After Liu Song left, Liu Mingzhi wandered around the study with his hands behind his back.
After a long time, Liu Mingzhi struggled with his eyes for a long time, with deep guilt and regret hidden in his eyes. He sat on the chair and waited silently.
The quiet sound of a needle dropping could be heard in the study, with only the draft outside and the crackling of candles lingering in the room.
The moon hung high in the sky, and the sound of knocking on the door broke the silence in the study.
"Husband, I have brought you some food."
"come in!"
"OK!"
"Husband, today I will have you stir-fried..."
"Put it down first!"
Qi Yun's pretty face was startled, and she realized that her husband's tone seemed a little off. She obediently put the food box on the table, and gently sat across from her to observe her husband's expression.
Liu Mingzhi silently looked at Qi Yun's uneasy reaction and asked softly: "Have you all eaten?"
"The sisters have just sat down and are waiting for me to come back and start dinner together!"
"You go back first and clear all the servants and maids out of the inner courtyard. Your personal maids Yu'er, Tao'er, and Ping'er don't want to stay either. Let them all go back and rest early.
The moonlight is nice today. I will have dinner with you, husband. "
"Husband, don't you... Yes, I will go back and give you instructions right away."
Qi Yun subconsciously wanted to ask Liu Mingzhi if he would not continue to hibernate? Seeing her husband's somewhat heavy expression under the light, he nodded and agreed.
Liu Mingzhi looked at Qi Yun walking towards the door and subconsciously wanted to speak.
"rhyme......."
Yun'er didn't even shout out two words, so Liu Mingzhi suppressed his voice and silently watched Qi Yun leave the study.
When Qi Yun's footsteps gradually moved away, Liu Mingzhi murmured for a while, stood up, picked up the food box on the desk and walked out of the study, stopping in front of the door of the wing next to the study.
"Sister, have you rested?"
There was a sound in the room, and Ren Qingrui's slightly panicked voice came out.
"No...no...I haven't slept yet. What are you doing at this late hour?"
"What can big brother do to you? I'm afraid you won't eat, so I'll give you some food."
"Wait a moment!"
The rustling sounds echoed clearly in Liu Mingzhi's ears. Ren Qingrui was already lying down, and she got up to change clothes when she heard Young Master Liu's voice.
After a cup of tea, the door opened gently, revealing Ren Qingrui's beautiful face.
Ren Qingrui first glanced at Young Master Liu cautiously, then placed his eyes on the food box in Liu Mingzhi's hand before he breathed a sigh of relief.
"come in!"
Liu Mingzhi followed Ren Qingrui into the boudoir where the beauty temporarily lived, and looked around a few times under the light.
Although I have been here several times, the decoration in this girl's room has become more and more cozy.
"Brother doesn't show up these days. If there is anything in my life that I haven't taken good care of, I hope you don't take it personally. Eat something and apologize."
"It's okay. Sister Yun has taken good care of me. She has never treated me badly... It's been another year. Any news about my parents?"
Liu Mingzhi looked at Ren Qingrui's expectant eyes and shook his head with a wry smile.
“I am disappointed that there is still no news.
If you really can't wait, your elder brother will send two servants to protect your safety, and then you can try to look for it yourself and see if you can find it. "
Ren Qingrui's expectant eyes suddenly dimmed.
"You, the king of the imperial court, can't be found. I am afraid that I will not be able to find any trace of my parents even if I break my legs due to exhaustion.
Didn't it say on the street that you were assassinated? What's going on. "
"The matter is complicated. I tell you, you don't understand. My eldest brother will be leaving the palace for a while. If you need anything in the future, just ask the servants. I will instruct them to take good care of your daily life."
"Oh, got it!"
"Okay, if there's nothing else, I just want to go back. You can fill your stomach."
"Thank you Daguoguo, by the way..."
"Huh? What's wrong?"
Ren Qingrui looked at Liu Mingzhi's doubtful eyes, and her slender fingers intertwined and stirred. A faint blush appeared on her flawless jade face, which became redder and redder until it spread behind the round earlobes.
"Can you please be gentler in the future? You're making me unable to sleep!"
Liu Mingzhi was stunned for a moment and immediately reacted. He scratched his forehead in embarrassment, smiled angrily and ran towards the door, as if he was running away.
It took less than a stick of incense for Liu Mingzhi to return to the study, but Qi Yun had already left and returned.
"Husband, according to your instructions, I have cleared all the servants and maids out of the backyard. Only my sisters and my children are in the main hall."
"Okay, let's go to the main hall."
"Yeah, yeah, sisters, when they see you appear with their own eyes, they must be so excited that they can't say anything."
"hope so!"
Liu Mingzhi straightened his robes and rushed towards the main hall of the inner courtyard.
When Qi Yun heard her husband's words that something was wrong, her eyebrows furrowed slightly and she followed him full of doubts.
After a while, the main hall, brightly lit and echoing with soft voices, fell silent the moment Liu Mingzhi stepped into the hall.
Except for the absence of the third princess Li Yan and Yun Xiaoxi who were far outside the pass, all the wives and children of Young Master Liu turned their attention to Young Master Liu, with uncontrollable excitement in their faces.
"Husband...husband!"
"Husband!"
"Husband!"
"father!"
"Daddy!"
Liu Mingzhi looked at the women who stood up and swarmed toward him, with undisguised excitement on their faces. He sighed silently in his heart, and controlled his expression to darken.
Seeing the girls touching and patting him, for fear of missing something, Liu Mingzhi gently raised his hand and patted him a few times, then walked towards the main seat and sat down.
"Husband, are you okay?"
"Husband, I finally see you!"
"Husband, I thought Sister Lian'er was lying to me. When I saw you, the stone in my heart finally fell to the ground."
"Husband..."
Liu Mingzhi raised his hand and slapped it hard on the table. The force was so strong that the soup in the dishes splashed out and scattered on the table.
Young Master Liu's sudden palm made the girls and Young Master Liu's children startled. They stared in shock at Young Master Liu who was sitting on the main seat with a gloomy expression, not knowing what was going on.
Liu Mingzhi silently glanced at everyone in the hall who looked stunned.
"Every one of them is either a lady or a noble family, and no matter how bad they are, they have lived in the palace for many years.
It’s time for you to learn some rules.
Everyone was chirping, and the noise in the hall was so unbecoming.
Do you still have a little bit of the dignity and virtuous behavior that a woman should have?
Look, what's the difference between you and those shrews rolling around in the busy streets?
Did the women's virtues you learned before you get married teach you to behave dissolutely and unruly?
See what each of you looks like? "
The girls looked at their husband's serious gaze, and subconsciously tied their hands together. Tears welled up in their beautiful eyes. They bit their lips tightly and stood silently aside, holding their breath and not daring to speak back.
There were no sweet words as imagined, no tenderness as there should be when meeting.
It turned out to be an unexpected rebuke.
The girls were both aggrieved and frightened. They didn't know why Dao Dao was so angry.
In the past, when the sisters stayed together, no matter how noisy they were, the husband would always sit aside happily, watching his sisters playing around with doting eyes.
She has never reprimanded her, and she has never criticized her sisters for being unruly women.
The sisters' behavior today is nothing compared to their previous behavior. Why did Weijun suddenly become so angry?
Did some of my sisters unintentionally do something that dissatisfied their husband?
Qi Yun also looked at her husband with an air of fear. Just now in the study, she felt that something was wrong with her husband, but she never expected that he would be so angry.
Liu Mingzhi turned his gaze directly to Qi Yun, who was also embarrassed: "Qi Yun!"
Qi Yun's delicate body trembled. Listening to her husband's quiet voice, her beautiful eyes looked over with trembling eyes.
Her husband actually called her Qi Yun directly. Not to mention the more than ten years since they got married, even before they got married, her husband had never called her by her name like this.
"I'm here...I'm here!"
“You are a princess and an eldest wife.
They respect you and obey your teachings. Is this the result of your failure to teach your sisters as an eldest wife for more than ten years?
They are so ignorant of etiquette and general knowledge, and you are the one who is most responsible.
Their behavior makes me very disappointed. This is your dereliction of duty. I think you are not suitable to be a qualified eldest wife, let alone a qualified wife. "
After Liu Mingzhi finished speaking, he took out a piece of rice paper from his sleeve and slapped it on the table.
“This sycamore tree in the Liu family can no longer accommodate your golden phoenix.
This is the divorce letter. Take your things back to your parents’ home and reflect on it! "
The eyes of Qi Yun and the other girls were all focused on the rice paper in front of Liu Mingzhi.
The two words on the big divorce letter were clearly visible to the girls under the light of the candle.
Qi Yun stared blankly at the words "Xiu Shu" for a while, her heart trembling, her delicate body slumped on the ground limply, two tears fell from her eyes, and she looked at the gloomy Liu Mingzhi with mist.
"Hunt... divorce letter! I... what on earth have I done wrong, and what unruly behavior have I done? Husband, you actually want to divorce me with a divorce letter. Four years of first wife!”
"Go back and reflect on what you did wrong, and I will tell you. You will never have a long memory."
"Husband! Sister Yun is so busy working for this family that she forgets to eat and sleep. How can you give her a letter of divorce?"
"Husband, Sister Lian'er is right, Sister Yun did nothing wrong at all..."
Liu Mingzhi stood up directly when he saw Yun Qingshi speaking, and glanced at the girls lightly.
"It seems that none of you are convinced. Have you forgotten the principle of obeying your husband when you get married? You actually contradict your husband. Is this your womanly virtue?
It seems that not only Qi Yun, but also the Golden Phoenix, the Canary Palace cannot accommodate you. "
After Liu Mingzhi finished speaking, he took out another stack of rice paper from his sleeves and threw it on the table.
"This is your divorce letter. I wasn't originally planning to give it to you. Since you want it so much, take it with you.
You are all divorced by me, the eldest young master of the Liu family, Liu Mingzhi.
Take your divorce letter and go back to your room to pack your things. I don't want to see any of you tomorrow.
Go back and reflect on what you did wrong. "
Except for Qi Ya, the other girls looked at the pile of divorce papers on the table and fell to the ground helplessly.
It turns out that not only Qi Yun, the eldest wife, but also her husband wants to divorce everyone.
After Liu Mingzhi finished speaking, he flicked his sleeves and walked out of the hall.
"Dad? How could you do this? What did mother and aunt do wrong?"
Liu Mingzhi looked at Liu Chengzhi who was tugging at his sleeves, and walked out of the hall with a slight swing of his arms.
"Look at how disheveled you are. Do you look like a prince? It's not decent. Do I need to explain to you what I want to do?"
Treason, you guys should go back and pack your bags, and get out of here with your mother!
When will you figure it out? When will you come back? If you can't figure it out, then don't come back for the rest of your life. "
Qi Ya stood up silently, looking at Liu Mingzhi's decisive figure with her soft and bright eyes, with deep distress hidden deep in her eyes.
Husband, you are so stupid!
After Liu Mingzhi left completely, the girls picked up their divorce letters and took a look at them.
After confirming that it was indeed the same divorce letter as Qi Yun's, he suddenly collapsed and burst into tears.
Seeing the sad and grief-stricken looks of the sisters, Qi Ya stood up and walked to Liu Chengzhi and whispered a few instructions.
Liu Chengzhi hesitated for a moment, waved, and left the main hall with a group of brothers and sisters who had not yet recovered.
Qi Ya walked to Qi Yun, whose eyes were dull and lifeless, and stretched out her hand to help him up.
"Silly sister, and sisters, please stop crying. Don't you know whether your husband is a ruthless and unjust person?
He did this to protect us.
He was afraid that if he missed it, our safety would be implicated.
It’s just that he knows that with good words and persuasion, we will definitely stay together life and death and are unwilling to leave him, so he can only resort to this ruthless method to drive us away.
This man is very silly and loves us very much!
Haven't you noticed that he had already prepared the divorce letter?
Otherwise, how could it be possible that he would just take out the divorce letter after reprimanding us? "
Being hit by Liu Mingzhi, she was dizzy and had no time to think. Qi Yun also woke up after listening to her sister Qi Ya's words. She broke away from Qi Ya's support and stumbled towards the hall.
The girls also reacted one after another, looking at the divorce letter in their hands and Qi Ya, not knowing whether to be happy or sad.
Qi Ya grabbed Qi Yun and shook her head silently.
"Sister, listen to your husband honestly, let's take the children and leave the palace and find a safe place to settle down temporarily.
Let him go about his business without any worries. Otherwise, pursuing her now will only mess up her husband's situation and delay his business.
Believe in him, he will come to pick us up one day. "
Qi Yun choked and looked at Qi Ya's soft eyes, hesitated for a long time and nodded silently.
Qi Ya looked around at the sisters standing up and holding the divorce papers, crying and laughing, and sighed and shook her head.
She didn't want to explain her husband's intentions to her sisters, for fear that one of the sisters would catch up and mess up her husband's mood.
But if I don't explain, looking at their heartbroken looks, I am afraid that they will be so sad for a while that they will die in grief before their husbands can wait.
Patting the back of her sister Qi Yun's hand, Qi Ya looked in the direction of the study with heartbroken eyes.
Fool, my sisters are waiting for your triumphant return.
You are the emperor's destiny with seven stars on your feet. God will definitely bless you and return safely.
Will!
