The system asked me to chase his wife

If she had not married into the Duke's Mansion, she would not have done all this for Xiang Xiukai.

"True love is selfish." The eldest princess looked at Qiao Yuandong as if he were a child who had never understood.

"I feel happy when I see you, and I want you to be happy too. For your sake, I don't want you to look at other people. If you say one more word to others, I will feel sore and bitter. Silly Dongniang, this is love."

Qiao Yuandong felt that he was really drunk, and his mind was in a mess because of the eldest princess's words.

She rubbed her forehead and murmured, "Let me think about it, let me think about it."

"Dong Niang, be more lively. You are still young. Try to taste the true love. Don't let yourself become an old maid."

The eldest princess felt much better after crying. Seeing that Qiao Yuandong looked devastated, she spoke out to comfort him.

But she is not a decent person after all. Her words make her sound like a woman who seduces decent girls into evil ways.

Qiao Yuandong's cheeks were slightly flushed, and she glanced at the princess unhappily: "Your Highness, please take a good rest. I will take my leave now."

Having said that, he walked out of the warm room, leaving behind the eldest princess who burst into laughter.

Xia Mang was eating free snacks and drinking fragrant hot tea in the next room, with a burning charcoal brazier at his feet. He was feeling so comfortable all by himself.

Suddenly, she heard Xiang Xiukai sighing for no reason in her mind, and there was a hint of relief in his melancholy.

Xia Mang was quite concerned about him: "How come you, the system developer, also have something on your mind?"

Xiang Xiukai didn't want to talk to her any more: "I just let go of some things."

Xia Mang didn't know about the conversation between the princess and Qiao Yuandong in the warm room, but that didn't mean Xiang Xiukai didn't know.

He initially turned on the scanning function to eavesdrop because he was worried about Qiao Yuandong's safety, but he didn't expect to hear what the eldest princess said, and he was filled with emotion for a moment.

Xia Mang teased him curiously: "You figured it out in just a short while?"

Xiang Xiukai was silent for a while before he said, "Do you think the lady has feelings for me?"

"Of course I have!" Xia Mang warned, "After you die, they have been guarding you for so many years, how can they not have feelings for you? I'm wondering if you have set your sights on another system. You can't fall in love with someone else!"

Xiang Xiukai was choked by Xia Mang, but he still spoke out his true feelings: "But it was only half a year from the time I met her to the time we got married. Later, I died on the battlefield and we were separated by the Yin and Yang. Now that so much time has passed, any feelings have been erased."

Xia Mang couldn't sit still after hearing this: "You are such a scumbag, our lady is so sincere to you in vain."

Xiang Xiukai replied: "Dong Niang also thinks so."

Although Qiao Yuandong did not make a clear statement, the system's scanning function captured her reaction at the time. How could Xiang Xiukai not see it?
Xia Mang choked up when he heard this, and after thinking about Xiang Xiukai's words for a while, he asked in confusion: "So you mean you want to reconcile with the lady?"

Xiang Xiukai honestly confessed what he had just done by eavesdropping. He said with emotion: "If I had not died early, Dong Niang and I might have fallen in love with each other over time. But now it is too late. However, this is a good thing for both me and her."

Xia Mang was completely confused. "What good news is this? It sounds like a tragedy to me, brother!"

What kind of sad storyline is this!
'I used to think that she was deeply in love with me by remaining a widow for me, so even though I had become a half-human, half-ghost, I still wanted to accept her love. After all, she married me, so I should love and protect her. Otherwise, how sad would she be? But now that I know that she did this only out of a sense of responsibility and morality, I just need to protect and respect her, which is also a relief for me.'

Xia Mang was stunned for a while after hearing these words, but she understood what Xiang Xiukai meant.

"What about the fact that you were so desperate when your wife saw a man outside of her family?"

Xiang Xiukai: "I just can't get over it."

Xia Mang: '???'

Xia Mang could understand and support Xiang Xiukai's relief.

Perhaps Xiang Xiukai had already let go of his obsession with Qiao Yuandong a long time ago, but it was only because of the debt and guilt he had always felt that he wanted to compensate Qiao Yuandong?

Xia Mang asked again: "So you really want to let it go?"

Xiang Xiukai's tone was so relaxed that it seemed as if a huge rock that had been weighing on his heart had finally fallen to the ground.

"Since Dong Niang has let me go, why should I cling to her? I just hope she will be safe and happy in the future."

Xia Mang couldn't help but give him a thumbs up in her heart: 'Great!'

From this point of view, being able to let go of this lost relationship is indeed a good thing for him.

Just at this moment, the maid from the princess's mansion came to inform Xia Mang that Qiao Yuandong was leaving, and she immediately ran to find Qiao Yuandong.

Qiao Yuandong had a drinking contest with the eldest princess, and the eldest princess had rebuilt her worldview. Now she was really drunk. She stood in the corridor, feeling the cold wind and feeling dizzy.

When Xia Mang found Qiao Yuandong, she saw her standing in the wind, holding onto the porch pillar.

"Madam, why are you standing here? You'll catch a cold if you get startled by the wind in such a cold weather."

Xia Mang took two quick steps over and immediately smelled the alcohol on Qiao Yuandong. She asked in surprise, "Madam is drunk?"

At this time, Qiao Yuandong's beautiful eyes were half closed, and her face was red as if she had put on too much makeup. She was no longer as cold and restrained as usual, but instead looked more charming.

Xia Mang's voice rang in her ears, and she seemed to hear an echo.

She tried hard to open her eyes and look at Xia Mang, but she could not focus. The little maid in front of her seemed to have created two figures like magic, which were moving around unruly.

"Don't move!" Qiao Yuandong felt even more dizzy, so he shouted angrily.

But she was drunk and weak, and her scolding was soft and had no power at all, as if she was acting coquettishly because she was wronged.

Xia Mang was disturbed by the voice, and she knew that Qiao Yuandong was drunk. "Oh, why did Madam drink so much?" Xia Mang was afraid that Qiao Yuandong would fall down, so she quickly reached out to support her, and looked at her curiously for a few times.

Since Xia Mang entered the Duke's Mansion, she had seen Qiao Yuandong either as cold and dignified or calm and self-controlled. The biggest emotional fluctuation she had seen was when he calmly said that she was rude.

How often have you seen Qiao Yuandong like today?

To use an appropriate metaphor to describe Xia Mang’s mood at this moment, it would be opening a blind box and getting a super rare hidden edition!
My goodness, there will be no such store if you miss this opportunity. Xia Mang even had the idea of ​​splurge and buy a camera from the points mall.

She wanted to preserve this rare look of Qiao Yuandong.

Qiao Yuandong naturally didn't know the strange thoughts in Xia Mang's head. Although she was drunk, her mind was still clear. Knowing that Xia Mang was supporting her, she said, "Let's go back."

"Hey, okay!"

Qiao Yuandong tried her best to walk, but the road that was smooth in the past was now bumpy and extremely difficult to walk on. She could only walk very slowly, step by step.

Seeing her staring at the ground, as if she wanted to see through the stone slab, Xia Mang couldn't help but ask worriedly, "Madam, do you want me to ask a sister to help you walk?"

Qiao Yuandong took a few breaths before she understood what Xia Mang meant. She thought about it carefully, then shook her head solemnly, "No."

Xia Mang half supported and half carried Qiao Yuandong, and it was very difficult for her to walk. When she saw Qiao Yuandong refused, she thought that she had misheard her words, so she emphasized: "It will be more stable if you have more people to support you, otherwise you will fall."

Qiao Yuandong answered quickly this time: "I only need you to support me, and I only need you to support me from now on."

The eldest princess was right, love is selfish. What if she asked someone else to help and her maid got angry?
After hearing what Qiao Yuandong said, Xia Mang thought she was mad at her. Could it be that she had done something recently to make her unhappy?

But Xia Mang racked her brains but couldn't remember what bad thing she had done, so she simply gave up thinking about it.

Anyway, if Qiao Yuandong was angry, she could just stroke his fur.

Now that she had been ordered to be the only one to support him, what else could she say?
Just bear with it!
Xia Mang gritted her teeth and supported Qiao Yuandong as he walked along the corridor. A maid passing by recognized that this was the princess's guest and prepared to step forward to help.

"No need to trouble you, sister. I can come alone." Xia Mang smiled and rejected the maid's kindness.

Qiao Yuandong's head was originally dizzy, but she heard this sentence clearly and understood it. She was extremely satisfied with Xia Mang's answer.

It seems that this girl is also jealous!
You are worthy of being the one I like!

The maid hesitated to confirm: "You really don't need my help?"

Xia Mang nodded: "Really not necessary."

The leader was obviously angry and trying to make things difficult for her. If she tried to be cunning, she would suffer twice as much!

Xia Mang supported Qiao Yuandong with great effort, and mentally praised himself for his cleverness.

After leaving the Princess's Mansion, the Duke's Mansion's carriage was already waiting outside. Xia Mang helped Qiao Yuandong stagger into the carriage, and then he followed in.

She didn't expect Qiao Yuandong to drink so much, so she didn't bring the sobering pills with her and left them all in the carriage.

After settling Qiao Yuandong down, Xia Mang wiped the sweat from his head, then opened the small box under the seat and took out a Baizhu pill.

It is not easy to prepare sobering soup at a banquet for outsiders, so this kind of sobering pills are very convenient.

This is made by mixing Atractylodes macrocephala with dried ginger and cinnamon bark, grinding it into powder and adding honey. Xia Mang secretly tasted it and it didn't taste very good.

At that time, Qiao Yuandong was leaning against the carriage with her head resting on the wall. Xia Mang added a cushion to prevent her from hitting her head when the carriage moved.

"Madam." Xia Mang poured half a cup of water from the kettle and handed the medicine and water to Qiao Yuandong's mouth.

Qiao Yuandong leaned against the car with her eyes closed, her chin slightly raised, revealing a part of her white neck.

Hearing Xia Mang's voice, she opened her eyes hazily. After seeing the double image of Xia Mang again, she frowned and complained, "I feel dizzy."

When Xia Mang saw Qiao Yuandong's look, she wanted to laugh and thought, how can you not feel dizzy after drinking so much?
"It's okay, ma'am. You won't feel dizzy after taking the medicine." Xia Mang advised patiently.

Qiao Yuandong didn't answer or take the medicine. She opened her mouth slightly, as if she wanted to be fed. Faced with her slightly childish state, Xia Mang had no choice but to hand the pill to her mouth.

Qiao Yuandong opened his mouth to hold the pill, but he couldn't control the accuracy and ended up holding Xia Mang's finger as well.

Xia Mang did not take her hand back. She looked at her finger being bitten by Qiao Yuandong and was a little dazed for a moment.

Qiao Yuandong didn't know whether he didn't react or just found it funny. He bit Xia Mang's fingertips and refused to let go, even grinding them with his teeth.

The force was not strong. Xia Mang only felt numb and itchy. She met Qiao Yuandong's pure gaze and said hesitantly for a long time, "Husband, Madam, are you punishing me?"

Qiao Yuandong seemed not to have heard what Xia Mang said, and was only concentrating on sharpening his fingers.

Xia Mang could clearly feel her teeth grinding against her skin. The pain, accompanied by numbness and itching, spread to her mind in waves, making her feel anxious.

So the flustered Xia Mang knocked on the system: "Help me recall, have I done anything recently to make the lady unhappy?"

Otherwise, why would Madam be so angry?

And it bites!
Xiang Xiukai remained silent. Although the host's logic was difficult for him to understand, the scene before him was even more incredible.

If the emotions that he should have as a carbon-based creature have not been completely eliminated, based on his limited experience, the atmosphere at this moment seems to be a little ambiguous?

(End of this chapter)