The weather was fine on the day Xie Jing left the capital.
Jiang Shi had been ill for half a month and was finally able to get out of bed. Despite everyone's dissuasion, he and Yu Tanqi sent Xie Jing away from the capital.
It takes nearly half an hour to drive from Wu'an Marquis Mansion to the capital.
Yu Tanqi and Jiang Shi watched the carriage that Xie Jing was riding in gradually go away. When they were about to get on the carriage to return, Yu Tanqi glanced inadvertently and suddenly saw a figure jumping down from the moat outside the capital.
She was startled and subconsciously grabbed Jiang Shi's sleeve: "Someone jumped from the moat."
Jiang Shi gently held her hand to comfort her, and looked towards the moat. The waves on the water surface quickly dissipated, and the person who jumped into the river had no will to survive.
"Danqing."
"yes."
Danqing flashed to the riverside and jumped in.
When Yu Tanqi and Jiang Shi walked to the river bank, Danqing just rescued the person who jumped into the river.
She was a young, thin woman with a pretty face and a pale, bloodless complexion.
"Why save me? Let me die!" She struggled excitedly, but her strength was not enough to break free from Danqing's shackles.
Yu Tanqi couldn't help but ask softly, "Miss, please calm down first. Are you in trouble? Tell me about it, maybe I can help you."
The woman shook her head and said shrilly, "No, no one can help me, no one! Let me go!"
She seemed to have encountered something extremely painful, her body trembled uncontrollably, and there was no light in her eyes.
Yu Tanqi made a bold guess: "I see you are dressed like a woman. Are you married? Is your husband not treating you well? Tell me and I will help you. I hate men who bully women the most in my life."
The woman paused in her struggle and looked at her fiercely, "Why would you be able to help me?"
Guessed it right.
Yu Tanqi curled his lips and gave the woman a warm smile: "If your husband did something bad to you, I will definitely help you report it to the government and bring him to justice."
The woman's lips curled up in a mocking arc: "Yamen? Do you think the people in the Yamen would care about this kind of thing?"
She closed her eyes in pain. "He doesn't want me anymore. I gave him everything I had. I can't live anymore."
After all, it was a living life. Yu Tanqi couldn't bear to see the woman die in front of her, so she persuaded her in a gentle voice: "If possible, can you tell me the story between you two?"
The woman was startled, opened her eyes, and squinted to see the girl in gorgeous clothes in front of her.
She was very beautiful, with gentle eyes and eyebrows, and at first glance she looked like a lady from a wealthy and noble family.
The young man next to her was tall and straight, as gentle as jade. He held her hand tightly, and his narrow black eyes looked at her without blinking.
Anyone with a discerning eye can see that they are a pair of lovers who are in love with each other.
The woman clenched her fingers, and the stinging pain in her palms made her barely able to wake up.
"My name is Yu Lan, and I have a childhood sweetheart named Rong Ze."
Her eyes were a little dazed, and when she recalled the past, her expression was filled with a gentle smile.
But Yu Tanqi frowned slightly. Why did the name Rong Ze seem familiar?
Rong Ze was born into a very good family. He had only one mother to support his education. Later, his mother died of illness when he was only seventeen years old. He could have taken the examination for the title of scholar, but he delayed it for three years because of mourning for his mother.
His family was poor and he only knew how to study. After his mother died, he had a hard time. I liked him and felt sorry for him, so I told him that as long as he was willing to marry me, I could marry him without a betrothal gift and with a generous dowry.
He said he liked me, but didn't want to burden me. He said he wanted to wait until he passed the imperial examination so he could marry me in style. I was so stupid, I was really moved by him. I didn't want any status or fame, and I supported him for five years.
Speaking of this, Yu Lan couldn't help but choke up.
"For the past five years, I have embroidered day and night, and even damaged my eyes, just to make more embroidery and sell more for him. I was always worried that he would be looked down upon by others in the academy, so I would rather starve myself than not cook him a full meal.
This year he passed the imperial examination and I thought he was finally going to fulfill his promise to marry me, but he said he couldn't marry me because the Prime Minister's daughter had taken a fancy to him and he had no choice but to marry her. He said the Prime Minister was extremely powerful and he was just a commoner with no foundation, so he hoped I would understand him.
Yu Lan suddenly laughed again, and because she was too excited, she started coughing violently.
She coughed so hard that it felt like she was going to cough out all her internal organs.
"I can understand him. I'm even willing to give up my status as a married man, as long as I can be with him. But he actually gave me a hundred taels of silver, saying that it was to repay everything I had done for him over the years and let me go back home to find a good man to marry.
One hundred taels of silver to buy me for five years, hahaha! It turns out that scholars are the most unfaithful! I hate him so much, I gave him everything I have, why would he just say he doesn’t want me anymore? Why!
Yu Tanqi frowned upon hearing this and couldn't help but curse under his breath: "This Rong Ze is really not a human being. He will definitely get his comeuppance."
He wasted five years of a woman who was truly devoted to him, and when he was about to achieve success, he actually wanted to dump her and find someone else. He was really like Chen Shimei in the world, and it made people grit their teeth.
"What retribution can he get? He is the best at sweet talk and was able to coax the prime minister's daughter into marrying him. With a prime minister as his father-in-law to help him, he will definitely have a bright future." Yu Lan cried and laughed, her face looked extremely ugly.
Yu Tanqi looked at her and said, "Have you ever thought about telling the Prime Minister the true face of this bastard?"
"Of course I thought about it, but I couldn't even get close to the Prime Minister's Mansion and couldn't see him." Yu Lan smiled bitterly. "I also thought about spreading the story between him and me, but he begged me, saying, 'Don't you think of our friendship for so many years and want to ruin his reputation?' I actually softened my heart."
Yu Tanqi remained silent.
This is the end of being in love.
"Then why do you want to die? Just because he abandoned you, do you have to give up on yourself?" Yu Tanqi couldn't understand what people in love were thinking.
"You're still young. Without this bastard like him, you can find another good man. Why would you give up your life so easily?"
Yu Lan's eyes were red. "But I gave him everything. I have nothing left. He doesn't want me anymore. What's the point of me living? If I go back to my hometown, I will only bring shame to my parents and be laughed at by others. It's better for me to die here. Let my parents think that Rong Ze and I are living well, and let Rong Ze think that I have really returned to my hometown. My death will be better for everyone."
This is the sorrow of women in this era.
A man's infatuation can still be talked about, but a woman's infatuation cannot be talked about.
Once a woman meets a heartless and unfeeling man, her life is ruined.
Yu Tanqi suddenly felt a great sadness and chill.
While she was stunned, she suddenly felt a warm force on her palm. She raised her eyes and looked into a pair of gentle and worried black eyes.
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