The cannon fodder heiress trembled with fear after being recognized as a member of her family.

After Li finished speaking, Princess Changyun stood up and laughed loudly.

"What are you laughing at!" Li felt a chill run down her spine. What was wrong with Geng Sirou? She was acting so strangely after the divorce.

Geng Sirou is a princess who was pampered by the Grand Princess since childhood and has a reputation for being unruly in the capital.

She took a liking to Luo Yuan at first sight that day, and that's why she appeared by his side according to his preferences.

Luo Yuan had fought on the battlefield since he was a young man and was used to the clash of strength. He returned to the capital to get married because he wanted to marry a gentle and considerate wife.

After learning of this news, Princess Changyun often appeared in the places where Luo Yuan was. On one occasion, she even hired someone to pretend to be a lecherous man, hoping to frame him for saving her life and then repay him with her body.

She succeeded in this endeavor and married Luo Yuan as she wished.

She's been pretending to be gentle for almost twenty years, and she's almost forgotten what she used to be like.

"What are you trying to do?" Madam Li frowned. "So ill-mannered, you—"

Snapped--

He slapped her across the face.

Li was stunned.

"You old woman, ordering me around like this, let me wake you up. I used to treat you with respect because you were my mother-in-law in name only. You know perfectly well how you got to the position of General's wife. Stop with your wicked schemes and stop trying to harm Qian'er. Even if Luo Yuan comes, he won't be able to save you!"

"is it?"

A steady, mature male voice rang out from outside, and then Luo Yuan appeared in the courtyard.

"The princess is truly majestic! So this is the princess's true face. It must have been quite a struggle for her to maintain this facade."

“You should have known what kind of person I am from the first time we met. I’ve been pretending for all these years, and I don’t want to pretend anymore. When we got married, you signed a contract with my mother that if you only had me, one-third of my dowry would go to the Luo family until after I passed away. Since you took a second wife, that contract should no longer be valid.”

Princess Changyun took two steps back and then sat back down in her original seat.

Luo Tianyun saw her back and couldn't help but call out, "Father, Mother—"

"Yun'er, don't interrupt!" Princess Changyun stopped her, her eyes devoid of any affection. "Today, Old Madam Luo came to our door and said that the second son of the family was harmed by Qian'er. What is the reason for this?"

Li: "......"

Of course, they came to cause trouble.

If Luo Jingqian were here, taking his blood would be more effective than that wooden plaque.

Li dared not say these words aloud.

Luo Yuan stood in the middle, looking puzzled. "Mother, it's a small matter. You don't need to get angry. I'll talk to him when Qian'er comes back."

"I came here today mainly to ask about that estate. Didn't you say it would be under your name? Why... did the princess go back on her word?" After saying this, Li glanced at Princess Changyun, the meaning of which was self-evident.

Such shamelessness! Princess Changyun couldn't help but mock, "Ha! You've gotten so used to taking advantage that you really think everything belongs to the Luo family. Old Madam Luo's behavior is something that other powerful and wealthy families should see."

Luo Yuan knew his stepmother's temperament well, so he didn't say anything, as if he hadn't heard anything.

Li looked aggrieved. "You said it yourself! At the Mid-Autumn Festival family banquet that year, you said that there was a Duke of Dingguo in the manor at the foot of Qingshuang Mountain. Now you're going back on your word. Aren't you afraid that people in the capital will laugh at the royal family?"

"Mother, be careful what you say! You must not speak ill of the royal family."

"Don't talk nonsense? Your Excellency doesn't know, but Madam Luo has often acted like a mother-in-law in front of me. If my mother and my cousin the Emperor find out about these things, how will she be punished? Not to mention a Lady of the Imperial Decree, even General Luo will be in trouble."

Princess Changyun never mentioned these things, and Luo Yuan always thought that the different branches of the Luo family got along well.

It wasn't until this divorce that I realized it wasn't like that at all.

Just as he was about to offer some words of comfort, Luo Yuan clutched his chest, his face turning pale.

"Father, what's wrong?" Luo Tianyun asked, noticing that something was wrong with him.

Her parents divorced, and she and her brother stayed with their mother, but she and her sister still had a deep affection for their father.

Their father was a great general, a war god, and the Duke of Dingguo. Any one of his titles would make those young ladies in their boudoirs only able to envy them.

"It's alright!" Luo Yuan stopped looking at Princess Changyun and, after clearing his mind of certain thoughts, his complexion gradually returned to normal.

"Whatever you want, it was the Duke of Dingguo who broke the contract first. I'm telling you right now, you can forget about getting anything from me."

Princess Changyun emphasized the words "breach of contract first" very heavily.

Luo Yuan's heart trembled, as if something important had slipped away. He raised his hand to try and hold it back, but due to the pain in his body, he had no choice but to put it down.

"What breach of contract? Luo Yuan kept himself pure and upright at the border, and there was never anyone else by his side."

Even at this point, Li was still trying to argue her way out of trouble.

"Doesn't the second wife count? He inherits from two families, so I'm not the only one by his side. Even if it's a breach of contract, does Old Madam Luo understand? Oh, you don't understand? Your family has a long history of scheming, isn't seducing married men your usual tactic!"

Princess Changyun said disdainfully, showing no mercy whatsoever.

"So you're really sharp-tongued; you were just pretending all along." Only then did Madam Li realize that Princess Changyun hadn't changed drastically; she was just like this.

All those years of forbearance she showed them were just for Luo Yuan's benefit. How foolish!

Princess Changyun was unaware of what Li was thinking. She picked up her tea and said coldly, "Please, both of you. I am quite badly injured and have no time to waste with you."

"How did you get hurt? It was clearly—"

“Your Excellency, the Duke, you are too forgetful. This is my retribution, the retribution for feeding my eyes to dogs all these years.” After Princess Changyun finished speaking, she gave Qinghe and Qingyun a wink, signaling them to move the person away.

Hearing this from outside the courtyard, Li Meiyun was even more speechless at the two of them. They hadn't even accomplished one task, and yet they had been scolded by Princess Changyun for so long. They were truly useless.

"Great-aunt~"

"Wait, I'll leave as soon as you return that wooden box containing the wooden plaque." Reminded by her grandniece, Li finally remembered her purpose for the trip.

"What is that?" Princess Changyun's suppressed anger surged up again when she heard about the wooden plaque. "It doesn't sound like a good thing. Could it be something you used to harm Qian'er?"

"What nonsense are you talking about! I went to the temple to get it back, it's about... Anyway, as long as you're back, they're still waiting to save their lives."

Luo Yuan sensed something was wrong and asked directly, "What wooden plaque? Can't it be cured with Qian'er's blood?"

"Hahaha, in the end, the four of us, mother and children, are nothing but a joke! Get out of here! It wasn't enough that you harmed my Qian'er, you even had to use his blood to save someone, aren't you afraid of getting infected by his strange disease?"

Princess Changyun looked neither like she was crying nor laughing; at this moment, she had completely given up hope.

“Minghan is Jingqian’s younger brother. Since his blood is being used, he should—”

“There is no need for that, Your Excellency, please return!” Princess Changyun’s face turned cold. “From now on, let’s cut off all contact! The three siblings, Qian’er and his sister, are just surnamed Luo. Once they return to the capital, they will establish their own separate clans.”

After saying this, Princess Changyun fainted.

Luo Yuan instinctively wanted to answer, but someone else was faster than him.

"Mother!" Luo Jingqian appeared in the room, his mask adding to his coldness.

Taking advantage of the opportunity, Luo Yuan grabbed Luo Jingqian's arm and thrust a dagger toward Luo Jingqian's arm, saying, "Qian'er, I need your blood."