Chapter 475: Suitable for Marriage
”Kang Ziyu, do you know what is the most disgusting thing about you?” Liu Zhiqiu stared at her, and said word by word, “The most terrible thing about people is that they use ignorance as an excuse to cut someone else’s way out in life. This kind of darkness is the most heinous!”
”I have not!”
”Feel your heart and ask yourself, do you really not have it?”
These were his last words to her.
The courtyard door slammed shut, isolating her from the door.
At that moment, Kang Ziyu’s face finally turned white.
Indeed, she wasn’t ignorant.
Liu Zhiqiu saw her through.
In the courtyard, after closing the door, Liu Zhiqiu turned around and saw the person standing at the door of the hall.
Du Juan stood there with a blank face. He didn’t know how long she had been listening, but when she saw her turn around, she gently said, “Don’t let her come to our home in the future. The difference between the upbringing of the Kang family’s high and mighty Miss and Lord Kang is heaven and earth.”
”Got it, Mom.”
Du Juan shook her head and went into the kitchen to prepare for lunch.
The young girls nowadays were really something.
It was hard to tell who’s good and who’s bad until they face something.
No one paid attention to when the carriage left outside the gates.
That night, Li Junyue knelt in front of Matriarch Li’s room.
”Grandma, Yue’er won’t marry.”
After a while, the Old Madam’s emotionless voice came from the room, “Yue’er, what did you just say?”
”Grandma, Yue’er won’t marry.”
”Zhang-momo, please execute the family law; ten sticks, lock her up in the firewood room for three days, and no one is allowed to give her food.”
”Understood.”
Li Junyue knelt straight. Except for the fluttering of her eyelashes, she did not make any pleas for mercy.
She was caned, confined and starved.
From the ladies of the Li family down to the maids and servants, there was a lot of talk about Li Junyue’s behavior, deriding her for her crazed behavior.
Although the final result of the marriage was unsatisfactory, in terms of family background, the Li family has climbed high.
The person in question was the county governor’s son. How could it be Li Junyue’s turn to look down upon him?
Three days later, the Meng family found a matchmaker to propose marriage, exchanged gengtie and sent betrothal gifts. Thus, the marriage was settled.
After the matchmaker was sent off, Li Junyue was released from the firewood room.
When she walked out of the firewood room, even the servants felt distressed at the sight of the woman’s pale face.
After a beating and a confinement, everyone thought that the Fifth Young Miss has learn to behave this time.
The marriage has been set, and no matter how unwilling she was, she would still have to get married at the set time.
Whatever the Old Madam has decided would never change, and nobody could make her change it either.
Unexpectedly, after taking a nap to recuperate, Li Junyue actually knelt in front of Matriarch Li again.
She still uttered the same thing, she didn’t want to get married.
Matriarch Li smashed a string of Buddhist beads bracelet on the spot.
”Li Junyue, I have given you a chance. The Liu family’s delayed response is due to your own incompetence! Since the marriage has been decided today, you have to marry me even if it’s against your will! Someone, come here! Give her 30 sticks! Don’t let her step out of the room until she is sent to the palanquin!”
Zhang-momo executed the deed herself. Hence, the stick fell on Li Junyue’s body one after another. She lay on the ground and gritted her teeth, looking up at the lady sitting above.
The matriarch only looked at her coldly. Even if she was almost beaten to the death, she never opened her mouth to stop it.
By the time the thirty sticks were over, she had passed out.
The weather was getting warmer in May, and her padded coat has been changed into a thin one, but it was still somewhat thick.
Even so, a glaring amount of blood seeped from her clothes.
”Take her away. In another ten days or so, it will be her wedding day with the Meng family. At that time, even if she must be tied, then tie her to the palanquin!”
”Old Madam, err, Fifth Young Miss isn’t interested in entering the Meng family. Do you really want to force her to marry?” Zhang-momo dared to ask.
The Li family only chose high-ranking families for marriage, and it was understandable as it was for the interests of the clan. However, the Eldest Miss in the house has already had been intimate with Meng Yushan. In fact, it didn’t matter whether Fifth Miss married or not. It was unnecessary.
”If she doesn’t go, can the Meng family’s grievances be pacified?” Matriarch Li snorted softly. “Everyone knows what happened to Meng Yushan and Junhua that day. Once Junhua gets married, I’m afraid she won’t have the slightest right to speak. No, she can’t be of any use. Such a prestigious family is not something that we can scheme against. Carry her away, watch her closely, and don’t let her make any trouble during this period.” “
After Matriarch Li had gotten up and stretched the wrinkles on her clothes, she stepped over the unconscious person on the ground and walked away.
The woman on the ground was a scheming person. She even managed to convince her a few months ago to let her get close to the Liu family.
It was just that the Liu family was absolutely incomparable with the Meng family. The Lius’ power wasn’t in Liu Zhiqiu’s hands at all. As for the Young Miss of the Liu family and the Nanling King, it was uncertain whether their relationship would be realized in the future.
How could an insignificant peasant woman easily marry such a noble man?
It would probably take a few years later for it to be finalized.
Her Li family couldn’t wait for the unknown.
The news that the two ladies of the Li family were to marry the son of the county governor was spread all over Cangwu Town within a few days.
Some people took it as a tale to tell, while others took it as a laughingstock.
A force entered quietly amidst the buzz of the people.
In the dimly lit room, several people stood with their heads down, respectfully addressing the person sitting in the chair.
”How are things going?”
”The second branch of the Liu family, Liu Erlin and his wife stay in the village and rarely come out. There are also people secretly guarding the Xinghua Village, so it is not advisable to move. There is also a Liu Zhiqiu. He will go back and forth once in a while to the county to deliver goods and settle payment. Sometimes he will also go to town for shopping. His schedule is pretty regular. Within ten days, he is bound to come to town again.”
”We can not stay long. We may be discovered by those people there at any time. We need to solve everything as soon as possible. Are there other places he often goes?”
”Yes.”
……
Xinghua Village was as tranquil as ever.
In late May, news from the capital arrived one after another, all of which were good news.
Liu Zhixia and Fu Yuzheng were to be married at the end of May in the newly renovated Liu Mansion.
Liu Yusheng was once again honored by the court because of the people’s letters of commendation. This time it was a substantial reward, a thousand taels of gold and the title “Benevolent Doctor”. In the future, regardless of the state or city, the moment she asked for help, full support would be granted to her.
On May 26th, the sun was shining brightly in the capital.
It was a good time to get married.
Both the King of Nanling’s Manor and the new Liu’s Manor were hung with red silk and red lanterns. Firecrackers also resounded frequently.
The people were scrambling to discuss this, crowding the streets to watch the excitement.
”Today, the Number One Scholar is getting married. I heard that he’s marrying a maid of the King of Nanling’s Manor, the benefactor of the Nanling King, Miss Fu.”
”Come to think of it. This Number One Scholar is quite strange. With his current status, he can marry even a Young Miss of a prestigious family. There are countless high-ranking officials who want to accept him as their son-in-law. How come after he picked and chose, he finally selected such a powerless orphan girl?”
”What’s so strange about it? It just shows that the Number One Scholar is not that kind of person who climbs the political ladder by means of currying favor to those in power. He married the one he likes. In the future, the two people will love each other and live in conjugal bliss. This doesn’t sound bad.”
No matter what the people said about it, the liveliness of the King of Nanling’s Manor and the Liu Manor wasn’t reduced in the slightest.
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