Chapter 142 Debt Collection
The old lady grabbed the teacup on the table and threw it at Chen Erlao: "Have you forgotten what the princess said?"
"I can use other reasons. There are three kinds of unfilial behavior, and having no offspring is the worst. As for the fact that she cannot give birth to an heir for my son, my son can divorce her directly based on this."
"Don't even think about it." The old lady rejected him directly, and said in a tone that did not allow for negotiation: "I'm going to tell you the truth. Even if there was no princess, I still wouldn't agree to your divorce. I can't afford to lose face. I remember I told you this when we got married."
This time, Mr. Chen wanted to divorce his wife without asking for the reason, which really touched her bottom line.
Moreover, on the way back to Shou'an Hall, Liu Yu told her that in all likelihood, Chang was framed for what happened today. If Chang was really divorced, it would be in the hands of the person behind the scenes.
"I tell you, if you want to divorce your wife again, you will have to move out of the family." The old lady said harshly.
Master Chen was shocked. He couldn't be separated now, so he quickly admitted his mistake.
The old lady was just warning him and didn't really want to separate from Mr. Chen, so she scolded him a few more times and let him get up.
Mr. Chen Er was too embarrassed to stay any longer, so he flicked his sleeves and was about to leave, but was stopped by Mr. Chen San.
"Second brother."
"What's the matter?" Master Chen Er thought that Master Chen San was going to say something to him again, and there was some impatience in his eyes. He said in a bad tone: "Third brother, I am your second brother. This is your family affair. Third brother, please don't interfere!" The princess had agreed to divorce his third brother's aunt before. He still remembered what promise she made to change her mind.
Seeing Mr. Chen Er's attitude, the old lady was about to speak, but Mr. Chen San raised his hand to stop her.
"Second brother, you misunderstood. I will no longer be involved in the affairs of the Second House. I called you only because you owed Yu'er something and you should pay it back."
Hearing this, Master Chen frowned and asked, "What is that?"
"Have you forgotten that Yu'er used Princess Xinyi's promise to exchange for my second sister-in-law? As her younger brother, I don't need to tell you what Princess Xinyi's promise means and how much weight it carries! We don't have to really ask for a promise in return, but we have to give some items of equivalent value or gold and silver. We can't always let my third room suffer losses!"
Master Chen's face turned red and white, and the veins on his forehead bulged. After a while, he squeezed out a few words from between his teeth: "You're asking me for this? You helped us before, but you never asked for these things."
Third Master Chen smiled more brilliantly, but his heart became colder: "Second brother also said that, that was in the past. I just said that Princess Xinyi's promise was not obtained by me, but by Yu'er. You may not return what's mine, but you must give what's Yu'er."
Mr. Chen was about to explode, while Liu Yu and the others were trying to hold back their laughter. Their third brother really knew how to stab someone in the heart.
"Go ask Chang for it."
"Second brother, Chang is your wife." The old lady's face turned completely cold.
"Then what do you want? As long as my second house has it, I'll have someone send it to you." Master Chen said this in a very bad attitude.
It's also true that he didn't think about it. He clearly wanted to divorce Chang, but Liu Yu promised him that he couldn't divorce her. Now that the promise has been fulfilled, he is asking him to pay for it with money or property equivalent to the promised amount. How could his attitude be so good and his expression so good?
Liu Yu smiled, and her smile was so bright that two dimples appeared on her face.
At this moment, her palm suddenly felt a pain. It turned out that her hand was held tightly by Mr. Chen Sanye in her sleeve where no one could see.
Liu Yu restrained the smile on his face and bowed to Master Chen: "Thank you, Master. I will have someone assess the value of the princess's promise and will not let you suffer any loss."
Uncle Chen and Mrs. Wu watched this scene with smiles in their eyes. They suddenly realized that their third brother seemed to have changed a lot since he had promoted this concubine.
Uncle Chen and the others were happy to see this change, as the third brother seemed to have gained a layer of humanity.
Mr. Chen's heart ached, and he almost lost his mind and questioned the old lady: "Mother, Liu Yu is just my third brother's concubine, why do you treat her differently?"
"No matter which of your concubines knows Liu Yu so well, I am here to say that I will treat her no worse than Liu Yu." The old lady took a sip of tea and glanced at him indifferently.
Master Chen counted around Jiang Xueqing, but there was indeed none.
He lowered his head, said that the order should be sent to him later, then he left with a flick of his sleeves.
As for Chang, before the old lady could say anything, she took the initiative to come in front of Liu Yu and was about to kneel down. Fortunately, Liu Yu was quick to support her and said a lot of words to comfort her.
When Mr. Chen Er did not help her, did not ask the reason, and confirmed her guilt, Chang Shi thought it over. All her past feelings and grudges towards Mr. Chen Er disappeared, and she did not want to care about the affairs of the second house anymore.
She then proposed to go to Anguo Temple and practice Buddhism with her hair uncut.
Originally, the old lady wanted to give her some advice, but seeing Chang's calm and dead eyes, she agreed. She only reminded her a few times to come back often during the New Year and other holidays, then asked the housekeeper to prepare some daily necessities for her and let her go.
The matter came to an end, and Uncle Chen, Mrs. Wu and others left Shou'an Hall.
Liu Yu and Mr. Chen Sanye stayed and discussed with the old lady how to expose the mastermind behind the incident.
When they came out, almost all the people at the banquet had left, leaving only a few people who were on good terms with the Chen family, such as the Qin family, Yuzhang Hou, Zhou Huaian, etc.
Hey, why is Zhou Huaian still here?
At that time, when she went from the kitchen to invite Mr. Chen San from Chenxiyuan, she saw Zhou Huaian leaving with the Zhou family. Why did they come back?
And the boxes of stuff behind him? This puzzled Liu Yu.
But she didn't think much about it. Thinking about Chen Xiyao who didn't show up when this kind of thing happened, Liu Yu said something to Mr. Chen Sanye, then left the front yard and went to Wutong Courtyard to find Chen Xiyao.
But when they arrived at Wutong Courtyard, they were told that Chen Xiyao had gone out before the banquet started and had not returned since. Moreover, all the other personal maids stayed in Wutong Courtyard, leaving only Hongling.
This is the Chen Mansion. Liu Yu didn't think much about it at this moment. She turned around and planned to look for Chen Xiyao in the places she often went. When she looked for Chen Xiyao in three or four places and still couldn't find her, she felt something was wrong.
wrong.
The Chen Mansion is so small, where will Chen Xiyao go?
When she thought that most of the people who came to the Chen Mansion to attend the birthday party today were families who had ideas about Chen Xiyao, she couldn't help but think the worst. Could it be that some of those people knew that they had no hope but were unwilling to miss the opportunity to get in touch with the Chen Mansion, so they used some shameful means? Liu Yu began to feel uneasy.
Liu Yu suddenly stopped and told Gu Yu who was following behind her: "Go to the front yard and find some help. Make sure to find my aunt."