The Abandoned Wife of a Military Family: Your disguise has been exposed again.

Chapter 22 A Price Must Be Paid

Yu Niang and Steward Ding were both her trusted confidantes, and they were naturally very clear about the Li family's affairs. Therefore, the incident at the Brocade Pavilion today was Yu Niang's way of venting her anger.

Although she never doubted Yu Niang's loyalty to her, and Li Yaoting and Chen Yuniang both deserved it, there were still some things she needed to remind them of.

"Let's let this matter go today, but next time, you should be more careful. After all, we're in business, and we can't let some unimportant people affect our business."

"Yes," Yu Niang replied respectfully.

Two days ago, she heard about the Li family's affairs and learned that Li Yaoting had kept a woman at the border without his master's knowledge, had a child with that woman, and had brought the child back to the capital.

She felt it was unfair to her master.

The mistress is such a good person, willing to marry into the Li family. The Li family should be burning incense in gratitude, but instead of being grateful, they treated her like that.

She was so angry that she couldn't sleep well for two nights.

If it weren't for her master's strict rules, she would have already sent people to capture that adulterous couple and teach them a lesson.

She was just worried about how to get revenge for her master when, unexpectedly, Li Yaoting and Chen Yuniang delivered themselves to her doorstep.

How could she let this opportunity slip by?
So he signaled to the waiters upstairs to stop the two men outside the door, deliberately making things difficult for them.

Unexpectedly, their master caught them in the act.

Yu Niang felt a little regretful, otherwise she would have definitely made those two lose face.

Looking at her master's aloof expression, she asked with concern, "What are your plans next, Master? Please let me know if you need anything from me."

Yun Wei's expression softened slightly. "If you need anything, I will let you know."

Yu Niang glanced at her expression and couldn't help but ask again, "Then what about Master and Li Yaoting..."

“We will get a divorce, but there’s no rush,” Yunwei said.

She has plenty of ways to get Li Yaoting to divorce her.

However, she couldn't let it go so easily about Li Yaoting using her.

We have to turn the Li family upside down no matter what.

When Yu Niang heard that she would get a divorce, she was finally relieved.

The mistress is no ordinary young lady.

She is both courageous and resourceful; the Li family has bullied her so much, they are bound to pay the price.

"How's business at the Brocade Pavilion lately?" Yun Wei asked, changing the subject.

Yu Niang reported, "Business is as usual, but the income is a bit higher than last month." As she spoke, she brought the account book over for Yunwei to review.

After reviewing the accounts, Yunwei nodded in satisfaction. "Thank you for your hard work."

Yu Niang smiled and said, "Master is too kind. This is what we should do."

The master was farsighted. After opening this brocade shop three years ago, the business was booming. It was no exaggeration to say that they made a fortune every day. After three years of operation, no one in the capital can shake the brocade shop's position.

Because the Brocade Pavilion sold more than just clothes; it used these clothes to cultivate relationships with the wives of powerful and influential men from various households.

Those ladies were all powerful backers of the Brocade Pavilion.

It was easy; no one dared to offend the Brocade Pavilion.

After checking the accounts, Yunwei returned to the Li residence.

That evening, the Li family held a banquet to celebrate Li Yaoting's bestowal of titles, but Yunwei did not attend.

Early the next morning.

While Yunwei was having breakfast, Li Yaoting suddenly arrived.

Upon entering, he saw the various sumptuous breakfast dishes laid out on Yunwei's table, and his expression became complicated.

Last night, to celebrate his reward, Madam Shen had a table full of delicious dishes prepared.

But the money spent on those vegetables probably doesn't even cover the amount of breakfast that Yun Shi eats alone.

While he and his mother were scrimping and saving, how could the Yun family be so extravagant?

"Yun family, what is our family's current situation that you still dare to be so extravagant?" Li Yaoting questioned with displeasure.

Yunwei was most annoyed when others made noise around her while she was eating, especially when it was Li Yaoting, which made her even more annoyed.

She put down her chopsticks, gave him a cold look, and said, "Why are you barking like a dog?"

Li Yaoting flew into a rage and reached out to grab her collar. "Yun Shi, I think you need to be disciplined!"

This Yun family member repeatedly ignored and provoked him, which made him unable to tolerate it any longer.

Yun Wei's face turned cold, and she slammed her hand on the table. The next moment, a chopstick shot towards Li Yaoting's eyes with lightning speed.

Li Yaoting was startled and quickly leaned back to avoid the chopstick.

At the same time, Tian'er handed Yunwei a clean pair of chopsticks again.

Yunwei smiled at her, quite pleased with her cleverness.

She took the chopsticks and lowered her head to start eating again.

"Ding!"

That chopstick was actually nailed directly to the door frame.

Upon seeing this, Li Yaoting broke out in a cold sweat.

If he hadn't dodged in time, that chopstick would have pierced his eye.

The Yun family is so vicious!
Li Yaoting was both shocked and furious, and turned to look at Yun Wei.

She sat there calmly, continuing to eat her breakfast as if she hadn't been the one who had just made the move.

Li Yaoting's heart sank, and the words he was about to ask suddenly caught in his throat.

At this point, he finally became convinced that his opponent was skilled in martial arts and that his skill level was above his own.

How is this going?

Why does the Yun family know martial arts?

Didn't she grow up in the countryside?
Where did she learn martial arts?

Yunwei finally finished her breakfast and sat down leisurely in a chair. She instructed Tian'er, "Uncle Li has come at the right time. Please ask him to settle the cost of the chair he kicked yesterday and the repair of this door frame."

Tian'er immediately brought over the account book and handed it to Li Yaoting.

“Young master, the chair you kicked over yesterday is made of rosewood. Now it has a broken leg. It will cost fifty taels of silver to repair. Adding the door frame that you just damaged, the total will be eighty taels. Please settle the payment as soon as possible so that I can hire someone to repair it.”

Li Yaoting thought he had misheard and looked at Yun Wei in disbelief, "What kind of broken chair is so expensive? And this door frame, you clearly damaged it yourself."

"Are you hard of hearing? Tian'er just said it very clearly. That chair is made of rosewood. You should be glad that you only broke one of its legs, otherwise it wouldn't be a mere fifty taels."

"As for this door frame, if you hadn't been making such a racket in front of me, would that chopstick have gotten so fed up and shot it at you?" Yun Wei said unhurriedly.

Li Yaoting's lips twitched.

What do you mean by shooting the chopsticks at him because he couldn't stand it anymore?

It was clearly the Yun family who did it.

Li Yaoting looked gloomy.

At the same time, Tian'er had already moved the broken chair in front of him.

"Please take a look, son-in-law."

Li Yaoting subconsciously looked down and saw a fine rosewood chair with one leg broken, standing there crookedly.

Li Yaoting: "..."

"Young master, please settle the bill as soon as possible," Tian'er urged.

Li Yaoting glared at Yun Wei with a gloomy expression, "You're robbing me!"

Yun Wei's tone was sarcastic, "Have you ever seen anyone rob someone of only a few dozen taels of silver? Or is it that Lord Li can't even pay a few dozen taels of silver?"

These words struck a nerve with Li Yaoting's pride.

He said impatiently, "Go to the accounting office and get it yourself!"

Yunwei looked at Tian'er, "Lord Li has spoken, aren't you going to collect it?"

Tian'er hesitated for a moment before nodding, "This servant will go right away."

She was actually worried that her mistress would be at a disadvantage if she faced Li Yaoting alone.

But seeing the chopstick still stuck in the door frame, he felt relieved.

Li Yaoting is definitely no match for Miss.

"Alright, you've made a scene, and you've taken the money. Let's have a proper talk." Li Yaoting sat down in the chair without a second thought, looking completely at ease.

Yunwei looked at him suspiciously.

Li Yaoting has a really thick skin.

Having failed to gain any advantage from her time and again, how dare you even talk to her?
However, she was curious about the other party's purpose, so she asked, "What do you want to talk about?"