The doctor concubine who broke off the engagement was forced to rush to the wedding, but became the

Li Jiao was humiliated by Pei Yi. She was annoyed for a moment, but then she thought of her purpose and smiled indifferently. She said to Pei Yi, "People used to say that Miss Qin was the most beautiful woman in the capital. I think after the Crown Prince's wife returns to the capital, this position should be passed on to someone else. No wonder the Crown Prince doesn't like other beautiful flowers. After all, no matter how beautiful they are, they are not as beautiful as this one."

Pei Yi felt that Li Jiao's words were frivolous, and said unhappily: "Since the King of Qin is a royal son, he should know etiquette. It is not the King of Qin's behavior to casually talk about the appearance of the women in the harem of his subjects. I hope the King of Qin can restrain himself and return to etiquette."

Li Jiao was not annoyed and continued, "Sir, please don't be in a hurry to teach me a lesson. I just feel sorry for you now, so I came to talk to you out of kindness. Such a beautiful flower is right in front of you, but you can only look at it but not pick it. Don't you have moments when you can't sleep at night and hate it to the bone?"

Pei Yi knew that Li Jiao was deliberately tempting him to be the knife in his hand, but unfortunately he never became the knife in other people's hands. He said, "A beautiful lady like a flower, marrying me, what can Pei Yi complain about?"

Li Jiao sneered and said, "Perhaps the prince just doesn't know who is the culprit who made you sit in a wheelchair in your next life and can't even be humane, so he doesn't know who to hate. But I heard that the leader of the East Palace guards, Zhen Gui, left the capital on the day the prince returned to the capital, and then disappeared. He hasn't returned yet. I don't know if he went to pretend to be a bandit."

Pei Yi already knew the truth. After hearing this, his expression did not change. He only said, "King Qin, don't say things that shouldn't be said. You don't know how many lives will be lost with one word of yours, and maybe even your own. King Qin, instead of focusing on me, you might as well use your mind to get to know your father better. In this way, Your Highness King Qin might still have a fighting chance."

Li Jiao could tell that Pei Yi's words were hinting that he didn't know his father well enough, but he didn't know that the reason why Pei Yi kept silent on this matter was because he knew that the emperor already knew the truth of the matter and intended to suppress it. He just thought that Pei Yi's words were just casually said to fool him.

Therefore, he tried to persuade him, "If it is inconvenient for the prince to take revenge, you can also let the generals on the left and right obey the orders of my Qin Palace. I will definitely make revenge for the prince the first priority."

Pei Yi silently rolled his eyes at the King of Qin in his heart. If it weren't for the support of Emperor Jingde, how could such a stupid guy compete with the Crown Prince?

He just wanted to end this boring conversation quickly, and said: "It seems that the King of Qin does not understand what Pei said. If the King of Qin cannot understand such simple words, Pei kindly advises you not to covet a position that does not belong to you."

After saying that, he called Dan Feng and pushed him away from this unlucky place.

Here, Xie Zhichan and Pei Jingyu strolled in the peony garden. Pei Jingyu was weak to begin with, and she couldn't bear the walk in the morning and wanted to go back home to rest early. Xie Zhichan had to let Yueyan send her to the carriage and arrange for the coachman and guards to send her back.

After Yue Yan came back, she continued to walk around the peony garden for a while. She thought the flowers were in full bloom and she could enjoy them. However, she kept hearing a group of noble ladies praising the Princess's Mansion for their ability to grow flowers. They then went on to praise how beautiful the Princess was, just like the peony. Xie Zhichan felt that the flowers in front of him had also become dark-hearted and no longer beautiful.

She took Xiao Liu'er and Yue Yan to visit the rockery.

It has to be said that the Princess's Mansion was built in a unique way. In the huge courtyard, there is a whole piece of rockery and even a winding passage. Under the rockery is a stream that leads to the lotus pond next to it.

When people walk on the path between the rockery, they can hear the gurgling sound of water. The sound of water hits the rocks and forms an echo, which lingers for a long time, which is quite interesting.

Xie Zhichan was walking, listening to the melody of nature, when she didn't expect Lu Xiuzhu to come from somewhere and walk into the path in the middle of the rockery. He came from the opposite side and bumped into her head-on.

This was the first time Xie Zhichan had seen Lu Xiuzhu since his marriage, but he could see that his face did not have the youthful spirit of a top scholar at all.

A sentence suddenly flashed through Xie Zhichan's mind: Marrying the wrong wife will ruin your life.

It is said that after Lu Xiuzhu became the son-in-law of the Princess's Mansion, he won the favor of Emperor Jingde and entered the Secretariat, becoming a fifth-rank official. When he first entered the court, he was already on the same level as her foolish father.

Moreover, unlike her foolish father's idle position in the Ministry of Rites, Lu Xiuzhu's fifth-rank position was mainly responsible for drafting the emperor's edicts and decrees, and could be considered a close minister to the emperor. With such a smooth career, it was not long before she was granted a title of nobility and appointed as a prime minister.

He has everything he needs, including success in the imperial examination and a happy wedding night.

The once dilapidated Chiayi Earl's Mansion now has a constant stream of traffic in front of it, and even the pair of stone lions at the door have become much more spirited.

It seemed that Mr. Lu's life was on a downward slope, which really made Xie Zhichan sigh.

When Xie Zhichan saw that there was no surprise in Lu Xiuzhu's eyes when he saw her, she knew that he was waiting for her here on purpose.

Although there was no one here, Yue Yan followed behind her, so she was not panicked and asked, "Master Lu, do you have something to talk to me about?"

This was the first time Lu Xiuzhu had seen Xie Zhichan since the break-off of the engagement a month ago. He had thought that she was forced to marry Pei Yi and that her life must be worse than death.

But at this moment, with the sunlight filtering through the cracks in the rockery, he saw that her face was rosy, and she no longer had the pale look she had on the day of the broken engagement. It seemed that she was not living as badly as he had imagined. He felt a lot more relieved, yet even more sad. He thought, maybe the Prince of Yan was pretty good to her?

Thinking of what Princess Anle said on the day of their wedding, he couldn't help but ask, "You and Prince Pei, is he good to you?"

Seeing that Lu Xiuzhu seemed unable to let her go, Xie Zhichan thought of the hairpin that Princess Yongtai had given her. Suddenly, she had an idea and felt that if she didn't cause trouble for them, it would be in vain for Lu Xiuzhu to come to her on her own initiative.

She immediately imagined the tone of voice of Green Tea White Lotus and imitated it, "The prince treats me very well. I am the one who makes the decisions in Tingxueju. The prince is like this, and he doesn't have any concubines. It's always good to live a quiet life."

The words "the prince is like this" made Lu Xiuzhu look sad. Ayuan was so young and beautiful, but she had to marry Pei Yi and live as a widow. His grandmother had been a widow for many years, and he knew best how lonely and depressing the days of being a widow were.

He said in a sad tone: "Ayuan, I had no choice but to marry Princess Anle. Although I married her, I don't love her. The person in my heart is still——"

Xie Zhichan was afraid that he had heard some bad man's words, so he quickly interrupted Lu Xiuzhu and said, "Mr. Lu! Since we have each found our own destiny, it is no longer appropriate for you and I to say these words. I am grateful for your kindness. But some things are not what we want."

Lu Xiuzhu was interrupted and asked unwillingly, "But does the prince love you? Are you really willing to live like a walking corpse for the rest of your life?"

Xie Zhichan thought, if he doesn't love me, then he doesn't love me. How can I live like a walking corpse for the rest of my life? Do I have to have a man who loves me in this life?

But she said, "Although the prince has no romantic feelings for me, he is a good man. He promised me that he would ask for permission to divorce me after one year. Then I can set up my own household and live a free life."

When Lu Xiuzhu heard the word "divorce", he became excited. He took a step forward, grabbed Xie Zhichan's shoulder and asked, "Ayuan, are you serious? Will you divorce Master Pei?!" His eyes seemed to see some new hope in an instant.

Xie Zhichan knew that this was the result she wanted.

She pretended not to know what Lu Xiuzhu was thinking, nodded, and confirmed again: "Yeah."

She felt like her shoulders were about to be broken by Lu Xiuzhu, so she patted his hand and said, "Mr. Lu, you're hurting me, can you let me go first?"

Lu Xiuzhu then let go of Xie Zhichan, but his eyes were still shining with energy, and he said, "Great! Ah Yuan, I will wait for you to get divorced from Prince Pei."

Xie Zhichan said hurriedly: "We'll talk about the future later. I don't want to think too much about the future at the moment, otherwise, my life will be difficult now."

Lu Xiuzhu said hurriedly: "Okay, if you don't want to, then don't. I will find a way to deal with the future."

As he said this, his eyes sparkled.

Xie Zhichan looked at the light in his eyes and sighed in her heart. She didn't care about Lu Xiuzhu's waiting. She deliberately hung a carrot in front of Lu Xiuzhu just to make things difficult for Princess Anle.

But who made Lu Xiuzhu a donkey willing to take the bait?

Xie Zhichan inexplicably thought of Pei Yi. If it were Pei Yi, who would dare to hang a carrot in front of him - forget it, this idea would not work.

Pei Yi is not a donkey, Pei Yi is a wolf.

What Xie Zhichan didn't know was that the place where she and Lu Xiuzhu were standing was exactly the weak point of the rockery, and Pei Yi's wolf was parked outside at this moment -