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

Chapter 18: Making Trouble at Ji's Mansion
Perhaps because she worried too much in the Duke's Mansion a few days ago, Ye Wanshu drank several cups of tea today. After the afternoon, she was still sleepy as usual. She wanted to take a nap in bed, but she slept until the evening.

Chunhong and Xingtao felt sorry for the girl. Seeing that she was sleeping soundly, they didn't have the heart to disturb her. When Ye Wanshu woke up, the sky in the yard was already filled with red clouds.

"Chunhong, Xingtao, can father come back home?" Ye Wanshu called the two maids while climbing up from the bed.

Hearing the call, Chunhong and Xingtao quickly came out of the side room and helped her to her feet: "I'm afraid today's matter will take a while longer, don't worry young lady."

Ye Wanshu took a deep breath. To say she wasn't anxious at all would just be to comfort herself.

Fortunately, she was fully confident in canceling the marriage, and at most she would just have to wait a little longer.

"Come with me to the outer courtyard for a walk." Ye Wanshu had just given the order when she suddenly saw the servant who had led the way earlier running in hurriedly.

"Miss, something terrible has happened."

She said with a bitter face, "The young master of the Duke of Rong's Mansion has come into our house and insisted on seeing you, Miss. Aunt Zhou didn't dare to stop him."

Seeing the little maid's frightened look, Ye Wanshu's heart finally settled down.

It seems that things have finally been accomplished.

At this moment, she felt mixed emotions, and the memories of her struggles emerged before her one by one. She couldn't tell whether she was sad or happy.

But since you have decided to cut off the past, you should learn to be like your mother and take this step bravely.

Even if no one in the world loves and cherishes her from now on, she can still love herself.

"Come on, let's go take a look."

Suppressing her inner excitement, Ye Wanshu greeted Chunhong and Xingtao slowly and unhurriedly before slowly walking out of Mucangzhai.

When he arrived at the corridor of the outer courtyard, he saw a group of people blocking Gu Tingzhou outside, and there was a lot of noise.

"Young Master Gu, even though you are of noble status, please don't be too presumptuous."

Aunt Zhou urged earnestly, "This is the Ji residence after all. How can you rush around like this?"

Although she didn't like that bitch, the eldest daughter's marriage was related to the Ji family and even more to her daughter's future. She didn't want Ye Wanshu to have any contact with the Gu family from the bottom of her heart.

Glancing at the group of guards on her left and right, she shouted forcefully, "Please ask the young master to leave the house. If anything goes wrong, I will take the blame."

After all, he came from a family of military generals, so no ordinary person could stop Gu Tingzhou. With just one sweep, he easily knocked down the four or five guards who rushed up.

"How dare you, a bunch of cowards from the Ji family, block my way?" Gu Tingzhou shouted angrily, "Get out of the way now."

"Young Master Gu, you are so arrogant, aren't you afraid that His Majesty will find out and punish you?"

Ji Ningxi protected Aunt Zhou and timidly took two steps back: "I'm warning you, if you dare to do anything wrong again, my father will not let you go when he comes back."

"I want to see how this despicable villain can let me go."

Gu Tingzhou showed no fear at all. Just as he was about to attack the surrounding servants again, Ye Wanshu quickly shouted, "Stop."

Finally seeing her eldest sister come out, Ji Ningxi pouted and complained dissatisfiedly: "Big sister, can you wipe your butt clean before coming back home?"

"It's not your turn to interfere in my affairs."

Ye Wanshu gave Ji Ningxi a fierce look and she immediately shut up.

Aunt Zhou didn't want to lose her composure in front of the Gu family, lest Gu Tingzhou find an excuse to persuade the eldest girl to change her mind.

"Wanwan, your sister is doing this for your own good. She has no other intentions. Young Master Gu is so inconsiderate of you. Auntie and Xi'er are both upset for you."

Aunt Zhou provoked a few words and then magnanimously instructed, "If you have anything to say, tell the young master clearly and let him leave quickly, otherwise your father will be unhappy when he comes back."

After saying this, he dismissed the servants and dragged Ji Ningxi back to the inner courtyard.

Ye Wanshu's expression was calm as she and Gu Tingzhou exchanged glances, their eyes filled with endless indifference. "Brother, why did you so recklessly barge into our Ji family? What's the matter? Tell me."

"From the very beginning, you wanted to cancel this marriage and never thought about marrying me, right?"

Gu Tingzhou's eyes were filled with resentment. Although he didn't believe his second brother's inference, he still asked directly. Ye Wanshu smiled and said in a contemptuous tone: "That's right."

They looked indifferent, as if they had never met before.

Gu Tingzhou was stunned.

Come to think of it, her attitude has indeed been a little abnormal these days, and she doesn't seem as docile and well-behaved as before.

"Why? Is it just because of Yue Ling?" Gu Tingzhou frowned and asked, "Her life story is so tragic and pitiful, why can't you tolerate her?"

Ye Wanshu sneered, "She's so miserable, is it because of me?"

Gu Tingzhou said: "Of course not."

"If that's not the case, why should I bear the consequences of her suffering?"

Ye Wanshu's words made Gu Tingzhou choke again.

Jiang Yueling, who followed closely, heard the conversation between the two and saw the embarrassment on Gu Tingzhou's face, and she felt fear in her heart.

She had finally gotten the prince's promise, and she would never allow the situation to change.

Jiang Yueling fell to her knees with a thud, crawling to Ye Wanshu on her knees. She cried bitterly, "Miss Ye, all the mistakes are my fault. I beg you to be magnanimous and not be angry with the young master. Please forgive him."

Ye Wanshu despised her for being so two-faced. She had never seen such a shameless person in her life.

But before he could answer, Jiang Yueling knocked her head heavily to the ground.

"Please, Miss Ye, the young master has already angered the Queen Mother and the Duke. Please have mercy on him and stop being angry with him."

She begged desperately, "As long as Miss Ye is willing to forgive the young master, I will not hesitate to become a slave."

"Yueling, what are you doing?"

Gu Tingzhou glared at Ye Wanshu fiercely, his eyes filled with resentment. Heartbroken, he hurried to support Jiang Yueling: "She has such ulterior motives to plot against me, why are you begging her?"

Jiang Yueling refused to give in and pushed him away: "Young Master, it is I who have harmed you. I know you can't let go of Miss Ye. I will definitely ask for her forgiveness today."

After saying this, he tightly grasped the hem of Ye Wanshu's skirt and continued to plead, "Miss Ye, please go before the Duke and the Queen Mother to save this marriage."

Ye Wanshu found this particularly amusing.

She is treating the majesty of the royal family as a joke.

Knowing she was putting on an act, Ye Wanshu said, "Very well. Miss Jiang is so devoted to my cousin. If I don't help you, I'd seem unkind."

Bending over and lifting her chin, Ye Wanshu's eyes lit up with provocation, "Don't you like kneeling? Then kneel before the Ji family's gate today. Kneel for three days and three nights, and I will personally enter the palace to salvage this marriage."

Jiang Yueling's face froze and she was suddenly speechless.

"Wanwan, don't go too far."

Gu Tingzhou's eyes widened. "I came here today just to hear your answer in person. Don't try to play hard to get."

He forcibly picked Jiang Yueling up and saw that she had coughed up blood from her forehead, which made Gu Tingzhou feel even more distressed.

Looking back at Ye Wanshu, he said in a resolute tone, "Since you completely disregard our past affection and plot against me like this, then we will never meet again. From now on, my heart belongs only to Yue Ling."

Ye Wanshu almost laughed out of anger, and blamed herself for overacting at the Duke's Mansion, which made him mistakenly believe that she was playing hard to get.

He wanted to be with this "Jiang Guiren" for the rest of his life, and that would be perfect.

"Please."

Gu Tingzhou dropped the two words indifferently, and became even angrier. When he turned around resolutely, he came face to face with Ji Yuan who had just entered the mansion.

(End of this chapter)