From a son-in-law to a favorite of the empress

The next morning, Zhou Yuan took the weak Ye Qingying and quietly left the Baihua Pavilion.

As expected, Cai Ni did not stop them, as if nothing had happened last night.

But Ye Qingying's expression was very haggard. When they parted, she looked at Zhou Yuan deeply, which contained a myriad of emotions.

But Zhou Yuan was sure that there was not much kindness in these emotions.

"Now you know who she is? The Oiran? Her swordsmanship is enough to conquer the world!"

Ye Qingying sneered as she spoke.

Zhou Yuan waved his hand and said, "Qingying, you may not understand yet. I am just a son-in-law. I don't care about the background of Baihua Pavilion or the identity of Miss Cai Ni. I am just doing my own thing."

"It was a lot of luck that I was able to save you, and I even took a lot of risks."

Ye Qingying said, "Don't worry, I will repay the favor I owe you."

She didn't stop and plunged into the crowd and disappeared soon.

Zhou Yuan touched his head and walked towards home helplessly.

Last night went so smoothly that he was not careful enough in dealing with Ye Qingying's affairs. Thinking about it now, he was still scared. If Cai Ni turned her face and didn't recognize her, the story would have a different ending.

A gentleman does not stand under a dangerous wall. He needs to avoid professional things in the future.

But thinking about having to argue with Zhao Jianjia after returning home, he couldn't help but have a headache.

After all, the lyrics last night were too good, and there were too many people, so no one could control its spread.

Just as Zhou Yuan expected, Zhou Yuan, who returned to Zhao's house, was stopped by Zhao Jianjia alone.

The 19-year-old girl looked a little pale, and there seemed to be endless anger and grievance in her eyes.

She said coldly: "Chapter 2 of the agreement: Each of us cherishes our reputation, respects each other, and does not go after women."

"You broke the agreement in just one day."

"Zhou Yuan, I want to explain everything to my father, I want to...divorce you!"

At the end, her voice was a little choked.

Zhou Yuan understood her. As the most talented woman in Yunzhou, she was as beautiful as a flower and had countless suitors, but she was forced to marry a man with no merits, and the other party did such a thing, which was quite miserable.

So Zhou Yuan did not want to argue with her, but took out the brocade bag and said: "Don't be angry first, look at what this is."

Zhao Jianjia was obviously stunned for a moment, opened the brocade bag and looked at it, wondering: "Three hundred taels of silver! Where did it come from?"

Hearing this, Zhou Yuan's expression was distorted.

Oh, I was careless! I forgot to take out my agency fee!

He suppressed his heartache and sighed, "I went to get sponsorship for you last night. Baihua Pavilion sponsored 300 taels of silver for the outing of Yunzhou Poetry Society and presented a poem."

Zhao Jianjia's hand trembled, and she said, "You really went to the brothel! The rumors are true!"

"Yes, I went."

Zhou Yuan closed his eyes and said sadly, "I went to the brothel, met the courtesan with a poem, and spent an hour persuading the courtesan to sponsor Yunzhou Poetry Society."

"At the same time, I thought that the poetry society might not accept the sponsorship of the brothel, so I also asked them to present a poem to ensure the elegance of this event."

"The reason I did this is because my wife is a person who really loves poetry, and she is very anxious about the money."

Zhao Jianjia's face gradually changed. She tightly grasped the brothel in her hand and couldn't find the words for a while.

Zhou Yuan did not open his eyes, but sighed: "Although she does not want to sleep with me, although she looks down on me, she is my wife after all. I cannot ignore her pain. I must do something for her."

"Even if I know that she will blame me for going to the brothel, even if she wants to divorce me, I will accept it."

"As long as... this money can really help her."

Knowing this, Zhou Yuan finally opened his eyes and said softly: "I will pack my things and move out today."

He did not give Zhao Jianjia a chance to speak, but left directly.

"Hey you..."

Zhao Jianjia opened her mouth, but did not know what to say. She only felt a slight sourness in her nose and had the urge to cry.

The silver in her hand was heavy, making her feel mixed emotions, and she stood there in a daze.

At this moment, Zhao Cheng came over from the inner courtyard and asked in confusion: "Why are you here instead of having dinner? Oh, where did you get the money?"

"Ah?"

Zhao Jianjia woke up as if from a dream and quickly hid the money behind her: "I...I..."

Zhao Cheng said: "You don't have to explain the source, but you are still capable of raising so much money in one day."

"No, I..."

Zhao Jianjia wanted to deny it, but couldn't say it, so she could only change the subject: "Let's not talk about this, Dad, do you have something to ask me?"

Zhao Cheng nodded and said: "Yes, yesterdayWhen I went to the government office the other day, my colleagues talked about the couplet we gave, and they were quite amazed. "

"After I learned about it, I also tried it, but I couldn't match it."

Speaking of this, he smiled and said, "My daughter Jianjia is unparalleled in talent and learning. Since she gave the first couplet, there should be a second couplet, right?"

"Tell me about it, Dad, I made a bet with my colleagues, and we have to match it today. You can't let me down, right?"

Zhao Jianjia's eyes gradually widened, and she asked in confusion, "Dad, smoke locks the pond and willows, isn't it you who gave the first couplet?"

"Huh?"

Zhao Cheng said, "No, I haven't played couplets for many years. I thought you were annoyed by the noise of those scholars, so you deliberately gave the first couplet."

It's not me, nor Dad... Then... Then who could it be?

Zhao Jianjia suddenly felt her heart beating violently. She ran out of the room and shouted, "Ziyuan! Ziyuan!"

"Here comes the lady! "

The maid Ziyuan hurried over from the kitchen, wiping her hands and saying, "What's wrong, young lady? I'm still making soup."

Zhao Jianjia said, "Who wrote the first couplet yesterday, 'Smoke locks the pond willows'?"

Ziyuan said, "Son-in-law, yesterday morning, the group of scholars were very noisy, so you wrote a couplet and asked me to take it out."

It was him!

Zhao Jianjia's heart suddenly stopped beating, completely stopped, and almost suffocated.

Looking at the heavy brocade bag in her hand, and thinking of what she had just said to Zhou Yuan, and his words...

Zhao Jianjia felt that she was simply a bad woman!

She stamped her feet, turned around and ran towards the inner courtyard.

She rushed into the room quickly with her skirt lifted, just in time to see Zhou Yuan packing clothes.

She hurried over and pressed Zhou Yuan's hand.

Zhou Yuan turned around and said, "What's wrong? These are my old clothes, not from the mansion. Don't worry, I won't take away the valuable ones for the wedding."

"I only take what originally belonged to me. You can leave the way you came."

"Miss Zhao, goodbye. I hope you can find someone you like in the future. That person must be much better than me."

This call of "Miss Zhao" almost broke Zhao Jianjia's heart.

In an instant, her tears flowed.

"Zhou Yuan!"

She swallowed her saliva, she was really nervous, but she still gritted her teeth and said, "Don't go. I... I'm sorry. I was prejudiced against you before. I'm sorry."

"But please don't go, okay? The Zhao Mansion is so big that there will be room for you."

Zhou Yuan said, "But last night, I..."

"It doesn't matter!"

Zhao Jianjia said quickly, "The red light and willow alleys are where scholars go. You are a scholar, so what's the problem with going? This is not a breach of contract. "

Hearing this, Zhou Yuan laughed in his heart.

Oh, it's too easy to deal with a girl under 20.

Compared to Cai Ni and Ye Qingying, my Jianjia is simply a pure white lotus.

He still felt a little guilty for deceiving the little girl, and whispered: "Are you still angry with me? After all, I didn't leave a good impression on you."

Seeing his "humble" appearance, Zhao Jianjia blamed herself more and more, and hurriedly said: "I won't be angry, Zhou Yuan, everything is not your fault, it's my fault."

"I agreed to get married under pressure, and I shouldn't have taken my anger out on you. I'm sorry, please forgive my previous prejudice?"

Zhou Yuan breathed a sigh of relief in his heart. The problem of visiting brothels was solved, and Zhao Jianjia's emotional problems were also solved. He can visit brothels openly in the future.

Kill three birds with one stone, and the family will be peaceful from now on!