Jinyang Marquis Mansion, Qifeng Courtyard.
The whole yard was deserted. Xue Linglong sat under the withered grape vines, pinching the dry vines with her fingertips.
It was not until her nails cracked and she felt a piercing pain that she came to her senses and gasped.
“Hiss… it hurts!”
She couldn't help but cry out in pain.
However, the two maids guarding the gate just glanced at her indifferently, then lowered their heads to do their own work, and did not come over to ask her a word, let alone get a handkerchief to apply medicine and bandage her.
How did... I end up like this?
Endless regret filled my heart.
Ever since she smashed the "Thousand-mile Eyes" last time and the two parted unhappily, Shen Feng hasn't been to Qifengyuan for a long time.
After all, this is the Marquis of Jinyang's Mansion. She is just a powerless "Crown Prince's Wife" with no support from her natal family. Even the title is just a false one.
Without Shen Feng's order, no one dared to lift her confinement and release her from Qifeng Courtyard.
Xue Linglong felt a little regretful. If she had known that day, she would not have quarreled with Chen Feng.
At least you should coax the person into submission and get some money.
Otherwise, she has nothing now, and even if she really leaves Jinyang Marquis Mansion, she doesn't know where to go.
Not to mention her status, position and money, she doesn't even have a single trustworthy person around her.
"Why."
A long sigh came from Xue Linglong's mouth.
She didn't even know when she started to feel this regret in her heart.
Just from this falling out with Chen Feng, did she destroy the clairvoyance that Chen Feng had worked so hard to create?
No, it's too late to regret.
Or was it from the time when Chen Feng took him out of the palace earlier?
Or was it when she chose to join the Second Prince and was taken to the Ling family villa by the Second Prince from Duke Liu's Mansion?
Or even earlier, when she married into the Marquis of Jinyang’s mansion…
Or maybe, at the very beginning of everything, when she met Chen Feng, was she willing to be his mistress?
Scenes from the past appeared in Xue Linglong's mind like a movie. In the end, she couldn't help but think back to her past life, her life in modern times, and felt more and more aggrieved.
How could she, a modern person who possesses thousands of years more wisdom and vision than the ancients, end up in this situation?
If she had made different choices at every step in the past, would she not be so miserable today?
Taking a step back, if she had not fallen out with Chen Feng this time, she could still continue with the ideas in her mind that had not been completely drained, and continue to be a "face couple" with Chen Feng. At least she would not be trapped in this small courtyard, and she would still have some money on hand. By then, whether it was to make Chen Feng change his mind and renew their old relationship, or to save more money and leave the Jinyang Marquis Mansion, there were options.
If she took two steps back and was not taken out of the palace by Chen Feng, she would still be working for Concubine Ling and the Second Prince. Although life would be a little hard, the Second Prince would be in charge of government affairs now, and she would have a chance to fight for the supreme position. By then, even if she was just an unnamed concubine beside the Second Prince, she would have a chance to be made a concubine.
Taking three steps back, if she had not followed the Second Prince and had not lived in the Ling Family Villa, her daughter would not have been lost, and she would not have ruined her reputation and her friendship with Chen Feng. Even if there is no hope for a richer and more powerful life, at least one can stay in the Jinyang Marquis Mansion and live a happy life with the family.
Four steps back...
Xue Linglong didn't dare to think about it any further.
The more I thought about it, the more I regretted it.
Every step she takes back gives her one more choice.
Her life would be able to improve and would not be as miserable as it is now!
How on earth did she make the wrong choice at every step?
"Oh." Another long sigh.
But a "squeaking" sound was heard by my ears.
Why would someone come to Qifengyuan at this time?
Xue Linglong slowly raised her head and was stunned when she saw the person appearing at the gate of the courtyard.
Then a glimmer of hope flashed in his eyes.
Shen Feng is here.
Shen Feng finally remembered to come see her.
In the past, every time they had a quarrel, it was actually Shen Feng who compromised first and returned to her first. It was just like when she had moved into the Ling family's villa before, Shen Feng couldn't let her go.
This time, did Shen Feng change his mind and want to go to her again?
Xue Linglong felt a glimmer of anticipation in her heart, reminding herself not to lose her temper and argue with Chen Feng again this time.
However, just after he had persuaded himself, he saw Shen Feng walking in with a distraught look on his face, and he didn't look like he was coming to reconcile with him at all.
"What happened?" Xue Linglong was a little scared.
The Jinyang Marquis Mansion had declined to the point where it could not decline any further.
What could be worse?
Can make Shen Feng look like this...
Could it be that Qin is no longer able to do what he wants?
"Mother..."
Xue Linglong moved her lips, and Shen Feng's eyes suddenly became sharp. He raised his hand and slapped Xue Linglong in the face.
"How dare you curse your mother?"
“How dare I have such intentions…” Xue Linglong covered her red face and looked at Chen Feng aggrievedly, tears gathering in her eyes.
In the past, she relied on the sense of superiority of modern people and rarely gave in to Chen Feng. Every time she softened her attitude, Chen Feng would always be unable to do anything to her.
She thought this time would be the same as before, but she saw Shen Feng's cold eyes, as if he didn't see the tears in her eyes at all.
"What on earth happened?" Xue Linglong became more and more panicked.
It couldn't be that the title of Marquis of Jinyang was taken away, or that his brother from his mother's side was too long to live and committed a heinous crime that implicated all nine generations of his clan?
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