Chapter 566: Hardships
Liu Yue patted Xu Jiao's back gently and soothed her softly. Xu Jiao cried even harder, covering her mouth and sobbing.
Young Master Liu Yue looked down at her, his eyes filled with deep longing and various complicated emotions.
I haven't seen her for three years. She has lost a lot of weight. She must have suffered a lot in these three years.
Xu Jiao turned around and hugged Liu Yue's waist tightly.
"Husband, I miss you so much."
Liu Yue stretched out his hand, which froze in the air for a moment, and then he hugged her.
After a while, Xu Jiao's emotions stabilized a little and she looked at Liu Yue.
"Husband, why are you with the eldest princess?" These words are difficult to ask, but they have to be asked.
Liu Yue let her go, walked a few steps to the side, turned his back to her, and said nothing.
Xu Jiao couldn't see his face, so she took two steps forward and grabbed his arm.
"My husband, it was the princess who forced you to do this, right?"
Liu Yue's expression froze for a moment, and the word 'forced' seemed to remind him of something. He shook his head and said, "No, the eldest princess can give me many things that I will never get in my lifetime. She didn't force me."
"No, you are lying. You obviously want to enter the government and become an official, not be trapped in the backyard like a woman!" Xu Jiao said.
Liu Yue looked at her. "People's ideas change. At first, I really wanted to enter the government, to assist a wise ruler, and to leave my name in history. It wasn't until I arrived in the capital that I realized how ridiculous I was. The world is so vast, and there are so many talented and learned people. I am just a drop in the ocean. Moreover, even if I pass the exam, I will have to rely on others to climb up. I am just a small student from Qinghe. I don't have a strong family background, and I don't have a mentor who can help me. How difficult will it be to get promoted? Maybe I can only be a small county magistrate until I die!"
"Instead of this, we might as well find another way. The eldest princess is the emperor's sister and holds great power. I..." Liu Yue tried her best to suppress the trembling in her voice, "When I'm with her, I can have whatever I want. She's better than many of the people who took the imperial examination with me. Xu Jiao, go now. What happened between us is in the past. Don't come to me again."
Xu Jiao's face was completely pale.
She never thought that this would be possible.
Shen Qingliu volunteered.
Yes, people will change, power is dazzling, and Shen Qingliu is no exception.
He had changed, and she no longer recognized him.
What about her husband? Who will return that familiar husband to her?
Her heart was aching. She squatted on the ground, holding her heart. She was a small ball and looked extremely helpless.
Liu Yue took a look and then forced herself to look away, trying not to look.
Seeing Xu Jiao's sad expression, he felt a hundred times sadder in his heart, as if he was going to die.
Now, she should leave and give up completely.
Xu Jiao bit her lips tightly.
The past ten years that the two of them had spent together flashed through Xu Jiao's mind.
No! Impossible! She doesn't believe it!
Xu Jiao suddenly raised her head and looked at Liu Yue.
Why doesn't he dare look at himself?
Her husband is always like this. When he lies, he doesn't dare to look into her eyes!
Xu Jiao suddenly stood up, walked to Liu Yue and grabbed his hand.
"Husband, please don't lie to me."
Liu Yue looked at her, stunned.
"I was almost fooled by you just now. You are much better at lying than before." Xu Jiao smiled happily, "You haven't changed at all."
Liu Yue's mood was very complicated, first happy, then painful.
He floated up and down between joy and pain.
Xu Jiao lowered her head and suddenly saw something. She couldn't help but roll up Liu Yue's sleeves. When she saw the whip marks on them, her face suddenly changed.
Xu Jiao rolled up the clothes on her other arm, which was also covered with whip marks, some new and some old.
One can imagine that under that white robe...
"Husband, what's going on?"
"As you see, as you think, Xu Jiao, do you still think I haven't changed?"
"You haven't changed, you are still my husband." Xu Jiao said stubbornly.
“It hurts to see this.”
Xu Jiao hugged him tightly and refused to let go.
What on earth had happened to her husband in these three years?!
For a while.
Liu Yue sighed softly.
The cold and hard disguise he had constructed was cracking bit by bit.
"Jiaojiao, this is not a place to talk for a long time. Go somewhere and I will come to find you when I find the opportunity." Liu Yue said, whispering an address in her ear.
Xu Jiao nodded to indicate that she had taken note of it.
"Jiaojiao, let's go." Liu Yue gently pushed her shoulder.
Xu Jiao nodded, tidied herself up, lowered her head, turned around and left.
Liu Yue stood quietly in the darkness for a moment, then opened the window and looked out.
Seeing Xu Jiao's figure going down the stairs and leaving, until she disappeared at the end of the street, he was still in a daze, his eyes never withdrawing.
Three years ago, in the Wenhua Palace, he was dressed in a white robe and looked very high-spirited. The almighty emperor even praised him.
At that time, he felt that his ranking should not be low. He thought about returning home in glory, and Jiaojiao waiting for him at home. He thought about many things, and he only felt that there was a broad road in front of him, leading to his ideal place.
In Wenhua Palace, a pair of eyes fell upon him, a hint of lust in them that made him feel very uncomfortable. At that time, he had no idea that the gaze came from the unparalleled favored eldest princess, nor did he know that that one glance could drag him from the smooth road to hell.
When the results of the palace examination were announced, his name was not on the list.
He was shocked and in disbelief, but no one paid any attention to him.
He walked out of Wenhua Hall in a daze, and a carriage stopped in front of him...
At the beginning, he had resisted. He would rather die than become a male concubine and serve others with his beauty.
Until a hairpin was thrown in front of him.
He gave the hairpin to Jiaojiao when they got married.
She said that if he gave birth, Jiaojiao would be able to live, and if he died, Jiaojiao would die.
Moreover, he would not let Jiaojiao die easily and would torture her severely.
Jiaojiao is most afraid of pain.
From that moment on, his pride was broken and he lived in a daze.
He never thought that one day Jiaojiao would appear in front of him.
…
Xu Jiao left the Little Red Building and went to Changfeng Bookstore first. After entering, she waited for a while and changed into women's clothes before going out.
There was a carriage at the door, taking her to the Marquis' Mansion.
Xu Jiao returned to the Marquis' Mansion and went to see Tang Li.
As soon as she saw Tangli, she knelt down.
"Why are you always kneeling? Get up quickly." Tang Li said softly.
Xu Jiao stood up and looked at Tang Li: "Madam, I have seen my husband. Thank you for your help."
Tangli looked at her: "How?"
Xu Jiao's mood was very complicated, she was happy and sad at the same time, but overall, happiness prevailed.
"I think my husband must have been forced by the princess," Xu Jiao said. "She broke my husband's wings and turned him into a caged bird."
Her proud husband had become like this. She couldn't even imagine what had happened in the past three years.
Fortunately, her husband is still alive, and as long as he is alive, there is hope.
"Madam, do you think that having power means one can do whatever he wants? How can the princess do this?" Xu Jiao said.
Tang Li thought that in this era, those with power could indeed do whatever they wanted.
Feudal society is a society with highly centralized royal power. Under royal power, ordinary people like Xu Jiao and Shen Qingliu are indeed like ants.
The eldest princess's words can change the life of an ant, or even crush an ant to death.
However, even if a thousand-mile long dam is destroyed by ants, the ants are not incapable of resistance.
"Madam, I am very lucky to meet a good person like you. I really hope there are more good people like you." Xu Jiao said.
Tangli smiled.
She couldn't change this society, she could only try her best to help these poor oppressed people.
Moreover, she was not helping them without asking for anything in return.
Good deeds will be rewarded, and evil deeds will be punished. Follow the will of heaven.
"Madam, thank you for taking me in these days. I have found a place to stay." Xu Jiao said.
Tang Li nodded without asking any more questions: "If you need help, just come to me."
Xu Jiao nodded. Mrs. Wu’s kindness could not be repaid with just a few words. She could only remember it deeply in her heart.
She had very few things, so she packed only a bag and left the mansion with that bag on her back.
Tang Li watched her leave.
She naturally guessed who gave her this place to live.
Tang Li found out that the eldest princess doted on Master Liu Yue and had a strong possessiveness towards him. If she discovered Xu Jiao's existence...
Tangli's lips were tightly pursed.
I hope they have better luck and won't be discovered.
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