Chapter 160: The Fake Daughter-in-Law Wants to Sever Ties with the General's Residence?

"Grandma! Wuwuwu, Grandma you must not die—" Liu Yuanbao shouted in a startled, childish manner.

The other little girls all began crying as well.

The adults, faces full of agitation and indignation, struggled, trying to break free from the General's mansion's servants.

Watching this scene, the Jiangjun Fu seemed like a villain bullying the common folk, while the Liu family appeared as a pitiful household suffering a grave injustice.

But even though they acted so convincingly, the onlookers, who watched from start to finish, saw through them like a clear mirror.

"Look! Even the Great General can't help but move his foot!"

"Listening makes my teeth itch; these Liu family scoundrels are so shameless I want to punch them a few times, pfft!"

"Serves you right! Old hag, you swapped someone's own daughter; we have raised that girl for your family for so many years, yet you show no shame or gratitude and still dare to come up demanding someone!"

"Exactly, do you even know what shameful deeds your family's lineage has done?"

"The Li family still kept her alive instead of strangling her on the spot; you should be grateful, yet you come here spouting these words—aren't you asking for a beating?"

"How dare you replace the Jiangjun Fu's legitimate daughter! Such a vile woman—grab her at once!"

"Exactly, send her to the authorities!"

The common folk couldn't help but feel sympathy for the Jiangjun Fu's true legitimate daughter.

Indignant, they each raised their fists and shouted.

This made the Liu family finally panic completely.

"You—what do you know?"

"Our Que'er and Prince Yun are mutually in love! It is the Jiangjun Fu who harbors jealous grudges and refuses to let our Que'er have a better future than their own daughter, so they deliberately obstruct lovers from being together!"

"So, is it wrong for us Liu family to come and claim our own daughter? Their own daughter can return to her family, why can't we?"

"Indeed, we also miss our legitimate bloodline!"

"I want my older sister, the real older sister!!"

"Que'er, my good daughter, where are you? Mother is looking for you, wuwuwu…"

"Que'er—"

The Liu family shouted again, as if the louder their cries, the more justified they seemed.

The onlookers debated more fiercely, and the front of Jiangjun Fu instantly turned into a chaotic, bustling market.

Li Chao Jing's face darkened as he watched the scene, almost wishing he could slap fifty big wooden boards on these troublesome Liu villagers!

But he restrained himself.

He wanted to see Li Qingluo, to know what she would do.

He turned his head, and Li Qingluo still wore an unruffled expression, as if the scene before her was already commonplace, unsurprising, and expected.

Zhao Shi was knocked down, her head swollen and bruised, her face smeared with a spray of nosebleed.

She wailed loudly at the foot of the steps.

The other Liu family members, seeing this, also began to cry…

Li Qingluo, truly fed up with listening, saw Li Chao Jing still calmly staring at her, so she simply signaled with her eyes, ordering the servants to step in and tightly gag the Liu family members.

Liu family: …

Everyone widened their eyes, tears streaming.

Li Qingluo: Finally clean, hmm.

But why is Li Qingzhu so slow, hasn't come out yet?

Li Qingluo felt a bit annoyed, pondering whether to have Que'er clear the way for her, when Li Qingzhu was carried over from the other side.

"You! What are you doing!? Hurry up and release them!"

Li Qingzhu, in a delicate voice, scolded, and upon seeing a crowd kneeling at the gate, she trembled with fury.

If she's not mistaken, these are all her original family, right?

After all, they are Li Qingzhu's closest kin; these servant dogs dare to treat them like this!

"Que'er!? How did you come from over there? Weren't you meditating in the Ancestral Hall? Did you secretly escape the mansion?"

Li Qingzhu: "If I hadn't come, how would I know your so ugly, vile faces!?"

Qu Shi was stunned: "Our ugly, vile faces?"

Li Qingzhu sneered: "You originally promised me you wouldn't hold the Liu family accountable for the daughter‑swapping crime! So what are you doing now?"

"Humiliating them is humiliating me!"

Qu Shi, heart aching, looked at Li Qingzhu and shouted.

Without thinking, she earnestly advised: "Que'er, don't make mistakes again! Otherwise Mother can't protect you—"

Li Qingzhu: "Stop pretending to be concerned!"

Li Qingzhu, eyes reddened, said: "If you were to protect me, why did you stand by and watch me take ten blows that day!? My life was nearly taken, yet you let me continue kneeling in the Ancestral Hall; when I was feverish and in pain, where were you?"

"What do you mean you love me, Mother?"

"You watched them try to kill me, yet you never showed up at all."

"You are so cowardly, unable to protect me; better let me go!"

Li Chao Jing: "Li Qingzhu! Is this how you treat the mother who has truly cherished you for sixteen years? She weeps for you every day; have you ever realized that?"

"She has cradled you in her palm since you were a child; now you repay her like this?"

Li Qingzhu snorted a cold laugh: "Stop pretending! Does this household still have room for me to live?"

"Father, you wish I would die immediately, you think of killing me daily—do you think I don't know?"

"Mother, you only cry, never doing any real deeds; you just say you love me, yet you watch me continue to suffer! You are utterly cowardly and incompetent! Yet you claim to love me?"

"Admit it if you must, but now your hearts have long forgotten me; only your biological daughter Li Qingluo remains!"

Li Qingzhu, angrily pointing at Li Qingluo, was filled with hatred and resentment.

It's her!

Everything started to go out of control from the moment she returned to Jinling.

Even the things she had meticulously planned, and even everyone around her, changed one after another.

She, Li Qingzhu, has come to this point; the chief culprit is none other than Li Qingluo!

She has no choice but to hate her!

At this moment, all the Liu family members turned their heads in unison, staring dumbfounded at the lofty Li Qingluo.

!!!

She!?

That heavenly maiden, dignified and graceful, noble and pure, the kind-hearted lady, is actually Liu Caoer!!?

Everyone was screaming inside.

No!!

How is this possible?!

Shocked, incredulous, overturned, with hearts twisted into utter madness...

The Liu family members were almost going crazy!

How could it possibly be Liu Caoer?

That frail, dark-skinned Liu Caoer, coarse in appearance, unremarkable, silent and uncomplaining, toiling like a beast of burden, constantly bullied and trampled by them—how could she possibly transform into someone completely different in such a short time?!

But they had no idea that, to them, Liu Caoer had been gone for only half a year.

But to Li Qingluo, however, a full year had passed, even two lifetimes!

At that moment, the servant beside Li Qingzhu had already forcibly taken the grass cloth from the mouths of the Liu family members.

Zhao Shi screamed first: "Pah! Liu Caoer!! It's actually you!!?"

"After all, we Liu family have raised you for over ten years, and you just made me kneel to you—you've truly rebelled against heaven!"

"You ungrateful little beast, hurry up and come help me up!"

Others also followed, vying to speak to Li Qingluo one after another.

"Caoer, hurry up and listen to your grandmother! Come quickly and help us all up!"

"Caoer, look at the good life you're living now—how long has it been since you became so fresh and fair? You're living so well now, you won't be so heartless as to not recognize us, will you?"

"Caoer, Caoer, come over! Lie down! Lie down! I want to ride a horse—I want you to let me ride!"

Liu Yuanbao's mouth was covered by the eldest daughter-in-law Wang Shi in one swift motion.

She even secretly tugged at her mother-in-law's sleeve.

"Mother, after all, she is now a lady of the General's Manor..."

Zhao Shi turned and slapped Wang Shi.

"Damn thing! No matter who you are now, even if you're Zhuer's birth mother, you still have to call me mother!"

"Although the debt of birth is great, the debt of upbringing is even greater!"

"I have been the grandmother of Zhuer and her Caoer for a day, and thus for this lifetime."

As soon as Zhao Shi finished speaking, Pei Lao Furen, who was standing behind the gate and had not come out, almost couldn't help but rush out.

Zhang Mama grabbed her: "Old Lady, you said you'd let the old servant stop you!"

Pei Lao Furen clenched her fists in anger and slammed them against the wall with a bang.

"This damn stupid old hag dares to be my Luoluo's grandmother—what is she even?!"

"Back then they swapped out Luoluo, making her suffer so much—I wish I could kill her right now!"

Zhang Mama watched the wall dust fall softly, and hurriedly advised: "Old Lady, please endure a little longer. The young lady must have endured for a long time too—aren't you more willing to give her a chance to deal with these people herself?"

Pei Lao Furen: "I'm just afraid she has other plans! Look, she's still silent now—who knows what she's holding inside?!"

Zhang Mama: Indeed, you still understand the young lady...

But no matter what the young lady is holding inside, it's probably not good for these Liu family people.

Heh, just wait and see.

Behind Pei Lao Furen followed a crowd of onlookers; besides the servants, almost everyone from the second and third branches came.

At this moment, each of them craned their necks, wishing they could slip past the Old Lady to see for themselves.

Because Pei Lao Furen stood behind the gate, they could only stand at the farthest end, hearing things sometimes far, sometimes near.

The position was not only poor for viewing, but they couldn't see clearly at all!

The people from the second and third branches were anxious and jumping, but when they saw the Old Lady smash the wall dust away with a single punch, they all fell silent, not even daring to bow.

When the other Liu family members heard what Zhao Shi said, they immediately echoed: "Exactly, exactly. Caoer, it hasn't been easy for our family to feed and clothe you these years—you must not forget your gratitude!"

"She still has some conscience, didn't she just protect Yuanbao?"

"She also acknowledged that they favor Zhuer more, and said Mother, you are a meritorious official of the General's Manor."

"She really is still like this—see if she's afraid of us..."

Someone muttered quietly, and even let out a hehe laugh.

Now, with Li Qingzhu speaking up and Li Qingluo appearing, the Liu family members suddenly became arrogant and fearless again.

As long as they have Liu Caoer under control, and with Zhuer watching, they also want to break with the General's Manor; in the future Zhuer will inevitably go to Prince Yun's Manor—what else could they have?

From now on, in Jinling City, the Liu family will be able to run roughshod.