Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons

Wen Jiao returned to her bedroom, removed her hairpins and jewelry, washed off the makeup on her face, and changed into loose and comfortable home clothes. After all this, dinner was already served. Wen Jiao herself had no appetite, so she only picked up two jade dew balls to eat, then put down her chopsticks and said to the maid who followed her to the banquet: "We have eaten too much wine and meat at the banquet today, and we really can't eat now. You have also been out with me for half a day and have no time to eat something to fill your stomach. Instead of waiting to eat later, you might as well sit down and eat together. If it is not enough, ask the kitchen to make more."

It was a great honor for the host to reward the guests with food, and Wen Jiao's food was much more delicious than the maids'. The maids still had to refuse, but when they saw Mingxin and Suxin taking the lead, they unceremoniously picked up the chopsticks. The maids were no longer shy, and they picked up the food quickly, fearing that if they were a little slower, it would be gone. Seeing this, Wen Jiao asked the kitchen to add several more dishes. Everyone was drunk and full at once, and only then did they clean up the dishes with satisfaction.

Mingxin applied a hot towel to Wen Jiao's hands, saying, "Young lady, do you really want to see that Li Ah Man? If it were me, I would treat her to a good meal and send her back - no, I won't even give her a cup of leftover tea. She and her sister have caused us so much trouble before. Young lady is a generous person, but I can't stand it. Besides, everyone knows that Chen Guangrui wants to harm Young lady so badly. When has he stopped wanting to harm Young lady? There's no need to be mysterious about this matter. He can harm her now!"

"It's not easy for her either. She's been pregnant for three months, and the movements are quite loud. Some people vomit so much that the rice and water don't stick to their teeth." Wen Jiao said, remembering that when she was in school, there was a female teacher who was pregnant. During class, her face would turn pale and she would rush to the bathroom to vomit. Before she even showed her pregnancy, she was so thin that her cheeks were sunken. She was suffering a lot.

"I don't care whether she has worked hard or not. It's not like she gave birth to a child for the young lady to raise." Mingxin muttered. She hated the Li sisters so much and really didn't want Wen Jiao to have anything to do with Li A'man.

Wen Jiao added: "It's not just because of this. I'm also very curious about how Chen Guangrui is going to deal with me."

When Li Ah Man was brought up, she was already quite energetic, but she didn't dare to raise her head, and lowered her eyes, looking very timid. The material of the pink silk dress she was wearing was originally good, but it must have been worn back and forth in the past month and washed many times. The originally charming color could not help but look worn out when looked at carefully. She was humble and had lost all the arrogance of the Chen family's favorite concubine in the past.

"Chen Guangrui, tell me what you want to do." Wen Jiao said.

Li Ah Man pursed her lips nervously, her ten fingers tugging at her sleeves anxiously: "Yesterday, the old lady... Zhang came back from burning incense at Jingye Temple and told Chen Guangrui that she ran into the lady..."

"Which one is your wife!" Bitao laughed.

Li Aman quickly changed the subject: "Ms. Yin..."

"Do you think you can call her Miss Yin?" Bi Tao retorted.

Seeing that Li Ah Man was so scared that she dared not open her mouth, Su Xin frowned. It was not right to let her continue to call her that, so she said, "Our young lady is now the Lady of Guichuan County, you can just call her Madam. What did Zhang say?"

Li Ah Man tugged at her sleeves awkwardly. "She said that the Madam looked much younger. Chen Guangrui has become weird since he was demoted. After hearing this, he said, said..."

"Just say it? Stop hesitating." Su Xin said impatiently.

Li Ah Man gritted his teeth and raised his head and said, "Just say that the Madam is..."

As she spoke, she saw Wen Jiao's face clearly and was stunned.

The afterglow of the setting sun shone through the light red window screen, casting a layer of bright red on Wen Jiao's cheeks. Her face was so beautiful that it made all the flowers pale in comparison. Her eyes, which were staring at her quietly, were extremely clear, with a faint light like cold stars flowing in their eyes.

She looked like a young girl and her eyes were calm and mature. She was definitely not the haggard and withered woman that Li Aman was familiar with.

"Fox spirit..." Li A'man couldn't help but say softly.

"What's wrong with this Chen guy? Since he can't marry someone, he accuses her of being a vixen?" Mingxin was asking the maids to wipe the tables, chairs and candlesticks, and said angrily when she heard this.

Li A'man realized her own misconduct and felt terrified.

"Fortunately, everyone misheard and thought that Chen Guangrui was scolding a vixen. Although he was right to scold a vixen." Li Ah Man secretly rejoiced, shrank her head guiltily, and echoed Mingxin: "Sister Mingxin, you don't know, Chen Guangrui has been a little crazy since he was demoted. His mother originally planned to coax Master Jiang Liuer to ask the Prime Minister for a favor to see if he could remarry his wife, but Master Jiang Liuer ignored his mother. His mother was embarrassed and shouted that she didn't want to see Master Jiang Liuer's face again. He took the idea as a life-saving plaster and insisted that his mother go to ask Master Jiang Liuer again, saying, 'After all, we are grandparents and grandchildren. If he doesn't pay attention to you again, sue him for the crime of disobedience and unfilial piety.' Only then did his mother agree to go."

"After a while, he was caught by the lady again. Seeing that this way was not going to work, he was embarrassed and became even more obsessed. He said nonsense, saying something like 'The real Mantangjiao hanged herself that night, and the current one is a vixen who replaced her, otherwise she would not be willing to leave him.'"

"Bullshit!" Ming Xin, who was always gentle, swore a few words. "You have to be his punching bag every day to be worthy of being a human being. Otherwise, you are a demon in disguise."

In a sense, if time travel is considered as being possessed by a fox demon, then Chen Guangrui's analysis is somewhat on the right track.

Wen Jiao sneered: "In the Great Qin State in the far west, if there is no male heir in the direct lineage, women can also inherit the title. If there is a side branch that is dissatisfied and wants to fight for the woman's property and title, there is a wonderful way. Guess what it is?"

"What?" Su Xin was curious.

Wen Jiao smiled meaningfully and said, "They will say that this woman is a witch who spreads plague and witchcraft, and then tie her to a cross and burn her alive."

Should we praise Chen Guangrui for his good brain? He is indeed the top scholar, and he has achieved the achievement of integrating Chinese and Western cultures without any teacher. However, he wanted to quietly embezzle the status and wealth brought by his wife, but he could not afford the cost of his wife's family's counterattack after his plan was exposed. He was so angry and embarrassed by this time traveler who disrupted the situation that he was so angry that he looked like this. It is really despicable.

Wen Jiao really wanted to send him a big “haha”.

"How shameless." Ming Xin was amazed. He tasted the hidden meaning of Wen Jiaodao's words and gritted his teeth in anger. "Does Chen Guangrui think he is the Jade Emperor? He said that the young lady is a vixen, so the young lady is a vixen? Could it be that he wants to catch a demon? It won't be too late for him to brag after he enters the door of Lian Xiang's mansion."

Li Ah Man straightened up unconsciously, clapped his hands upon hearing this, and said, "He is just looking for someone to catch the monster!"