met free Chapter 208 A Twist of Fate Leads to the Beauties' Disappointment
Chapter 208 A Twist of Fate Leads to the Beauties' Disappointment
She asked the woman from Chang'an next to her, "I'm from Taiyuan and don't know much about Chang'an. May I ask, sister, who is this young man who helped the groom fend off the drinks? He's so brave and magnanimous; I truly admire him."
"This is General Li, a prominent figure in Chang'an recently. He married Consort Mei's long-lost younger sister, and the two are now deeply in love, making everyone envious!" the women of Chang'an responded.
Wang from Taiyuan stammered, "General Li is quite the dashing man..."
It's a pity he's already married.
This feeling of regret only lingered in the hearts of the Wang family of Taiyuan for a moment.
She quickly rallied and approached Li Guangbi, saying, "General Li is so brave and extraordinary; I truly admire your wife."
Li Guangbi frowned slightly. He was there to attend the wedding and didn't want any unnecessary trouble.
So he coldly asked, "Who are you?"
"I am the bride's cousin, from Taiyuan. General Li just told me to go without makeup." She introduced herself, acting as if she were already familiar with the bride.
Having grown up in Taiyuan, which wasn't directly under the emperor's nose, Wang Suyan's personality was much more unconventional than Wang Xiaoyun's. Since she had her eye on Li Guangbi, she was determined to get him by any means necessary, regardless of whether he reciprocated her feelings.
Li Guangbi felt a slight unease and immediately adopted a wary posture: "Indeed, my wife is the love of my life, something that others can only envy."
His attitude of remaining faithful to his wife only made Wang Suyan more moved.
Why didn't she meet a man like that first?
Wang Suyan was not giving up, but instead went a step further: "There is no conflict between loving one's life and loving others. Which man these days doesn't have a wife at home and mistresses on the side?"
This woman, she really has no shame!
A surge of anger welled up in Li Guangbi's heart. He felt that continuing to talk to this woman would be disloyal to Caiyue, so he immediately said, "Miss Suyan is beautiful and will surely find a better match, but I already have someone I love and dare not betray her. I hope Miss Suyan will respect herself and not talk to me anymore, as it will have a bad influence."
After saying that, Li Guangbi ignored the Wang family of Taiyuan.
Li Guangbi drank one cup after another, and soon became somewhat drunk.
While everyone's attention was focused on Guo Ziyi and Wang Xiaoyun, Wang Suyan once again quietly came to Li Guangbi's side and helped him leave the banquet hall.
They walked to a pavilion, where the moonlight was hazy, and the atmosphere was quiet and peaceful.
Looking at the tall and imposing man before her, Wang Suyan secretly made plans. After settling him in a secluded pavilion, she gently leaned on his shoulder.
Li Guangbi was already drunk, and in his hazy state, he mistook the person in his arms for Jiang Caiyue, muttering, "Caiyue, you've had quite a few drinks with me tonight, haven't you? Go and get some rest..."
Wang Suyan didn't respond; instead, she moved even closer to him.
At this moment, everything became out of control.
Li Guangbi hadn't touched Jiang Caiyue for far too long. The beast within him had been running rampant for a long time, and with Wang Suyan's ulterior motives, they soon consummated their marriage in a hazy, dreamlike state.
The next morning, as sunlight streamed through the window, Li Guangbi awoke from his deep sleep to find himself lying in the pavilion.
Beside him was a woman named Wang Suyan.
Both of them were disheveled and looked quite improper!
"What...what's going on?!" He stood up in a panic.
Wang Suyan slightly opened her eyes, a smug smile in them: "General Li, you won't refuse me now, will you? If you take my body, you'll have to take responsibility for me in the future."
Li Guangbi was stunned, his mind went blank.
In an instant, he realized he had done something irreversible.
But he couldn't ignore the woman before him; the bloodstains on their clothes were proof that he had taken her virginity the night before.
"Guangbi—Guangbi—"
Li Mao, now sober, discovered that Li Guangbi had been missing since the previous night and came to look for him.
Upon seeing this scene, Li Mao was first stunned, then flew into a rage.
“Li Guangbi, how could you not control yourself and do such a thing so hastily while Caiyue was pregnant? If you were just taking a concubine or keeping a mistress, it would be fine, but you did it at Ziyi’s wedding with the bride’s relative… You!” Even if Li Mao was very open-minded, he could not understand Li Guangbi’s crazy behavior.
Li Guangbi looked ashamed and said in a low voice, "Your Highness, I know I was wrong. I was confused for a moment, but I'm afraid Caiyue will never forgive me..."
"You...you...sigh!" Li Mao knew that it takes two to tango; Li Guangbi was so drunk yesterday that Wang Suyan probably took advantage of the situation.
He took a deep breath and said helplessly, "Since it has already happened, I have no choice but to allow you to take Wang Suyan as your concubine. However, you must tell Caiyue the truth about this, otherwise the trust between you will be completely destroyed."
Jiang Caiyue is pregnant and cannot afford to make any mistakes.
After thinking it over, Li Mao decided to ask Wang Xiaoyun to come out of seclusion and persuade her.
Wang Xiaoyun was Guo Ziyi's newlywed wife, so her words always carried some weight.
That afternoon, Li Guangbi returned home.
Jiang Caiyue already knew everything, and her eyes were filled with indifference when she saw Li Guangbi.
Remembering Li Mao's previous instructions, Li Guangbi hesitantly confessed everything.
Upon hearing Li Guangbi say these words, Jiang Caiyue couldn't help but burst into tears. She turned her back to Li Guangbi and said coldly, "From now on, don't come to see me again."
No matter how much Li Guangbi apologized and explained, Jiang Caiyue refused to look at him again.
Because Guo Ziyi married relatively late, he naturally didn't have the same shameless married life as Li Guangbi before him. On the third day after their wedding night, they were supposed to set off back to Lingzhou.
Before leaving, Guo Ziyi specially comforted Li Guangbi: "Don't worry, in time, Caiyue will gradually forgive you."
Li Guangbi nodded silently, his heart heavy.
He understood that, given Caiyue's personality, getting her to forgive him was harder than climbing to heaven. His only recourse was to ignore Wang Suyan from now on, let Caiyue see his sincerity, and then make it up to her properly when he returned from Lingzhou next year.
The two of them, traveling lightly and swiftly, embarked on their journey to Lingzhou.
Li Mao did not go with them; he had important matters to attend to in Chang'an.
After seeing Guo Ziyi and Li Guangbi off, Li Mao went to Li Linfu's residence again.
Li Linfu, upon seeing Li Mao, seemed somewhat displeased and muttered, "Your Highness, ever since you warned this old minister last time, I have not dared to lay a hand on Wei Jian. Your Highness must trust this old minister."