Qi Ye was silent for a moment, then revealed a smile that seemed indifferent but was actually sinister.
"Either you make peace with him, or I take that man's life. If not, blame him for marrying someone he shouldn't have."
These words were full of murderous intent. Ji Shu was not afraid that he would kill Qi Chengxu, but he should not change how he opened his mouth to explain his identity.
Ji Shu closed his eyes, "I, I am just the daughter of a low-class merchant. The general is the heir apparent of the Hou family. The old Marquis is still alive. How can I allow you to marry me?"
"Whether he agrees or not doesn't affect you or me."
Qi Ye said lightly, arrogant and perverse.
As if the person he was talking about was not his father, he smiled slightly and said:
"His title has been taken away long ago without me. If he dares to care about me, let the emperor take away his title. If you like to be the Marquis of Wuding, we will do it. If you don't like it... I will ask when I return to Beijing. Ask the emperor whether the Duke's wife sounds better or the Marquis' wife sounds better. It's up to you. He won't be stingy for an idle lord."
It's really...so strong.
If she had known this, she would have risked her life to bring back Qi Ye's entire body.
Even if there is no fate, the whole family can still be kept honest.
Ji Shu clasped his fingers, always feeling that she was extremely insidious at the moment, like someone who must ask questions before giving an answer.
"General, nothing else matters. If I marry someone, it should be for that person, not anyone else."
Ji Shu lowered her eyes. She had always believed this before she was sixteen. If she had to do it over again, she hoped to follow the path she wanted to take.
Qi Ye nodded, "I understand, I'm just telling you that what I want is not a casual relationship. You can think slowly, I will prepare everything first, and as long as you nod, there will be no obstacles between you and me."
Ji Shu smiled.
Qi Ye breathed a sigh of relief. He thought for a moment and said, "In that case, can you tell me your name? That way I won't be afraid that I won't be able to find you when I return to Beijing."
Ji Shu's heart trembled and he hesitated for a moment, "My surname is Lin, so I'll call you Lin Suisui."
This surname is common among the people. Qi Ye has not returned to Beijing for fourteen years, and he does not know that the largest Lin family in the capital is the Lin family, which has been the medical envoy of several generations of imperial hospitals.
Ji Shu looked at Qi Ye, she couldn't tell him her true identity now.
Now that there is an entanglement, it depends on whether the fate can continue. If there is a fate, she will remove the obstacles between the two as soon as possible before Qi Ye returns to Beijing, just like him.
If there is no chance...
That's fine as of now.
Ji Shuyuan looked at his mother's profile, feeling a little nostalgic in his heart. He couldn't help but wet his eyes, and was about to step forward——
"Sister Shu! When did you come back!"
A person behind him rushed over full of surprise.
Xitao, with sharp eyes and quick hands, grabbed Ji Shu and quickly moved away, so as not to cause the man and Ji Shu to bump into each other.
Ji Shu raised his eyes and his eyes darkened.
He took a fragrant handkerchief and patted it on his body, frowning and said:
"My cousin is already old enough. He should know that men and women cannot be intimate with each other. Besides, I am already married. You should call me Mrs. Qi."
The visitor's name was Huang Meiqu, a distant nephew of Mrs. Ji. He could recite poems, compose poems and draw pictures. He failed in the imperial examination, so he stayed in the Ji family as a guest.
His family background was not high, but his vision was extremely high. Ji Shu was harassed by him before he even got married, and he shamelessly proposed marriage to the Ji family.
After being rejected, he stopped messing around on the surface, but still acted like a disciple in private. Ji Shu got over it after marrying someone, but he didn't get over it completely.
She clutched the veil tightly and remembered a banquet in her previous life, where she bumped into Huang Meiqu again.
This guy followed her, hugged her on the rockery in the flower hall, and tried to do something wrong.
By chance, a lady who was passing by saw her, and Huang Meiqu loudly scolded her for seducing him, and made Ji Shu kneel in the ancestral hall of Wuding Marquis Mansion for three whole days.
It’s really a narrow road between enemies.
Huang Meiqu looked like a dog, and even in the winter, he held up a folding fan in a fashionable manner and said with a smile:
"Hey, Sister Shu and I are also cousins, so we don't need to guard ourselves against each other."
His lewd gaze lingered on Ji Shu's curvy body, and finally fell on that beautiful face, making his mouth water with greed.
He has been thinking about this beauty for several years, and he will never close his eyes until he takes a bite.
Ji Shu had murderous intentions. She would definitely find an opportunity to cut off the pig's tongue and soak it in wine.
At this time, a servant girl came from the Huxin Pavilion, leaned over and said, "Miss, the old lady invites you to come over and talk."
Huang Meiqu showed regret and stared straight at Ji Shu as he entered the Huxin Pavilion.
Feeling relieved, she looked up and saw that Huang Meiqu was still walking around the Huxin Pavilion, his eyes darting around and he narrowed his eyes.
She suddenly stood up and said, "Grandma and mother chatted slowly while I walked around the house."
"Then be careful. The ground is slippery in winter, so don't fall."
Ji Shu responded and left Huxin Pavilion with Xitao.
The snow was thick in winter, and the servants shoveled the snow but did not shovel the ice. The ice melted on the road. The sound of treading water when walking up was very clear. Ji Shu knew that someone was following him.
She pretended not to know, and searched for the path in her memory, finally stopping at a lake.
There was a thick layer of ice on the lake, which did not melt even under the bright sun.
Ji Shu told Xitao: "I forgot to call Mama Yan just now. Go back and talk to Mama Yan and ask her to wait for us in the carriage outside the house."
"Yes, miss. Then you should be more careful when you are alone. I will come back as soon as I go."
After Xitao left, the world became quieter.
Not long after Ji Shu stood there, footsteps approached behind him.
Huang Meiqu smiled obscenely, rubbed her palms and said, "Sister Shu, I knew you had your thoughts, but you were thin-skinned!"
Ji Shu turned his back to him, looking down at the lake with a murderous smile on his lips.
She turned around slowly and said, "Don't come over."
Huang Meiqu stopped, not suspicious, but smiled and opened his arms, "Okay, I won't go. Sister Shu, come here. Let's go to a more remote place. Brother loves you."
"I tolerated you several times, but you think I'm easy to bully, don't you?"
Although Ji Shu smiled, his expression was very disdainful, "If you don't lower your head and look at yourself in the puddle, will I be the one you can covet?"
The corners of Huang Meiqu's mouth drooped, "Sister Shu, it's boring for you to play hard to get at this moment."
"Whoever plays hard to get with you, I brought you here just to warn you, stay away from me, otherwise you will risk your life."
"ha!"
Huang Meiqu was irritated, his face twisted, and he said viciously: "I'll give you some face, you bitch. You used to hang around in front of my eyes all day long, wearing hairpins and jade, wasn't it just to seduce me! You're just pretending to get Qiao, thinking that How can the second master of the Marquis of Wuding live a good life? After four years of being a widow, you must imagine what it is like to be a man!"
Huang Meiqu surrounds it, but there is no one there.
"I deliberately chose this secluded place and lured the maid away. I'm still pretending here. Today I will let you know how powerful my brother is!"
After saying that, he rushed towards Ji Shu like a hungry tiger pouncing on food.
Ji Shu looked at him with a sarcastic look on his face and remained motionless.
Just when Huang Meiqu was about to touch her shoulder, Ji Shu slipped and stepped aside like a loach——
The ice hole as wide as one person behind her was revealed!
"ah!"
Huang Meiqu's eyes widened and he couldn't stop his feet at all. He only heard a "pop"!
The whole person fell into the ice hole, and the biting lake water instantly numbed the person's limbs with cold. Three or four bubbles burst on the lake surface, and there was no movement.
It didn't even float.
Ji Shu waited patiently on the shore for a while, and after confirming that Huang Meiqu was dead, she left.
Thanks to her eldest brother's habit of ice fishing, she knew that there are often ice holes on the shore of this lake.
It's normal to accidentally slip and fall, but with such a big hole, a person would lose his direction if he fell in. There was hard ice everywhere on it, and there was no way to survive. It was a good coffin.
