Chapter 2 Chapter 2 The divorce papers are here with me

Before noon, the early spring wind in Shengjing still carried a slight chill.

Xuan Jinyu slowly regained some composure in this chill, no longer looking like she was ready to kill someone.

"Su Guanzhang," Xuan Jinyu exhaled the pent-up anger in her throat and repeated it again, meeting his eyes that were always calm and peaceful. "I want a divorce."

Su Guanzhang's expression did not change. He stood up and greeted her, "I didn't delay my trip this time. I returned home as soon as I handed over my official business. But how did I offend you?" His voice was as usual, unhurried and clear.

He is clearly a rough and tumble warrior, but his behavior is more elegant than those of the noble young men in the capital.

But Xuan Jinyu used to hate his perpetual composure, as if no one was worthy of his attention. She had argued with him several times over this, and each time he ended up giving in.

Today, when Xuan Jinyu saw him like this again, she lost the desire to argue with him.

She doesn't care about the person who can't be warmed up!

He has someone else in his heart but still wants to marry her. What a bastard!

"I'm just tired." As Xuan Jinyu spoke, she saw the familiar medicine bottle on the table, and her expression of trying to be calm disappeared in an instant.

"Are you taking medicine?" Anger rushed to her head again. She pushed Su Guanzhang away, walked quickly to the table, and picked up the medicine bottle.

That's right, this is the bottle of contraceptive medicine.

Worried that she had wrongly accused someone, she pulled the cork out of the bottle. A familiar smell of medicine rushed into her nose, and the tears she had been holding back all the way finally fell.

"Jinyu." Su Guanzhang saw her crying and hurried over.

"Su Guanzhang," Xuan Jinyu waved away his hand that was reaching out to wipe her tears, "Are you taking any medicine? Contraceptive pills?"

With the evidence laid out before him, Su Guanzhang had no choice but to say "yes".

With a crisp "pop" sound, five red marks suddenly appeared on Su Guanzhang's handsome face.

Xuan Jinyu, who had used all her strength to hit someone, leaned weakly on the desk. The teacher was right, the one who falls in love first is destined to suffer.

My hands hurt, and my heart hurts too.

Her tears were getting more and more, but she didn't wipe them away. Seeing that there was paper on the desk and the ink in the inkstone beside it was not dry yet, she took the pen and started writing hurriedly.

Someone leaned over from behind her. The familiar body temperature made her instinctively attached to him, but in the next moment she felt nauseous.

Xuan Jinyu screamed, "Don't touch me."

Su Guanzhang quickly withdrew his hand, allowing the pain in his heart to tear him apart.

Before the ink had dried, Xuan Jinyu had already wiped her tears. She had never had a good image in front of this man, but at the last moment, she still wanted to maintain her little remaining dignity.

"Su Guanzhang, my grandfather was wrong to force you to marry me." Xuan Jinyu forced a smile that was uglier than crying. "But your Su Guogong Mansion is not a weak family. You don't have to marry me."

"You're feeling wronged after marrying me, aren't you? I'm not feeling wronged even though you're hiding someone in your heart, you shameless marriage fraudster."

Su Guanzhang just looked at her without saying a word, letting her vent.

"Three months ago, you said you had stopped taking the contraceptive pills, and I foolishly believed you." Tears welled up in her eyes again. Xuan Jinyu's voice was nasal, but she still insisted on finishing her words.

"What are you now? Your sweetheart is back, so you don't want me to give birth to the child, right?"

"Why aren't you talking? Did I hit the nail on the head?"

"I've already written the divorce agreement," Xuan Jinyu handed him the brush. "Sign it."

Su Guanzhang stood still, like a clear and cold jade sculpture.

Xuan Jinyu threw the pen directly at him, staining him with ink.

The jade carving was broken.

"The Su family doesn't accept concubines, so I'll help you and your sweetheart."

Su Guanzhang moved his lips, but still didn't say a word.

He had single-handedly planned and pushed everything to this point, and everything was proceeding according to his thoughts and ideas. At the last moment, he did not allow himself to feel any reluctance.

In Xuan Jinyu's eyes, his expression was her agreement.

She shouldn't have expected anything from this man.

The last shred of hope in Xuan Jinyu's heart was finally cut off. She turned around and said, "I will pack up and go home today. You can send the divorce agreement to Jingzhao Prefecture for recordation."

"Su Guanzhang, we've been married for three years and you've worked so hard for me. I'm not a good wife, and you're not a good husband. From now on, we owe each other nothing."

"Su Guanzhang, you are free." There was a hint of trembling in the crying voice.

The indifference in Su Guanzhang's eyes was immediately shattered, and he watched Xuan Jinyu walk out of the study.

After the footsteps disappeared outside the yard, he slowly squatted down and picked up the brush that Xuan Jinyu had dropped on the ground.

He has such a bad temper that he even broke his pen.

He tried hard to force a smile, but to no avail, so he squatted in that position for a long time.

Until Su Twelve appeared, "How is the young lady?" he asked in a hoarse voice.

Su Twelve seemed oblivious to his master's frustration and said, "The young mistress cried for a while, then ordered the maid to pack up her things. She has already left Jingzhu Garden."

Just leave.

"Back off! Let Su Shisan protect her."

Only after Su Shier's figure disappeared in the study did Su Guanzhang slowly stand up. His legs were so numb and his heart ached.

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Xuan Jinyu and her group walked to the gate of the mansion.

"Young husband...Miss, the Su family is going too far." Caishu looked back and saw only some servants and maids peeking around. None of the masters of the Su family showed up.

She has been following the girl today and understands her grievances.

She was mocked by everyone at the banquet. They said that the girl had been married for three years and had no children, and was a hen that couldn't lay eggs. The girl turned hostile on the spot, ruined the banquet, and embarrassed the group of people. The host of the banquet, the wife of the Marquis of Wu'an, even hurriedly chased after her to apologize to the girl.

After returning home, the girl was originally happy to meet the young master, but then she heard those words.

She was so angry that she almost died, let alone the girl?

Now that the girl wants to go back to her parents' home, no master comes out to stop her.

You know, usually at this time, not only the old lady and the mistress, but also several young ladies would show up to mediate and bring the girl back home. And there were also several brothers and sisters, who wouldn't do their best to please the girl by calling her "little aunt" all the time?

now……

snort!

Don’t they all know that the young master’s sweetheart has returned and is a widow? I’m afraid that the girl’s divorce and return home will please them, right?

Fortunately, the Grand Tutor said that the Su family was such a good family, but the whole family hid it from the girl.

She's a poor girl.

The more Caishu thought about it, the angrier he became.

Caiwei patted her gently, signaling her to focus on her thoughts, as the girl was still sad!

Xuan Jinyu didn't care about the quarrel between the two maids. She just wanted to leave the mansion and return to her mother's arms.

She really wanted to cry, but she didn't want to continue crying here and make a fool of herself.

As she walked out of the house, she looked at the white clouds floating in the sky, feeling sad and bitter in her heart.

Damn man, stinky man, damn Su Guanzhang!

The sound of hurried footsteps coming from not far away interrupted her cursing of Su Guanzhang in her heart.

"Who?"

The guards of the Su Mansion drew their knives and swords and stood in front of Xuan Jinyu, "This is the Su Mansion, you are not allowed to be presumptuous."

“Ouch~”

The sound of horse hooves gradually stopped. The man reined in his horse, jumped off, and bowed to Xuan Jinyu, "Young Madam, I'm sorry for the offense."

After saying this, he gave an order to the large group of officers and soldiers behind him, "The Su family is suspected of collaborating with the enemy and treason. His Majesty has ordered that all the people in the mansion be arrested."

Xuan Jinyu recognized this man, Xi Fang, the commander of the imperial guards.

The bright yellow imperial edict looked even more solemn under the sunlight. Xuan Jinyu's heart tightened. She took a few steps forward and snatched the imperial edict from Xi Fang's hand.

Xi Fang didn't care about Xuan Jinyu's rude offense. He just signaled the people behind him to surround Xuan Jinyu and prevent her from moving.

He cannot afford to offend this person.

Although Xuan Jinyu was also among the criminal women, she was the only daughter of the Xuan family, a prominent family in the capital, in three generations, and the only girl among the grandchildren of Taifu Lin.

How much the two families doted on this girl can be seen from the fact that she disobeyed the imperial order and refused marriage, which led to the current emperor being punished by being forced to guard the imperial mausoleum for a year. However, not only did she remain unharmed, she also safely married the youngest son of Duke Su.

"Get out of the way."

Xuan Jinyu has finished reading the imperial edict.

The second uncle of the Su family, who was supposed to be on the battlefield, disappeared for no reason and was suspected of collaborating with the enemy. Su Guanzhang's eldest brother, third brother, and fourth brother were defeated and have been captured and are on their way back to Beijing.

"I have divorced Su Guanzhang today. I am no longer a member of the Su family. Let me out." She said sternly.

The guards surrounding her looked at each other, then at Xi Fang.

Divorce?

Xi Fang seemed to be lost in thought.

The girl from the Xuan family was spoiled and married Su Guanzhang, who came from a family of military generals. She couldn't stand his cold temper, and everyone in the capital knew that they were getting a divorce every few days.

But, didn’t this person fail to get a divorce after three years of arguments?

"Young Madam," Xi Fang, a man with a rough appearance, rarely spoke kindly, "I have heard a little about the romantic relationship between you and the young master. However, I have the Emperor's order, so I must inconvenience you by accompanying the Su family."

Xuan Jinyu was aroused by the "marital interest" he mentioned, and her heart was burning with anger. She took a step forward and was about to speak, but was stopped by the imperial guards.

Take a trip?

Where are you going?

Caiwei's expression changed. Seeing Xuan Jinyu being stopped, she hurried to Xi Fang and knelt down to salute, "Commander Xi, my daughter has indeed divorced the young master of the Su family. The divorce agreement is still at the Su family. It's absolutely true. My daughter wants to return home. I beg you to show me some mercy."

"The divorce papers are here with me." someone said from behind the door.

When Xuan Jinyu heard the familiar voice, her eyes immediately turned red.

Xuan Jinyu, you are such a loser. She cursed herself inwardly.

Su Guanzhang was escorted forward by the imperial guards. He didn't even look at Xuan Jinyu. He took out the divorce letter written by Xuan Jinyu from his arms and handed it to Xi Fang.

Xi Fang took it and unfolded it.

It was indeed a divorce letter. Looking at the beautiful handwriting, he couldn't help but look up at Xuan Jinyu.

As expected of the Miss Xuan, this was the first time he had seen a divorce letter written by the Miss.

He folded the divorce letter and handed it back to Su Guanzhang, his expression not as good as the one he gave Xuan Jinyu, "Young Master, your divorce letter does not have the seal of Jingzhao Prefecture, so it is not valid."

Xuan Jinyu bit her lower lip.

She understood the implication.

How long had she been out? Su Guanzhang had already signed the divorce papers.

She turned around and glared at him hatefully.

Su Guanzhang clasped his fists, the shackles on his hands clanging. "I just wrote the divorce agreement less than half an hour ago and was about to send it to Jingzhao Prefecture."

He handed the divorce agreement back to Xi Fang. "Since Su is in this state now, I'm afraid I'll have to trouble Commander Xi to send someone to Jingzhao Prefecture to file it."

Xi Fang remained motionless, saying coldly, "I can't help you with this." He looked at Xuan Jinyu and said, "Since the divorce agreement hasn't come into effect, the young mistress is still a member of the Su family. I'm sorry."

At noon, the aroma of food wafts from every household.

The new emperor's urgent order hadn't yet reached other places, and few in the capital knew about the Su family's misfortune. Only at the entrance of the alley where Duke Su's mansion was located did someone curiously peek in, but upon seeing the opposing group and the large number of imperial guards, they quickly retracted their heads.

What the new emperor wanted was "urgent", so Xi Fang had no time to waste at the gate of Duke Su's mansion.

If he waits any longer, people close to Duke Su’s mansion will get the news, and will he still be able to complete his task?

At his command, all the maids, servants and guards were locked up in the Su family and guarded by the imperial guards. No one was allowed to step out of the door.

Xuan Jinyu was once again taken to the Ministry of Justice prison along with the rest of the Su family, sharing a separate cell with Su Guanzhang. The other members of the Su family were divided into three other cells, divided into groups of men and women, all adjacent to the two-person cell, so they could easily see each other.

She didn't even look at Su Guanzhang who tried to hug her, and buried her head in her bed in grievance.

She has never suffered such injustice in her life!

When her parents, brothers and grandfather get the news, she will make sure they are in trouble!