Chapter 93 Chapter 93 "Mother!"
She deliberately took her time when getting dressed. Yan Ke saw what she was thinking and had to put on a serious face and get started.
"Master, please don't do this. It will be embarrassing if the servants see us..."
Jasmine was dragged out of the main courtyard by him and then towards the gate of the mansion. They still walked along the main street.
He didn't care about her reputation as the Duke's wife at all.
Jasmine struggled desperately, but she was no match for such a tall warrior.
Passing by Yayuan, Jasmine shouted to her, "Mother, mother, help me..."
The old lady had been awakened by the noise in the main courtyard. She had been planning to come out to watch the fun, but when she heard the shrill cries, she immediately emerged from the Elegant Courtyard.
"What are you arguing about?" Seeing that it was the Duke himself dragging the person, the old lady knew that something big had happened and hurried forward.
"What's going on?"
Jasmine cried, "Grandpa wants to send me to Jingzhao Prefecture. Please, mother, save me!"
The old lady asked the Duke, "What did she do to make you so angry?"
"My wife has done nothing wrong."
Yan Ke glared at her fiercely: "If you know you are wrong and don't correct it, your crime will be even more serious."
The old lady certainly believed in the Duke, but she couldn't ignore Jasmine right now. Not to mention that Jasmine saved her life, she was still the Duke's wife. If she went to Jingzhao Prefecture, the Duke's Mansion would probably be a laughing stock again!
The old lady pressed the Duke's other arm and said earnestly, "Tell me clearly what's going on. If you go out like this, you'll be laughed at."
The Duke was never afraid of being laughed at, and he didn't care if others laughed at him. "Mother, do you know why Xu Fang set the fire? It was because she schemed to kill Xu Fang's two daughters. A woman's innocence is so important, and what she did was so vicious."
Jasmine felt as if the man's gaze and tone were poisoned. She gasped in anger and pounded his chest with her free hand.
The Duke didn't even frown.
The old lady was horrified and turned to stare at her. She knew it was true without asking.
"I didn't mean to do that! They were the ones who bullied me first!"
"If you didn't mean it, who did it?" Yan Ke's face turned even colder when he heard her lie.
The old lady thought she was asking about the key to the east storehouse. A complicated expression crossed her face as she turned to the Duke and said, "Erlang, you can't blame her entirely. She can't compare to Xu Fangshi in terms of viciousness."
"Mother, there's no need to plead for her. She didn't do this for you. She was just taking revenge because Xu Fang had offended her for years."
The old lady was startled, knowing that the Duke would not lie. Then she looked at Jasmine's angry face and confirmed that she was really doing it for personal revenge.
And it was because of her personal vendetta that she nearly lost her life. The old lady gritted her teeth and stepped aside, raising her head and glancing at Jasmine, as if she really didn't care about her anymore.
Jasmine was dragged from the gate all the way to the carriage.
Jasmine had long been the most important person in Kyoto. Everyone was stunned. Seeing that the Duke was angry, there was complete silence around him, and more and more people were curious.
When the carriage of the Duke's Mansion left, many young people who boasted of their nimble legs ran after it.
She returned to Kyoto and became the wife of a duke, which made her look up to others and she enjoyed great glory from then on.
Who knew there would be such a day.
Jasmine couldn't help but punch him again: "Did you do this on purpose? Did you do this to embarrass me?"
Yan Ke sat motionless, looking at her coldly: "A person who has done so many evil things is afraid of being embarrassed? If he knows it will bring shame upon himself, he shouldn't hurt others at will."
"I said I didn't mean it!" Jasmine couldn't bear to see him so calm and indifferent, so she reached out to grab him.
Yan Ke held her hands and said, "Why are you not pretending now? You've done it time and time again, and I thought you had changed, but it turns out you were still fake."
Jasmine was so sad and angry that she kicked him and bit him.
It wasn't just a fight in the middle of the night, it was a real bite.
Yan Ke closed his eyes and pushed her away with all his strength.
Jasmine's mouth was bloody as she glared at him angrily. "It was Xu Fang who bullied me time and time again. What's wrong with me just retaliating?"
"Isn't she just blackmailing you?"
"What do you mean by 'not just'? This is a huge deal to me! From the very beginning, she's been targeting me. I was coerced by her into letting my concubine in. That Xu Qiuhuai is still in the mansion! If she can put a nail in my eye, why can't I?"
Yan Ke didn't expect her to say this.
She was actually still brooding over the fact that Xu had given someone to him.
Xu Yu: "Then you shouldn't have done that. What does Xu Fangshi's wrongdoing have to do with her two daughters?"
Jasmine's mind raced, and without a second thought, she argued, "I didn't force her to drink water. It was her two daughters who were attracted to the same man at the same time. I just booked a room to help them. What's wrong with that?"
Jasmine's voice was sharp and thin. Fortunately, the carriage was moving fast enough that no one could overhear her words.
Yan Ke frowned; he was always helpless with her. With a stern face, he said, "But this matter does involve you. I don't care about you. We'll see what the Jingzhao prefect decides later."
"You said you don't care about me? I'm always fickle, and you've grown tired of me these past two years?"
The Duke could no longer stay there and shouted "Stop!" Then he mounted the guard's horse and urged it to get ahead of the carriage.
Jasmine stuck her head out from the car curtain and glared at him, but when she realized people were staring at her from all sides, she quickly retracted her head and angrily dropped the curtain.
The prefect of Jingzhao didn't expect that the troublemaker would come again!
Yes, that's right. In Li Fuyin's opinion, dealing with this couple was the most troublesome thing in the world. Even investigating a family massacre wasn't as difficult as dealing with this couple.
I thought the world was at peace after this man left, but I never expected that he would come back two years later.
Li Fuyin really wanted to persuade the Duke. Who would send a respectable lady to court? You could handle it at home, whether it was punishment by kneeling or beating with a stick. Why did you have to come to him?
Since the Duke can be so ruthless, he, as the prefect of Jingzhao Prefecture, can certainly handle his affairs impartially.
After Jasmine admitted that it was she who schemed to bribe a handsome man in the Chu House, and then let Xu Fang's two unmarried daughters pick out handsome men together, and then caught them in bed.
Yes! The two girls were in bed with the handsome man together, and were caught in the act by Xu Fang!
She admitted it herself, and with the man from the Chu House as a witness, the prefect of Jingzhao immediately sentenced the Duke's wife to three months in prison.
"Your Excellency, there is no need to be partial."
Li Fu Yin: "Your Excellency is joking. After all, your Madam has not committed any crime of assault. The two daughters of Marquis Xu Wu were voluntarily taken to the trap. Your Madam simply bribed the men of the Chu House to wander the streets. Three months in prison is no more, no less."
Only then did Yan Ke nod.
Two years later, Jasmine was once again imprisoned in Jingzhao Prison. It was unknown whether the warden had intentionally placed her in the same place.
It seemed as if the people who had been in jail before were all replaced.
"Where did the family of the third-rank official in the cell on my left, and the big brother across from me, go two years ago?"
Not to mention that the warden was impatient, even she was annoyed with herself. Why should she worry about other people's affairs at this time?
But she couldn't help but ask.
The warden was still the same warden. He replied, "The family of the third-rank official was exiled a year and a half ago after the case was thoroughly investigated. The man you met, if I remember correctly, was a death row inmate, and of course he was guillotined."
"Thank you very much."
Since they were old acquaintances, the warden asked, "You are now the wife of the Duke, why are you here again?"
Hearing this, Jasmine puffed up her cheeks and said, "Isn't it because I was wrongly accused?"
"By whom? By the Duke? The Duke is not that kind of person."
Jasmine raised the kerosene lamp and threw it at the warden, who jumped up and ran away. After running a long way, he remembered that the cell door was not locked, so he sneaked back and locked it while Jasmine was not paying attention.
Three months, she would not be able to see her Manxi for three months. Jasmine could not help but start pounding the table and bed again.
Yan Ke heard the sound of things being thrown inside the prison before he even entered the door. He stopped in front of the cell door and looked at the woman in the cell who was smashing things to vent her anger. Yan Ke felt extremely helpless.
Jasmine looked around for a long while, but couldn't see anything intact. She kicked the iron door twice angrily, and then she saw the person standing in front of her under the dim light.
She was tall and straight, standing with her hands behind her back, like an official arresting a prisoner, and she was the prisoner who deserved the death penalty.
Jasmine gripped the iron bars, which were as thick as her arms, and glared at him angrily, "Are you here to laugh at me?"
Yan Ke shook his head: "I'll go with you."
Jasmine was startled, and then she saw him sitting on the ground in front of the cell door.
Jasmine only heard him say again: "Don't be afraid, Shancha is not here, but I am here."
Jasmine thinks he is sick!
How could she forget that this person has always been this weird? Jasmine also turned her back, leaned against the iron railing, wiped her eyes, but didn't want to speak.
When Jasmine woke up, she didn't know what time it was, but she saw that her grandfather was gone, so she thought it must be time for the morning court.
Jasmine looked around. The bed, table, and toilet were all back where they belonged. She'd been incredibly sleepy the previous night, but she really didn't want to sleep on the floor, so she had to clean up after herself.
Then I lay down and fell asleep, and have been asleep until now.
Only now did Jasmine realize that he had made a fool of herself the entire night before!
Jasmine was so angry that she wanted to tear the cell apart again, but she managed to restrain herself from doing so.
The prison was dark and gloomy. Jasmine didn't know how much time had passed. She knew the time by the time when meals were delivered to the cell.
After two meals, he still hasn’t arrived!
Is this what you agreed to do, to accompany her? Jasmine finished her meal and smashed the bowl with only a little soup left.
It’s not her bowl anyway!
The two bowls shattered in front of the iron bars with a clang.
"Ah!" followed by a childish voice.
Jasmine was startled for a moment, then shouted, "Who... is it?"
"Mom!" Before she saw the familiar Aidunzi, Jasmine burst into tears when she heard the word "Mom".
"Damn it, Man'er!"
"mother!"
Yan Ke stepped over the broken porcelain and placed his daughter in a safe place. Man Xi lifted his chubby little legs and crawled through the iron bars.
Although the head is round and big, it is just right.
The mother and daughter hugged each other and cried bitterly.
Yan Ke looked on helplessly, glanced at the porcelain pieces on the ground, called the jailer to sweep them away, then sat down on the ground, looking seriously at the mother and daughter who were still stuck together.
Jasmine was afraid that she would hurt her eyes from crying, so she held back her tears and coaxed her, "Okay, okay, Mom won't cry anymore, and you don't cry either. When we get home, we won't be separated, mother and daughter."
"mother……"
Manxi was less than two years old and could not speak clearly, but calling "Dad, Mom, Grandma" was her specialty.
He kept calling her "mother", and Jasmine felt like her heart was melting.
"My dear."
"mother!"
"Good boy."
"Mother~"
"My dear, have you missed your mother these days?"
"think!"
"Mom misses our Man'er too." Jasmine rubbed the flesh that had fallen off her body, feeling that no matter how much she cherished him, it was never enough.
"Mother hasn't been around these past few days, and Man'er must be scared and bored. I'm sorry for you."
"Ah, there's a chicken!" Manxi raised his short arms high and pointed a chubby finger at the sky.
"Wow, our Man'er is really good. He can even catch chickens. Isn't chicken delicious?"
"There's a chicken!" Manxi shouted again.
Yan Ke had no choice but to interrupt them: "Man'er, you are not allowed to address the Second Prince by his name."
He explained to Jasmine again: "The second prince is called Youji. This girl probably heard the imperial concubine call him that. Remember it."
Jasmine suddenly realized what was going on. She didn't reply, nor did she even glance at him. She continued to hold her daughter and talk.
"Mother heard that Man'er beat the Second Prince with his little fists?"
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