Chapter 141 Every family has its own troubles
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This jealousy came out of nowhere!
"No, why would she be jealous of me?"
Didn't she like Liu Shu? She's already become Liu Shu's maid, and Liu Shu takes her with her when she goes out, which proves that she's quite satisfied with her, right?
Does she still like Liu Tan?
"Liu Tan praised me a couple of times and said a few nice things to me, and she got so upset?"
Li Shiyue couldn't help herself. She glanced at Liu Tan, then lowered her head and subtly glanced at Li Chunli behind Liu Shu.
"But there's a significant age difference, at least ten years, right?"
Li Shiyue was very puzzled, but she couldn't say anything.
However, even if he didn't understand, he could still accept that he hadn't done anything wrong, yet Li Chunli's anger level had skyrocketed.
The system points are still quite nice.
"Yes, Young Master, rest assured, I will definitely pay attention in the future."
Just as Li Shiyue and Liu Tan finished speaking, Liu Shu asked with great interest, "Madam Li, are there any other wild animals on the mountain?"
With the snow, wild animals are hard to find. Does Madam Li have some kind of secret?
When the Crown Prince asked a question, Li Shiyue naturally had to answer seriously.
But as she was speaking, the anger level of the system representative Li Chunli in her mind had already soared to 25%.
This made Li Shiyue very happy. She smiled and said to Liu Shu, "...I was really tired. I didn't sleep much for two whole nights, just to catch up with it and find an opportunity to catch it."
Then, Li Shiyue glanced at Li Chunli behind Liu Shu and said with feigned surprise, "It's great to see you here."
Li Chunli never expected that Li Shiyue would talk to her.
But Li Shiyue didn't really want to talk to Li Chunli. After saying that, she turned to Liu Shu and said, "Your Highness, you don't know, before I came here, the clan chief sent someone to ask me if I had the chance to see Li Chunli and see if she was alright."
There are few girls in the village, and every single one of them is related by marriage, so the clan elder remembers them all.
That day, I saw Li Chunli catch up with the prince's carriage, and I assumed that it was just her girlish nature that made her chase after it.
After returning to the village, I learned that Qin Tao knew about it but had not approached the clan chief to ask everyone to help find the person.
"Don't laugh at me, Your Highness, but I come from a small village. There's never been a precedent of someone working as a maid in our area. This is the first time a girl from the village has gone to the city, so the whole clan is bound to be a little worried."
really!
After Li Shiyue added fuel to the fire with her words, Li Chunli's anger level successfully exceeded 50% and was already heading towards 80%.
Liu Shu was somewhat surprised. He didn't think Li Shiyue was saying that on purpose. In his mind, Li Shiyue was just a strong, honest, and bold country girl.
Liu Shu thought that it was probably because their Li family village was from a small place and they really didn't know that being a servant in the Prince's mansion could lead to a good life. Others would be scrambling to get that job.
Liu Shu chuckled and was about to explain to Li Shiyue when Li Shiyue quickly added, "Haha, but seeing Li Chunli's clothes and her chubby cheeks, I know she must be living a good life following the young master!"
When I get back to the village, I'll tell Grandpa Youfu that Li Chunli is doing well and that he doesn't need to worry about her.
Liu Shu nodded, just about to reply, when suddenly, Li Chunli's sharp voice rang in her ears: "Li Shiyue, I don't need you to worry about me!"
I'm doing perfectly well in the Prince's mansion! You don't need to tell anyone!
I will inform my family myself!
Seeing that she was almost at 100% anger level, Li Shiyue felt that she should give it her all.
She stood up abruptly, her face showing a hurt expression of being misunderstood, yet she stubbornly pretended not to be sad. "How could you be like this... like this... sigh, I don't want to get involved in your affairs!"
If it weren't for Grandpa Fu's instructions, I wouldn't care about you!
I just dug up my father's grave and erected a cenotaph. The clothes were actually retrieved from your mother by my second uncle. Do you think I'm that kind-hearted?
If you weren't a fellow refugee from the same village, who would want to talk to you?
"Anger level reached 100%. Congratulations, host, mission complete!"
"Li Shiyue, you hypocrite..."
Knowing when to stop, Li Shiyue quickly lowered her head and apologized to Liu Shu in a flustered tone, "Your Highness, it was Shiyue's recklessness that led me to speak ill of your maid. My mouth deserves a beating, I..."
As Li Shiyue spoke, she raised her hand as if to slap herself in the face.
"Oh, Madam Li, you..."
"absurd!"
Sitting at the head of the table, Liu Tan shouted sternly, "What wrong has Lady Li done? She's just showing consideration for her clan."
After the reprimand, Liu Tan softened his expression and gave Liu Shu, who seemed somewhat at a loss, a wry smile: "Your Highness, let Zhao Da find someone to send you back to the palace. Take advantage of the daylight and don't delay on the way."
Before Liu Shu could agree, Liu Tan turned to Zhao Da and instructed, "Zhao Da, hurry up and call Zhao Guang'an and our team. We'll escort the young master back to the palace properly!"
"Yes, General."
Zhao Da accepted the order, turned around and bowed to Liu Shu, saying, "Your Highness, please."
Liu Shu glanced at Li Shiyue, who was looking down and silent, and then at Li Chunli, the pretty girl behind her with a face still showing anger. She could only cup her hands in greeting to Liu Tan, say a few polite words, and then leave with Li Chunli, following the path opened by Zhao Da.
As soon as Liu Shu and Li Chunli left, Li Shiyue raised her head and smiled at the door, revealing her big white teeth.
"Miss Li, you should at least keep up the act for a little longer. They haven't gone far yet."
"Haha, young master, you saw through my act?"
Liu Tan chuckled twice at Li Shiyue, a rare occurrence for him: "You, you, if I still couldn't see it, I would have lived in vain all these years."
Li Shiyue snorted at the door, then turned around and cupped her hands to Liu Tan, saying, "It was she who insisted on provoking me. Young Master, you don't know, but I do have some personal grudges with her family."
Liu Tan was puzzled earlier, and now that Li Shiyue brought it up, he asked her the same question.
Li Shiyue then recounted a series of events, including her scumbag father's affair with Qin Tao resulting in an illegitimate child, and how the two had broken ties due to the death of Li's grandmother.
Even though Liu Tan had witnessed plenty of infighting within the Prince's mansion over the years, he had never heard of anything like what happened to Li Shiyue's family.
"It's not right to air our dirty laundry in public, but the eldest young master has been incredibly kind to Shiyue, and Shiyue doesn't want to hide these things from him."
"I've made a fool of myself in front of the young master, it's truly..."
"Alas, every family has its own unspeakable family matters."
It's unclear what Liu Tan was thinking, but after saying that, he lowered his head and remained silent for a couple of moments before raising his head to say to Li Shiyue, "Sit down quickly. You've come at just the right time. I have some good news to tell you."
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