Chapter 20020 She Doesn't Want Him Anymore
After lunch, Yun Sheng sat under the paulownia tree to enjoy the cool air.
Xie Qingyuan stood at the gate, quietly watching her work. Golden light shone through the dense branches onto her, giving her a sense of peace and tranquility.
Noticing a gaze, Yun Sheng looked up and saw Xie Qingyuan staring at her blankly, with that affectionate look as if he had returned to the past.
Her heart softened, and she stood up to greet him, smiling and asking, "Why are you so dumbfounded? Why are you back so early today?"
Xie Qingyuan came back to his senses, somewhat afraid to look into her eyes.
He turned his head and coughed, "I was wrong last night. Look at what I bought for you, Shengniang. Consider it my apology."
After he finished speaking, Xie Qingyuan produced a beautifully wrapped dried meat from behind him.
"I know you like sour food, so save it for later."
Yun Sheng was dumbfounded, and said with some heartache, "Such a small snack, I don't know how much it costs. Why did my husband spend so much money on it?"
Although she said this, her heart felt as sweet as if she had eaten honey. Her husband had not changed.
Xie Qingyuan felt guilty and remorseful. When she saw Yun Sheng smile, she trotted back into the house and came out holding the square inkstone carefully in her hand.
"My dear husband, take a look at it. Do you like it? This morning, after I left the house and gave Madam Liu a handkerchief, I went to the study and bought you the inkstone. I finally saved enough money."
Xie Qingyuan lay on his back, feeling an unspeakable pain in his heart.
He choked up and said, "I like it very much. Sheng Niang is thoughtful."
Because the two of them had reconciled, Yun Sheng's mood, which had been shrouded in gloom for several days, brightened a little. Having not had a good night's sleep for a long time, she returned to her room at noon to rest for a while.
The absent-minded Xie Qingyuan was called into the study by Mrs. Qian.
She looked around, closed the doors and windows tightly, and asked with a frown, "Yuanlang, tell me honestly, what happened recently? Could it be that Minister Lu is not keeping his word and is unwilling to introduce you to the Crown Prince?"
Xie Qingyuan vomited, and the huge rock that had been weighing on his heart all night collapsed and cracked.
He could no longer hold it in and told everything to Mrs. Qian.
Mrs. Qian's eyes turned black and she was about to fall to the ground. Xie Qingyuan hurried forward to support her and pinched her Ren Zhong point anxiously.
After a moment's pause, Mrs. Qian's hands trembled as she wept and cursed, "Yuanlang, you're so foolish! How dare you get involved in gambling? And that Minister Lu, he's such a shameless wretch! He's truly shameless! How dare he...how dare he do this to my son?"
As she spoke, she randomly touched Xie Qingyuan's body. His arms and legs were all intact. Only then did she gasp in fear.
She said, "You fool! Even ten Yun Shengs wouldn't be worth a finger of yours. How dare you hesitate in such a dangerous situation? If anything happens to you, I'll find a hemp rope and hang you."
Xie Qingyuan's face was filled with sorrow, and he whispered, "It's me who has let Sheng Niang down."
Mrs. Qian's eyes rolled around and she spat, "I raised her with good food and drink, so why should I let her down? Now is the perfect time for her to repay us."
"Yuanlang, don't be foolish, and don't be soft-hearted. If Yunsheng really wins the emperor's favor, and is lucky enough to get pregnant, she'll soar to the top. If she just whispers in the emperor's ear, you won't have to worry about your career going smoothly. Remember, from now on, you're just her brother. Keep the matter of the child bride to yourself and don't mention it again."
Xie Qingyuan's forehead was bulging with veins from holding his breath, but he finally responded.
At this point, he can only sacrifice Sheng Niang.
Mother Qian curled her lips again and said, "My son, there's no need to feel guilty. We're sending her to the palace to be a queen, which is a great thing. Once you become a royal relative, you won't have to worry about not having beautiful wives and concubines."
The low voices of the mother and son's conversation gradually faded away from Yun Sheng's ears.
Her mind was blank and her ears were ringing.
Yun Sheng covered her mouth tightly and fell powerlessly into the grass pile at the foot of Xie Qingyuan's study wall. The medicine in her arms was wrapped under her dress and burned her so much that she lost consciousness.
She had just woken up from a nap when a maidservant came to thank Qingyuan for vomiting all over the floor after getting drunk, and asked her to go over and take a look.
Yun Sheng never expected that the mother and son were planning to send her to the emperor's bed. She then realized that Xie Qingyuan had been doing these things outside all these days. Now that he couldn't pay the money, he wanted to use her to pay off his debt?
For the first time, she realized that when a person is extremely heartbroken, he or she cannot cry out loud. Yun Sheng's eyes were tired and empty, and she pinched herself hard twice. She was not dreaming.
Because of what happened to Xie Minghao a few days ago, she had long since given up on Mrs. Qian. But Xie Qingyuan...how could he treat her like this? She was a living person, why was she being manipulated like this?
It turned out that the mother and son had never thought of making her the legal wife. It turned out that no matter how hard she worked, she was just an outsider in this family. It turned out that no matter how gentle and sensible she was, and how patient she was, she could be abandoned at will.
Yun Sheng curled the corners of his lips, revealing a smile that was uglier than crying.
She dragged her numb and sore legs and entered the inner room in a daze.
There was still a bag of dried meat on the table. Yun Sheng felt it was ironic. Was this compensation for her ridiculous thing?
She, who had always been gentle, strode forward and threw the breast all over the ground.
She didn't want it anymore, and she didn't want Xie Qingyuan either.
The Yonghui Emperor was old and frail, old enough to be her grandfather. This was what they meant by sending her to enjoy a good life. There were so many concubines in the palace, and no one knew how the beauties who entered the palace each year died. Yun Sheng was all alone, so how could she survive if she was sent there?
Yun Sheng wants to go back to his hometown in Jiankang.
But then she thought that it was the hometown of Qian Pozi and Xie Qingyuan, not hers. She was sold to Jiankang as a child bride and had no home.
Even if she wanted to leave, she couldn't. She had no birth certificate, and her indenture was held in the hands of Mrs. Qian. She had used the money she had saved with great difficulty to buy a square inkstone for Xie Qingyuan in the morning, and now there was not a single copper coin left in her purse.
As an illegal resident, no one would dare to hire her even if she wanted to find a job as a female worker in a shop.
Yun Sheng suddenly felt ridiculous and pathetic. In such a big world, there was no place for a young lady like her.
She buried her head in her arms and cried bitterly.
Yun Sheng cried until she lost her voice and convulsed, her body shaking constantly.
She didn't want to sit and wait for death, she didn't want to go into the palace and wait to die. Xie Zhan's sharp and handsome face flashed quickly in her mind.
Should I serve an old man who has one foot in the coffin or a young and handsome general?
Yun Sheng was not a fool. If she really entered the palace, she would never see the light of day again in her life.
She wiped away her tears and sat in front of the bronze mirror, carefully examining her face. She changed her clothes, cleansed her face, and then drew her eyebrows and applied powder.
Yun Sheng took a deep breath and finally put on some lip balm, and her lips instantly turned bright red.
Walking along the path to Linyuan Pavilion, she felt calmer and clearer than ever before. She knew what she was doing, something she had once despised.
The maid who received Yun Sheng led her into the main hall and bowed, saying, "The Marquis is still taking a break. Madam Yun, please wait for a moment."
Yun Sheng clenched her palms nervously, lowered her brows, and said "OK" in a low voice.
Bai Yuanbao glanced at his own calm and composed Marquis and asked in confusion, "This...this Lady Yun has come to you begging for mercy, why is the Marquis leaving her alone?"
He thought his master had been patient for a long time and was now ready to have his wedding night.
Xie Zhan put down the scroll in his hand and sneered, "She was so stubborn before, I want her to suffer a little so that she can learn her lesson."
Bai Yuanbao swallowed his saliva. The Marquis was indeed not an impatient man.
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Some people are really enough, they are so anxious inside, but they still leave others alone [dog head holding a rose]
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