Yun Gui had seen more of the fickleness of human nature, and he keenly noticed that Li Zhengkang seemed to want to bring Liu into the mansion.

But Cheng Zhaoling was already pregnant at that time, and Yun Gui couldn't say anything, so he could only take good care of her.

Unexpectedly, after Cheng Zhaoling gave birth to Li Qingqian, Liu took advantage of Li Zhengkang's absence and attacked his wife who had just given birth.

The old lady was also taking care of the lady, and when she was distracted by her concern, Liu found the right opportunity to attack her secretly.

Liu announced to the public that her wife had died of complications during childbirth, but in fact she had imprisoned her in a remote courtyard and fed her poisoned meals every day.

Although the old lady was bedridden, she was still keenly aware that something was wrong and immediately took Li Qingqian to her own yard to raise her.

Yun Gui quietly slipped into the courtyard where Cheng Zhaoling was trapped, carefully treated her body, and tried to save his wife with medicine that could detoxify the food.

It's really strange. I don't know what kind of strange poison Liu used. After adding it into the food, nothing could be found.

But the lady fell seriously ill after eating those meals, and even though Yun Gui later changed her food, she still didn't get better.

Yun Gui had no other choice but to capture Liu and report her to Li Zhengkang.

Cheng Zhaoling stretched out his weak hands to stop her, "This method won't work. You can't find out anything about these meals. Even if you report it to the master, you can't punish Liu Shuniang. Now that my family is in decline, he will pay even less attention to me."

"But are you going to let Liu Shuniang bully you like this?"

Yun Gui couldn't tell what he felt towards his wife, but he felt unhappy seeing her so troubled by Li Zhengkang.

Cheng Zhaoling smiled faintly, "How is Qianqian?"

"The old lady took the third girl over and raised her herself."

Cheng Zhaoling nodded with relief.

"Take me away. Something happened to my family last year, and Li Zhengkang doesn't treat me the same way as before. If I hadn't been pregnant with Qianqian, I wouldn't have been able to stay in the Li Mansion for even a day."

"Now is a good time. They said I died in childbirth. Now that I am dead, I don't have to face a heartless person every day."

"Now Xi'er has gone to Wuji Mountain to learn martial arts, Zhen'er has gone to Jinlu Academy and is being taken in by the dean and taught carefully, and Qianqian is also being raised by the old lady. Li Zhengkang has just been promoted to prime minister, and returning from an overseas assignment is another achievement. I don't think anyone can bully the eldest daughter of the prime minister's mansion. As a mother, I am relieved."

After hearing her words, Yun Gui couldn't bear to see her continue to suffer in the Li family, so he took Cheng Zhaoling away without the old lady knowing.

She brought Cheng Zhaoling to Jingyang City in Yunzhou, where the old lady picked her up when she passed by on her way to Beijing.

Over the years, Yun Gui has worked hard to practice medicine, treating Cheng Zhaoling while also doing charity work.

Cheng Zhaoling also changed his name to "Qingyu" and made a living by growing and selling flowers in Jingyang City.

The two of them did not live a wealthy life, but they did not live a very hard life either. Being away from the gossips of the capital, they seemed to live a more stable life.

*

After hearing all this, Li Qingqian's eyes were already wet.

It turned out to be the case.

No wonder, she had noticed that her grandmother's illness was unusual, and the young Li Qingqian had also reminded the old lady.

Even a kid as young as her could see that her grandmother was framed, so how could she not know that?

But she always felt guilty. She didn't know her mother was still alive, so she punished herself and blamed herself for not being able to protect her mother.

In fact, Liu's life has not been easy in recent years.

The old lady has always been a person who cannot tolerate any sand in her eyes. Once she finds Liu's fault, she will not let it go easily. When Liu first got married, she suffered a lot at the hands of the old lady.

Later, she gave Li Zhengkang several concubines. She was jealous and cruel, and even when she was pregnant with Li Shuyue, she had to go to great lengths to fight with those concubines.

As a result, she lost her body when she gave birth to Li Shuyue, and even couldn't keep the subsequent child. She lost everything she wanted. Generally speaking, it was a retribution.

Li Qingqian's nose became more and more sour. It turned out that her mother had such a hard life back then.

Shen Changyun gently held her in his arms and comforted her softly, "Qianqian, you don't have to trap yourself in the powerless past. Now that you know she is your mother, you have no regrets."

Li Qingqian sobbed softly in his arms, "But I don't intend to let others know that she is my mother. Since she left the Li family with such difficulty, I think she should just live her life well now."

Of course, before that, she needed to get rid of the dowry nanny from Liu in Yunzhou so that her mother could live in peace in Yunzhou.

It turned out that the person who was covered tightly that Yu Luo had told her about was Yun Gui, and that bowl of medicine was not poison, but the antidote for her mother's treatment.

So who came up with this idea to Liu?

Maybe it was the nanny that came with her as a dowry, Li Qingqian had to be on guard.

*

Ripples appeared on the lake surface at some point, and the sound of a woman crying suddenly rang out all around.

"Yunlang, listen." Li Qingqian immediately stopped sobbing and spoke to Shen Changyun in a low voice.

Shen Changyun also heard this strange voice, "Be careful, the so-called Jiang's minions are coming again."

Just after he finished saying this, a woman in a white dress slowly walked out of the water, with disheveled hair and water droplets hanging on it.

Li Qingqian and Shen Changyun looked at the woman in the lake warily.

Shen Changyun gave a wink to Cang Shu in the dark, and Cang Shu quickly went to the yard to inform Yun Gui and Yun Wu to protect Madam Qingyu.

The woman in the white dress suddenly turned around to look at Li Qingqian and Shen Changyun, and asked tentatively: "Li Qingqian? Shen Changyun?"

But unlike the previous people, Li Qingqian and Shen Changyun neither responded nor fled. Instead, they looked at her more sinisterly than her.

The woman raised her feet, walked to the shore, and quickly ran towards the two men.

Li Qingqian curled his lips and released the poison needle in the bracelet, hitting the woman's shoulder and thigh.

"Even after being shot with a poison needle, you were still able to keep running. This makes you act like a water ghost." Li Qingqian laughed disdainfully.

"She can't run for long." Shen Changyun also smiled contemptuously.

As the woman approached the two men, Shen Changyun stepped forward, quickly and accurately kicked her to the ground, then stepped forward and grabbed her neck, making her unable to move.

Li Qingqian looked around Shen Changyun and couldn't help but smile, "How strange! Wasn't the one who attacked us a Jiang minion? Could the legendary water ghost who drowned due to injustice actually be dressed as a woman?"

The "woman" seemed to be very frightened and began to struggle in Shen Changyun's hands.

But Shen Changyun's grip was so strong that not everyone could break free from it.

Li Qingqian took the whip he often used from his waist, wrapped it tightly around the neck of "Jiang Chan", and picked up a peach branch.

He gave Shen Changyun an evil smile and said, "Yun Lang, I heard that this river is where Jiang Qiang lives, but he is very afraid of the peach trees by the river. Throw him into the water. I want to see if Jiang Qiang can still be as rampant as he is now between the river and the peach trees."

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