Chapter 27 Not interested in women? Addicted to women?
Liu Pinliang pointed to the bowl that Sheng Huai'an had just used and said with a sinister smile, "I want that one."
Liu Rumei turned her gaze and, no matter how cunning she was, she was stunned. After recovering, she said in a sharp voice, "Are you crazy?!"
Liu Pinliang remained expressionless in the face of her shock.
Since being kicked out of the Liu family, he felt like he was living in hell. What was this little bit of contempt compared to that?
"I knew what kind of person you were all along, why are you pretending with me?" He sat down on the low couch, a half-smile on his face. "Either you give me a thousand taels of silver and I'll never come looking for you again! Or I'll be like Sheng Huai'an, coming to you every night to drink milk and expose all your shameful secrets!"
Another thousand taels!
They're pressuring her again!
Liu Rumei was so angry that her head was throbbing. She could only endure it and repeat three words: "You're crazy!"
"I'm insane," Liu Pinliang asked calmly yet manicly. "So, what's your choice?"
Liu Rumei didn't want to choose either.
She took a deep breath, forced a smile, and said weakly, "I really don't have a thousand taels. Please give me some time, I..."
"Stop pretending!" Liu Pinliang suddenly roared in anger. "I was hiding under the window of Rongshou Hall and overheard what you and Jia Shi were saying! You have your brother-in-law's pension, which is far more than a thousand taels. It's already a bargain for me to only ask for a thousand taels!"
Liu Rumei retorted angrily, "Even if I had it, why should I give it to you?"
"Isn't it enough that I know your shameful deeds?"
The atmosphere was tense, and the tension was palpable.
The magpie standing outside the curtain was about to enter the room, but then hesitated and retreated hastily. Suddenly, the child it was holding burst into tears.
The crying startled Liu Rumei in the room. She turned to look at the child, and when she looked at Liu Pinliang, she suddenly went limp.
"Fine!" she said, her fingers resting on her clothes, tears welling in her eyes. "I really have no more money. Since you insist on having this before you leave, then I'll give it to you."
This time, it was Liu Pinliang's turn to be shocked.
He originally wanted to vent his dissatisfaction, hoping to drive Liu Rumei to madness like himself due to unbearable humiliation. He also wanted to deliberately provoke her and force her to give him money.
Who told her to give him such a vicious idea, ruining him like this?
He lost his official rank and future prospects, so she had to take responsibility for the rest of his life!
However, he did not expect that Liu Rumei would actually agree and even bargain with him, acting shamelessly. He suddenly felt nauseous.
He hated reaching out and wanted to push Liu Rumei away.
However, before he could even touch Liu Rumei's body, he felt a sharp pain in his neck, and his mouth gaped open in astonishment.
A short, sharp dagger, disguised as a silver hairpin, plunged deep into his neck, severing his throat.
...He stiffly raised his head, making a "hoarse" sound in his throat, and looked at the person in front of him in shock.
His sister.
With a cold expression, Liu Rumei drew her dagger and swung it down again.
Time and time again.
It wasn't until she sensed something was wrong and the magpie carrying the child exclaimed in surprise that Liu Rumei realized Liu Pinliang's convulsing body had stopped moving at some point, and only then did she abruptly stop.
"Stop chirping!" she said sharply, addressing the magpie, "Come here!"
The magpie suddenly hugged the child in her arms tightly, trembling as she backed away, stammering, "No, Grandma, please don't kill me, I didn't see anything..."
"What's the panic?" Liu Rumei looked at her with disgust and said calmly, "Come here, let's deal with this together. You don't want things to be exposed and sold to the Duke of Wei's mansion after I die, do you?"
The magpie cried.
Sold? If anyone finds out what happened tonight, she's doomed!
The life and death of a servant is not in her own hands at all.
"Stop crying, put the baby in the cradle." Liu Rumei coldly instructed, "I have some calming incense here, go and light one for the wet nurse so she won't wake up in the middle of the night and find out what we're doing. Light one for... the baby too, the crying is getting on my nerves."
The magpie said in a trembling voice, "Yes..."
After a cup of tea, the calming incense took effect; the wet nurse fell into a deep sleep, and the child stopped crying.
The two of them worked together to put Liu Pinliang's body into a box, dug a pit under the magnolia tree in the yard, and buried the box deep inside.
After finally finishing the task, Liu Rumei was drenched in sweat and exhausted.
She forced herself to sit down on the stone bench under the tree and said to the magpie, who was busy working and didn't dare to make a sound, "The soil under the tree has been loosened. Let's plant some chrysanthemums here tomorrow, it'll be fitting."
"Yes..." Magpie quickly replied, lowering her head and not daring to look at her, her voice trembling.
Liu Rumei looked at her and suddenly smiled: "I know you have feelings for Huai'an, and I don't mind at all. I can even grant your wish. As long as you listen to me, I will definitely give you the status of a concubine in the future. I will also allow you to raise the children you have."
The magpie was first shocked, then overjoyed, and this time its voice was steady: "Grandma, I will definitely listen to you!"
Liu Rumei chuckled softly, "Mm."
Looking up in the direction of the East Mansion, her eyes were filled with malice.
She killed someone, but she was forced to.
Those who pressured her will inevitably pay the price.
...
Linfeng Hall.
Ye Mingzhu took off the gold hairpin from her head and saw a tall figure in a black robe approaching and standing behind her in the bronze mirror.
She turned her head and asked, "Lord Duke?"
"Hmm..." Sheng Yunche responded lightly, "I'll go take a shower first. You should hurry up and go to bed early."
Ye Mingzhu found it strange.
Why are you in such a hurry? You're never this early on weekdays.
After Sheng Yunche finished bathing, Ye Mingzhu entered the bathroom with a head full of questions.
When she came out after changing into clean clothes, she saw Sheng Yunche sitting on the headboard, reading a book in his hand, exuding an air of effortless elegance and composure.
It is said that a beautiful woman looks more beautiful under the lamplight.
Women view men in the same way.
It must be admitted that some people, although they may be a little eccentric and unpredictable, have striking features such as sword-like eyebrows, phoenix eyes, and exceptional beauty. When they are not speaking, they are extremely pleasing to the eye.
Ye Mingzhu unconsciously revealed admiration in her eyes.
But when she got closer and saw what kind of book Sheng Yunche was reading, the smile on her lips froze, and she was speechless.
Is it necessary to be this "hardworking"?
"What?" As if guessing what she was thinking, Sheng Yunche waved the erotic pictures in his hand and raised an eyebrow, asking, "Can't I look at them?"
Ye Mingzhu: "..."
"We're about to consummate our marriage. I have no experience, so shouldn't I read more books and learn more? Or do you want me to find a concubine so I can get to know her first?" Sheng Yunche scoffed, "Don't even think about it!"
Ye Mingzhu: "I..."
Sheng Yunche raised his hand to interrupt her: "Impossible! I will never touch anyone else in my life except you! Even if I have no experience and I hurt you to death, you will have no choice but to suffer!"
Ye Mingzhu: "...?!"
If Sheng Yunche is the person she loves, she should be happy right now... right?
After all, what he meant seemed to be that he would only have her in his life, and he would not take concubines, have maids, or even go out to drink and brothels.
However, they weren't a normal couple, and she just felt something was off.
She knew about Sheng Yunche's previous incident of sending a maid to his study, and she also knew the outcome. It seemed that he really had no interest in women and was genuinely averse to them.
But he was also very "passionate" towards her, always liking to pinch her earlobe and frequently hinting at a one-month relationship, seemingly genuinely interested in matters of the heart and wanting to have sex with her...
He keeps changing his mind; it's impossible that he's not interested in other women but only in her, right?
Or is it that he has an exceptionally strong sense of chastity, unlike men who like to have multiple wives and concubines, and is only willing to dedicate his body to his wife?
Ye Mingzhu's mind was in turmoil.
She simply said, "Let's go to sleep first, we can talk about it tomorrow."
She learned this trick from Sheng Huai'an.
She had been married to Sheng Huai'an for three years, and whenever she wanted to talk to him but he was unwilling to deal with her, he would usually say the same thing.
But her mind was too confused, and she momentarily forgot that people are different.
In her past life, she would quietly cooperate with Sheng Huai'an, enduring sleepless nights without causing him any more trouble. But Sheng Yunche was not one to cooperate with others at all.
The word "tolerance" simply doesn't exist in his mind.
I've already turned off the lights and gone to bed...
In the quiet of the night, he suddenly reached out and grasped her slender, soft waist, and asked her in a hoarse voice above her head, "Ye Mingzhu, it'll be time in two days. When will you give me my first treatment?"
Ye Mingzhu: "...?"
Again, again?
It sounds like you're asking about treatment, but you're actually asking about sexual intercourse, right?
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