Chapter 119 They were once husband and wife
Eunuch Anxi carefully chose his words and conveyed the Crown Prince's meaning.
Dou Wenyi was afraid of angering Pei Siyan, so she didn't dare to stay any longer. She wiped away her tears, lifted her skirt, and got into the carriage.
Eunuch Anxi frowned, staring at the precious picture book in her arms, and said slowly, "Fourth Miss, His Highness has prepared dinner for you. Take some back with you and eat it. Don't let His Highness's good intentions go to waste."
As soon as she finished speaking, two guards respectfully handed over several food boxes that had been prepared beforehand. Cuizhi took the food boxes one by one and placed them on the carriage.
"Father-in-law, please convey my thanks to His Highness!" Dou Wenyi managed a few words of politeness before the group left.
Back at Yilan Courtyard, Dou Wenyi looked listless, with red and swollen eyes. Even though her stomach was burning, she had no appetite at all.
Cuizhi looked concerned. "Miss, I've already warmed up the food. Please have a little. After all, it's His Highness..."
Dou Wenyi snapped out of her reverie and said calmly, "Okay!"
As she said, Pei Siyan might be monitoring her again. It was fortunate that he didn't react when she stood him up today. If she didn't eat anything, she might completely enrage him.
Plates of delicacies were laid out on the table. Dou Wenyi picked up her silver chopsticks and began to eat. There were so many dishes that she only kept a few for herself, and asked Cuizhi to distribute the rest to the maids in the courtyard.
The food at Fanlou was indeed delicious.
Just then, the white cat owner squeezed in from outside the door and circled around her feet, rubbing against her repeatedly.
"Stop fooling around, Ta Xue!"
Dou Wenyi felt that one day she would have to part with it, so she only instructed the servants to take good care of it. She almost never took care of it herself, let alone got close to it.
Unexpectedly, Ta Xue was quite intelligent and just like her master, always wearing a haughty and aloof cat face and never giving her a kind look.
It's really strange that it would come to please her tonight!
The next instant, it jumped onto the table, its bright green cat eyes staring unabashedly at the crispy fish on the table.
Dou Wenyi finally understood. It wasn't trying to please her at all; it was clearly just trying to win over the plate of dried fish on the table. She stroked its soft, fluffy head. "I didn't realize you were such a picky little foodie! Where's your backbone?"
"Meow, meow—" Ta Xue meowed several more times, as if trying to please her.
"Eat up, eat up, anyway, these are all given to you by your master."
As she spoke, she handed over the plate of crispy fish, and Ta Xue immediately began to enjoy it without any hesitation.
In her previous life, she and Nannan both wanted to raise a cat, but looking at Ta Xue's behavior, she suddenly felt that whether or not they raised one was irrelevant. Ta Xue was too picky about food; that crispy-boned fish was a delicacy even Emperor Muzong praised.
It has a bad temper. With such a little thing, who knows who will be pleasing whom, or who will be the master!
Her inner regrets and grievances seemed to be suddenly healed at that moment.
Neither Xie Guidu nor the freedom to raise cats is worth her concern; she will let go of the obsessions from her previous life.
Dou Wenyi ate a few more bites before ordering someone to prepare water for her bath...
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Unlike the tranquility of Yilan Courtyard, the Chaohua Hall of the East Palace was destined to be turbulent.
Pei Siyan sat lazily in a sandalwood chair. On the table in front of him was a set of exquisite picture books, the very ones that Dou Wenyi had been looking through earlier that day.
His long, slender fingers pressed against the cover, and he lifted his eyelids, his expression utterly mocking.
The art collection is quite thick, and the binding is extremely meticulous. The cover is made of high-quality leather, which shows that Xie Guidu really put a lot of thought into this art collection.
He wanted to see what secrets were hidden inside that would cause her to lose her composure and even break down in tears in the street.
Pei Siyan opened the art book, but the next moment, his pupils suddenly contracted and his breathing became disordered.
Even the blood in his body seemed to flow backwards for a moment, and he almost lost his grip on the art book.
Pei Siyan's trembling hands continued to turn the pages. With each page he read, the image of a harmonious, warm, and loving family of three would automatically appear in his mind.
Even though he already had a suspicion in his heart, he couldn't resist the sight before his eyes, which filled him with utter hatred!
The thought that she, so pure and innocent, might have been married to that scumbag made his veins bulge and his forehead throb with pain.
Who does Xie Guidu think he is? Does he even deserve to be called a worthy opponent?
The mere thought of these things ignited a violent killing intent within him.
Pei Siyan gripped the picture book tightly, suppressing the surging anger in his heart, and finally turned to the last page.
His brows and eyes were cold and sharp, his dark gaze lingering on the unrestrained and bold signature—Xie Guidu.
This is a blatant provocation against him!
Suddenly, Pei Siyan pulled out a gleaming, sharp dagger from the drawer. He gently flicked the tip of the dagger against the cover, and through the gap in the interlayer, a sheet of Xuan paper as thin as a cicada's wing appeared.
He narrowed his phoenix eyes, pulled out the sheet of Xuan paper, and slowly unfolded it, revealing a sensual and alluring picture of a beautiful woman adding fragrance to the scene.
He could recognize a woman even if he only saw her profile.
The man held her hand tenderly as he painted. Even though it was just a painting, the overwhelming atmosphere of love was so strong that it was hard to look directly at him.
......
Xie Guidu, you're truly amazing!
He couldn't have drawn such disgusting things out of thin air, so he and Dou Wenyi were both reborn.
And will he still hold her portrait and fantasize about her every night?
Inside the hall, there was a deathly silence.
Pei Siyan closed his eyes and gently tapped his fingers on the table.
After a long while, he suddenly opened his eyes.
Instead of blaming others, just bury them!
Since Xie Guidu's hands cannot serve his country, what is the point of keeping them?
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