Chapter 83: Chuan'er Was Ruined by Zhu'er!

Lan Cang Courtyard.

Qu Shi is raging furiously, even blood‑washing Lan Cang Courtyard.

But the entire Jiangjun Fu has been turned upside down, and they still haven't found Shanhu's trace.

"You can't even find a lowly filly! Could she have flown away to the heavens and vanished!?"

"I originally agreed to let her stay in the young master's courtyard so she could be close and better look after the young master! Yet she, instead, has taken to luring the men! Today, see if I don't skin her alive!"

"Find her quickly! Where could she have hidden? After committing a guilty deed, she can't just jump into the lake herself! Hmph, even if she's dead it won't ease my hatred; today I must enforce strict regulations!"

"Keep beating them, the few of them!"

"Beat them until you find that lowly filly Shanhu!"

Li Kechuan lay alone in the room, listening to the wails outside, his face darkening as if ice were forming on it.

Li Qingluo stepped into Lan Cang Courtyard at that moment.

"Mother, what are you doing?"

After that day, Qu Shi returned home; Li Chao Jing somehow learned of what happened at Zhongyi Hou Fu, and he praised Li Qingluo before Qu Shi, but Qu Shi was indifferent.

He even complained a few lines, saying Li Qingluo disregarded Zhu'er's reputation.

Li Chao Jing slapped her and scolded, "You, Li Kechuan'er, insist on avenging Zhu'er, maddeningly trying to destroy this family completely?"

"Since Zhu'er is already dead, what does reputation matter? What Li Qingluo did today brought honor to the entire Jiangjun Fu, yet you can't see that, insisting on fighting for the dead again!"

"If you continue to be so foolish, I will never spare you!"

Qu Shi felt both aggrieved and frightened, hiding in the room for two days without daring to come out.

Seeing Li Qingluo today, she felt a trace of shame.

Coincidentally, the matter being handled was still the kind that belongs in her brother's courtyard!

She immediately said, "Qingluo, this is not a place for you; go back quickly!"

Li Qingluo entered, first bowing to Qu Shi, then said, "Qingluo heard the commotion from Hongfenguan but didn't know what happened. Mother, you are so furious; you should take care of yourself first."

Qu Shi, extremely embarrassed, said, "It—it's in your brother's room, a damned maid appeared. Once Mother catches her, it'll be fine."

Li Qingluo saw that she still knew shame?

She was too lazy to expose her, and said, "Mother wants to find someone; why not let the people from the courtyard help? They were trained by Grandmother, so they'll be the most capable. Which one are you looking for?"

Qu Shi: "……"

Before she could answer, Li Kechuan's roar echoed from the room: "Get her out of Lan Cang Courtyard! Out—!"

Li Qingluo sighed, "I heard a maid resembling sister Zhu'er arrived in the young master's room; since she came, the young master has hardly lost his temper, hasn't he?"

"I thought, using this maid, I could catch a glimpse of what sister Zhu'er is really like, but it seems the young master doesn't want to show me."

Qu Shi watched Li Qingluo alertly.

Only then did she suspect that her own daughter wasn't here to care for her and her brother, but to watch the commotion in Chuan'er's courtyard?

Could it be that she knows what happened in Lan Cang Courtyard?

Qu Shi's expression twisted uncontrollably for a moment, but before her anger flared again, Li Qingluo swiftly withdrew: "Then Qingluo won't disturb Mother's tidying of the back courtyard. It's just… it's just my brother's side; Mother should mind his face a bit more."

Having said that, she had had enough of the spectacle and left gracefully.

Qu Shi watched her back, her heart a knot of gloom, and from the room behind came Li Kechuan's abnormal outburst again.

Qu Shi entered the room, glanced, and saw Li Kechuan had fallen to the ground again!

"Chuan'er—"

Qu Shi, eyes reddened, rushed over; she tried to lift Li Kechuan, but he shoved her away.

"Chuan'er, you, let Mother help you!"

Qu Shi, heartbroken, shed tears, but heard Li Kechuan, sprawled on the ground like a mangled dog, say coldly, "Help me? Does Mother wish for me to hurry and die?"

Qu Shi: "Chuan'er, what are you saying? How could Mother be like this?"

Li Kechuan: "I'm merely favoring a maid; even if she looks like Zhu'er, does that mean I can't be fond of her?"

"Mother thinks I'm now a useless person, so I can't even sleep with a maid!?"

Qu Shi slapped Li Kechuan's face.

"Chuan'er! You're confused! In the whole Lan Cang Courtyard, the entire Jiangjun Fu, you can sleep with any maid, but not the one who looks like Zhu'er!"

"But that's your sister..."

Li Kechuan: "She isn't! Did she crawl out of your womb?"

Li Kechuan glared at Qu Shi in angry shame, uttering that.

Qu Shi suddenly felt as if she had fallen into an abyss, collapsing heavily onto the ground.

"Chuan'er, Chuan'er you..."

Li Kechuan reached for the pair of crutches placed by the bedside, then, with effort, propped himself up and stood using them.

This was the first time since he severed his leg that he truly stood up.

It was still that Shanhu, who had secretly brought it to him from somewhere.

There was also a wheelchair placed by the window.

She said, "Grandfather, even if everyone in the world looks down on you, Shanhu knows you will recover to your former self!"

At that moment, through Shanhu, he seemed to see Zhu'er!

If his Zhu'er were truly still alive, wouldn't she, like her, gently and kindly encourage him without giving up?

The madness of breaking into Prince Yun's Mansion that day still baffles him to this day; he still doesn't understand what happened.

But he's not a fool!

He just doesn't want to think further…

Thus, originally he had become self‑destructive, unwilling even to look at the crutches or wheelchair, but today's humiliation is, to him, like arsenic!

He knew he could not go on being so decadent, rotting away like a pool of mud.

Even without legs, he is still the future master of the Jiangjun Fu!

"Mother, from now on you need not worry about the affairs of my courtyard."

Li Kechuan staggered outward, but before he could take a step, he fell flat on his face!

He was unwilling, and climbed up again...

After such twists and turns for half an hour, he finally reached the doorway.

Li Kechuan was already drenched in sweat, yet he was overjoyed.

As it turned out, he could still walk!

Qu Shi watched him from behind, her gaze vacant.

Even if he can walk, what does it matter?

He is no longer the Jiangjun Fu's brilliant young general...

At this moment she finally admitted from the heart that Chuan'er had been ruined by Zhu'er!

Even though Zhu'er is dead, she still destroyed the Jiangjun Fu's future!

Qu Shi never expected that the coral she had left behind, which had steadied Chuan'er's mood and stopped his daily rages, would turn out to be such a calamity!

She wiped away a tear, struggled to her feet, and her expression grew indifferent once more.

Li Qingluo returned to the Hongfenguan and heard someone say, "The eldest master seems to have stood up."

Li Qingluo: "If he doesn't stand up, he might as well just rot away in the room."

Naturally, Qu Shi, because of Li Kechuan's outburst, dared not cause any more trouble in the Lan Cang courtyard, while Li Kechuan had people continue searching for the coral.

He must have gotten a taste of the benefit and now can't let go.

Granny Deng asked, "Should we let her go?"