Gu Hesheng wandered dejectedly in the streets. Qiao Nai's words, "The relationship between you and me was arranged by our parents and the matchmaker. There is no love between us" deeply hurt his heart.
He never thought that his unintentional words in a hurry would accelerate the end of their relationship.
He personally accelerated the breakdown of their relationship.
When the news of Chen Shi's treason reached the capital, he hurried back home, wanting to persuade his mother not to have any more contact with them.
But I didn't expect to see their true faces.
A strange, cold-blooded mother and a vicious cousin.
A few days ago, someone in the mansion sent a pair of severed hands and feet. His mother was so frightened by the bloody scene that she fainted.
Mother Gu fell seriously ill and in a daze, she kept repeating the law of cause and effect over and over again.
Chen Ping became a little hysterical after she recognized that those were her brother's hands and feet, but whenever Gu Hesheng asked her what had happened, she dodged in panic and avoided the question.
Gu Hesheng sent his confidants to conduct a secret investigation, and only then did they uncover the hypocritical side of his mother and the others.
He felt sorry for Qiao Nai's experience and regretted his own incompetence even more!
In a corner unknown to him, she was hurt and disappointed again and again. Only when disappointment turned into despair did she resolutely leave him.
The moment he knew the truth, he couldn't help but want to see her.
He wanted to find her, wanted to see her immediately, and even more wanted to hug her and not let her leave again.
He traveled day and night, not hesitating to delay his official duties, but after seeing her, all he got was a sentence "divorce".
How could he accept this?
But everything she said made sense.
He had failed her.
It was the Gu family who let her down.
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Qiao Mansion, on the way back to Lanting Courtyard.
Qiao Nai felt a little sad along the way.
Some people bring trauma that, even just standing there, is enough to evoke nightmares that have trapped you for countless nights.
Ayi and Zhang You walked one step behind Qiao Nai. Seeing Qiao Nai's obviously low mood, Ayi was very concerned, but she didn't know how to persuade her.
Her sister died because of this, and her closest young lady would be sad for a long time whenever she recalled what happened at that time.
She knew that Qiao Nai had never gotten over that memory.
Zhang You looked at Qiao Nai, who was walking in front with his eyebrows lowered, not knowing what he was thinking, and couldn't help gossiping with Ayi next to him.
"Ayi, did anything happen between my cousin and that person? Judging from my cousin's expression, it seems that that person has some importance in my cousin's heart."
"How could a young lady have feelings for a man like that?"
Ayi becomes angry when she mentions Gu Hesheng.
"He's the type of man who's already married, yet he's still entangled with his cousin! He doesn't even care about his wife, and lets his family and friends bully her. What kind of man is he?!"
Ayi pinched the oil-paper bag in her hand indignantly, making it crackle.
It's like treating it as that scumbag and venting my anger on it.
Zhang You opened her eyes wide and her lips were pressed into a straight line because of excitement.
A tonic.
My premium beeswax!
It's broken!
Zhang You was already crying in her heart.
Although it can be used after being crushed, there will be impurities. Moreover, this high-grade beeswax has a purer texture. If there are impurities, it will take a lot of tedious work to deal with it.
Maybe it was because her eyes were too resentful.
Ayi looked down at the package that she had unknowingly crushed, glanced at Zhang You guiltily, and said awkwardly, "I was... too angry at the moment... Xia He, I didn't mean to do that. I'm sorry."
She looked at Zhang You pitifully, and Zhang You couldn't blame her.
"It's okay, it's okay. It can still be used."
If it's already like this, then it doesn't matter anymore.
After Qiao Nai returned to the yard, he went back to his room without saying a word.
Zhang You felt that now was not the right time and was about to take his things and leave when Qiao Nai came out again.
She seemed to have recovered a little and was interested in continuing to make rouge with Zhang You.
They laid out the ingredients on the table under the ginkgo tree in the yard, and started by grinding the dried flower pigments, slowly rolling them in a bowl.
When time slows down, people will be affected by the environment, their hearts will calm down, and their thoughts will become clearer.
Qiao Nai can now talk about the past calmly.
"I heard everything you just said."
She looked at Zhang You, her hands moving non-stop.
Zhang You didn't know what she was talking about for a moment and just stared at her blankly.
Qiao Nai looked at her dazed look, smiled slightly, and continued talking to himself.
"This marriage was arranged by my father. Before this, he and I had never met, so naturally there was no affection between us.
After getting married, I also looked forward to the future.
I should be able to take care of my husband and children and live happily together, just as my father hoped.
But they didn't welcome me.
My uncle and aunt raised me for many years, and my aunt took great care of me, curing my childhood illness. My aunt didn't want me to come to Dingzhou with her, fearing that I would suffer, so she arranged my marriage earlier.
This was originally their way of protecting me, but it became a reason for them to slander me and frame my uncle and aunt.
They said that my uncle's defense of Dingzhou was a last-ditch effort and was doomed to fail. In the end, Dingzhou and Prince Qiao's mansion would be left with nothing left.
Everything was just a means for the man in the capital to get rid of his confidant.
They said that Prince Qiao's Mansion had fallen into decline, and the day the Dingzhou war ended was the day the hostage in the palace died.
How could they arrange it like this?
Uncle is a hero. Without him, how could they sit in power?"
There was a look of unwillingness and ruthlessness in Qiao Nai's eyes, which was contrary to her usual image.
Zhang You looked at her knowingly.
Yes.
How could those who came out of Prince Qiao’s Mansion be submissive?
“At first, I tried to trust him.
If he is my husband for the rest of my life, I have to trust him. But he never trusted me.
He could suspect me of stealing her hairpin based solely on his cousin's one-sided statement. This happened once, twice, and over and over again.
At banquets, he'd always attend various social events and leave me behind. Once, on the way home from the carriage, Chen Ping deliberately pushed me off. My shin hit a roadside stone, cutting it. She told me to walk back on my own.
I still clearly remember the hardships that Ah Wu and I had to walk back step by step. When I could no longer walk, Ah Wu carried me back on his back.
When we were almost at Gu's house, it started to rain heavily.
Ah Wu took me to shelter from the rain. However, at that time, all the nearby shops were closed, so we could only huddle under the eaves and wait for the rain to subside.
There were few pedestrians on that road, and we waited for a long time until it was completely dark and the rain stopped.
A Wu helped me go back, but the two doormen stopped us.
A tiger in trouble is bullied by a dog, that's all."
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