Rebirth of a Farming Wife

Chapter 618: Chapter Six Hundred and Twenty-Four
 

“Is everything taken care of, the matter with Liu Xuan…”

“Daughter-in-law, rest assured, from today onwards, Liu Xuan will fall into silence. He no longer has the capability to compete, at most he’s just a wealthy young master, incapable of causing any significant trouble.”

Su Wenyue listened to Han Yu’s words but did not feel at ease. As the saying goes, ‘A lamed snake can still bite’: “But considering Liu Xuan’s character and mind, as long as he is still in Peicheng, even if he lacks the power to compete, I fear he won’t be content.”

Su Wenyue spoke euphemistically, but Han Yu understood what his daughter-in-law meant: “It would be best to eradicate such a person completely, but as we’re still within the boundaries of Peicheng, we must consider Liu Wenyong’s face no matter what. Liu Wenyong doesn’t want Liu Xuan to have too much power to threaten his chosen successor. That’s why he tolerated our actions and didn’t interfere. But that doesn’t mean he would allow us to harm Liu Xuan’s life. Therefore, even though we know that leaving Liu Xuan behind will cause many future troubles, we have no choice.”

Clearly, Su Wenyue also understood this principle. She was just worried and wanted to remind Han Yu. Hearing this, she said no more. Since Han Yu was aware of the situation, he would naturally make arrangements. It wasn’t her place to worry about these matters.

Having put aside her worries, Su Wenyue then remembered the words Chen Li had said, and her facial expression turned somewhat cold.

Seeing Su Wenyue like this, Han Yu knew that this mood was due to that matter, and just as he was about to explain, Su Wenyue already started speaking.

“What exactly is going on with you and Zhou Yao, those rumors outside…”

“There’s nothing between that woman and me. You have to believe me, daughter-in-law. Don’t you know my heart yet?”

“It’s precisely because I know, that I’m unwilling to believe those rumors are true. But I am just an ordinary woman. It’s not just rumors, the stories being passed around have a semblance of truth, and someone even claimed to have seen it with their own eyes. How do you explain that?!”

As Su Wenyue spoke, her face showed a look of anger, pain, and disappointment. She believed Chen Li wouldn’t deceive her on this matter. If it were a lie, she could easily expose it once Han Yu returned.

Han Yu, seeing his daughter-in-law questioning him in this manner, actually felt a sigh of relief inside. At least she hadn’t passed judgment on the matter based on Chen Li’s words alone; her questions could be seen as seeking an explanation, waiting for him to clarify. She still believed in him. Compared to her previous reactions, the daughter-in-law was clearly willing to listen to his words, which is why she waited for him to explain in person.

“Daughter-in-law, what Chen Li saw was both true and not true,” Han Yu said, silently cursing Chen Li countless times in his heart. He knew it was her who caused the trouble. That woman was not peaceful, jumping around outside; Han Yu had let it pass because of some merits she had, but to go as far as to stir up trouble in front of his daughter-in-law. Fortunately, this time his wife was calm and waited for him to come back and explain, otherwise, given her usual impulsive nature, she might have done something reckless.

If Han Yu had said this at any other time, Su Wenyue would be mostly curious, but now she was not in the mood for such distractions, somewhat restless: “What’s true and what’s not? Just tell me what exactly happened. Stop being so evasive!”

Seeing his daughter-in-law like this, Han Yu didn’t dare to delay, so he explained the whole situation.

It turned out that Zhou Yao was one of Liu Xuan’s people. Liu Xuan’s approach to Han Yu was also instructed by Liu Xuan, wishing to plant a pawn by Han Yu’s side. Han Yu and Liu Xiu were both aware of this. Han Yu didn’t want other women close by to cause misunderstandings with his daughter-in-law, but at the time circumstances were very bad, with Liu Xuan being aggressively assertive, and Han Yu had no choice but to conspire with Liu Xiu to let Zhou Yao get close to numb Liu Xuan, in order to facilitate their plan’s progress. Sure enough, now they had won and successfully struck against Liu Xuan.

“Daughter-in-law, the situation was tense on our side, and I had to choose that at the time. But rest assured, I always remembered your words. I would never touch another woman, even at that time, it wasn’t me who had physical intimacy with that woman, but a bodyguard I had arranged,” Han Yu said, seeing his wife’s expression growing increasingly poor, and hurriedly explained.

Su Wenyue was truly shocked this time, her mouth slightly agape, looking stunned and uncertain about how to react. She hadn’t expected the matter to be so. She had thought of many possibilities but never imagined Han Yu would… In appearance, Zhou Yao was also considered Han Yu’s woman, and she had not expected Han Yu to willingly ‘cuckold’ himself.

“Husband…” Su Wenyue was a bit emotional at this moment, not knowing how to express her own complex feelings.

Even if Su Wenyue didn’t say it out loud, her emotions were so evident, and her thoughts were plain on her face that Han Yu saw through his daughter-in-law’s mind at a glance, his efforts to arrange everything were not in vain.

“Daughter-in-law, I am very pleased with your reaction this time,” Han Yu said as he held the person in his arms a bit tighter.

Su Wenyue lifted her head slightly upon hearing this, only to hear Han Yu continue: “I’m glad that this time you didn’t believe that woman Chen Li’s words and instead waited for me to come back and explain to you in person. It shows that you truly took my words to heart and started to trust and believe in me. I’m very happy, and we should continue to be like this in the future.”

“Yes, let’s always be like this in the future,” Su Wenyue responded without a second thought, feeling much more moved and light-hearted than she had been in the previous days.

After this incident, it was unclear whether Liu Xuan completely understood his situation and stopped being as arrogant and troublesome as he used to be, settling down somewhat. With the days in Peicheng passing in relative calm, the outside affairs well managed, and Han Yu not so busy anymore, he occasionally had time to stay at home with his wife and child.

“These peaceful days are really rare,” Su Wenyue said lazily, leaning on Han Yu’s chest.

However, a look of worry appeared on Han Yu’s face when he heard his daughter-in-law’s words. He knew Liu Xuan very well; that man would definitely not settle down or accept defeat, nor would he watch the position of City Lord fall into the hands of others without doing anything. Even though he had lost the power to compete, this kind of calm was definitely not true calm; what was fermenting under the surface was not an ordinary storm.

Han Yu’s concerns were not unfounded, as Liu Xiu and Liu Qian were equally worried, constantly having someone watch Liu Xuan but unable to catch anything substantial. It was only in the past two days that they discovered Liu Xuan had secret dealings with some unidentified individuals.@@novelbin@@

With these concerns, Han Yu inevitably had to give a few reminders: “In these days, you better not go out too much, just stay at home with the children obediently, so I can be more at peace.”

Su Wenyue clearly thought of something as well, not probing any further, and obediently nodded her head, which comforted Han Yu a great deal.

However, the situation developed more suddenly than expected. Although Han Yu and others were prepared for Liu Xuan’s possible retaliation, they did not expect him to be so reckless, even to the extent of colluding with people in the Imperial Court, coordinating from within and without, and using unscrupulous means to achieve his goal.