A contract? After marriage, will Chen Yu not live in the Bai family home? Will she not share a room with him?
What is the reason for this?
He tore the contract to shreds.
Madam Bai was surprised and leaned closer to ask, "What's wrong? If all else fails, let Liu Yao'er be your concubine."
He was already extremely anxious, and now he was even more furious. He lost his patience with Madam Bai, "Alright! Mother, stop worrying about it! Ye Hua has his own plans!"
"Ah... Master, please look! Ye Hua is treating me like this..."
Hearing Madam Bai's wailing, his head throbbed with pain. He stood with his hands on his hips, panting heavily, and glared fiercely at Chen Yu, casting a cold and piercing gaze into her eyes.
Chen Yu remained calm, rolled her eyes, and steadily sat back on the edge of the bed, grabbing the curtain and playing with it around her wrist.
Based on her understanding of Bai Yehua, signing the contract was only a matter of time. As long as Liu Yao'er acted impulsively, Bai Yehua would compromise.
Just then, hurried footsteps came from outside. Hua Zheng stood at the door and reported, "General, Miss Liu is making a fuss about going back to the Zuo family. You should go and see her."
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Flames soared into the sky at the entrance of Yixiangyuan, as bright as day.
Liu Yao'er's sedan chair was parked in the center of the main gate, surrounded by five or six hundred people. Some were going to the Bai family's wedding banquet, some were passing by, and some had come specifically to watch the excitement... Hundreds of hands pointed at the sedan chair, chattering incessantly.
"The bride is Mu Chenyu, the daughter of General Mu. General Bai is showing no mercy to Master, taking a concubine on the wedding night."
"Mu Chenyu is the only legitimate daughter of the Mu family. If she agrees to take a concubine on her wedding night, wouldn't that damage the Mu family's prestige?"
"They're here, they're here..."
Then a woman dressed in a green robe with a golden phoenix design, a red veil over her face, and a phoenix crown on her head strode over.
Her steps were light yet steady, her posture upright yet elegant, her eyes smiling, and her fragrance lingering as she passed by. Without a doubt, this was the eldest daughter of the Mu family—Mu Chenyu.
Following closely behind Shen Yu were Rong Momo and Jiu'er. The highly skilled Cuiwei had already taken the contract signed by Bai Yehua to the Mu family. Because Shen Yu treasured this contract, she wanted to entrust it to her sister-in-law, Princess Yanghua, for safekeeping.
Chen Yu walked up to Liu Yao'er's sedan chair.
Bai Yehua hurriedly followed, having just comforted Madam Bai, and now he had to soothe Liu Yao'er, "Yao'er, don't worry, Madam has already agreed to let you be her secondary wife, and we'll bring you in right away."
"I admire Mu Chenyu because she comes from a military family. She is not particular about trivial matters or etiquette, but she likes people who are loyal, righteous, and upright."
Although it is unknown whether Miss Liu is upright and honest, the general likes her and wants to give her the position of equal wife.
The general will soon be going to war, and Shenyu cannot bear to see him regret it. Therefore, Shenyu is willing to let Miss Liu enter the Bai family as his principal wife.
Before Chen Yu could finish speaking, a commotion erupted in the crowd. "Not a concubine?"
"Mu Chenyu actually agreed to Bai Yehua getting married?"
"Alas... Where is the integrity of the Mu family!"
"..."
Everyone sighed in dismay, when suddenly an angry voice rang out from the crowd, "Stop talking nonsense! The Mu family has no power or influence, while the Bai family is bullying us!"
That clear and resonant voice belonged to Liu Yu.
Shen Yu was shocked, and then her nose tingled and her eyes welled up with tears.
Last night, Liu Yu was flogged thirty times by the Duchess of the State. This was the second time he had appeared out of court to defend her despite his injuries.
She couldn't help but burst into tears, but fortunately, her face was covered with a red veil, which concealed the tears.
Liu Yu, dressed in white and wearing a black cloak, leaned on a cane and limped towards the sedan chair. He felt a hot, wet patch on his buttocks, which must have reopened his wound.
His gaze swept over Bai Yehua, glanced at Chen Yu, and then lowered his eyes, concealing the sorrow and bitterness in them.
The reason he broke off relations with Chen Yu was simply because he didn't want to implicate the Mu family.
The Crown Prince designated him as a member of Prince Yan's faction. If it weren't for his disability in both legs, he would have been sent to the frontier by the Crown Prince. If he refused, he would have been arrested and imprisoned in the Imperial City Guard.
Upon learning that his uncle, Jia Tianqi, had been arrested, he quickly wrote a letter severing ties with the Mu family.
It's a good thing that the Mu family can form a marriage alliance with the Bai family; at least they won't be targeted by the Crown Prince.
Who would have thought that Bai Yehua would actually bring Liu Yao'er into the house, and even enter through the main gate? Wouldn't that mean he would be on equal footing with Shen Yu?
Don't forget, on the day the Zuo family held the polo match, Liu Yao'er was going to kill Chen Yu. To share a husband with such a treacherous and vicious woman, and to be on equal footing with her, Chen Yu was like a fish on a chopping board, completely at the mercy of others!
So he rushed over, having already devised a plan to postpone the trip.
Before he could even get his footing, Bai Yehua glared at him and demanded, "How has my Bai family gone too far? If it weren't for me, Bai Yehua, my master would have died in the Imperial City Guard long ago."
Liu Yu shook his head and chuckled. The fact that Bai Yehua could be rescued from the Imperial City Guard was enough to show that he was already a confidant of the Crown Prince.
After all... one becomes like the company one keeps.
Bai Yehua was originally a virtuous, benevolent, and loyal general, but... now he has become arrogant, cold-hearted, and even greedy.
"Ahem... Liu Yu kindly reminds Young Master Bai that your marriage to Miss Chenyu was personally bestowed by the Emperor. To rush into taking a concubine on your wedding night... wouldn't that... be a slap in the face to the Emperor? Ahem..."
Hearing Liu Yu's occasional dry cough, Shen Yu's eyes welled up with tears again. She was certain that Liu Yu was helping her, and this was worth the "protective charm" she had worked so hard to obtain.
She should have been proud, but she couldn't be happy. After all, Liu Yu, with whom she had been intimate, was right beside her, yet she had to pretend not to know him, or even dare to look at him.
She could only stare at her newlywed husband.
Bai Yehua panicked. Although no one from the royal family came to the banquet, he was afraid that someone with ulterior motives would make things difficult for him.
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