Chapter 478 You don’t want to die, do you?
"I won't divorce, even if I die." Mu Yinqiu stared at Xiao Jiuyue when he mentioned divorce.
"If you don't want a divorce, then think of a way yourself." Xiao Jiuyue glanced at her unhappily and said, "If you don't want a divorce, then think of how you can avoid being divorced. Why are you crying and shouting here? Will the Song family not divorce you?"
Xiao Jiuyue looked at Mu Yinqiu and said, "Since you don't want to divorce, there are many ways."
"What else can I do?" Mu Yinqiu almost collapsed on the table. With the idea of throwing everything away, he grabbed the kettle beside him and poured it down his throat like it was wine. "Xiao Jiuyue, when I die, can you burn more paper money for me?"
Mu Yinqiu looked at Xiao Jiuyue and said, "I don't want to go underground anymore. I don't have any money to spend."
"You're promising." Xiao Jiuyue glanced at her, seeing her desperate expression, and said, "You don't want to die, do you?"
"My parents' family isn't in Shengjing, so why would my remaining uncles and aunts offend the Yongchang Marquisate for me?" Mu Yinqiu sneered at herself and muttered, "As a woman who's been divorced, no, divorced, where else can I go?"
"A woman who has been divorced doesn't need to live? How can men still marry women one after another? Can't women marry one after another?" Xiao Jiuyue glanced at her and said, "Mu Yinqiu, when you were giving me trouble before, I thought you were pretty powerful, but now..."
Xiao Jiuyue crossed his arms and looked at me with disdain.
Mu Yinqiu, who had been desperate just now, instantly felt like a cat whose foot had been stepped on. She sat up straight and said, "Xiao Jiuyue, what are you looking at? I, I just feel that this...this life is boring."
"Life is boring without a man?" Xiao Jiuyue asked, supporting her chin with one hand. "Are you sick? A disease that kills you without a man?"
"You, you're the one who's sick!" Mu Yinqiu blushed at her blunt words. She said, "You don't understand. Whether it's a divorce or a divorce, how miserable will the days ahead be? Isn't the Xiao family's second wife a lesson for us?"
Mu Yinqiu had been staying in Shengjing. She was well aware of Fan's fate. If she had to live that kind of life after the divorce and marry that kind of man, she might as well end it all.
"Women are just as capable as men. Women can fight on the battlefield just like men and even achieve their own careers. What's the point of just focusing on the little things in the backyard?"
As Xiao Jiuyue finished speaking, Mu Yinqiu sneered, "Doing business to make money like you? Do you know what others say about you? They say you're the eldest daughter of the Shangshu Mansion, yet you're out in the open doing business, and you've been broken off your engagement. Who would marry you except as a concubine?"
"Even if you're the daughter of the Marquis of Cheng'en, look, after you come back, will anyone from a truly prestigious and influential family come to propose marriage?" Mu Yinqiu finally found something to attack Xiao Jiuyue. She said, "Xiao Jiuyue, how about you marry into the Marquis of Yongchang's mansion as a concubine?"
It seems quite interesting to argue with her.
"You're mentally ill." Xiao Jiuyue really wanted to knock her head off and said, "Mu Yinqiu, even if I never marry, I won't consider the Song family. As for those who don't propose marriage, even if they do, I won't marry them."
"If you can only share wealth and glory but not hardship, even if you marry someone, you'll still be separated when disaster strikes. What's the point? As for others' concern about whether I'm a concubine, let them say whatever they want."
Xiao Jiuyue's fingers tapped rhythmically on the table. "If they think it's shameful for me to be a businessman, then why are they working so hard to run that little rouge shop? Even going to the shop to buy clothes and jewelry, you don't have money, just try it?"
Money is useful no matter what era.
"You, you don't care what others say?" Mu Yinqiu looked at Xiao Jiuyue, who didn't care at all, and was a little shocked. She said, "I didn't make this up. I've heard other ladies say this before. They all said that even if you return to Shengjing, you'll be someone's concubine and no one will dare to marry you!"
"Who doesn't have people talking behind their backs?" Xiao Jiuyue didn't care at all. She had a very positive attitude and said, "I live for myself, not for others."
"Let me tell you a story. Once upon a time, there was a painter who took the same painting. On the first day, he asked others to circle the parts they were dissatisfied with. On the second day, he asked others to circle the parts that were good. The same painting had the same number of good parts and the same number of dissatisfaction parts."
Xiao Jiuyue recounted the painter's story, concluding, "No matter what you do, there will always be people who are dissatisfied. Some say that if you keep caring about these things, you're just asking for trouble. Do you think no one said anything about you marrying into the Yongchang Marquis's mansion? Or that no one mentioned Song Mingyuan falling into the cesspool?"
When thinking about this, Xiao Jiuyue frowned subconsciously. She should have stayed away from Song Mingyuan last time.
“…”
Mu Yinqiu fell silent.
When they were about to leave, Mu Yinqiu said, "Thank you."
After she finished speaking, Mu Yinqiu left with her eyes downcast. Xiao Jiuyue looked at her departing back and sighed deeply.
"Miss, why are you still helping her?" Dong Gui didn't understand at first, but until she left, Dong Gui understood that Xiao Jiuyue was clearly helping Mu Yinqiu.
"She is just a spoiled young lady." Xiao Jiuyue got back into the carriage and thought, if someone gave the sister in the welfare home a hand, would she not do such a stupid thing?
Besides, Song Mingyuan is a scumbag and the Song family is heartless and disloyal. Why can he divorce his wife just because he wants to?
When I returned to the mansion, Su Su came up to me and said, "Yuer, good news. The Third Prince will be here with the Eternal Summoning Envoy in ten days. A palace banquet will be held then."
"Come, take a look at the material you like. I'll ask the embroiderer to make it for you." Su Su was followed by seven or eight maids, each holding a tray in her hand. On the trays were either luxurious fabrics of various colors or some precious head ornaments and jewelry.
"Mother, isn't it just a palace banquet? I haven't worn the new dress you made me last time, the one with brocade, yet. I think it's quite nice."
Xiao Jiuyue looked at the grand scene and pulled Su Su aside, saying, "Mother, since you have the time, why don't you tell me more about the rules of the palace? Also, the preferences and taboos of the Imperial Concubine, the Empress Dowager, and others."
"Yue'er, this palace banquet..." Su Su still felt that she needed to make new clothes. Xiao Jiuyue took her hand and said to the maids, "You all should go down."
Xiao Jiuyue was the head of the household before, and everyone in the mansion treated her with special respect and always obeyed her orders. Everyone left with their trays, and soon, only the mother and daughter were left in the room.
Xiao Jiuyue said, "Mother, the Second Prince likes beautiful women. What if you dress me up too much and he takes a fancy to you?"
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