Chapter 183 Yes, I hold a grudge.
"Young Master Du, if you want to show off your master's power in front of me, you'd better not. The people in Linfeng Pavilion are all my own people, not servants of the Du family. You have no right to reprimand them."
Yu Zhiyi didn't give Du Ziheng any face at all.
Du Ziheng choked for a moment.
As the son of a prime minister, he had a smooth life since childhood. Although he had a few rivals in the capital, they always spoke indirectly and secretly set traps for their opponents, never openly confronting each other.
This is the first time I've been told I'm not qualified.
He was somewhat embarrassed and lost his temper, losing his temper and reason: "Fine, I have no right to reprimand her, but surely I have the right to speak about Bingyue's matter? Since you know she has been possessed by Yin energy, why are you pretending to be deaf and dumb? Could it be that you still resent her for stealing the credit?"
Du Ziheng felt that no matter how strong Yu Zhiyi was, she could never face her own filthy thoughts. Even if she really minded, she would deny it.
If she denies it, he can seize the opportunity and ask her to remove the yin energy.
Unexpectedly, Yu Zhiyi readily admitted, "Yes, I hold a grudge."
Du Ziheng: "? You..."
He stared wide-eyed in disbelief, clearly speechless at her candor.
Yu Zhiyi scoffed: "Are you surprised that I'm so honest?"
“I am a Taoist practitioner, not a Buddhist one, but I generally don’t lie unless necessary. You Bingyue is not worth me lying for.”
"She stole my credit right in front of me. What's the difference between that and shitting on my head? I've already been bullied like this, why should I remind her of what's going to happen to her?"
"People should always pay the price for their actions, shouldn't they?"
"Besides, doesn't she have the chief disciple of Longhu Mountain by her side?" She smiled beautifully, but also sarcastically: "Actually, if she hadn't set off overnight because she was worried about me stealing the credit, but instead waited for Ouyang Shuo to adjust his condition before returning to the capital the next day, Ouyang Shuo would definitely have been able to see through her situation."
"But she was afraid that I would steal the credit, so she insisted on leaving the injured Ouyang Shuo behind. I can only say that she brought this upon herself."
Du Ziheng choked again.
There's no way to refute it.
His anger subsided considerably, and reason reminded him that it was impossible for him to easily take Yu Zhiyi over to remove the yin energy from You Bingyue today.
He could only soften his tone: "Zhiyi, I know Bingyue offended you. Could you please help her out for my sake?"
Yu Zhiyi found it amusing: "What face do you have in my eyes?"
Du Ziheng: "..."
Yu Zhiyi continued to add insult to injury: "Excuse me for speaking frankly, but your face here is probably less important than a single blade of grass or tree in Linfeng Pavilion."
She originally wanted to say that they were not as good as the housekeeper and Aunt Wen, but then she thought that saying that might attract their hatred, so she changed her words.
Du Ziheng was so angry he almost fainted.
He knew Yu Zhiyi had a sharp tongue, but it had been a long time since he had experienced it firsthand.
I experienced it again today and realized that I really couldn't handle it.
He closed his eyes, suppressing his anger and helplessness, and asked, "What do you want in return for expelling the Yin energy from Bingyue?"
Yu Zhiyi had anticipated his question and smiled, "Wait a moment."
She asked Li Rou to bring her paper and pen, and wrote a few lines on the paper.
After a short while, he put down the pen and blew on the ink to dry it.
Then he handed it to Du Ziheng: "Take this letter of divorce, and I'll go."
Du Ziheng was initially quite amazed by the flowing handwriting on the paper, but his face darkened as soon as he heard "letter of divorce": "Zhiyi, can you stop making a scene!"
Yu Zhiyi chuckled: "You think I'm joking?"
Du Ziheng closed his eyes, his expression restrained, as if he wanted to explode but held back: "Saving a life is better than building a seven-story pagoda. Besides, your conflict with Bingyue isn't so bad that you can just watch her die without doing anything, is it?"
"She has indeed offended you a few times, but she's always been straightforward, and in the end, nothing serious happened, right? Can't you be a little more magnanimous?"
Yu Zhiyi's smile faded: "Young Master Du, you probably haven't heard the saying, 'Advising someone to be magnanimous will get you struck by lightning.'"
"you!"
Yu Zhiyi looked at him coldly: "The reason why her attacks on me didn't have serious consequences wasn't because they couldn't, but because I was capable enough to avoid serious consequences. Otherwise, just that push she made on the first day would have caused Zi Yuan a lot of harm!"
Zi Yuan cannot swim; if she falls into the water, her life or death is uncertain.
Yes, there were indeed people by the water at the time, but if she couldn't stop You Bingyue, it means she also couldn't bypass You Bingyue to save people.
If that's the case, then Zi Yuan will face more than just a ruined reputation; she might even lose her life!
The woman behind her then allowed her servants to falsely accuse her of practicing witchcraft.
In any dynasty, witchcraft was a heinous and serious crime. At that time, she had not yet gained a foothold in the Du family, and the Prime Minister and his wife might have kicked her out.
Although she wasn't afraid of being kicked out.
However, her ability and being framed and falling into a predicament are not contradictory.
In every single incident that followed, wasn't it You Bingyue who took the initiative to attack her?
"Du Ziheng, you don't deserve my magnanimity. So you only have two choices today: either accept this letter of divorce, or go back to serve You Bingyue and stop bothering me."
Du Ziheng's anger was reignited: "Since your heart isn't here, I'll grant your wish!"
He accepted the letter of divorce: "Now, can you come with me to rescue Bingyue?"
Yu Zhiyi glanced at him: "Do you think I haven't read the law? If a man and a woman want to dissolve their marriage, in addition to a letter of divorce, they also need to register at the government office, otherwise the letter of divorce is just a piece of waste paper."
Du Ziheng: "..."
He couldn't tell whether he hadn't thought of it or was deliberately avoiding it, but now that she had brought it up, and seeing how eager she was to escape from him, he no longer wanted to hold her back.
It's good to let her go out and face some setbacks, so she won't always think that just because she's now a senior official in the Ministry of Justice, she can ignore the harsh treatment women face in this era.
Let alone a fifth-rank physician, even an empress would be subjected to intense public scrutiny if abandoned by a man.
He looked at her intently: "As you wish."
He waited for her to come back and beg him to remarry her.
An hour later, Yu Zhiyi and Du Ziheng emerged from the Jingzhao Prefecture one after the other, each holding a certificate proving that they were both currently single.
In addition, Yu Zhiyi also had an extra household registration document in her hands.
She had previously married Du Ziheng, and her household registration was transferred to the Du family residence.
Now that she has successfully divorced her husband, her household registration was originally supposed to be transferred back to the Yu family.
However, she is now an official of the imperial court, and she previously severed ties with the Yu family in front of the emperor, so she can now establish a female household.
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