After rebirth, the wife of the Houfu shark went crazy

Chapter 242 Return to Yonglin Marquis Mansion

Before Jiang Xiyu could react, Xu Rui forcefully put his arm around Jiang Xiyu's shoulders and walked out.

Shen Li looked at Jiang Xiyu's stiff body and felt as if she was being taken away by Xu Rui.

He really wanted to help, but Xu Rui and she were husband and wife after all. He couldn't even get involved in family affairs, let alone marital affairs.

When Xu Rui walked to Shen Li's side, he said, "Thank you for troubling me today, Lord Shen. I will handle this matter well and will give my wife a satisfactory answer."

Shen Li glanced at Jiang Xiyu and nodded.

Xu Rui embraced Jiang Xiyu and walked out of the court. Nanny Yu and Qing'er were worried about Jiang Xiyu and hurriedly followed.

Deji immediately left with the shopkeepers.

Shen Li was also worried that Jiang Xiyu would suffer if she went back with Xu Rui. If they didn't know each other, it would be fine, but since they knew each other, he really couldn't just sit back and watch.

Shen Li quickly called a yamen runner over, "Hurry up and go to Yunxi Restaurant to find the princess. Tell her that Boss Jiang came to Shuntian Prefecture to file a complaint today, and Marquis Yonglin suddenly appeared and took Boss Jiang back."

"Yes." The bailiff responded and went to do it immediately.

Shen Li looked at their receding backs and sighed softly.

He could only help so far.

After all, Xu Rui is now a popular figure around Gu Wei. He has become a great general of the country at a young age and has a large army under his command. Especially this time he should have successfully suppressed the bandits and returned to the capital. It is estimated that Gu Wei will definitely reward him greatly.

But no one expected that a person like him would actually embezzle his wife's dowry.

It seems that he is very affectionate towards his wife, but that is not the case.

Xu Rui originally rode a horse and galloped all the way to Shuntian Prefecture.

After going out, Xu Rui directly picked up Jiang Xiyu and carried her to his horse. Jiang Xiyu struggled, but Xu Rui held her tightly. Jiang Xiyu stopped struggling and let him take her back.

After walking for a while, seeing that it was not a familiar road, Jiang Xiyu couldn't help but ask, "Where are you taking me?"

"Marquis' Mansion." Xu Rui said.

Jiang Xiyu was stunned, but before she could ask anything, they arrived at the gate of Yonglin Marquis Mansion not far away.

Xu Rui directly carried Jiang Xiyu off the horse.

"Put me down, I can walk by myself." Jiang Xiyu struggled to get out of Xu Rui's arms, but Xu Rui refused to let her go.

"My Lord, Madam." The butler was stunned when he saw Xu Rui and Jiang Xiyu coming back together.

Didn’t the Marquis go to suppress the bandits? Why is he here?

Xu Rui ignored the butler and went straight to his study carrying Jiang Xiyu.

Xu Rui's study has always been heavily guarded. The guards of Yonglin Marquis' Mansion were all guarding his study. When they saw Xu Rui coming back with Jiang Xiyu in his arms, they all showed surprised expressions on their faces. Xu Rui ignored them and directly hugged Jiang Xiyu into the study.

Xu Rui carried Jiang Xiyu around to the back of the desk, gently placed her on the chair, then squatted in front of her and whispered, "I know you have a lot to ask me. You ask, and I will answer."

Xu Rui was squatting in front of Jiang Xiyu, and at this moment he kept a very low profile.

Jiang Xiyu didn't say anything, just looked at him quietly.

Jiang Xiyu's calmness scared Xu Rui.

He would rather she blame him, even beat him and scold him, he could accept that, but she did nothing, which made him very anxious.

Especially her cold eyes that seemed to be devoid of any emotion, which frightened him even more. He reached out and held Jiang Xiyu's hand, explaining very seriously, "Xi'er, believe me, it wasn't me who asked them to do the false accounting."

Jiang Xiyu stared into his dark eyes without blinking. She could tell that he didn't lie, but he couldn't forgive her. "But you know the truth, don't you?"

Xu Rui's face froze. He couldn't refute this.

Jiang Xiyu didn't even need Xu Rui to say anything. As soon as she saw his expression, she knew that he had guessed right. His heart was obviously already broken, but he could still be hurt over and over again.

"You knew they were falsifying accounts and cheating me out of my money, but you did nothing." Jiang Xiyu exposed him calmly, "You are even the beneficiary of the whole thing, right?"

At this moment, Xu Rui looked like he was not wearing any clothes in front of Jiang Xiyu, and everything was exposed.

Especially when facing her unusually calm questioning, Xu Rui felt even more ashamed. He finally lowered his head and said, "I'm sorry, I will find a way to return your money."

Jiang Xiyu was not pleased by his promise. She stood up and said coldly, "Of course you should return it to me. One million taels of silver, not a single copper coin less. Otherwise, I will sue you even before the emperor."

After Jiang Xiyu finished speaking, she didn't want to talk to Xu Rui anymore and went straight out of the study.

"Xi'er." Xu Rui hurriedly grabbed Jiang Xiyu, but she pushed him away. "Xu Rui, let's get a divorce. Let's part ways amicably before I get tired of you."

Without waiting for Xu Rui to speak, Jiang Xiyu left.

Looking at her cold back, Xu Rui's eyes instantly turned gloomy.

I want to divorce, but it is impossible even if I die.

"Deji."

Deji Zhenghou was outside. When he saw Jiang Xiyu coming out with a gloomy face, he knew that the two of them did not reach an agreement.

Hearing Xu Rui calling him, he hurried in, "My Lord."

"Did anything happen between Madam and King Qin?" Xu Rui asked coldly.

Deji was shocked when he heard this, wondering if today's incident was related to King Qin?

Deji didn't dare to think too much, and quickly told Xu Rui everything related to Jiang Xiyu and Gulin in detail.

After hearing this, Xu Rui's face turned green.

I didn't expect Gulin to be so scheming and to contact Jiang Xiyu so deliberately. Jiang Xiyu was simple-minded and didn't know Gulin's dirty thoughts, so she made medicinal food for him.

I don't know why she didn't send it over. Maybe she accidentally knew Gulin's thoughts. Jiang Xiyu is indeed simple-minded, but she is not a fool. On the contrary, she is very smart and well-educated. If she really knew Gulin's thoughts, according to her personality, she would definitely avoid suspicion.

Thinking of this, Xu Rui finally breathed a sigh of relief.

It seems that even if Jiang Xiyu knew King Qin's thoughts, she had no interest in him.

Xu Rui asked the key question, "When did Madam notice the problem with the account book?"

Deji thought for a moment and said, "It should be during the days when you were ordered to leave the capital that Madam checked your study and looked at your private accounts."

Xu Rui frowned. When she broke into his study, Deji sent him a message. At that time, he was worried that she would suspect something.

But after more than five years of marriage, she hadn't found anything in those account books. He was just hoping for luck, so he didn't deal with the matter seriously.

But no one expected that she would actually understand the account books this time and directly report the matter to Shuntian Prefecture.

Deji thought of something and said, "The Nanny Yu that Princess Yunling gave to Madam seems to be very good at accounting. She must be the one who checked the accounts for Madam."