Chu Qingniang looked at the volume of Chuci, her eyes flashed, and a perfect look of confusion appeared on her face.
Qi Che curled his lips, put his hands on the table, and moved closer to Chu Qingniang: "I am not afraid to tell you, the current princess, I am sure you have heard of her, she is in Qingshui County, and she has promised to recruit me as a consort. As long as I divorce you and Gu Yanran, I will be your consort."
"You said that you deliberately delayed the divorce this time. If the princess knew about it and sent someone to investigate, and found out that your dead father had watched the princess die without saving her, do you think you and Zhixia can still have a complete body?"
Outside the window, Zhixia, who was eavesdropping, dropped the tray in her hand with a clang.
Inside the house, Chu Qingniang didn't move at all. She stared at Qi Che for a long time, her brows slightly furrowed.
"What did you say?"
Seeing her reaction like this, Qi Che felt relieved and took a step closer, "Chu Qingniang, you should thank me for protecting you. Otherwise, you and your maid would have been found by the princess's men and torn into pieces."
"But don't worry, as long as you cooperate with me in getting a divorce at the county government tomorrow, I will completely destroy the evidence of your father's crime of not saving someone from death."
Chu Qingniang still didn't say anything, and looked like she was weighing the pros and cons and making a decision.
Qi Che sighed, and then pretended to be affectionate and said: "Qing Niang, don't struggle anymore. Now, I am the only one who can help you. Don't worry, considering our three years of relationship, I will not kill you. When I take power in the future, I will definitely find a way to find a way out for you."
His voice seemed to carry some kind of temptation.
Finally, Chu Qingniang lowered her eyes to the volume of Chuci and suddenly asked an irrelevant question.
"What about Gu Yanran? How do you plan to place her?"
Qi Che smiled knowingly, knowing that the matter had been settled, and said, "Yanran must be sent back to the Gu Mansion in a dignified manner. After all, Prime Minister Gu still has some face in the court, and I must save some face for him."
He deliberately softened his voice again, and looked at her with a pair of warm and tender eyes: "But you are different."
"Qingniang, there is still love between you and me. When the storm is over, I can buy you a quiet house in the west of the city..."
"Mansion?" Chu Qingniang sneered, with a flash of sarcasm in her eyes: "Just like how you settled Chuntao?"
Qi Che's face froze slightly, but he regained his composure in an instant: "Chun Tao's incident was just an accident. If she behaved herself, I wouldn't treat her harshly."
Chu Qingniang looked at the extremely hypocritical and selfish man in front of her and felt that she was too kind.
Well, since he had chosen this path, she would "help" him and would stage a proper "divorce" scene tomorrow.
Finally, Chu Qingniang showed a meaningful smile on her face and asked Qi Che, "Qi Che, let me ask you again, have you really thought about it? Do you want to divorce me for the position of a royal consort?"
Qi Che was stunned at first, but soon changed his expression to gentle, "Qing Niang, this is not my choice, but the situation forced me."
Chu Qingniang nodded calmly and put away the divorce letter. "Then I'll see you at the government office at noon tomorrow."
"Zhi Xia, see off the guests!"
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Not long after Qi Che left, another uninvited guest came to the yard.
Zhixia was very surprised to see Gu Yanran coming, because at this time, Gu Yanran had taken off her gorgeous clothes and her hair was covered with pearls and jade, and was only wearing a plain white skirt, with only a silver hairpin in her hair.
Different from the arrogant and disdainful attitude seen every time before, this time, her eyes were red and her face looked a little haggard, as if she had just cried.
Zhixia stood in the corridor, arms folded across her chest, looking at Gu Yanran leisurely.
"Don't you care about Miss? Why are you coming to Yilan Garden so late at night?"
Before Gu Yanran could speak, her voice was choked with sobs: "Zhixia, I have something to ask your young lady."
Zhixia rolled her eyes suddenly, "Don't do that, Miss Gu, you look like someone who has been bullied, it's better if you don't meet me, or else people will mistakenly think that my Miss has done something to you."
Gu Yanran looked up in surprise, her expression frozen for a moment.
"I, you misunderstood. I know there were many misunderstandings between your young lady and I before, but tonight, I really have something to ask your young lady."
It was the first time that Zhixia saw the arrogant Gu Yanran lower her noble head and talk to her like this.
Just as she was about to speak, the door opened and Chu Qingniang stepped out of the room.
"Ms. Gu, I think there is nothing much to talk about between you and me."
When Gu Yanran saw Chu Qingniang coming out, she no longer cared about pretending to be noble.
"Sister Chu..."
She twisted the handkerchief in her hand, looking pitiful: "I... I know I don't have the face to see you, but Qi Che..."
Gu Yanran pulled out a crumpled divorce letter from her sleeve and said, "He actually wants me to leave the marriage on my own, saying that he wants to marry the princess."
"Sister Chu, he betrayed you first, and now he uses the same method to humiliate me. Don't you hate him?"
Chu Qingniang looked at her calmly, "What do you want to say?"
Gu Yanran took two steps forward, a hint of ruthlessness flashed in her eyes, "Sister Chu, I heard that you are going to confront him in court tomorrow and divorce him in public. Why don't you and I join forces? Tomorrow in the county government, as long as you expose him in public--"
"What do you want to expose?" Chu Qingniang withdrew her gaze indifferently.
"Gu Yanran, you came here tonight just to use me to deal with Qi Che, but have you forgotten that I am just a merchant's daughter? You, as the daughter of the prime minister, can't do anything to him, so why do you think I can?"
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