The Cannon Fodder and Villain’s Happy Ending
chapter-310

Chapter 310

She put down the teacup, pressed the corner of her lips with her handkerchief, and said, “When the witness and physical evidence are put in front of him, this empress will see if he will still deceive himself!”

Qin Jiu shook her head and said firmly, “He will.”

“……” Empress Wei raised her eyebrows.

Qin Jiu said with a smile, “Duan Wangye’s eyes have long been blinded. Unless he sees and hears with his own eyes and ears, he will not believe whatever others say.”

“That’s right.” Empress Wei sighed thoughtfully. “It’s still Xiao Jiu who can see through it clearly.”

Qin Jiu pursed her lips and smiled as she slowly sipped the fragrant rose tea.

After taking two sips of tea, Empress Wei said, “Xiao Jiu, when you are free, you should go visit Duan Wang Fei more often, whether she and Duan Wangye will be reconciled or not, when you get married, you will still spend more time with your mother-in-law, and it is best for you to let her like you.”

Empress Wei looked at Qin Jiu with a gentle smile, the girl in front of her was about to reach her marriageable, standing tall and graceful. Her skin was now fair after half a year of care, and her almond-like eyes were bright, her delicate facial features were soft and beautiful with a sense of heroism. She was sensible and elegant, not to mention, she was sparkling that people could not look away from her.

Her Xiao Jiu was about to get married.

The tenderness in Empress Wei’s eyes seemed to be overflowing as she said with a smile. “You can watch the affairs of Duan Wangye and Duan Wangfei but don’t interfere with them and don’t try to persuade them to make peace let alone persuade them to leave. They have been married for more than 40 years, so it’s hard to say whether the result will be good or bad. If you do more, you may not please them in the future.”

Empress Wei has seen a lot, when a couple quarreled and made a big mess out of it, wishing to hurt each other, but reconciled in the end, the couple would tend to blame the person who persuaded them to leave, that was why it was hard for outsiders to get involved. So, this matter has to be handled by Duan Wangye and his wife alone.

“Aunt, I understand.” Qin Jiu replied earnestly.

She was confident that she was quite accurate in seeing people. With Duan Wang Fei’s clear temperament of distinguishing between love and hate, once she has decided to divorce and leave, she would never go back on her word. But since the empress mentioned this to her, these were obviously for her own good, and she needs to appreciate them.

“Xiao Jiu is so good.” The smile on Empress Wei’s face deepened looking at her like she was a little girl looking cute and adorable, tender and delicate, unlike a boy… ai, she just learn how to run and now she would be gone not even leaving a shadow, and they wouldn’t be seeing each other more often.*

(am not sure what she meant by this, but I think she was thinking that she just recently knew Qin Jiu and now she’s getting married…?)

If she hadn’t been exchanged back then, Xiao Jiu would have grown up by her side and she would certainly be like having an extra daughter. She could have personally taught her how to play qin, chess, calligraphy, and painting, and choose a well-matched family, with simple, upright and noble family, unlike Duan Wang fu which was chaotic and a wangye with a questionable character.

Empress Wei had a moment of regret for a while before she sigh, after all, when all was said and done there were so many assumptions in the world.

No matter how reluctant Empress Wei was, Qin Jiu couldn’t live in the palace forever. Besides, Empress Wei was worried about Qin Zening and Qin Zeyu, those two brats who were home alone. After staying in the palace for a few days, she reluctantly asked Xiao Kouzi to send Qin Jiu back home.

The carriage returned directly from the imperial palace to the Qin mansion. Getting off the carriage, she bumped into Qin Zeyu and his little friends.

A group of youth of similar age, looking so cheerful and gaily were going out having fun as they walked out of the residence and were making so much ruckus but when they saw Qin Jiu they immediately fell into silence as if their throats had been choked.

Qin Zeyu looked extremely well-behaved, standing up straight as he called, “Sister…”

Those friends he was with also hurriedly stood up straight, and obediently one by one called out, “Sister!”

The seven or eight voices called her out in unison, and the word “sister” was called out in a very articulate and vocalizing sound, which was more energetic than how the brat Qin Zeyu called her.

“Where are you going?” Qin Jiu glanced at Qin Zeyu and the boys beside him.

These brats have a history of being drunkards! And they should not be tolerated!

The teenagers immediately stood with their heads held high, all standing as if they were soldiers waiting for the general’s inspection.

“We’re going to his house to play polo,” Qin Zeyu said quickly, pointing to a boy in blue, with a polite and respectful look, remembering that his sister was not familiar with the nobles in the capital, so he added, “It’s Kang Jun’s wangfu.”

“It’s my home.” The boy in blue raised his hand and pointed to himself. He also hurriedly said, “Sister, my home has a polo field, so we will never leave the capital!”

Qin Jiu’s eyes swept over the group of teenagers again, seeing that, Qin Zeyu’s heart rate accelerated little by little until he heard his sister say mercifully, “Go, be back before the curfew.”

“Yes!” Qin Zeyu smiled. “Sister, then I’m going!”

He then called out his little friends, and they all ran out of the gate as if they had wings under their feet, afraid that Qin Jiu would change her mind.

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