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

Chapter 54 Harmony
Yunwei seemed to be deep in thought.

Just then, the beaded curtain connecting to the outer room began to rustle.

She turned her head and saw Li Yaoting push aside the curtain and walk in.

Their eyes met, and Li Yaoting's eyes flashed with amazement; he stood there stunned.

Yun Wei had long, wet hair draped over her shoulders, and a thin nightgown covered her exquisite figure. She looked pure yet alluring, completely unlike the domineering person she had been when the two confronted each other that evening.

"Get out!" Yun Wei quickly grabbed a cloak from the side, wrapped it around herself, her voice as cold as frost, and a murderous intent flashed in her eyes.

Li Yaoting came to his senses and frowned, saying, "I am your husband. Is it not allowed for me to come into your room?"

Yun Wei sneered, "If you don't want to become a corpse, you're welcome to try!"

Li Yaoting's face was gloomy, but when he saw the increasingly intense killing intent in the other party's eyes, he finally hesitated, snorted coldly, and retreated, "I have something to talk to you about, I'll wait for you outside."

Yunwei felt disgusted, especially when she thought about the gaze the other person had given her earlier; she felt nauseous and wanted to punch him.

After calming down, she instructed Tian'er, "Go and fetch paper and pen."

Sweetie didn't know what she was going to do, so she immediately went to get it.

By the time she brought it, Yunwei was already dressed, her long hair was combed and pinned up with a hairpin.

She took the paper and pen, sat down at the dressing table, and wrote quickly. In no time, she finished writing.

Then, clutching the paper, she walked out.

Sweetie recognized some words and noticed with her sharp eyes that the words "divorce agreement" were clearly written on the paper in her mistress's hand.

Li Yaoting waited for a while before Yun Wei came out. He was displeased, but thinking of what they were going to discuss, he could only restrain himself and said in a deep voice, "Yun Wei, I came here tonight because..."

"What do you want to talk about?" Yunwei interrupted him impatiently.

Li Yaoting paused for a moment. This Yun family really didn't respect him at all. No matter what, he was her husband. As a woman, she should obey the three obediences and four virtues.

Thinking of this, he frowned and said sternly, "You laid a hand on Mother and Yu Niang during the day. Based on this alone, I can divorce you. But considering our marital bond, I can give you a chance to make amends."

Yunwei found it amusing to see him acting as if he had her completely under his control, wondering where his confidence came from.

She raised an eyebrow slightly, giving me a look of amusement as if I were watching a monkey show. "Make amends? What do you want me to do?"

Li Yaoting paused, a hint of unease flashing across his face. "Yu Niang's third brother was involved in a murder case the other day and was detained by the authorities. Now the authorities have transferred him to the Dali Temple for trial."

"And then?" Yunwei asked patiently.

“Chen Qi couldn’t have killed anyone. He must have been framed. Your brother-in-law, Lou Chao’an, is the Minister of the Court of Judicial Review. If you can help plead for him, there might be a chance for this to turn around.” Li Yaoting said with a frown, feeling a sense of frustration. If he could, he would not want to ask a woman for help.

But today, he used all the connections he could to help Chen Qi, and none of them worked.

The night before, the constables had witnessed Chen Qi burying the body.

Even though Chen Qi repeatedly denied that he was the one who killed the person, he could not clear his name of suspicion.

Yunwei gave him a sarcastic look. No wonder he hesitated when Madam Li threatened to divorce her; it turned out he was still thinking of using him.

These two are truly mother and son; they both enjoy taking advantage of people completely.

"Do you think I have such great influence that Lou Chao'an would give Chen Qi a break because of me?" Yun Wei said with a cold smile.

“He is, after all, your brother-in-law. If you plead for him, he might be lenient,” Li Yaoting said hastily, but he wasn’t really confident.

He knew that Yun Shi and his sister Yun Yao had a bad relationship, and Lou Chao'an was unlikely to help, but he couldn't think of any other way.

“I remember Chen Yuniang and Yun Yao had a pretty good relationship, right? You can ask her to go find Yun Yao,” Yun Wei said slowly.

She knew Lou Chaoan somewhat; he was a stubborn and principled person who wouldn't give anyone special treatment.

If Chen Qi buried the body, getting him released without charge would be harder than climbing to heaven. Of course, even if Lou Chao'an were willing to give her face, she wouldn't help him.

After all, Chen Qi's detention was something she deliberately orchestrated.

Why did she help him get acquitted?

Chen Qi and Chen Yuniang are in cahoots.

It's a joke that Li Yaoting came to her for help.

Li Yaoting's expression was grim.

Yu Niang had already approached Yun Yao, but Yun Yao refused outright.

That's why he thought of coming to find the Yun family.

Although she and Yun Yao didn't get along, they were sisters after all, so it was always more effective for her to speak up than for an outsider to do so.

Upon seeing his expression, Yunwei knew what the outcome would be, and a sarcastic smile curled at the corner of her lips.

Li Yaoting was silent for a moment, then suddenly said, "Don't you know people in the Regent's Palace? Could you ask that eunuch who came back for help?"

Yunwei found it amusing. "Even if I had a way, why would I help you?"

Li Yaoting frowned. "We're family. You've heard the saying 'if the lips are gone, the teeth will be cold,' right?"

"What kind of family are we?" Yunwei found it ridiculous. Old Madam Li was now eager to kick her out of the Li Mansion so that she could openly seize her things.

"As long as you help Chen Qi get acquitted, I will not divorce you," Li Yaoting said in a deep voice.

He felt that no matter how capable Yunwei was, she wouldn't want to become a discarded woman.

Seeing his condescending tone, Yun Wei scoffed, "Even if I don't help, you wouldn't dare to really divorce me."

Li Yaoting frowned. "Don't you understand? You laid a hand on your mother, which is disobedience and unfilial piety. Moreover, I can divorce you for any one of the seven grounds for divorce. But if you are willing to help, then it's a different story."

"Since you're not sincere, then there's no point in talking," Yun Wei said indifferently.

Li Yaoting's face darkened as he asked, "So what exactly do you want?"

"Tian'er, fetch my dowry list," Yunwei suddenly ordered.

Sweetie already knew what her mistress was about to do, and upon hearing this, she immediately fetched the dowry list.

Yun Wei took it and handed it to Li Yaoting.

“The items on this dowry list have all been given to your Li family over the past three years. You should convert these into cash and return them to me. In addition, my dowry also included 5,000 taels of cash, which was also used by your Li family. So you need to raise a total of 20,000 taels to return to me.”

Upon hearing this, Li Yaoting's expression changed. "So, what are you trying to do?"

"Divorce." Yun Wei slowly uttered the two words from her rosy lips.

"What?" Li Yaoting was stunned, looking at her in disbelief. "You want a divorce?"

"Yes." Yun Wei said coldly, throwing the divorce papers she had written at him.

Li Yaoting took it and quickly looked at it. His expression turned extremely ugly. Looking at her cold and aloof eyes, he finally realized that she was not joking. To be precise, from the very beginning, when he proposed to take Chen Yuniang into the family, she had already made up her mind to divorce.

This sudden turn of events threw him into complete disarray.

He should have had the initiative, but now he's the one in the passive position.

He said with a gloomy face, "I won't agree."

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