Yun Shang turned around and chuckled, "Your Majesty has executed the Liu family, so these two girls from the Liu family are no longer suitable to stay in the Li Mansion. They are still so young, and their situation is really pitiful, so my young wife sent them to Madam Jiang. Anyway, they were brought here by Madam Jiang's mother, so I think they will be closer to you."

Li Shuyue's mind exploded with a buzzing sound, "You, what did you say? His Majesty executed the Liu family?"

She looked at Jiang Lin almost subconsciously. The superficial work she had been working so hard to maintain just collapsed!

Jiang Lin's attitude towards me is already bad. Now that he knows that the Liu family is gone, won't he dislike me even more?

I shouldn't have hit Cui'er just now. If I had heard all these words in advance, Jiang Lin wouldn't have heard them.

Jiang Lin frowned, not noticing Li Shuyue's expression. Instead, he looked at Yun Shang and asked, "Are you serious, Miss?"

Could it be that he was just saying this to drive a wedge between him and Li Shuyue?

Yun Shang also guessed what he was thinking, and said disdainfully: "If you have doubts about this, you might as well go to His Majesty to verify it. We are just messengers. We will just pass on whatever news the master has received."

Li Shuyue still couldn't do it, and glared at Yun Shang fiercely, "Just because you said it was true, it must be true. Who knows, it might be you who spread it randomly. You dare to spread the emperor's will falsely, you are really bold!"

Yunchang smiled contemptuously, and Yunyi told Li Shuyue a cruel truth on her behalf: "Madam Jiang regards the emperor's face as nothing, how dare we, a small maidservant, offend the emperor's majesty? Originally, we didn't say that we were concerned about Madam Jiang's face, but since you insist on speaking ill of her, then we have nothing to hide. Your mother, Liu, was given a cup of poisoned wine by His Majesty alone, and has been divorced by the master of the Li family. Even after her death, she cannot be enshrined in the Li family's ancestral hall."

Li Shuyue's body suddenly froze, and she felt the blood in her brain rushing up all of a sudden, and she even couldn't help but fall backwards.

It was a pity that her husband Jiang Lin just held Cui'er, who seemed to be so scared and sobbing, and had no intention of helping her.

In the end, she managed to calm herself down and avoid falling.

What's going on? My mother is fine, how could she make His Majesty unhappy?

Li Shuyue couldn't help but look up at Jiang Lin. If Jiang Lin was recognized as a prince after the Spring Examination, would the emperor ask Jiang Lin to divorce her because he hated her biological mother?

Yun Shang said coldly, "Young Madam said that these two girls are not from the Li family, and they are related to the Liu family. It is not good for them to stay in the Li Mansion all the time. It is better to let them follow you, Madam Jiang."

After saying that, he left with Yunyi.

After the two girls disappeared into the courtyard, one of them called out softly, "Cousin..."

What are they talking about? They have to talk to this person who is related to the Liu family.

Li Shuyue turned her head to look at the two girls. She recognized them. The older one was called Zhao Yu, and the one next to her was her sister Zhao Wan.

My uncle had only one concubine, whom he loved very much. Unfortunately, the concubine had been harmed by my aunt in her early years and had never had any children.

Her uncle felt sorry for her being alone in the mansion, so he brought her two nieces to live with him to take care of them.

The concubine's family fell into decline many years ago, leaving only the three of them, so the concubine treated the two girls as her own children.

Moreover, two years ago, my uncle wanted to adopt the Zhao sisters as his adopted daughters, but because my aunt was a person who could not tolerate any sand in her eyes, she kept delaying the decision.

Therefore, it makes sense for them to call each other cousins.

An idea suddenly came to her mind. Since Li Qingqian sent the person to her, she might as well keep them by her side. One can be used to deal with Ling Ling, and the other can be used to deal with Cui'er, the girl who flattered her superiors and betrayed her master!

At that time, not only will I be able to make them listen to me obediently, but I will also be able to withdraw cleanly. Isn't that wonderful?

Li Shuyue looked at Jiang Lin, who was still holding Cui'er in his arms and had an expression of unknown thoughts on his face, and suggested: "Husband, since these two sisters have come to our house, why not take them in? It's better than letting them wander around outside."

Jiang Lin frowned when he heard that. He suddenly turned around and stared at Li Shuyue, "What did you say? Do you want me to take them as concubines?"

Seeing his reaction, Li Shuyue was slightly stunned. Why was he so excited?

Li Shuyue looked at Cui'er again, and an illusion slowly lingered in her mind: Could it be that taking Cui'er as a concubine was actually a pretext for her to be jealous?

In fact, Jiang Lin still cares about her a little, right? That's right, she helped him when he was at his lowest point and even married him. It's hard not to be moved by such a great favor.

So she reached out to pull Jiang Lin's sleeve with a shy look on her face, "Husband..."

But Jiang Lin immediately pushed her away, not hiding his disgust for her at all on his face.

Li Shuyue was confused and had no idea why he was like this.

Cui Er, who was standing by, couldn't stand it anymore and reminded softly, "Madam, these two girls don't seem to have reached the age of marriage yet."

She used to follow Li Shuyue and had heard Liu talk about these two girls. Even the elder sister, Zhao Yu, was only fourteen years old this year, and Zhao Wan next to her was two years younger than her.

If he gave her to Jiang Linna as his concubine, he would be sent to the government for questioning tomorrow.

Li Shuyue then turned around to look at the two sisters, only to find that they also had expressions of fear and helplessness on their faces.

Zhao Yu and Zhao Wan certainly didn't want to be Jiang Lin's concubines.

The two of them were forced to come here by the mistress of the house in order to please Liu and to turn a blind eye to the situation.

At the beginning, it was said that she was to be a concubine of the current emperor's nephew, Prince Shen. That made sense. Even if she was unwilling, she had to just endure it.

Later, when the Liu family got into trouble, their aunt was also sold into slavery. Even if they brought their sister with them, they could still find some work in the capital. Even though life was hard, at least they had dignity.

Now, Liu's daughter actually wants them to be concubines of a man who took a concubine shortly after his marriage. They feel even more ashamed.

When Liu first gave Shen Changyun these two concubines, she originally just wanted to make him make a mistake in front of the emperor.

Anyway, Shen Changyun's reputation for being absurd and foolish has long been known far and wide. He took two maids who had not even reached the age of marriage as concubines. Would the emperor punish him for this?

Even for the sake of his father's face, he would never kill him, but would just be annoyed with him and distance himself from him.

Shen Changyun's life is not easy, so how can Li Qingqian's life be any easier?

It's just that the abacus is jingling, but unfortunately people don't have the intention to do so.

Jiang Lin is different. He has no achievements or fame, and there is no one in his family who has made contributions to support him. Now he is still preparing for the exam. It was a mistake to accept Cui Er. If he accepts these two, it will be a question whether he can keep his life.

Li Shuyue didn't know this. In her previous life, she never had to worry about helping her husband take a concubine. Liu also thought that Jiang Lin would listen to her daughter. In addition, she had been focusing on dealing with Li Qingqian over the years and had never taught her these things.

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