Two days before the Lunar New Year, Liu Yuqin got into a fight with a maid from the research institute's compound. The maid didn't care whether Liu Yuqin was a daughter of a marquis' mansion or not. Since Liu Yuqin was so shameless, she shouldn't blame anyone else.
Liu Yuqin thinks she has a high status and wants to be the boss in the research institute, and she always criticizes others.
The old woman didn't tolerate Liu Yuqin. If she had, she would have been bullied to death by Liu Yuqin. The old woman also had a daughter-in-law, and even if Liu Yuqin had a maid, they would still have fought.
That old woman and her daughter-in-law were both good at doing rough work and were very strong. There was no way Liu Yuqin could compare to them.
Liu Yuqin was beaten so hard that the pearl hairpin on her head fell off, but her face was otherwise unharmed. The old woman and her daughter-in-law didn't grab Liu Yuqin's face. They both knew it was not a good idea to grab someone's face. If you scratched someone's face and disfigured it, even the right answer would be discredited.
"Bah." The old woman was still cursing after being pulled away. "You think you're a noble lady and you can bully us without restraint."
"Why are you stopping me? Didn't she bully you? You didn't dare to say a word when she criticized you."
"If she has the guts, she can go to her parents' house and tell them I bullied her. Go ahead."
"If you have the guts, then ask my husband to get my son out, and get us all out of the capital."
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There was no way that old woman would let Liu Yuqin go so easily. She was just going to say those words.
The people nearby pulled the woman aside, preventing her from continuing to beat Liu Yuqin. In fact, during the previous commotion, someone else had taken the opportunity to step on Liu Yuqin, and it wasn't just one person.
When Liu Yuqin heard the old woman still cursing, she thought that these people were all troublemakers.
"The person in charge of the research institute is my sister. Are you really not afraid?" Liu Yuqin gritted her teeth.
"Then go and give it a try," the old woman said, "and see if the court officials are on your side or ours. Go ahead, go ahead."
"..." Liu Yuqin certainly knew that Liu Yulian was unlikely to stand on her side, and Liu Yulian might even mock her for overestimating her own abilities.
"Don't just say it," the old woman said. "Go to your mother's house and tell your father and your sister that we bullied you."
"It's unreasonable." Liu Yuqin was also held down by someone. She couldn't hit the old woman at all.
Liu Yuqin couldn't bear this hardship, so she told her husband Xiao Dayu about it. However, there was no way Xiao Dayu would make the decision for her.
"Why don't you just talk less to them in the future?" Xiao Dayu said.
"What do you mean I should talk less to them? If I don't talk to them, they won't be able to say anything good about us." Liu Yuqin is not a person with a good temper. "No, I must go find Liu Yulian and ask her how she manages people."
Liu Yuqin didn't think she was wrong. Even if Liu Yulian didn't stand up for her, she would let her father know that it was definitely Liu Yulian who let those people bully her.
At the Marquis of Jingning's mansion, Liu Yuqin was crying. Her father was annoyed by her crying and knew that he shouldn't have let her into the mansion.
"How about this? In this Marquisate, it's either she or me, or I or she." Liu Yulian didn't like people like Liu Yuqin. If Liu Yuqin had been quieter, that would have been fine. Liu Yuqin still wanted to use Liu Yulian's name to bully others, and Liu Yulian certainly wouldn't let her go. "Father, let's put it this way. Either you sever your ties with her, or you sever your ties with me. Just be straightforward."
Liu Yulian didn't like the fact that they had to drag their feet every time. Just because Liu Yuqin was a woman and it wasn't easy for a woman to make a living outside, did they have to tolerate Liu Yuqin forever?
Even though Liu's father did not go to find Liu Yuqin, he occasionally asked Liu Yuqin to come and let Liu Yuqin and her husband enter the Marquis' Mansion.
Liu Yulian could have ignored these things, as she could understand Liu's father's feelings. After all, Liu Yuqin was Liu's father's biological daughter. Liu Yulian was also so tolerant of Liu Fang, but Liu Fang did not dare to cause trouble in the Marquis' Mansion.
Liu Fang is the type of person who only dares to talk behind people's backs and doesn't dare to say more in front of them.
People like Liu Yuqin like to run up to them and argue with them.
It was not easy for Liu Yulian to tolerate Liu Yuqin until this time.
"From now on, whatever she wants to do in the research institute compound is fine. It has nothing to do with me. Don't say she is my sister." Liu Yulian looked at her father. "Make the decision before the New Year. Anyway, I have a house and I can move out."
"Liu Yulian!" Liu Yuqin was almost stunned. She had not expected Liu Yulian to say that. "You are forcing your father."
"I wouldn't say you're forcing me. If you're not forcing your father to say what I said, then I'm not forcing him," Liu Yulian said. "When I came to the capital, a lot of my books were moved to that house. If I really want to move there, it should be easy. At most, I'd just have to bring some clothes."
"You..." Liu Yuqin looked at Father Liu, "Father, look at her!"
"Don't forget, our mansion was ransacked before." Liu Yulian sneered, "If I take those things away now, it won't be considered as me taking advantage of the mansion."
"Alright." Father Liu frowned. He hadn't expected things to get this far. He couldn't blame Liu Yulian. His youngest daughter stayed home and hadn't been out much during this period. Besides, his youngest daughter was the director of the research institute. Why would she bother with Liu Yuqin? "Let's put it this way. From now on, Liu Yuqin is no longer considered a daughter of the Liu family. Let's sever the relationship."
Father Liu added, "In fact, this should have been done a long time ago. Let her reunite with her biological mother and brother."
Father Liu had long lost his voice in the family. He didn't argue for it. He had no real position in the court, so the family still relied on the younger generation.
"Father, if she can break off your relationship with me today, she can force you to break off your relationship with the third and fourth wives tomorrow, until you know about the children born by the Marquis' wife." Liu Yuqin said, "That's not right. She doesn't like my eldest sister either."
"My eldest sister likes you." Liu Yulian knew this. "Are you trying to say that even my biological sister doesn't stand on my side? She loves you. Of course, ask her if she is willing to break off the relationship with me for you. I'd be happy to do so."
Liu Yulian thought that she was not a clay figure without temper, and she would not allow these people to bully her.
Even if others think that she caused her father to break off ties with these people one by one, Liu Yulian is willing to bear this bad reputation.
Liu Yanbo hurt her when he failed to pass the exam to become a scholar. Liu Yuqin made things difficult for Liu Yulian again and again, and Liu Yulian felt that there was no need for her to endure it.
"I just said it today. I'm relying on my status as director of the research institute and my status as a princess. What can you do to me?" Liu Yulian said, "I didn't use my status, and you're already scolding me. Why shouldn't I use it? I'm telling you, your family must move out of the research institute within a month. If you don't, there's no need for your husband to stay here any longer."
Liu Yulian just wanted to let Liu Yuqin know what it was like when she used her status to pressure others. Don’t always think that she didn’t dare to move, because she did!
"Father, father." Liu Yuqin looked at Father Liu.
Father Liu waved his hand, signaling the housekeeper to take Liu Yuqin out quickly and not let her stay in the Marquis' Mansion.
"Father." When Liu Yuqin was dragged out, she kept calling Father Liu.
"Sister Lian..." Father Liu looked at Liu Yulian, but he found that Liu Yulian turned around and left.
This was the first time that Liu Yulian had not given face to Liu's father. When Liu's father asked Liu Yuqin to enter the Marquis' Mansion and when Liu's father asked Liu Yulian to come over, he should have expected such a result.
It's true that Father Liu is the head of the family, and Liu Yuqin is also his daughter, so there's nothing wrong with that. But just because he considers those family ties doesn't mean others should follow suit. It's not because Liu Yuqin is weak that others should tolerate her.
After Liu Yulian left, it was difficult for Liu's father to go look for her, so he could only look for Liu's mother.
"I was confused," Father Liu said. "I thought it was almost New Year, so nothing serious would happen. Who knew she would say she was beaten by someone from the research institute, and also said..."
"You still say it was Sister Lian who arranged it, right?" Mother Liu sneered, "Don't you think there's such a deep hatred between sisters that you want your daughter to come over and talk about it?"
"no……"
"If that's not the case, you shouldn't have let Sister Lian go." Mother Liu said, "You still have that concern. You think that Liu Yuqin is a woman, so you should love her a little more to prevent her husband's family from bullying her, right?"
"No." Father Liu said impatiently, "I just... I just... In the past, I was used to letting them talk together."
Before the Jingning Marquis's mansion was raided, Father Liu was a very authoritative figure in the family. He believed he was not biased, so he liked to gather everyone together and let them speak.
Who knew that this time, if Liu's father did that again, he would be in trouble.
"Given Liu Yuqin's personality, do you think she's right?" Liu's mother asked, "Or do you not trust her, so you want Lian Jie'er to explain herself and make sure you're right before you deal with her?"
Mother Liu thought that if Father Liu really believed in Liu Yulian, then Father Liu should not talk to Liu Yulian.
"Lian Jie'er is right. There's nothing good about staying in this family." Mother Liu said, "She shouldn't have had a father like you."
Mother Liu was very angry. Wasn’t she good enough to those concubines and illegitimate children?
At this point, what does Liu's father want to do? Does he think that if Liu Yulian lives a good life, she must make sacrifices?
"Don't talk about whether it's a big family or not. If it weren't for Sister Lian, there wouldn't be this title." Mother Liu said, "If you really want to sever the relationship, then you shouldn't continue to be a marquis."
"..." Father Liu was silent for a moment. He understood what Mother Liu meant. "After the New Year, let Yan Jing become the Marquis."
"No need." Liu's mother said, "Just be content with being your Lord. I don't want you to give up the throne to him like this. There's no need."
Mother Liu thought that even if her son wasn't a marquis now, he would be one in the future. She didn't need to force Father Liu to give up the throne to Liu Yanjing. She just couldn't bear to see Father Liu's momentary softness.
After Liu Yulian returned to the yard, she immediately asked the people around her to go to the research institute compound and have them announce her decision directly.
The emperor gave Liu Yulian great power. She could handle these problems directly and there was no need to report to the emperor.
First, from now on, Liu Yulian and Liu Yuqin are no longer related, and the two are no longer sisters; second, Liu Yuqin and her husband must move out of the institute within one month, otherwise, Xiao Dayu will not have to continue working in the institute.
This time, the incident was mainly the result of a series of small incidents that accumulated together. After Liu Yuqin came to the research institute, she had been making a lot of noise. Liu Yulian didn't come, but that didn't mean she didn't know.
Xiao Dayu hadn't expected things to turn out like this. He'd thought there was a conflict between Liu Yuqin and Liu Yulian, but he hadn't imagined they would end up like this. Liu Yulian also wanted them to move out of the research institute, but he didn't make much money, so how could he afford to buy a house?
Xiao Dayu's salary wasn't much, but there were many people who earned even less than him, and they still rented a house to make ends meet. If things really couldn't work out, they could just move out of the bustling area and go to a cooler place, where they could always rent a house.
"You went to the Marquis' Mansion." Xiao Dayu looked at Liu Yuqin. He didn't know whether he should be angry with himself or with Liu Yuqin. Why did he marry such a wife?
"Yes, I went." Liu Yuqin said, "Your wife was bullied, and you can't make the decision for me, so I can only rely on myself."
"Pack up your things and move out." Xiao Dayu said.
"If I don't move, the research institute doesn't belong to her, Liu Yulian, alone. There are other people in the research institute and in the court. I don't believe that Liu Yulian can cover the sky with one hand." Liu Yuqin gritted her teeth.
Liu Yuqin wanted to ask the censor to impeach Liu Yulian and let those people speak ill of Liu Yulian in front of the emperor and the prince.
"Let's get divorced." Xiao Dayu thought that if things continued like this, he would never be able to live a peaceful life.
"What?" Liu Yuqin opened her eyes wide.
"Let's divorce." Xiao Dayu said, "From now on, you can do whatever you want. You don't have to think that I'm incompetent, and you don't have to wonder why those people at the research institute don't listen to you."
"How long have you been married to me, and you want to divorce me?" Liu Yuqin was furious. "Do you think Liu Yulian wants to break off the relationship with me? Do you think I'm useless, so you want to break off the relationship with me?"
"It's not just because of this. It's mainly because of your temper. I'm not worthy of you." Xiao Dayu said, "If you say so, then you're right. Just think of me as heartless and let yourself go, and let me go too."
"Do you think no one has ever come to ask me to marry you? Choosing you is my biggest mistake!" Liu Yuqin believes that Xiao Dayu is even worse than the Second Young Master Mei. "Let's get a divorce!"
In this way, Liu Yuqin and Xiao Dayu divorced.
When Aunt Qing saw Liu Yuqin coming back and heard Liu Yuqin talking about her divorce, she was a little confused. How could this happen?
"My father doesn't want me anymore, and my husband doesn't want me anymore." Liu Yuqin cried.
Liu Yuqin rarely cried, but she was really upset this time. Xiao Dayu didn't comfort her and even wanted to divorce her.
"What about you? Did you divorce her?" Aunt Qing said, "Maybe she said it in anger. Didn't you see your sister-in-law said she wanted a divorce? She hasn't divorced yet."
"Even if she said it in anger, there's no need to indulge her." Liu Yuqin said, "I despise him. Since he said that, let's divorce. I'm not the second brother. The second brother is just too stupid."
Liu Yuqin was angry. She was unwilling to endure these things and wanted to divorce Xiao Dayu.
"As for the Marquis' Mansion..." Aunt Qing was more concerned about the Marquis of Jingning's Mansion.
"Let's break off the relationship." Liu Yuqin said this, but she was afraid in her heart. She was afraid that she would never be able to go to the Marquis' Mansion in the future, and that she would not live a good life in the future. "Just wait and see, Liu Yulian is not a good person. Let's see who else is. Sooner or later, Liu Yulian will force my father to break off the relationship with the others."
“…” Aunt Qing was silent.
"Even if she is her biological sister or brother, it will happen sooner or later." Liu Yuqin said.
Aunt Qing looked at Liu Yuqin, but she didn't think Liu Yulian would force her father to break off the relationship with those people. She looked at her daughter, and she didn't know her daughter. How could her daughter become like this? Did those people force her daughter to be like this?
"What will happen to you in the future?" Aunt Qing thought that her daughter would no longer be the daughter of a marquis.
The last time Liu's father broke off relations with Liu Yanbo, although it was also related to Liu Yulian, it was Liu Yulian who was hurt. This time, Liu's father broke off relations with Liu Yuqin, and it was really Liu Yulian who forced him to do so.
Aunt Qing originally thought that Liu Yulian would still pretend to be a little more, just like her mother. Who knew that Liu Yulian was so cruel? This would make it difficult for Liu Yuqin to marry a better person in the future.
Su Qiuya and his wife were hurriedly called to Liu Yuqin's place. When they arrived, they learned that Liu Yuqin and the Jingning Marquisate had severed their engagement. It was almost the New Year, and yet something like this was happening.
Su Qiuya and Liu Yanbo looked at each other, and they both understood that Liu Yuqin must have gone out to cause trouble again, otherwise, the Jingning Marquisate would not have made such a decision at this time.
"Second sister, did you do something?" Liu Yanbo asked.
"What can I do? I've already been beaten. Those low-class people bullied me." Liu Yuqin said, "Those people must have listened to Liu Yulian. My father even sided with Liu Yulian and cut off our relationship. He's not a good father at all. He acts like this when threatened."
"There's no way my father would be forced by anyone." Liu Yanbo didn't believe it. He thought Liu Yuqin must have done something stupid.
"You don't believe me?" Liu Yuqin asked, "Who is your older sister?"
"It's precisely because you are that I think you're wrong." Liu Yanbo looked at Aunt Qing. Their mother had not taught them well. Aunt Qing had taught them to be selfish and self-confident.
"You..." Liu Yuqin didn't expect Liu Yanbo to say that.
"Stop talking. I asked you to come here so that you can think of a solution, not to make sarcastic remarks here." Aunt Qing said.
"This isn't a matter of sarcastic remarks," Liu Yanbo said. "If you guys aren't doing things right, you can't blame others. My little sister... Princess Rongning has been putting up with my second sister for a long time. Why, just because she was born earlier and stayed with Marquis Jingning for a few more years, does that mean Marquis Jingning has to torture Princess Rongning for her?"
Liu Yanbo believes that there is no such thing in the world. Liu Yuqin died on her own, but she always blames others. Do they deserve it?
"Mother, if you really want to do this for my second sister's good, please stop saying these things." Liu Yanbo took a deep breath. "I'm just a scholar now, and it's all because of you. If you had asked me to study hard instead of saying those lies, how could I have ended up like this?"
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