The room was filled with silence.
Even Gu Yunran didn't expect this to happen, let alone Wei Hanzhang. She stood there for a long time, then sat down dejectedly as if she had lost her strength.
Wei Hanzhang knew how much Cao Xinrou valued her relationship with Gu Yunran, so he could naturally understand her despair when Gu Yunran saw her falling into prostitution.
What's even more desperate is that among the four people, three of them were patrons who had taken care of her business. Why did Gu Yundan know that?
Those people used it as a topic of conversation and said it in public in that box.
Commenting on everything from his appearance and figure to the feel of his skin and even his skills in bed, no matter how handsome and respectable a young man is, he would be criticized.
Isn't this what they talk about in such romantic places? But what's the difference between these words and tearing off her last fig leaf in front of Gu Yundan?
For a moment, Wei Hanzhang could even understand Cao Xinrou's actions.
She couldn't survive. The only thing that kept her alive was gone.
If she were in Cao Xinrou's situation, she wouldn't be able to survive either.
All the humiliation from others is not as great as a look from the one you love.
Gu Yundan's look at that time must have been one of disgust, even hatred.
I wish she hadn't died earlier and had to end up like this.
Wei Hanzhang covered her eyes with her hands and paused for a long time. Her voice was extremely hoarse and she choked with sobs as soon as she spoke: "Aunt Mei, take them out."
"promise!"
Mei Gu opened the door of the private room and said, "Three gentlemen, please come in?"
Gu Yunran looked at the girl who covered her eyes with her hands, his eyes full of heartache. He was glared at by his cousin and walked out by having his sleeve pulled.
Zhao Junsheng, who was the last one to come, hesitated. Before he stepped out of the room, he seemed to have made up his mind and turned back to ask, "...Miss Wei, may I ask when Qin Niang will be back?"
As soon as these words came out, Mei Gu stopped expelling them, and even Gu Yunran and his brother turned around.
In the silence of the room, Wei Hanzhang slowly put down his hand, and stared straight at him with a pair of red eyes.
She smiled slightly and said, "Zhao Junsheng, what is your identity in asking this question?"
Her voice was gentle, but it sent chills down Zhao Junsheng's spine. He gave a stiff smile and said, "Of course he is Qin Niang's husband. Please don't misunderstand me. It was not my intention to divorce Qin Niang that day. If Uncle Jiang can return safely from Lingnan this time, I am willing to welcome her back."
"Really?" Wei Hanzhang tapped the tea table with his fingertips, staring nonchalantly at the 'cousin-in-law' in front of him.
Her grandmother was from the Zhao family in Xuzhou. As the old lady of the Jiang family, she had a respected status. The many years of in-law relationship led to close contacts between the Zhao, Jiang and other families.
Zhao Junsheng is just like Gu Yunran. Coming to Jiang's house is almost like going back to his own home. Compared with Gu Yunran who seldom comes to Jiang's house, Wei Hanzhang is more familiar with Zhao Junsheng.
In my impression, he was a gentle and polite young man, but now I heard what he said? Qin Niang's husband? It was really shameless and disgusting.
Wei Hanzhang laughed in anger. Zhao Junsheng felt relieved when he saw her smile, but he heard her say, "Slap him!"
Mei Gu moved upon hearing the sound, and with a "pa" sound, there was another crisp applause.
"How shameless of you to say that! Why don't you look in the mirror?" Wei Hanzhang stood up and walked in front of him, mocking him, "Who do you think I am? You can have whatever you want and divorce whenever you want?"
Zhao Junsheng covered his face with anger in his eyes, and said: "...You are not her, how do you know that she will not be willing? She is already mine, and who else but me would want her to be divorced..."
It was the sound of Wei Hanzhang unable to restrain himself and taking action.
This scared Mei Gu, who was accompanying them out.
"Miss, why do you have to do it yourself?" Aunt Mei hurriedly held her master's hand and checked it, and said anxiously: "Look, this hand is red. If you want to punish someone, just give the order, and I will make sure to punish you properly. There is no need for you to suffer like this."
"..."Wei Hanzhang's anger was almost gone after being stirred up by Aunt Mei.
Back then, the eldest daughter of the Jiang family was engaged to the eldest son of the Zhao family since she was young. This marriage between close relatives was not as solid as a rock, but it was also a golden marriage blessed and favored by the elders of both families.
As a result, all this superficial happiness ended with Jiang's family being imprisoned.
On the day when Sanchao returned home, something happened to the Jiang family, and the Zhao family divorced the new bride immediately. This behavior is more than chilling.
At the moment, Zhao Junsheng kept saying that he was willing to welcome Jiang Zhiqin back into the family. Was it partly because of their old friendship, and partly because he valued Jiang Zhiqin's status as a cousin of the Crown Princess? If he really cared about their old friendship, how could he have ruthlessly divorced her that day? ... Calculating the date, the imperial edict to confer the title of Cheng Enbo on the Jiang family had not yet arrived in Xuzhou, so the Zhao family did not know that the Jiang family would be conferred the title of Earl and would move back to the capital.
The exile sentence of the Jiang family's eldest branch was also exempted, and Jiang Zhiqin would return home with her father and brother soon.
However, no matter how shameless Zhao Junsheng was, what he said made sense.
She is not Jiang Zhiqin and cannot make decisions for Jiang Zhiqin.
After sorting out his thoughts, Wei Hanzhang no longer had the heart to argue, and said with a look of boredom: "If you don't want to be slapped again, get out of here."
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Zhao Junsheng was obviously still a little unwilling, but in the end he knew what was best and left.
After the others left, Wei Hanzhang no longer had the heart to continue drinking tea and listening to opera in the teahouse, so he took Wei Hansu and got on the carriage back home.
She didn't understand why her friends who were so innocent when she was a child became so unrecognizable when they grew up.
Gu Yundan is like this, and so is Zhao Junsheng. They were both elegant and polite young men back then, but how could they be so cruel to the girl they grew up with when they grew up?
...What about Gu Yunran who was very close to them?
If Qi Yuxiao hadn't intervened, if she hadn't met Xiao Boqian, and she and Gu Yunran had really entered into marriage, would they have been able to be faithful to each other and live happily ever after?
Wei Hanzhang was very sure that it would not happen!
Young people are unstable and curious about too many things. Maybe they can stick to their principles today and tomorrow, but as time goes by, they are influenced by their friends and brothers around them, and it is too difficult for them to stick to their principles.
Instead of trying to change a person according to your own requirements, it is better to directly choose the person who meets your requirements.
Xiao Boqian was the one who best met her requirements. He held a high position and had never had any other woman in his eyes or heart. He liked her only because she was her, and it would not work if it were not her, and it would not work if there were anyone else.
It was already noon when they returned home. In the newly moved Duke's Mansion, Wei Hansu's courtyard was not far from her Yuxuan Pavilion. The two sisters walked hand in hand towards the inner courtyard.
The midday sun shone fiercely and hotly on her body. Wei Hansu knew that she was in a bad mood, so she gently held her sister's hand and said softly, "Ranran, don't be sad."
Wei Hanzhang forced a smile and said nothing.
For some reason, she suddenly wanted to see her Xiao Boqian.
(End of this chapter)