The daughter of the first wife is a black lotus, reborn and remarried to kill

Li Qingqian was naturally happy in her heart, but she had to pretend for a while, pretending to be conflicted, "I am very happy that my father can do this for me. However, I am worried that Liu's mother will have a quarrel when she returns after transferring such a large sum of money from the public account."

Li Zhengkang assured her, "You don't have to worry about this. Your father will speak for you on Liu's side. You are going to marry into a wealthy family, so you will have to bring more dowry."

"Hey," Li Qingqian saw that he had finished drinking the pear soup, and reached out to serve him more, "Since father likes this pear soup, your daughter will make it and send it to him every day?"

Li Zhengkang shook his head and said, "No need. I don't like pear soup anyway."

It was just that his wife liked to drink and cook at that time, so in order not to spoil her fun, he pretended to like drinking.

That’s good, Li Qingqian thought to herself, so she doesn’t have to worry about the pear soup every day.

"Then I, the daughter, will not disturb my father and will go back first." After saying that, she stood up and walked out of the house.

Li Zhengkang was the only one left in the room. He looked at the unfinished bowl of pear soup, feeling overwhelmed with emotion. He covered his face with his hands and began to sob.

After Li Qingqian left the study, the obedient expression on her face disappeared almost instantly.

Aunt Liu once told her that her father and mother were not without affection when they were alive. On the contrary, when her mother was alive, Li Zhengkang must have cherished her very much.

However, this kind of emotion ultimately failed to overcome the calculation of interests, so that Li Zhengkang could not wait to marry Liu, the daughter of a wealthy businessman, a hundred days after his mother died of "difficult childbirth".

Li Qingqian slowly raised her head. Did Li Zhengkang know the real cause of her mother's death? If he knew, was he involved?

However, in order to consolidate his position, he could not confront Li Zhengkang directly for the time being and grab him by the collar to ask him the truth of the matter.

But the only thing we know is that Li Zhengkang is unreliable.

In his previous life, his elder and second brothers were brutally executed by Jiang Lin. In order to protect himself, he even took the initiative to flatter Jiang Lin. He knew that Jiang Lin hated him, but he didn't care about her safety and echoed the words of the officials against her.

Li Qingqian lowered her head and smiled with relief. So in this life, Li Zhengkang was just a tool for her to seek wealth and glory. She no longer had the kind of worship she had in her previous life where she regarded Li Zhengkang as her father.

He performed beautifully today. Not only did he not have to bear the responsibility for Li Shuyue's mistakes in the future, he also successfully took back the dowry that he had embezzled from his mother during her lifetime.

From Liu Ma's words, she could vaguely hear that her mother seemed to love Li Zhengkang. Yes, after all, her memories before her death should all be of Li Zhengkang and her together, but she didn't know whether her mother hated him at the end of her life.

Li Qingqian was an outsider in this matter and could not make decisions for her mother without authorization. But if she could find any clues that her mother hated Li Zhengkang, she would not even give him that one cent!

Li Qingqian exhaled slowly, and white mist formed in the winter air.

Yun Yi stepped forward and put a cloak on her. "Miss, it's cold outside. Let's go back quickly."

"Yunyi," she suddenly said, "I want to go to Yunzhou."

"Girl, Yunzhou is far away. You are not married yet, so you can't go to such a far place."

The girl seemed to have not been happy for a long time since she returned to Beijing. Yunyi looked at her with some worry.

Li Qingqian nodded slightly and smiled, it was indeed so.

*

Jinyuyuan.

As soon as Li Shuyue came back, he started smashing things as usual.

Cui'er, who was outside the house, watched her actions and couldn't help but hold the wooden tray tightly.

Smash, smash, smash, just go ahead and smash everything in the house. Just wait and see when you have smashed all the things in the house!

Li Shuyue had nothing on hand and was about to turn around to pick up a porcelain bottle on the table, but she found Cui'er waiting outside the house.

He was so angry that he had no place to vent, so he shouted at Cui'er, "What are you doing standing there furtively? Get in here right now!"

Cui'er then carried the wooden tray into the house.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he walked into the door, Li Shuyue grabbed his ears and threw him against the pillar.

Fortunately, Cui'er reacted in time and reached out to hold the pillar, so she didn't fall and got bruised all over the face. The things in the wooden tray were scattered all over the floor.

"Where did you go yesterday? I couldn't find a girl to accompany me to Meiyan, and even got tricked by Li Qingqian. I think you deserve a beating!"

As he said this, he was about to hit Cui'er again.

Cui Er quickly knelt on the ground and held onto Li Shuyue's skirt with both hands, "Miss, please spare me. I really went to treat my wound yesterday. If you took me with you and let so many people see my wound, it would not be good for your reputation."

"You are so stupid. You don't know where you bumped into when you got up to relieve yourself in the middle of the night."

As soon as the words came out, Li Shuyue felt guilty. Where could she have crashed into something to get a cut on her jaw?

She was very angry, turned around and sat down at the table.

Cui'er looked up cautiously, and seeing that she didn't seem to have any intention of continuing to beat or scold her, she quickly stood up.

She walked behind Li Shuyue and began to massage her shoulders. "Calm down, young lady. This time I didn't do well enough. From now on, I will stay by your side at all times and do things for you beautifully."

She coaxed him in a gentle voice, and Li Shuyue was able to suppress the anger in her heart.

Cui Er's eyes rolled around, and she came to her and massaged her legs, while she mentioned intentionally or unintentionally: "After all, my handicraft is not as skilled and powerful as Sister Yu Luo's. Miss, just make do with it for now, and when Sister Yu Luo comes back, I will let her serve you."

"Back? Where did she go?" Li Shuyue searched her mind, "Yes, I haven't seen Yu Luo for a long time. Humph, that damn girl actually dared to openly betray her master. When mother comes back, I will definitely punish her severely."

Cui Er had an attentive smile on her face, "The young lady should wait for the Madam to come back and have a good attack."

Li Shuyue looked down at her, "Oh? Do you have something to tell me?"

Cui Er looked outside the house, and whispered into Li Shuyue's ear, "I heard that not only is Sister Yu Luo missing, but even Yun Shuang, who went to Jingying Residence that day, has also disappeared in recent days."

Li Shuyue raised her eyebrows, as if she didn't believe it, "How did you know?"

"I'm not afraid of being punished by the young lady for telling you this. Some time ago, I went there every few days to find out the news about Jingying Residence for the young lady. The newly replaced servants in Jingying Residence didn't know that the third young lady had a conflict with you. Seeing that I was honest, they told me everything. I learned about it two days ago."

"Third Miss is only a temporary housekeeper. If Madam returns and finds that two servants are missing for no reason, it will be a good opportunity to accuse her of being a bad housekeeper and take back her power as a housekeeper. By then, Third Miss's glorious days in this mansion will be over."

Li Shuyue looked at her with satisfaction and said, "Not bad. I thought you were a cowardly and timid person, but I didn't expect you to be useful."

Cui Er finally got praised by her and lowered her head shyly, "I am a lowly servant. My parents were gone and I was sold to the Li Mansion by my brother. Madam and Miss gave me food to eat, so naturally I followed Miss for everything."

Cui'er's words made Li Shuyue feel very happy. In her mind, this was the servile and submissive behavior that a slave should have.

"You are quite smart. Compared to that disobedient Yu Luo, you are more considerate of me." She glanced at Cui Er, "Since you said that the people in Jingyingju are not on guard against you, then go there more often and find out some useful information for me."

Li Shuyue held her head high, as if she was feeling elated. Naturally, she didn't notice Cui'er lowering her head. "Hey, I will definitely run over there more often."

Li Shuyue happened to see the things scattered on the ground and asked curiously, "What is that?"

Cui Er hurried forward, put away those things, and placed them in front of Li Shuyue, "This is what I prepared for you, young lady."

Li Shuyue turned her head and saw a rag doll with Li Qingqian's name written on it and a pile of needles next to it.

"Voodoo doll? Why did you give me this? If I'm discovered, I'll be doomed. Aren't you trying to harm me?"

Cui Er quickly explained: "Since I have expressed my loyalty to you, I will follow you for the rest of my life and rely on your glory. How could I harm you?"

She stuffed the doll into Li Shuyue's hand and said, "Miss, as long as you do it secretly, no one else will know. In this case, doesn't it just relieve the resentment in your heart?"

At her instigation, Li Shuyue picked up a needle and stabbed the doll hard.

Sure enough, all the unhappiness that had been stuck in his heart for some time was released at this moment.

Li Shuyue glanced at Cui'er with appreciation, "Not bad, after being beaten these past few days, your brain has become quicker and you can please me."

Cui Er's eyes flashed with a trace of gloom. You only beat me for a few days? Ever since I could remember, Li Shuyue had beaten me every now and then. I am lucky to be alive today!

She smiled again and said, "This thing must not be discovered. You should hide it under the cabinet beside the bed. I will keep a close eye on it for you and never let anyone get close to it."