Chapter 230 Or should I go and kill him?
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Before Li Shiyue could listen more carefully, the play on the high platform downstairs moved on to the next scene.
After being abandoned by the scholar, Li Zhenli only remained depressed for a short period before getting back on her feet.
She entrusted her child to her elderly mother and worked tirelessly from dawn till dusk, collaborating with other silk-reeling families in the village to purchase their silk threads. She then went to the city to deal with silk merchants, buying low and selling high to make a profit.
Li Zhenli's efforts paid off. In just a few years, she became a well-known "Silk Brocade Lady" and opened her own brocade shop, specializing in business with women.
Women raised silkworms, reeled silk, and wove brocade. But it wasn't just women who came to buy brocade; there were both men and women who made clothes. In the end, Li Zhenli's "Li Jin Ji" made a name for itself in Jiangnan, and she herself became a well-known businesswoman in the city.
On stage, Li Zhenli sang about her wonderful life. Although Li Zhenli, who was not yet thirty, had lost the charm of a young girl, she was a woman who had experienced the hardships of life and had her own unique style.
It was at this moment that Li Shiyue heard the commotion coming from the next private room again.
"I regret it."
Yan Xuefei, who had just sat down again, said this one sentence.
When the Prince of Zhenbei, sitting opposite Yan Xuefei, heard Yan Xuefei's words, his expression finally changed slightly.
He looked at Yan Xuefei meaningfully. At this moment, the Prince of Zhenbei thought that Yan Xuefei regretted not agreeing to his request to make her his concubine.
As a result, Yan Xuefei's words were a slap in the face to the Prince of Zhenbei.
"I regret it, I really regret it!"
I shouldn't have listened to my brother back then, and I shouldn't have let Jiu Niang acknowledge you!
I should have hardened my heart and taken Jiu Niang elsewhere!
I shouldn't have let Jiu Niang acknowledge you as her father!
If I had been more resolute back then, my Ninth Sister would still be living a beautiful and happy life now!
Having you as my father has made my Ninth Aunt have to use an abacus and do calculations at a very young age;
To avoid being laughed at by the women in your backyard, she wore a mask at a young age and managed your fleet, hoping to earn the words that she was useful and that I hadn't given birth to her in vain.
I was wrong, I was so wrong!
"The biggest mistake of my life was agreeing to let Jiu Niang acknowledge you as her father!"
Yan Xuefei!
Don't think that just because I've agreed to meet you, you can take advantage of me!
"Ninth Sister is my child. If she won't acknowledge me as her father, does she expect her to acknowledge this commoner beside you?"
Li Mingfeng didn't care at all about the Prince of Zhenbei's disdain and mockery. He just gripped his sword tightly and looked at Yan Xuefei with great concern.
"Fei'er?"
"Senior brother, let's go!"
Yan Xuefei stood up, said this to Li Mingfeng who was still sitting next to her, and then turned to the Zhenbei King opposite her with a sullen face and said her last words: "Liu Cong, I would rather Jiu Niang recognize someone else as her father than recognize you, her biological father who does not treat her as his daughter!"
I'll say it one last time: you can't force my Jiu Niang. Jiu Niang is my life!
"You want my life? Then I'll take yours!"
Before, the Prince of Zhenbei could remain indifferent to Yan Xuefei's words, but after hearing Yan Xuefei say that she regretted letting Yan Jiuniang recognize him as her father, he could no longer control his emotions.
The sound of "smack" came from the enraged Prince Zhenbei slamming his hand on the table.
But Yan Xuefei would never look at the Prince of Zhenbei with a second glance.
She had already learned from the words and attitude of the Prince of Zhenbei that he would no longer acknowledge what he had said before.
He would no longer acknowledge the promise he made back then, meaning he would not ask Yan Jiuniang and her thoughts; he was determined to disregard their opinions and arrange a marriage for Yan Jiuniang.
The sole purpose of this meeting tonight is to make Yan Xuefei certain of her own feelings: she can no longer let Yan Jiuniang stay by the side of the Prince of Zhenbei!
She wanted to take Yan Jiuniang away from Andong!
Seeing Yan Xuefei and Li Mingfeng already at the door, the Prince of Zhenbei lost his composure and stood up, shouting, "Yan Xuefei, if you leave this door tonight, don't blame me for not taking care of you and your daughter and attacking the Yan family!"
Upon hearing what the Prince of Zhenbei said, Yan Xuefei paused for a moment, then simply snorted and opened the door, leaving without looking back.
At this moment, the Prince of Zhenbei looked like a duck with its neck being choked, his face contorted in a frightening manner.
It was at this moment that the play on the high platform on the first floor finally reached its climax. The scholar returned to Jiangnan once again and became a minor official in the Jiangnan Textile Bureau.
Li Zhenli, however, has become the only female manager among the three deputy managers of the Jiangnan Brocade Merchants Association.
To meet Li Zhenli in an official capacity was something the scholar had never imagined and dared not even dream of.
Li Zhenli recognized the scholar standing behind the official at first glance, but time had passed and she no longer cared much about the scholar abandoning her and her daughter.
The play ends with the scholar chasing after Li Zhenli as she leaves, calling out "Zhenniang" to her retreating figure.
This left everyone wondering: would Li Zhenli respond to the scholar?
Why did the scholar stop Li Zhenli?
Will the two reconcile? Or will they go their separate ways?
After the performance, the waiter with the tray started wandering around the venue again, asking for tips. He spoke auspicious words fluently, which Li Shiliang and his companions found quite interesting, as it was the first time they had seen such a scene.
"Sigh, I wonder what happened to Zhenniang after that?"
"Whatever you do, don't make up with that scholar!" Li Xiatian said to his mother while eating snacks.
"It's unlikely. Why would a father like that let his child acknowledge him?"
Zhenniang is not only wealthy, but also a proper shopkeeper;
Although the scholar was an official, he was only a minor one, and he had married someone else. Naturally, it was best for the child to stay with Zhenniang.
Zhao Yan agreed with Zhao Min's words and nodded in agreement: "Isn't that right?"
Zhenniang only has this one child, but that scholar has who knows how many children he has, certainly more than one.
Li Shiyue was multitasking. She had to listen to the performance on the stage downstairs, listen to the conversation in the next private room, and also listen to what was being said in her own room. She was really busy.
Even though she didn't hear the whole conversation between Zhenbei Wang and Yan Xuefei in the next private room because of the noise downstairs, she still caught up with most of it.
"That Prince Zhenbei is such a scumbag! He's completely unreasonable and will never keep his promises!"
The last threatening person said they would target Jiu Niang's maternal uncle's family.
What should we do?
Yan Xuefei and Li Mingfeng, who had already mounted their horses, rode away from Yuelai Restaurant and headed back to the house where Yan Jiuniang was hiding.
Once they returned to their lodgings and dismounted, Li Mingfeng led his horse into the courtyard. Suddenly, he said to Yan Xuefei, "Fei'er, why don't I sneak into the Prince's mansion tonight and kill him?"
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