Chapter 164: Chapter 165: 'You know she likes you, yet you just watched her die for you!

Qi Yue was also drunk, she had just seen him rage all morning, and she hadn’t heard a word of what Zhao Xiyan did.

“Big brother, can you just explain clearly?”

She also wanted to know what Zhao Xiyan had done that could hurt her more than him being already married.

“Fine, I’ll just say it,” Qu Wei said, shaking his fan and looking at Zhao Xiyan with a cold smile, “After I finish, just ask him if it’s really over!”

The few of them stopped eating and just listened to Qu Wei’s story.

“When he returned to the court, the Emperor matched him with the Eighth Princess for marriage. This guy, putting on a show of virtue, said he had another love in his heart and sternly refused. But the next day, he was found sharing a room with the Eighth Princess.”

“Being discovered was one thing, the Emperor ordered him to marry the Eighth Princess immediately, to let bygones be bygones. However, he flatly denied it, saying it wasn’t him, and he resigned from his office outright.”

“The Emperor, fearing his reputation, did not dare to bring this matter to light; instead, he covered up his resignation.”

“Good for him, he still remained the revered Marquis and Great General in the hearts of the people, but pity that poor Eighth Princess, a proper lady ruined by him, spending her days seeking death, how pitiful.”

“Yueyue, I went through a lot of trouble to gather this news. If you don’t believe me, just ask him whether it’s true.”

Qi Yue was stunned, unable to recover for a long time.

She hadn’t expected that Zhao Xiyan had not married his Lady Bai Shao, but had instead been compromised with the current Eighth Princess.

No wonder he had run off here.

It seems that Lady Bai Shao was also confused by his actions, and they had fallen out.

So, the pain of unrequited love drove him here to ease his mind!

As for Zhao Xiyan and that Eighth Princess, they must have been plotted against.

She still understood Zhao Xiyan’s temperament.

With a strong pride, he always persisted in what he believed.

He said he had another love; that meant he definitely did not fancy the Eighth Princess, much less share a room with her.

“Yueyue, it’s not what he said, that person wasn’t me!”

Zhao Xiyan hurried forward, wanting to explain, but was blocked by Qu Wei.

“You’re still making excuses. That night, more than one person saw you and the Eighth Princess being intimate.”

“Hundreds of servants inside and outside the Princess Residence saw your face. Even General Du Lun on night patrol recognized you, and yet you dare to make such claims in front of Yueyue.”

Intimate?

Hundreds of servants saw it?

And the Imperial Guard on night patrol?

Qi Yue’s head was buzzing, unable to hear anything else.

Knowing that he had Lady Bai Shao in his heart was already enough to make her heart ache.

Now, he had supposedly been intimate with another woman and so many people had seen it, how intense must it have been!

Damn it!

The thought of it made her feel sick.

Alas, the clean moon hanging on the branches had inevitably dimmed.

If only she had known, she might as well have taken action before they parted, at least to preserve a clean body.

Forget it.

She and he, were never meant to be.

“Yueyue, I haven’t done anything with any woman, you must believe me,” Zhao Xiyan said earnestly, looking at her, “You know me, you know that I would never do those things.”

Qi Yue nodded.

How could she not believe him?

During the time they spent in Northern Ridge, they slept in the same bed for a whole month and he never acted inappropriately, truly a gentleman of the highest integrity.

Even then, she had slimmed down and was confident that her beauty was no less than that of the Eighth Princess.

Besides, she was his wife in name.

But with Lady Bai Shao in his heart, how could he possibly be intimate with another woman?

But being plotted against was an exception.

She had heard early on how powerful the Love Spell Fragrance in the palace was.

If really affected, his actions would be out of his own control; who knows, he might even perceive that Eighth Princess as Lady Bai Shao…

More than four years ago, when he returned to the court, he was harmed and fell from his horse. This time upon his return, he was plotted against again, fortunately not incapacitated…

When they parted, why hadn’t she thought of preparing the antidote for him?

Why was she still thinking about these things?

It was time to let him go.

“Yes, I believe you, you are not that kind of person.”

As soon as she said this, Zhao Xiyan’s expression visibly relaxed, but Qu Wei became angry.

“Yueyue, how long will you be deceived by him before you can see his true colors? There are plenty of handsome men in the world, just find another one…”

“Enough.” Qi Yue interrupted him, “I believe there’s more to the Princess’s issue, and it’s based on Zhao Xiyan’s fundamental character. Besides, we’ve already divorced, so there’s no issue of deception. Don’t talk about this anymore.”

Qi Yue dropped these words, not looking at Zhao Xiyan again, and ignoring Qu Wei’s shouts, she left without turning back.

She didn’t eat her meal either, why would she? She was vomiting more than eating.

She went straight back to her room and entered her private space.

Zhang Mammy chased after to deliver food, but she also refused her at the door.

“I don’t want to eat now, maybe later.”

In the bedroom drawer, she took out the divorce paper and tore it up all at once.

Now, she finally understood.

Zhao Xiyan’s words “I am willing to die as silk on a cocoon” were true.

He had refused the Emperor’s arranged marriage for Lady Bai Shao and even willingly lost his official position.

Truly winding the last strand of silk, he became a cocoon of his own making for love.

What was she then?

Just an ex-wife.

Busy all morning and without a rest in the afternoon, she was both angry and ashamed, which completely exhausted her.

Before she knew it, she fell asleep on the sofa.

Her sleep was one thing, but Qu Wei and Zhao Xiyan ended up fighting because of her departure.

Qu Wei couldn’t defeat Zhao Xiyan, but the man was like a cockroach that couldn’t be killed, rushing back at him every time he was knocked down.

Zhao Xiyan, running out of patience, eventually just tied him to a chair.

The immobilized Qu Wei still kept cursing incessantly.

“You ungrateful bastard, do you know how much Qi Yue has done for you?”

“She mentioned divorce, and you just agreed. You did it on purpose, didn’t you? You know she likes you, trying to make you stand up, and you just watched her head to Longnan Ridge in the Western Regions to her death.”

“Do you know what that place is? Do you know that the white fog there devours people? Do you know that the horn of the White Rhino appears once every thousand years, unattainable by anyone?”

“How could you be so cruel, so selfish, how are you worthy of her love?”

Listening to the barrage of accusations, Zhao Xiyan was utterly stunned.

Disbelieving, he rushed up to Qu Wei, bombarding him with questions.

“She divorced me, to leave Northern Ridge to find medicinal herbs in the Western Regions?”

“You say she loves me?”

Qu Wei snorted coldly.

“What else do you think drove her to leave Northern Ridge? The National Treasure? Ha, how laughable.”

“Don’t tell me you didn’t know anything, with your intelligence, didn’t you think of that?”

“Now that your purpose is achieved and you can stand on your own, why are you still here?”

“I just regret that I didn’t go to Western Regions with her instead of searching for that damned treasure in Western Chu, maybe then she would have seen my true heart.”

“Too bad, I’m just like you, not worthy of her, so I let her go.”

“Now I’m her brother, and you better not bully her anymore!”

“…”

Zhao Xiyan could no longer hear any sound.

His mind was filled with those few sentences.

“You know she loves you, and yet you watched her go to her death for you!”

“She loves you…”

“She loves you…”

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