GTB Chapter 237

Chapter 239: Night Watch Outside the Window

Chapter 239 Night Watch Outside the Window

Jiang Jiuchu walked towards Crabapple Courtyard, her mind a mess, and ran into Shí Qingya when she passed Cheya Courtyard.

Jiang Jiuchu stepped forward and called out, “Sister-in-law~”

Shí Qingya noticed Jiang Jiuchu’s solemn and heavy expression and asked, “Did you see Seventh Brother in the front hall?”

“Yes.” Jiang Jiuchu nodded.

Seeing Jiang Jiuchu nod, Shí Qingya continued to ask, “Then do you know?”

Jiang Jiuchu looked at Shí Qingya in confusion, not understanding which aspect she was referring to. “Know what?”

Shí Qingya’s expression paused, then she smiled lightly, “Come, come in and talk with your sister-in-law.”

As she spoke, she pulled Jiang Jiuchu into the courtyard and walked towards the tea room.

Inside the tea room, Jiang Jiuchu looked at Shí Qingya and asked, “Does sister-in-law want to talk to me about the Emperor’s matter?”

“Yes.” Shí Qingya nodded and looked at Jiang Jiuchu. “It seems you know that Seventh Brother came to the house this time for you.”

Jiang Jiuchu responded softly, “It’s not hard to guess. If it were for court matters, there would be no need to come to the house to discuss them.”

She naturally knew, but she wasn’t sure why Shí Yan was looking for her.

Did he realize he couldn’t let her go? So he came to find her? Or did he want to tell her something else?

She thought about it all the way, guessing all sorts of reasons, but she knew clearly that no matter what the reason, she didn’t want to see him.

Shí Qingya looked at Jiang Jiuchu’s expression and felt that no matter what her little sister-in-law thought, she still had to tell her.

Moreover, she felt that it would be better for her to say it than for Shí Yan to explain it himself.

She picked up the tea cup in front of her and took a sip, “It seems Seventh Brother hasn’t had time to explain to you yet, so let your sister-in-law tell you.”

Hearing this, Jiang Jiuchu looked at Shí Qingya with a surprised expression. She didn’t need to hear the rest of the words. She seemed to be able to guess the meaning of the word “explain”.

Shí Qingya looked at Jiang Jiuchu and told her the whole story. Looking at her downcast and silent expression, she sighed, “Ah~, Seventh Brother also has his difficulties. He had no choice for your sake.”

After listening, Jiang Jiuchu only felt a nameless fire slowly rising in her heart.

If he really didn’t love her, that would be fine, but now, does he have any respect for her?

She looked up at Shí Qingya, “No, he had a choice. He could have told me the truth. I could have played this scene with him, but he self-righteously kept me in the dark and acted like he was the only one who was clear-headed.”

After she finished speaking, she got up and said goodbye to Shí Qingya, “Sister-in-law, it’s getting late. I’ll go back first.”

Shí Qingya watched Jiang Jiuchu leave and wanted to say a few more words, but in the end, she closed her mouth.

Chu’er was right. If it were her, she wouldn’t want to be the one kept in the dark either.

Crabapple Courtyard, Jiang Jiuchu had just stepped into the courtyard when she saw Shí Yan standing under the crabapple tree in her courtyard.

Tall and upright, even just a profile could show his noble bearing, radiant and glorious.

That was the person she had repeatedly thought about, repeatedly pondered, and repeatedly hated in her midnight dreams.

It wasn’t that she hadn’t thought that he had his difficulties, but she had carefully thought about every frame of the scene when she gave him the divorce papers.

Whether it was to win over connections, or her shielding Song Fuge from the arrow, or his sarcastic expression, words and actions, she had thought about them all.

Which one wasn’t reasonable, which one didn’t seem to be worth him abandoning her.

Everything about them, good and bad, had been slowly wrapped up by her, including him as a person.

But now, he just appeared in front of her so recklessly.

Her body’s reaction seemed to be faster than her thoughts. The foot she had stepped over the courtyard gate instinctively wanted to retreat, but in the end, it was too late.

Shí Yan seemed to sense something and turned his head towards the courtyard entrance. In an instant, the two of them met eyes, and seemed to see each other’s emotions in their eyes.

Jiang Jiuchu pursed her lips and walked into the courtyard expressionlessly. When she was five steps away from Shí Yan, she gave him a shallow bow, “Greetings, Your Majesty.”

After she finished her salute, she asked, “I wonder why Your Majesty has come to my courtyard so late?”

Shí Yan looked at Jiang Jiuchu, who was rejecting him from a thousand miles away, and a feeling he couldn’t describe rose in his heart.

He stepped forward two steps, “Chuchu…”

As soon as Jiang Jiuchu heard this, she immediately interrupted, “Your Majesty, don’t call me that. It’s too intimate and unreasonable. It’s getting late. If Your Majesty doesn’t have anything important, please go back!”

After she finished speaking, she lifted her foot and went towards her room, ignoring Shí Yan.

Seeing this, Shí Yan’s expression froze. Before he could think too much, he grabbed Jiang Jiuchu’s wrist and said to her back, “Chuchu, can you listen to my explanation?”

Jiang Jiuchu clenched her fist with the wrist that Shí Yan grabbed, turned around and looked at Shí Yan expressionlessly, and pulled her hand back.

“Your Majesty doesn’t need to waste your breath explaining. My sister-in-law has already told me.” As she spoke, she bowed to Shí Yan again, “Speaking of which, I have to thank Your Majesty for saving my life.”

After she finished speaking, she quickly turned around and walked forward, as if unwilling to hear him say another word.

Shí Yan looked at Jiang Jiuchu, who was turning away, with a stiff expression. A hurt expression flashed across his face, and then he quickly lifted his foot and followed.

However, he was still one step late. The sound of a door closing brought a gust of wind, brushing against the hair on his temples. He was locked out.

Looking at the closed carved wooden door in front of him, he raised his hand, but finally put it down again.

Then he turned his head and looked to both sides, turned around and walked towards the east side.

After Jiang Jiuchu inserted the bolt, a bitter smile appeared on the corner of her mouth.

In these months, the sentence that she could avoid divorce if she became a concubine, and the sentence that he had no interest in seeing the scar on his chest, lingered in her mind before she went to sleep, torturing her over and over again.

But now he came to tell her that he had his difficulties, and it was for her sake.

But this kind of goodness is really heartbreaking.

Also, since he was hiding it from her, he must have been planning to give up on her.

After all, what if she married someone else during this time, or if she was afraid of Shí Xiu and Song Fuge leaving?

Jiang Jiuchu walked to the beauty couch while thinking, and was about to lean on it when she suddenly caught a glimpse of a handsome face outside the window, scaring her out of her thoughts, and she immediately stood up.

“What is Your Majesty doing? How can the dignified ruler of a country be peeking at a woman’s window?”

Although Shí Yan was embarrassed by Jiang Jiuchu’s words, he still shamelessly said, “I…I just want to see you.”

“Heh…” Jiang Jiuchu sneered, “Although I am a divorced woman, I cannot tolerate Your Majesty ruining my reputation.”

As she spoke, she reached out to close the window, but was blocked by Shí Yan, “Chuchu, I was wrong, can you forgive me?”

Jiang Jiuchu’s hand that was closing the door paused, looked at Shí Yan and said lightly, “Your Majesty, don’t worry, I not only forgive you, but I am also very grateful to you, so please go back, Your Majesty.”

She pushed away Shí Yan’s hand that was blocking the window sill and closed the window without hesitation.

As soon as she closed the window, she heard Lǜ Luó knocking on the door, “Miss, dinner is ready.”