"Ali, come here, grandma."

After dealing with the servants, the old lady reached out and called Su Li.

Su Li walked up to her and held her outstretched hand. The old lady held her hand in return: "Good child, I'm sorry for making you suffer."

Su Li smiled and said, "Grandmother has already done justice for me. I don't feel wronged."

The old lady patted the back of her hand and said with satisfaction: "That's because you are smart and can protect yourself..."

Also protected Tingyou...

She didn't ask her how she knew that Liu Furong wanted to harm her, nor did she ask her how she had plotted against Liu Furong.

In her opinion, those were Su Li's means of protecting himself and fighting back against others.

She will be the mistress of the Duke's Mansion in the future. It is a good thing for her to have means. It is better than being like Aning, foolishly allowing others to plot against her.

"Okay, let's leave it at that. It's getting late. You and Linglong should go back and rest."

After saying this, she stood up and walked out with the Duke. After all this commotion, she was tired and wanted to go back and rest.

Su Li and Li Linglong followed behind until they walked out of the Liuxiang Courtyard, then they separated from the Duke and his wife.

"Linglong, thank you so much for tonight."

On the way, Su Li thanked Li Linglong.

No matter what the reason was for her to go to Liuxiangyuan to identify Acai, she helped her after all.

Li Linglong smiled and said, "You don't have to thank me, cousin. I'm just telling the truth."

Liu Furong almost killed Ting You, so she was perfectly willing to do anything to bring her down.

After returning to Danhuai Courtyard, Su Li immediately instructed Xiao Ye: "Tomorrow morning, go to the front yard to find Xiao Sanzi and ask him to do as I say..."

Liu Furong failed to steal the chicken and ended up losing the rice. Now she was divorced and sent back to the Liu family. She couldn't waste such a good opportunity to press the victory.

Inside Furong Courtyard at this time.

Liu Furong looked incredulous.

"Husband, are you really going to divorce me?"

She thought that what he had just said to the dead old woman was just a way to buy time. She thought that he would definitely protect her, just like that time.

But what did he say?

He wants to divorce her?

What would she do in the future? A divorced woman would only be looked down upon by her parents.

Especially her father who flatters the powerful and looks down on the weak. If he knew that she was divorced, he would never be able to get any benefits from the Duke's Mansion again. He might even send her to the family temple and let her live out the rest of her life in seclusion.

She had worked so hard to get the position of the legal wife and the wealth and glory she had won, so how could she be willing to be left with nothing and be looked down upon by others from now on?

Ji Jingxu sighed, "Rong'er, I know my parents. Their attitude tonight is completely different from that time. If I plead for you, I'm afraid it will not only be ineffective, but will also anger them. For now, I can only ask you to go back to your parents' home first."

He quickly reassured her, "Don't worry, divorcing you is only a temporary solution. The secret guards will send back a message tomorrow at the latest. As soon as Pei Ji is dead, I will send the secret guards directly to Qiongzhou to kill Pei Zhao and Ji Tingyou."

"That way, no one can take my throne. Dad is old, and it won't be long before he passes the title to me. When I become the Duke, I'll have the final say in the entire Duke's Mansion. Then, when the time comes, I'll take you back. Who can stop me?"

Liu Furong was half-believing and half-doubting: "Will you really take me back?"

If it were in the past, she would never have doubted him at all.

But now, she has lost her virginity, and she doesn't know whether he will despise her or just deceive her.

Ji Jingxu swore solemnly, "Of course it's true. You and I have been married for more than ten years. Don't you know how I feel about you? Rong'er, I swear, I will take you back. If I can't, I will not let my death be a good one."

"Husband!" Liu Furong was deeply moved and threw herself into his arms. "I believe in you, I believe in you..."

Ji Jingxu also hugged her tightly.

Of course he would take her back.

Firstly, he did still have feelings for her and couldn't bear to part with her.

Secondly, if he didn't keep her under his watch, he was afraid that she would say something outside.

But after she came back, she could only be his concubine at best, not his co-wife or principal wife...

The next day.

Su Li had breakfast in her yard.

Xiao Ye came back from the front yard and reported: "Madam, this servant has already told the third brother what you have instructed. He has already left the Duke's Mansion."

Su Li nodded to show that he understood.

Xiao Ye added, "Also, on my way back just now, I heard many servants in the mansion discussing what happened last night."

"Oh? What are they talking about?"

"It's said that Liu Furong was caught having a secret meeting with someone."

"That's all you said, nothing else?"

Xiao Ye shook his head: "Nothing else to say."

Su Li seemed to be lost in thought. What happened to Liu Furong in the City Fragrance Room last night was witnessed by more than a dozen incense-making maids, and the guards and maids who came later also knew about it.

Despite Nanny Jin's warning, there is no wall that is impenetrable after all, and with so many people knowing about it, it is difficult to keep it secret.

However, she was still a little surprised that people only talked about Liu Furong having a secret meeting with someone, but no one talked about how Liu Furong ended up like this because she wanted to harm her.

I think these things were probably just spread by the maid who made incense.

After all, among those who knew about what happened last night, the maid who made incense was sent away early. They only knew that Liu Furong had an affair with someone in the incense making room, but they didn't know what happened afterwards.

Thinking about it this way, the people around the old lady are still reliable, at least they won’t spread rumors.

After breakfast, Su Li went to the main courtyard to pay his respects to the old lady as usual.

As soon as he left the yard, he met Li Linglong who was also going to the main courtyard, and the two of them left together.

Unexpectedly, at the main courtyard gate, Jinzhu stopped them with a smile: "Young Madam, Cousin, the old lady and the Second Master are discussing something inside. The old lady said that if you come, you don't have to go to pay your respects, and can go directly to the study to copy the scriptures."

Su Li and the other two naturally agreed and went straight to the study.

At noon, Li Linglong learned that Su Li was having lunch in the small study, so she also had lunch there.

After lunch, seeing that Su Li did not take a rest but continued to copy the scriptures, she simply did not go back to take a nap and continued to copy the scriptures with him.

Su Li couldn't help but laugh: "Linglong, I didn't have the habit of taking a lunch break, so I continued copying the scriptures. You don't have to do the same."

Li Linglong curled her lips and said, "It's okay. I often help my father organize books or copy books at home. I often don't take a break at noon, and I work day and night."

"So that's how it is..." Su Li learned this and said no more. The two of them continued to concentrate on copying the scriptures.

The scriptures had already been copied almost completely, and since there were two of them working together, efficiency was naturally achieved.

By mid-afternoon, the two had finished copying the scriptures.

After sorting out the copied scriptures, the two went to the main courtyard.