"The flowers of April are gone, and the peach blossoms in the mountain temple are in full bloom."
In winter, the half-dead peach trees in Changqiu Palace are now blooming brilliantly with peach blossoms on their branches.
At the dining table, Lu Jinshu was patiently washing peach petals in a basin.
Shangguan Xu took a peach branch from the vase and plucked the blossoms one by one in a fit of rage. "I heard that bitch Pei Jiusheng lost a whole bowl of her own blood in the palace, and not only did she not die immediately, she actually managed to live for another three months. This is truly unforgivable."
Lu Jinshu fished out the cleaned peach petals and put them into a jar to crush. "He won't last more than three months. At most, he'll go to hell in half a month."
The peach branch in Shangguan Xu's hand fell directly to the ground. He turned his head to look at Lu Jinshu, "Ah? Has his condition worsened? No, you have been with me the whole time. How did you know this news that I didn't even know?"
Lu Jinshu's hands kept moving. "Of course I'm just guessing. Your Highness will leave for Dingzhou the day after tomorrow, and he won't be back for three to five months. Pei Jiusheng is willing to die for Your Highness, so he certainly won't be willing to die in Linglong Palace. He will definitely follow Your Highness to Dingzhou. The travel and fatigue will spread the toxins in his body quickly. He might die suddenly within seven or eight days, not even half a month."
The expression on Shangguan Xu's face changed from worry to joy. "Pei Jiusheng really deserved it. A sickly person actually had the nerve to marry His Highness as his legal husband. What happened now, in my opinion, is his retribution."
Lu Jinshu just silently dug out the crushed peach blossom pulp from the ceramic jar. He did not agree with Shangguan Xu's words.
He doesn't like Pei Jiusheng.
But he also disliked Shangguan Xu.
Someone like Shangguan Xu, who grew up surrounded by love, will never empathize with the pain of those persecuted by their so-called "family."
Shangguan Xu propped up his chin with both hands. "Once that slutty vixen Pei Jiusheng is gone, Your Highness will have time to come to Changqiu Palace to accompany me. But Your Highness has stayed in Dingzhou for too long this time. Sigh, the thought of not being able to see Your Highness for three to five months makes my heart ache."
Shangguan Xu's eyes sparkled with a smile as he spoke. "But there's also good news. I plan to embroider a midriff for His Highness. The embroiderer I hired said that if he were given three months, he would be able to improve my embroidery skills. By the time His Highness returns, my midriff will be finished. His Highness can immediately wear the clothes I sewed myself. Just thinking about it makes me happy."
Shangguan Xu didn't get a response for a long time, so he turned to look at Lu Jinshu, and Lu Jinshu agreed with him very perfunctorily.
Shangguan Xu did not notice Lu Jinshu's low spirits. He kept chattering about how he planned to please Ling Shumo. He did not consider at all that Lu Jinshu was also the Crown Princess's man.
Lu Jinshu felt only envy and jealousy for Ling Shumo's "deep concern for him" and had no interest at all.
But not only could Lu Jinshu not stop, after listening to Shangguan Xu's endless words that were like a torrent of river, he had to continue to provide Shangguan Xu with emotional value.
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The sun sets and rises.
Ling Shumo is about to set off for Dingzhou today.
Pei Jiusheng was dressed as a servant, without the pearls and jade on his head, and only had a silver hairpin casually inserted in his hair.
Ling Shumo originally planned to carry Pei Jiusheng into the carriage, but Pei Jiusheng said that in that case, it would be useless for him to dress up as a servant. If that sinister villain presented the matter to the emperor, the emperor would definitely be angry with Ling Shumo.
Ling Shumo could only suppress the thoughts and worries in her heart and got on the carriage alone.
Ling Shumo suddenly thought of something and paused as she was about to close the curtains. She called out to Shi Qi with a somewhat dissatisfied tone, "Didn't I tell Song Shiying to wait at the gate of the East Palace in advance? It's already daybreak, why hasn't she arrived yet?"
Shi Qi's expression became very strange. It took her a long time to utter a word, "I was just about to report this to His Highness. Lady Song...she's dead."
Ling Shumo had gotten up before daybreak and was feeling a bit sleepy. But when she heard Shi Qi say, "Lord Song is dead," she straightened up immediately, not to mention being sleepy. "Don't hesitate, just tell me what you mean."
Shi Qi recalled what she had just seen in the Song Mansion, and her expression became even uglier. "Your Highness knows that Song Shiying married Pei Jiuchuan, the adopted son of the former Minister of Personnel, Pei Guanqing. His Majesty ordered the confiscation of the Pei family's property and exile. When Song Shiying learned of this news, he immediately asked for a divorce.
Pei Jiuchuan now has no one to return to, and Song Shiying's behavior is tantamount to forcing him to death.
After Pei Jiuchuan knelt down and begged Song Shiying in vain, he took a knife and killed Song Shiying.
Song Shiying was the only daughter of the Song family. Her mother suffered a stroke after hearing the bad news. When the subordinates left the Song Mansion, Song's mother had not recovered yet and had passed away.
Her father was still conscious and wanted to seek justice for his daughter. However, after killing Song Shiying, Pei Jiuchuan committed suicide on the spot. His attendants also followed Pei Jiuchuan and committed suicide.
The Pei family was confiscated and exiled, and now there is no one left. Even if Song Shiying's father wanted to vent his anger, he couldn't find anyone to vent it to.
According to the laws of the Ming Dynasty, a husband who killed his wife should be beaten with a stick 30 times, then rolled on a nail board, imprisoned and starved for three days and three nights, and finally executed by being torn apart by a chariot.
But now that Pei Jiuchuan is dead, there is no other way to punish him except whipping his corpse."
One of the "Seven Reasons for Divorce and Three Reasons for Not Divorcing" is "If the husband has nowhere to go after being divorced, the wife cannot divorce him."
It is true that the law stipulates this, but in reality, if Pei Jiuchuan really meets a cold-hearted woman like Song Shiying, he, a commoner without the support of his natal family, will have nowhere to seek justice.
If he reported the matter to the authorities, like a husband suing his wife, regardless of whether he was right or wrong, he would first be beaten with a stick.
Even if the officials in the government accepted the case, Song Shiying was an official appointed by the court, and Pei Jiuchuan would be said to be unreasonable even if he was right.
Pei Jiuchuan had no other choice but to die together with Song Shiying.
Ling Shumo had just opened her mouth to make a comment when a servant came hurriedly to report that "Pei Jiusheng has fainted."
Ling Shumo opened the curtain and got out of the car, leaving only two sarcastic words, "I originally thought she was a promising person, but I didn't expect that she would be killed by a man now. What a waste."
Song Shiying had an old relationship with the two men in her backyard. If it weren't for the fact that Song Shiying still had some value, she would have had someone put Song Shiying in a sack, tied it with stones, and thrown it into the river to feed the fish.
Now it seems that Song Shiying was completely unprepared and was killed so easily by Pei Jiuchuan, who was barely able to even tie a chicken.
She couldn't even take care of the household chores. Fortunately, she didn't reuse Song Shiying, otherwise, who knows what kind of trouble would have arisen in the future.
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