Lu Chengwen couldn't reason with her or persuade her. The couple's relationship was already shallow, and they broke up over this matter. They were in a cold war, and Cheng Yun returned to the Cheng residence. Lu Chengwen couldn't bring her back, and the last thing he got from her was, "Just pretend I'm dead."
Lu Chengwen and she had a child together, so he advised her: "You are a married woman. As long as you are doing well, that's all that matters. Why bother with your family's affairs? You are a mother now, so you should think about your son."
However, Cheng Yun was determined to change Lu Chengwen's mind, claiming that she would only go back with him if he listened to her.
Lu Chengwen returned home disappointed, but not long after, he received a message from the Lu family's manager who was still in the capital, informing him that the Cheng family had gained a cousin who was discussing marriage with the Duke of Liguo's mansion.
Lu Chengwen understood that the Duke of Liguo was a military general who commanded 100,000 troops, and Cheng Yun's marriage into the Duke of Liguo's mansion was to provide support for the Third Prince.
Therefore, Lu Chengwen immediately held a funeral for his wife and then quickly led his family south.
He thought he would never see his ex-wife again in this lifetime, but unexpectedly, she still had the nerve to step into the gates of his Lu mansion.
Cheng Yun finally raised her head. "Chengwen, are you blaming me? If you had listened to me back then, would we have ended up like this?"
Lu Chengwen's face was icy: "Listen to you, who are you? You traitor, promiscuous, shameless, how dare you!"
The wet nurse said, "Master, how could you say that about our young lady? She is, after all, the mother of Young Master Bao, and he talks about her every day..."
Lu Chengwen interrupted the wet nurse, "Guards, drag this wretched maid out and beat her to death! Right here at the door!"
The wet nurse turned pale with fright. "Miss, help!"
Cheng Yun angrily said, "Lu Chengwen, the wet nurse is my person."
Lu Chengwen picked up his teacup, completely ignoring Cheng Yun's clamor. Servants only listen to their masters; if they say to kill, they kill.
The wet nurse cursed her mistress inwardly for being useless, struggled to prevent the servants from pulling her, and knelt down to beg Lu Chengwen, "Master, I've taken care of the young master for over three years, I've done my part even if I haven't done anything meritorious..."
"Miss, please plead for me!"
"Merit, hard work? Didn't the manor give you a monthly stipend?"
Lu Chengwen felt that she was dirtying his own territory just by standing there, and she dared to interrupt him. Wasn't she just asking for death? So he chose to grant her wish.
Lu Chengwen glanced at the servants and said, "Didn't the Lu family feed you enough? You can't even move a woman?"
“Lu Chengwen, she is, after all, someone I married.”
Lu Chengwen calmly sipped his tea. Once on his turf, even dragons had to coil up and tigers had to lie low. The mere Cheng family was no match for him.
The servants simply chopped the wet nurse in the neck with a chop, and then one of them grabbed a leg and dragged her away.
It's easy to kill someone. One blow and the wet nurse woke up screaming. A second blow and she fainted screaming. A third blow and she was silent.
The brother and sister in the hall were so frightened that they fell silent. They had never known that their brother-in-law (ex-husband) could be so ruthless.
Ning Yan arrived at this moment. The wet nurse had just passed away. Ning Yan covered her nose with a handkerchief and entered the main hall.
Today she wore a silver brocade embroidered with magnolias, with only a gold magnolia hairpin inlaid with rubies in her hair, a jade bracelet with a clear green color on her wrist, and a pair of pink and white embroidered shoes, the toes of which were also embroidered with magnolias, adorned with pink gems and pearls. With each step she took, she swayed and wobbled, making her even more beautiful, charming and radiant.
The servants all bowed. The moment Lu Chengwen saw Ning Yan, his sour face vanished, and his expression softened. He stood up, walked over, and took Ning Yan's hand: "It's my fault. I forgot about you. I should have known better than to send someone to invite you. Weren't you frightened?"
"No, I think that person looks like Xiaobao's wet nurse. You brought her back? You're quite capable."
Lu Chengwen chuckled, glancing at Cheng Yun, who was trembling with fear. His wife was truly extraordinary.
"No, she came to me of her own accord. I found her disgusting, so I had her beaten to death."
"Okay, then hurry up and have someone drag her out, so she doesn't scare Xiaobao."
"Alright, alright, your son is the most important. I'll have someone drag her out and feed her to the dogs right now."
Cheng Yun's tears streamed down her face. She and her elder brother had been in Yuecheng for three days and had learned a lot about the Lu family. She knew that he had married a country woman, and the wet nurse had embellished the story. She had thought that Lu Chengwen had married her for Xiao Bao's sake.
Unexpectedly, the two of them were like this. Not only was their tone full of doting, but they also held hands tightly in front of her and her older brother. They had never been this intimate in the five years they had been married.
Moreover, everyone knows that shimmering brocade is not only dazzling to wear but also waterproof, and there has always been a saying that "an inch of brocade is worth an inch of gold."
This isn't an adjective; it's a true price statement.
Therefore, this woman's dress alone is worth a fortune, and her embroidered shoes are even more exquisite. Only princesses and empresses in the capital could wear such clothes. How dare she?
And the hair ornaments in her hair, the bracelets on her wrists, every single one of them was exquisite. She had never worn such expensive clothes in all the time she had been married to Lu Chengwen!
What makes this country girl so special?
Seeing that Lu Chengwen was still holding her hand, Ning Yan quickly pushed him away, saying, "The housekeeper said we have guests, and you haven't introduced them to me yet."
Lu Chengwen carefully observed Ning Yan's expression: "Actually, it's not necessary to introduce them. They're not important people. This is Cheng Xuan, the eldest son of the Cheng family and a senior official in the Ministry of Personnel, and the other is Cheng Yun, my ex-wife who died young."
"So it's Xiao Bao's biological mother. No wonder. And then?"
There was absolutely no surprise; did Madam already know about Cheng Yun's affair?
“When we were checking the accounts before, we found that there were 200,000 taels of silver missing. Since she came to us today, we’ll settle this debt.”
Cheng Yun cried even harder, "You, you actually want to settle scores with me?"
Ning Yan's outfit alone is worth ten thousand taels of silver, yet you're haggling over a mere two hundred thousand taels with her?
"If you were to die, I naturally wouldn't bring up the past anymore, since debts are settled upon death. But now that you've delivered yourself to my doorstep, wouldn't I be a fool not to settle this 200,000 taels with you?"
Cheng Xuan was furious. He hadn't even achieved his goal, and now he was being held accountable. His sister was useless; she couldn't even figure out how to embezzle money properly, and people even found out about it. She was more trouble than she was worth. If he had known this would happen, he shouldn't have brought her along today.
"Chengwen, I came here today to show you the right path. Why are you being so sharp and damaging the harmony between our two families?"
"No need to try to get close to me, and don't talk about being friendly or not. Two hundred and eleven thousand eight hundred and fifty taels, that's what can be found in the accounts. I don't want what can't be found."
"For Xiao Bao's sake, I'll round it down another tenth. Two hundred thousand, not a tael less. If you give it to me, you and your siblings can leave. If not, you'll all stay here!" (End of Chapter)
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