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Chapter 186: What's to Fear from Divorce? One Can Always Marry Again!
Chapter 186: What's to Fear from Divorce? One Can Always Marry Again!
Chapter 186: Chapter 186: What’s to Fear from Divorce? One Can Always Marry Again!
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After leaving the estate, Qi Yue casually led two horses away.
She rode one horse and tied Song Gensheng to the other, slowly heading towards Fuzhou under the cover of night.
Halfway there, Song Gensheng gradually regained consciousness.
Upon waking, he started shouting and almost fell off the horse.
When he learned that they had escaped the encirclement and were already halfway there, he was dazed for quite a while.
“Sister Yueyue, is it true?”
“Of course, it’s true. The air you’re breathing now is the air of freedom!”
“Sister Yueyue, how did you rescue me? Why did you make me fall asleep?”
“How I rescued you is a secret, and there’s a reason I made you sleep too.”
“What reason?”
“That’s a secret as well.”
“Oh.”
Song Gensheng was simple-minded, happily praising Qi Yue greatly after asking a few simple questions.
“Sister Yueyue, you really are the most amazing person I’ve ever seen! You could rescue me amidst so many people, and I was even asleep!”
“Sister Yueyue, I think you’re even more formidable than the Young Marquis!”
At the mention of the Young Marquis, Qi Yue felt a pang in her heart.
Zhao Xiyan, oh!
This time, she was truly ready to let go of him!
The two of them rode their horses swiftly and finally arrived at Fuzhou Wharf between 5-7 AM.
There they found Qu Wei and Granny Zhang, who had been waiting for them.
“My dear young lady, you’ve finally come! I was so worried!” Granny Zhang burst into tears of excitement upon seeing them.
“Worried about what? Even if the sky fell down, your young mistress would be just fine!” Qi Yue said with a boastful face, hugging Granny Zhang to comfort her.
This woman, the same age as her mother, always made her feel unspeakably soft-hearted.
“Yes, my young lady.”
Qu Wei added, “I was really afraid you had left us two behind to rescue him alone! Thankfully, you’ve come!”
As he spoke, he scrutinized Song Gensheng from head to toe.
Being the son and enemy of the Grand Tutor, he was not unfamiliar with the bandits of Guyang. Now, seeing Song Gensheng was really just a child, he also couldn’t help but be surprised.
“Sister, can he really be immune to blades and spears?”
“Fake.”
Qi Yue rejected the suggestion with one word, then introduced Song Gensheng to the two of them and vice versa.
Afterward, the group boarded a boat and traveled downstream, arriving at Yecheng by noon the next day.
Although Yecheng was located vertically above the Capital City, it was already a thousand miles away.
Even if the villains reacted later and gave chase, it would take them a full day’s time.
Once there, Qi Yue finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Of course, she couldn’t be too careless; after all, the villains had eyes and ears everywhere, and if they caught even a hint of their trail, they would certainly be tracked down.
So, as soon as they disembarked, Qi Yue found an inn and disguised all four of them.
While she was secondary, the most important one was Song Gensheng. As expected, after last night’s events, the villains would definitely not let him go.
Therefore, she made a mask for Song Gensheng, transforming him into a man in his twenties and quite portly.
Seeing her change someone’s appearance as if by magic, Qu Wei found his interest piqued.
He straightened up and walked a few circles on the ground, longing in his voice as he said, “Sister Yueyue, look at me, don’t you think my build is a bit like Zhao Xiyan’s? How about you make a mask for me as well, and let me experience what it’s like to be the most admired beauty in the land!”
Talk about hitting a raw nerve.
Qi Yue really wanted to smash Qu Wei’s head in!
To her surprise, Song Gensheng jumped up as soon as he heard this.
“Zhao Xiyan? Which Zhao Xiyan? Is Brother Qu referring to Zhao, the Young Marquis?”
Qu Wei, not knowing that Song Gensheng was Zhao Xiyan’s little fanboy, immediately nodded.
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“Who else could it be? Is there another son of a bitch named Zhao Xiyan in this whole world?”
Song Gensheng immediately raised his fist and struck Qu Wei!
“How dare you curse the Young Marquis! I’ll kill you!”
As he spoke, his hammer-like hand came down again.
Qi Yue hurried to stop Song Gensheng.
“Gensheng, don’t be so agitated!”
Qu Wei was hit hard by the punch and was clutching his chest, unable to speak.
Qi Yue quickly fed him a few medicine pills and administered twelve acupuncture needles before he could slowly start talking again.
“Yueyue… sister, is this guy Zhao Xiyan’s bastard?”
Seeing that he had been beaten to internal injury and could still joke, Qi Yue was impressed.
“Are you brainless? Can’t you do the math? Zhao Xiyan is not even twenty-two, and Gensheng is already fifteen. Is that even possible?”
Qu Wei, trembling, pointed at Song Gensheng and said, “Yueyue, I will settle the score with Zhao Xiyan sooner or later. Don’t you stop me.”
Qi Yue snorted and remained silent.
What did Zhao Xiyan’s matters have to do with her? Could she control that?
Song Gensheng was confounded by this situation.
It was the first time he had heard someone casually call out his idol’s name like this.
“Sister Yueyue, you… you know the Young Marquis?”
After resting for a while, Qu Wei finally got his breath back.
He sat up and started pointing at Song Gensheng’s nose and cursed loudly.
“Who knows that bastard? I would be ashamed to acknowledge him!”
“Enough! Hold your tongue,” said Qi Yue, knowing Qu Wei was about to launch into a lengthy tirade and immediately intervened, only for Qu Wei to become even more aggressive.
“…Enough? Not at all! I haven’t said enough. I, Qu Wei, may seem bad on the surface, but he is rotten to the core. Do you know what he’s done? He professes love for one, sleeps with the eighth Princess, flirts with my Yueyue sister…”
Before he could finish his sentence, Song Gensheng punched him on the cheek.
Luckily, Qi Yue intercepted, or else all of his teeth would have ended up in his stomach.
After Ye Qianli finished what she had to do, she felt like she came back to life and sighed. Her voice was like a lazy cat that had just eaten its fill, containing an indescribable charm and mellowness.
She sat up and was about to put on her clothes, but when she got a clear view of the man whom she had ‘finished off’, her movements froze for a moment because of that pair of eyes on him.
Silver eyes.
A pair of eyes as bright as the moon shone in his silver eyes. However, it did not seem strange or sinister. Instead, it gave off an elegant and distant charm.
Apart from this pair of striking silver eyes, his facial features were also extremely outstanding, like they were exquisitely carved from fine jade of the highest quality. Just looking at him made one feel cool and comfortable.
His inky black eyebrows were like dyed paintings, his nose bridge was high and straight, and his lips were plump and sexy. Especially after being nibbled on by her, they seemed even more beautiful and alluring, simply making one’s heart pound by looking.
Just based on looks alone, he was undoubtedly a handsome man!
Look at his figure, too.
Oh my, how embarrassing!
Broad shoulders, narrow waist, lean and sexy…
However, just as Ye Qianli’s eyes were about to strip him naked and give him another visual ‘assault’, this man—who had always been at her mercy—moved!
He moved!
Although his movements were weak, he still managed to move!
He raised his hand and gathered the clothes that had been pulled off of him, covering up everything lovely in sight. His eyes were also clear and bright, exuding a dark killing intent!
The darkness in his brightly-lit silver eyes became more and more terrifying. He was like an awakening god—one ruling over everything—and was planning to kill this woman who had blasphemed against his elegance and honor with one slap.
Danger!
Super dangerous!
Ye Qianli narrowed her eyes lightly and quickly deduced that she had not only sinned against a peerlessly beautiful man… but also a super terrifying man.
Furthermore…!
Ye Qianli could clearly feel that a terrifying power was rising in this man’s body. This completely changed the image of him being weak and easy to ravage.
Without a doubt, she would definitely die if she waited until he fully recovered.
Whoosh!
As soon as Ye Qianli realized the danger, her speed increased. It was as if her potential had been stimulated once again. She wrapped up her tattered clothes and disappeared in an instant like a little leopard.
After a while, Ye Qianli—who was running away—could clearly feel a terrifying and violent killing intent erupting from far behind.
Even without thinking, she could tell that it was definitely released from that man.
Hiss. Ye Qianli’s entire body shivered as she secretly praised herself for running fast. Otherwise, she would probably have been chopped into pieces by now.
However, thinking about the brutish act that she had done to a certain handsome man, she could understand his anger, too.
However…
“I was clearly the one at a disadvantage while he was the one who took advantage of a young maiden like me, okay? Who is he trying to scare with such a heavy murderous aura?” Ye Qianli muttered unhurriedly, but her speed of escape did not decrease at all. Moreover, her target destination was quite clear.
Through her body’s memories, Ye Qianli clearly remembered that she originally lived in the Southern Palace of the Clear Wind Palace. However, she was brought to the Northern Palace by her younger female cousin.
That younger female cousin said that she wanted to see an exotic flower. In the end, they had not seen the exotic flower, but Ye Qianli herself became a poisoned flower and was almost defiled by a fat pig.
Previously, she did not have the time to think about these things. After all, survival was the main issue at that time. However, now that she thought about it carefully, how had she been poisoned? Why was there no one who could save her wherever she went?
This was very thought-provoking…
“Younger Cousin?” Ye Qianli’s gaze turned cold. She had a rough idea of what had happened within her heart.
She was certain that, before her dear cousin and she left the Southern Palace of the Clear Wind Palace, the tea that her cousin had given her contained a high concentration of aphrodisiac!
“The smell is indeed very faint. If I hadn’t recalled my memories thoroughly, I’m afraid I wouldn’t have been able to detect it.” Ye Qianli smiled in her heart. As she had been in contact with ‘drugs’ for many years, she had an extremely terrifying ability to identify all kinds of medicinal smells.
Actually, even if she did not have this ability of identification, upon careful consideration, the original Ye Qianli would be able to sense that all the oddities in this matter were closely related to this ‘female cousin’.
Perhaps it was because the person involved in the matter was confused, or perhaps it was because she was unwilling to believe it. So even till her death, the original Ye Qianli was still hoping that her dear younger cousin would return and save her.
While she was thinking, Ye Qianli had already returned to the Southern Palace.
At this moment, the Southern Palace was in an uproar.
“Aunt! Aunt, there is trouble! Elder Sister is missing. Elder Sister is missing.”
Amidst the chaos, there was an extremely sweet and delicate female voice. It was spreading news of Ye Qianli’s ‘disappearance’ in a low but clear manner so that everyone knew about it.
Because of her yelling, the strong fighters in charge of patrolling the Southern Palace quickly surrounded the entire area.
Everyone in the Southern Palace was forbidden from walking freely. This made it difficult for Ye Qianli, who had returned quietly, to sneak back into the lady’s chamber of the Clear Wind Palace.
After creating such a huge commotion, even if ‘Ye Qianli’ was found, it would be impossible to hide the news of her losing her virginity. This was probably the ultimate motive of the ‘female cousin’ who had made her move.
Ruining Ye Qianli’s innocence, destroying her reputation… turning her from the most respected young lady in the dynasty to the most despised piece of trash in the dust. Her intentions were truly sinister.
Hiding in the darkness, Ye Qianli’s cold gaze swept across the girl in a pink dress, who was running and screaming ‘in a panic’, as though she was flustered from losing her pillar of support.
She was Ye Qianli’s younger cousin, Su Lianhua.
Su Lianhua and Ye Qianli were both 16 years old.
The difference was that Ye Qianli was born with the goddess body and was already able to condense profound energy and become a mystic cultivator. Moreover, because of this, she was going to be betrothed to the crown prince of the Vermilion Bird Dynasty.
She found it hard to imagine there was someone in the world whose heart was so staunchly protective of another they had never met.
Of course, she had to admit –
Apart from being as deceitful and philandering in love as most men, Zhao Xiyan was outstanding in other aspects.
Looks, martial skill, intelligence, emotional quotient – not one was anything less than top-tier.
With no other choice but to placate Song Gensheng, she ended up spilling the beans about the little incident between her and Zhao Xiyan.
After listening, Song Gensheng was first shocked, then his face took on a look of being hurt.
“So you mean to say, Sister Yueyue, you were already married to the Young Marquis? And you never told me before!”
Qi Yue also felt apologetic about this.
“I’m sorry, Gensheng, brother. Since we have already divorced, there was no need to bring it up anymore.”
Suddenly, something seemed to dawn on Song Gensheng, and he started to laugh.
“What’s there to fear in a divorce? You can still remarry! Sister Yueyue, don’t believe what people say outside. The Young Marquis is definitely not the person they describe. There must be some misunderstanding! Maybe the one he says he loves is you, Sister Yueyue!”
Qi Yue thought this was impossible; she wouldn’t mistake the hairpin on that woman’s head.
But seeing Song Gensheng’s persistent look, she chose not to say anything else and swiftly changed the subject.
“Gensheng, brother, what are your plans from here?”