Remarrying Chun Yuan

Chapter 227 Follow the trend

"That's right, you have so many businesses at your residence, you can't possibly hold us back from paying these few taels of silver!"

"We don't know when this shop will open. Why can't we just run it ourselves? If it gets shut down by the government because of the manager, we'll suffer a huge loss!"

"The losses are huge. Why not sell it to me at a low price now? If the person in charge comes out unharmed, we can continue to cooperate."

……

The cacophony of voices was like a thousand bees buzzing in my ear.

Liu Musheng was drunk and wouldn't listen to a word.

He looked at his torn clothes, waved his hand, and yelled, "You all better get the hell away from me, or I'm going to beat someone up!"

"Even if you beat me to death, you can't refuse to pay for the goods! This is our life!" An old man refused to let go and continued to grab Liu Musheng's sleeve.

The sleeve already had a tear, and with another grab, it was ripped to shreds with a "rip" sound!

Liu Musheng had been holding back his anger for a long time after being scolded by Eunuch Chang. With the alcohol taking effect, he became completely furious. "Money, money, money! Can your meager payment for goods compare to the price of this one piece of clothing I'm wearing?!" This was a priceless piece of gold brocade, worth a fortune.

The old man simply stuffed the sleeve that had been torn off into his pocket, saying, "Since your clothes are more expensive than the money you're paying for, just take them off and give them to me as payment!"

As he spoke, he and his wife rushed forward and desperately tore at Liu Musheng's clothes!

Liu Musheng had never encountered such a situation before. Unable to dodge, he began kicking and stomping!

The servants were also startled and immediately rushed forward to help, but the other troublemakers, seeing that things were getting out of hand, immediately tried to stop the servants, and chaos erupted in front of the Liu family's gate.

When Liu Yuechu came out, Liu Musheng's clothes were torn to shreds, revealing his undergarments.

Upon seeing that it was Liu Yuechu, the old woman immediately stepped forward, exclaiming, "Aren't her clothes even more expensive?!"

As soon as she finished speaking, she rushed forward and tried to snatch it!

Huajiao tried to stop her, but Liu Yuechu blocked her from behind. The old woman grabbed her sleeve and tore at it, eventually tearing the light gauze cover-up in half. Then Hou Lai kicked her five meters away, and she collapsed to the ground clutching her stomach, unable to get up!

This kick stunned the chaotic crowd.

No one expected the Liu family to start hitting people directly.

Those who had been instigating the disturbance exchanged glances, discussing whether they should escalate the situation further.

Liu Yuechu, her face streaked with tears, cried uncontrollably, "I'm going to the palace! I'm going to the palace right now! Our Liu family will do nothing more; we won't suffer such humiliation for money!"

She cried and sobbed, and even dragged Liu Musheng into it.

The carriage from the Liu residence arrived quickly, reaching the gate in the blink of an eye. It picked up the two of them and headed straight for the palace!

Liu Musheng was still quite drunk and was pulled onto the carriage in a daze.

"Are you alright? You shouldn't have come out! I only tore a few pieces of clothing, it's nothing serious." He comforted Liu Yuechu as soon as he regained his composure, afraid that Liu Yuechu's stomach had been hurt.

Liu Yuechu was a little touched.

How could someone who seems so unreliable all the time suddenly have a concern for her as their first thought?

But before she could say anything, her tears had already dried. She carefully glanced at Liu Musheng, feeling that something was still missing. So she simply raised her shoe and slapped a few shoe prints onto Liu Musheng's undergarments!

Liu Musheng was startled. "What...what are you doing?"

"If you're going to complain, you should at least make it look worse, right?" Liu Yuechu added insult to injury. "When you go to the palace later, don't say a word, understand?"

Liu Musheng finally came to his senses, "So you did this on purpose!"

“What do you mean by intentional? I call this going with the flow, leveraging the momentum, creating momentum, and riding the wave,” Liu Yuechu said.

She had actually arrived at the Liu residence gate quite some time ago, hiding in a corner and watching for a long while. When she saw someone grabbing Liu Musheng's arm, she had an idea.

Actually, the tear in Liu Musheng's sleeve was something she had Liu Tao secretly cut with a knife. Otherwise, how could the old man have torn it so easily...?

She deliberately rushed over to warn Hou Lai not to make a move and to prepare the carriage in advance.

Liu Musheng was completely confused and didn't want to know the reason. "So, will this complaint even be resolved? Will our family business really be taken away by the palace?"

"No," Liu Yuechu reassured her. "I'll even have Eunuch Chang kowtow to you to make amends for the grievances you've suffered these past few days!"

Liu Musheng froze for a moment, then burst into tears. He had suffered so much these past few days!

Liu Yuechu was startled. How could such a big man suddenly start crying?

But she didn't stop him; Liu Musheng was in perfect condition!

The Liu residence was not far from the palace gate, and Hou Lai had been running all the way.

When Liu Yuechu arrived at the palace gate, she led Liu Musheng to kneel down.

The Golden Feather Guards at the gate didn't even need to hear what she said before they ran straight to the palace to tell Cheng Hai.

Cheng Hai was startled. Why was this great-grandmother suddenly kneeling at the palace gate again?

His Majesty was discussing matters in the Imperial Study, so he could only summon a young eunuch to serve him before hurriedly running to the palace gate to meet the person.

He was startled when he saw it.

Why do these two siblings look like they've been robbed?

Liu Musheng sobbed hysterically, while Liu Yuechu whimpered and complained, holding up her torn sleeve, "I'm pregnant and vomiting constantly, so naturally I don't have the time or energy to manage the business."

"But even in such a brief moment, you still get targeted and humiliated?"

“They arrested my people and wouldn’t release them without interrogation. Eunuch Chang even demanded that we hand over our fur business, bullying my elder brother.”

"She even incited people to block my husband's office and prevent him from coming home!"

"If Your Majesty finds me disgraceful, I can hand over the entire Liu family business to replenish the Ministry of Revenue, rather than resort to such methods to humiliate people!"

"Look at this! Look what they've done to our clothes! If Hou hadn't come to pick us up and run so fast, I'm afraid... I'm afraid we wouldn't have been able to save the baby..."

She doesn't usually shed so many tears. I don't know if it's because she's pregnant and her mind is more sensitive, but she can cry so easily.

The two of them kept crying, and their clothes were covered in black shoe prints.

Cheng Hai looked at Hou Lai with some skepticism. Hou Lai crossed his arms and said, "Why are you looking at me? I don't know anything about doing business."

Besides, he had already reported to Cheng Hai about the fact that the Liu family's business was being targeted; it wasn't that he hadn't mentioned it.

Cheng Hai also sensed that the Empress might have designs on the Liu family and wanted to see how things went... but what he saw before him might have made him wrong!

Cheng Hai dared not delay, and had the Golden Feather Guards help the two up, then took them directly into the palace.

Emperor Qi Xiao was waiting for Yuan Cuo, but Yuan Cuo was late in arriving. "...I don't believe he's so busy that he can't be invited!"

What other courtiers dared to say anything? Such a stubborn temper, isn't it all because you spoiled him!

Before everyone could even calm down, a wail came from the doorway:

"Your Majesty, if you really can't stand me, I can donate my business to Daqi. You don't need to harm my child!" Liu Yuechu didn't care whether there was anyone in the Imperial Study or not, and started crying as soon as she reached the door.

She sobbed and cried, her face streaked with tears.

Emperor Qi Xiao thought the voice sounded so familiar.

Cheng Hai rushed in, adding fuel to the fire, "Your Majesty, Lady Liu and her brother have been beaten..."