Chapter 8 Returning Home
Helian Feng also looked at his eldest brother. "Brother, I can't figure out what you like about Ye Qingyu. In terms of family background, she can't compare to Xia Xing'er. In terms of appearance, the difference is not even a little bit. What is it about her that is better than Xia Xing'er that attracts you?"
Helian Zhi was unhappy when he heard his younger brother calling Ye Qingyu by her full name. "You are the one who calls her Ye Qingyu too. She will be your sister-in-law soon. In my heart, she is better than Xia Xing'er in every way. I just like her."
In fact, he didn't think so in his heart, he just wanted to tell others that his choice was not wrong.
Now he is going to see Qingyu to prove that his choice was right.
The two of them were walking along the river. Because it was night, there was no one else by the river except the two of them.
Ye Qingyu thought he called her out because he had something to say, but she didn't expect that after walking for a long time, Helian Zhi didn't say a word.
She wanted to ask, but she wanted to wait for it to speak on its own initiative. Her heart was like a cat's paw.
After walking for a while, she couldn't help herself and stopped, "Brother, you asked me out so late, but do you have something to tell me?"
The night light shone on Ye Qingyu's somewhat dark face. He suddenly thought of Xia Xing'er's fair and cold face, and his heart ached.
"I just came to tell you that His Majesty's decree for marriage has been issued, and we are to be married within three days."
Ye Qingyu's face lit up with joy, as if she had thought of something. "Did Xia Xing'er agree?"
Helian Zhi suppressed the strange feeling in his heart: "She and I have already divorced, so we can get married without her consent."
"Divorce? Does that mean all her dowry will be taken back? Then how will we live in the future?"
Helian Zhi looked at her and said, "Qingyu, the dowry originally belonged to her. There's nothing wrong with her taking it back. Are you afraid of marrying me and suffering with me?"
Ye Qingyu turned away, not wanting him to see the calculation in her eyes: "That's not what I meant. I just want you and I to be able to focus on making achievements in the army and not worry about money."
Helian Zhi said, "If we are frugal, we can always get by. It's not like the General's Mansion can't afford food. We still have some property."
Ye Qingyu turned around and looked at him. "So, she really took all the dowry away, leaving nothing behind."
Helian Zhi saw the disappointment and anger flashing in her eyes, and he suddenly felt a chill in his heart. "After I told her that I asked His Majesty to grant us a marriage, she went to the palace to ask for a divorce. She didn't want to share a husband with you."
"What?"
Ye Qingyu sneered: "She didn't want to share a husband with me. How ridiculous! I don't even dislike her. Who does she think she is?"
Helian Zhi said, "She is the legitimate daughter of the Marquis of Changxin."
Ye Qingyu looked at Helian Zhi in disbelief.
Of course she knew that she was the legitimate daughter of the Marquis of Changxin. What did he mean by this? Did he dislike her?
"So what if she's the legitimate daughter of the Marquis of Changxin? It doesn't change the fact that he's an abandoned wife."
Helian Zhi sighed: "Okay, let's not talk about her anymore."
Ye Qingyu punched him on the chest and said coquettishly: "Since she doesn't want to share a husband with me, it just so happens that I don't want to share a husband with her. She learned those secret methods of the inner court, and I am no match for her." After saying this, she curled her lips.
She looked at Helian Zhi again and said, "Although I can't learn her tricks, I can still imitate her and say a few cheesy words to you in a tender and gentle way."
She crossed her arms in front of her, smiled without showing her teeth, and called out softly and tenderly: "Husband."
After she finished shouting, she even pretended to shudder all over, "Oh my God, that's so corny, so fake, how can she be so hypocritical."
Helian Zhi also shuddered, but it was only because Ye Qingyu was being pretentious. In fact, Xia Xing'er had never said that to him. He thought so in his heart and said it unconsciously: "She never said that. Every time she spoke to me, she was neither humble nor arrogant, without any unnecessary nonsense."
Ye Qingyu didn't hear what he said because she had already run away.
Although she failed to seize Xia Xing'er's dowry, after Xia Xing'er left, she became the legal wife and no longer the co-wife.
I wonder what she would think if she knew that the imperial decree of marriage stated that she was a concubine instead of a principal wife.
Helian Zhi did not chase after Ye Qingyu who ran away, but sat down by the river.
His mind is still confused. Today's divorce decree was like a bolt from the blue, burning him inside and out.
He remembered many things.
He was so happy when he thought of the first time he met Xia Xing'er, the time he went to her house to propose marriage, and the time the Queen Mother granted the marriage contract.
He was so reluctant to leave Xia Xing'er when he went to the battlefield on the wedding day.
On the march, he thought of Xia Xing'er's cold and beautiful face under the red veil. He couldn't believe how lucky he was to marry Xia Xing'er.
Later, as the war intensified, the soldiers around him fell one after another. He didn't know when it would be his turn, and he never thought of Xia Xing'er again.
Every day, Ye Qingyu discussed with the soldiers how to defend against the enemy.
When he saw Ye Qingyu jump on the horse and go into battle to kill the enemy with unparalleled bravery, he realized that women could also fight alongside him.
Fighting on the battlefield, he felt that women like Xia Xing'er who lived in secluded houses were useless. What he wanted was someone like Ye Qingyu, who did not need men's protection and could be self-reliant.
Perhaps it was at that time that he fell in love with Qingyu.
Xia Xing'er returned to the Marquis of Changxin's Mansion.
The gate of the Marquis' Mansion was wide open, and the door was full of people, all looking forward to waiting for their loved ones to come home.
Xia Xing'er looked at her relatives in front of her, tears already streaming down her face, but she didn't dare to go forward, fearing that all this was a dream.
Madam Hou Liu Youran looked at her daughter with tears streaming down her face and could no longer hold back. She quickly stepped forward and hugged Xia Xing'er in her arms.
"You little rascal, you didn't even know to go home when you were wronged. Your father and brother are here, why are you being so stubborn?"
As she spoke, she burst into tears.
Marquis Changxin Xia Chengsheng and his three sons in the back also felt distressed when they looked at their daughter and sister.
The treasure that I hold in my hands was bullied like this by others.
Look at how sadly my daughter and sister are crying. They must have suffered such a great injustice.
Marquis Changxin Xia Chengsheng only had one woman, his wife Liu Youran, with whom he had three sons and one daughter.
The eldest son, Xia Qingyun, was twenty-seven years old and had already been appointed Crown Prince. He married Zhuge Pei, the granddaughter of Grand Tutor Zhuge Wuji. He had two sons: the eldest, Xia Ziyu, was eight years old, and the second, Xia Zichuan, was six years old.
The second son, Xia Qingfeng, was twenty-five years old when he married Bai Wan'er, the second daughter of the Minister of Revenue. They had a son, Xia Zibai, who was six years old.
The third son, Xia Qingyu, is twenty-two years old and unmarried.
Finally, it was the Crown Prince's wife, Zhuge, who spoke up: "Mother, please take my sister into the mansion first. The food is ready, and my sister must be hungry."
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