Chapter 16 Don’t you love Ah Xu anymore?

She said, Brother Xuanzhou, thank you.

Rong Jianxue paused as he handed over the teacup.

He withdrew his hand and lowered his eyes to stroke the Buddhist beads on his wrist.

Pei Jingxu drank a glass of water, but still seemed uncomfortable.

She handed the teacup over and pleaded softly, "Brother Xuanzhou, more..."

Rong Jianxue took the teacup and poured her another cup.

Then hand it to her.

After drinking another glass, Pei Jingxu smiled and rested her forehead on the man's shoulder.

"Brother Xuanzhou, Ah Xu really misses you, why don't you come back to see me..."

Rong Jianxue didn't say anything. He lowered his eyes to look at her and stretched out a hand to move her head away.

But before his hand could touch her, he felt the wetness on the robe on his shoulders.

——She cried.

Rong Jianxue frowned slightly, and his hand hung in the air for a long time without falling.

"Brother Xuanzhou, don't you love Ah Xu anymore?"

As the woman spoke, she stretched out her hands and wrapped them around the man's thin waist.

Pei Jingxu also took the opportunity to pinch her, and found her figure was really nice.

The cold and abstinent scent of agarwood hit her, and Rong Jianxue pressed her lips into a line: "You've got the wrong person."

"Nonsense, Ah Xu wouldn't mistake someone!" Pei Jingxu raised her head while crying, her misty eyes darting towards the handsome man's face, "Brother Xuanzhou's face, Ah Xu wouldn't mistake him..."

Rong Jianxue stood straight with her hands placed neatly on her knees, but her face did not look good.

The two hands wandered restlessly on the man's body, their delicate hands were as slender as water chestnuts.

"Brother Xuanzhou, why didn't you tell me you missed me..."

The woman leaned in close and whispered in the man's ear, her voice soft and ambiguous.

With red lips and white teeth, she moved closer to his face.

Just as their noses were about to touch, Rong Jianxue said in a cold voice, "Pei Jingxu."

Just three words, but the woman seemed to wake up from her sleep, and her eyes quickly focused!

Seeing Rong Jianxue in front of her, the woman was like seeing a ghost. She took a few steps back and almost fell to the ground!

"Sir... I, I..."

The man still sat upright in his seat, not saying a word, his calm eyes as dark as ink, without a trace of warmth or emotion.

Pei Jingxu lowered her head in panic, tears streaming down her face. "I was confused, I recognized the wrong person. My Lord, please understand my ignorance and don't be angry with me..."

for a long time.

Rong Jianxue said coldly, "This time it was the effect of the medicine. This won't happen again."

After saying that, he didn't stay in the car any longer, but leaned over and walked out.

Looking at the man's back as he lifted the car curtain, the panic on Pei Jingxu's face disappeared, replaced by a meaningful smile.

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The carriage soon arrived at Rong Mansion.

Rong Jianxue got off the carriage first without saying hello to Pei Jingxu. He walked into the Rong Mansion and headed towards the east courtyard.

Pei Jingxu lifted the car curtain, looked at the direction the man left, and smiled.

She got off the carriage and returned to the west courtyard, then asked Hongyao to change into clean clothes. Then someone from the Rong family came knocking on the door.

"Second Lady is back? The old lady wants you to go to the main hall and obey her."

What is meant to come will come.

Pei Jingxu took a deep breath, and a dark current flashed in his eyes.

——The plan is progressing steadily, and now it’s time to see her performance.

When we arrived at the main hall, Madam Rong was already waiting inside.

"I heard that you went to the Shen Mansion for a banquet?"

In the main seat, Rong's face looked grim, and she directly questioned her.

Pei Jingxu bowed towards Rong and said in a whisper, "Yes, I did go to the Chen Mansion."

"You lowly bastard! You're really getting bolder and bolder! It's only been a year, and you've already dared to attend someone else's wedding!"

"Pei! Are you short of food or clothing in our Rong family? How dare you stoop so low as to attend someone's birthday banquet?!"

Pei Jingxu bit her lip when she heard this and looked at Old Madam Rong: "Mother-in-law, it was Miss Shen who sent the invitation, saying that she has——"

"So what if she handed in the invitation!? If she handed it in, you should go to the appointment. If Miss Shen told you to die, why didn't you go!?"

Madam Rong said in a harsh tone, "Ms. Pei, our Rong family has treated you well, yet you refused to even observe three years of mourning for my son! How can it be that in just one year, with a divorce letter in hand, you're already changing your mind and wanting to remarry?"

Old Madam Rong actually doesn't care about Pei Jingxu's reputation. She has already divorced Pei, and she doesn't care whether she is dead or alive.

However, outsiders knew little about the fact that she had been divorced, and she was worried that Pei would be pregnant and would damage the reputation of the Rong family.

Pei Jingxu lowered her head, her voice trembling with tears: "Mother-in-law, I have never thought of it this way. In my life, I have only loved Erlang..."

"That's nice to say, but do you know what people are saying about you now? They say you're fickle and that you went to the Prime Minister's Mansion for a banquet because you wanted to show off your reputation early and find a good husband for yourself!"

Pei Jingxu kept shaking her head. She was crying so hard that her words were intermittent. "No, mother-in-law, that's not what I meant..."

Madam Rong's face looked as if it was dipped in ice!

Half a month ago, Master Rong went on an inspection tour as the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue. In less than half a month, the Pei family got into so many scandals!

It would be fine if she just made a fool of herself, but now she has implicated the Rong family as well. It's really embarrassing!

As if all this wasn't enough, Rong pointed in the direction of the ancestral hall and said, "Go! Go and kneel there for three days!"

Pei Jingxu raised his eyes, frowned and looked at Rong who was sitting in the main seat with tears in his eyes.

Upon seeing this, Madam Rong slammed the table and stood up, pointing at Pei Jingxu and screaming, "You still dare to glare at me?! This is outrageous! Aren't you afraid that I will divorce you, this unfilial wife, on behalf of my son!"

"Mother-in-law, why don't you ever listen to my explanation? I don't have any selfish motives in doing this!"

"No selfish motives? Who would believe that you have no selfish motives? Who in the Rong family would believe that you have no selfish motives?"

Upon hearing this, Pei Jingxu slowly lowered his head and did not argue anymore.

Rong snorted coldly, "Send Pei to the ancestral hall. No one is allowed to feed her without my order!"

"yes."

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East courtyard, study.

Rong Jianxue wrote a memorial, detailing the assassination that took place in the Prime Minister's Mansion today.

Jiang Hui finished dealing with the affairs of the Prime Minister's Mansion and came back to report.

"Sir, it has been handled. Several officials were slightly injured, but they are not seriously injured."

"Hmm." Rong Jianxue responded, and the brush in his hand paused slightly.

He raised his head and looked at Jiang Hui.

"Sir, what's wrong?"

"Do Xuan Zhou and I look alike?"

"Ah?" Jiang Hui wasn't sure why the young master asked this question. He examined her carefully for a moment and answered cautiously, "It seems... there's some resemblance between her eyebrows and eyes."

In fact, Jiang Hui didn't dare to say it. He felt that his son's face was more beautiful and handsome than that of Master Xuanzhou, and he looked like an immortal.

What's more, the two are just cousins, and even if they look alike, they are not very similar.

Hearing Jiang Hui's answer, Rong Jianxue frowned and looked unhappy.

"Sir, when I came back and passed by the main hall, I heard the old lady scolding the second lady."

The pen stopped, he gazed briefly, and continued writing: "She shouldn't have gone to the banquet at the Prime Minister's residence, and her mother's reprimand is justified."

Jiang Hui scratched his head. "I also think the punishment is deserved, but isn't kneeling in the ancestral hall for three days without food a bit too harsh?"

Rong Jianxue looked up at him after hearing this and asked, "What did you say?"