The Concubine's Daughter Travels Through Time and Space and Takes the Road of Confrontation

Hou began to cry and cursed, "This damn unlucky woman, she used up half of my dowry for her marriage a few years ago, and our family fortune has been gone long ago. I have spent so much effort and money to maintain this family over the years, I can't live like this for a single day." After saying that, she actually stood up and was about to leave.

Marquis Cheng'en was panicked and kept bowing to apologize, "Madam, madam, I was wrong. You can't leave. If you leave, our family will really be broken up." He started crying as he spoke.

No one paid any attention to Lu Jijiu and he was left aside.

The couple hugged each other and cried. Hou wiped her tears and sighed, "Lord Lu, the sadness in my heart cannot be told to outsiders.

I really don't have ten thousand taels, but I can scrape together five thousand taels. If that's still not enough, the master has a few antique paintings and calligraphy, rare copies from the previous dynasty. If you don't mind, you can take them."

Lü Jijiu stopped when he saw that things were going well, and sighed, "I think all the mistakes are Guan's fault. It's not easy for you, brother and sister-in-law."

Marquis Cheng'en looked gloomy. "From now on, I will just pretend that I don't have this sister. My dear brother, let her die of illness. This will give everyone an explanation."

No one raised any objection.

After waking up, Guan Shi couldn't understand how she ended up there. She clearly remembered sitting peacefully in her room that day. Yin Qiao went to the kitchen and brought a bowl of soup. After taking a few sips, she woke up again to find herself lying in a carriage with Li Ming sitting beside her.

There's something wrong with the soup!

Guan was panicking. This place was a full three hundred miles from Kyoto. According to the carriage's speed, it was already too late to get there! Who was plotting against her?

Guan looked at Li Ming and after a moment, she slowly shook her head. Li Ming definitely didn't have the brains to do that. The most urgent thing was to find a way to get back and get to the bottom of this.

"Minglang, I can't go with you. Please take me back." Guan grabbed Li Ming's hand and pleaded in a low voice.

Li Ming's eyes were filled with hope. "Siwei, just when I thought I was going to lose you in this life, you appeared by my side. Isn't this God's will? This is God making us happy."

"But what will happen to my family if I leave? What if they report this matter to the authorities? Then both you and I will be dead." Guan cried very sadly.

Li Ming said with a determined look, "Siwei, don't worry. Even if it means my death, I will take you away. That old man surnamed Lu will never get you."

Guan gritted his teeth. What on earth was this idiot thinking? "But——"

"Shh, no buts." Li Ming looked into her eyes lovingly and raised a finger to shield her lips. "Siwei, I love you. I can't live without you in this life. I've already thought it through. When I get back, I'll talk to mother and explain everything between you and me. I'll let you be my equal wife."

Seeing Siwei's red eyes, Li Ming hugged her in his arms distressedly. "These are what I should do."

A concubine!!! Guan Siwei was going crazy. I gave up my job as the legitimate wife of a second-rank official in Beijing and ran off to Suzhou to be a concubine for a loser like you!

Fearing that someone would really chase them, the carriage did not stop along the way. Seven or eight days passed like this, and when nothing happened along the way, Li Ming asked Chuan'er to slow down.

Because they missed the inn they were supposed to stay in, they had to find a dilapidated temple to spend the night.

Chuan'er picked up some branches and lit a bonfire in the house. Li Ming came to Guan's side with a bowl of soup and said, "Siwei, you haven't eaten for a whole day. Drink the soup while it's hot."

Guan Siwei forced a smile at him, took the soup, and an unknown smell rushed into her nose, making her feel nauseous. "Minglang, you drink it. I can't drink it for the time being." She pushed the bowl over.

Li Ming doted on her but was helpless. “Okay, there’s more in the pot. It’s not pleasant to be hungry.”

Chuaner: "——" Master, when have you ever been hungry?

Li Ming put down his bowl and heard footsteps outside. He nervously protected Guan Shi behind him. Perhaps seeing the fire, several people came directly towards them.

They were a group of beggars who looked to be in their teens, covered in dust. The leader, the oldest, said hello to Li Ming and sat down by the door farthest from them.

Although she was five or six steps away, Guan still moved inside with disgust, covering her nose as if she had smelled a foul odor.

The little beggars sat cross-legged on the ground and shared their experiences of begging with each other.

"I wonder if what Big Brother said is true or not?"

"When did Big Brother ever lie to us?"

"But we brothers have been begging for food for so many years and have never heard of this. It's really strange. He sent his newly married wife back to his hometown. This gentleman is really strange."

"Haha, what's so strange about that? Let me tell you, this gentleman is much older than his wife. There was a rich man in our village who raped his concubine and told everyone else that she had run off with someone else. Later, his son got into trouble and his house was raided. They even found a bunch of human bones in his yard."

"You mean to say that this Mr. Lu did something to his wife?"

"It's hard to say. Otherwise, why would I send my wife back home? If something happens along the way, who can say for sure?"

Could it be that the master surnamed Lu? Guan was startled and panicked. She took the initiative to walk over and asked, "Excuse me, young men, who is the master surnamed Lu you just mentioned from?" Seeing them looking at her curiously, Guan hurriedly said, "I have an uncle with the surname Lu. He is an official in the Imperial College. I wonder if it is the same person."

The oldest beggar heard this and said, "We are also talking about this Lord Lu. I heard from the brothers in Kyoto that Lord Lu sent his newly married wife back to his hometown in the countryside a few days ago."

It was over. Guan Shi felt as if she had been struck by lightning. She sat back down in a daze, unable to breathe and fainted. Li Ming was so frightened that he immediately carried her to find a doctor.

The little beggars winked at each other, and the oldest one stood up and said, "Sir, I know a little about medicine. If you don't mind, could you let me take a look?"

Li Ming was already sweating profusely from anxiety, so he didn't care about these things. "Thank you very much, little brother."

The beggar took her pulse and pondered for a moment, "Sir, may I have a moment with you?"

"Ah" Li Ming looked confused, and the two walked out of the house.

The beggar looked reluctant and sighed, "I just took your wife's pulse. She fainted because of anger. She's not seriously injured. But -"

The word "but" made Li Ming's heart, which had just been relieved, rise again. "This lady may have eaten something unclean. I'm afraid it will be difficult for her to have children in the future."

Li Ming, still in shock, sat by the fire like a hollowed-out puppet. He hurriedly wiped away his tears when he heard Siwei moan.

Chuan'er brought the hot soup, and Li Ming fed it to Siwei himself. Seeing that she was in much better spirits, he forced a smile and said, "Madam, don't worry."

Guan clutched his sleeve tightly, and said with tears in her eyes, "My husband, I feel sad." Then she snuggled into his arms, looking very submissive.

Li Ming suddenly felt less uncomfortable. "I know, I know. Just come back with me. I will never let you down."