Chapter 1856 - 1856: Limitless regret (2)
Ye Liu was not the only one; Fang Chi and Shen Li also thought that Yu Dong was talking nonsense. She was a common farmer; why was she joining a war?
Fang Chi agreed with Ye Liu and said to Yu Dong, “I don’t agree as well; you are the pillar of support for this family. How can you go to war? What would happen to us if you were to leave?”
When he thought about Yu Dong’s departure and that to the battlefield, Fang Chi’s eyes turned red like rabbits. Really this woman—why did she have to take the responsibility of the entire world? Wasn’t it better to stay at home with them?
Shen Li’s fists clenched on his lap as he turned to look at Yu Dong and said to her, “You cannot go.”
“Do you all realise what you are saying?” Yu Dong arched a brow and questioned. “What Yu Linyun had done has put our entire village in limelight in the eyes of the tyrant. With this information disclosed, its impossible for the empress to not attack us. I assure you that by tomorrow morning, all kinds of guards will start attacking our village.”
“And when that happens, this place would be filled with nothing but massaarce.”
“As long as I leave to join the war, Magistrate Li and Qiao Sha will take over this land, which will push Xian Xieren to the backfoot for a few months. And with me helping Xian Zhenya, the war will end more quickly than others have anticipated.”
Yu Dong had already planned everything the second she found out that the cattle had been kidnapped. She was going to fake her disappearance and then cause the deed of the village to fall back in the hands of Li Wan.
Compared to her, who had purchased the title of an official, Li Wan, who was a first grade official had more power against Xian Xieren. She had also heard that, due to the rising friction, the Li family had escaped to the Big River Village.
Now there was only a very thin layer of peace existing between the imperial family and the Li family. Now they were just waiting for the last straw to break before all hell broke loose.
Since that was the case, then she was going to use her skills as a wager to break this bleak war. As long as she could bring the Li family to her side, she could easily leave the village without worrying too much about the safety of her family.
And with Qiao Sha’s husbands living here, that woman would also join in the fun.
When Shen Li and the rest saw that Yu Dong had already decided, they sucked in some breath. However, no matter how many breaths they inhaled, they couldn’t calm down and felt really stuffy. How could they not? Yu Dong was their wife; if something was to happen to her, what would happen to them?
In the end, it was Shen Li who asked the toughest question, “Whe–When are you thinking of leaving?”
“Tomorrow,” since she had decided to go then there was no point in dilly dallying.
When Shen Li heard that she was about to leave tomorrow, he felt his entire head go lightheaded. This woman—why didn’t she just kill him? It would have hurt a lot less than digesting this piece of news.
Yu Dong looked at her husbands and grandma, who looked shaken to their cores and smiled lightly. She knew that she was being unfair but there was no other choice in front of her other than this.
She got up from the chair and was about to head out when she suddenly thought of something and said to the mers, “Tell Xiao Hua… that if he finds someone else when I am gone, he is free to marry that woman—I will not pursue the matter if I return.”
She was glad that Xiao Hua was not ruined by her at least he could marry another woman if he wanted.
She then turned to look at her husbands before adding, “The same goes for you all as well. And even if you don’t want to remember that I taught you all to live a prosperous life without me.”
After she finished speaking, she headed out of the house as she had a lot of work to do. If she wanted to send Yu Linyun to the yamen, then she needed to collect a lot of evidence.
No one spoke in the family because they were still reeling and digesting the words that Yu Dong said to them.
They are free to do the same as well? Even if they were idiots, they understood what Yu Dong meant by those words. She was saying those words because she herself didn’t know if she would come back alive for sure!
Thus she said those words to help them make up their minds.
Ye Liu slumped down on the chair. He wanted to cry and make a fuss while blaming Yu Dong for being heartless but he knew that he couldn’t because Yu Dong was not the one who was wrong here. She was only doing her best to keep them protected and safe. But his heart was not willing to accept it.
He covered his hands and sobbed wretchedly.
“What a sin! What a sin! If I knew that woman would do such a thing, then I would have thrown her into the water pit with my own hands!” Grandma Yu slapped her thighs and sobbed angrily. Her poor granddaughter, it was bad enough that she had to suffer so much after Yu Linyun snatched her house and land but now that woman threw the entire village in such a dangerous mess.
Because of her, Yu Dong had to join the war—who knows when she would return or whether or not she —
Grandma Yu swallowed hard and cursed again.
Shen Li clenched his fists and unclenched them. If he knew that his wife was going to leave for such a long and dangerous task, he would have restrained his mouth. Now he felt disgusted by himself; he actually—hurt his wife in such a manner!
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