allonlinenovel Chapter 485 One Less Li Family
Chapter 485 One Less Li Family
When Li Qiumei heard Liu Nie recount her actions, her face turned pale and then red, and her forced composure crumbled instantly.
But he still stubbornly insisted, "So what if I did it? That Yun Shang is arrogant and disrespectful. I just wanted to teach him a lesson and vent my anger for Zhi Lan!"
Liu Zhilan covered her face, her eyes reddening, and cried out, "Father, Mother did it all for me. Yun Shang humiliated me like that, I can't swallow this!"
Liu Nie was so angry that he almost rolled his eyes, realizing they didn't think the same way. "You, you all—"
Li Qiumei didn't think she was wrong. "I did all this for this family, for Zhilan's future! You're usually incompetent, I just wanted to fight for my daughter, what did I do wrong?"
"Strive for it?" Liu Nie was furious. "You dare to scheme against a high-ranking official in order to fight for her marriage? You dare to scheme against the emperor's most trusted minister?!"
Upon hearing this, Liu Zhilan burst into tears and said:
"Father, isn't this all because of you?"
"If you were any more successful, your mother wouldn't have to worry so much!"
Upon hearing this, Liu Nie's blood boiled, and he raised his hand to hit her again. Seeing this, Li Qiumei rushed over to protect Liu Zhilan and said fiercely, "Liu Nie, try touching her again!"
Looking at his stubborn wife and daughter, Liu Nie felt a wave of sorrow wash over him.
He laughed in fury: "Good! Good! Good! You two are truly of one mind, mother and daughter!"
His raised hand fell limply to his sides, and he looked at them with a complicated expression.
"The Liu family temple is too small to accommodate you and your daughter," Liu Nie said coldly. "Li Qiumei, I have already written the letter of divorce. From this moment on, you are no longer a woman of the Liu family!"
He took a thin piece of paper from his pocket and tossed it in front of Li Qiumei.
Li Qiumei glanced at the paper and sneered, "Divorce me? Liu Nie, do you dare to divorce me?"
She knew all these years ago that Liu Nie had been driven to the brink by her and had even considered divorcing her.
But Liu Nie dared not divorce her.
He climbed the social ladder by relying on her and her family.
Thinking this, Li Qiumei smiled as she picked up the piece of paper, a smile still on her face, "pretending."
"Do you think you can scare me with a letter of divorce and make me a puppet in the future?"
"Liu Nie, I know you too well. You can't bear to divorce me. Without me, who will help you with your official social obligations? Without my family's support, how much of a foothold will you have in the court..."
As she said this, Li Qiumei's face was full of pride.
She glanced slowly at the paper she had picked up, but all her words came to an abrupt halt when she saw the two large, eye-catching characters on the paper.
—Letter of Divorce.
That really is a divorce letter!
Li Qiumei's gaze was fixed on those two words, her smile frozen on her face.
Liu's parents stood close together to one side, not daring to interrupt the entire time.
They initially thought Liu Nie was just bluffing Li Qiumei, but they never expected it to actually be a letter of divorce.
Liu's mother was getting anxious and quickly turned around to persuade Liu Nie, "Son, don't be impulsive..."
However, before Liu's mother could say more than a few words, Liu Nie interrupted her, "Father and Mother, you don't need to concern yourselves with this matter. My mind is made up."
Liu Zhilan, hiding behind Li Qiumei, also saw the letter of divorce.
Seeing her disbelief, she screamed, "Father, are you kidding me?! You're really going to divorce Mother?"
"Father, you'll regret this! Without Mother's help, what will you do in the future!"
Liu Nie couldn't help but laugh when he saw Liu Zhilan's appearance.
His laughter was full of self-mockery: "Raising a daughter like you, I might as well have strangled you when you were born!"
Perhaps it was Liu Nie's fierce gaze that made Liu Zhilan swallow back the words she was about to say, and she took a few steps back in fear.
For some reason, Li Qiumei was still staring intently at the letter of divorce. Liu Nie glanced at it and then looked away, saying, "Pack your things and get out of the Liu family right now!"
Upon hearing this, Li Qiumei seemed to wake from a dream and suddenly crumpled the letter of divorce into a ball!
She hurled the weapon viciously at Liu Nie, yelling, "Liu Nie, you heartless bastard! I've done so much for you, and you actually dare to divorce me!"
Liu Nie easily dodged to the side, unmoved: "You're courting death, I don't want to die, and don't even think about dragging the Liu family down with you."
Liu Nie kept saying "die," and Li Qiumei finally grasped the key point. She grabbed Liu Nie, her eyes fierce, and asked, "What exactly do you mean by that? Who will die?"
These words had barely left his lips.
Suddenly, a cacophony of footsteps and the clanging of weapons came from outside the door.
The gatekeeper rushed in in a panic, followed by a group of soldiers carrying torches.
The gatekeeper, his face ashen, shouted, "Master, Madam! Something terrible has happened! Soldiers have broken in—"
Upon seeing so many officers and soldiers, Li Qiumei and Liu Zhilan's faces turned pale instantly.
Liu Zhilan's legs went weak, and she almost collapsed. She clutched Li Qiumei's sleeve tightly, panicking, "Mother...Mother, what should we do...Are these people here to arrest us?"
Seeing the soldiers barging in, Li Qiumei panicked, but still stubbornly said, "What are you panicking about! They have no evidence, they won't dare to do anything to us!"
Even so, her voice trembled uncontrollably.
Liu Nie stared at them coldly, saying nothing.
As the officers and soldiers approached, he quickly stepped forward and said with a fawning smile, "Commander Chen, you've arrived so quickly."
Chen Zixian was promoted to commander of the patrol army through a military examination some time ago. He came from a very humble background, and his original score had been taken by someone else.
Yun Shang discovered the impersonation and fraud during his thorough investigation and corrected the situation.
Because of this incident, even though Yun Shang didn't know that Chen Zixian existed, Chen Zixian blindly worshipped Yun Shang.
Upon learning that someone dared to slander the Second Grand Secretary, Chen Zixian volunteered to arrest the suspect.
Chen Zixian only glanced coldly at Liu Nie.
Seeing that Chen Zixian was not buying it, Liu Nie dropped his fawning expression and sighed, "Commander Chen, I have already divorced Li. She is no longer a member of the Liu family, and what she has done has nothing to do with the Liu family."
Chen Zixian only glanced at Liu Nie.
The actions of Li Qiumei and her daughter were indeed unrelated to the rest of the Liu family, and Chen Zixian had no intention of arresting Liu Nie on this trip.
However, Liu Nie's eagerness to sever ties with the Li mother and daughter at this moment is truly heartless.
Chen Zixian's gaze finally fell on Li Qiumei, and he said in a deep voice, "Li Qiumei, by imperial decree, you have fabricated evidence to frame an official of the court. Your crimes are heinous. You shall be immediately escorted back to the Dali Temple to await trial!"
The guards stepped forward to arrest the man, but Li Qiumei suddenly turned to look at Liu Nie, "Liu Nie, how dare you!"
At this moment, Liu Nie wished Li Qiumei would disappear as soon as possible, his face full of undisguised disgust.
"At this point, let's all save our own lives."
Li Qiumei and Liu Zhilan were both taken away by the patrol guards, and the Liu family fell silent instantly.
Liu's parents only then realized what was happening and gathered around Liu Nie.
"What... what exactly is going on?"
"Son, if you divorce Li, will the Li family cause us trouble?"
Liu Nie waved his hand dismissively, "The Li family? Soon, Shengjing City will have one less family with the surname Li."