Mu Fengqie recalled the content of the letter of divorce written by Jing Xunce: "My wife and I do not get along well. She has always treated me coldly. Our incompatibility has brought a lot of trouble to both of us. After much thought, I have decided to set her free and hope that she can find a better man. Signed by Jing Xunce." There was also an official seal in the bottom - right corner.
Mu Fengqie sneered sarcastically. She had no idea what motivated Jing Xunce to write this letter of divorce. He had refused the letter of separation she had given him before, but now he had sent her this letter of divorce...
Since he had given her the letter of divorce, from now on, they would go their separate ways.
Jing Xunce and his men had been looking for Mu Fengqie, but there was no sign of her. Jing Xunce didn't know what had happened to make her leave. She hadn't even told A Ru and the others when she left. What on earth had happened?
Mu Fengqie had never left the Southern Qing Kingdom. She just never showed up in front of Jing Xunce and his men. If it weren't for the promise she made to Jiang Yanqin to help him regain the throne, she would have left long ago.
"My lord, we haven't found the lady," Hong Yi knelt on the ground and looked at the dejected man. He couldn't help but frown.
"Useless! You can't even find a single person!" Since that day, Jing Xunce had been in a daze. He had stopped doing everything and just focused on looking for Mu Fengqie.
Hong Yi thought that once Mu Fengqie left, his lord would not be affected much, or at least it wouldn't delay important matters. But for so many days, Jing Xunce had only been looking for Mu Fengqie and had neglected everything else.
Hong Yi didn't understand why his lord was so fixated on Mu Fengqie. She had nothing special, only knew a bit of medical skills, and couldn't help them at all. Instead, she had brought a lot of trouble.
In the past few days, he had learned about what had happened and found that she had offended the Empress of the Southern Qing Kingdom. It was normal for a man to have several women. Such a jealous woman was not worthy of staying by his lord's side. It was indeed right to drive her away.
It didn't matter that his lord had some relationship with her. Moreover, the Empress of the Southern Qing Kingdom had great power and could definitely help his lord. But because of her, they had fallen out.
"My lord, we can't afford to waste any more time. We need to find evidence as soon as possible so that we can clear our grievances. I will keep sending people to look for the lady," Hong Yi said.
"The most important thing now is to avenge ourselves, my lord!"
The words "clearing the grievances" reminded Jing Xunce of what A Ru had said that day. He was a criminal and had been on the run. He couldn't give Qie'er a stable home. He was not worthy of being by her side.
"Yes, I must cheer up. I must clear my grievances, find Qie'er, and live an ordinary life. I will never let her hide with me again," Jing Xunce said.
"Hong Yi, keep looking for Qie'er, and find Ruan Ming for me."
"Yes!" Hong Yi replied excitedly. Finally, his lord had cheered up.
"Do you have any way to find the old subordinates of the Ruan family?" Mu Fengqie looked at Zhu Fei. To help Jiang Yanqin seize the throne, she needed the support of others. At the moment, she could only think of the Ruan family.
"Why does the young master want to find the old subordinates of the Ruan family?" Zhu Fei asked.
"I just need the Ruan family's help with some things," Mu Fengqie replied.
"My lord, I heard that after the Ruan family was exiled, everyone was killed on the way. No one was left alive," Zhu Fei said.
"Not a single one?" Mu Fengqie asked.
"Yes, none of those who were exiled survived," Zhu Fei replied.
Mu Fengqie tapped her index finger on the table, deep in thought.
"Is there a way to find out which court officials had a good relationship with the Ruan family back then?" Mu Fengqie asked.
"This can be done," Zhu Fei replied.
"Good. Go and find out who had a good relationship with the Ruan family back then. Also, find out about those honest and upright officials, as well as the weaknesses of all the court officials. Find out as much as you can and do it as quickly as possible. I need it urgently," Mu Fengqie said.
"Okay, I'll go and do it right away." They were from the Pharmacist Valley. The disciples from there were all excellent in medical skills. After all, who in this world didn't get sick?
"Also, find a way to let me meet Ruan Ming," Mu Fengqie said to the air.
"Yes," came a soft reply. The breeze fluttered, and then there was silence.
These were the secret guards left by Jiang Yanqin for her after she came here in case of emergencies. Now she needed them.
She wanted to draw Ruan Ming to Jiang Yanqin's side and make him completely loyal to Jiang Yanqin.
"I heard that you want to meet Ruan Ming. What do you want from him?" Jiang Yanqin came in and slouched in the chair in a lazy manner.
"I said, can you stop coming here all the time? If we are discovered, I won't be able to help you at all. If it weren't for helping you, I would have left the Southern Qing long ago," Mu Fengqie rolled her eyes at Jiang Yanqin.
"I'm just worried about you. Don't worry. They don't have the time to care about you now. A Ru is leading Lü Yun to put on a show. They are looking for you outside and sometimes going to give Jing Xunce some trouble," Jiang Yanqin said.
"Jing Xunce is busy helping Ruan Ming restore the Ruan family and then clearing his own grievances," he added.
"As long as A Ru is okay, I'm not worried about the rest," Mu Fengqie said.
"Don't you have any feelings for Jing Xunce at all?" Jiang Yanqin asked curiously.
"What does it matter to you?" Mu Fengqie retorted.
"I'm just curious," Jiang Yanqin replied.
"If I help you seize the throne, what will you do to thank me?" Mu Fengqie raised her eyebrows and looked at Jiang Yanqin.
"What do you want? As long as I have it, I can give it to you. The position of the Queen of the Southern Qing is also an option. After all, you will have helped me a great deal," Jiang Yanqin said half - jokingly.
"Come on! Who wants your lousy position as the queen? What I want is to be able to visit your pharmacy in the Southern Qing Kingdom after you ascend the throne." It was an understatement to call it a pharmacy. It was said that there was a rare thousand - year snow lotus in the Southern Qing Kingdom.
Although there were also snow lotuses in the Pharmacist Valley, they were not as old as this one.
"Hiss... Where did you get this information? I didn't even know there was a thousand - year snow lotus in the Southern Qing Kingdom." Did this woman secretly set up an intelligence network behind his back?
"I have my own ways. Just tell me if you'll give it to me or not," Mu Fengqie said.
"I said if you agreed to be the Queen of the Southern Qing, you could have anything. Why don't you agree?" Jiang Yanqin asked.
"I can still get the snow lotus even if I don't agree. Do you believe me?" Mu Fengqie said.
Jiang Yanqin saw that Mu Fengqie had taken out a silver needle from her sleeve at some point and couldn't help but shiver.
"Okay, okay, I agree. After I succeed, I'll give it to you. Please put away the silver needle first," Jiang Yanqin said. It was really creepy.
"Hurry up and leave. Don't let others see you. If my location is exposed, I'll make you pay," Mu Fengqie said.
"Yes, yes, I know..." After Jiang Yanqin walked out, he looked at the sky in the distance and sighed. He had been serious just now. If Mu Fengqie had agreed, he would have immediately promised that she would be the only one in his harem in the future.
It was a pity that she didn't agree. It seemed that she didn't plan to start a new relationship. But it was okay. He could stay by her side, unlike Jing Xunce, who had thrown such a wonderful woman away so easily.