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

Chapter 42 Pour me a glass of water

When Ji Yuan rushed back to the mansion, Prince Qi's carriage had just stopped at the door, and Zhou Ru was leading people to greet him with warm faces.

Seeing her master, Zhou Ru walked over with a beaming face. In front of everyone, she took his arm and asked with a smile, "How is it, Master? Will His Majesty agree to make Prince Qi the heir and grant this marriage?"

Ji Yuan gave her a sharp look: "What nonsense are you talking about, woman?"

Upon learning that Wanwan was collecting Qin concubine's body in Furong Hall, Ji Yuan simply bowed to Prince Qi, left the group behind, and went straight to Furong Hall.

"..."

Everyone was stunned.

"??? What do you mean, Master?"

Zhou Ru's heart trembled. She slowly looked at Mother Liu and whispered, "Didn't he agree to go to the palace to speak on behalf of Prince Qi and ask His Majesty to grant them a marriage?"

Prince Qi also came over in shock, frowning, "Madam Zhou, what's going on?"

"Don't worry, Your Highness. After all, this is not a trivial matter. The master has already agreed to this marriage, and he will be devoted to Your Highness from now on."

Zhou Ru patiently said, "Your Highness, please come into the mansion and sit for a while. I will go and invite the master right away."

She ordered the housekeeper and Madam Liu to greet Prince Qi, and she led two maids to chase Ji Yuan in a hurry.

When Ji Yuan rushed to Furongtang, Ye Wanshu had already had Qin Yi Niang's body re-wrapped and placed in the coffin.

Seeing only a few young girls busy at work in the courtyard, and his daughter sweating profusely, Ji Yuan asked the nanny watching at the door, "What's going on? How can you let a grown-up girl handle such a thing by herself?"

The maid leaned forward and said, "Master, the people the eldest lady has called here are all rough outsiders. Aunt Zhou said that this is the inner courtyard of the mansion after all, so it's not appropriate to let them in."

Ji Yuan was so angry that he slapped the nanny in the face: "Asshole, when her daughter was doing dirty things with someone in the backyard, why didn't she care that the man was a stranger?"

Zhou Ru followed in and happened to see this scene. She approached cautiously.

Secretly sizing up Ji Yuan, who had a gloomy expression, Zhou Ru said guiltily, "Master, I originally found someone to take care of Concubine Qin, but the eldest lady insisted on being buried in a coffin. This is against the rules."

"I asked Wanwan to buy it."

Ji Yuan said angrily, "After all, you have given birth to many children for our Ji family. Don't you even deserve a decent coffin?"

After he finished speaking, he quickly stepped forward and supported Ye Wanshu with a distressed look on his face. He said with deep shame, "It's all my fault that Dad left in such a hurry and didn't explain everything properly, causing Wanwan to suffer. Go back and rest now. Dad will have someone take care of everything."

"No need," Ye Wanshu said coldly, "Mrs. Qin is Chu Lin's only relative. I want to accompany him and personally handle the funeral arrangements for her."

"Okay, Dad will accompany you."

Ji Yuan rolled up his sleeves and started to work.

Zhou Ru was anxious. She had never seen her master so servile and fawning to please someone before. She twisted her waist delicately and urged, "Master, His Royal Highness Prince Qi is still waiting outside. We can't let him get anxious waiting."

Ji Yuan's eyes darkened: "Go tell him that I don't agree with this marriage."

"What?" Zhou Ru was surprised. "Master, if you don't agree to this marriage, how will Xi'er live in the future?"

"As long as she doesn't get too ambitious and marries a merchant's son or an ordinary man, no one will dare to make things difficult for her."

Ji Yuan said this lightly, then took out a handkerchief to wipe Ye Wanshu's sweat: "Look how tired you are, girl. You have never suffered such hardship since you were a child."

After saying this, he ordered the maids, "Why don't you help the young lady to rest over there for a while?"

Ye Wanshu didn't answer, but helped Qin Chulin to a nearby stone platform and sat down. Her face was calm, but she already had a sense of relief. It seemed like the matter was settled.

Staring at the unfamiliar Ji Yuan, Zhou Ru was completely furious. "Master, have you encountered any difficulties? Why did your visit to the palace turn out like this? Xi'er is no longer a virgin. If she can't marry Prince Qi, even if someone is willing to marry her, she will have a hard time living a peaceful life in the future."

Ji Yuan said angrily: "She is my daughter, who dares to neglect her?"

Zhou Ru was unwilling to accept this: "Xi'er has been pampered by Master since she was a child. How can she marry a merchant's son? An ordinary man would have it even worse. I'm afraid he wouldn't even have enough to eat. How could Master bear this?"

"What nonsense are you talking about?"

Ji Yuan's face was filled with impatience: "I didn't ask her to marry a homeless beggar, so why can't she have food to eat?"

When Ji Ningxi learned that her father had returned from the palace, she thought that the arranged marriage had been settled. She rushed over happily, but when she heard that her father wanted to marry her to someone else, she immediately became unhappy.

She glared at Ye Wanshu angrily and refuted in a delicate voice, "Father, I won't marry anyone except Prince Qi. If you don't agree, I'll die."

Ji Yuan flew into a rage and slapped her hard in the face: "Asshole, if you want to die, go now, I won't stop you."

Ji Ningxi's eyes were sparkling from the beating, and she threw herself into Zhou Ru's arms and cried bitterly in grievance.

Zhou Ru was also very annoyed. She really didn't know what had happened to the master.

"Master, Xi'er is already Prince Qi's person. What's wrong with her wanting to marry him?"

Zhou Ru advised bitterly: "As long as the master agrees to Prince Qi, Xi'er will be able to marry smoothly."

"You say it lightly, do you think this is just a small business in the market?"

Ji Yuan was so angry that his face turned blue, but he couldn't speak directly about what happened in the court. He glared at Ji Ningxi angrily.

"Can't you just learn from your elder sister? She's our father's eldest daughter. When did she ever have the desire to climb up the social ladder? And you, on the other hand, only know how to compare yourself all day long. Look at what you've brought up your younger sisters to be like?"

The crying next to her was getting louder, but Ye Wanshu listened silently, just smiling without saying a word.

It's not that she doesn't like to associate with the rich and powerful, but she knows the price to pay for reaching the top. In her life again, she deeply understands one truth: only what she can reach and hold firmly belongs to her.

"Qiuli, I'm a little thirsty. Go get me a glass of water."

It was really boring to just sit there and listen to the opera. Ye Wanshu gave an order nonchalantly, with a gloating attitude, which completely annoyed Ji Ningxi.

"Why should I learn from her?" Ji Ningxi glared at Ye Wanshu and shouted, "If she hadn't harmed me, how would I be like this now?"

"Second sister, please be careful with your words." Ye Wanshu glanced at her with a lack of interest. "Who harmed whom? Why don't we get to the bottom of this?"

Thinking of what happened that night, Ji Yuan instantly thought of the servant who was beaten to death, and became even more angry.

At that time, I was extremely worried about Wanwan's safety and didn't have time to think about it carefully. Thinking about it now is really terrifying.

Angrily slapping Ji Ningxi in the face again, Ji Yuan scolded her, "You bastard, did I ever tell you that if you don't like your elder sister, you should just stay in your own yard? Have you ever thought about the consequences of sending such a filthy thing to harm her?"

Zhou Ru tightly protected her daughter, who was crying heartbreakingly, and sobbed as well, "Master, Xi'er has already realized her mistakes and received the punishment she deserved. Besides, the eldest daughter is unharmed. Right now, resolving Xi'er's marriage with Prince Qi is the top priority."

Ji Yuan waved his sleeves, his face showing determination: "You and your daughter should give up this idea. If you want this evil creature to marry into Prince Qi's mansion, I will die."

Prince Qi followed Aunt Zheng and Aunt Sun into Furongtang. When he heard Ji Yuan's harsh words, his face suddenly turned gloomy.

(End of this chapter)