Your Highness, your wife has had her virginity mark applied and married someone else.

Shen Mingshu wasn't as carefree as she claimed.

She had waited three long years for her husband, but he was stolen away by the man in front of her in less than a month after he arrived in the capital.

How could she accept this?

With bloodshot eyes, Shen Mingshu spoke provocatively to Wei Ziye, her eyes filled with a deep resentment like that of a desperate fugitive.

As Wei Ziye watched, he relaxed his grip.

"Shen Mingshu, this is the kind of person you are—so vindictive. You were like this three years ago, and you are still like this now. What a pity—"

Wei Ziye wiped away the tears falling from her face: his voice was gentle yet icy cold: "As long as I am here, you will never have a chance to turn things around."

"Wei Ziye, you bastard!"

Shen Mingshu pushed him away angrily, screaming in despair, "He's all I have left! He's everything in my life! I've endured three years of hardship to finally see the light at the end of the tunnel, and now, at the very last moment, why do you have to destroy me?!"

Large tears fell onto the bedsheets. Shen Mingshu lowered her head and gritted her teeth.

Her thin shoulders trembled weakly, and with her eyes closed, she let out a desperate cry.

"You've destroyed my family, I have nothing left, please, please give it back to me..."

"Home? Shen Mingshu, you dare mention the child!"

Wei Ziye's aura surged as he stepped forward and grabbed Shen Mingshu's shoulders tightly, questioning her in a cold voice.

"My mother said that you voluntarily took the Heavenly Jade-Severing Powder before entering the manor. There is no antidote for this medicine, and you will not be able to conceive for seven years!"

"You chose not to have my child from the very beginning, so how come you got pregnant after having an affair with someone else!"

"You don't believe me..."

Shen Mingshu weakly lifted her eyes, tears clinging to her thick eyelashes, and murmured hoarsely, "Wei Ziye, you've never believed me—cough cough!"

Shen Mingshu's face was deathly pale. The emotions she had suppressed for many days finally backfired, and she coughed up a mouthful of blood. Her vision blurred, and she fell backward in a daze.

"Shen Mingshu!"

Wei Ziye's sharp gaze trembled for a moment. He caught Shen Mingshu and immediately rang the bed bell!

……

In her hazy state, Shen Mingshu only felt that there was a lot of noise in her ears.

Liu Yi: "Her health is most susceptible to extreme emotional fluctuations. Fortunately, she has vomited out the stagnant blood and will be fine after a few days of rest."

Wei Ziye: "What about her old injury?"

Liu Yi: "It's hard to cure completely. The medicine Master gave can only alleviate the symptoms, but I'm more inclined to believe that she's been relying on external things to survive. However, this idea might require unorthodox methods, which I imagine you wouldn't want to do."

Wei Ziye frowned: "There's nothing I'm reluctant to part with, it's just that your methods are inherently treacherous and disloyal to your master and ancestors."

"Hey." Liu Yi chuckled awkwardly, "I'm just saying this to you, and besides, what kind of external object can keep a living person hanging? If it really exists, it would be a rare treasure. Who could have such a feat?"

"It's hard to say." Wei Ziye's eyes were deep. "At the Peach Banquet a week from now, Mother will invite Shen Yangjue to the manor. She will then ask her to invite the divine physician."

"You...you went to find Shen Yangjue for her sake?"

Liu Yi stared at Wei Ziye in shock. "No way, no way, Ziye, you really haven't let her go?"

Wei Ziye glanced at him sideways and said, "The person behind Shen Mingshu is not to be underestimated. If we can't find out, the situation in the capital will change."

"Is it that serious? How do you plan to investigate?"

"..."

Shen Mingshu couldn't hear what was said after that. The three words "Shen Yangjue" were etched in her heart. She fell into a coma again. When she woke up, there was no one around her.

Shen Mingshu was still somewhat dazed, her mind preoccupied with bizarre and fantastical images. Unable to rest properly here, she got up and went out.

At this moment, she was like a walking corpse, dragging that precious package, numbly following the familiar route home.

She couldn't hear anyone calling her.

Upon arriving at the courtyard, she saw that the people were still gathered at the gate. She turned around, crawled through the dog hole, and lay down on the bed.

Hearing these curses, I actually felt safe and fell asleep.

……

When she woke up again, Shen Mingshu was more energetic.

A soft rustling sound came from outside the door. Thinking of those who had insulted her, Shen Mingshu instantly became alert.

As soon as I moved, I felt a sharp pain in my neck from a muscle strain.

"Uh—" Shen Mingshu fell back onto the bed, gasping for breath.

That bastard really went too far!

Even if I feel frustrated again next time, I don't want to confront him head-on.

"Ming Shu!"

Wei Yuan suddenly poked his head in, quickly put down the broom in his hand, wiped his hands and stepped forward to help her: "Does your wound hurt? I bought you painkillers, they're patches, they're not bitter."

"The doctor said it was just a muscle injury, and the bandages can be removed after a few days of rest."

"Are you hungry? There's mushroom and chicken soup simmering in the pot, I'll go get you a bowl."

"Oh right, have some water first, I'll go get you some—"

A small hand tightly gripped his collar, causing Wei Yuan to pause in his ascent. He looked up and met Shen Mingshu's tearful eyes, as if she had just woken from a dream.

"Ah-Yuan, you...you're back?"

She was somewhat dazed, and incredulously pressed her cheek against Wei Yuan's warm face: "I'm not dreaming, you're really back?"

Wei Yuan grasped Shen Mingshu's trembling hand and nodded in a hoarse voice, "You're back. I'm sorry, Mingshu. I didn't reply to your letters these past few days. You must have been worried sick. I'm sorry, it's all my fault."

"The academy made an exception and allowed me to take the entrance exam again. My older brother cut off my correspondence. He wants me to focus on preparing for the exam. I will come to find you as soon as I finish the exam."

"..." Wei Yuan explained anxiously, but Shen Mingshu felt more and more uneasy as she listened.

In the end, it was discovered that Wei Yuan had been lying to her.

It turns out, her A-Yuan is never coming back.

Shen Mingshu's fingers trembled slightly as they fell from his clothes... only to be immediately enveloped by Wei Yuan's warm, large hand.

"Ming Shu? What's wrong? Are you still feeling unwell? I've already reported those troublemakers to the authorities and had them arrested. There must be someone instigating them. I'll definitely find out and give you an explanation. Are you scared?"

Wei Yuan touched Shen Mingshu's cold cheek with concern, his eyes filled with guilt: "I'm sorry, if you're still scared, how about we move to another house?"

"I bought a farm in the suburbs. It wasn't expensive, but it's a bit far. I'll hire a few people to help with things like grocery shopping, cooking, and cleaning in town. How about that?"

"..."

Wei Yuan noticed that after he had been talking for a long time, Shen Mingshu just looked at him silently with tears in her eyes.

A sense of unease welled up inside him, and he murmured, unable to utter another word, falling silent with guilt.

The silence in the room carried a sense of fragmentation.

But Shen Mingshu, still deceiving herself, forcibly suppressed the bitterness in her heart and nodded.

"Okay, whatever you say."

……

The house in the outskirts of the capital is named Magnolia.

It was very large, like a small village in Yuncheng, and the two seemed to have returned to that time.

The only difference was that Shen Mingshu, who used to go out to make a living, was left at home. Wei Yuan, who stayed at home to study, became a student who went out to attend classes every day.

But Wei Yuan brought back much more silver than she had before.

It was as if he felt indebted and wanted to make amends, so he would bring some valuable little items with him every day as a daily surprise for Shen Mingshu.

Gold hairpins, gold bracelets, gold chains, even... gold peonies and gold peach blossoms.

Wei Yuan knew what she liked.

Shen Mingshu has now gone from being heartbroken at the beginning to feeling sorrowful.

"Having so much gold sitting at home makes me feel so insecure..."

That evening, Shen Mingshu leaned against Wei Yuan's chest, gazing at the golden flowers on the table, her eyes following their captivating brilliance.

"It's a happy problem."

Wei Yuan, with his eyes closed and half asleep, unconsciously smiled when he heard Shen Mingshu's words and gently comforted her.

"If you steal it and report it to the authorities, my husband will compensate you double."

Shen Mingshu looked at the dark circles under his eyes and felt a pang of heartache: "Why don't you stay at the academy? It takes two hours to travel back and forth from here, and you also have to attend martial arts classes every day at dawn. Your body can't handle it."

Wei Yuan already had his own private courtyard at the academy, so there was absolutely no need for him to go through all this trouble.

Wei Yuan always said he wasn't tired, but today he was silent.

Shen Mingshu thought he had fallen asleep from exhaustion again, so she sighed softly and closed her eyes as well.

In the darkness, Wei Yuan responded in a low voice again.

"it is good."