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

Chapter 46 If you don't let go, I'll divorce you.

Granny Zhang was furious.

How could a lowly maid like Tian'er be worthy of drinking the pear soup that the old lady ordered?

But faced with Yunwei's clear, cold eyes, she dared not refute.

He could only say, feeling frustrated, "Madam... is right. If there's nothing else, this old servant will take his leave."

Yun Wei nodded.

As soon as Granny Zhang left, Tian'er put down the pear soup and said with a puzzled look, "That old hag suddenly showed kindness to Miss, she must have ill intentions. Maybe she poisoned this soup."

Yun Wei shook her head. "It's unlikely that he would have poisoned her."

"Then why is she suddenly being so attentive to Miss? She must have something on her mind," Tian'er said, frowning.

Yun Wei nodded. "She definitely has ulterior motives."

"What does she want from Miss?" Tian'er asked, puzzled.

"Naturally, it's because she feels that the Chen family may have no hope of making a comeback," Yun Wei said calmly.

Madam Li was a very pragmatic person. She accepted Chen Yuniang because the Chen family would regain their title, which would benefit the Li family.

The reason they're suddenly being friendly to her now is definitely because Chen Yuniang returned to the Chen family today and brought back bad news.

Not wanting to lose out on both sides, Madam Li swallowed her pride and tried to befriend her again.

After all, the Yun family was a marquis and a prominent clan. Although they couldn't compare to the title of a duke, they were still better than their own earl's family.

But Madam Li felt that she should be grateful to tears just because she was being nice to her.

It's simply shameless!
Although she felt the pear soup was not poisonous, she still tested it with a silver needle before giving it to Tian'er.

Sweetie didn't stand on ceremony and gulped down the soup in a few gulps.

"This pear soup that Old Madam Li sent is really delicious," Tian'er said, smacking her lips. In her heart, she thought that if the old lady knew that she had drunk the soup, she would be furious.

"Don't worry, there will be plenty of delicious food waiting for you," Yun Wei said with a smile.

Sweetie's eyes are bright.

Qiutong Courtyard.

When Madam Li learned that Yunwei had given the pear soup to the maid, her expression turned very unpleasant.

But then she thought that she had indeed neglected Chen Yuniang during this time, so it was understandable that Yun was unhappy.

Thinking it over, she instructed Zhang Mama, "I remember Weiwei's favorite dishes are crab meat lion's head meatballs and sweet and sour carp. Have the kitchen make them for her tonight."

"Yes," Zhang Mama replied.

At this moment, Madam Shen was preoccupied with the matter of the shop.

Last time, the shopkeeper listened to Li Yaoting's words and went to talk to the suppliers again in the name of the Marquis of Jing'an's mansion. However, they simply refused to listen and made it clear that they were unwilling to supply the Li family's shops anymore.

Upon learning this, she took it upon herself to have the shopkeepers find other shops to negotiate with.

This time it went quite smoothly. The shops were not only willing to supply goods to the Li family's shops, but also willing to pay on credit, agreeing to settle accounts annually.

However, after changing the source of goods, business in the shop was not good, and to this day, not a single item has been sold.

Upon hearing from her servants that the old lady had specifically ordered the dishes prepared for Madam Yun, she became furious.

She was busy serving the Li family, working tirelessly, but the old lady only had eyes for Chen Yuniang and Yun Shi.

Back inside, seeing the man in the wheelchair by the window only fueled her anger, and she deliberately smashed things and made noise.

Why is she so unlucky to have such a paralyzed man who can't help her at all and even requires her to take care of him? A look of suppressed emotion flashed across Li Yanting's thin, pale face. After a long pause, he finally spoke, "Why was my medication cut off?"

Upon hearing this, Madam Shen became even angrier.

He never asked her if she had suffered any injustice, but only worried about his own medicine.

Madam Shen said coldly, "Don't you know? There's no money left in the manor to buy you medicine. You know how expensive the medicine from Qianjin Pavilion is. They're not willing to give us medicine on credit anymore."

Upon hearing this, Li Yanting fell silent.

Over the years, his frail health has indeed added a lot of burden to his family. If it weren't for the people from Qianjin Pavilion suddenly coming to his door to diagnose and treat him and prescribe medicine three years ago, he wouldn't be alive today.

"I said you are also the old lady's son, so why is it that in the old lady's eyes there is only Li Yaoting and not you?" Madam Shen said sarcastically. "If it weren't for me, if you died in this house one day, I'm afraid no one would even know."

"Then why did you marry into the Li family?" Li Yanting suddenly turned his head, staring at her indifferently.

Madam Shen was taken aback.

Why did she marry into the Li family?

That's because her Shen family was poorer than the Li family.

Moreover, when the Li family came to propose marriage two years ago, they offered a generous dowry. Her parents, greedy for money, agreed to the marriage without even asking her opinion.

Even if the man she's going to marry is a cripple...

Seeing her standing there in a daze, Li Yanting also fell silent. After a moment, he asked, "I heard you've been managing the household lately?"

Speaking of this, Madam Shen straightened her chest, quite proudly, "Yes."

Seeing this, Li Yanting said with a sarcastic expression, "Idiot!"

"What did you say?" Shen's voice suddenly became sharp, and she glared at him fiercely.

Li Yanting frowned and endured the pain in his legs. For some reason, since he stopped taking the medication, his legs, which had been numb before, had started to feel pain, which tormented him so much that he couldn't sleep.

He gritted his teeth, endured the pain, and said in a hoarse voice, "You knew the Li family was so poor, yet you still took over the reins of the family. What else is that but stupidity?"

Shen said angrily, "When Yun gave me the family, I didn't know we were so poor. But things are different now. Li Yaoting has received an official title from the court and will receive a monthly salary from the court. Moreover, people outside will have to respect us."

"You used your older brother's name to run up debts outside?" Upon hearing this, Li Yanting immediately understood and stared at her in disbelief.

Madam Shen felt a pang of guilt, but then raised her voice, "If we don't do this, what will our whole family eat? What other options do I have?"

Li Yanting said with a stern face, "Quickly release the steward's authority."

"Why should I?" Shen said angrily.

Although the Li family's accounts were empty, Li Yaoting's name was still useful. Whatever she wanted to buy could be registered under his name. Moreover, since taking over the household management, the servants in the mansion had become increasingly respectful to her.

She enjoys this glamorous life and will not relinquish her control over the household.

“If you don’t let go, I’ll divorce you!” Li Yanting threatened.

Upon hearing this, Madam Shen's eyes turned red with anger, and she pounced on him, pounding his frail body, yelling, "You heartless bastard!"

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Yilan Courtyard.

When Shen entered, Yunwei was eating. The crab meat lion's head and sweet and sour carp on the table were an eyesore to her, so she looked away.

"What do you want from me?" Yun Wei glanced at her and asked.

She didn't have much of a feeling towards the Shen family.

Madam Shen placed the key to the house on the table. "I don't want to manage the household anymore. I'm returning the management rights to you."