After the divorce, I was adorned in a phoenix robe, while my ex-husband's entire family dug up

Upon arriving at the Prince's residence, Pei Yi quickly dismounted, a smile still playing on his lips.

"Ningning! Your husband is back early today, isn't he? Come on, let's go out and play."

He couldn't contain his excitement. He had been busy for a while and finally had a chance to relax. In this short time, he wanted to devote all his time to Wei Zhaoning, as if to make up for the void of not being together before. So, before he even got inside, he excitedly spoke up.

But when they entered the two people's room, they found that the person sitting inside was not Wei Zhaoning.

Instead, it was an ordinary-looking face.

"Brother Yi, you're finally back." Qin Jingshu was fiddling with something in front of the dressing table, and what she was holding in her hand seemed to be Wei Zhaoning's lip rouge.

As soon as she saw Pei Yi arrive, she immediately stood up, wanting to go up and get close to him.

"Why is it you?" In an instant, Pei Yi's face fell.

Qin Jingshu naturally noticed Pei Yi's change in expression and muttered, "Brother Yi, do you really not want to see me?"

They're all smiles when they're with Wei Zhaoning, but so cold to me.

Pei Yi knew how hard-won his free time was, and he didn't want to waste it on this completely unrelated person, so he simply said, "Get out."

After saying that, he looked around the whole room. The room hadn't changed much from before, and then he stepped out the door.

"Ningning!" he called out.

no respond.

He grabbed a maidservant who was serving in the courtyard and asked, "Where has the princess gone?"

The maid replied, "Your Highness, the Princess Consort went out with her maids earlier and hasn't returned yet."

The servants, of course, had no idea what Wei Zhaoning was doing; they simply assumed she was bored and had gone out to find someone to play with.

"She's gone back to the Marquis's residence." Qin Jingshu chased after her, holding a piece of paper in her hand.

Pei Yi's heart skipped a beat. He turned around abruptly and felt that the paper looked somewhat familiar. He stepped forward and snatched it away.

The words "Agreement on Divorce" are clearly visible above.

It was written by him personally.

The items prepared when Wei Zhaoning married into the family, although they were accompanied by a divorce agreement, were ostensibly for the purpose of a transaction, and were intended to provide Wei Zhaoning with a way out in the future.

But when he wrote it, he was already prepared that this divorce agreement would never be of any use.

He even thought that once he won Wei Zhaoning over, he would make her destroy the divorce agreement herself, so that she would never escape his grasp again.

He never expected that this taboo, which he would never touch, would come in handy less than a month after Wei Zhaoning arrived at the Prince's Palace.

He felt his limbs trembling, his eyes growing increasingly dark, and he stood there dumbfounded, his expectations shattered, as if he had fallen into an ice cave.

Gradually, his vision went black, and his sharp eyes turned crimson.

"Brother Yi, Wei Zhaoning doesn't deserve your kindness. Guess why she left?"

"She was afraid of the Crown Prince and knew that he wanted to deal with you. She was afraid that she would be implicated in the Prince's Mansion and lose her life, so she took advantage of your absence to hurriedly escape back to the Marquis's Mansion and seek refuge with Marquis Lu."

As Qin Jingshu spoke, her tone was full of disdain.

I thought that bitch Wei Zhaoning would die, but who knew that the people my sister sent were so useless that they didn't even die.

However, for her, as long as she could achieve her goal of sowing discord between Wei Zhaoning and the Regent and separating the two, it wasn't too bad.

As for whether Wei Zhaoning can cause any more trouble in the future, that depends on how sharp her tongue is and how skilled she is at sowing discord.

Pei Yi's eyes regained a glimmer of clarity as he squinted at Qin Jingshu, a look that sent chills down one's spine.

Qin Jingshu braced herself and continued, "Brother Yi, this divorce agreement in black and white is the evidence. You must recognize the handwriting on it."

"If you don't believe me, you can search this room yourself. Wei Zhaoning took all the valuables with him."

Pei Yi felt a surge of energy churning inside his chest. He went into the room and discovered that the land deeds, shops, and other valuables that Wei Zhaoning had placed under the dressing table were gone.

His previously drooping eyelashes suddenly lifted, his dark pupils contracted sharply, and the temperature inside them dropped at a visible speed, leaving only a frozen cold.

All I could see was his fingertips slowly tightening, his knuckles turning bluish-white, the force seemingly enough to crush the jade pendant in his palm.

Qin Jingshu followed her in. "Brother Yi, she's just a weathervane, always looking for an opportunity. She'll abandon you the moment danger strikes. What's there to miss about someone like that?"

"Look at me. I've loved you for so many years, I don't believe you can't feel it. No matter how much the Crown Prince threatens me, I won't be afraid. As long as I can be by your side, I'm not afraid at all!"

"That heartless bastard Wei Zhaoning!"

Pei Yi closed his eyes briefly, and when he opened them again, all that remained was a chilling, poisonous aura.

"Shut up."

Qin Jingshu couldn't possibly let go of this perfect opportunity to slander Wei Zhaoning, and continued, "Brother Yi told me not to say it, but I'm going to say it anyway. I'm doing this for Brother Yi's own good. Brother Yi, you know I like you. I really can't bear to see you being played by Wei Zhaoning. Do you know how despicable she is? She...she..."

Before she could finish speaking, Qin Jingshu couldn't breathe. Pei Yi was gripping her slender neck tightly, with such force that it seemed he could snap her throat with just a gentle squeeze.

"I say, shut up."

Pei Yi's murderous aura spread out overwhelmingly. For a moment, he really wanted to strangle this arrogant woman, but he remembered Wei Zhaoning's words that he would spare her life. When Qin Jingshu was about to die, he let go of her and threw her aside like a lamb.

"Cough! Cough cough!"

Qin Jingshu truly felt that she was about to meet the King of Hell. She coughed for a long time, and the flush on her face wouldn't go down. She was breathing heavily and looked extremely disheveled.

At this moment, Yun Ce entered with a smile, "Your Highness, everything is arranged at the restaurant, and the carriage is ready. You and the Princess..."

The smile on his face froze the moment he entered.

Pei Yi looked like a ferocious beast.

"Summon the guards and bring the princess home." He said this in a trembling voice, his sinister eyes now gleaming with a cold light.

"Yes!" Yun Ce was puzzled but had no choice but to do as he was told.

Qin Jingshu was still lying on the ground, unable to catch her breath.

Upon hearing those words, she found strength from somewhere and shouted, "Your Highness!"

"Do you know that Wei Zhaoning would rather be a nameless and unranked concubine with Lu Zhufeng than stay in the Prince's mansion any longer!"

Pei Yi's last nerve snapped. If before this he still held a sliver of hope that Wei Zhaoning had been kidnapped, now his last shred of reason had been burned away.