Chapter 41 Want to do something filthy to her
When Sheng Huai'an arrived, Liu Rumei was sitting by the bed, fanning the sleeping child.
When she looked up and saw him, she was both surprised and worried.
But when he questioned her sharply, she was immediately taken aback, her eyes brimming with tears as she asked, "Me?! Huai'an, how could you doubt me?"
Seeing her surprised and distressed expression, Sheng Huai'an felt a little shaken, but it was impossible to just dismiss his doubts like that.
He retorted coldly, "Why can't I suspect you? It was you who advised me to give the pillow to Sheng Yunche! And only you touched the pillow before it was given away, giving you the opportunity to put something dirty inside!"
"Then what was my motive?" Seemingly afraid of waking the child, Liu Rumei turned her head to look at him before walking up to him and asking with tears in her eyes, "What good would it do me, a useless woman who has lost her husband, to think only about how to serve my mother-in-law and take care of my young child? What benefit would I gain from killing Sheng Yunche?"
Her eyes were red, and she looked weak and pitiful; she was clearly heartbroken.
Sheng Huai'an hesitated even more, but still said, "If Sheng Yunche dies, the title will most likely fall to me. Once I persuade the clan elders to let me inherit both branches of the family, you will become my person. With my feelings for you, you will be more than a duchess by then."
"You yourself said that you would inherit the lineage of two families, but will that day really come?" Liu Rumei smiled sadly. "Second brother, put your hand on your heart and ask yourself, will the ancestral precepts and etiquette really allow it?"
Sheng Huai'an was stunned.
Liu Rumei asked again, "Your elder brother has Hao'er, who carries on his bloodline. What reason do you have to convince the clan to allow you to inherit both branches of the family line?"
"Even if the clan agrees, they can only allow you to take another concubine for your elder brother to continue the family line. Allowing you and me to be together would be a younger brother marrying his elder brother's wife, which violates human ethics and is absolutely impossible."
"I don't care about saving face and getting entangled with you. What am I after? Don't you really know?"
At this point, Liu Rumei broke down in tears.
She cried until her body went limp and she could barely stand. Sheng Huai'an's heart tightened, and he hesitated before reaching out to pull her into his arms so she could lean on him.
"So, sister-in-law, you already knew that it would be difficult for me to have two families to support, and that it would be impossible for me to marry you openly and legitimately?" he asked.
"I'm not stupid!" Liu Rumei looked up at him with her tear-reddened eyes, her voice nasal as she said, "The only reason I indulged you was because I gave you my whole heart and couldn't bear to lose you. But you, you doubted me..."
"I……"
Liu Rumei smiled through her tears: "If you're worried that I'm after something from you, then let's part ways here and never see each other again."
"It was my fault!" Sheng Huai'an quickly said. "I was so embarrassed today that I talked nonsense in front of you. Sister-in-law, you can hit me, but you can never abandon me."
"Is it that I don't want you, or that you don't want me?" Liu Rumei retorted.
Sheng Huai'an said, "I will never abandon you."
"real?"
"I swear!" Sheng Huai'an raised his hand and swore, "If I have wronged my sister-in-law, may I die without a burial place and be devoured by wild dogs after I die!"
"Don't talk nonsense!"
"If you don't want me to talk nonsense, then forgive me this time... Ouch!" As he spoke, Sheng Huai'an suddenly showed a pained expression.
"Is your wound hurting?"
"Yes." Sheng Huai'an broke out in a cold sweat from the pain and said self-deprecatingly, "I've been beaten twenty times. I've never been beaten like that before."
Liu Rumei hurriedly unbuttoned his clothes and looked at the wound on his back: "At that time, I was so anxious that I just wanted to rush up and protect you, but I was also afraid that others would find out that we had feelings for each other... Luckily, I was so anxious that I fainted, otherwise I would not know how to cover it up."
"I know my sister-in-law has feelings for me..."
After examining the injuries, the two faced each other again, and the atmosphere changed once more.
Sheng Huai'an's shirt was wide open, revealing a large portion of his chest. Liu Rumei glanced at him and hurriedly looked away, but he grabbed her wrist.
“Sister-in-law, I’m hungry,” Sheng Huai’an suddenly said.
Liu Rumei nodded immediately: "I'll go get you something to eat..."
“No need for all that trouble.” Sheng Huai’an pulled her back, his gaze falling on her collar. “Just let me have my way, sister-in-law…”
“But…” Liu Rumei’s cheeks flushed red.
"My sister-in-law just tore my clothes, can't I?"
"..."
She was half-heartedly resisting, her clothes disheveled.
Sheng Huai'an arrived in anger, but after clearing up the misunderstanding with Liu Rumei and having a good meal, he directed all his anger at Sheng Yunche.
Everything today is because of Sheng Yunche!
He would make Sheng Yunche taste the pain in his body and the humiliation in his heart!
He said to Liu Rumei, "Sister-in-law, I never intended to compete with Sheng Yunche for anything before, but I won't let this grudge go so easily!"
"What do you want to do?" Liu Rumei asked gently. "Now that the Dong family is powerful, it will only become more and more difficult for us after we split up... Erlang, why don't you focus your energy on the imperial examination first? With your talent, you will surely pass with flying colors. When you enter the court as an official, you will be able to do even more things."
After weighing the options, Sheng Huai'an wholeheartedly agreed: "Sister-in-law is right, I'll listen to you."
He held Liu Rumei in his arms, stroking her hair, and sighed inwardly, he loved her gentle and pitiful nature the most.
But what he didn't know was that, from an angle he couldn't see, Liu Rumei's eyes were devoid of warmth, filled only with indifference.
...
The next day.
When Ye Mingzhu woke up, Sheng Yunche had already gone to court.
After washing up, she picked out a magpie perched on a branch gold hairpin from her makeup box and inserted it into her hair. Just as she was about to choose earrings, Ruyi suddenly came in to report that Yanzhi was requesting an audience.
Ye Mingzhu hurriedly said, "Let her in."
After hearing Yanzhi's report, her expression was very complicated.
Liu Rumei's methods are truly ruthless, and she and Sheng Huai'an are truly shameless...
I can't think about it, it makes me nauseous!
After Yanzhi left, she pressed her temples, lost in thought.
The day when the scumbag and the bitch will become lovers is probably not far off. Sheng Huai'an also harbors resentment towards the East Mansion. He really needs to keep an eye on their movements at all times.
It's just that Yanzhi has to suffer, having to stare at scumbags and bitches every day. It's too much strain on her eyes and her stomach.
I'll give her a bigger reward later.
After Ye Mingzhu finished breakfast, Ruyi came to report that Yaqin, the maidservant of Princess Ronghua, had arrived.
Princess Ronghua was enlightened and magnanimous, and had long ago exempted her from the morning and evening greetings, never subjecting her to any lectures. Usually, when she summoned Yaqin, it was because she had something to discuss with her.
Ye Mingzhu hurriedly went out to greet her: "Sister Yaqin, does Mother have something to tell you?"
Yaqin smiled and bowed, "I dare not accept the title of 'elder sister' from you, Madam. I have come here for no other reason than that Her Highness the Princess wishes to ask you to have the house searched again. If there are any harmful items left, it would be better to clean them up as soon as possible."
Ye Mingzhu had already intended to do so, and readily agreed.
While she was busy with Baozan and the other three, she didn't forget about Sheng Yunche's three half-brothers and half-sisters, planning to check all the courtyards. Princess Ronghua was also busy.
In the morning, the steward of the Duke's Mansion had merchants deliver bricks, stone, and timber.
At noon, a renowned feng shui master was invited to the mansion. Once the auspicious location was determined, dozens of laborers and bricklayers immediately began building the wall.
In just one afternoon, several dozen meters of the ten-foot-high wall were built. Tomorrow, with the finishing touches, the two mansions will be completely separated.
After Ye Mingzhu finished her work, she didn't find any problems.
That evening, she had dinner with Princess Ronghua.
After eating and drinking her fill, she returned to Linfeng Hall with a piece of lotus-patterned brocade given to her by Princess Ronghua and a box of snail-shell eyebrow pencils, which were the favorite of the imperial concubines.
All day long, she never stopped smiling. She asked Baozan to bring her a basket of balsam flowers and even had the rare inclination to dye her nails.
When Sheng Yunche returned, she was playing around with Baozan and several other maids, each holding up a pair of hands wrapped in gauze like rice dumplings, laughing uncontrollably.
She felt a little embarrassed when he saw her like this.
Several maids chuckled and withdrew. She blushed and walked to Sheng Yunche's side: "Why are you back so late today? Have you had dinner?"
"It's been used." Sheng Yunche glanced at her fingers wrapped in gauze and suddenly asked, "You seem so happy, is there news from the secret guards watching Liu Rumei? Have those two made any progress?"
Ye Mingzhu: "...?"
Should I speak up? Since it involves Sheng Huai'an's intentional revenge, it seems I have no choice but to speak.
But when she thought of what Yanzhi had said in her reply, and then of the filthy things Sheng Huai'an and Liu Rumei had done last night, her brows furrowed.
She could only keep it simple and vague, focusing on Sheng Huai'an's ambition.
Sheng Yunche looked at her, a quick smile flashing across his eyes, and deliberately asked, "It's good news, why are you frowning like that?"
Ye Mingzhu sighed, "The main problem is that what they did was so despicable; it's disgusting to even talk about it..."
"You think it's dirty? Hmm..." Sheng Yunche changed the subject, "But what I want to do to you is a hundred times more despicable than what they did. What do you want?"
Ye Mingzhu: "...???"
transfixed.
What does she want? How is she supposed to answer that?!
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