Remarrying Chun Yuan

“Yue Niang is not that kind of person, and Yuan Cuo did not intend to gain any benefit from this. Mother and Aunt should not believe everything they hear and take the rumors seriously.”

“Yuan Cuo was also someone who saved your life. How can you think of your savior in such a despicable way? Your daughter simply cannot agree with this.”

Lin Mengyu averted her gaze from Zhang Zhitong and turned the topic back to Madam Lin.

She truly couldn't understand why Madam Lin had always disliked Yue Niang, and now she no longer even mentioned that Yuan Cuo had saved her life.

Madam Lin slammed her hand on the tea table. "How dare you! How dare you speak to your own mother? Look at the state you've become! You've utterly disgraced the Lin family!"

"I'm just telling the truth, and I don't think I've done anything wrong, so there's no need for me to apologize to my cousin." Lin Mengyu seemed to have found a sudden surge of determination and was unwilling to compromise any further.

Meng said sarcastically from the side, "Oh dear, this really frightens me. This doesn't seem like the legitimate daughter of a scholar's family at all. She's not even as good as the illegitimate daughter of a minor official of the eighth or ninth rank."

“Sister, I’m not trying to criticize you, but you always learned manners and etiquette better than me when you were young, and even Father thought you were more ambitious. But look at what you’ve done to Yu’er! If I had known she was like this, I shouldn’t have agreed to the marriage proposal in the first place.”

“If Aunt is unwilling, she can go to the palace to ask Her Majesty the Empress to withdraw the decree and find a better woman for Cousin,” Lin Mengyu suddenly said.

Madam Lin and Madam Meng were both astonished.

How could Lin Mengyu, who is always so sweet and charming, say such arrogant things?

"My God, do you know that if this gets out, both our families will be beheaded!" Madam Meng clutched her chest, as if she could faint from anger at any moment.

Madam Lin raised her hand and slapped him.

That crisp, clear clothing left a deep mark on Lin Mengyu's face.

Fingerprints were left on her fair face, and Lin Mengyu felt a burning pain on her face, as if her teeth were loose.

Zhang Zhitong's eyes lit up even more, and he put his arm around Lin Mengyu and walked outside. "Mother and Aunt, please don't be angry. I'll go sit outside with my cousin. I love my cousin and I won't marry anyone else. Mother, please don't say anything hurtful anymore."

He reprimanded his mother without any politeness.

The moment Lin Mengyu was touched, it was as if she had been struck by lightning, and her whole body stiffened.

"I don't need to go out..."

"My cousin had better come with me."

Although Zhang Zhitong was smiling, his tone carried a hint of threat.

Lin Mengyu clenched her fist and had no choice but to go out with him first.

Madam Lin coughed violently again, so much so that the maids and servants rushed off to fetch a doctor.

"I really didn't expect you to dare refuse? If you're so capable, say it again and ask me to go to the palace to ask for annulment of the engagement!" Zhang Zhitong arrived in the garden, chased away the maids and servants, and especially when he saw Lin Mengyu's red face, he excitedly went over to her.

Lin Mengyu quickly dodged, saying, "Please have some self-respect."

"What's there to respect? You'll be mine sooner or later." Zhang Zhitong pulled her in front of him, his tone threatening. "Don't act like I forced you. You said you were willing to marry me."

Lin Mengyu bit her lip until it almost bled, "But you must keep your promise and keep it a secret!"

"Then it depends on your performance." Zhang Zhitong's successful smile was particularly unbeatable. "To be honest, I just like to see you obedient. The taste is different from other days. It really makes me intoxicated and unable to control myself."

Lin Mengyu was so angry she wanted to cry.

But she could only grit her teeth and bear it. Who would have thought that just because she and her cousin discovered the secret at the same time, it would become a bargaining chip for him to blackmail her into marriage?

She dislikes Zhang Zhitong; she's disliked him since childhood.

He was respectful and courteous in front of outsiders and was praised by his father for his extensive knowledge and promising future.

But only she knew how filthy, disgusting, and utterly shameless he was in private. Yet, as if he were ill, he would make sure she heard and saw every disgusting thing he did, and then watch her furiously curse him while he laughed hysterically.

But he seemed to have set his sights on her, showering her with care and concern in front of the elders. He even went so far as to have his aunt petition the Empress for a decree to grant them marriage. There was no way she could escape now.

If she hadn't met Liu Yuechu, she probably would have been living in a nightmare forever.

"I will marry you, but I never want to see you again before we get married."

After speaking, Lin Mengyu shook off Zhang Zhitong's hand, summoned her maid to accompany her, and quickly returned to her own courtyard.

Zhang Zhitong stopped following, his smiling eyes gradually turning cold, chilling to the bone and captivating.

Seeing the servant standing to the side, he raised his hand to summon him, "Has the message been sent out?"

"It's been rumored... but it's not good for your reputation." The servant couldn't understand why his young master would deliberately set up a scheme to have his fiancée meet another man in secret.

Zhang Zhitong gave him a disdainful look. "You don't know anything. My wife must be completely obedient. I mean what I say. But she still has a rebellious streak and needs to be tamed. I'm just giving her a warning and also taking care of the Liu family."

"Actually, it's not my fault. Who told Yuan Cuo to want to participate in the autumn imperial examination? This year's champion has already been decided. Whoever tries to take it will die."

"Then why don't you just find someone who's obedient?"

"Then what's the point?"

Zhang Zhitong didn't explain further, "A rough guy like you only knows how to serve women, you don't understand the pleasure of taming them at all. This kind of pleasure has to start from childhood, making her only mine..."

The servant didn't say much, only lamenting that scholars indulged in perverse pursuits.

Lin Mengyu returned to her boudoir and huddled in the corner of the bed, hugging her knees and trembling incessantly.

The maid Chun Ya stepped forward and touched her forehead. "Why don't you talk to Mistress Yue and ask her for advice? Miss Huang also said she wanted to accompany you into the family, but Mistress declined. Actually, as long as you have someone with you, Young Master Yue wouldn't dare to bully you like this!"

Chun Ya was the maid who had been with Lin Mengyu since she was a child. She loved going to the Liu family's house with Lin Mengyu.

It seems that only after arriving at the Liu family can the master return to being a normal person.

Lin Mengyu shook her head. "What good would it do for Yue Niang to know? This is a marriage bestowed by the Empress. Besides, that madman, if I dare to refuse, he would dare to..." expose things that would damage my mother's reputation.

Madam Lin lived her entire life for the sake of "reputation." If that matter were to become known to outsiders, she would surely take her own life; there was no way she would survive.

“Then let the young master make the decision. You can’t keep bearing it all by yourself.” Chun Ya was worried. “Although I don’t know why you’re enduring it, I understand that you can’t bear it all by yourself.”

"You're gambling with your entire life's happiness, and besides, the young master's temper will only get worse. Your life will be ruined!"

"Don't worry, I'll find you a good family to marry into first, and I won't let you suffer as a dowry."

"This servant has no intention of marrying outside the family; this servant will always stay with you."

"Accompany what? Be that pervert's concubine?" Lin Mengyu felt disgusted just thinking about Zhang Zhitong's hypocritical face.

"Spring buds."

"Ok?"

"Tell me, is there any way I can kill him?" Lin Mengyu suddenly blurted out.