Chapter 88: Keeping Your Body Pure for You
Song Shiwei returned to Wutong Courtyard.
Not long after, Jingque also came back. She said, "Miss, the second young lady has left the house. It seems that she is really going to report to the police."
She poured a cup of tea for Song Shiwei and said, "This second young lady is quite courageous."
Song Shiwei sneered: "If she really has the courage to report to the police, she might be able to turn the tables and break this situation. I'm just afraid that she doesn't believe me."
Jingque was stunned for a moment: "The Second Miss doesn't plan to report to the police, so what is she doing?"
Song Shiwei picked up the teacup in front of her and took a leisurely sip. She said in a faint voice, "Maybe she has figured it out and is willing to be the wife of the top scholar."
Jingque: "..."
She had a speechless expression on her face. The lady had pointed out a way to survive but she refused to take it and instead chose to seek her own death.
This second young lady is really hopeless.
……
Song Mingzhu stood in front of the Shen family's door.
She thought about it carefully and realized that if she killed Shen Linchuan, she herself would not survive.
Even if she reported the case to the authorities, her innocence had been destroyed and it would be impossible for her to find a good family.
She is still young. Is her life ruined?
Song Mingzhu was unwilling to accept this. Even though she looked down on Shen Linchuan, this was her last way out.
She took a deep breath and knocked on the Shen family's door.
After Shen Linchuan came back, he locked himself in the study.
For some reason, what happened yesterday became known to everyone.
His mother and older brother and sister came to him countless times, asking him whether the story was true or false, but he drove them away.
What he is worried about now is Marquis Cheng En. The matter has become so serious. What if he abandons him in order to preserve the reputation of Marquis Cheng En's Mansion? What should he do?
Just as he was getting anxious, he heard the butler's voice coming from outside: "Sir, the second young lady from the Cheng En Marquis's Mansion is here."
Hearing this, Shen Linchuan thought he had heard it wrong.
He hurriedly got up, opened the door, and looked at Song Mingzhu standing outside, and was visibly stunned.
"Brother-in-law, won't you invite me in to sit down?"
Song Mingzhu spoke, but her tone was not that angry.
Shen Linchuan reacted and hurriedly invited the person in. He poured a cup of tea for Song Mingzhu and asked, "Why are you here?"
Song Mingzhu picked up the tea he poured and splashed it on Shen Linchuan's face.
Fortunately, the tea was not hot, but Shen Linchuan was splashed with tea leaves in his face, which made him look a little embarrassed.
Shen Linchuan was not annoyed. He wiped the tea off his face with his sleeve and said, "I know you hate me, but you can't blame me for this."
He glanced at her and said, "You were drunk and you mistook me for Prince Gu, begging me to take yours!"
Song Mingzhu was horrified. She said, "You are talking nonsense!"
"Am I talking nonsense?"
Shen Linchuan sneered and leaned close to her ear and said, "When we were in the restaurant, many people saw it. It was you who took the initiative to throw yourself into my arms.
I originally wanted to send you back home, but you didn't want to.
You hugged me and kept calling me "Brother Prince", begging me to take you away, and it was you who took the initiative to take off your clothes to seduce me."
Song Mingzhu covered her ears and kept shaking her head, saying, "Stop talking."
Shen Linchuan's words did leave her with some impression, as if she was drunk and mistook Shen Linchuan for Gu Yucheng.
Shen Linchuan curled his lips, put his arm around Song Mingzhu's shoulders and said, "In fact, I have been thinking about you since the first time I saw you.
The person my father-in-law and I wanted to marry was you, but my father-in-law married your sister to me instead. "
He held Song Mingzhu's shoulders and turned her towards him and said, "Mingzhu, you are the only one I like.
If you are willing, I can divorce your sister and marry you in style."
Song Mingzhu had tears in her eyes. She asked, "Are you telling the truth?"
Shen Linchuan pointed to the sky and swore with a sincere expression: "I can swear to the sky.
As long as you marry me, I will never let you suffer any injustice.
I will work hard to earn you a title and make you the noble and honorable Mrs. Shen."
He stroked Song Mingzhu's cheek and said, "So Mingzhu, forget about Gu Yucheng and marry me. I will treat you well."
Song Mingzhu looked at Shen Linchuan, and these words actually made her feel a little moved.
She was clearly full of hatred for him when she came here, but now she was moved by his sincerity.
She snorted and said in a girlish and coquettish tone, "Divorcing Song Shiwei would be too easy on her. Don't you know that when I came here, she even begged me to report you to the authorities."
Shen Linchuan's face darkened and he asked, "In front of me?"
"Can I still lie to you?"
Song Mingzhu said: "I almost believed her and reported to the police.
I just want to hear your explanation.
In view of your sincerity, I will mercifully let you go, but..."
She turned her eyes, and a hint of malice flashed across them: "Since you want to divorce Song Shiwei, you should have a good reputation. I want her to be disgraced like me."
Song Mingzhu looked at Shen Linchuan and asked, "I just don't know why my brother-in-law is reluctant to let go?"
Shen Linchuan understood what Song Mingzhu meant, and she held Song Mingzhu's hand and said, "Why should I be reluctant to give it up?
To be honest, I have never touched her since I married her, because in my heart you are the only one I want to marry."
Song Mingzhu was somewhat surprised when she heard this: "You didn't consummate your marriage with her?"
Shen Linchuan said: "I am keeping my virginity for you."
Song Mingzhu was shocked, but she felt happy when she thought that Song Shiwei had been married to the Shen family for many days and was still a virgin.
She said: "In that case, we have to find a lover for her."
After being married for so long but never consummating the marriage, Song Shiwei couldn't stand the loneliness and had an affair with a strange man. What a perfect reason.
She couldn't wait to see Song Shiwei fall into hell.
……
The next day.
Song Shiwei did not wait for the news that Song Mingzhu had reported to the authorities, but instead received the news that Hanlin attendant Wang Wenxuan had been demoted.
At the morning court session, Han Qingyan impeached Wang Wenxuan and Lord Li, the chief academic officer of the Imperial College.
Upon learning that Wang Wenxuan's wife, Li, had caused a scene in Chengwen Academy, His Majesty was furious.
Not only was Wang Wenxuan demoted to a cold and bitter place to be a county lieutenant, but he was also dismissed from his official position on the grounds that Li's father was old, and allowed to retire and return home.
Song Shiwei felt that Xiao Jingheng must have been behind this matter.
And he came here with Han Qingyan yesterday, so it seems that they have a special relationship.
She hasn't seen him since she drove Xiao Jingheng away that night.
She said she didn't want to see him again, and he actually didn't show up.
but……
Song Shiwei looked up at the bouquet of flowers on the stone table.
When she woke up this morning, the flowers were placed at the head of her bed. They were all wild flowers that could only be seen in the countryside. They were colorful and beautiful.
Apart from Xiao Jingheng, no one else could sneak in without anyone noticing and place this thing at her bedside.
Moreover, when she was in the countryside, she often asked A'mo to pick flowers for her.
I just don’t know where Xiao Jingheng picked these flowers?
You know, it can’t be found in the capital.
Song Shiwei propped up her chin and flicked the wild flowers in front of her, then she saw Zhu Qing coming over and said, "Miss, Master Tao is here."
Hearing this, Song Shiwei's eyes lit up, and she hurriedly said, "Please come in."