I have suffered enough in my previous life, my cousin will never marry me

Chapter 12 The last fire
The two nephews spent a huge sum of money to redeem the prostitute. This fact was too sensational, and Chang had heard about it a long time ago.

Carelessly sipping her teacup, Chang glanced at Jiang Yueling, who was stroking her hair, and said, "Tingzhou, may I ask you one more question: what are your plans after breaking off the engagement?"

Gu Tingzhou looked at Jiang Yueling and replied calmly: "I plan to marry Yueling."

Hearing this, Chang suddenly stopped drinking the tea that was about to reach her mouth.

This is really an unheard-of rare thing. Instead of marrying a good lady from a noble family, he wants to marry a prostitute. No wonder the Duke beat his son.

"Aunt, you don't know."

Gu Tingchen quickly tried to explain, "Our cousin from the Ye family is truly scheming and extremely despicable. She has been pretending to be submissive in front of us brothers for so many years, but in reality, she has long been plotting to marry into the Duke's Mansion. For this reason, she even invited her father to our house today."

Gu Tingzhou also took over the conversation: "Her aunt is not a good person to begin with. If she is really allowed to marry in, I really don't know whether the Duke's Mansion will be named Gu or Ye in the future."

"Tingzhou, Tingchen, is there any misunderstanding here?"

Chang had seen the girl from the Ye family before, and she was not as bad as they said.

Putting down the teacup calmly, Chang's cunning eyes swept over Jiang Yueling, and she spoke cautiously, "After all, we are related. We should not be too extreme unless it is absolutely necessary."

Jiang Yueling seemed to have sensed something and quickly knelt down, confessing miserably, "This is all my fault. I shouldn't have acted on my own and tried to please Miss Ye, but I ended up making things worse and angered Miss Ye."

She was halfway through her words when she burst into tears: "I have harmed the young master and the second young master. I cannot atone for my sins even if I die a hundred times."

Gu Tingchen deliberately showed his distress again, and hurriedly helped the person up: "Yueling, you were so kind, but she pushed you into the water cruelly. Why are you taking the blame on yourself?"

Gu Tingzhou was not to be outdone, and rubbed his brows speechlessly: "Yueling, we have told you so many times, from now on you are the wife of the prince of the Duke's Mansion, you can no longer call me a slave."

Chang got goosebumps all over her body watching this and could only sigh silently.

I didn't say anything harsh, but the woman started crying like a pear blossom in the rain, looking like a prostitute, like a demon that no one could mess with.

Anyway, she knew her own lord's temper well. As long as it involved his two nephews, he would help them even if it meant his wife and children were torn apart. She didn't dare say anything else.

"Tingzhou, Tingchen, you brothers and Miss Yueling will stay at the mansion for the time being and recover from your injuries. Your aunt will immediately send a message to inform your uncle."

Chang said bluntly, "After all, if we want your aunt to compromise, I'm afraid your uncle's words will have more weight."

Gu Tingzhou nodded and said, "That's what I was thinking. I'll write a letter later. Please ask Aunt to send someone to take it along."

"it is good."

Chang responded briefly and gave a few more instructions. She left the housekeeper to serve in the hall and quickly slipped out.

With his uncle and aunt making the decision, Gu Tingzhou was completely relieved, and the two brothers settled down in the marquis' mansion with peace of mind.

It was five days later that Ye Wanshu learned that the two brothers had gone to the Wuping Marquis Mansion.

With the help of Wuping Hou Xie Zhan, she felt more confident.

It seemed that the marriage was almost cancelled, and now all that was missing was the final step. She had to urge her father to meet the emperor.

While washing and changing her clothes, she began to instruct the two maids: "Chunhong, go tell my aunt that I'm going back to my father's house to stay for a few days. Xingtao, hurry up and pack some clothes."

Chunhong and Xingtao left immediately.

These days, Ye Wanshu has put the things in the house in order. Apart from the gifts given to her by the Gu brothers, there are not many things she can take away. So, apart from the bank's bills and a few important items, she does not plan to take the rest.

After finishing his work, he took the two maids out, and Ye Huaisu had already led people to guard the gate of the mansion.

Seeing that she didn't bring much gifts, he breathed a sigh of relief.

"Wanwan, your uncle has already gone to the palace to meet the Empress Dowager. I believe your wedding to the Crown Prince will be held in a few days." Ye Huaisu instructed earnestly, "Your aunt has prepared a carriage for you and some small gifts for your sisters. Don't be stingy when you return to the Ji family, or you will bring disgrace to our Duke's Mansion."

"Wanwan has made a note of it." Ye Wanshu answered obediently, but she snorted in her heart.

Giving gifts to those sisters is worse than feeding them to dogs. At least they can still hear the sound.

Ye Huaisu couldn't guess her treacherous thoughts. He helped her get into the carriage and said, "Your father must still be angry about what happened at the Jiji Banquet. When you return to the Ji family, you should comfort him."

"I will." Ye Wanshu smiled at her and then lowered the curtain.

For some reason, Ye Huaisu suddenly felt uneasy and chased after her, calling out, "Wanwan, you'll be staying for a few days. Remember to come back early. Your aunt will be arranging a good marriage for you at home."

Before receiving a response, the wheels had already started to roll slowly towards the Ji family's direction.

Ye Wanshu curled her lips. There was no marriage to be arranged when she came back. At most, she would just say goodbye.

Sitting idly in the carriage, Ye Wanshu's eyes wandered and she saw several exquisite gift boxes placed in the corner.

You don't even have to open it to see, you can guess that it contains some girls' jewelry and hairpins.

My aunt's dowry was quite generous, and the Duke's Mansion was wealthy. Given her vain and face-conscious nature, I'm afraid any one of the gifts she prepared would cost an ordinary family several years' worth, and was definitely not comparable to the Ji family's.

When Ye Wanshu thought about meeting those women in the Ji family's backyard again, she felt so angry that she felt like suffocating. She wanted to throw all the gift boxes away. How could she possibly give them anything?

Thinking about the old memories from her childhood, how she was unable to protect her mother and had to watch her being abused by several concubines, Ye Wanshu's calm heart couldn't help but ache, and her eyes became wet unconsciously.

In his previous life, he was so busy being angry with the two brothers that he didn't even have the chance to avenge his mother. This time when he returns to the Ji family, he must find a way to avenge his mother.

I don't know how long they had been traveling, but the carriage shook slightly and suddenly stopped.

Ye Wanshu quickly wiped away the tears from her eyes and lifted the carriage curtain to look. Chunhong had already approached, saying, "Miss, there's a disturbance up ahead. Quite a few people have gathered around. I'm afraid the carriage won't be able to pass for a while."

Ye Wanshu looked around and recognized Changle Street. She frowned speechlessly, "At the foot of the Imperial City, on the streets of East Market, who would dare to cause trouble in a place like this?"

Chunhong shook her head blankly. Seeing this, Ye Wanshu had no choice but to get off the carriage.

She asked the driver to stay in the carriage and led the two maids into the crowd. She saw a group of strong men surrounding a young man in plain clothes and beating him severely. Although the onlookers pointed and talked, no one dared to step forward to stop them.

"Miss, I just heard that the man on earth seems to have owed someone money and is involved in a lawsuit. It's best for us to stay away from him."

Xing Tao leaned close to her ear and whispered, "Don't miss the time to return to Ji's house."

Ye Wanshu nodded hesitantly. She was in a very difficult situation now and had no time to bother with other people's affairs.

"Let's go."

Ye Wanshu had just turned around when she heard a burly man behind her scolding her, "You bastard! We've come all the way from Tongyang to find you, and you're hiding in Lin'an City to participate in the Spring Examination. Is this the right place for you?"

Hearing the word "Tongyang", Ye Wanshu turned around involuntarily, and saw the big man fearlessly holding up a piece of paper full of words and stepping hard on the young man's back.

"My master said you must sign this indenture, otherwise I will beat you to death today."

The man, who had been silent for a long time, finally spoke: "When the results of the Spring Examination are announced, I will find a way to repay you, but you want to force me to sign this contract? I won't do that."

Seeing that the girl was interested in watching the fun again, Xingtao hurriedly pulled her and urged her, "Girl, let's go quickly."

Just as Ye Wanshu was about to look away, the burly man had already picked up a stick as thick as a bowl and angrily chopped it down on the man's head.

"You bastard, you're looking for death."

(End of this chapter)