"You bastard!"
Zhixia shouted angrily and seemed to fall from the sky, standing in front of Chu Qingniang, looking down at Qi Che who was slumped on the ground.
"My young lady treated you like a pearl and a treasure, and sold her dowry to support your studies. Why didn't you say that merchants were lowly? When she took care of your half-dead widowed mother, why didn't you say that it was of no benefit? Let alone a mere daughter of a prime minister, even if you were the top scholar, you are not worthy of carrying my young lady's shoes!
Bah! You ungrateful, ungrateful bastard, you heartless man! "
Qi Che was hit so hard that he saw stars. Just as he was about to speak, Zhixia slapped him again: "Shut up! Do you deserve to be called the top scholar?" She spat fiercely, "Even stray dogs on the street know how to repay a favor, you are worse than an animal!"
Outside, Old Madam Qi, who had followed closely, was leaning on a cane and was supported by Gu Yanran. She was walking slowly in and just happened to see Qi Che being kicked away.
Madam Qi was so angry that she almost fainted on the spot.
"This is a rebellion! This is a rebellion!"
With shaking hands, she pointed at the large group of maids and guards behind her and ordered, "What are you still standing there for? Why don't you go over and help the master up?"
The agarwood cane in her hand hit the ground heavily, making a dull sound, and her cloudy old eyes widened: "This is outrageous! A lowly maid dares to lay hands on her master!"
Gu Yanran pretended to be panicked and shouted, "Oh, my husband is bleeding, go get a doctor!" Then she turned around and scolded Zhixia, "How dare you, you little bitch! Beating an official of the imperial court is a heinous crime punishable by the death of all nine generations of your clan!"
Immediately afterwards, more than a dozen servants and guards rushed into the yard, but they all stopped three steps away from Zhixia - they had seen clearly the girl's skills just now.
Zhixia sneered, picked up the broom under the corridor, and made a beautiful sword flower in his hand, with the momentum of one man blocking the pass and ten thousand men unable to pass:
"Come on! Today, I will let you see what the real meaning of 'Exterminating the Nine Clans' is!"
Her eyes were like lightning as she swept across the cowering servants. "If you are not afraid of death, just step forward!"
Seeing that a dispute was about to break out between the two sides, Gu Yanran raised the corner of her mouth proudly and winked at several of the guards.
She wanted to take advantage of the chaos to kill the girl later.
In this way, there is a life between Chu Qingniang and Qi Che, and she will never pose a threat to his position again.
Unexpectedly, at this moment, the door was opened from the inside and Chu Qingniang walked out calmly.
She looked around, and finally set her eyes on Old Madam Qi, and nodded slightly: "Old Madam."
The word "old lady" made Old Lady Qi's heart tremble. For three years, this daughter-in-law had always visited her morning and night, and even when she was seriously ill and the most difficult to take care of, Chu Qingniang stayed by her bedside without taking off her clothes.
In the past, she always called herself mother-in-law.
"Qing Niang..." The old lady's tone softened unconsciously, "What, what is going on?"
"Mother-in-law, don't be fooled by her!" Seeing this, Gu Yanran hurriedly interrupted: "Just now this slave almost beat my husband to death. It must have been her who ordered it. Look, my husband is bleeding!"
Sure enough, when Old Madam Qi looked in the direction of his sight, she saw that half of Qi Che's face was swollen, his official robe was covered in dirt, and blood was oozing from the corners of his mouth. He no longer looked like the top scholar at all.
The old lady's heart hardened again: "Chu! Is this the servant you disciplined?"
Chu Qingniang calmly took out the divorce letter from her sleeve and said, "Madam, from today on, Qingniang and Mr. Qi will go their separate ways." She handed the document to Zhixia beside her and said, "Please be a witness, Madam."
"Divorce?" The old lady gasped!
"Ridiculous! You can't come and go as you please in the Qi family?" She raised her cane and pointed it at Zhixia: "Unless you hand over this slave, I will punish you according to the family rules!"
"Punish me according to the family rules?" Zhixia sneered, crossed her arms and said angrily, "I'm afraid the family rules of your Qi family can't punish me."
Old Madam Qi was stunned and looked at Zhixia intently, as if she had not expected that a little maid would dare to contradict her in public.
After she realized what was happening, she was so angry that she was shaking all over, "How dare you! Chu is just the daughter of a lowly merchant, and you are just a lowly maid. How can your status be so high?
You and your servant are now able to rely on my son. This is a blessing that you have cultivated for several lifetimes. Don't be dissatisfied!"
Zhixia laughed out of anger, her eyes wandering over Qi Che and Madam Qi, "Oh, it really proves the saying that if you are not from the same family, you will not enter the same door. It turns out that Mr. Qi's selfishness and coldness are all inherited. You and your son are both equally dull, cold-blooded, and ungrateful. This place really feels dirty if I stay there for a moment longer!"
"You——" Madam Qi's eyes widened, she pointed at Zhixia, turned around and said to Qi Che, "Che'er, Chu actually indulged the evil slaves to bully the master. What are you waiting for such a disrespectful slut? Why don't you divorce her now?"
Qi Che covered his red and swollen cheek and looked at Chu Qingniang with complicated eyes.
She stood in the sun, with mottled light shining on her white dress, and she seemed to recall the stunning sight when they first met.
He didn't believe Chu Qingniang really wanted to divorce him, she was just angry, just like when he stayed up late to study and forgot to eat, she would always ignore him with a stern face. But as long as he coaxed her a few times in a soft voice, she would always soften her heart.
This time, it must be the same.
"Mother." Qi Che's Adam's apple rolled, and his voice was hoarse and didn't sound like his own. "You go back first, your son will handle it himself."
"Che'er!" The old lady's eyes widened in disbelief, "Have you been bewitched by this witch? She indulges the evil slaves..."
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