Chapter 4 Proposing a Divorce

Pei Xi saw Lu Yu sitting at the table with his head down, not even in the mood to drink his tea.

She personally came to serve tea and consoled her, saying, "Sister, you've been in the mansion for many years. How can you just give up your position? It would make me seem overbearing."

Lu Yu was feeling worried, but he couldn't help but feel happy.

"Ah'ah, you... you are indeed very reasonable."

Pei Xi twisted her waist lightly, stepped forward to massage his shoulders, and whispered softly in his ear.

"I am willing to be your equal wife."

Seeing that she was willing to back down, Lu Yu felt relieved as if a stone had been removed from his heart.

At the same time, he felt distressed: "I'll bear with you for now, but give me some time, and I will definitely divorce Fu."

Pei Xi had already agreed to be his equal wife, so he didn't hesitate to add some soft words.

"Don't be upset, my husband. I am fortunate to be a co-wife. It's not for my own status, but because after becoming a co-wife, Wu'er and the others will no longer be called concubines, and no longer be looked down upon by outsiders."

She sobbed as she spoke, which made Lu Yu feel pity and love for her.

He held her in his arms and swore, "Don't worry, if Fu Shi really can't be driven away, I will not let her die."

Upon hearing this, Pei Xi pretended to be scared and shrank into Lu Yu's arms, continuing to sob.

Let’s talk about Fu Danjun entering the palace. On the way, he was thinking about how to last longer to make Xie Changsheng happy.

If this tyrant is happy, how many difficulties can he not solve?

As usual, she went into the dark room and was pressed into the bathtub by a group of silent maids, who wiped her body, combed her hair and washed her face.

He was wrapped in a thick quilt and carried onto the bed.

Xie Changsheng was getting impatient waiting, and when the person was brought in, he complained: "What's the crime of keeping me waiting?"

The eunuchs were so frightened that their legs went weak and they knelt down, but Xie Changsheng had already thrown himself onto the bed.

That lingering feeling ran through my body.

Xie Changsheng's face lightened, and he said with a sincere sigh, "Fu Shi is indeed to my liking."

Fu Danjun's face was still wrapped in the quilt, and he spoke in a muffled voice.

"It is my blessing that the emperor likes it."

Xie Changsheng corrected himself as he moved.

"Don't use the word 'subordinate wife'. Change it."

Fu Danjun thought for a moment and said, "Yes, Danjun obeys."

Xie Changsheng had already entered an excited state, and the word "Dan Jun" was whispered in his throat.

My mind was full of questions about what kind of magic this woman had that caused me to be like this?

She doesn't talk as boringly as other women.

Xie Changsheng slowed down his movements, bent down, and used his teeth to pick the quilt away from her face.

When she first saw the light, her eyes half-closed uncomfortably.

Xie Changsheng's gloomy expression gradually became clear, making her panic.

"Your Majesty, what's wrong with Dan Jun?"

She thought about it but was pressed hard.

"How refreshing! The woman I enjoy has slap marks on her face?"

Fu Danjun subconsciously touched his face, remembering the slap he received from Lu Yu.

Xie Changsheng jumped up and fell to the ground like a whirlwind.

His profile was as sharp as a knife, and he frowned at Fu Danjun.

"You ruined my mood, damn it!"

It seemed like he was going to ask the eunuchs to carry him away in the next second and would never favor him again.

Fu Danjun suddenly had an idea and covered her face with her hands and cried.

"Could it be that Dan Jun would slap himself?"

This sentence reminded Xie Changsheng and he remembered to ask.

"Who hit me?"

Fu Danjun covered her face and cried even more, curling up into a ball with her trembling body.

Xie Changsheng's throat tightened as he looked at the graceful body with icy skin and delicate bones.

"Okay, I don't blame you."

Xie Changsheng sat down on the edge of the bed and said this, and he was shocked himself.

She was actually in the mood to comfort her? Was this woman's magic power that great?

Fu Danjun sat up and hugged Xie Changsheng while crying.

"If the Emperor is not happy, Dan Jun will also be uneasy. Just cover your face."

After saying that, she lay down and pulled the quilt to cover her face.

"My body feels safe only when the emperor cares for it. Perhaps after today, I won't be able to see the emperor alive."

Xie Changsheng pushed the quilt away from her face and gently stroked the fingerprints on her face.

"Could it be that loser in your family who beat you up?"

Fu Danjun sobbed aggrievedly, "Yes, he favored Pei, the woman he brought back from outside, and wanted to divorce me. I refused, so he beat me."

Xie Changsheng suddenly remembered that Lu Yu was going to marry Pei as his wife, and smiled evilly.

"How can I interfere in the family affairs of my subjects?"

Changing the subject, he asked, "Since Lu Yu doesn't want you, why don't you also enter the palace and stay with me every day?"

How could Fu Danjun let Lu Yu and Pei get away with it? His eyes flickered.

"Even after entering the palace, the emperor has been hiding Dan Jun every day. It's really frustrating."

Xie Changsheng raised his eyebrows: "Oh, did I wrong you?"

Fu Danjun quickly knelt down and admitted his mistake: "Danjun is talking nonsense, Your Majesty, please don't blame me. In fact, Your Majesty is just taking advantage of your health. Danjun comes when you need her, and she won't be an eyesore when you don't need her. Isn't that great?"

Xie Changsheng rubbed her cherry lips with his fingers.

"How can this little guy, who is always chattering, be bullied?"

Fu Danjun smiled and said, "Being beaten once in a while isn't considered as being bullied. He's your husband, so you have to endure it. But how could Pei, a concubine, bully me, the mistress?"

Xie Changsheng didn't care what she said, he was just delighted by her beautiful look.

When Fu Danjun saw that he didn't say anything and was just looking at her, his expression relaxed.

"Your Majesty, although my husband hit me once, and I shouldn't hold it against him, what if he hits me a second time? He still wants to make Pei his wife, Your Majesty, but you can't grant me that."

Xie Changsheng lay on his back and chuckled.

"Although Pei is a woman, she has killed over a hundred people on the battlefield and has made great contributions to the country. I have not rewarded her yet, which is wrong."

Fu Danjun was shocked. It seemed that the emperor agreed to make Pei the legitimate wife?

"Then it would be fine if the Emperor could give us more gold, silver, grain, and farmland as rewards."

Xie Changsheng smiled and closed his eyes.

"Gold, silver, grain, and fields, how can they compare to the dignity of a wife?"

Fu Danjun didn't say anything and began to sob little by little.

In fact, he is playing hard to get.

How could she still want to be Lu Yu's legal wife and let his concubines and three children squander her dowry?

Divorce! It's the ideal way!

She can take the dowry away! It won't affect her future marriage!

The problem is that if I bring it up rashly with the Emperor, I'll be completely doomed if he doesn't agree. So I have to proceed step by step until the time is right.

"Why are you crying? You won't cry until Pei is driven away?"

Xie Changsheng looked at her strangely, and even more strangely at himself.

Are you in the mood for such gossip? The emperor is chatting about family matters.

"I have an idea. It will save me from being beaten by my husband, and it won't affect the emperor's award of Pei as his legal wife. It won't affect me entering the palace to accompany the emperor every day. There are many advantages."