Seeing the uncontrollable joy on Zhao Junsheng's face, Wei Hanzhang's eyes widened. He never expected that just a few words would make his cousin relax and be willing to talk to him alone.

What's going on? If it were her, she would have dared to come to his house even after writing the divorce letter. Not having anyone beat her up was already giving him face. She even talked to him alone?

Jiang Zhiqin stood up and smiled at her sisters: "I'll be back soon, don't worry."

"..." It really pissed off the spectators. Wei Hanzhang snorted angrily and turned his face away, refusing to watch.

Zhao Junsheng and Jiang Zhiqin went to talk aside, leaving Gu Yunran, who came with him, with the girls. He stood there quietly without saying a word from beginning to end.

Wei Hanzhang glanced at him out of the corner of his eye, and his hand holding the teacup paused slightly, realizing that this man had changed a lot.

The young man in my memory, dressed in fine clothes and riding a fierce horse, had such a bad temper, but now he has become calm and composed.

Suddenly there was one more person, and the atmosphere was actually a little awkward. Jiang Zhixue and Jiang Zhiqi looked at each other and said, "Brother Gu, please sit down. If you stand there alone, people will say that our Jiang family doesn't know how to entertain guests."

It is not wrong to say that Gu Yunran is a guest.

After all, no matter what, the Gu and Jiang families are close friends. Although Gu Yunran and Wei Hanzhang's marriage did not take place, it was the princess who insisted on interfering, so the Gu family cannot be blamed for their betrayal.

Moreover, their ancestral homes are both in Xuzhou, and now they have come to the capital together, which makes them natural allies. The two families have been in frequent contact recently, which is why Zhao Junsheng asked him to visit them together.

A servant immediately brought a chair over, and Gu Yunran took a quick look around and sat down.

He raised his hand, picked up the teapot, and poured tea for the girls. When it was Wei Hanzhang's turn, he did not feel uncomfortable at all. He finally filled his own cup and suddenly said something abrupt.

He asked, "How does the daughter's red wine from Tian's Restaurant taste?"

Jiang Zhiqi and Jiang Zhixue were a little confused, but Wei Hanzhang was stunned when he heard it.

A few years ago, Tian's Restaurant was well-known in Xuzhou City, especially for its exclusive secret recipe of Daughter's Red Wine. Later, it was heard that the restaurant had caught fire and suffered heavy losses. The old shopkeeper was disheartened and returned to his hometown with his family to retire.

The name of Tianjia Restaurant was gradually forgotten.

The reason why Gu Yunran asked this was because the jar of daughter's red wine in Cao's garden was what he bought at Tian's Restaurant that year.

At that time, she was invited by Cao Xinrou to have a small gathering at the Cao family's villa. When she passed by the Tian family restaurant, she saw that it was crowded with guests and the aroma of wine filled the air. She casually mentioned it to Gu Yunran, and the next day he came to find her with two jars of wine.

One of the jars was shared by the two of them, and for the other jar, Gu Yunran dug a hole and she filled it with soil and buried it in the Cao family yard.

Speaking of which, when they were young and ignorant, they did a lot of things like this. They liked to bury something or carve a mark wherever they went, and make an appointment to revisit the place in the future.

Thinking of those carefree years, Wei Hanzhang felt mixed emotions. He raised his eyes to glance at him and said, "Didn't you drink before?"

The two of them hid and drank a whole jar of it. She was only twelve years old that year, and he was only fourteen.

Gu Yunran said, "I've never drunk anything that's been buried in the ground for three years."

“…I didn’t drink it either,” Wei Hanzhang said, “I didn’t bring the wine back, so I don’t know who drank it.”

As if they were communicating without anyone else, Jiang Zhiqi and her sister had no chance to get a word in.

Wei Hanzhang was very open-minded and didn't think there was anything to be embarrassed or shy about between him and Gu Yunran.

Gu Yunran noticed her indifference, so he lowered his head to drink tea and stopped answering.

The atmosphere became tense again. Fortunately, a servant came hurriedly after a while. When he approached, he reported: "Master Gu, someone from your house is calling you back. They said... they said your wife..."

The imperial decree to deal with Qi Yuxiao had been issued yesterday. Even though the servant's words were vague at this moment, everyone present understood its meaning.

Wei Hanzhang's pupils dilated slightly. She didn't expect Xiao Boqian to act so quickly. Yesterday, the emperor summoned her to the palace to inquire about this matter, but today Qi Yuxiao was already dead.

She subconsciously turned her gaze to Gu Yunran, who happened to be looking at her as well. The next moment their eyes met, he looked away, stood up and said, "I have something to do at home. I'll leave first."

After the others hurried away, there was silence in the courtyard for a while. Jiang Zhixue suddenly said, "Your Highness really loves Ran Ran very much. He sentenced his niece to death without leaving any room for leniency."

He even acted more decisively, as if he was afraid that the emperor would soften his heart after being begged by Princess Changle.

Wei Hanzhang didn't know what to say for a moment. He opened his mouth but no sound came out.

Her memory of Qi Yuxiao still remains at the coming-of-age banquet at the Duke of Qi's Mansion.

She was an arrogant and domineering noble lady who was loved by thousands. No one in the whole capital was more noble than her, even the princesses from the royal palace were inferior to her.

On her coming of age day, all the major families in the capital came to celebrate, and her uncle, the Crown Prince, sent someone to present her with a nine-section whip. All the ladies present were envious, including Wei Hanzhang herself. Wasn’t she also envious of her uncle for having such a good uncle?

As a result, now, it was that good uncle who was envied by everyone who took her life with his own hands.

Who can help but sigh that the world is unpredictable?

Even Wei Hanzhang felt a sense of unreality. Even though she heard Xiao Boqian's attitude with her own ears yesterday, she always felt that Qi Yuxiao would not be sentenced to death so easily.

She sat there in a daze until Jiang Zhiqin came back, and then she came to her senses.

Jiang Zhiqi looked behind his elder sister and asked, "...Where is that person?"

Jiang Zhiqin looked calm, sat down and replied, "Of course I left."

"Really?" Jiang Zhiqin was extremely relieved and said with a sigh of relief: "I was really worried that you would be coaxed back by him with just a few words, sister."

Jiang Zhixue looked relieved at night: "We should torture him a few times, so that he will remember that our daughter is not someone he can have whenever he wants and not whenever he wants."

"What are you talking about?" Seeing that the sisters were all looking at her, Jiang Zhiqin smiled slightly and said, "I don't plan to go back with him and live in that courtyard."

Wei Hanzhang was stunned: "I see you are willing to talk to him, and you think..."

"Since he has come to me, I have to give him an answer."

Jiang Zhiqin said, "After I was divorced and went home, I knew that getting married and having children should not be the only destiny of a woman. Husband and wife are birds of the same forest. When disaster strikes, they fly away separately. I don't blame him for abandoning me for the family, but I will never forgive him."

"Being bullied once is already my incompetence. If I don't learn from the lesson and give the other party the opportunity to bully me again, then it would be ignorance."

(End of this chapter)