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

Chapter 39 Yunwei Adds Fuel to the Fire
"It's nothing," Yun Wei said kindly, and asked, "What's your name?"

"This servant is Chunxiang." The maid looked nervous, lowered her head, and dared not look at her.

Upon hearing this, Yun Wei didn't say anything more. She glanced at the red mole on the back of her hand and prepared to leave. At this moment, Li Yaoting suddenly called out to her in a deep voice, "Wait."

Yunwei glanced back at him, then saw Chen Yuniang in his arms looking like she was about to faint. She raised an eyebrow and said, "What, are you going to avenge your concubine?"

Li Yaoting's expression froze. He released Chen Yuniang and said with a serious face, "Don't try to be unreasonable. I want to ask you, did you already know that the fathers and brothers of the Shen family were gamblers and scoundrels?"

Yun Wei looked bewildered. "What do you mean?"

Before Li Yaoting could speak, Chen Yuniang said first: "Sister, are you pretending to be ignorant when you know the truth? If you want to take Tinglang a concubine, would you not find out what kind of family they come from before bringing them into the house?"

I think my sister deliberately framed Tinglang. Now look what's happened! Aunt Shen's father and brothers have racked up huge gambling debts in Tinglang's name, and the casino people are coming to collect.

The old lady almost fainted from anger over this matter. Shouldn't my sister give her an explanation?

Yunwei looked surprised. "There's such a thing?"

Actually, when she entered the room and saw those people, she already guessed what was going on.

I didn't expect those people to be so quick.

I wonder if Aunt Shen and the others took the medicine she prepared yesterday and used it.

Seeing her blank expression, Li Yaoting frowned. "You really don't know?"

Chen Yuniang also looked suspicious. "Sister, you're not faking it, are you?"

Yunwei glanced at her and said meaningfully, "Just now, Aunt Chen looked like she was about to faint, but now she's questioning me with quite a bit of energy. Wasn't Aunt Chen just faking it?"

Chen Yuniang choked, then said angrily, "Sister, stop beating around the bush. We're talking about what happened between you and Aunt Shen."

Yunwei sighed, "I really didn't know anything about their family affairs. But it's also my fault. I was only thinking about helping the Earl take more concubines so that the Li family could have more descendants, but I neglected to investigate their family situation, which has caused such trouble today."

"I'll listen to whatever you decide, Your Excellency."

Chen Yuniang was feeling quite pleased with herself for admitting her mistake, but when she heard what she said next, her expression stiffened, and she frowned, saying, "Sister, what you're saying means that since you caused this trouble, you should naturally solve it yourself. How can you push it onto Tinglang?"

Yun Wei asked curiously, "The Earl is the head of the family, and the concubines Shen and the others were taken as concubines by him. He can't enjoy the company of beauties and then shirk his responsibilities, can he?"

Upon hearing this, Chen Yuniang's expression instantly turned ugly, and jealousy flashed in her eyes.

Li Yaoting's expression was gloomy, but more than that, he looked uncomfortable.

Seeing their reactions, Yunwei confirmed her suspicions.

It seems that Aunt Shen and the others had already taken action yesterday, and something had happened between them and Li Yaoting.

Sure enough, Chen Yuniang couldn't hold back any longer and shouted angrily, "Li Yaoting, what did you promise me back then? You said you wouldn't touch them, but I've only been here a few days and you're already messing around with them."

Yunwei's face showed shock, and she added fuel to the fire, saying, "Lord, I've only been away from the manor for a day, and you're already with Aunt Shen and the others... Aren't you being a little too hasty? Aunt Chen loves you so much, how can you do this to her?"

Li Yaoting's face flushed red and then turned pale as he retorted, "It's not what you think. They drugged me."

“Your Excellency’s words are so unmanly. You are the man of Consort Shen and the others. Why would she need to drug you? Even if you couldn’t control yourself, no one would say anything. After all, Consort Shen and the other two are pretty and younger than Consort Chen. Men all like young and beautiful women,” Yun Wei sighed.

Li Yaoting's expression changed. "Don't talk nonsense here!"

Yun Wei blinked her almond-shaped eyes, deliberately glancing at Chen Yuniang, and then, as if hesitant, wisely shut her mouth. Chen Yuniang was already resentful of Yun Wei's comment that the three concubines were younger than her, and seeing her like this, she became even more convinced that Li Yaoting would approach the three concubines because he was attracted to their youth.

At that moment, Chen Yuniang was furious and threatened, "Li Yaoting, stop making excuses for yourself. As long as they're around, it's not me. If you don't kick them out, I'll go back to the Chen family!"

Li Yaoting was agitated. "Why are you so upset? I already told you, what happened last night was just an accident. Why don't you believe me?"

“That’s right. Isn’t it common for men to have multiple wives and concubines? It’s one thing for Aunt Chen to be jealous, but to make such a scene and threaten to go back to her parents’ home is just making the Lord lose face. After all the sacrifices the Lord has made for you,” Yun Wei said righteously.

Chen Yuniang was furious when she heard this, and said sarcastically, "Sister, you're so magnanimous now, but who was it that made a scene about divorce back then?"

"So making a scene is useless. Those who are meant to enter will still enter, just like you. Didn't you still enter? I'm just giving you my advice as someone who's been there, but if you don't listen, fine. Just keep making a scene with the Earl!" Yun Wei said nonchalantly.

Chen Yuniang choked.

Li Yaoting couldn't help but glance at Yun Wei. He hadn't expected her to speak up for him. Perhaps he had misunderstood her before.

“My lord, although you and Consort Chen are truly in love, since you have touched Consort Shen and the others, you should take responsibility. What if the three consorts are already pregnant with your children, and you drive them away? That wouldn't sound good if word got out, and it would definitely damage your reputation,” Yunwei earnestly advised.

Upon hearing this, Li Yaoting hesitated for a moment, then nodded, "You're right, I won't send them away."

Chen Yuniang's expression changed, and she dug her sharp fingertips into her flesh.

Is Li Yaoting afraid of damaging his reputation?

He clearly couldn't bear to part with those vixens.

"But don't forget, if you keep those three, you'll have to pay off their fathers' and brothers' gambling debts, which amount to several thousand taels of silver. You should think this through carefully," Chen Yuniang reminded her, suppressing her anger.

Li Yaoting hesitated for a moment.

After all, the Li family's accounts were empty, except for his reward money.

As for his reward money, he had given eighty taels to the Yun family for repairing the chairs and door frames last time, so now he only had nine hundred and twenty taels left.

That's far from enough to pay off the debts of those casinos.

But when he met Yunwei's eyes, he inexplicably said, "I still have more than nine hundred taels of reward money. I'll borrow some more from my friends, and I should be able to pay it back."

Yunwei's lips curled up almost imperceptibly. "Lord, you truly have a sense of responsibility. Aunt Shen and the others will definitely be devoted to you from now on."

Li Yaoting frowned.

He didn't care about the Shen family members at all.

Before he could say anything more, Yunwei had already turned and left.

When he came to his senses, he was met with Chen Yuniang's furious face.

"Yu Niang, you..."

"Snapped!"

His response was a loud slap.

(End of this chapter)