Chapter 62 Chapter 62 It’s been a long time since I last saw you, my cousin
Although Jiang Wu said this, he did not walk out immediately. Instead, he stopped deliberately when he was about to reach the door.
She put her hand on the door frame and was about to push it open a crack when she finally heard words that satisfied her.
Although provoking someone may not be effective, how can you know if it is useful unless you try it?
Waiting outside the temple, Tan Yun, rubbing his hands and stamping his feet in the cold, saw his wife come out and peered back cautiously, "Madam, are we going back now?"
Jiang Wu, who had hidden the talisman close to his body, responded and then jumped on his horse. "Let's go back quickly, or Yu Shu will be waiting anxiously."
Before leaving, Jiang Wu couldn't help but ask curiously, "How did you get rid of him?"
Earlier, when He Shiyan insisted on going up the mountain with them, Jiang Wu did not agree. Instead, she looked at Tan Yun and quickly rode away.
In order to prevent him from catching up, Jiang Wu exchanged coats with Tan Yun. One was responsible for leading him away, while the other went straight to Yuanyin Temple.
"I just took them into the dense forest where carriages could not pass through." Tan Yun said as she unbuttoned her outer shirt, revealing the gray coat underneath.
The mountains are either white or gray and black after snow.
The snow fell heavier and heavier, and even the horse's hoof prints made by running were quickly covered by a thick layer of snow.
"Madam, our princess has come to see you in person. Even if you are jealous of our princess, your behavior is too petty." Yu Shao knocked on the door and shouted for a long time but no one came to open the door. She thought that the princess must be afraid and did not dare to come to open the door.
The villain said arrogantly and proudly, "Princess, if it were you, we should just break down the door and get in."
Shen Tingxue, who was holding a red lacquer and gold-painted pumpkin hand warmer, curled the corners of her mouth and was about to nod when she caught sight of a man walking towards her.
The man had just returned from court, still wearing his crimson official robe. Perhaps because of the heavy snowfall, a few grains of fine snow had fallen on his long-winged hat.
Seeing the newcomer, Shen Tingxue's eyes were full of smiles as she took a step forward and ran towards him, "Master, why are you here?"
"I just came back from court and heard what happened here. Did she bully you again?" When Xie Ji mentioned that person, a slight disgust flashed across his eyes. After he fixed his gaze on the person in front of him again, his eyes were full of tenderness and care.
Seeing the Prime Minister coming, Yu Shao immediately added fuel to the fire, "Your Excellency, you don't know. Our princess learned that the Madam was ill and came to see her out of kindness. But not only did she not let her in, she even made her stand outside and set the rules. How can such a thing be justified in this world?"
"She also said that the princess came to see her because she was just crying wolf. She told the princess to get out of the prime minister's residence as soon as possible. She said that she got sick because the princess was unlucky."
Hearing this, Xie Ji frowned, "Did she really say that?"
Yu Shao knew she was exaggerating a bit, and she shrank her neck nervously, then she forced herself to nod guiltily, "She did say that. If you don't believe me, you can ask someone else."
But they all knew that if it weren't for that person who wanted to repay a favor, the Prime Minister's wife would be a princess now.
Shen Tingxue took his arm, bit her red lips lightly, and advised with understanding: "I think it must be that the master's wife has misunderstood me and the master. Otherwise, I should move out."
"In my opinion, the person who really needs to move out is not you, but someone else." Xie Ji patted the back of her hand, his eyes cold and gloomy as he looked at the door that was always closed.
"She doesn't want to open the door, someone, kick the door open for me."
Yu Shu, who was hiding in the quilt pretending to be a lady, was so scared when the adults appeared that she trembled and felt uncomfortable holding her urine, but she could not move at all and even dared not breathe deeply.
Madam, didn’t you say you would come back early? Why haven’t you come back yet?
Soon, a strong woman came over and kicked the door.
The door panel, which was not very thick to begin with, soon became shaky after being hit repeatedly.
With such a loud noise, even the soundest sleepers would be awakened.
Could it be that something happened to her?
And there are many people who have this idea.
When the door collapsed to the ground due to gravity, a stool flew out from inside and hit the face of the old woman who kicked the door in.
The old woman cried out in pain as a tooth was knocked out by the stool. She lost her balance and fell backwards. Her shrill screams were so painful that they felt pain when they heard them.
"I'm not dead yet, what are you trying to do by breaking in? What? Do you want to force me to death now so that you can make room for your lover?" Jiang Wu was glad that she came back at the last moment, otherwise they would have found that she was not in the house after breaking in.
Seeing her rude behavior, Xie Ji's forehead veins jumped, and he said sternly: "How can you be the mother of a mansion with such rude behavior? Apologize to Xue'er now."
"I didn't do anything wrong, why should I apologize?" Jiang Wu clenched his bony fingers tightly. Although he knew that this Xie Ji was not the same Xie Ji, when he spoke with that face, he still felt a sense of suffocation emanating from the inside out.
Xie Ji didn't expect that she would dare to refute him. He was so imposing and said, "How dare you say that you have done nothing wrong? Xue'er came to see you out of kindness, but you turned her away. This is your upbringing."
"She came to see me, so do I have to go out to greet her? I didn't say a word for so long." Jiang Wu looked at Shen Tingxue with disdain, as if looking at a moron. "Didn't the princess ever think that I was sleeping? If she can't think of it, don't you, my husband, know it too?"
Xie Ji didn't think her words were reasonable or well-founded, he just thought she was challenging his authority, "Apologize."
Jiang Wu straightened his neck and said, "I did nothing wrong. I won't apologize. If anyone needs to apologize, it should be the princess who should apologize to me."
"If you don't apologize, get out of the Prime Minister's Mansion."
Jiang Wu stood there in a daze because of his words. The color on his face instantly faded away and his pupils dilated with disbelief.
She thought that no matter how fiercely they quarreled, he would not easily tell her to get out. On the surface, he told her to get out, but in fact, he wanted to divorce her.
It wasn't until a long while later that Jiang Wu, whose body was as cold as ice, finally found her voice again. She suppressed her chattering teeth and said, "So, you want to divorce me."
Shen Tingxue didn't expect to hear such exciting news, and her tone became more humble and gentle, "Master, why did you say you wanted to divorce Master's wife? Even if you are angry, you can't say such things. What if Master's wife really misunderstood and took it seriously?"
"I'm not angry, nor did I say it in a hurry. This is the decision I made after thinking for a long time." Xie Ji took a step forward, looking down at the woman who was a head shorter than him. Although a struggle flashed through his heart, it quickly dissipated like smoke.
"You, Jiang Wu, are not worthy of being my wife."
"If I didn't like you, how could I marry you? Jiang Wu, don't always be unsure of yourself. You have to believe in yourself. You deserve the best in the world."
It is clearly the same person, but why do the words he speaks become unclear and harsh when the soul inside him becomes different?
If Jiang Wu didn't know that the owner of this body was not Xie Ji, but a soul imagined by someone else.
She thought that she would be very sad and would ask him at the top of her voice why he became like this and why he treated her like that.
Jiang Wu suppressed the stabbing pain rising in her heart and said unyieldingly, "What right do you have to divorce me? Is it just because you don't like me? If you didn't like me, why did you marry me in the first place? How could there be someone like you in this world who eats and poops whenever he wants?"
Shen Tingxue suppressed the upward arc of her lips and accused: "Master's wife, how can you speak so vulgarly. Since ancient times, women have regarded their husbands as heaven. What the husband says is the imperial decree for us women. How can you question the decision of heaven?"
"That's vulgar enough. I have something even more vulgar to say. Do you want to listen?" Jiang Wu thought of what Master Wu said. Her heart felt like it was piled with stones, so heavy that she almost couldn't breathe.
Why should the world they live in be imagined by others, and their bodies be tools that they can use or discard as they please!
Jiang Wu ignored Shen Tingxue's words, her eyes directed at Xie Ji, whose face was ashen. She raised her red lips and took a step forward with a cold look. "Instead, I want to ask my husband, you insist on divorcing me. Could it be that you want to marry the female disciple you like?"
Shen Tingxue's cheeks flushed, and she looked shy, "Master's wife, please don't talk nonsense. I have always regarded Master as half a father."
"Yeah, it's the first time I've seen a father and daughter kissing." Shen Tingxue's behavior made Jiang Wu think of something for no reason.
She wants to be a chastity saint even though she is a whore. Has she forgotten the provocation I made against her yesterday?
Xie Ji, unable to bear it any longer, was so angry that veins popped out of his forehead. "Jiang Wu, what nonsense are you talking about?"
Jiang Wu waved his hands, looking innocent. "What do you mean by nonsense? Isn't what I said the truth? You dare to do it, why can't I say it?"
"If my husband and the princess have nothing to do, please leave quickly so as not to waste my time finding someone to repair the door." She issued a firm order to expel them.
"you!"
"please."
After they had all left, Yu Shu, who had been hiding nearby and not daring to utter a word, rushed over with tears streaming down her face. "Wow, Madam, you are finally back. If you hadn't come back, I would have been scared to death."
"Don't worry, I will definitely not let you be scared to death." Only now did Jiang Wu have time to sit down and drink a sip of hot tea to warm his limbs.
"Okay, tell me what happened."
Yu Shu immediately told the whole story of what had happened, without adding any extraneous details like Yu Shao did.
After hearing this, Jiang Wu nodded silently, "Okay, I understand. You've worked hard today. You should have a good rest tomorrow."
"Thank you, ma'am!"
After Yu Shu left, Jiang Wu held the teacup in both hands and drank the remaining hot tea in small sips. Only in this way could he warm up his frozen limbs.
I'm afraid there are people in Hengwu Garden who have been bribed by her.
Perhaps because he was too tired today, Jiang Wu lay down on the bed wrapped in a quilt and fell into a deep sleep without eating.
She was suddenly woken up by the cold in the middle of her sleep. After opening her eyes, she found that she was no longer in her warm and soft big bed, but in a dilapidated temple with drafts everywhere and it was cold.
Could it be that she fell into someone's dream again? Otherwise, how could she explain the current situation?
Just as Jiang Wu was trying to figure out whether this was a dream or reality, the tightly closed door of the dilapidated temple was opened, and an unexpected person walked in under the dim moonlight.
"It's me."
"Come to think of it, we haven't seen each other for a long time. No wonder my cousin-in-law didn't even recognize me."
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