Chapter 804: Chapter 804: Madam Li Wants a Divorce
Shu Yu’s banishment had become anything but a secret anymore.
Even if everyone intended to keep it from the Eldest Aunt, with so much time having passed, and the abrupt departure of the second household, she surely would have found out if she had wanted to.
What astonished Shu Yu was Madam Li’s reaction.
Dabao wrote in the letter, “The Eldest Aunt wants to divorce the Eldest Uncle?”
“What???” exclaimed the old lady, while everyone else sat up straight with solemn expressions.
Shu Yu said, “After learning about my banishment, the Eldest Aunt feared implicating the main family, so she asked the Eldest Uncle to sever ties with us. Both the Eldest Uncle and Brother Daniu disagreed, and then the Eldest Aunt threatened to divorce the Eldest Uncle.”
Before, Madam Li probably had never thought there could be such a way out.
But since Daya went through such an ordeal last year, it had opened up new avenues of thought for her.
After finishing the reading, Shu Yu couldn’t help but glance at the old lady.
The latter’s expression, however, was unusually calm, unnaturally so.
After a while, the old lady scoffed, “So did they get a divorce?”
Shu Yu couldn’t help laughing and crying at the same time, “No.”
How could they really divorce? That was just a threat from Madam Li to the Eldest Uncle. Third Uncle loves to stir trouble, and the wording in his letter is particularly exaggerated.
But if the Eldest Uncle had indeed divorced, Daniu would have mentioned it.
The old lady seemed a bit regretful, “They should have divorced. That Madam Li, she’s even less clear-headed than your Aunt Lu Sanzhu. Doesn’t she think, if it were possible to implicate her, would they have waited until now?”
Shu Yu comforted her by taking her hand, “Grandmother, don’t be angry, we’ve long known what kind of person the Eldest Aunt is. Let her be, let’s continue reading.”
The old lady uttered a “hm,” and Shu Yu then proceeded.
The rest of the content was just some trivial matters, with the Third Uncle mainly describing some jokes about the main family. Only because Daniu is too decent did he not include those affairs of Lu Sanzhu’s household, otherwise who knows who the joke would be on.
However, regarding the tea leaves and local specialties Shu Yu had sent, the Third Uncle expressed almost half a page of gratitude, implicitly hoping for more goodness, urging them to send any fine goods back.
After finishing the reading, Shu Yu couldn’t help but shake her head. In the next moment, she pinched the paper with her fingers, only to realize that Dabao’s letter had come to an end, yet there appeared to be another letter behind it.
She was startled, having not noticed it before. Now, pulling it out for a look, it was a page of neat handwriting, more fluid and cursive than the two proxy-written letters from Daniu.
This handwriting looked somewhat familiar.
Shu Yu glanced at the signature and said in surprise, “It’s a letter from Tang Wenqian.”
The Lu family members craned their necks together, “Why would Scholar Tang be sending a letter? What does it say?”
Shu Yu scanned it briefly and said softly, “He’s apologizing to me. He says he wanted to write an apology before, but didn’t know the detailed address. Now that we sent specialties back, he learned that the Lu family would be replying and included his letter to send over.”
The old lady sighed, “It’s not his fault; he never thought of speaking out. I heard that because of this matter, the entire Tang family was taken to the county office for questioning by Lord Xiang.”
Madam Tang had been terrified and even fell ill after returning.
Shu Yu chuckled and continued reading from the letter, “Nevertheless, it turned into a blessing in disguise. Scholar Tang had previously been to the prefecture for the civil examinations, and the results are out. Although his ranking wasn’t very high, he still passed and not only became Mr. Scholarly Man, but he’s also assisting Lord Xiang at the county office.”