He walked in slowly, and through the tattered window paper, he saw Shangguan Chengjing holding a woman with a painful expression on his face. The woman kept twitching and shouting, "Give me Furong Powder! Give me Furong Powder!"
"A Jing!" Shangguan Chengjing's face was wet with tears, his thin face pressed tightly against the woman in his arms, his voice full of pain, "You will get better, you will definitely get better. I'm with you, I will always be with you!"
"It's all my fault! If I hadn't come back, you could still use my identity to show filial piety to your parents, and you wouldn't be kicked out of the house because of that bitch Liu Er. And you wouldn't have ruined the reputation of the Duke's Mansion and made your parents lose face because of me!"
"I deserve to die! I deserve to die! It hurts so much, let me die!" The woman's pupils were bloodshot, and she was beating her chest and stamping her feet and screaming.
The little child beside him cried loudly, "Mom, don't die, Mom, don't die..."
Shangguan Chengjing collapsed and trembled, "Don't be afraid, I'll go and beg her. No matter what she wants, I'll give it to her. Doesn't she just want to be the Crown Prince's Consort? I promise, I will definitely bring you the Furong Powder. Just wait for me!"
"Don't go!" The woman grabbed Shangguan Chengjing's shoes tightly, her scarlet eyes filled with deep hatred. "Don't go! Even if I die, I will never fulfill that bitch Liu Er's wish!"
"She hurt me so badly, and she still wants to be the Crown Prince's Consort? She's dreaming! Hahahaha... Xuan'er, didn't we agree? Give up the throne and let that bitch Liu Er's scheme fail!"
Tao Bushe looked at the woman from afar and felt that she looked very familiar. Ah, isn’t she... isn’t she his former neighbor, the eldest daughter of the Zhai family, Zhai Jingxuan?
He only heard that she had been missing for many years, but he didn't expect that she had married Brother Chengjing.
Is that their child?
This world is really small.
The Liu Er she mentioned, couldn't it be...
Tao Bushe waited until dark, filled with doubts and shock. Zhai Jingxuan fell into a deep sleep, the child also fell asleep, and Shangguan Chengjing walked out of the house tiredly.
Then, Tao Bushe appeared.
Tao Bushe took him to a restaurant. Shangguan Chengjing was drunk and covered his face with his hands, and endless pain poured out from between his fingers.
"Liu Er is determined to marry me. No, she doesn't want to marry me either. She wants to marry Shangguan Chengjing. She wants the position of the Crown Prince's Consort, but I already have a wife. Even if I didn't, I wouldn't marry her and let her bring disaster to the Duke's Mansion! She has always had bad intentions. Mother said that she sent her away because she killed her little daughter. I didn't expect that she would not change her ways and even intends to come back..."
"She used Hibiscus Powder to control my wife and forced me to submit. My wife and I discussed it and decided to give up our identities and break up with our family. I didn't expect Liu Er to follow us like an accomplice and torture us..." Shangguan Chengjing hugged his head.
Shangguan Chengjing spoke for a long time, and eventually became incoherent.
Tao Bushe felt mixed emotions.
Before leaving, Shangguan Chengjing asked him if he could pack some of the food and take it back with him, as his wife and children had not eaten yet.
He was once a nobleman, the son of a princess. His father, the Duke of Zhenguo, was extremely powerful in the court, but he ended up in such a state.
In the dream, Tao Bushe's eyes were slightly moist, and at the same time, he made up his mind that he would help Shangguan Chengjing.
He has been stingy and calculative all his life, but he is willing to be generous for a moment out of a good intention.
Tao Bushe went to find Liu Er, and pestered her day and night, indulging in pleasure. The silver Liu Er got from Shangguan Chengjing passed through his hands and then returned to Shangguan Chengjing, and Liu Er knew nothing about it.
However, these things were too insignificant. It seemed as if a pair of big hands were pushing this miserable family of three towards hell. The baby died, and Zhai Jingxuan was already addicted to drugs, and now she could not bear it anymore.
Shangguan Chengjing's expression was calm, as usual, as he went out to work. Seeing that he was not giving up, he secretly asked a doctor for Zhai Jingxuan. He shook his head and smiled, "No need."
"He's tired."
He walked to the bed, sat down, grabbed Zhai Jingxuan's hand that was bruised and sore, and put it on his face. His tone was gentle, like a feather brushing past.
"Mom... isn't dead. It seems she was locked up by Dad. But don't worry, Mom is very smart. She escaped. Dad was very angry. Ha... He rebelled. Did you know? He actually rebelled! The capital is in chaos right now. There are soldiers and officers everywhere searching."
"People say he did it for Princess Huai'an. If he became emperor, he would make Princess Huai'an his empress. Zhao Ziyin and Zhao Zihua are also his biological children. No wonder Bai Lin risked his life to expose his lies!"
"The day before yesterday, Dad's subordinates came looking for you, saying that Dad was going to be the emperor, and that you were his eldest legitimate son. They preferred you to that illegitimate son, Zhao Ziyin, as the heir. Furthermore, there were some old ministers from the previous dynasty who still cherished the Zhao bloodline. I thought about it, and based on Mom's temper, she would definitely not want to. I secretly went to Wan'er, and she said that since Dad was still thinking about that mother and son and had betrayed Mom, he was no longer your father, so I refused."
"Ah Jing, are you satisfied with what I've done?"
The woman on the bed closed her eyes and forced a smile.
Shangguan Chengjing watched silently, and suddenly, tears rolled down his eyes.
Tao Bushe, who was standing by, finally understood something.
He felt that Shangguan Chengjing was the real Zhai Jingxuan, and inside Zhai Jingxuan's shell was Shangguan Chengjing.
Why is this so?
"Cough, cough, cough, cough, cough..." Zhai Jingxuan coughed violently, almost coughing out her heart and lungs.
Shangguan Chengjing stood up and held her in his arms. Outside the simple window frame was a lonely bright moon. The moonlight that night was so soft and beautiful, so beautiful that Zhai Jingxuan also felt a little angry.
The two of them talked in low voices for a long time, and he listened as long as they talked.
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