Chapter 197 I Don’t Want to Stay Where He Is

Shangguan Lan looked at the woman approaching with a slightly dark look in his eyes: "Little sister, you don't need to do this. Big brother will protect you."

"Brother, it's really okay. It's rare for so many people of status and position to listen to me play the piano. I should feel very lucky." Yun Wansheng said with a smile.

Shangguan Lan was about to say something else when he heard someone behind him say, "Prime Minister, I'm tired. I'll take my leave now!"

As soon as this person spoke, everyone looked at him with a puzzled look in their eyes. Why was he leaving out of nowhere? The most powerful person had already stood up, not wanting to be stopped.

As soon as Tang Zhongda saw him, he knew he couldn't keep him. "Well, Prince Regent, take care. I'll personally escort you out."

"No need! I just drank too much, so let General Shangguan help me out." As he said that, he took two steps slightly staggering. Seeing this, Shangguan Lan hurriedly stepped forward to support him.

"Lord Regent, I will escort you back to your residence."

"Well! Let's go!" Mu Xingci closed his eyes seemingly uncomfortably, then walked out of the pavilion with him.

"Wansheng, let's send the Regent back together." Shangguan Lan saw that Yun Wansheng did not follow, and hurriedly reminded his stunned sister.

"Oh!" Yun Wansheng finally reacted at this time and stepped forward to support Mu Xingci's other arm.

Everyone looked at the three of them leaving, looking at each other, not knowing what to do. They could make things difficult for Shangguan Lan, but they didn't dare to offend the Regent.

From this, we can see how much Mu Xingci values ​​Shangguan Lan, which is why he comes forward to protect him. It seems that these people need to be more careful, because Shangguan Lan is not an ordinary official coming to Beijing.

Lin Yao watched the man protecting the woman as she left, and stomped her feet in anger. Her and Mu Xingci's identities meant that she didn't dare to question him in public.

As soon as the three of them left the garden, Mu Xingci pushed them away: "I will go back by myself." He said lightly, and left without looking back.

Shangguan Lan watched him leave with gratitude: "Wan Sheng, he couldn't bear to see you being embarrassed. It seems that he still hasn't forgotten you."

Yun Wansheng walked forward with tears in her eyes, not wanting her brother to see her sadness: "Brother, I will slowly forget about this matter of feelings."

She didn't expect that the man would help her, but it would be better not to help her. His help would only make her feel worse.

At this time, she wanted to go back to her hometown. She didn't want to stay where he was. This fruitless relationship was really painful, but her eldest brother was about to get married, which forced her to suppress her sadness.

That night, the Shangshu Mansion, which had been quiet all day, was once again filled with quarrels, making the servants tremble as they did their work.

"Miss Lin, if you regret marrying into the Shangshu Mansion, I will give you a letter of divorce now, so that people won't know that you are secretly meeting your ex-lover and bringing shame to our family." Zheng Yuanjing, the eldest son of the Shangshu Mansion, said angrily.

"What nonsense are you talking about? I don't have a lover at all." Lin Yao retorted with a weak look in her eyes.

"You dare not admit it? I didn't expect that someone as arrogant and domineering as you, Lin Yao, would not dare to admit something. How rare is that?"

"I don't know what you're talking about, get out of here!"

"What? Are you feeling guilty? You want me to get out before we've even had a few words? You can get out, but first tell me clearly whether you still can't forget that disabled man?" Zheng Yuanjing pulled the woman over, pressed her on the table, and asked angrily.

"You bastard!" Lin Yao was hurt by his pulling and slapped him.

Zheng Yuanjing, whose face was hit sideways, looked even gloomier. He stretched out his hand and strangled the woman's neck: "Bitch, do you really think I'm afraid of you if I don't show my power? I just don't want to bother with you. Now you don't know how to behave and secretly meet with other men. This is what I can't tolerate the most.

Lin Yao, if you like that cripple so much, why did you break off the engagement with him? Now you regret marrying me and want to show your affection to him, I don’t know where you have the nerve to go to him.

"I didn't do anything. Don't listen to those rumors and try to frame me." Lin Yao refused to admit it.

She remembered that after she left the pavilion, Zheng Yuanjing and his classmates also left the shore of the pond. He would never discover that she was secretly meeting Mu Xingci.

"Lin Yao, you are really stubborn. If I hadn't turned around and saw you following Mu Xingci, I would have thought you had forgotten about that person. No wonder you never gave me a good face no matter how hard I tried to please you after being married for several years.

If I hadn't been able to make you happy in bed, I think you would have kicked me out of the room long ago.

Since you despise me so much, I will give you a letter of divorce now and ask you to go find that cripple, so that lovers can finally get married." Zheng Yuanjing said with red eyes and walked towards the table.

Lin Yao sat up straight and watched the angry man looking for a pen and ink, as if he was determined to write a divorce letter. This made her face change slightly, and she hurried over to hold his hand.

"Zheng Yuanjing! What are you crazy about? I... I went to find him just because of Yun Wansheng, not because I can't let him go." Now she can only use Yun Wansheng as a shield.

Although she didn't like this man, she didn't want to be divorced and sent away by others to think that she was unfaithful. If that happened, their Tai Shi Mansion would also be implicated and would become the laughing stock of the entire capital.

How could she, who is so proud and attaches great importance to face, put herself in such an unbearable situation?

"Yun Wansheng? Shangguan Lan's sister?" Zheng Yuanjing frowned slightly and looked at her in confusion.

"Exactly. You don't know that when Yun Wansheng was in Lizhou City, she was Mu Xingci's concubine."

Lin Yao saw that his anger had subsided a little after he heard what she said, which made her feel relieved.

"No wonder he came forward to rescue the brother and sister. It turns out they had this kind of thing. Then why did you look for Mu Xingci?" Zheng Yuanjing said unhappily.

Although he followed them, he didn't dare to get too close to them, so he didn't know what they were talking about. Anyway, seeing the former couple together made him very angry.

"Yuan Jing, I went to him just to ask him why he didn't take that concubine into the Regent's Palace. After all, she was the one who served him and helped him in his life. But he married that woman to someone else. This makes me very puzzled." Lin Yao lied with her eyes open.

"Why wouldn't you understand this? He's already let you go, so it's even more impossible for him to keep a mistress by his side, because if that woman stays with him for one day, she'll remind him of his former glory and his current uselessness.

"As a general who fought in many battles, he would never allow a concubine to ever despise him. So, if he couldn't kill her, he had to let her go. Look, he's even willing to give up a young lady like you, the Grand Tutor," Zheng Yuanjing said with a mocking tone.