After being forced to leave the marriage, I became the wife of a top scholar.

Chapter 187 Culting Insiders
Bai Wanqing's carriage headed towards Baiweilou, passing through bustling streets that added to the festive atmosphere.

"Madam, look, the Wei family's wonton stall has a lot more customers."

Ruixin peeked out from behind the carriage curtain.

Bai Wanqing smiled faintly, "Old Wei's wontons are already exceptional, and now that Old Wei is offering them for free for three days, it's no wonder that so many people are attracted to them."

This is what Ruixin couldn't understand: "But the Wei family isn't wealthy! By hosting a three-day banquet for the Fang family, they're going to lose money this time."

"I don't know how many wontons I'll have to sell to earn back today's money!"

Bai Wanqing gave a soft "hmm" and then said, "This is because Lao Wei and Wei Qian are happy. Ruixin, not everyone is a little money-grubber like you."

"Sometimes, happiness cannot be measured solely by money."

Ruixin scratched her head sheepishly, "Madam, I'm not a money-grubber."

As soon as Ruixin finished speaking, their carriage stopped, and the driver stood outside and said softly, "Madam, we have arrived at Baiwei Restaurant."

Bai Wanqing got off the carriage and went up to the third floor with the help of the shopkeeper.

"Madam, the person you're waiting for is already inside. Please come in." The shopkeeper smiled and gestured for them to enter.

Bai Wanqing nodded slightly and stepped inside.

"You've finally arrived! You've really opened my eyes these past two days!" Liu Feifei stood up and said to Bai Wanqing with a smile.

Bai Wanqing smiled slightly and bowed to Master Liu, who was sitting to the side.

Master Liu hurriedly stood up to help her up, saying, "Madam, you are an official's wife, it is inappropriate for you to bow to me."

The way Master Liu looked at Bai Wanqing now was full of admiration. Before, he regarded her as a junior and only needed to show her some courtesy. But now, he felt that he was not worthy of her respect.

Bai Wanqing shook her head and said, "Master Liu, what are you saying? Wanqing was able to do this thanks to Master Liu's love for the people. This gift is on behalf of the people of Huaizhou, and it is the most appropriate thing to do."

With reddened eyes, Master Liu nodded, "Alright! Then I'll accept it!"

"Yes!"

He accepted the gift with pleasure and joy.

Seeing her father's admiration for Bai Wanqing, Liu Feifei felt a little jealous, so she joked, "Wanqing, you are now a good role model for my father's daughter."

"Don't think that just because I'm his biological son, I can't make my father as happy as you do now."

Master Liu glanced at the somewhat frivolous Liu Feifei and sighed, "You! You! You're just talking nonsense. It seems you really can't compare to Wanqing."

Liu Feifei smiled and continued, "Father, I am certainly no match for Wanqing."

"I am so glad that I was able to make peace with Wanqing!"

"Otherwise, I'm afraid Wanqing would swallow me whole."

Bai Wanqing smiled slightly, "Liu Feifei, neither of us dares to swallow it."

"Why?" Liu Feifei asked.

"You're too noisy. If I swallow you whole, I'll never have a peaceful day again."

Liu Feifei laughed heartily, "I can't argue with you, I can't argue with you."

While the group chatted, the restaurant staff served up the restaurant's signature dishes one after another.

Master Liu was somewhat uneasy at the moment, while Liu Feifei was enjoying her meal and chatted with Bai Wanqing like sisters.

Bai Wanqing noticed Master Liu's mood, and she waved for Ruixin to take out the box they had brought.

The box was locked, and as soon as Bai Wanqing took it out, Master Liu's eyes were immediately drawn to it.

Liu Feifei knew that Bai Wanqing wanted to talk to her father about serious matters, so she remained quiet and didn't interrupt.

Bai Wanqing took out the handbook that Master Liu had given her from the box.

“Master Liu, I obtained this manual from you.”

"Now that it has completed its mission, it will eventually be returned to Master Liu."

After receiving the handbook from Bai Wanqing, Master Liu felt a huge weight lifted from his heart.

He was naturally happy that the Fang family was out of power, but if someone had deliberately sabotaged the manual he had handed over, the Liu family would be unable to extricate themselves from the matter.

Moreover, some of the things recorded here involve more than just the Fang family.

There were also other officials whom the Fang family had bribed. When Master Liu handed over this manual, he was already prepared for the Liu family's demise.

Unexpectedly, Bai Wanqing used the manual but did not hand it in.

This was clearly the fastest way for Bai Wanqing to bring down the Fang family, but she didn't do it; instead, she limited the blame to a manageable level.

The fact that the Fang family was brought down without harming anyone else is what Master Liu admires most.

"Are you really going to return it to me?" Master Liu asked.

Bai Wanqing nodded, "Master Liu, this manual is yours, and it is up to you to decide how to dispose of it. Returning it to the Liu family is the proper course of action."

With tears welling up in his eyes, Master Liu exclaimed, "Good! Good! Good!"

"I didn't trust the wrong person!"

After Mr. Liu retrieved the manual, he felt much more relaxed. After finishing his meal, he left first, leaving Feifei and Wanqing to chat a little longer.

"Sir, if you admire Madam Lin so much, why did you come out early?"

The servants around the Liu family noticed that their master was in a good mood today, unlike the worried look they had shown a few days ago, and their courage grew a little.

Old Master Liu patted his belly with a smile, "After all, they are all young girls. Wouldn't they have more to talk about when they're together? Why should an old man like me meddle?"

The servant nodded with a smile, "Master is right, what about that young lady?"

"Miss, you don't need to worry about her. Madam Lin won't let her walk home."

"Let's go first."

Master Liu happily boarded the carriage, while Liu Feifei and Bai Wanqing chatted about the Meng family in the private room.

"Back then, I was truly bewitched to compete with you for a man like that."

Liu Feifei sniffed softly as she spoke, "If you had told me back then that Meng Zhan was just a pretty face, I definitely wouldn't have fought you for him."

Bai Wanqing picked up a piece of pastry and gave it to Liu Feifei, saying, "If I told you, you would only snatch it even more, wouldn't you?"

Liu Feifei thought about it and realized it was true, but then she exclaimed in surprise.

"Could it be that you had already planned to leave the Meng family back then, just waiting for me to come and kick you out?"

Upon hearing Liu Feifei's words, Ruixin stepped forward to protect her mistress, "Miss Liu, that's not how it is!"

"My wife was also very sad for a long time back then." "My wife said that women already have it hard enough, and if they were to divorce, there would probably be no way for them to survive in this world."

Liu Feifei was slightly surprised, then said with a serious expression, "Your young lady is right. I was too domineering and foolish back then."

Bai Wanqing smiled slightly, "But by some twist of fate, you've learned a lesson, haven't you?"

Liu Feifei smiled wryly and said, "Yes! But this lesson of mine was quite profound."

"Not only did I implicate my father and the entire Liu family, but I also trapped myself there forever."

Bai Wanqing looked at Liu Feifei's melancholy face and didn't know what to say.

Liu Feifei was the first to smile and say, "But I, Liu Feifei, am not one to dwell on things. Whether the Meng family is good or bad has nothing to do with me anymore."

Bai Wanqing nodded with a light smile, "It's best that you can come to this understanding."

The two young women, who were not very old, chatted for a while longer before preparing to leave.

"I gave my car to my father, so you have to take me home."

Liu Feifei seemed to have regained her cheerful demeanor from before she got married, and she grabbed Bai Wanqing's hand and made her demands in a domineering manner.

Xiao Cui couldn't help but tear up as she looked at it.

Ruixin, standing to the side, asked with some confusion, "Sister Xiaocui, what's wrong?"

"Your young lady is so happy, why are you crying?"

Xiao Cui pursed her lips, "My young lady hasn't been this happy since she met Meng Zhan!"

Do you think my young lady is bad?

"Always doing things that hurt people?" Xiao Cui asked, frowning.

Ruixin didn't want to go against her conscience, so she nodded and said, "Yes! That's what I thought before."

"Your young lady has used quite a few tricks to get my lady out of the house."

"If it weren't for my young lady's intelligence, any one of these things could have ruined her reputation."

Xiao Cui sighed, "Yes! Ever since Miss fell in love with Young Master Meng, she's like a completely different person. My Miss wasn't always so gloomy."

"But what's done is done!"

"I hope that Miss will always be as happy as she is now."

Ruixin and Xiaocui looked at Liu Feifei, who was smiling happily.

At this moment, Ruixin never imagined that this cheerful and seemingly carefree person was actually the original Liu Feifei.

Humans are truly complex creatures.

Liu Feifei eventually had Bai Wanqing's carriage take her home.

She was happy today; as she walked into the courtyard, she held Xiao Cui's hand and hummed a little tune.

But as soon as she entered the room, she saw Meng Zhan sitting in a chair with a gloomy expression, looking at her.

"Liu Feifei, do you no longer consider the Meng family your home?"

"They've actually started doing something like betraying their own people."

After Meng Zhan finished speaking, he picked up a teacup from the table and threw it directly at Liu Feifei.

When Liu Feifei's head was smashed, Xiao Cui was so frightened that she immediately shielded her young mistress behind her.

"Sir, what are you doing!"

Meng Zhan stood up and laughed loudly, "What? If Pei Ran hadn't told me, I wouldn't have known!"

"You've gotten so close to Bai Wanqing!"

"Are you going with Bai Wanqing today to celebrate the downfall of the Fang family?"

"Tell me, aren't you a traitor?!"

Meng Zhan was clearly still angry and strode over to attack again, but Xiao Cui held him tightly, preventing him from hitting Liu Feifei.

Liu Feifei raised her head and looked at Meng Zhan with a cold expression.

"Who are the Fang family! The people of Huaizhou City are happy that they have fallen, so why are you, Lord Meng, unhappy?"

Meng Zhan felt a little guilty under Liu Feifei's gaze.

The reason he was unhappy was because he wanted to climb the social ladder by relying on the Fang family. This opportunity was a once-in-a-lifetime chance for someone like Meng Zhan.

But it was precisely at this moment that Bai Wanqing caused such a scene.

And his current wife actually went to celebrate with Bai Wanqing, joining in the festivities.

"I'm happy! Of course I'm extremely happy!" Meng Zhan squeezed out these words through gritted teeth.

"From now on, without my order, Madam is not allowed to leave the house."

"To avoid doing anything that would disgrace the family!"

Meng Zhan immediately issued a house arrest order. Liu Feifei looked at Meng Zhan in disbelief, "You dare!"

Meng Zhan smirked, "You'll see if I dare!"

After he finished speaking, a group of servants ran over from outside the courtyard and surrounded the entire courtyard.

Xiao Cui said loudly, "You can't confine Miss's feet. If you confine her feet, how will she be able to move around among the officials' wives in the future?"

You will become a laughing stock in Huaizhou!

But Meng Zhan didn't care whether he was being ridiculed or not at this point.

"Don't worry, even without you, Liu Feifei, I still have Peiran!"

“Pei Ran is the daughter of the prestigious Yang family. She knows more and is more powerful than you. In the future, she will be the representative of the Meng family.”

"You, Liu Feifei, are nothing!"

After Meng Zhan finished speaking, he turned and left. A group of servants were still blocking the door, and Xiao Cui couldn't catch up with him.

"Forget it! Let's not argue about it."

"Miss!"

Liu Feifei rubbed her forehead, looked at the bright red bloodstains on her hands, and smiled slightly, "We can't let the Meng family live anymore."

(End of this chapter)