Zhu Xianzhi felt extremely regretful at this moment.

If he had not been greedy for momentary pleasure and had sex with Rong Shuhua, Rong Shuhua would not have become pregnant with someone else's bastard and falsely accused him of being his biological child.

In that case, he and Lin Luoling would not divorce. With Lin Luoling's gentle personality and the Lin family's tremendous wealth, even if he did not have a successful career in his life, he could still live a life of wealth and honor.

He gulped down a mouthful of wine, his eyes misted up, he roared unwillingly: "It's not too late, I sold Rong Shuhua to a brothel as a prostitute, Ling'er, no one will snatch me away from you, I will marry you back home and live with you wholeheartedly.

You have been refusing to have sex with me. Is it because of Rong Shuhua? Yes! It is because of her!

Because of that bitch! That dirty bitch, she ruined me and our wonderful marriage."

In extreme rage, Zhu Xianzhi smashed the empty wine jar to the ground.

The servant sent by Zhu Jingzhong reported the information he had obtained and what the coachman who had just returned home said to Zhu Jingzhong.

Zhou Jiaoling listened and asked, "Do you know which brothel did the second young master sell Rong Shuhua to?"

The servant rubbed his nose and said, "If it was a brothel, it would be fine. But I don't know what the second young master was thinking. He sold Aunt Rong to the most shabby brothel in Xicheng District, which is called: the brothel that has good guests."

In the capital's Xuzhou, the Qinlou and Chuguan are also called brothels. They are basically places where high-ranking officials, nobles or literati would linger.

Brothels were places where peddlers and gamblers went to visit prostitutes for cheap money.

Zhou Jiaoling was once the most popular courtesan at the "Hua Hao Yue Yuan" in Nancheng District. She had never heard of this famous brothel that attracted many guests.

However, Zhu Jingzhong had heard that the worst brothel in Xicheng District was the one that received the most guests.

Ke Laihao's madam was once a decent girl who was kidnapped by the third in command of the mountain bandits. She served the third in command in the mountain stronghold for seven years. The third in command disliked her for not having her former looks, and since the third in command had kidnapped a 15-year-old girl from the mountain, he threw her to his brothers.

After being humiliated in every way for 49 days, on a dark and windy night, no one would have expected that she, a woman of 27 or 28 years old, would take a big knife and kill all the 30 or so bandits on the mountain at night.

She brought down the mountain all the gold, silver and jewelry that the bandits had robbed over the years, and went all the way north from Donglin Prefecture to Jingxu Prefecture, where she opened a Kelaihao restaurant.

There were many girls in Kelaihao at first, and it was the place coveted by many peddlers and hawkers. But for some reason, there was no young girl in Kelaihao, only some middle-aged women around 30 years old.

Kelai has not been rebuilt for many years, so few peddlers go there. Instead, it attracts many elderly widowers with limited wealth who occasionally go there for fun.

Zhu Jingzhong hated Lan Wanshuang so much and had no father-son relationship with Zhu Xianzhi over the years. He waved at the servant and signaled him to leave.

Then he said to Zhou Jiaoling: "Let him be."

At night, Zhu Jingzhong took two servants, put Liu Bo and Zhi'er into coffins, and took them to the valley next to the mass grave in Xishan by carriage. After hastily burying Liu Bo and Zhi'er, they were afraid of missing the return to the city, so they got on the carriage and rushed back to the Yongning Marquis' Mansion without stopping.

Seeing that Zhu Jingzhong was covered in dust, Zhou Jiaoling personally brought a basin of hot water to wash his hands, and said casually: "The weather is getting hotter, so I made a new robe for you a few days ago. After you take a bath, try it on."

Zhu Jingzhong responded to all of Zhou Jiaoling's requests.

After taking a bath, Zhu Jingzhong looked at the new gown on the bed. His green eyes suddenly lit up and he smiled and said, "This does look like a wedding dress."

Zhou Jiaoling threw herself into Zhu Jingzhong's arms and said coquettishly, "My master promised me that he would marry me as his legal wife. I don't want the sedan chair with eight bearers, but this wedding dress is indispensable.

I have never seen my husband wearing wedding clothes. If I don’t see it in this lifetime, I will definitely feel regretful when I am old and gray.”

"It's up to you, it's up to you, it's all up to you!"

Zhu Jingzhong took Zhou Jiaoling to the bed and the curtains slowly fell. Zhou Jiaoling's panting sounds lingered in the room for a quarter of an hour without stopping.

The next morning, Zhu Jingzhong arranged for a servant to buy red silk and red lanterns, and followed Zhou Jiaoling's advice and chose the day after tomorrow for a simple wedding. The two of them wore wedding clothes, set up a table in the west courtyard, and invited Queen Yongning and her husband to be witnesses.

Zhou Jiaoling deliberately asked the servant to find Zhu Xianzhi in front of Zhu Jingzhong, asking him to return to Yongning Marquis' Mansion and tell him the whole story.

Zhu Xianzhi, who was already in a bad mood, didn't know what he was talking about. After hearing what the servant said, he sneered: "You want me to call a whore from a brothel my mother? Pah, isn't that dirtying my tongue?"

He slammed the door so hard that it almost broke the boy's nose.

The servant returned to the Yongning Marquis' Mansion and told Zhu Jingzhong and Zhou Jiaoling what Zhu Xianzhi had said in front of Zhu Jingzhong, exaggerating it.

Zhu Jingzhong was so angry that he cursed Zhu Xian as a rebellious son.

Zhou Jiaoling advised, "Xianzhi is the only male in our family, so he is bound to be arrogant. Besides, Lan just died not long ago, and he was deceived by Rong Shuhua, so it is normal for him to be unhappy.

As the saying goes, time reveals a person's true character. I didn't treat him unfairly, and over time, he gradually accepted me."

"Who could a beast like him with such a cruel heart have in his heart?" Zhu Jingzhong said angrily.

Zhou Jiaoling massaged Zhu Jingzhong's back for a long while, and suddenly heard Zhu Jingzhong say: "Go to Jingfu Temple tomorrow to bring our Qingyao back, and we will get married..."

Before Zhu Jingzhong could finish, Zhou Jiaoling interrupted him, "Are you so angry that you are confused? Who will take care of Qingyao when we get married? If something happens to her like Xianrun, who was born to my eldest sister-in-law, it won't be a happy occasion for us, and I won't be able to live."

Thinking of Zhu Xianrun who was killed by Lan Wanshuang, and remembering what the servant had just reported to Zhu Xianzhi, and also remembering how cruel Zhu Xianzhi was to Liu Bo and Zhier, Zhu Jingzhong shuddered and felt that what Zhou Jiaoling said made a lot of sense.

The days passed quickly. Because Zhou Jiaoling was Zhu Jingzhong's second wife, they could only hold a banquet at night. The two of them worshipped heaven and earth, and the Yongning Marquis and his wife. After the ceremony, Zhu Jingzhong lifted the red veil in front of the Yongning Marquis and his wife and said with a smile:

"There are no outsiders here. Jiao Ling, please sit down and let's have dinner together."

There was no such rule originally, and Zhu Jingzhong had never been a rule-abiding person, so the Yongning Marquis and his wife did not say anything.

After eating and drinking, the Yongning Marquis and his wife returned to the East Courtyard. Zhou Jiaoling, holding a white jade wine pot with drugs in it and wearing a bright red wedding dress, smiled charmingly at Zhu Jingzhong under the light of the red candles and said:

"My dear, today is my happiest day. How about we drink a few glasses of wine together?"

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