I was the emperor in the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 541
The knife that has not been drawn for many years may taste the taste of blood again tomorrow.

The whetstone made a rustling sound, not only the rust on the knife, but also the weakness and shortness of breath that Chen Liu had accumulated over the years.

He didn't fall asleep all night.

When the first ray of sunlight shone on him in the morning, he seemed to wake up from the shadow of the past, full of energy and sharpness.

No one can regard him as the same person as the former man who bowed his knees, greeted everything with a smile, and never dared to straighten his body.

The third lady also stayed up all night.

She seemed to have stayed by the bed all night, and it was not until the morning when the sun was shining that she woke up from her trance.

As she said before, when the third young master died, her only concern for the Chai family was gone.

She thought she wouldn't feel anything, but that was not the case at all.

Only after she really lost it did she realize how empty her heart was.

In the past, no matter whether she loved or hated the Chai family, the Chai family was always her nominal home. Now her only home was gone, her only family was gone, and her life seemed to be free again.

But is this really the case?

In the past few years, the ups and downs of the Chai family have been seen and felt by her.

She has worked hard and struggled for it, and seeing that everything she has built with her own hands will soon have nothing to do with her, no matter who it is, she probably feels uncomfortable.

It's like an employee, no matter how unhappy he is working in a company, after a few years, there will always be someone or something worth remembering!

Those nights you have stayed up, those colleagues who turned black and white with you, there are always one or two things, which are hard to let go of.

Although everything is irreversible, although everything has passed.

But the past memories and efforts will not gradually disappear with the passage of time, but will be like old wine, the longer the time, the more mellow and fresh it will be.

Cutting off the connection with the Chai family is also tantamount to letting go of the past.

Maybe what she can't forget is not a certain person or a certain thing, but her past self.

The longing of the whole night, with the first ray of sunshine in the morning, seemed to disappear, but it didn't really disappear from her memory, it was just hidden by her.

Hire servants to arrange makeup for yourself.

She knew that although she had made a decision in her heart, the troubles were far from over. The things she was about to face might be more difficult than the things she encountered in the previous few years.

But she is not afraid, on the contrary, she has a feeling of relief in it.

After tidying up her makeup, she came to the hall and sat down quietly, waiting for the evil guest to come, waiting for the final decision of fate.

Before Si time ([-]:[-] a.m. to [-]:[-] a.m.), the gate of the small courtyard was violently kicked open.

Accompanied by five or six tall and strong men, Chai Xiong strode into the small courtyard.

After entering the door, he didn't rush straight to the living room, but looked at this exquisite courtyard with great interest.

"Tsk tsk, isn't it good? This small courtyard can be worth three to five thousand taels at least. It seems that the old lady is right. Lin Dai, a bitch, really has a lot of money hidden."

"Master, be careful. When you can do it, be careful not to hurt the decoration inside, otherwise it will be worthless."

A dog leg next to me said flatteringly,
"Second Master, don't worry, the third lady is just a mere girl, it's not easy to take her down!"

Chai Xiong seemed to have thought of something, with a grim smile on his face and said in a low voice,

"If she obediently handed over the money, it doesn't matter if you let her go. If she doesn't obey, hehe... no wonder I'm being rude to her, Second Master."

With a loud bang, the door of the living room was savagely knocked open by them.

Chen Xiong saw the third wife who was sitting in the middle of the living room, drinking tea quietly.

"Hehe, Lin Dai, are you quite leisurely and elegant? You can still drink tea at this time."

The third lady raised her head every time, and said in a cold voice,
"Are the Chai family so unruly? How can I say that I am also the eldest lady of the Chai family. When I see this lady, it's fine to be rude. How dare you yell at this lady in front of me? You still have something in your eyes." Does the Chai family's family law exist?"

In normal times, regardless of the position of the third wife in the Chai family, or the superficial respect that Chai Xiong and others showed her, even if he was reluctant, he would still have to call her the eldest lady in person.

But now, once the third young master died, Chai Xiong no longer had the slightest scruples, and his wife stopped calling, and instead directly called the third lady by her maiden name.

Obviously, he has completely ignored her.

"Hmph, Lin Dai, you probably don't know yet. Last night, your sick husband-in-law passed away. Now that you are no longer a member of the Chai family, stop bluffing people with your accent!"

"I advise you to hand over the things that belong to the Chai family as soon as possible. The second master is kind, and maybe I can leave a few taels of silver for you. Otherwise, you will go to the street to beg for food tomorrow."

The expression on the third lady's face did not change, and her voice was neither salty nor weak.

"Second master, did you get up early? Your brain is not enough! On weekdays, there is an old lady who manages the accounts, and all my expenses are recorded. I don't remember. I don't remember anything here that belongs to the Chai family. !"

Seeing that she refused to spit it out by himself, Chai Xiong's face became very ugly, he slammed the table beside him, and said viciously,

"Lin Dai, don't pretend to be confused for the second master here. What I'm talking about is not the account of the Chai family, but the money you made from the auction held by a partnership."

The third lady suddenly burst out laughing, laughing with tears in her eyes.

The Chai family doesn't even plan to take the last bit of fig leaf. It's fine for the whole family to bully her as a weak woman, but now they even plan to take her life away. Her shamelessness towards the Chai family can be described as another With a new understanding.

Laughing and laughing, she stopped suddenly, and said sharply to Chai Xiong,

"Chai Xiong, if you are still a man, you can explain to me how the money I earned in private became the Chai family's! If you can't explain the reason today, your second master Chai will inevitably come to the house!" Walked in the courtroom."

Chai Xiong was not afraid of the third lady's threat at all, and said with a sneer,

"It's ridiculous, as long as you are still a member of my Chai family, everything you own will belong to the Chai family. Don't you think that you can take this money and enjoy it freely in the future, you are dreaming!"

Although the third wife had long thought that the Chai family would make shameless demands, she never thought that the Chai family could be so shameless.

(End of this chapter)