An ugly girl starts off, then becomes a beauty

There was a loud thunder in the sky, and the wind in front of the window made the light of the lamp shake. She couldn't help but sit up, the gauze curtain fluttered in front of her eyes, and the figure on the other side seemed a little hazy.

Nie Ce spoke in a low voice, "I have not been able to stay in Chang'an for long in the past two years. I can only do my best to make your life easier, but I cannot protect you completely. Maybe something will happen in the future, and you will still suffer injustice."

"It is unlikely that the case of poisoning the wedding wine will be solved in the short term."

"you--"

Before he could finish his words, a voice from inside the tent interrupted him, "Go on." The girl pulled the veil, making it impossible to see what was going on inside.

Nie Ce looked back and paused for a moment, then was about to stand up and turn off the lights, but unexpectedly, Sang Ling pulled the veil aside again the next moment. She strode over, her thin eyebrows knitted together, "Nie Ce, don't say that."

He could only stand there in a daze, with the candle extinguisher in his hand frozen in mid-air.

"I'm telling you the truth. I can't go back to the Sang family, and there's no dispute between me and Gao Heng anymore."

"Of course, I liked him, but..." She clenched her palms slightly and said from the bottom of her heart, "The one who left me, yesterday cannot be retained. I am not the same person today."

"I can't possibly marry him, so don't talk about divorce anymore."

The anger of the Sang family girl was clearly bursting out, and her long, rich black hair was also messed up, with a few strands hanging in front of her body. He couldn't help but froze in his tracks, but only for a moment, his face was still solemn, "I mean--"

"Whatever you mean." She interrupted him again, "Just don't mention it again."

She seemed to be still angry after she finished speaking, and even her bulging chest was visibly rising and falling. He couldn't help but find it funny, "Don't you want to cut your losses in time?"

What are these words——Sang Ling was stunned, "Did you listen to what Ban Le and I said?"

Nie Ce did not hide his true intentions, "Yes."

Even though he was surprised when he first heard this, he thought it made sense, especially after knowing all the things that had happened in the mansion over the past six months, he felt it would be better to divorce her sooner rather than later. The Sang family girl was only sixteen this year, and they had never been husband and wife. She still had many options and didn't have to be trapped here and suffer.

In fact, if he could stay in Chang'an, there might be room for maneuver, but the matter of regaining power in Jiaozhou would take a long time, so rather than doing that, divorce was indeed the best option.

"But you are different from Xun Jin." Sang Ling frowned helplessly, "Before marriage, he didn't like Ban Le. He married her for the Ban family's power. After marriage, he kept a deaf ear to family affairs. Right after marriage, he raised two concubines. Isn't it obvious that such a life will end? So I advised her to divorce."

After saying this, the two of them looked at each other for a long time. Nie Ce seemed to be still savoring these words. The air seemed to be stagnant. The sound of rain outside the window could not suppress this inexplicable and indescribable silence. Sang Ling could not help biting his lower lip again. He felt that although this explanation was reasonable, it always revealed a sense of weirdness.

What I mean is: Did Nie Ce already like her before they got married?

She thought that she might have thought too much. Just when she was about to say something to ease the situation, she saw Nie Ce raised his lips and said with a smile, "Okay, take a rest."

……

Although the divorce was settled, the two still slept in separate places at night.

It was still dark in the morning, and no one knew what time it was. The two of them had not gotten up yet. They faintly heard a voice from the corridor reporting back. Sang Ling then turned over in the tent, lifted the gauze curtain a little, and from his blurred vision he saw Nie Ce walking to the door in his clothes and slippers.

She couldn't help but feel curious, so she half sat up silently.

The person outside was Ying Bushi, and the voice was vague, as if saying something about a maid being hanged. She was immediately frightened, her spirit suddenly woke up, and the girl in the tent walked over quickly. Nie Cexian also noticed the movement behind him, so he turned around and looked at her, waving his hand to let Ying Bushi leave.

As the door closed, he turned back to face her curious expression.

"The maid who complained to Ah-Yun hanged herself last night."

She had just checked yesterday afternoon, and the person had committed suicide at night. She felt a sudden chill on her back, and many questions immediately came to her mind. Finally, she asked softly, "Is it definitely suicide?"

Nie Ce shook his head slightly, knowing the other meaning behind her words. He walked back while answering, "I'm afraid the West Mansion is inevitably involved, but since they have already noticed something -" He took out an outer robe from the side of the tent and put it on Sang Ling's shoulders, "I will also go to visit Second Aunt tomorrow."

She stood there in a stiff position, glancing at the robe on her body. She couldn't breathe smoothly for some reason. Why did he suddenly put a piece of clothing on her when they were all talking? She sighed secretly, followed him to the side room, and sat on the "bed" where he rested every night.

"Do you remember what you said to me before?"

Nie Cecai moved the low table out and was about to pour himself some water from the jar when he looked up at her and nodded to signal her to speak.

"You said before that Second Aunt was just a little bit stubborn about the Wuyuan incident and no one was killed. But now you see, isn't it a life?" She clenched her hands unconsciously on her knees.

The conversation mentioned the incident of the lady sinking into the well. If that were the case, the Shen family would indeed be a suspect.

"But the murderer's target is me." Nie Ce woke her up in time, "This incident is not enough to prove that Second Aunt wants to kill me."

Even though the person who died was Ya Nu, looking back at the whole thing now, Ya Nu was killed because she took the wine pot by mistake, and she was not the person the other party originally wanted to kill. Even if Shen Shi took a life, her fundamental purpose was just to fight for the female relatives, at most she was afraid of being exposed.

There was no motive to kill Nie Ce, so there was no direct connection between the motive and the murder of Ya Nu.

Sang Ling couldn't help but close her eyes. She really couldn't turn back for the moment. She was anxious to catch the murderer and completely forgot the most fundamental motive of this matter.

I couldn't help but feel upset again.

Nie Ce was right in front of her, how could he not see it? Although they had not been together for a long time, they had experienced a lot, so he could still understand her personality.

He took out a cup from the food tray and poured some water in front of her. "But since they did it so skillfully, the suspicion from the West Mansion is indeed very high."

Even if the lives of slaves were worthless, which master in a large house would want to see someone die around him? This was not an ordinary thing. Since he had the courage to do this and was able to handle it so quickly, it was enough to show how skilled he was. Even if we don't analyze it from the motive, we can't say that there is no connection just from the means.

Nie Ce pushed the ear cup towards the opposite side and was about to continue speaking when he heard Sang Ling speak again.

There was a rare depth of meaning in her tone.

"Nie Ce, if we find out which cousin did it, how will he be dealt with?"