Chapter 276: Deserved Punishment
"I... don't have any family anymore!"
Li Dong spoke in a relaxed manner, with a calm expression on his face.
But if Li Dong didn't say anything, Bai Li wouldn't ask in detail. Everyone has their own scars, so why reveal them?
Bai Li handed Li Dong over to her father, asked him to arrange him to the barracks, and then concentrated on her own affairs.
On the eve of the expedition, Bai Li became impatient with Nangong Min's nagging and got engaged to him under the arrangement of the emperor and the Nangong family.
According to Nangong Min, it would be convenient for him to take care of her along the way after they got engaged.
Bai Li wanted to roll her eyes, but seeing the worry and nervousness in his eyes, she couldn't bring herself to refuse, so she just let him take care of it. She was busy anyway.
Nangong Min patted his chest and promised that she didn't need to worry about anything and she just needed to show up at the engagement ceremony.
On the day of the engagement, the entrance of Bai Wuhou's mansion was crowded with dignitaries who came to congratulate him.
In order to organize this engagement banquet, Bai Wuhou Mansion and Nangong Min were busy running around, but Bai Li, the person involved, acted as if nothing had happened and just showed up and that was it.
Bai Li easily obtained the identity of the eldest grandson's wife of the Nangong family, which made many noble ladies in the capital envious and jealous. However, with the examples of Lin Wan'er and Shangguan Ying, no one dared to act rashly.
Of the two of them, Lin Wan'er is now unconscious and paralyzed, and the charges are for life imprisonment.
Moreover, because of her affairs, the Lin family was implicated in an intersection with the King of Wei. The whole family was convicted, their property was confiscated and they were exiled. The Lin family's roots in the capital were completely eradicated.
Shangguan Ying and her mother were expelled from the family and severed ties with the Shangguan family because they had conspired with Lin Wan'er to murder Bai Li.
The emperor also ordered that the mother and daughter be expelled from the capital and never allowed to return.
These two people met such a fate for opposing Bai Li. This living example made the women in the capital's harems who were ready to make trouble behave themselves for a while. Even if they were dissatisfied with someone or something, they dared not make trouble again.
It is worth mentioning that the day Bai Li got engaged was the day Bai Yue was kicked out of the house by Shangguan Yu.
She was carrying a small cloth bag that was thrown out of the door by a servant and was covered with dust. She wandered for a long time at the closed door of Shangguan Mansion.
Until a servant poured a basin of dirty water on his head, leaving him wet, dirty and smelly, and he had to leave in embarrassment.
She walked aimlessly until she arrived at the bustling gate of the mansion. After asking around, she learned that today was the day Bai Li from the Baiwu Marquis's mansion and Prince Nangong were getting engaged.
Bai Yue hid in the corner, thinking about her miserable situation of being covered in dirt and having nowhere to go like a stray dog.
In the magnificent Wuhou Mansion, Bai Li accepted the blessings of many dignitaries with great honors.
Attracting much attention.
Comparing the two, she was like the dirt fallen in the dust, and Bai Li was like the dazzling moon in the sky.
Why!
Was she born to be inferior to that idiot Bai Li?
Bai Yue's nails scratched her palm, and a streak of bright red spread across it. The stinging pain brought her back to her senses.
No, Bai Li was no longer the Bai Li who would foolishly let her do whatever she wanted just because she said a few nice words to him.
She has to recognize the situation, otherwise she will be the one who suffers next time.
This is the lesson Bai Yue learned after careful reflection.
An unknown amount of time passed before the aroma of food wafted through the air, and Bai Yue's stomach growled.
Finally, she left this unreachable place quietly with reluctance and embarrassment.
Three days later, on the parade ground of the Great Zhou military camp.
Military flags fluttered in the wind, 30,000 soldiers lined up in neat rows, their armor gleamed coldly in the sunlight, their spears stood like a forest, and their morale was high.
Bai Li, wearing a silver armor and a phoenix-wing helmet, stood on the platform with a heroic look, preparing to issue an order to lead the troops to attack the Kingdom of Simon.
Just then, there was a noise outside the training ground.
Bai Li looked up and saw several people surrounding a woman and talking about something.
The woman had disheveled hair, messy clothes, and was crying bitterly. She was Bai Li's cousin Bai Yue.
Following behind her were several men with disgusted expressions on their faces. They were from her husband's family, the Shangguan family.
Bai Yue was pushed away. In despair, she looked up and saw Bai Li standing on the stage. As if she had seen a savior, she broke free from the people around her and ran towards Bai Li, crying out, "Sister, sister, save me!"
Bai Li frowned slightly, feeling confused.
But it was time to go to war, and she didn't want to cause any trouble.
However, Bai Yue had already run to the bottom of the platform and climbed up the platform regardless of everything.
"Sister, Shangguan Yu wants to kick me out!"
Bai Yue fell at Bai Li's feet, hugged her legs tightly, and cried out loudly.
She had been kicked out of the house for the past few days and had been living a life worse than death. She had no choice but to shamelessly go to Shangguan Yu again.
But before she even got close to the gate of Shangguan Mansion, she was driven away. She had no choice but to go to the barracks to find him.
Just now, Shangguan Yu ordered people to drive her away, but she refused to give in, which caused this farce.
Bai Li looked at Bai Yue coldly. This cousin always opposed her by relying on her beauty and cleverness. She also made things difficult for her in the family before.
He is in such a mess today, I wonder what happened.
She was still unaware that Bai Yue was kicked out of the house by Shangguan Yu. After all, as a concubine, she didn't even need to be divorced. If her husband's family disliked her, they would just sell her off or kick her out.
Among the many noble ladies in the capital, she was not even a small wave.
"Get up now, let's talk it over. Why doesn't Shangguan Yu want you?"
Bai Li asked, suppressing his impatience.
Although she didn't say it, she vaguely guessed in her heart that the Shangguan family must have found out about Bai Yue and Shangguan Ying's conspiracy to deal with her at the Concubine Shu's banquet.
Now the Lin family has fallen, Lin Wan'er has been convicted and imprisoned, and Shangguan Ying and her daughter have been expelled from the mansion.
It is normal for Bai Yue, who is close to Shangguan Ying, to be abandoned by the Shangguan family.
The head of the Shangguan family was decisive and ruthless enough to divorce the mistress of the house at will, in exchange for saving the entire family from being implicated.
It has to be said that his heroic decision to cut off his arm saved the entire family and allowed the Shangguan family to escape the case of murdering the princess.
The emperor took into consideration that no one else in the Shangguan Mansion was involved. Shangguan Ying was the mastermind but the people who took action were not arranged by her. Shangguan Yu had been with Nangong Min for many years. Even if he had no merits, he had worked hard. Shangguan Ying, who had done something wrong, had been punished, so he let the Shangguan family go.
As for Bai Yue, who opposed Bai Li and was in cahoots with Shangguan Ying, it was inevitable that he would be abandoned by the Shangguan family.
Bai Yue sobbed and cried, "Sister, ever since I married into the Shangguan family, I have always adhered to the code of conduct for women, wholeheartedly serving my parents-in-law and managing household affairs.
But who would have thought that they would actually believe the slander of outsiders, saying that I was in cahoots with Shangguan Ying and wanted to drive me away.
Sister, you must make the decision for me!"
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