Abandoned Woman Busy Farming

Chapter 1318: Chapter 1320: Explain Clearly_1

”Madam seems to be in a bad mood,” the morning breeze said, careful to avoid his master’s potential cold front.

”It’s nothing now, you may go,” Jiang Yichun massaged his temples, then called the morning breeze back, ”Ask the kitchen to send a bowl of Hangover Soup.”

”Yes.” The morning breeze bowed his head and withdrew, hiding a look of surprise in his eyes. Madam hadn’t prepared Hangover Soup for the master herself—it seemed she was genuinely angry, and quite seriously so.

Yesterday, they couldn’t bring guards to the Imperial Palace for the banquet, so they returned to the inn beforehand, unaware of what had happened between the two in the Palace.

The morning breeze pondered. Weren’t these two always in perfect harmony? Why would they have a dispute?

Jiang Yichun went back inside the room, rubbing his temples while recalling what Bai Ruozhu had said the night before. She seemed to have mentioned him staring at that saintess, but he couldn’t remember ever gazing at her intently.

The Saintess Honglian was indeed a stunning beauty, so it was natural for Bai Ruozhu to feel jealous—but when had he been staring at Honglian? Yet, Bai Ruozhu wasn’t one to make a fuss without reason, was she?

While he was deep in thought, Bai Ruozhu finally woke up.

She let out a tired little moan, turning over and opening her eyes.

This time she faced away from the bed, and as soon as she opened her eyes, she saw Jiang Yichun sitting by the table, massaging his head. She wasn’t fully awake yet, and her first thought was that he must have drunk too much and now had a headache.

She was about to speak when suddenly she remembered she was angry with him. How could she have forgotten after just a sleep? He had watched another woman for a long stretch without batting an eye, completely ignoring her presence beside him.

With that thought, Bai Ruozhu turned her head away huffily.

Jiang Yichun, finding it amusing, got up and sat down by the bed, saying, ”Get up for breakfast, the porridge at the inn seems quite good.”

Bai Ruozhu snorted coldly, ”I’m not in the mood.”

”Not in the mood or not, you still need to eat,” he said with a chuckle in his voice, as if trying to cheer her up.

”You eat by yourself. After eating, see if you can run into the person you’ve been thinking about. From now on, stay away from me. Once this matter is settled, you can go find whoever you want!” Bai Ruozhu said petulantly, but the more she spoke, the sadder she felt. She tried to sound nonchalant and carefree on the surface, but the thought of him liking someone else, seeking someone else, made her feel incredibly stifled, and her eyes began to feel hot.

She also couldn’t help thinking about her Little Dengdeng. So young and the father was already looking for a stepmother. But she certainly wouldn’t hand Dengdeng over to him—children should be raised by their own mother.

Jiang Yichun was unaware that in the blink of an eye, Bai Ruozhu had reached such wild conclusions.

”The person I’m thinking about is right here; why would I need to go anywhere else?” Jiang Yichun began to laugh. He had been a bit upset last night, but once sober and seeing her curled up in the chair, he couldn’t hold onto his anger.

He was several years older than her, after all—shouldn’t he be the one to pamper her?

”Even after this matter is settled, I’ll only look for you, it has nothing to do with anyone else,” he said, smiling, as he scooped her up, bringing her gaze to meet his.

Bai Ruozhu’s face turned red with some annoyance as she said, ”Stop touching me, don’t you like looking at others? Why are you still looking at me now?”

After she finished speaking, she herself felt sour. She was not the type to be easily jealous or to throw petty temper tantrums at her husband, so even when she did get upset, she felt awkward about it.

But who asked him to stare at Honglian!

Jiang Yichun gave a wry smile and said, ”Look into my eyes, I swear I really didn’t stare at her, at least I don’t remember doing so.”

Bai Ruozhu saw her own reflection in his dark pupils; his gaze was sincere and he truly seemed not to be lying.

”It was when Honglian left, you were staring at her back the whole time. I looked at you for a long time, but you never even glanced at me.” Bai Ruozhu also grew suspicious; if Jiang Yichun really didn’t remember, then what had happened at the time? It couldn’t have been that she was seeing things.

”I stared at her back for that long?” Jiang Yichun’s brows furrowed, and a solemn expression appeared on his face, ”I have no memory of that at all, now that I think about it, I also can’t remember what exactly I was doing when she left, that woman is really no ordinary person!”

Bai Ruozhu was also shocked. Could it have been a brief use of the Soul Capture Technique?

If it was just to make her misunderstand something about Jiang Yichun, that would be one thing, but she feared it was the kind of powerful Soul Capture Technique that could briefly control Jiang Yichun and implant a certain signal in his thoughts, then use him for Honglian’s purposes at a specific moment.

These were things Bai Ruozhu had read about in the books at the Astrology Tower. She shared her thoughts with Jiang Yichun, whose brows knitted tightly together, giving him a sense of powerlessness. This was not something that could be resolved with martial arts, because he had fallen into the trap without any knowledge of it.

”So it seems I did look at another woman, no wonder you got angry, it is indeed my fault for being careless and falling for someone else’s scheme,” Jiang Yichun said in a gentle tone.

Hearing this, Bai Ruozhu felt somewhat embarrassed. He had been calculated against without his knowledge, and she had been disturbed by Saintess Honglian, when she should have trusted him.

”I wasn’t doubting you about the Sangta incident either. It’s just that I drank too much last night and was a bit harsh with my words,” he added.

Bai Ruozhu’s anger dissipated, and she quickly pulled him saying, ”And you’re bringing it up now? A big incident happened yesterday, and I didn’t even know whom to talk to with you being drunk.”

She told him about being intercepted by Sangta, then saving Chu Hai, and also mentioned Sangta’s proposal for her to become his beast bride, which she outright refused.

”No wonder Hao Feng said the imperial guard came to interrogate you. We can’t let any suspicions arise from this matter, and we can’t bring Chu Hai back here,” Jiang Yichun’s face darkened. Even though he knew Bai Ruozhu was trying to save a friend, the fact that she was alone with Sangta still made him incredibly jealous.

Bai Ruozhu wrinkled her nose and said, ”Don’t be jealous for no reason, I don’t like barbarians.”

The words ”barbarian” improved Jiang Yichun’s mood as the corner of his mouth lifted. That Sangta thought he could compete with him for a woman, he didn’t stand a chance!

The couple who had been upset with each other all night made up by morning and soon went downstairs hand in hand to have porridge. Hao Feng watched them, unable to help admiring their master; it was impressive how quickly he had pacified his wife.

After the meal, Bai Ruozhu suggested they go find Ao Qi and Princess Yingtong to tell them about Honglian using the Soul Capture Technique on Jiang Yichun and to ask for Princess Yingtong, who had learned skills from Hao Feng, to help check on it.

On the other hand, they also wanted to get a clearer picture of Hao Feng’s whereabouts through their interaction with Princess Yingtong, or rather, understand Princess Yingtong’s attitude in order to find Hao Feng as soon as possible.