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

Chapter 25 must be because she's shy.
Hearing her brother's words, Li Mingzhu's eyes reddened with anger.

“That was Chen Yuniang’s own idea to give it to me; I didn’t force her.”

If she had known that Chen Yuniang was giving her gifts and expecting a return gift, she would have refused.

She thought Chen Yuniang was generous, but it turns out she's so scheming.

She's just going to be a concubine in the Li family, yet she has to wear a wedding dress worth a thousand taels of silver. Does she think she's some kind of imperial concubine?
Why don't you take a piss and look at yourself in the mirror?

Seeing that she was stubborn and unyielding, Li Yaoting pushed her aside and went into her room.

Seeing this, Li Mingzhu turned ashen with anger and rushed over to stop him, "Li Yaoting, are you even a man? If you want to buy a wedding dress for your concubine, figure it out yourself. Why are you touching my jewelry?"

Li Yaoting was initially a little guilty about touching his sister's jewelry, but seeing that his sister showed no brotherly affection, he became angry.

“Li Mingzhu, I only realized today how selfish you are. Weren’t all these pieces of jewelry bought for you by your sister-in-law? I’m short on money right now and I asked you for a loan, but you wouldn’t even lend me some. If you ever need my help in the future, I will never help you.”

Li Mingzhu was furious. "I'm selfish? What about you? You're not exactly fair and selfless either, otherwise you wouldn't have set your sights on me."

These jewels were given to me by the Yun family. What do they have to do with you? Don't you only have eyes for Chen Yuniang and even want to divorce the Yun family?
You haven't been home for three years, and the first thing you do when you return is steal your own sister's jewelry. I really despise you.

Li Yaoting's face turned ashen. He slapped her across the face and reprimanded her in a deep voice: "Li Mingzhu, you have no respect for your elder brother. Today, I will teach you a lesson on behalf of Mother."

Li Mingzhu's face was slapped to the side, and she was stunned.

Although the Li family had fallen on hard times, she was still pampered as she grew up. Her mother never scolded her, let alone hit her.

But today, Li Yaoting actually hit Chen Yuniang for her sake.

A flash of hatred crossed her eyes.

Seeing that she had calmed down, Li Yaoting opened the box on the dressing table, picked out a few pieces of jewelry, and left without noticing the intense hatred surging in Li Mingzhu's eyes.

It's all Chen Yuniang's fault!

Li Mingzhu clenched her fist fiercely.

After pawning Li Mingzhu's jewelry, Li Yaoting sent it to Yun Wei.

Yunwei took the thousand taels of silver notes he handed her, her gaze meaningful. "You've moved quite quickly."

The silver note was obtained by exchanging his younger sister's jewelry, so Li Yaoting felt somewhat uneasy. "Didn't you tell me to hurry up?"

“Yes.” Yun Wei nodded, put away the silver notes, stood up and said, “I’ll go to the Brocade Pavilion now and bring back Chen Yuniang’s wedding dress.”

“I’ll go with you,” Li Yaoting said immediately.

"No need," Yunwei refused.

Seeing his questioning look, she explained, "You're getting married tomorrow, and there are still many things to arrange in the mansion. Getting the wedding dress will be quick; I can do it myself. Besides, the owner of the brocade shop is a woman, and it's not very convenient for her to see a man like you."

Li Yaoting's eyes flashed. The owner of the Brocade Pavilion was actually a woman.

What kind of woman could turn the Brocade Pavilion into the premier ready-made clothing store in the capital, and be so sought after by the ladies of the powerful and wealthy?

The business itself is secondary; the main purpose is to use business as a means to befriend the wives of powerful officials in the court, which is no small feat.

“In that case, I won’t go with you.” Li Yaoting said with some regret, mainly because he valued the connections held by the owner of the Brocade Pavilion.

If one could get to know the owner of the Brocade Pavilion, perhaps through her one could make connections with powerful figures of the time.

However, considering the relationship between the Yun family and the owner of the Brocade Pavilion, there will always be opportunities to get to know each other in the future.

Yunwei saw the ambition revealed in his eyes at that moment and felt extremely contemptuous.

Li Yaoting actually wanted to take advantage of the "owner" of the Brocade Pavilion.
That's a brilliant plan.

However, he was destined to be disappointed.

……

At the Brocade Pavilion, Yu Niang was delighted to see Yun Wei arrive, but also somewhat surprised.

It should be noted that the master owns many businesses. Although the Weaving Brocade Pavilion's business in the capital is quite good, it is not important enough for the master to come and inspect it every few days.

Besides, the master only arrived yesterday.

"Master, has something happened?" Yu Niang asked, her face tense.

Yunwei reassured her, "It's alright, don't worry."

She then explained her purpose.

"What does Master mean by this...?" Yu Niang asked, puzzled.

"This was requested by Li Yaoting and given to Chen Yuniang," Yun Wei explained briefly.

Upon hearing this, Yu Niang was very indignant.

Li Yaoting wanted to take a concubine, fine, but he even wanted his master to arrange a wedding dress for her. This was simply outrageous.

“Li Yaoting is bullying our master like this, should I go and stop him…”

"No need, I have my own plans." Yunwei stopped her, "Quickly bring the wedding dress."

Before long, Yu Niang brought out a pink wedding dress.

She was able to obtain it so quickly entirely thanks to the great reputation of the Brocade Pavilion in the capital. High-ranking officials and nobles would come to the Brocade Pavilion to buy wedding dresses as gifts for their concubines when they took them in order to win their favor.

Therefore, the Brocade Pavilion always had ready-made wedding dresses prepared.

They have both bright red and pink ones.

Yunwei glanced at it casually and then had Yu Niang wrap it up.

In fact, this pink wedding dress usually sells for at most two or three hundred taels of silver.

After all, it was meant for a concubine. No matter how much those high-ranking officials and nobles liked it, they would never spend a fortune to buy a wedding dress for a concubine.

However, the wedding dress was made very luxurious and beautiful, which was quite fitting for the status of a concubine.

Yunwei was not worried at all that Li Yaoting would doubt the price.

Even if he had doubts, he would have no way to verify them.

After all, each style of clothing from the Brocade Pavilion is only made once; once it's sold, it's gone.

After settling the matter of the wedding dress, Yunwei had Yu Niang play two games of chess with her to pass the time before leisurely returning to the Li residence.

After receiving the wedding dress, Li Yaoting examined it and praised it, saying, "As expected of the craftsmanship of the Brocade Weaving Pavilion, this wedding dress is truly exquisite."

"As long as the Lord is satisfied." Madam Yun's lips curled slightly as she reached out and touched the fabric of the wedding dress. "After all, this wedding dress cost a thousand taels of silver. I think Chen Yuniang will be very happy and moved by the Lord's efforts for her. She will be even more devoted to the Lord from now on. The Lord's efforts will be worthwhile."

When Li Yaoting heard the amount of one thousand taels, he was clearly a little guilty.

This was obtained by exchanging her younger sister's jewelry.

But the thought of returning it to his sister later made him feel at ease.

Especially seeing Yunwei's change from her previous resistance to his taking a concubine, and her newfound understanding of the greater good, greatly satisfied his pride.

"Weiwei, even if Yu Niang comes into the family, I will not neglect you." Li Yaoting reached out to touch Yun Wei's shoulder, but she dodged him.

"Chen Yuniang is probably still waiting for you to deliver the wedding dress. You should go quickly." Yun Wei said coldly.

Li Yaoting's hand missed its target, and he was stunned for a moment, but then he comforted himself, thinking that Yun must be shy.

After all, he didn't even lift the veil when they got married, and he went to the border on their wedding night. The two of them had almost no contact.

(End of this chapter)