Chapter 221 Countdown to Murdering Wife
Li Mingyue, feeling cold on her neck, went back to her parents' home to ask her mother what to do about the matter.
Mrs. Li was indeed ruthless and gave a packet of secret medicine to her daughter.
"Mingyue, you can't be soft-hearted when it comes to life and death.
These days you have been trying to bribe two people who serve the Duke.
Once Governor Xiao dies and Jiang Xinyu returns to her parents' home, you can use this time to kill the Duke of Ning with a pack of medicine."
Li Mingyue's hands were shaking as she held the medicine bag. "Mom, why do we have to deal with the Duke of Fu?
I just greeted him and met him, there is no grudge between us..."
Madam Li sighed in frustration, "If it comes to interests and hatred, you should give the medicine to your mother-in-law, so that she won't be able to control you and vent her anger in the future.
But your mother-in-law had always been in good health. How could her sudden death not arouse suspicion?
There are already many conflicts between you, so you have a motive.
Mother knows that you are timid and you will not be able to hide the truth if someone asks you.
It’s different if you give it to the Duke.
Duke Ning has been bedridden for many years, so it would not be surprising if he died at any time.
Even if he died, others would just think he died of illness.
The symptoms of poisoning from this drug are not obvious, so it can be concealed as long as no one reports it to the authorities for investigation.
It doesn't matter even if people see that you are poisoned.
No one would suspect you as his daughter-in-law who has only met him once."
Li Mingyue held the medicine in her hand and felt a little guilty. "Do you really want to kill someone? Is there no other way?"
Mrs. Li was afraid that she would do something stupid, so she scolded her, "Besides observing mourning, what else can stop Zhao Chengye from getting married?"
If Jiang Wanqiu had a large dowry as you said, not only Zhao Chengye but also your mother-in-law would wish you dead.
Silly girl, if their family wants to destroy you, they have plenty of ways to do so.
It would be good if you died of illness. I'm just afraid that a man would be let in and caught in bed with you.
By then you will be put in a pig cage and have no way to deal with it.
As for the Duke, don't think he is innocent. He deserves it for having a wife and son like that.
Don't worry, Jiang Wanqiu is not young anymore.
If there was a large dowry, Liu would not have made her wait for Zhao Chengye for three years.
As long as Jiang Wanqiu marries someone else and Zhao Chengye has nothing to rely on, you will be safe."
Li Mingyue cried and threw herself into her mother's arms, "I regret it, mother, I regret it.
They are a family of assholes and I want a divorce."
Mrs. Li hugged her daughter and cried silently, "It's easy to marry in but hard to leave, it's not as easy as you want.
Not only will your father not agree, but your clan will not allow you to divorce, unless..."
Thinking of this, Madam Li shook her head and said, "Just be patient for now. The situation in the court is changing rapidly and it is obvious that something big is going to happen.
Don't just look at the inner house, listen to the news outside as well.
Zhao Chengye is a disciple of Zuo Xiang. If Zuo Xiang gains power, he will surely benefit from it.
You should take action. Not only can you not marry but you can also not enter the government while in mourning.
You must consolidate your position before Zhao Chengye gains power.
First delay him for three years. If that doesn't work, when it's almost time to finish mourning, get rid of the old woman and let him wait for another three years.
If the left prime minister really died, it wouldn't necessarily be a bad thing. The Zhao family kid would be more content if he lost his future. "
Mrs. Li's analysis was reasonable. Li Mingyue was very wary of sleeping with Zhao Chengye.
This torment lasted for more than ten days, until the world was at peace and the left prime minister executed all his relatives and made Xiao Yuan a first-rank marquis of Zhenguo.
Zhao Chengye didn't worship Buddha this time. He got drunk for several days and became completely exhausted.
Sometimes when he was drunk, he would mutter something like why Xiao Yuan didn't die, it shouldn't be like that.
Li Mingyue's eyes lit up when she thought of Zhao Chengye's frequent visits to the Left Prime Minister's Mansion during Governor Xiao's disaster relief efforts.
Good chance, Zhao Chengye must have done something in Zuo Xiang's rebellion.
After knowing that her lover wanted to kill her in order to marry a new person, Li Mingyue felt furious.
Now seeing him like this, I feel happy but at the same time I also want to divorce him.
She was really fed up with this poor, pretentious, cold-blooded family.
Who knows if there will be another He Wanqiu or Hai Wanqiu after Jiang Wanqiu is gone.
Now that he is in a low point, she suffers with him. If he gains power in the future, she will lose her life.
On what basis
It's bad for the clan not to support her divorce, but it's nothing compared to the clan's actual interests.
If she told the clan leader about Zhao Chengye's involvement in Zuo Xiang's rebellion, would she be able to get rid of this family smoothly?
It's funny to say that in the original novel, Li Mingyue sued Xiao Yuan as a witness because of Zhao Chengye's sweet words.
Now she was married to Zhao Chengye, and she wanted to sue her husband for the sake of justice.
I feel that this fate is really amazing, it is destiny that unlucky me.
After a secret talk, Li's mother and daughter both went to the clan leader's house.
When the Li clan leader heard that Zhao Chengye was involved in treason, his face turned pale and he looked at the mother and daughter with murderous eyes.
"This is the wonderful marriage you have carefully planned.
"You haven't done anything yet and you've already poked so many baskets. Are you going to implicate all of our tribe members?"
Li Mingyue knelt down quickly, "Grandpa Patriarch, that matter is a secret that no one else knows.
But I thought that if someone else exposed it, our two families, as in-laws, would also be implicated.
It would be better to divorce him right now. If all else fails, we can report him and get away with it.
Patriarch, your granddaughter has only been married for a year, why would you want a reputation for divorce?
But I know that as a member of the Li family, I have to think about the family, otherwise I would not have told you this."
Patriarch Li sighed, and even though he knew that the mother and daughter had other intentions, he had no choice but to agree.
There is no such thing as one person taking responsibility for one's own actions at this time. If they really wait for others to expose Zhao Chengye's crimes, they will definitely be in trouble.
It's a good thing that Li Mingyue is willing to divorce. It would be troublesome if she cried and refused.
With Xu Chang's approval, Li Mingyue became more confident. After returning, she ignored Zhao Chengye and only let her confidants start to bring back the dowry.
She didn't want to let this family of vampires get any advantage.
In ancient times, the dowry of a woman from a wealthy family was not just a small bag and two silver ingots.
How could Zhao Chengye not see this?
This guy was drinking in frustration when he saw the teacher's large dowry was gone. He slammed his wine glass when he saw the maids packing up their things.
"I just want to drink some wine quietly. What are you doing here?
Don’t you want to pass it?”
Li Mingyue didn't want to get used to him anymore, she rolled her eyes at him and snorted coldly,
"What's the point of living? What's the point of living?
Since I married into your family, I can’t even afford to eat bird’s nests. I’ve had enough of this life.”
Zhao Chengye cares a lot about his reputation and is annoyed when people say he is poor. Li Mingyue's contemptuous look makes him furious.
In addition, he was drunk from the bad days he had been having, so he went up and slapped Li Mingyue in the face.
"What qualifications do you have to dislike me, you bastard?
No matter how poor I am, I am still the prince of a duke's mansion. You, a girl from the family of a fifth-rank official, are no match for me.
If you hadn't used such a despicable trick, you wouldn't be worthy of entering my house.
Now you think I'm poor, why didn't you tell me when you impersonated me and gave me drugs?
If you, a jerk, hadn't ruined my good fortune, the Jiang family's dowry worth hundreds of thousands of taels would have been mine.
That's hundreds of thousands of taels, how can these junks of yours compare to that?"
Li Mingyue was also angry after being beaten, and she hit Zhao Chengye so hard that he staggered.
"What are you so crazy about? What else does your Duke's Mansion have besides its name?
It's just an empty shell.
If Jiang Xinyu liked you, she wouldn't have married me.
Look at what kind of life they are living now.
Only a useless man like you would care about a woman's dowry.
But, divorce!"
Every word Li Mingyue said was a thorn in Zhao Chengye's side, as if she was trying to vent all the grievances she had suffered in the past year.
Zhao Chengye lowered his head and clenched his fists tighter and tighter, his eyes flashing red with murderous intent.
You bastard, there is no divorce in our family, only bereavement!
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