Shen Wei was stunned.

Sun Qingmei has left Yanjing?

Zhaoyang told Shen Wei the whole story.

Three days ago, Sun Qingmei divorced Shangguan Xuan with the imperial edict. Sun Qingmei stayed in the princess's mansion for two days. During these two days, Sun Qingmei calmly calculated her dowry and settled the 12,000 taels of silver that the marquis's mansion owed her.

Sun Qingmei asked Princess Zhaoyang for help and urged the Marquis's Mansion to pay back the money owed to her. Sun Qingmei took some silver with her and rode out of Yanjing City this morning with her maid, heading towards Liangzhou City.

In Liangzhou City, there are old subordinates of Sun Qingmei's father. If she goes, maybe she can be taken care of.

In short, the seemingly weak Sun Qingmei just left without any hesitation.

Princess Zhaoyang said with admiration: "Madam Sun said that this is called [speed is of the essence in war]. Rather than getting entangled with those people in the Marquis' Mansion, it is better to just cut it off and put an end to it all."

Shen Wei admired him immensely.

Sun Qingmei was stronger and more decisive than Shen Wei had imagined. In just three days, she completely let go of the past, cut off all ties with it, and refused to compromise.

Zhaoyang smiled and said, "The Marquis' Mansion owes Madam Sun a dowry, and I will come forward to ask for it back for her! If the Marquis' Mansion does not give me this face, I will complain to my father and mother. It is disgusting that the Marquis' Mansion uses a woman's dowry."

After a pause, Zhao Yang lowered his voice and told Shen Wei: "Father agreed to the divorce of Madam Sun and Shangguan Xuan so quickly. Not only because the Sun family has done a favor to father, but also because they want to suppress the Zhennan Marquis Mansion."

The ancestor of the Shangguan family defeated the bandits of Southern Chu State and was granted the title of "Marquis of Zhennan".

When the current emperor was still in his palace, another prince was surrounded by the Marquis of Zhennan. After the emperor ascended the throne, the Zhennan Marquisate was suppressed and never recovered.

Shangguan Xuan made great military achievements this time, and the declining Zhennan Marquis Mansion showed signs of rising again. Now that Prince Yan and Prince Heng are fighting for power, the emperor is afraid that the Marquis of Zhennan's Mansion will get involved in the struggle between the princes. The emperor intends to suppress the Marquis of Zhennan's Mansion, so he promised Sun Qingmei a divorce to destroy the reputation of the Marquis of Zhennan's Mansion.

As for the Princess Pingyang, who is full of talent in making weapons, the Emperor will never let her leave Yanjing and must keep her under his nose and supervise her at all times.

Princess Zhaoyang clicked her tongue twice, her eyes full of disdain: "This time we defeated the Yue bandits. The main credit goes to General Shen, not Shangguan Xuan. General Shen didn't even ask for any reward, but Shangguan Xuan used his military merits to force my father to agree to demote his wife to a concubine. He's really bold."

Shen Wei thought about it carefully and realized that this was indeed the case.

Shangguan Xuan was quite "arrogant" when he returned to Beijing this time. The more proud a person is, the easier it is for him to fall from the altar.

"Then General Shen really didn't ask for any reward?" Shen Wei was very interested in this General Shen.

Zhaoyang nodded: "I heard from my father that General Chen Mieyue of Liangzhou City is a natural genius in war and is a master of military tactics. My father wanted to give him a title of nobility, but he refused and only wrote to my father, asking the court to provide more cotton clothes, food, and medicine to the soldiers at the border. My father really appreciates him——"

As he was speaking, Zhaoyang's personal maid Yun'er walked into the warm room. Yun'er whispered to Zhaoyang, "Princess, the Marquis of Zhennan and the Princess of Pingyang County want to see you."

Zhao Yang raised her eyebrows and said bluntly, "If he comes to pay the dowry money he owes to Madam Sun, I will meet him. If he comes to cause trouble, I will have him beaten out directly."

Yun'er gladly accepted the order.

After a while, Yun'er came back to report: "Princess, the Marquis of Zhennan said he has a letter in his hand, which is very important. If you don't want to see him, he will throw the letter away directly."

Zhaoyang suddenly became interested.

What kind of letter is so important? Since they were free anyway, Zhaoyang told Yun'er, "Let them in."

A moment later, Shangguan Xuan and Zhao Qing both came into the warm room. Men and women are separated by a faint white jade screen, and only vague figures can be seen through the screen.

Shangguan Xuan bowed to Zhaoyang and greeted him. He looked up and saw a woman's figure beside Zhaoyang through the blurry screen.

Shangguan Xuan subconsciously thought that it was Sun Qingmei.

Shangguan Xuan did not hesitate and went straight to the point: "Your Highness, I came here today for two things. One is to ask Madam to return to the Marquis' Mansion; the other is to give the Princess an important letter."

The Marquis' Mansion has been in a mess these past few days, with all kinds of bad things happening one after another.

Shangguan Xuan did not expect that Sun Qingmei would go to the palace overnight to ask for a divorce decree. He was surprised, and more annoyed.

This Sun Qingmei actually disregarded his dignity and made a small matter known to the whole city.

Shangguan Xuan originally wanted to find Sun Qingmei, and the two of them sat down and discussed calmly. But who would have thought that Sun Qingmei refused to talk to him at all, and left behind all the household affairs in the inner house of the Marquis' Mansion and moved directly into the Princess' Mansion!

After Sun Qingmei left, there was no one in charge of the Marquis' Mansion, and the old lady's 60th birthday party was a mess and became a joke. The old lady became ill due to anger, and all the mountains of fine medicinal herbs in the warehouse disappeared. It turned out that those precious medicinal herbs were also Sun Qingmei's dowry, and the princess directly sent people to move them all away.

There was no one capable of managing things in the Marquis's mansion, and the uncles from the second and third wives just stood by and watched. At this time, the old lady remembered how good Sun Qingmei was, but no one was willing to go to the princess's mansion and call her back.

Finally, the old lady called Shangguan Xuan over and said: "Women are all easily influenced by others. Sun Qingmei was angry because you brought Zhao Qing back this time. Take the initiative to admit your mistake and lure her back first. Once the Marquis's mansion is stable, it won't be too late to find a way to divorce her. 】

Shangguan Xuan gritted his teeth and went to the princess's mansion.

Zhaoyang drank a sip of hot wine and said, "Madam Sun has left Yanjing and is no longer in the princess's mansion. The money owed to her by the Marquis's mansion must be repaid within this month. This princess will collect the debt personally."

Shangguan Xuan frowned: "Your Highness, isn't the person next to you my wife?"

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