Chapter 141: Can’t Hold It In Anymore (1)

In the Champion Marquis’ residence, Duke Yu Dunsu and his wife, Guo Shuxian, were sitting in Yu Xingzhi’s courtyard waiting anxiously.

Madam Guo rubbed her hands and couldn’t sit still. If it weren’t that she’d be breaking the rules, she even wanted to wait by the duke residence’s front door.

Yu Dunsu said, “Madam, five had endured too many hardships. Yong’er had sent a letter earlier, but he didn’t explain clearly, only saying that five’s wife had gotten into an accident as well. When five gets back, you should let him have his way and don’t restrict him anymore.”

Madam Guo twisted her handkerchief and said, “I know. When he comes back, I won’t control him anymore. As long as he’s happy, he can be with any lady he wants. Xiaoxiao is also a pitiful child. They are not fated, it seems like. I’m just scared that with Xingzhi’s personality, he’d be too stubborn to be with anyone else. Sigh!”

A travel-worn horse carriage stopped by the duke residence’s door.

Yu Dunsu and Madam Guo couldn’t help but walk out to welcome him.

However, they saw a woman with a clear and fresh appearance walking down first after pulling the curtains to the side. She jumped down and turned around to raise her pair of fair and delicate hands, helping Yu Xingzhi out of the horse carriage.

Yu Xingzhi looked exhausted and weak, but he didn’t wear a sorrowful expression surprisingly. Instead, he shot everyone a warm smile.

He seemed to have lost his balance, slightly stumbling a bit.

That woman hurriedly supported him and carried him under everyone’s shocked gazes. She skillfully carried him into his bedroom.

On the way, Yu Xingzhi tried to reject her offer, though not sincerely, “Xiaoxiao, put me down.”

Madam Guo glanced at this in shock. “This…she?”

Yu Xingyong followed along, coughed and exclaimed, “This is a long story. Let this child enter the room and report in detail.”

…

In the noble women’s circle within the capital, there was a new popular discussion of the topic.

The Champion Marquis’ common wife misses her husband too much as he was on expeditions and actually fell ill.

The Champion Marquis had won the battle and returned, becoming the newly popular influential figure in the court. He also cherished and took good care of her, finding all sorts of famous physicians to diagnose and treat his madam.

However, the madam’s sickness didn’t get any better. In the end, she died and went to heaven.

“There are some unlucky people and can’t enjoy the riches and honor. Speaking of this, she is quite pitiful.” At a small private banquet, the second mistress of Scholar Zuo, Wang Bihua, said this as though taking pleasure in Zhou Xiaoxiao’s misfortune.

“With her status, she was fortunate enough to marry the duke in a proper and legal manner, enjoying the riches and gold for a while.”

“I heard that Marquis Yu also mourned excessively, causing him to fall ill too. Up until the duke’s wife made a decision to search for a common woman whose personality and name was the same as the late marquis’ wife that the marquis slowly got better after taking her in as a second wife.”

“What? The Champion Marquis had remarried just like this? Earlier, my wife wanted to send my third sister…sigh.”

“The Marquis is really a faithful man. However, I wonder which woman got lucky.”

“What do you mean faithful? Men are all the same. They forget their old lover now that they have someone new. Look, the late madam just died and he remarried.”

…

Right now, in the duke residence, Yu Xingzhi and his “new wife,” Zhou Xiaoxiao, were being lovey-dovey in the room without a care for the gossips.

Zhou Xiaoxiao sat by the edge of the bed holding the White Jade Ointment which helped to improve blood circulation; she was carefully applying the ointment to Yu Xingzhi’s injuries.

She lifted her fair and tender finger, scooping the milky white ointment and carefully applying it on the lash marks which started to form scabs. She pursed her lips and gently blew on the ointment.