“I…” He didn’t know how to explain.

Lu Ziqian didn't want to say that he was forced into marriage by Chen Yunniang, as that would be too embarrassing.

"You don't need to explain, just tell me, are you going to marry her?"

Seeing that he remained silent, Su Yujiao knew his answer.

If you don't want to marry me, just say so directly. Why make things so difficult by finding excuses?

"I see."

"Congratulations, you've finally gotten what you wanted."

The woman turned and walked away, but Lu Ziqian chased after her and grabbed her wrist.

"Don't touch me, I find it dirty!"

She glared at him and shook him off with a look of disgust.

Lu Ziqian's face was ugly, and he felt extremely wronged. He was not dirty at all. He didn't even have a maidservant. He had only slept with one woman in his life.

"Jiaojiao, let me explain."

"Don't touch me!" she shouted shrilly, taking several steps back.

Seeing her hysterical state, Lu Ziqian avoided her like the plague.

He dared not provoke her any further and could only stand still.

Su Yujiao ran back to her tent in despair, packed her bags, and prepared to leave.

She couldn't breathe in this filthy place, and she didn't want to stay a second longer.

What are you doing?

Are you going to walk alone?

"Let me go."

She went berserk, hitting him with the package, completely losing control.

"Calm down!"

Lu Ziqian was getting annoyed by her beatings. Women are such a hassle; can yelling and shouting solve anything?

He threw her bundle aside, carried her back to the tent, and tossed her onto the bed.

"Can't you be normal? Do I have to force you to speak normally?"

Su Yujiao was pinned to the bed by him, her eyes fixed on him with resentment, like a poisoned arrow.

"Don't look at me like that, I have my reasons."

"There are times when I have no choice."

"That's settled then. Don't bother trying to change it; it's pointless anyway."

"You'd better accept this, otherwise you'll be the one who suffers."

"I only married her to keep her as a decoration. My heart and my body belong to you. You should be content."

"It's normal for men to have multiple wives and concubines. Monogamy is just something you women fantasize about; it's completely unrealistic."

"Besides, if you can't have children, is it too much for me to find someone who can?"

He said this on purpose; he didn't care whether Su Yujiao could have children or not, and he had already accepted the fact that he didn't have any biological children.

The bastard child in Chen Yunniang's belly is not his, and he will never touch her again.

So even though he married Chen Yunniang, he still didn't have any biological children of his own.

He said that just to put pressure on her and thus control her.

He was reminding her that among the seven grounds for divorce, having no offspring was a serious crime, and he could easily divorce her.

But he didn't divorce her and promised to dote on her exclusively from now on, so she should be content.

"Stop joking, you're already much luckier than other women."

"Don't even think about divorce. I've said it before, you can only be mine, and no other man can touch you."

"I promise that I will never marry any woman other than Chen Yunniang."

"You need to try to accept reality; other women have all gone through this."

Seeing Su Yujiao's unusual calmness, Lu Ziqian felt inexplicably uneasy, even fearing that she might do something foolish.

"Mo Hua, you are responsible for taking care of her and staying by her side at all times."

The man emphasized the last few words.

"yes."

As Lu Ziqian left, he gave Mo Hua a warning look: "If you dare to make the same mistake again, I will take your life with my own hands."

Mo Hua trembled with fear and immediately knelt down: "This subordinate dares not."

Su Yujiao lay on the bed with a blank stare, not shedding a tear, but eerily calm.

Mo Hua looked at her with a complicated expression. She used to look down on her, but now she felt a little sorry for her.

She seemed different from other women, actually fantasizing about having only one partner for life.

How is that possible?

I don't know if she's naive or just stupid!

But she seemed very determined, preferring divorce to sharing a husband with other women.

"Just accept your fate and stop making a fuss."

"In this world, apart from those poor wretches who can't afford to get married and thus practice monogamy, no powerful man can possibly marry only one woman."

"Although the men of the Lu family have a rule against taking concubines, none of them are without affairs. They either frequent brothels or keep mistresses, they just don't bring them home."

"Your master has been good enough to you. He even risked his life to save you. No man could do that."

“I know you’re unwilling to accept losing to Chen Yunniang, but this is your fate, and you have to accept it.”

"You'll be better off if you accept it, but if you keep making a fuss, you'll be the one who suffers."

"After all, there are plenty of ways in this world to make women obey men."

Su Yujiao glanced at her and gave a mocking smile: "You've been talking a lot today!"

Mo Hua pouted: "For the sake of you saving me, I don't want to see you suffer."

"I should thank you?"

"No need!"

Su Yujiao gave a self-deprecating laugh and said nothing more.

This time she was smarter and wouldn't reveal her plans.

Let Lu Ziqian continue with his chauvinistic ways. When the imperial decree for divorce is issued, he will realize that he is not the one who calls the shots in this world.

That night, Chen Yunniang suddenly experienced abdominal pain, followed by the discovery of spotting.

She got up in a panic and went to find a witch doctor to diagnose her. The witch doctor said she was showing signs of miscarriage.

Chen Yunniang's face turned deathly pale. This was her child with the Third Prince, and it was also her first child. She had to protect it.

Since the witch doctor's skills were inadequate, Chen Yunniang went directly to Lu Ziqian and asked Su Yujiao to help her with her pregnancy.

"Don't go too far."

"There are so many imperial physicians in this military camp, aren't they enough for you? Why do you insist on using her?"

Chen Yunniang insisted, "I want to use her. None of the imperial physicians are as skilled as her."

"Besides, she's a woman, so it's easier for her to help me with the pregnancy."

"From now on, let her live in my tent to serve me when I am ill, so that any problems can be solved in a timely manner."

Bang!

Lu Ziqian kicked over the table beside her bed: "She's not your maid!"

Chen Yunniang refused to back down an inch: "Her life is in my hands. If my child is lost, she won't have an easy time either."

"I must save this child; he is my future support."

"Don't think I don't know, you won't touch me at all after we get married."

"You want me to live a life of widowhood, but I also need to think about my future."

"If you don't agree, I'll make her suffer terribly right now."

As Chen Yunniang spoke, she suddenly pulled out the hairpin and plunged it into her palm, blood dripping down between her fingers.

She was also in excruciating pain, her face pale and her whole body trembling...

Lu Ziqian kicked the hairpin out of her hand, his murderous aura raging wildly, as if he wanted to strangle her to death.

Hearing the commotion, Yunlan and the other guards rushed in and pointed their swords at him.

“Madman!” the man growled in a low voice.