After rebirth, the Prime Minister's wife married the living devil

The candlelight in the room gradually dimmed, and the annoying sound like a hook gradually faded away.

A chilly midnight wind blew, and Du Ruo shivered, and his feverish head calmed down.

She crossed her arms and rubbed her cold arms, looking at the motionless door. After slowly exhaling, she turned around with her stiff legs and headed back to the back room.

Suddenly there was a creaking sound.

Du Ruo was delighted and turned around, then her face blushed.

Li Yanqi's black hair, which had been tied up just now, was now loose, and he was wearing a moon-colored satin nightgown loosely draped over his body, revealing his honey-colored chest, which was slightly sweaty. Along with the warm wind blowing from the room, the scent of heather diffused.

The smoke made Du Ruo's cheeks red and her mind confused. She lowered her eyes and dared not look again, so she did not see the disgust that was about to overflow from Li Yanqi's face.

Her pretty face turned slightly red, and she called out in a stammering voice: "Master Li..."

"Shut up!"

Li Yanqi frowned, his upturned phoenix eyes flashing with ferocity, "If you dare to hang around here again, I will immediately send you back to Chunfeng Garden, or send you to Liu Shijie."

Liu Shijie is Mr. Du's creditor and hates the Du family to the core. If Li Yanqi had not intervened, Du Ruo would have been listed in Chunfengyuan long ago, and after paying back the fifty taels to Mother Chen, she would have fallen into Liu Shijie's hands sooner or later.

The color on Du Ruo's face instantly faded, as if he couldn't believe it. With tears in his eyes, he choked and said, "I don't expect anything from you, but you are so affectionate to my wife, why do you speak so harshly to me? What's wrong with me?"

The cool breeze of the spring night suddenly became stronger, making Li Yanqi's outer robe rustle. His eyes were like ice as he looked down at Du Ruo unwillingly.

"Don't even mention your appearance. Even if you are a fairy from the Ninth Heaven, what does that have to do with me?"

Du Ruo gritted her teeth, tears streaming down her face from the humiliation, and cried, "I'm not as bad as you say, am I?"

Although Du Ruo is not as gentle and bright as Lin Yanyu and Shaoyao, she is also quite pretty. Otherwise, Mother Chen would not have spent money to buy her even though she knew Mr. Du's character.

Mother Chen originally wanted to train her to be the star of Chunfengyuan, but she was so stubborn that she bumped into a pillar and got her face disfigured. Now the scar on her forehead has faded a lot over time and is not noticeable unless you look closely.

Li Yanqi was already extremely impatient, his brows were furrowed, and he was too lazy to listen to her nagging words.

He pointed at Du Ruo with a bad look.

"I'll give you three choices. First, if you let me see you again, I'll hand you over to Liu Shijie. Second, be smart and get out of here. Third..."

"I don't want to give you this third choice. I think you helped my wife once, but she also saved you from the fire pit, which is already a repayment. But my wife is kind-hearted, so I'm giving you this third choice."

Du Ruo raised her head with tears in her eyes and looked at him hopefully.

"From tomorrow on, serve the two elders of the Lin family with all your heart and soul, and you will have a peaceful life in the future."

After saying this, under Li Yanqi's cold gaze, he ruthlessly closed the two door panels.

Du Ruo opened her mouth wide and cried silently.

She heard Mi Li's hoarse voice coming faintly from the room.

"Who is your husband?"

The voice that was as cold as a knife just now was now gentle and tender, like melting spring waves.

"No one, why did the lady wake up?"

The delicate voice coughed a few times and said, "My throat feels uncomfortable."

"Does your throat hurt? Do you want to see a doctor?"

You can tell the owner's nervousness just by listening to the sound.

"No, no... I'm just thirsty."

The nervous male voice suddenly laughed heartily, and said with a hint of sarcasm: "It's my fault. I made my wife scream too loudly just now."

There was a rustling of clothes, and then the sound of running water.

"I will personally give my wife some water as an apology."

That delicate and lazy voice suddenly became anxious, and the volume rose a degree.

"No need! I, I don't want you to apologize!"

"Haha, that's not up to you."

Then, a few muffled groans and ambiguous sticky sounds were heard.

Du Ruo knew what good things were happening inside without having to look.

The flame burning in her heart has now completely extinguished, and she thought of what Lin Yanyu had said to her before.

It is exactly the same, not a single thing is wrong!

Li Yanqi really wanted to drive her away, but he was afraid that his wife would be angry, so he gave her a third way to survive.

A wave of resentment surged in her heart. Du Ruo gritted her teeth with tears in her eyes. Didn't he just want to drive her away? But she refused to leave!

The lady is kind-hearted, and the two elders of the Lin family are kind and generous. She will be willing to put her heart into it and serve them wholeheartedly.

She wanted to stay in the Lin family forever and see with her own eyes whether Li Yanqi would slap himself in the face by taking in maids and concubines and abandoning his wife in the future, or slap her in the face by staying with his wife for the rest of her life!

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The scorching sun was hanging high in the sky at noon, and a team was struggling to move forward on the steep mountain road of Wulong Mountain.

The hot sunlight shone obliquely onto the rugged rocks through the gaps in the trees, giving them a layer of light and making the mountain road seem even more rugged and difficult to travel.

Cai Zhang's forehead was covered with greasy beads of sweat, which soaked his underwear. He looked at the bottomless canyons on both sides of the mountain road and couldn't help feeling irritated.

"How long will it take to reach Wulongzhai?"

His voice startled a few birds, which flapped their wings and chirped and flew into the sky.

Ma Ben was a few steps ahead, looking around. Hearing this, he rode over and replied respectfully, "Your Excellency, the governor! We will arrive just over this hill."

Cai Zhang frowned, turned his head and shouted: "Speed ​​up the march!"

After saying this, he rode his horse forward quickly under the scorching sun, thinking in his heart that when he caught Li Yanqi, he would skin this kid alive!

For a while, the only sounds on the mountain path were the interweaving sounds of horse hooves and footsteps.

Suddenly, there was an earth-shaking roar from above, and countless huge rocks roared down like angry dragons. The "bang bang" sound of the impact was deafening like piercing the clouds and splitting the rocks, followed by screams and shouts one after another.

It only took a moment.

Cai Zhang reined in the neighing horse and shouted nervously: "Cover! Cover!"

Some soldiers subconsciously raised their shields, but the stones were huge and round, and they were thrown down from great heights. How could they possibly withstand them?

The soldiers holding shields were hit by the boulders and fell to the ground vomiting blood. It was obvious that they were useless.

Cai Zhang yelled angrily: "Idiots! I told you to find cover!"

Some clever ones have already hidden behind the rock walls and trees.

After at least fifty breaths, the terrifying roar gradually stopped.

The mountains regained a brief calm. Ma Ben hid behind a thick tree, looked at the corpses lying on the mountain path, and looked palely at Cai Zhang, who also looked not well.

"Sir Jiedushi...are we going to continue attacking Wulongzhai today?"

Cai Zhang looked at the red road, his eyes bloodshot, and gnashed his teeth as he shouted, "Well, well, a mere county lieutenant has insulted me to this extent. I don't believe that my army of 10,000 cannot catch this thief!"

"whole team!"

Following Cai Zhang's shout, the soldiers reorganized their ranks.

"keep going!"

Ma Ben looked at the dead soldiers on the ground, feeling sad. He wanted to persuade County Magistrate Cai Zhang to return to the yamen and formulate a new attack plan.

He opened his mouth to speak, but saw that Cai Zhang had a ferocious face and cold and paranoid eyes, and it was obvious that he would not listen to anything he said.

Also, Cai Zhang had been quite dissatisfied with him because he had messed up his job when he escorted grain to Qingzhou last time.

After thinking it over, he finally shut his mouth, rode his horse silently and followed.