The Hidden Beauty

Chapter 34 Jealousy
Song Huaizhi wanted to step forward, but Jiang Shiwan held out his hand to stop him from speaking: "Brother Song, go out first."

"it is good."

When Song Huaizhi passed by, Meng Tingzhou curled his lips and said, "I forgot to tell you that the princess is looking for Song Shaoqing and needs you to accompany her. Please don't make the princess unhappy."

His irony is self-evident.

Song Huaizhi's tightly pursed lips turned slightly pale, but he finally smiled gently: "Thank you, Governor."

After he left, Jiang Shiwan put away the brocade box and followed him out.

Meng Tingzhou stretched out his hand to stop her: "As the wife of the governor, don't you want to explain something?"

"Explain what?"

"Why did you abandon your child and stay alone in a room with him?"

"I have nothing to say." Jiang Shiwan glanced at him, "Whatever explanation you want, I can tell you."

Meng Tingzhou grabbed her wrist, forcing her to turn around: "For the past two months, you have locked yourself in your room and didn't see anyone. You didn't care about Ah You, and you didn't even give me a good face. I tolerated it. But today you actually stayed in the same room with another man."

He searched for the tears in her eyes and asked, "Why? Are you crying in front of him?"

"Is it because of my status as the Governor's wife that I have wronged you? Or is it because I cannot satisfy your needs?"

He suddenly pulled her into his arms, her cheek close to his ear, "Tell me what position you want, how much money you want, I will satisfy you."

With a "slap", Jiang Shiwan slapped him in the face: "Meng Tingzhou, you are so shameless."

"I am shameless? No matter how shameless I am, I will never do anything shameless."

Meng Tingzhou felt pain on his face but still didn't let go. He clamped her behind her back and pushed her into a corner where she couldn't retreat. "Jiang Shiwan, what do you want me to do to give you a good face?"

He stripped off her clothes, and her cold body pressed against the cold wall, making Jiang Shiwan tremble all over.

The man behind her was grabbing her inch by inch like a beast. He still felt it was not enough, so he forced her lips together and kissed her. He tasted the blood and sneered, "What? Are you being so noble in front of me? Have you forgotten how you tried to please me?"

He admitted that when he saw her and Song Huaizhi together up close, jealousy and anger filled his mind.

Jiang Shiwan raised his chin and turned his head slightly: "There was a moment when I tried to let go of my grudges and start over with you."

"Meng Tingzhou, you broke your promise first."

"I let Ah You take your last name. Isn't that enough to make up for Jiang Shinian's life?"

The hand that was holding her loosened gradually, and Meng Tingzhou's deep eyes looked heavily at her smooth and white back.

"Jiang Shiwan, God has allowed me to keep only one person, and I can only keep you. Everything I have done over the years was to meet you again. I will not let anyone or anything make you leave me."

"I knew you would hate me when I made the decision, but I decided to do it anyway, and I don't regret it."

"If you can only choose one to live between me and Song Huaizhi, you will probably choose him without hesitation."

Meng Tingzhou laughed at himself: "You see, in fact, I know from the beginning to the end what position I hold in your heart."

He slowly put on his clothes, looked at Jiang Shiwan lying in a pile of messy clothes, and said word by word: "The hatred between you and me should not involve the child. Today is the child's full moon banquet. I will be a good father to Ayou, and you will be a good mother to Ayou."

"I want to see you at the banquet in half an hour." Not long after Meng Tingzhou left, Yun Shang and Xue Ying came in with clean clothes and warm water. They silently helped Jiang Shiwan to dress herself up again before sending her back to the banquet.

Watching her change her clothes and hairstyle, Song Huaizhi seemed to guess what had happened and secretly clenched his fists.

Meng Tingzhou, who was sitting at the top, naturally caught his expression, and then reached out to wrap his arms around Jiang Shiwan's slender waist. The strong touch made her body stiffen.

Meng Tingzhou whispered in her ear: "That's right. As the wife of the governor, you have to take care of the affairs of the mansion and take care of Ah You. You have to learn to adapt to such social events in the future."

Feeling the gazes from people around him, intentionally or unintentionally, Jiang Shiwan nodded slightly.

"Look at your brother Song Huaizhi, he is feeding the princess wine, do you want me to feed her?"

Jiang Shiwan looked straight ahead, not looking in Song Huaizhi's direction: "Do you want me to leave?"

Meng Tingzhou chuckled, raised his glass and drank it all.

It was already midnight when all the guests left. Meng Tingzhou was afraid of disturbing the child, so he took a shower and changed his clothes before going to see him.

When he walked outside the door, he heard a soft, low humming sound coming from inside.

He suddenly stopped and looked inside through the crack in the door.

Jiang Shiwan sat beside the cradle under the candlelight, gently comforting the child. At this moment, she was a mother with only her child in her eyes, without hatred or sorrow.

Meng Tingzhou sighed slightly, wondering how nice it would be if time could stop at this moment.

Jiang Shiwan, why is it that every time I plan to be cruel to you, I always fail?
In the Princess's mansion, Song Huaizhi was wearing a thin shirt, with his chest open, lying in the Princess's arms.

The princess combed his hair herself and said, "I was at the Governor's Mansion today. I haven't seen you for a while. Where have you been?"

Song Huaizhi said calmly: "I met the governor's wife and chatted with her for a while. I also gave the young master a small gift. I am sorry that the princess was worried."

The princess didn't expect him to tell her the truth, so she snorted, "You are honest."

Song Huaizhi put his arm around her waist and said, "Princess, you have a keen eye. There is no need for me to hide anything."

"But someone said that they saw you guys go into a room and stay there for a long time." The princess said, intentionally or unintentionally, "Maybe Meng Tingzhou also received the news and rushed over."

It turned out that someone was stirring up trouble, no wonder Meng Tingzhou was found.

Song Huaizhi smiled and said, "Oh? There is such a thing? I was once taken care of by the governor's wife's father. I should repay a drop of kindness with a spring, so I prepared a small gift for the young master. I didn't expect that I would be instigated by someone with ulterior motives."

The princess knew of his relationship with the Jiang family, and she frowned unhappily: "Although she is now the governor's wife, you should not get too close to her."

"The emperor granted her the status of imperial consort entirely for Meng Tingzhou's sake. If you get too close to her, be careful not to upset the emperor."

Song Huaizhi buried his head in the princess's arms: "I know. Besides the fact that His Majesty doesn't like it, is it because the princess is jealous?"

The princess grabbed his hand and let her touch herself. She closed her eyes slightly and enjoyed it very much: "Of course, men in this palace are not allowed to get too close to any woman."

Especially... a woman who is so charming and seductive.

Thinking of Jiang Shiwan's graceful figure and bright eyes, she actually felt a little jealous: "Someone, bring me my whip."