Second Marriage

They put their faces next to each other and silently calmed down. After a long time, they helped each other up.

He squeezed her hand and said in a disgruntled tone, “It won’t be that easy for me to forgive you the next time you shove something poisonous into your mouth.”

She nodded gently, and her heart emanated a sweetness. “I know it was not a good thing, yet you kissed me.”

He turned sideways and glanced at her. His eyes, intentionally or unintentionally, were on her swollen, red lips. It scared her and she covered up her lips with her hands.

—Fifth Master Ye is really scary when he becomes immoral. 

Is that how he is when he punishes people?

Xiao Youning covered her mouth and while she thought this, she smiled secretly. She kind of liked this type of punishment.

He was getting more and more unbridled.

They walked through the corridor holding hands. Without a word the entire way, each of their footsteps couldn’t be warmer together.

It was said that when the Li Family left, Assistant Minister Li did not go home directly but brought Madam Li to the Ye Residence.

Madam Li lost her dignity and was punished. In the carriage, she was so angry that her eyes were hazy and she could only vent her anger even more. When she saw that the place where the carriage had stopped was the Ye Family, she was struck by lightning, and was in a daze.

Li Qingzhi looked at the Ye Family’s gate and understood what his father was doing.

His father really had the intention of divorcing his wife.

His lips trembled and he wanted to say something, however, he couldn’t say a word.

What could he say though?

Even if he did say something, it was still his mother’s ignorance and overbearingness. No one else could be blamed for the situation today!

Madam Li understood her husband’s intentions and shook all over. She didn’t know whether she was angry or afraid. As the skies set, two streams of tears fell silently.

Assistant Minister Li was determined. He dragged her out of the car. Madam Li screamed and struggled; the servants from Ye Residence were terrified and made a report inside.

“I’ve worked so hard like an ox for the Li Family for so many years! You can’t do this! Do you have a conscience? Without me, how do you think you got the Assistant Minister position?!”

Madam Li shouted and hit her husband, making his official livery wrinkle. Assistant Minister Li only held her with one hand and did not let go. “Justice will determine who is right or wrong. We will talk about it when we see the Old Master and Old Madam!”

There was a loud cry in the Ye Residence. Everyone inside was in a mess because of the arrival of the Li husband and wife.

At this time, the Eldest Princess Residence was very rowdy because Huijing was going back to her mother-in-law’s house.

The scandal spread three thousand miles. Besides the fact that the Eldest Princess ordered her people to watch Madam Li, she heard that Madam Li had knelt in front of the house of the Xiao Family’s little wench. This showed that Madam Li did not care about her own reputation, and was trying to pull the Eldest Princess’s reputation along with her to be trampled on.

Moreover, Xiao Youning had made a scene, which ultimately made Assistant Minister Li enter the house.

It was unknown what was said, but Assistant Minister Li looked faint when he left, and Li Qingzhi didn’t cry. It was possible that Madam Li had coaxed Xiao Youning and she wanted to go back to the Li Family.

If she went back, then the daughter of the Eldest Princess would become a joke throughout the capital!

How could Huijing not be in a hurry? She no longer dared to be pretentious but also blamed her mother. She said that her mother had gone too far, which only forced Madam Li to destroy everything.

The Eldest Princess was so angry that her heart harbored pain. She fell onto the couch for a long time without saying a word and stared blankly as her daughter packed up to go back to Li Family.

From now on, the Eldest Princess Residence would be mocked by people all over the capital because of Xiao Youning!

The new wave of gossip rose in the capital before the first one fell.

The news that Assistant Minister Li was going to divorce his wife spread the next day. But it was not clear to everyone whether it was going to actually happen since Madam Li stayed at her maternal home last night.

Ye Shen got up early and called for Jian Yin. “Go and ask the Old Master: Will he exchange a daughter for his eldest son’s official career?”

Jian Yin was surprised but immediately understood. Fifth Master had put up with it all night, but he couldn’t put up with it anymore and wanted to make a final decision on this mess quickly.

It was really unlucky for the Ye Family to have such a daughter. The coffins of their ancestors probably could not be covered.

Jian Yin brought the message. Old Master Ye was so angry that he rushed to Ye Shen’s courtyard. He pointed straight at his nose and screamed, “You bastard! That’s your sister! I can’t believe you actually sided with an outsider and let your sister get a divorce! Where should we put the Ye Family’s honor?!”

“What the Old Master means is that he disagrees.” Ye Shen put his teacup down on the table effortlessly. “That is fine. This is the last thing I will do for the Ye Family.”

With these words, he stood up and called for Jian Yin as he walked off. He left Old Master Ye shocked on the spot.

“Evil creature! Evil spawn!” Old Master Ye screamed with hatred. “Go and call him back!”

Between a married daughter and the official career of his son, he would pick his eldest son who would be the head of the Ye Family later!

But the servant reported, “Old Master, Fifth Master has gone out of the residence with Old Madam. Old Madam even asked the servants to pack all the things for Fifth Master’s marriage. They took everything away in a carriage!”

Old Master Ye heard that he had left, and there was basically no room for him to maneuver at all. He was so anxious that his eyes darkened and he was out of breath.

Ye Shen took his mother to a mansion near the palace.

Old Madam Ye was helped out of the carriage by him. She looked at this magnificent place, and was unexpectedly a little sad. “I didn’t think I would set foot here again. It’s been more than 20 years.”

“Mother, this son will get married here. Mother has worked hard to look after this son.”