Exile with Storage Space: Family Fortunes in the Barren Lands-Chapter 726 - 679: An Unwilling Request (1)

Baili Dalang Baili Ju, lazy since childhood, neither liked reading nor martial arts; he would lie down rather than sit, and sit rather than stand.

He has been muddling through life, enjoying it.

He also knew well that he lacked ability. When his father passed the position of Envoy to his second brother, he was not only unbothered but also relieved.

He was ten years older than his second brother. When his brother was only as tall as a table, he was dragged by his father to the barracks, where he saw soldiers wielding long knives on horseback, and his scalp tingled for days.

Later, when his father said he would let his second brother inherit the official position, he was overjoyed.

But unexpectedly, he married a wife whose temperament was completely opposite to his.

Nonetheless, they were a couple after all. Baili Ju still took his two sons to the manor outside the city to visit Madam Baili.

Madam Baili was confined in a small yard in the manor, with the gate usually locked. Inside, she was accompanied only by two maids and an old woman.

For daily affairs, only the maid or the old woman could leave the yard, Madam Baili could not go out.

In addition, the people in the manor were ordered not to let her leave it.

Baili Ju brought his two sons, and the steward of the manor unlocked the gate for them to enter.

Madam Baili was sitting in the yard at that time, staring blankly at the sky.

The weather was fine, with a few wisps of white clouds drifting across the bright blue sky.

Baili Ju patted his sons on their shoulders, "Go ahead."

The two children stepped forward and called out together, "Mother."

Madam Baili had already seen them enter the yard, but she only glanced at them briefly and continued looking up at the sky.

The two children called "Mother" again, and she finally lowered her head, impatiently yelling at her sons, "Why are you here? Do you want to make me angry?"

Baili Ju frowned, "Your sons are here to see you, why are you angry?"

"Why are you here again? I don’t want to see you, you coward!" Madam Baili thought of her husband always siding with the second family, and her anger surged.

"Haven’t you had enough?" Baili Ju, usually good-natured, also lost his temper, "I told you when I married you, I wouldn’t inherit my father’s official position, I can’t fight, and I wouldn’t do well even if I had it!"

"..."

"The border is a critical area; it’s a disaster to have someone incompetent guarding it. The Envoy is a military officer—if he can’t lead troops into battle, he isn’t qualified to inherit it. You didn’t say anything back then, so why complain now?"

"..."

"For the sake of reputation, you poisoned my second brother and his wife, nearly killing them. In another family, someone like you would have faced a lawsuit and execution by now! You can still live comfortably here and throw tantrums?"

"Mother, you did wrong; you can’t harm others," the ten-year-old Baili Xun said, shaking his head at his mother.

"Uncle and Aunt never harmed you, so why did you harm them?" the elder son Baili Hui also questioned Madam Baili.

The father and sons scolded Madam Baili in unison, making her furious, "Get out, I don’t want to see you!"

She hysterically jumped up, cursing.

Baili Ju looked at her coldly, turned around, and left with his hands behind his back.

The two sons followed silently.

"Get out, all of you, not a single good one among you!" Madam Baili continued to curse, refusing to admit her wrongs.

The two maids and the old woman accompanied her, sarcastically commented, "Madam, save your energy, for the days ahead are long. Now that you’ve driven away the master and the young masters, no one will visit you anymore, and the days will be extremely long and boring."

Madam Baili cast them a cold glance, slumped in the chair, sulking.

As the maid said, no one came to visit Madam Baili in the days that followed.

She was like a prisoner, only able to move around the small yard daily.

She had driven away her husband and sons, and her family felt ashamed and would not visit her. The people in the manor were all opportunists; seeing no benefit in her, they treated her as if she didn’t exist.

Gradually, the attitudes of the two maids and the old woman became indifferent.

Only then did Madam Baili start to regret, but no one would convey a message to the city for her.

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After dealing with Madam Baili, Old Master Baili didn’t stop there.

He knew well that it was the interference of Yu Wen Zan’s people that forced Madam Baili to take risks.

On the day Madam Baili was sent to the manor, Old Master Baili immediately penned a personal letter and a memorial.

He ordered them to be sent to the Capital.

The letter was addressed to Marquis Zhongyi Yu Wenbo.

The memorial was addressed to the Emperor.

The contents of the letter and the memorial were the same, accusing Yu Wen Zan’s people of instigating his daughter-in-law to poison his second son and daughter-in-law.

He questioned Yu Wenbo, asking why he was meddling in Liangzhou’s affairs, and simultaneously, he complained to the Little Emperor about Yu Wenbo sending his younger son to interfere in Baili Mansion’s matters.

The letter and memorial caused a huge uproar in the Capital, but that’s a story for later.

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After Madam Baili was sent away, the next day Li Yuzhu and Mu Yuanxiu came to find the Xue Family.

To Li Yuzhu’s surprise, the Xue Family wasn’t at the mansion.

It turned out that after Madam Baili left the Xue Mansion, it wasn’t long before the Xue Family discovered some hidden letters were missing.

At the time, she was frightened out of her wits.

The next morning, the Xue Family sent someone to inquire about news at the Baili Mansion and received the reply that Madam Baili had been locked in the ancestral hall by Old Master Baili.

The Xue Family immediately understood that the matter had been exposed.

She also lost interest in investigating the reason for the missing letters and immediately ordered her people to pack up their belongings and quickly left Liangzhou City.

When Li Yuzhu visited the Xue Mansion, only the gatekeeper was there, who said that the Xue Family had left Liangzhou City the previous day.

"She fled quickly!" Li Yuzhu sneered.

"Even if we caught her, we couldn’t convict her; she didn’t do the poisoning, and she could even deny instructing Madam Baili," Mu Yuanxiu shared his thoughts.

Li Yuzhu understood this; she just wanted to teach the Xue Family a lesson and warn her not to harm anyone again.

But then, thinking about the Xue Family’s temperament, she realized it would be hard to change her ways. 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝒆𝒘𝙚𝓫𝙣𝙤𝒗𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

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The first month has quickly passed.

Li Yuzhu and Mu Yuanxiu also prepared gifts for their families; they planned to leave for Zhen An Prefecture the day after tomorrow.

That afternoon, Li Yuzhu came to bid farewell to Second Madam Baili.

Where there is a gathering, there is also a parting.

Second Madam Baili had guessed that Li Yuzhu would leave these days.

She glanced at Guoguo, who came with Li Yuzhu, and held Guoguo in her arms, lightly stroked her little face, smiled, and said, "I have an unreasonable request. I wonder if Li San Niang would agree."

Li Yuzhu cheerfully laughed, "Second Madam, please speak. If I can help, I certainly will."

"It’s not about helping, it’s... can Guoguo stay here?" Second Madam Baili glanced at Guoguo, awkwardly said, "Ruirui likes to play with Guoguo."