After hearing her gossip, all the civil and military officials went crazy.

Chapter 33 Returning as a Virgin
Wang Qi said, "You're talking nonsense. What evidence do you have?"

Ma Caidie didn't bother to look at him, and then said, "Besides me, many of the old ladies who usually go to do laundry with us saw you with your arms around a hooligan, and you even gave him money."

Hearing her say that, Wang Qi was no longer nervous and said, "So what? You didn't see me tell him what to do to you, and you don't actually prove that I told him to do anything. Besides, it hasn't been done yet, has it?"

Ma Caidie remained calm and said, "Then why did you give me a slow-acting poison? If I'm not mistaken, you should keep that packet of poison on your person!"

When Wang Qi heard her, his eyes widened. Upon hearing Ma Caidie's words, the constables immediately ripped open Wang Qi's clothes and indeed found poison on his body.

Wang Qi's legs went weak and he sat down on the ground, his eyes somewhat numb.

He never imagined that everything he and his mother had done had not escaped Ma Caidie's notice.

Ma Caidie didn't even glance at the person on the ground, and continued, "I went to farm because I like dealing with plants and I like the smell of the earth. It was never because of you. And you think I've lived in a high-class mansion and never seen any dirty hands? Your and your mother's methods are no match for theirs; they're full of flaws."

Ma Caidie's words made Madam Ma's face turn pale. Did Die'er also know what she had done?

Ma Caidie continued, "I agreed to marry you because I didn't want to stay in the Ma family anymore, and I didn't want to get in my mother's way. It would also be good for my older sister. Why not?"

Ma Caidie looked at Wang Qi and laughed, but unfortunately, her smile was somewhat tragic.

She thought about how ridiculous her life had been, how she had always lived for others, and how this time she just wanted to live for herself.

Wang Qi never expected that Ma Caidie knew all his plans, and Wang Qi knew he was doomed.

But he was still unwilling to give up, and looked at Ma Caidie and asked, "Then why?"

Ma Caidie reverted to her refined demeanor and said, "Why do I still let you and your mother bully me? Because I've realized I have no will to live. My sister doesn't like me anymore, my mother doesn't want me, and even he died in battle. What's the point of staying?"

Fang Lingchu keenly noticed the "he" Ma Caidie mentioned. Who was this person? Could it be someone Ma Caidie cared about so much?

[Guagua, does Ma Caidie have someone she likes?]

Upon hearing Fang Lingchu's voice, Ma Caidie panicked for a moment, but quickly calmed down, unconcerned that she would reveal that memory.

Everyone else was also watching with expressions of anticipation, waiting for Fang Lingchu's latest developments.

The system said: 【Let me look.】

During this long wait, Ma Caidie continued, "You don't think I don't know you're keeping a mistress, do you? I even found that mistress myself. After all, I don't want to share a room with you, so someone has to be with you. That's why I used the money my mother gave me to go to a brothel to redeem her and have her be my mistress for you. That way, I won't have to see your disgusting face tomorrow. At least we can still live out our lives together."

Wang Qi was terrified again, staring at Ma Caidie in disbelief. She...

Everyone felt guilty; this girl was ruthless, personally going to cuckold him.

This time, Ma Caidie glared at Wang Qi and said, "But you shouldn't have gone to see my sister again. What did you want to do with her? You're a good-for-nothing who's failed the exam for three years and failed every year. You actually wanted to scheme against my sister. How dare you expect both of us to serve you? You want to enjoy the treatment of a founding emperor?"

As she spoke, Ma Caidie burst into tears, crying hysterically, saying, "Mother actually wants to agree to your proposal, hahaha, I really don't understand Mother. It's fine if she doesn't like me, but why does she agree to my sister, who is her newborn flesh and blood after ten months of pregnancy?"

Ma Caidie kept repeating this sentence, which showed that she really didn't understand and wanted to ask her right now.

Mrs. Ma wanted to explain to her daughter, but was stopped by someone.

Ma Xiuer, standing beside her, looked at her mother with great incomprehension. Why? Why?
Looking at Ma Caidie like this, Fang Lingchu said, "Raspberry, I feel like Ma Caidie has some mental problems."

Raspberry, who had been watching the whole thing, bowed and said, "I also feel that Miss Ma seems somewhat dazed." At that moment, the system returned.

[Host, I'm back. 】

Upon hearing the system's words, Fang Ling leaned back, trying to find a comfortable position to sit down.

Suddenly sensing someone watching her, Fang Lingchu turned her head and saw the Crown Prince's outrageously handsome face and his ambiguous smile. She immediately sat up straight.

In my mind: [Waaaaah, Guagua, I've ruined my image!]

The system reassured him: "Host, it's alright. The Crown Prince probably won't mind. Besides, you don't even like him, so why care about his opinion?"

Fang Lingchu thought about it and agreed, then became much more casual about it.

The prince's expression froze for a moment, but he recovered in an instant.

He already knew that Fang Lingchu didn't like him.

The prince still felt somewhat embarrassed that the system had said it in front of so many people.

However, he liked her carefree attitude. As long as she could live happily and do whatever she wanted, he didn't care about anything else.

Fang Lingchu asked: "Have you found out who Ma Caidie likes? Why has it taken so long?"

The system said somewhat helplessly, "I usually don't pay attention to gossip about minor characters like this. Who knows what's going on with Zhang Jiaqi? We need to find out more."

Fang Lingchu ignored the complaining system and asked, "Is this Zhang Jiaqi the person Ma Caidie likes?"

The system said: "Yes, but she's already dead, which is why she has no desire to live."

Fang Lingchu understood; after all, her only source of emotional support was gone: [How did he die?]

The system reported: [He died in battle; he was a frontier officer.]

Hearing this news, everyone felt somewhat heavy-hearted, after all, every commoner had a family and no man going to the battlefield.

Fang Lingchu fell silent. The people she admired most in her life were the soldiers who fought for the country. If she had to get married, she would want to marry a general.

When Ma Caidie heard her lover's name, she cried even more.

But he continued, "You don't know, do you? She was the one who consummated your marriage with you on your wedding night. I am still a virgin."

Upon hearing her words, Wang Qi wanted to get up and hit Ma Caidie, but the yamen runners next to him held him down firmly.

"You slut, you bitch! I'm going to kill you! You betrayed me and married someone else! Aaaaah!"

Wang Qi ferociously tried to pounce on Ma Caidie and kill her.

Ma Caidie looked at him fearlessly and continued, "Just because I want to die doesn't mean I'm someone you can manipulate at will."

(End of this chapter)