Yunzhi had no objection to Rulan's arrangement. If she brought everything back to the Yun residence, it would probably end up belonging to someone else the moment she turned around.
Since she was going back to the Yun residence, Yunzhi naturally had to send someone to inform them in advance.
"What did you say?" Madam Xu looked at Granny Ma, whom Yunzhi had sent to deliver the message, with a shocked expression and asked, "The eldest young lady and the marquis have divorced?"
“Yes, Madam!” Granny Ma nodded and said, “The young lady has packed her things and is ready to go home. She specifically asked this old servant to come and tell you.”
"Why did she want a divorce?" Madam Xu's face was somewhat grim. Her second daughter was currently looking for a husband. If others knew she had a divorced older sister, who would still want to marry her?
Sure enough, the eldest brother came to collect a debt. She's married now, and they still won't let her have a peaceful life.
The old woman glanced at Madam Xu and respectfully replied, "Reporting to Madam, on the wedding day, the Marquis left before even entering the bridal chamber with the eldest daughter. Today, the Marquis returned, but he brought back a woman and a child. Upon his return, the Marquis wanted to demote his wife to a concubine, which the eldest daughter naturally refused, so she divorced the Marquis."
The old woman thought that explaining the reason would calm Xu down. However, to her surprise, Xu became even angrier, smashing the teacup on the table and launching into a tirade of curses.
"Useless, completely worthless. The family went to so much trouble to find her such a good family. But she can't even hold onto a man's heart. Now that he's brought a mistress home, she's demanding a divorce. She's completely out of her mind. What kind of good man does she think she can find after a divorce and remarrying?"
Upon hearing this, the old woman couldn't help but say, "Madam, if the eldest young lady doesn't get a divorce, she'll have to become a concubine."
Madam Xu gave the old woman a cold look and said, "Even if she becomes a concubine, she'll still be a concubine of the Marquis's mansion. It's better than marrying a poor scholar, isn't it? She's like this now, not discussing it with the family, but secretly divorcing and returning home. Even a poor scholar wouldn't want her."
After saying this, Madam Xu thought for a moment and decided that she still couldn't let her daughter come back. However, as the mother, it wasn't appropriate for her to do it herself, so she had to let someone else do it.
Therefore, she immediately ordered the people around her, "Someone, go and call the eldest young master and the eldest young mistress over."
"Yes!" a maid replied and went to find the eldest young master, Yun Feng.
Before long, Yun Feng and his wife Lin Meijiao arrived at Xu's courtyard. As soon as they entered the house, they noticed that Xu's expression was rather unpleasant.
The couple exchanged a glance before stepping forward to greet Madam Xu and asking, "What brings you here, Mother?"
"Feng'er, your younger sister's wretched daughter has divorced the Marquis of Dingyuan and is preparing to return home. I'd like to ask you and your husband what your thoughts are on this?"
"What? My younger sister got divorced and is going back home?" Yun Feng and Lin Meijiao were both shocked and couldn't believe it.
Yunzhi was sent to her maternal grandparents' home in Jiangnan when she was young, and she only returned home after her family arranged a marriage for her when she came of age.
The couple didn't have much contact with Yunzhi, but they knew she was a gentle, easy-going, and rule-abiding person.
Such a woman, who has always been devoted to her husband after marriage and regarded him as her heaven, how could she suddenly get a divorce?
"Mother, what exactly is going on?"
Madam Xu glanced at Granny Ma, who had been sent by Yunzhi, and instructed her, "Granny Ma, tell the eldest young master and eldest young mistress the reason."
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