The gambling god's wife in the Duke's Mansion is getting divorced again

Zijuan left a suicide note and admitted to all her crimes.

She was Xiao Yue's maidservant who came with her as a dowry. She couldn't stand the Shen family's harsh treatment of Xiao Yue. Ling Muchi favored his concubine over his wife, and the prime minister's wife even put a sterilizing drug in Xiao Yue's medicine. She wanted to avenge her master.

Xiao Yue cried bitterly after learning the truth, but Zijuan was a murderer and her body was only fit to be thrown in a mass grave and not buried.

Prime Minister Shen was reprimanded, removed from his position as Prime Minister, demoted three levels, and sent to the Imperial College to compile classics.

Xiao Yue and Ling Muchi became enemies and had to divorce.

Seven days later, under repeated urging from the Ministry of Justice, Meng Liangchen, the Minister of Justice, reluctantly closed the case.

*

In Jujiu Palace, Xiao Yue was massaging Zheng Yunlan's shoulders with joy on her face.

"Thanks to my mother, we have not only overthrown Prime Minister Shen, but also gained Yue'er's freedom. My mother is the one who loves Yue'er the most."

Zheng Yunlan closed his eyes and enjoyed her service, patting the back of Xiao Yue's hand:

"Silly child, if your mother doesn't love you, who will she love? You were raised by her, so you are her biological daughter."

"Mother, it's just that my brother is extremely cold to me now. I don't want to live in the palace anymore." Xiao Yue's eyes were slightly red. "Now that I'm divorced, I don't even have a place to stay."

"I have already requested His Majesty's grace, and I will grant you the Princess's Mansion soon. It is located east of the Imperial Street, so it will be convenient for entering the palace. The house will be renovated in the next few days, so you can live in the palace and there is no need to rush to move out."

Xiao Yue was so moved that tears welled up in her eyes. She lifted her skirt and walked to Zheng Yunlan in small steps, then knelt down:

"Mother, you are so kind to me! I will die for you."

Zheng Yunlan helped her up lovingly:

"Nonsense! Both mother and daughter must live well. We must live for those who look down on us. The more they look down on us, the more we must trample them under their feet."

"Yes! Yue'er listens to whatever the Queen Mother says!"

Zheng Yunlan wiped her tears with a brocade handkerchief:

"Chang Yu has entered the palace. He is concerned about your injury. You should go and see him."

When Xiao Yue thought of Xiao Ji's cold eyes in the Yangxin Palace that day, she trembled all over: "I don't want to see it."

"What are you afraid of? Now that the case has been finalized, even if he has doubts, he has no evidence." Zheng Yunlan sipped her tea gracefully. "Your brother will be of great use in the future."

Xiao Yue understood what she meant: "Yes, mother."

Xiao Ji was waiting for her in the side hall.

Seeing his cold expression, Xiao Yue also turned cold: "Greetings to my brother."

"How is your injury?" Xiao Ji thought for a moment and then held back, "Brother is here to take you home."

"Thank you for your concern, brother. After I get married, the palace will no longer be my home. Mother said that His Majesty will grant me a princess's palace. I will move there after the renovation is completed in a few days. Don't worry about it, brother."

While Xiao Yue was speaking, she didn't even raise her head.

She didn't dare look into Xiao Ji's eyes.

"You don't want to go back with me, and you're afraid that I'll expose your crimes?"

Xiao Ji sneered a few times, and his only hope for her was dashed. He didn't know when Xiao Yue became so cruel and ruthless.

"Zijuan has been with you for twelve years. How could you have the heart to do this to her?"

Since she was four years old, Xiao Ji gave Zijuan to her and served her until she got married.

They had been master and servant for twelve years, and she would kill him if she wanted to, without any mercy or hesitation.

Xiao Yue bit her lip and raised her head. There was no more forbearance on her pretty face, only resentment: "I don't understand what my brother said."

"Others may not know, but how could I not know? Zijuan can't even write, so where did the suicide note come from? Xiao Yue, you forced her to kill her mother-in-law, poisoned Jiaojiao, and framed Awan. How could you become so cruel?"

Xiao Ji's voice echoed throughout the hall.

But Xiao Yue is not afraid. In Jujiu Palace, she has Zheng Yunlan, her biggest backer.

"Brother, what you said about taking me home was fake, but you came to question me, right?"

Xiao Yue sneered, not even trying to hide it. "Go to the Dali Temple and sue me. Let Meng Liangchen arrest me. Why are you standing here trying to get me to talk? Did you say a word in my defense back in the Yangxin Palace? Are you still my brother?!"

Xiao Ji was heartbroken by her self-righteous appearance.

"Okay, I'm sure my father and mother don't want to see you being so cruel and ruthless again. From today on, you are no longer my sister, Xiao Ji."

Xiao Ji flicked his sleeves and walked out of the hall.

Xiao Yue raised her head and shed tears, looking at Xiao Ji's departing back, her face full of unyielding stubbornness:

"You say it's not true? Xiao Ji, you're dreaming! Everything in the Nan'an Palace is mine. You, the Xiao family, owe me this! You feel sorry for Ah Wan, but I'm determined to kill her. You owe me this!"

*

Sang Wan sneezed several times for no apparent reason.

It was a chilly spring day. After a few days of warmth, it turned cold again. She caught a cold without noticing.

She had been hiding from Xiao Ji these days, and went to the ghost town during the day to meet Qingshan to arrange some things, and also met Xiao Yi by the way.

He hadn't seen the sun for a long time and looked as pale as a ghost.

But his expression was more relaxed than before, and he became much more lively when he saw Sang Wan, more like a child.

"I heard from Yanhong that you went to Liangzhou. How is my brother?" Xiao Yi smiled mischievously.

"I haven't seen him. I don't know. Maybe he's dead."

Sang Wan was in a bad mood and brought up something that was not related to the topic.

The chance encounter in Liangzhou was like a dream. She returned to Shangjing and had no ties with Zheng Jinzhi.

Xiao Ji would sit in the study and write letters to Qiu Chaoge every now and then. Even if Qiu Chaoge didn't reply to any of his letters, he would still bury his head in writing.

On the other hand, that guy doesn't believe anything, let alone a single word.

The more Sang Wan compared herself, the more she felt like a pig.

How come his dementia allowed him to succeed time and time again?

Pooh! unlucky!

Xiao Yi tutted his tongue for a long time: "Curse your husband, you vicious woman. Why did my brother fall for you?"

"Then please tell him not to fall for me. Thank God, I told him to stay away from me in the future. I'm very grateful."

Sang Wan pulled out a bag of caramel from her sleeve, pretended to throw it to him, then took it back:

"I wanted to give it to you, but you have a poisonous mouth, you don't deserve it."

Xiao Yi took advantage of her inattention, snatched the candy and ran away: "Thank you, sister-in-law."

"This kid!" Sang Wan smiled helplessly and pouted at Bai Shi, "He's become unruly following you."

The middle-aged man Bai Shi pouted and said indignantly:

"Hmph, I'm trapped here, and you're not grateful enough, but you're actually mocking me. I'm leaving, back to the mountains."

Sang Wan immediately grabbed his sleeve and said, "No, no, no. I was wrong, isn't it okay if I was wrong? I bought a roast chicken today and brought two jars of good wine. Don't you want to eat?"

"That's more like it." Bai Shi's anger turned into joy.

He never liked to play tricks, and he always said what he thought, free and easy. When he was unhappy, he would just wave his sleeves and go sightseeing. The only reason he was allowed to stay in the Ghost Market was because of Zheng Jinzhi and Xiao Ji's face.

Of course, there is also the good disciple Sang Wan.

"I say, why don't I take him to Shu? The mountains are high and the roads are long, even the dog emperor can't find him. I think this child is smart and clever. It's better for him to study medicine with me than to fight for the throne. What's the point of that position? It's lonely up there, and there are only dead bones everywhere. It's not as free as wandering around the world."

Bai Shi took a bite of the chicken leg, and his mouth and hands were filled with oil.

Sang Wan poured him some wine and curled her lips, "I can't make the decision. You have to ask him himself."

"He's also a filial son. He's always worried about his mother in the palace. Even though Zheng Yunlan had a bad fate, the two sons she gave birth to are both very filial. Take your guy, for example. The war in the northwest is about to end this year. I heard that the Xu Kingdom is going to send people to the capital to negotiate peace."

Sang Wan was a little surprised: "Old man, I didn't realize you were here. You are so well-informed."

"People in the martial arts world always have their own ways. Master, let me ask you a question: Did you see him when you went to Liangzhou?"

Bai Shi was her master, so Sang Wan didn't dare lie to him and answered truthfully, "I saw him."

"Is the wound on his back shoulder better? I heard that he fought a fierce battle a few years ago. A fierce general from the Xu Kingdom almost cut him in two with a two-meter-long sword..."

Sang Wan's ears were buzzing, guilt and tension surged into her heart like a tide, and her heart was filled with blockage.

She was still angry at that time and had no time to look at his back.

"Master, I didn't notice."

Bai Shi took another bite of the chicken and drank a glass of wine: "Oh, he really fell asleep."

Phew... Sang Wan almost coughed up internal bleeding.

She clenched her fists and her face flushed: "Old man, you are waiting for me here!"

"If I don't set a trap, how can you tell the truth?" Bai Shi shook his head.

"This dark place is suffocating me. How can I not find some fun? Tell me, how is he? Is he still in good health? How many times a night can he have sex now?"

"Hey, hey, you little bastard, don't go!"

"Hey, bring me roast goose next time you come back. It's from Chen Ji's, the third one on the left on Qingshi Lane. Don't make the wrong one!"

"Duck Shit Leray!"

The only Lingnan dialect that Sang Wan knows.

Qiu Chaoge taught her.

Bai Shi was bewildered: "What kind of thunder is Duck Shit Thunder?"

He asked Xiao Yi who was not far away, "What language does your sister-in-law speak?"

Xiao Yi covered his mouth and laughed: "She made you eat shit."

Bai Shi threw a chicken bone at him:

"It's so bad!"