Why ask her what to do?
Gu Jianli frowned as she took a piece of chilled fruit, eating it in small bites.
“Her plan didn’t succeed, and you’ve already punished her, haven’t you?” Gu Jianli looked innocently at Ji Wujing. Ji Wujing was momentarily speechless, unsure of what to say. Gu Jianli lowered her head again, continuing to nibble on the chilled melon.
With a dispirited expression, Ji Wujing also picked up a piece of chilled fruit to eat. His face showed displeasure, clearly unsatisfied with Gu Jianli’s reaction.
Ye Yunyue felt as if thousands of ants were biting inside her, making her itchy and uncomfortable. She considered Ji Wujing’s exceptional inner strength and worried that he might only eat a few bites of the fish porridge, so she deliberately increased the dosage of the medicine. Waves of scorching heat surged through her body, each wave bringing a tingling shudder.
Maintaining some semblance of dignity, Ye Yunyue was utterly embarrassed to be in such a state in public. Especially since Ji Wujing had directly exposed her actions in front of Gu Jianli and even spoke such explicit words! How could she hold her head up?
Ye Yunyue bit her lip tightly, her legs trying to stay together, hugging her knees and curling up. She should get up and leave immediately, but her bones felt weak, and she didn’t have the strength to stand. No matter how hard she bit down, she couldn’t control the heavy, seductive moans escaping intermittently from her mouth.
Even Ye Yunyue felt humiliated listening to her own moans. She never knew she could be so wanton. She looked up at Ji Wujing with tearful eyes, not blaming him at all for this.
For a moment, Ye Yunyue even thought it would be good if she could use this seductive state to entice Ji Wujing.
But Gu Jianli was sitting right there! How could she seduce Ji Wujing in front of Gu Jianli?
It was simply ridiculous!
Gu Jianli’s movements slowed as she ate the chilled melon, her mind drifting.
Ji Wujing kept staring at Gu Jianli’s profile, watching every emotion in her eyes. He was waiting, eagerly anticipating her to say something.
“Fifth Master…” Ye Yunyue gasped as she crawled forward, reaching Ji Wujing’s side and grasping his ankle with a trembling hand, “I was wrong. I shouldn’t have plotted against you… But… but it’s because I wanted you so much…”
Sweat dripped down Ye Yunyue’s face. She abandoned all propriety and shame, tightly gripping Ji Wujing’s ankle, panting as she tearfully confessed, “I… I should be your wife. I was your fiancée for ten years… Please, save me… I want you… even if it’s just once…”
Ye Yunyue cried and panted heavily, her breath chaotic. Her clothes were disheveled, her legs struggled to stay together, one shoe had fallen off, and her other calf was exposed, damp with fragrant sweat.
Gu Jianli could no longer listen to such filthy words. She put down the chilled melon, frowned, and said to Ji Wujing, “Since you knew she drugged the fish porridge, why not just avoid drinking it? Punishing her and driving her away would be better. Why make her drink it…”
“To watch a show.” Ji Wujing laughed. “Don’t you think she looks amusing like this? Have you seen monkey shows during the New Year?”
Gu Jianli stared at Ji Wujing in disbelief. She suddenly understood why Ji Wujing kept Ye Yunyue in the mansion – to watch a show for entertainment?
But Gu Jianli couldn’t stand Ye Yunyue’s indecent display anymore; she felt embarrassed on her behalf. Gu Jianli stood up and said, “You watch it yourself.”
Then she made a large circle around Ye Yunyue and went inside.
Ji Wujing immediately felt bored. In a place like the Western Depot, what kind of torture methods didn’t they have? He had watched those sinister eunuchs torment people with various methods since he was young. Gu Jianli had been in a low mood recently, and he thought of using Ye Yunyue to amuse Gu Jianli. But his little Lili didn’t like playing this way.
He glanced at Ye Yunyue’s hand gripping his ankle, and his gaze instantly turned cold. He said in a chilly voice, “If you don’t let go, do you want your hand chopped off?”
Ye Yunyue trembled as she withdrew her hand, but she still wasn’t disheartened. Gu Jianli had avoided her, so wasn’t this her opportunity? She used her trembling hands to remove her outer garments, leaving only a pink dudou with a design of mandarin ducks playing in the water. The dudou was already soaked with sweat, sticky and clammy.
“I am your wife, I am your wife…” Ye Yunyue repeated this phrase obsessively.
“My wife?” Ji Wujing smiled strangely.
“Yes!” Ye Yunyue suddenly shouted, pointing towards the inner room. “It’s all because of Gu Jianli! It’s all because of her appearance! She took everything that originally belonged to me!”
Ji Wujing sighed slowly. He bent down gradually, leaned close to Ye Yunyue, and asked, “Do you know why Luo Muge used to tell you every day how I raped civilian women and brought back illegitimate children?”
The corners of Ji Wujing’s fox-like eyes lifted slightly, outlining a smile with a hint of danger.
Ji Zhao’s infamous reputation made his words untrustworthy. If he had brought back illegitimate children, someone would have doubted Ji Xinglou’s identity. But if he said he picked up two children from the roadside, and his fiancée exposed his crimes of raping women and confirmed the two children were illegitimate, the whole capital would be in an uproar and people would easily believe such filthy deeds. After all, Ji Zhao was not a good person.
Ye Yunyue’s chanting stopped, and she stood there, staring incredulously into Ji Wujing’s eyes. Her eyes widened, shifting from shock to fear.
Could it be… could it be that Ji Wujing never wanted to marry her in the first place and deliberately made her break off the engagement?
No… Ye Yunyue shook her head frantically. She couldn’t accept it, completely couldn’t accept this fact! How could it be! What right did Ji Wujing have to treat her this way? What right did he have to abandon her from the beginning?
No, no, no…
It can’t be like this!
If it really was like this, then what was the meaning of her rebirth?
Looking at the faint mockery in Ji Wujing’s eyes, Ye Yunyue was completely bewildered, unable to accept this reality. It was as if everything she had persisted in along the way was a joke!
“No! I don’t believe it! It’s all because Gu Jianli bewitched you into saying this! It must not be like this! I don’t believe it!” Ye Yunyue cried out, screaming and shouting.
The pain gnawing inside her continued to intensify. As Ye Yunyue screamed, her body kept trembling uncontrollably, rolling to the side, appearing almost deranged.
In the inner room, Gu Jianli frowned in displeasure at the commotion caused by Ye Yunyue. Feeling it was utterly inappropriate, she walked out again, stood at the doorway, and quickly averted her eyes in embarrassment from Ye Yunyue’s disheveled appearance. She said to Ji Wujing, “Since you’ve punished her, just expel her from the residence and never let her enter again. It’s not good for others outside to hear this…”
At that moment, Ye Yunyue suddenly calmed down. It was also at that moment she finally understood that it was impossible to win Ji Wujing back. After this realization, the heavy unwillingness she had harbored since her rebirth turned into hatred.
Ye Yunyue stopped her rolling and glared at Gu Jianli with hatred, gritting her teeth, “It’s all because of you!”
Gu Jianli, not wanting to deal with her tantrum, turned to go back inside.
Ye Yunyue quickly crawled over and hugged Gu Jianli’s leg.
“Let go.” Gu Jianli raised her hand to push her away.
Ye Yunyue’s body was weak, and she was easily pushed away by Gu Jianli. Ye Yunyue lay at Gu Jianli’s feet, looking up at her. Taking a deep breath, she said, “I once would rather die than marry Ji Zhao, and at all costs, I wanted to break off the engagement. Now, I’ve shamelessly come back to win Ji Zhao back. Do you know why?”
Ye Yunyue coldly laughed.
“Because I’ve died once and reborn from a certain day many years later. I know what kind of power Ji Zhao will have in the future, and he will become a person who shakes the entire Great Ji Kingdom!”
Gu Jianli looked at her in shock. That vague suspicion she had once harbored about Ye Yunyue resurfaced in her mind.
Ji Wujing sneered.
Ye Yunyue looked at Ji Wujing, a sly smile playing on her lips. “Don’t believe me, Fifth Master? I know Sixth Lang’s origins, and I know he will ascend to the throne.”
Ji Wujing’s face instantly turned cold. He stood up, walked to Ye Yunyue, and gripped her neck, lifting her up. He didn’t believe in her rebirth story, but since she claimed to know Ji Xinglou’s origins, he couldn’t let her live.
Ye Yunyue’s eyes flickered. Realizing that she might lose her life today, the intense hatred made her decide to spew whatever she could before dying, ensuring that this ruthless man and Gu Jianli, who had taken over her life, would never have peace in their lives.
“I know many things about the future!” Ye Yunyue’s laugh was like that of a ghost. “What’s the use of doting on this little slut? She doesn’t have you in her heart. In the future, she will put countless green hats on you, bear ten or eight children, none of whom will be yours! She’ll become a complete whore, bringing calamity to the country! Not satisfied with engaging in debauchery with several men in one bed, she will also engage with animals—horses, cows, snakes… ah—”
Ji Wujing’s hand tightened and twisted. Ye Yunyue’s head slumped to the side, her tongue lolling out of her mouth. Ji Wujing let go, and her limp body fell to the ground like a withered leaf.
Gu Jianli had been standing for quite a while, and the herpes on her leg caused her considerable pain. She hissed in discomfort and took a step back.
Ji Wujing’s expression turned serious. He stepped forward, placed his hands on Gu Jianli’s waist and hips, and lifted her up. Gu Jianli, having a fear of heights, instinctively wrapped her legs around Ji Wujing’s waist.
Holding her in this manner, Ji Wujing carried Gu Jianli into the inner room and placed her on the high three-legged table. He grasped her slender waist, looked her in the eye, and said earnestly, “Don’t listen to her nonsense. It’s all lies.”
Gu Jianli thought for a moment and said, “Not necessarily all lies…”
Long ago, she had found Ye Yunyue strange, as if she had received guidance from a fortune teller and knew that Ji Wujing would achieve great things in the future, hence her attempts to ingratiate herself with him. If she had been reborn, it would make sense…
“Don’t believe any of it!” Ji Wujing emphasized.
Gu Jianli slowly blinked and said, “She claimed she came back from more than ten years in the future. If you hold great power then, it means you’ll live for at least another ten years. She said I would bring disaster to the country, so… does that mean my face will get better?”
A trace of astonishment flashed in Ji Wujing’s dark, stern eyes.
“How is it that you always…” Ji Wujing’s lips curled into a low, soft laugh.
How is it that you always manage to gently pierce my heart?
