Chapter 377: 377 Shenli

Chapter 377: 377 Shenli

Chapter 377 Chapter 377 God’s departure

Ren Chu Lingxiao couldn't get into Shen's house no matter how hard he knocked or shouted, but he watched helplessly as Pei Linye entered the door of Shen's house smoothly.

"Bang!"

When the red-lacquered door of Shen's residence slammed shut in front of his eyes, Chu Lingxiao felt that the door panel was about to hit the tip of his nose.

The veins on Chu Lingxiao's forehead were beating wildly, and he was almost going crazy.

He wanted to throw up his sleeves and leave, but he felt unwilling to do so and couldn't hold it back.

The boy looked at Chu Lingxiao's expression of hatred, and sighed in his heart: If I had known about this, why did I do it in the first place?

But the boy didn't dare to touch Chu Lingxiao's bad luck and waited with him outside the gate of Shen's house.

This lasted for half an hour. Chu Lingxiao wanted to leave several times, but finally refused. When he was so irritated that he wanted to kick open the door and go in to catch the rapist, the door in front of him was finally opened from the inside.

Pei Linye and Shen Zhi walked out of the house side by side while talking, laughing and talking.

Shen Zhi was wearing a snow-green moiré jacket, with a tea-white skirt underneath. Her black hair was tied into a simple braid, and a silver-inlaid white jade hairpin was inserted. She looked demure and generous, with a radiant face. Standing next to Pei Linye, who is dressed in a straight-colored straight skirt, he is a talented man and a beautiful woman.

It was obvious that the two of them did not violate the rules, but in Chu Lingxiao's eyes, there was a sense of intimacy between the two of them.

Chu Lingxiao couldn't help but call out: "Azhi!"

There was suppressed anger in these two words. After all, he came to Shen Zhi today to seek peace.

Shen Zhi had long heard from the concierge that Chu Lingxiao was waiting outside the house, so she didn't show the slightest hint of surprise on her face and turned a blind eye to him.

Shen Zhi continued to talk to Pei Linye: "Cousin, please make this trip. I will send you a few baskets of loquats later to congratulate you on your move."

In the past, Pei Linye lived temporarily in Prince Chen's Mansion. Recently, he was assigned as the commander of the Imperial Guards and moved out from Prince Chen's Mansion a few days ago.

Pei Linye smiled slightly: "Next time, take Brother Mu to play with me."

"..." Chu Lingxiao originally thought that Shen Zhi would be ashamed when she saw him. After all, she and Pei Linye were alone, but Shen Zhi didn't even look at him and just kept talking to Pei Linye.

At this moment, Chu Lingxiao almost lost control, but he suppressed his anger again.

The first two times he came here to lose his temper were not very good-looking. The first time he was punched by Pei Linye, and the second time he was almost beaten by the Yamen of Jingzhao Mansion.

He came today to seek peace.

Chu Lingxiao told himself this in his heart for an unknown number of times, holding back the rebuke that was about to come out of his mouth and calming down his temper.

He showed a polite smile and said with a smile: "Azhi, I'm here to take you and Brother Mu back."

While speaking, Chu Lingxiao glanced at Pei Linye meaningfully, with a bit of pride and demonstration in his eyes.

He and Shen Zhi have been married for more than ten years and have a son and a daughter. This bond is something that no one can overcome, even if Pei Linye can see it with his own eyes.

Shen Zhi: "?"

This time, Shen Zhi finally gave Chu Lingxiao a look of mercy. There were incomprehensible emotions and undercurrents in her deep eyes.

For a moment, there seemed to be a chill in the wind.

Chu Lingxiao only thought that Shen Zhi was moved by what he said, and quickly said: "Azhi, I figured it out. It was my fault before, and I know I was wrong."

"We have been husband and wife for more than ten years. We have been a couple for one night and a hundred nights of kindness. Please forgive me just once."

"Azhi, even if you are angry and don't want to forgive me, you don't want Sister Chen to be in trouble, right?"

"It's not a good thing for parents to get divorced. If the imperial envoy consults her in the future, how can she have the dignity of being a mother and honoring the world?"

Chu Lingxiao's words were meant not only for Shen Zhi but also for Pei Linye. It would be best for Pei Linye to pass these words on to Shen Qianchen so that Shen Qianchen could evaluate them.

Shen Zhi looked at Chu Lingxiao's eyes, which became colder and colder. She smiled sarcastically and said lightly: "Then I have to find another one quickly so that it won't be 'ugly'."

Chu Lingxiao: “…”

Chu Lingxiao was stunned, his eyes widened, and his face instantly turned red. This woman has no shame!

Pei Linye also opened his eyes in surprise, and there seemed to be a shallow ripple in his eyes.

He clenched his fists tightly, and his eyes suddenly calmed down again. He seemed to have made a certain decision, and suddenly said to Shen Zhi: "Cousin, I will go to the Duke's Mansion to propose marriage, okay?"

Thumping!

Pei Linye's heart was beating wildly, as if it was about to burst out of his chest.

It has been fifteen years, and he has already missed it once, and he doesn’t want to miss it a second time!

Pei Linye stared deeply at Shen Zhi. At this moment, it seemed that she was the only one left in his eyes, and he completely forgot that Chu Lingxiao was still here.

Shen Zhi was startled for a moment, then pursed her lips and smiled.

Those beautifully shaped phoenix eyes were filled with sparkling light, just like the sparkling lake surface in the spring.

She just smiled and said nothing, neither saying yes nor saying no, she just turned around quietly and walked into the house.

Pei Linye: "..."

Pei Linye was stunned, staring blankly at Shen Zhi's leaving figure, as if everything around him had left him.

The corners of his lips turned up involuntarily, and his eyes were soft and caring.

The spring breeze blew slowly, blowing up some strands of his hair and the corners of his robe, flying with his eyebrows...

Time seemed to slow down.

"Shen Zhi, you unruly bitch!"

It wasn't until Chu Lingxiao's crazy roar reached his ears that Pei Linye came back to his senses and turned his eyes to Chu Lingxiao's twisted and ferocious face.

Chu Lingxiao was going crazy. The emotions that had been suppressed for nearly an hour finally burst out. He wanted to use the most unpleasant words to vent his anger and jealousy.

"Have you two hooked up a long time ago... Hmm!"

Chu Lingxiao's hysterical roar ended with a painful groan, and he was kicked hard in the abdomen by Pei Linye.

Pei Linye's kick was too fast and too fierce. Chu Lingxiao couldn't react in time. He staggered back two steps and almost didn't fall. Fortunately, his servant supported him from behind.

Chu Lingxiao felt a sharp pain in his abdomen, as if his intestines were twisted together, and the pain was so painful that he could not even straighten his waist.

Chu Lingxiao's complexion was changing from blue to white, his face was distorted, and he scolded in a strong but gentle tone: "Pei Linye, do you know who I am? Your princess is my biological daughter!"

The confrontation between the two men attracted curious glances from some passers-by.

"You also know." Pei Linye sneered, looking at Chu Lingxiao a few steps away with a blank expression, his eyes as cold as the ten thousand years of ice and snow on the top of the mountain.

As his words fell, it seemed as if the air around him had condensed, chilling his bones.

He looked completely different from when Shen Zhi was here just now.

Chu Lingxiao was afraid that Pei Linye would attack him again, so he subconsciously took two steps back. With this retreat, his momentum seemed to be a bit weaker.

"Chu Lingxiao, do you want to taste what it's like to be a prisoner again?" Pei Linye stood with his hands behind his hands, his voice was neither soft nor serious, and his tone was calm, but it revealed an undisguised threat.

Chu Lingxiao wanted to say "You dare", but these two words seemed to be stuck in his throat and he couldn't say them out.

Before he came, he inquired about the recent changes in the capital, and also heard that Pei Linye had replaced Lu Siji as the new commander of the Jinyiwei. If Duke Pei Linye avenges himself and takes him down and puts him in prison...

Chu Lingxiao snorted heavily, then got on his horse and left almost in despair.

Pei Linye looked at Chu Lingxiao's leaving figure and had no intention of chasing him.

This is Shen's house, and he doesn't want to cause any trouble here, attract unnecessary criticism, and disturb her purity.

Chu Lingxiao waved his riding whip at the horse's **** in a vented manner. Even without looking back, he could still feel Pei Linye's gaze behind him, like a ray of light on his back.

It wasn't until he turned the corner that Chu Lingxiao breathed a sigh of relief.

He originally wanted to find a place to drink, but when he drove past a street, he saw that all the restaurants and teahouses on the street were closed, and then he realized that it was a national mourning.

Chu Lingxiao could only return to the Yongding Marquis Mansion in despair.

He was holding a breath in his heart, so as soon as he returned, he smashed all the four treasures of the study, the tea cup and the fruit plate in the study.

Bang! Snap! Boom! clang!

The sound of smashing things in the house was heard one after another. The young man standing guard outside the study was frightened and out of his mind. When he was wondering whether to invite someone to invite Aunt Jiang, Aunt Jiang came uninvited.

The young man suddenly felt like he was being pardoned. Aunt Jiang was probably the only one in the house who could coax Chu Lingxiao.

"Crack!"

There was another heavy slamming of porcelain.

As soon as Aunt Jiang entered the house, she saw a mess all over the floor. Almost everything in the study was smashed to the ground, making it difficult for people to find a place to put their feet.

An ink stick hit the edge of Aunt Jiang's shoe, startling her and letting out a low cry.

Chu Lingxiao heard the sound and looked towards Aunt Jiang, his eyes red with anger.

Seeing that the visitor was Aunt Jiang, his expression softened slightly, but his face was still as dark as the bottom of a pot.

Aunt Jiang walked in carrying a tray with a teapot and teacups, carefully stepped on the broken porcelain pieces on the ground, and said softly: "Ling Xiao, you just went out, did you go to see your sister?"

"You guys... do you have any misunderstandings with your sister? Misunderstandings can always be resolved. My sister has a short temper, so don't argue with her."

Aunt Jiang comforted him softly and lovingly.

Chu Lingxiao's frown relaxed a little more, and he felt more and more that his Minshan was gentle and considerate, better than everyone else.

He snorted coldly and said angrily: "Minshan, you have a good temper and you still talk to her!"

"Her temper is as smelly and hard as a stone in a latrine!"

"Huh, I'm just waiting for her to beg me!"

Chu Lingxiao always had a good face, and he didn't even mention that he didn't even enter the door of Shen's house, let alone that he was kicked by Pei Linye.

Jiang Minshan put the tray on the coffee table, then walked to Chu Lingxiao, took his hand and walked to the window to sit down.

"Ling Xiao, drink some scented tea to calm down the fire." Jiang Minshan poured tea for Chu Lingxiao herself, and then personally delivered the tea cup to him, looking forward to it with tenderness.

Chu Lingxiao took the pastel tea cup and took a sip. The scented tea in his mouth was sweet and warm, just right for his mouth.

He had just lost his temper and had a dry mouth, so he drank all the tea in the cup in one gulp.

Aunt Jiang looked at him quietly from the side, her lips curved, her expression gentle and tender, but her half-downed eyes shone with a sinister light.

While pouring herself a cup of scented tea, she recalled the past: "I still remember that year, I came to the capital to stay with my aunt, and that's when I met you, cousin."

"At that time, I traveled thousands of miles to a foreign land and had to live under someone else's roof. In fact, I was very scared. It was my cousin who told me to treat this place as my home."

"I remember that my cousin gave me a jade pendant at that time. I still keep that jade pendant in my jewelry box and can't bear to take it out to wear..."

"Those few years were my happiest days."

Aunt Jiang smiled slightly and spoke eloquently, looking towards the peach blossom trees outside the window. The peach blossoms on the branches were blooming beautifully.

Chu Lingxiao's thoughts were gradually brought into memories by Aunt Jiang's words.

He had liked Jiang Minshan from the first time he met her when he was a teenager.

She is like a lotus flower in a lotus pond. It emerges from the mud but is not stained. It touches the clear ripples without being evil. It is beautiful and refined.

Moreover, she only has him in her eyes, he is her heaven and her earth.

He really liked Jiang Minshan. Even if others said that Jiang Minshan's family background was too poor, he had thought of marrying her.

When he was young, his promises to her were all sincere, but unfortunately, fate played a trick on people, and his father made a mistake when he was still alive, which angered the late emperor, so he had to marry Shen Zhi.

Thinking of these past events, Chu Lingxiao felt depressed again and placed the empty tea cup heavily on the coffee table.

Aunt Jiang poured him a second cup of scented tea and said considerately: "Cousin, I know you can't help yourself."

"I have never blamed you. I am satisfied to be able to stay with you as I am now."

"I have seen your 'feelings' for me over the years."

Aunt Jiang's half-draped eyelashes trembled slightly like butterfly wings, as if they were tugging at Chu Lingxiao's heart.

Chu Lingxiao looked at her and listened to her heartfelt and tender words, and his heart was full of heartache for her.

After all, he was the one who failed his Minshan!

"Minshan, believe me, you are the only one in my heart." Chu Lingxiao held her hand, gently took her into his arms, and promised emphatically, "This time I just want to coax Shen Zhi back. That’s it, now that King Chen is in power, it would be good for the Chu family if Shen Zhi comes back.”

"Don't worry, you and I are still the same as before. Nothing will change."

His big palms clasped her slender waist, his eyes were so affectionate and focused.

Aunt Jiang snuggled in his arms meekly for a moment, then raised her head, looked into his eyes and asked softly: "What about Brother Yi?"

"..." Chu Lingxiao fell silent, remembering the proposal made by the Madam yesterday.

Aunt Jiang raised her hand and grasped the fabric on Chu Lingxiao's chest. She held it tightly and asked again slowly, "What should Brother Yi do?"

Her voice was always soft and soft, and her pupils were as dark as a bottomless abyss.

(End of chapter)