Tled by Serena Love

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Chapter 20: Old Debt

Jiang Shuyao is going out of the house for the first time, and she deliberately cleaned up, and let Bai Zhi hold a thick stack of silver banknotes, excited like a student going out for an autumn trip.

Xie Xun waited outside the room for her, but after a long time no one came out. It was also the first time in his life that he experienced a woman getting ready before going out. He walked up and down the corridor with his hands on his back. When he was about to be impatient, Jiang Shuyao finally came out.

Xie Xun looked at her. Hmm... The hair was combed a bit more vigorously, and the clothes she wore were a bit more gorgeous, except from that, it seemed that there was no difference.

"What are you packing up in the house for so long?" He asked with a frown, looking at the sun that is already high.

Jiang Shuyao gave him a surprised look, "You didn't see the difference?"

Xie Xun said blankly, "What's the difference?"

After carefully dressing up and not praised, Jiang Shuyao bypassed him and walked on her own, whispering in a low voice, "...it must be because my clothes and jewelry are too few, and my rouge and lipstick are not strong enough, so it didn't even raise my skin color. Need to purchase a new batch."

Xie Xun didn't know how depressed Jiang Shuyao was. Looking at her back, he was confused. With his long legs, he followed Jiang Shuyao in only a few steps.

After the two of them left the house, Xie Xun rode a horse and Jiang Shuyao took a carriage. On the road, there are many high-gate mansions, which are not much to look at, until the entrance of the market, then it is became lively.

Jiang Shuyao jumped out of the carriage and looked at the ancient bustling market in surprise. The long streets are wide, the tall buildings and short houses are densely packed together, the scenery is fluttering, there are a lot of noises from people, tea shops, bookstores, clothing shops, rouge shops... there is a dazzling array of things.

Without greeting Xie Xun, Jiang Shuyao dragged Bai Zhi to the nearest jewelry shop.

Xie Xun had no choice but to get off his horse and walk behind her into the crowd.

By coincidence, a row of wooden carts swayed from the side. Xie Xun was forced to take a step back, standing still, and shouting to Jiang Shuyao who was walking away, "Be careful."

Jiang Shuyao reacted in a timely manner and took Bai Zhi's arm to avoid them. When the two turned around, Bai Zhi accidentally stepped on a scholar next to her and knocked him to the ground.

Jiang Shuyao hurriedly supported Bai Zhi, and was about to ask the scholar if he was hurt, but when the scholar looked up and saw Bai Zhi's face, his face went dark, and he shouted in shock and annoyance: "It's you?!"

Bai Zhi was just opened her mouth to apologize. But hearing the scholar's roar, she was taken aback for a moment, and suddenly remembered something. She withdrew immediately, with an expression of disgust she said, "It's you."

The scholar snorted coldly, patted his robe and stood up, his eyes suddenly falling to Jiang Shuyao. He frowned, and looked at her carefully.

Jiang Shuyao felt uncomfortable by his eyes, she stepped back and stared at him.

The scholar did not look away, and asked Bai Zhi without daring to confirm, "This is your lady?"

After she got married, Jiang Shuyao's look is very different from the way she previously dressed. In addition, after having some meat, she became more charming and beautiful. It was very different from the previous funny appearance of the skinny, powder-coated face.

Bai Zhi folded her arms, glanced at the scholar obliquely, and said to Jiang Shuyao, "Miss, let's go."

Jiang Shuyao was confused and about to turn around, but the scholar ran a few steps to block them. "Stop."

Bai Zhi put her hands on her hips, and sternly said: "What do you want?"

The scholar did not answer her question. He looked at Jiang Shuyao's high-groomed married woman's bun, with a strange expression, "Are you married?"

Bai Zhi remembered that Xie Xun is still behind them, she quickly turned around to look for Xie Xun's figure.

She was so busy with a guilty conscience that she ignored the scholar, and Jiang Shuyao became the one who confronted the scholar. She felt inexplicable, "You have something?"

"I don't know who Miss Jiang is married to now? Oh, is your husband have power or money, so that he can accommodate a woman like you as a wife."

This person is so handsome, she didn't expect that he will speak so mean.

Bai Zhi saw Xie Xun who was standing a few steps behind them, and heard the scholar say such things. She suddenly panicked and stomped and cursed. "What nonsense are you talking about?"

"I'm talking nonsense?" He thought of this and angered, "Ms. Jiang played poems on me that day, isn't it true? Was it false that she used money to insult me? In the end, Zhang was expelled from the cultural society, and his future was destroyed—"

Bai Zhi was thinking that Xie Xun was not far behind, so she should have dragged the young lady to avoid this person, but when she heard the scholar's words, she impulsively said, "Bah! You didn't have the ability to learn, and you can blame it on my lady's head, so shameless." After speaking, she pulled Jiang Shuyao forward.

The scholar chased after him and smashed into the crowd: "Miss Jiang, how can there be a shameless woman like you in the world? Does your husband knows that you used to behave like a slut? Did he not know or is he just a green-headed turtle? Don't you think it's shameless to be married to you?"

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[T/N: "Green headed turtle" means someone who is stupid and don't know he is wearing a green hat. "Wearing a green hat" means his wife is cheating on him.]

As he said so, passersby gradually stopped, and there was a faint tendency to watch  the excitement.

Jiang Shuyao wants to cry without tears, so is this a romantic debt owed by the original owner?

She looked up at the sky, sister original owner, no matter what you are a daughter of a lord, you shouldn't be such a idiot. In the end, you lost your life because of the idiot, Xie Xun. 

In the meantime, Bai Zhi is blue and white with anger by the scholar's words. She would usually kicked and scolded, but now the young master is following behind, what can she do if he heard these words! 

She didn't know what to do, and it seemed too guilty if she pulled the young lady away, but it was not good for the young lady to be entangled with him here, if the young master see it. Her forehead is sweating in a hurry. 

Jiang Shuyao hates being watched. She was going left and right trying to get around, but she is always blocked by the scholar. Finally, she was annoyed, and said impatiently, "This young master, I think you are a scholar who splashes people with dirty water and tarnishes people's reputation. Is this the way of you literati?"

"Oh, you dare not to admit it? You were entangled after seeing Zhang's skin at first sight, and you also gifted me gold and silver tokens in order to get acquainted with me——"

"Wait." Jiang Shuyao interrupted him, staring at the scholar's face for a few moments, "Fancy your skin?"

Hearing this, the scholar raised his head, as if he was confident of his appearance, and wanted passersby to take a look, and see that he did not lie.

To be honest, this man looks really good. He has clear eyes and fair face, white and tender skin, and wearing a broad robe which has a sense of frailty unique to scholars. But for Jiang Shuyao, who was used to seeing Xie Xun, this person still has a long way to go. Not to mention his looks, Xie Xun could just dumped him out ten streets just with his temperament.

It is impossible for her to carry the black pot left by the original owner, so she frankly said, "I don't know what is your purpose for stopping me with all kinds of humiliation today. I know myself to be honest and innocent. If you insist on entanglement, then I will let you see what does it mean to have power and money."

She was born graceful, luxurious and charming, and today she has deliberately dressed up, with gold and silver hairpins, rich and magnificent, and her words are overwhelming. The passersby who are watching the show are unavoidably frightened and scared, and gradually scattered. 

The scholar choked for a while. The former Jiang Shuyao was humble and considerate to him, and she wasted money to give gifts. He scolded her casually. When she ever put her identity on others? 

His voice became a little weaker, "I'm a juror, and I'm a member of the government. If you dare to do anything wrong." At this point, he became angry again, "If it were not for you, I would not lose face and be expelled from the poetry society. This autumn, I will definitely be an Imperial Scholar, and enter the Emperor's hall——" 

He hasn't finished his words, and was interrupted again. 

The scholar didn't hold his breath and almost choked. Who interrupted him again?! How come these one, two and three random strangers interrupt others! Know how to respect others! 

"Only you? The court is not so blind." Xie Xun finally passed through the crowd and came to Jiang Shuyao. 

Jiang Shuyao couldn't help but shaking when she heard his voice. Although she wasn't the one who did the nonsense things in the past, she still has a guilty conscience, not to mention Xie Xun's cold tone... Is he angry? 

She froze in place. The ancients were conservative in their thinking and has more masculine pride. Even if she was just his nominal wife, it is estimated that only a few people could tolerate such things.

The scholar was taken aback and looked up at Xie Xun.

Xie Xun's posture is tall and straight, taller than the scholar's head, and he stood next to Jiang Shuyao. His long body was as beautiful as a crown jade, and his body was inviting. The scholar has to develop his own ugly mind.

The scholar quickly retracted his gaze, and a bit of jealousy emerged from his self-conscious mind. He looked at the expensive and exquisite workmanship of the robe worn by Xie Xun, and he sneered in his heart. 

"Yes, just rely on my ability. I am a disciple of Mr. Qingyun's school. I am an Imperial Scholar, who are you, let us talk about it." He felt emboldened. What kind of good stuff can be mixed with Jiang Shuyao. He is nothing more than an ignorant person. He is nothing more than a wealthy boy with a hollow mind. 

Xie Xun's tone was dull, "Third place in the 27th year of Chengping, Xie Xun."

[T/N: The scholar was saying that he was definitely will become a Jinshi (Imperial Scholar) which is a title for the top 100 in the imperial examination, but he hasn't got it yet. But Xie Xun was a Tanhua (third place) already.]

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The scholar was all ready to mock him, but when he heard these words suddenly, he was ashamed for a while. 

Xie, Xie Xun? But the literary, Xie Boyuan, that he knew... He was still reading his article before going to bed last night. 

He didn't want to believe it, but seeing Xie Xun's graceful demeanor, he believed it 80%. 

His face was sullen, and his mind was in confusion. After a long while, he only said to Jiang Shuyao, "Do as you want," and then hurriedly left. 

Jiang Shuyao didn't expect that this farce would be so simple to solve. She took a peek at Xie Xun and saw that his expression was cold and unhappy, and her heart felt guilty. 

"That..." She wanted to explain, but Xie Xun stepped away. 

"Aren't you going to buy jewelry, let's go." His tone was stiff and cold, and at first she thought he was talking to himself. 

Jiang Shuyao saw him walking a few steps away, and quickly followed. Xie Xun stepped into the jewelry store. The guests in the store avoided him, he looked like a person who was about to freeze people to death. He realized that his expression is not well, and he frowned to suppress his irritability. 

This woman, Jiang-shi, is as absurd as the rumors.

The scholar told the past in a few words, and then when he looked at Bai Zhi's pale and panic expression, what else he didn't understand.

Xie Xun was even more angry when he saw Jiang Shuyao follow him with an annoyed look.

That person, who looked a bit older than him, was just a man. Plain appearance and wretched behaviour. Coupled with that style, he was even more horrible and hateful. This kind of man could also get into her eyes?

He looked at Jiang Shuyao's figure and gritted his teeth and thought, that kind of person is also worthy for her to give poems and silvers. She really, really... doesn't have vision!

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