter of the Li family. You are Madam Zhu of the Prince Yun's Mansion. We saved you only because we didn't want to be associated with the Prince Yun's Mansion!"

Li Chaojing's words were ruthless, and Liu Qingzhu's face turned pale again.

She gazed longingly at Madam Qu and Li Kechuan.

"Zhu'er understands... Then Zhu'er will leave now."

After Liu Qingzhu finished speaking, she got off the couch. Li Kechuan hurriedly stopped her, "Zhu'er, where are you going?"

"Look at you, did Prince Yun hit you?"

Li Chaojing: "Let her go! Didn't you shamelessly do such a thing back then, refusing to turn back until you hit a brick wall? Didn't you resolutely abandon the entire General's Mansion to become a prince's concubine? Now, whatever the outcome, it's the consequence of your own choices!"

Li Kechuan anxiously tried to stop his father: "Father—"

Liu Qingzhu stood up unsteadily, and under Qu Shi's distressed gaze, she walked towards the door.

Before he could even step out the door, he stumbled and fell to the ground again.

Li Kechuan immediately shouted anxiously, "Zhu'er—"

"Father, if you keep pushing her, you'll drive her to her death!"

Li Kechuan roared at Li Chaojing.

Li Chaojing was so angry that he raised his hand and slapped him.

"You bastard! Zhuang Sanlang is right. Haven't you suffered enough at her hands? Don't you know how much gossip is circulating about you two now?"

"I think His Highness Prince Yun was being lenient by hitting her."

"That slut should be killed with one blow!"

Li Kechuan stared at Li Chaojing, his face ashen: "Father, did you say this?"

Liu Qingzhu stood up by herself, holding onto the door frame.

She looked at Li Kechuan with a bitter and painful expression.

"Yes, it's all my fault... I'm the one who ruined my brother..."

“If I had returned to the Liu family and gone to live in the mountains as soon as my true identity was revealed, and had returned to the place I was meant to be, and hadn’t craved my parents’ and brother’s love, none of those things would have happened…”

"Now the prince won't scold me for being useless. I've even lost the General's Mansion. Zhu'er has nothing left to rely on..."

"I should have died anyway—"

After Liu Qingzhu finished speaking, she seemed to have suddenly made up her mind. With a grit of her teeth, she actually rushed headlong into the pillar!

Madam Qu cried out in terror, "Pearl, no—"

Li Kechuan dropped his crutch and rushed over: "Zhu'er!"

He desperately tackled Liu Qingzhu to the ground and held her tightly in his arms.

"Pearl! Have you lost your mind?! How could you do something so suicidal?"

"My brother said he wouldn't abandon you!"

"You want me... you want my mother and me dead, don't you?"

At this moment, Qu's heart softened completely and she came over.

With tears welling in her eyes, she said, "Zhu'er, why are you doing this? Do you really think your mother is abandoning you?"

"Guards, quickly help the eldest young master and Madam Zhu up!"

Green Firefly then hurriedly went forward with Granny Chang and the others to help Li Kechuan and Liu Qingzhu up.

Seeing this, Li Chaojing angrily snapped, "That's enough!"

Afterwards, Li Chaojing dismissed all the servants in the room and then stared at Liu Qingzhu, saying each word clearly, "The General's Mansion is currently beset by internal and external troubles, and I have no time to deal with you."

"Madam Zhu doesn't really have to die in my General's Mansion. In the end, the General's Mansion will be blamed by His Highness Prince Yun again."

“Listen to me, Liu Qingzhu. I am not as easily fooled as Chuan’er and Qu Shi, but I do need you right now.”

"Now that I've let you in today, I'll make things even clearer."

"Please take a message back to His Highness Prince Yun."

When Li Qingluo saw the letter in her hand, a look of disdain appeared on her face.

"Li Kechuan can be considered a devoted lover."

Now the whole city is full of rumors about the two of them, yet he still dares to approach Liu Qingzhu without any hesitation, and even brings her back to the General's Mansion.

In Qu Shi's heart, Liu Qingzhu was a hundred times more important than her own biological daughter. This was a fact that Li Qingluo had long recognized. Therefore, she was not angry at all when she learned that Liu Qingzhu had entered the General's Mansion again.

Que'er and Cui'er both felt indignant on her behalf.

“In the General’s Mansion, bloodline is not the most important thing! Miss, it’s good that the old lady loves you.”

Li Qingluo laughed and said, "Of course bloodline is important. Aren't I also a descendant of my grandmother?"

"But in the general's mansion, what they valued more than blood ties was profit."

The sparrow didn't understand.

Li Qingluo: "Take the head of the General's Mansion for example. In the past, Li Chaojing still had some backbone, so after Liu Qingzhu and Prince Yun's scandal broke out, he wanted to kill Liu Qingzhu to uphold the family's reputation."

"Even the fact that Li Kechuan's leg was broken because of Prince Yun made Li Chaojing refuse to bow down to Prince Yun."

"But now there must be something more important than his integrity, so he has no choice but to bow down to Prince Yun and even curry favor with him, and take the opportunity to get away from Prince Yun's residence and the Empress."

Granny Deng: "How does Miss know that Master is trying to curry favor with Prince Yun's mansion? This letter doesn't just say that they talked together in prison, but do you know what they talked about?"

Li Qingluo: "If Li Chaojing hadn't been willing to bow down to Prince Yun, he definitely wouldn't have allowed Liu Qingzhu into the mansion. Especially when there are such rumors circulating about an adopted daughter and a legitimate son. Otherwise, why would the whole of Jinling laugh at him?"

"It's a pity that he has always valued his reputation the most, but now that reputation is the least valuable thing to him!"

Li Qingluo couldn't help but show a hint of mockery and disdain in her eyes. She then asked, "By the way, how's the investigation into the Jiang family going?"

Granny Deng chuckled and said, "That's exactly what I was about to tell you."

“Young lady, the Jiang family has a patriarch who was once your father’s deputy general. Ten years ago, during the border war, the patriarch and Deputy General Jiang achieved a great victory in a crucial battle.”

Before returning to the capital in triumph, this Deputy General Jiang suddenly lost his grip while drinking and knocked over a wine jar and candlestick, burning himself alive in his tent.

Li Qingluo: "What a coincidence?"