After hearing this, Pei'er's chest heaved and she felt uneasy. After all, if there was any mistake in tonight's operation, she might even lose her life!
After mustering up her courage, she whispered, "Actually, it was I who took the initiative to bring food to the Third Young Master tonight. I really couldn't bear to see him suffer like this... But I hope he will be more understanding. My young lady is the eldest daughter of the family. She's usually spoiled at home. How could she possibly endure such humiliation..."
"Humiliation?" Chen Zhizhou frowned and glanced at the ancestral tablet not far away.
"The young lady treated you like this and even wanted to divorce you. I don't know what to say. The young lady is not a perfect person either. She and the Fifth Prince..." Pei'er pretended to be very embarrassed and hesitant when she spoke.
Li Xiangsheng.
Chen Zhizhou clenched one hand into a fist, and raised the corner of his lips, revealing a smile that was difficult to interpret.
"You said, between Qing'er and the Fifth Prince..." He raised his big hand, grabbed Pei'er's collar, and asked angrily.
Chen Zhizhou's anger was real.
It is definitely not deduced.
Qing'er is the person he holds dearest to his heart, and Pei'er is her maidservant who came with her as a dowry, but he is plotting against her like this behind her back?
If he didn't know Gu Qing so well, and knew all of his comings and goings, wouldn't Pei'er's words tonight have become a thorn that caused a rift between him and his wife?
"Although I am the young lady's maidservant who came with her as a dowry, and the young lady treats me well, I really can't bear to see the young lady make one mistake after another. Even if the young lady follows the Fifth Prince, she won't get any benefits. How could the Fifth Prince make someone else's wife his legal wife..." Pei'er said in a low voice with fear, her body even trembling.
"What else?" Chen Zhizhou relaxed his grip a little. If he used more force, Pei'er's neck would be twisted off!
Pei'er knelt down tremblingly, her head buried as she whispered, "I can see that the Third Young Master is sincere in his love for my young lady. He certainly won't blame her if he knows all this, right? I hope the Third Young Master will be more considerate of her in the future and stop messing around with other women..."
If an ordinary man heard Pei'er's words, he would definitely be furious!
Pei'er pushed the food in her hand forward. She choked with sobs and added softly, "Third Young Master, you should eat something. You haven't eaten all day."
Chen Zhizhou's eyes flicked over the bamboo basket Pei'er had brought. He lifted the lid and looked at the exquisite dishes on the plate. "You care about me even more than your young lady does."
Pei'er didn't say anything and kept her head tilted.
"Pei'er... Since Pei'er has followed the young lady to the Chen family, she is a member of the Chen family. It is her duty to serve the young master. I have brought some medicine with me. Let me help you apply the medicine." After Pei'er said this, she took out the porcelain bottle in her hand.
Just looking at the body of the medicine bottle, Chen Zhizhou didn't see any clues, but when the lid was opened, an unusual fragrance wafted into his nose.
this……
Albizia julibrissin.
The veins on Chen Zhizhou's neck bulged, and he looked up at the tablets placed in front of him.
I never thought these people could be so shameless!
This is the Chen family ancestral hall!
"Master, please eat quickly. If it gets cold, it won't taste good." Pei'er urged Chen Zhizhou anxiously, with a hint of uneasiness in her eyes.
Chen Zhizhou glanced back and happened to see Pei'er's coat slipping to the ground.
Under the cover of night, her figure is graceful and she is wearing such cool clothes. Any man here tonight would lose control when seeing Pei'er like this.
What's more, Pei'er specially put strong ingredients in the food and ointment. No matter how strong Chen Zhizhou's willpower is, it will definitely not be stronger than the effect of the medicine!
She saw Chen Zhizhou looking at her, but she didn't know that his eyes were looking through Pei'er and at the figures on the eaves in front of him...
"Master, actually, whatever the young lady can do, I can do too. I had heard of the Third Young Master's reputation before I came to the Chen family, and I have admired you for a long time. I don't ask for any status..." Pei'er smiled shyly and spoke in a soft voice.
Just as Pei'er was about to rub against Chen Zhizhou's body——
As if it was a conditioned reflex, Chen Zhizhou raised his big hand and slashed at Pei'er's neck with a knife!
With a thud, Pei'er collapsed straight onto the ground in the ancestral hall.
Liang Ran and the others jumped down from the eaves in a hurry!
"Young Master, this..." Without waiting for Liangran and the others to finish their words, Chen Zhizhou waved his hand, domineeringly and forcefully tore off the night cape on his body and threw it on Pei'er.
Chen Zhizhou stood up, his hands behind his back, and snorted coldly, "Quickly pick up this filthy thing! Don't leave it in my Chen family ancestral hall and dirty the ground!"
A servant beside him hurriedly came forward to report, "Master, this food, and the ointment that Pei'er brought for applying to external injuries, she has tampered with them."
"Take her out of the house and lock her up. Tell others that this young master wants to promote Pei'er, but because of her different status, she can't be kept in the Chen family anymore. She can only be raised in the outer house." Chen Zhizhou stood at the door of the ancestral hall and looked at the night sky outside. He stood with his hand on the railing and whispered orders.
Pei'er was a living person after all. He disappeared from the Chen family overnight, and in less than three days, he aroused speculation and suspicion from the servants in the mansion.
In less than seven days...
Not only the Chen family, but even the streets and alleys of Beijing had spread the news that Gu Qing's dowry maid was kept in the outer house by Chen Zhizhou, and it seemed that he intended to promote this maid to be a concubine.
Gu Qing pretended to be furious, but her loss of appetite was not an act.
Ever since her conversation with Chen Zhizhou that night, she had been feeling uneasy and had been thinking of finding an excuse to go back home.
It seemed a bit too deliberate to just leave her when Chen Zhizhou and the others were clamoring for a divorce.
After all, the palace was not peaceful either.
Gu Qing paced back and forth in the bedroom over and over again.
"Oh no, young madam, the old lady was so angry about the third young master's matter that she fainted!" Cuiru rushed in from outside and said to her impatiently as soon as she entered the door.
Upon hearing this, Gu Qing was instantly anxious and at a loss of what to do. He didn't know where Chen Zhizhou was right now. With things like this happening, how would the two of them end this?
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