Chapter 109: Kick the Cripple's Good Leg in Public
"Li Yu, you...you..."
When the Marquis's wife heard this, she felt as if a knife had stabbed her heart. She trembled and could not speak.
Marquis Anping became much more sober, wiped his face and stood up.
He casually put on his inner garment, leaving the collar open, revealing his chest which was covered in red marks from Xie Zhi's scratches.
The effect of the medicine had not yet worn off, so Marquis Anping did not feel any pain in his body and was extremely excited.
"I am just having fun with a woman. You should just be a good wife and stop meddling in other people's business. Don't be jealous like a shrew." He said in a frivolous tone.
"Jealous?"
The wife of the Marquis of Anping repeated these four words in a low voice: "You told me that year that you like me to be jealous."
She looked at the young and handsome man in front of her with a flushed face, and the scene when she just married him four years ago emerged in her mind.
That year, Li Yu was only fourteen years old. He had just experienced the Rebellion of the Five Kings and was demoted from prince to marquis by the emperor, so he had a very quiet temperament.
On the wedding night, the young man lifted her veil and looked at her with watery eyes.
He said, "Yan'er, you are my wife and my sister. I will treat you well for the rest of my life."
From that day on, Jiang Congyan tied her whole heart to him.
She was four years older than Marquis Anping and always thought that the Marquis was still young and needed love just like her younger brother.
No matter what he wanted, she would give it to him as long as she could.
She took care of worldly affairs and became a virtuous lady praised by everyone in the capital.
He went out to see a play and brought back one or two prostitutes, and she tolerated it.
He took in several concubines and indulged in revelry every night, and she endured it.
Until that day, she personally sent the maidservant who came with her as a dowry to his room.
A few days later, what she saw was a dead body.
Jiang Congyan could no longer tolerate it, so she made a scene, bribed all the concubines in the mansion, and reported the matter to the empress dowager.
The Queen Mother comforted her gently, but finally asked her to be patient, saying that she was just a maid.
When she returned home, Li Yu asked happily and excitedly, "Is Yan'er jealous?"
"Actually, I didn't want to kill that girl. She's too much like you, too dignified and old-fashioned. I wanted to make her more lively, but I didn't expect her to be so playful... It was a blessing in disguise, seeing my wife getting jealous."
A blessing in disguise?
At that time, Jiang Congyan realized for the first time that Li Yu was not a normal person.
But his eyes were too hot and too bright.
He hugged her and said gently, "The reason I did this is because I wanted to see a different side of you, Madam. You are decisive and swift, like a dazzling pearl. You are truly different from ordinary women."
Is that so? He does all this just to make himself jealous?
Jiang Congyan's eyes were confused.
She thought that if she endured it a little longer, the Marquis would grow up and become sensible.
No matter how many concubines he has, she will always be the wife of Marquis Anping.
Later, even if he became worse, she got used to cleaning up his mess.
Just now, she was even thinking about how she would deal with the aftermath if the woman entangled with Li Yu was Miss Xie.
Seeing that it was Xie Zhi, she felt relieved.
She was just a concubine's daughter, so she could just act like a shrew and pounce on her and tear her face apart. The Marquis might even say happily, "I just like my wife to be jealous."
But he didn't expect that Li Yu would do such a dirty thing and blame himself for coming to catch her cheating!
The vows and sweet words we once made have long been forgotten by those who said them, but only those who heard them still remember and think about them.
The minds of old friends change easily, yet they say that the minds of old friends change easily.
How could he blame her!
Marquis Anping turned around, blocked Xie Zhi with his body, and said coldly: "Jiang, take off your coat and give it to Xie Zhi."
Jiang Congyan froze. She never expected that her husband would let her take off her clothes in public and give them to that concubine!
In front of everyone, he didn't even keep the last bit of dignity for himself.
Jiang Congyan's eyes flushed red, her whole body trembling. She turned around and slapped Xie Zhi again with her backhand: "Dream on!"
Marquis Anping raised his eyebrows.
Xie Zhi, who was standing next to him, trembled with fear, blood trickling from the corner of his mouth: "Madam, this is all Zhizhi's fault..."
"Jiang Congyan, have you had enough of making trouble? Why are you so crazy now?!"
Marquis Anping protected Xie Zhi. It was a rare opportunity for him to enjoy himself. At this moment, there was a bit more pity in his eyes when he looked at Xie Zhi.
The pilgrims around were all stunned and started to talk in surprise.
"The Marquis of Anping is truly audacious, actually daring to hang out with a woman in a temple..."
"Everyone says that the wife of the Marquis of Anping is the most dignified, but I didn't expect she is also a fierce one."
"Isn't that Xie Zhi from the Wenchang Marquis's Mansion? Serves you right! How dare you seduce a married man!"
Just then, the eldest princess walked in with Xie Yao.
Behind him, Abbot Jue'an also hurried over.
Everyone fell silent at once, all lowering their heads in silence.
Seeing the mess in the room, the eldest princess's face turned cold as ice.
She suddenly turned around and looked at Xie Yao who was safe and sound beside her. She immediately understood everything and her brows suddenly relaxed.
The wife of the Marquis of Anping came to her senses and raised her head in despair: "Second Miss Xie, did you let this bitch seduce the Marquis so that you could see me make a fool of myself?"
Xie Yao looked at Jiang Congyan's tear-stained face, which was so similar to Han Sixue's before.
However, she thought that Han Sixue, who was cowardly and mild-mannered, actually stabbed Xie Chengyu on the spot, which made her look at him in a new light.
But Jiang Congyan, who she thought was bright and intelligent, was still stubborn and ignorant.
"The person that Madam Hou should blame is neither me nor her." Xie Yao said lightly.
These words were like a needle, piercing Jiang Congyan's heart.
"I, I don't understand..." She whispered to herself at a loss, her eyes changing.
Eunuch Qing was still thinking about the Anping Marquis's Chinese medicine, so he stepped forward and asked, "Second Miss, where were you just now?"
Jue'an said, "Amitabha, monks do not tell lies. Your Highness and Miss Xie have been praying with this old monk at the Xihe Temple."
When Marquis Anping saw Xie Yao, he felt that the basin of ice water he had just used suddenly took effect.
Suddenly, his whole body ached, especially the leg that was broken by her.
He endured the pain, looked at the eldest princess, and forced a smile: "Why is my sister here?"
The eldest princess is two years older than her mother.
He was just born when the eldest princess married into the Yong Kingdom. When she returned, the two had only met a few times at palace banquets and had no other interactions.
Marquis Anping was actually a little intimidated by this imperial sister, but his eyes reddened as he bowed and said, "My brother has favored a woman today. How about your majesty, please help us and allow my brother to marry her into the palace?"
The eldest princess narrowed her eyes and said, "You and I do not have the same mother. You little beast, worse than pigs and dogs, are you worthy of calling me your Imperial Sister?"
Marquis Anping was stunned by the scolding, and suddenly turned his head and glared at Xie Yao fiercely.
It must be this crazy woman who said something in front of the princess!
He quickly said, "Royal sister, I...I know I was wrong. I was hunting geese all day and got pecked in the eye by a goose. I was confused for a moment!"
Marquis Anping did not dare to admit that he had drugged Xie Yao and was beaten in return. Telling this would not only fail to help him get Xie Yao, but would increase his guilt.
"Your Highness," Monk Jue'an clasped his hands together, "How can we allow the Marquis of Anping to desecrate this important Buddhist site and the majesty of the royal family? Your actions may have tainted the anniversary of Queen Shen's death."
Hearing Jue'an's words, the eldest princess's eyes showed clear hatred.
She opened her red lips slightly and spoke each word with great emphasis: "Li Yu, how dare you still stand here?"
When Marquis Anping heard that today was the anniversary of the late queen's death, he finally panicked.
Everyone knows, Queen Shen, that is the eldest princess's reverse scale!
He was about to kneel down, but unexpectedly, Xie Yao was one step faster than him!
In an instant, he kicked him three times, all on his good leg!
"Bang bang!"
Marquis Anping only felt a sharp pain, and his other leg seemed to have been kicked off by Xie Yao!
In full view of the crowd, Xie Yao, wearing a soft and plain skirt, stepped on the screaming Anping Marquis.
She said, "Since the Marquis is unwilling to kneel, Your Highness, I can only kneel for you."
An Pinghou roared in his heart: He was about to kneel! He was about to kneel!!!
"Xie Er Xiao Miss, you——"
Eunuch Qing, who was originally watching the fun, jumped up on the spot.
With such speed and strength, Miss Xie is not just a little bit proficient in fighting, but has very high martial arts skills!
But this is not the point. The point is how dare she kick Anping Hou's leg in public!
It's ok to do it in private...
Xie Yao received Eunuch Qing's gaze and responded with a calm smile.
Eunuch Qing swallowed back what he was about to say.
Marquis Anping raised his head, his eyes bulging with pain, and roared in disbelief: "My leg...you crazy woman, sister, your highness, you have to make the decision for me!"
The eldest princess turned around and walked out of the meditation room in disgust, away from the filth in the room.
She stood outside in the clean snow and uttered two words coldly:
"continue."
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