Chapter 80 Conflict
The sudden brightness made Jiang Ruyi squint uncomfortably.
She raised her head and met Xun Chen's eyes, which were cold, full of intense scrutiny and undisguised disgust.
"Oh, Miss Jiang, you've achieved your goal. Do you think you've finally gotten what you wanted? You think you've climbed the ladder?"
Jiang Ruyi's face turned pale instantly. The feeling of humiliation was like a tide, almost drowning her: "Brother Chen... I..."
"Shut up!"
Xun Chen interrupted harshly, his eyes filled with even more disgust: "Who allowed you to call me that? Don't taint my name with your filthy mouth!"
"You know, you look exactly like you did when you pretended to appear in the study by chance. It's disgusting!"
Jiang Ruyi's whole body trembled violently, and tears of humiliation finally burst out of her eyes, but she stubbornly refused to let them fall.
"Xun Chen! You...don't go too far! I'm your legally married wife!"
"wife?"
Xun Chen looked like he had heard a huge joke. He raised his hand and held Jiang Ruyi's chin tightly, gradually increasing the strength in his hand.
"A woman who bribed the servants of the Anping Marquis's mansion with dirty tricks and drugged me to have sex with me is not a wife in my heart.
"Jiang Ruyi, you are just like the hairpins on your head, all show and no substance, rotten inside. You are so hypocritical that it makes me sick!"
"you!"
Jiang Ruyi was so angry that her whole body was shaking. She stood up suddenly. The jewels on her head made a rapid colliding sound due to the violent movement, which scared her so much that her face turned even paler. She quickly steadied herself.
There was a slight knock on the door.
Xun Chen frowned, turned around and shouted, "Who?"
The door was gently pushed open a crack in an instant, and a small figure stood outside the door.
He was wearing pajamas, his little face was covered with tear marks, and his big eyes were filled with fear and grievance.
“Daddy…”
Xun Moli's voice was filled with tears, and his eyes involuntarily fell on Jiang Ruyi.
"Who is she? Why is she here? Aunt Qingyi is crying so sadly. She said her father doesn't want her anymore..."
The appearance of Xun Moli was like a basin of cold water, temporarily extinguishing the fire that was about to erupt between the two.
When Xun Chen saw his son, the hostility on his face subsided a little, but he was still cold.
He walked up to Xun Moli, squatted down, and tried to slow down his tone: "Moli, why aren't you sleeping so late? Who brought you here?"
"I...I came here by myself."
Xun Moli tightly grasped the corner of Xun Chen's clothes and choked with sobs, "I heard Daddy and this guy had a big argument. Daddy, please don't quarrel with Aunt Qingyi, okay? I like Aunt Qingyi more..."
Xun Moli's words were like a knife, stabbing Jiang Ruyi's heart.
She never imagined that on the wedding night she had been looking forward to, her husband hated her and her stepson not only didn't recognize her but also kept talking about another woman!
A strong feeling of hatred and unwillingness instantly overwhelmed Jiang Ruyi's reason.
She suddenly screamed, "Xun Moli, look carefully! I am your father's legitimate wife, your mother. From now on, I will be the one to discipline you, not some lowly maidservant!"
“That’s enough!”
Xun Chen picked up his son and glared at Jiang Ruyi with a sullen face. "Jiang Ruyi, what are you doing? Scaring a child is nothing. Get out of here! You're going to sleep in the side room tonight!"
"You want me to get out?"
Jiang Ruyi completely collapsed.
Grievance, anger, fear, and unwillingness erupted instantly.
She grabbed the heavy candlestick at hand without hesitation and was about to smash it to the ground.
"stop!"
Xun Chen shouted sternly.
In the chaos, a shrill scream suddenly came from outside the door.
"ah!"
Xun Chen's face suddenly changed. He didn't care about Jiang Ruyi and rushed out the door holding Xun Moli.
Jiang Ruyi's hand holding the candlestick froze in mid-air, tears and anger still on her face, but she was confused by this sudden change.
Xun Chen followed the sound and rushed to the moon-shaped gate of the garden near the back room. The scene before him immediately surprised him.
Bai Qingyi fell to the cold ground, her dress disheveled, her hair half loose, and a look of fear on her face.
Not far from her feet, a dagger, shining with a cold light, lay there quietly.
"Cousin, what's going on?"
Xun Chen put Xun Moli down and quickly stepped forward to help Bai Qingyi up. There was a nervousness in his voice that he himself didn't even notice.
"Cousin, I... I was worried about you, so I wanted to come and see you. But then I saw her holding a packet of powder and trying to put it in the wine. I rushed in to grab it and ran away, but she sent her maid to chase me out with a dagger..."
Bai Qingyi's incoherent explanation was like grabbing a life-saving straw, and she clung to Xun Chen's arm tightly.
"Cousin, she wants to kill me. She wants to silence me. She must be afraid that I will tell others about the drugging. She has such a cruel heart!"
Xun Chen was extremely angry and suddenly turned around to look at Jiang Ruyi who followed him and was standing at the door of the bridal chamber holding a candlestick with a look of confusion and astonishment on her face.
"Jiang Ruyi! You actually have such a cruel heart. How dare you use such despicable drugs in the mansion again on your wedding night? You even want a maid to attack me with a knife. I will not let you go!"
"No…I didn't…I didn't do this!"
Jiang Ruyi stepped back in horror and met Bai Qingyi, who was snuggling tightly in Xun Chen's arms, looking at her with resentment and complacency. She instantly realized that this was her frame-up.
"It's her! It's that bitch Bai Qingyi. She acted out this drama herself. She's the one who wants to harm me."
"I was about to fall into a coma that day, but she appeared. I thought she was going to save me, but who would have thought that after I woke up,
She has become your woman. This woman is scheming and she wants to harm me all the time!"
Xun Chen laughed in anger: "Warning you? You dare to argue when you caught me red-handed!"
"Someone come here!" Xun Chen didn't give Jiang Ruyi any chance to explain and shouted loudly.
Several trusted guards immediately appeared in response.
"Take this vicious woman away! Imprison her in the Jingsi Courtyard next to the ancestral hall. No one is allowed to visit her without my order. Keep her under strict guard!"
Xun Chen's tone was filled with unquestionable determination. The look he gave Jiang Ruyi was filled with bottomless coldness and disgust.
Jiang Ruyi struggled desperately: "Xun Chen, Bai Qingyi, you all wronged me, it was Bai Qingyi who framed me!"
The guards didn't listen at all and roughly picked her up and dragged her out.
"Bai Qingyi! You bitch! Even if I become a ghost, I won't let you go! Just pray that you don't fall into my hands one day!"
Jiang Ruyi's shrill curse echoed in the night sky, full of despair and unwillingness, and finally disappeared into the darkness.
Inside Ning Pavilion.
Jiang Qingning listened to Zi Su's detailed report of the shocking farce in Anping Marquis's Mansion last night. There was no surprise on his face, only endless calmness.
"Bai Qingyi really didn't disappoint me. She's cruel enough and stupid enough."
Jiang Qingning picked up the teacup and blew on it gently. "Using the same medicine to frame someone is because they're afraid Xun Chen won't remember the shame of that day."
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