Chapter 1 Chapter 1 Su Guanzhang, I want a divorce
In the second year of Jinghe, the third year of the new emperor's reign, the former dynasty was stable and the harem was bustling. He had three princes under his knees.
Now, only three months later, good news came from the harem. The new emperor of Da Sheng had three more princes and one princess in one day.
Such a great event shocked the whole country, especially since the imperial decree of tax reduction and amnesty had only spread throughout the country three days ago.
In this way, the already prosperous Shengjing became even more lively.
The wheels of the carriage slowly rolled through the streets. The surging crowd saw the sign of Duke Su's Mansion on the top of the carriage and hurriedly moved aside to let the carriage pass first.
After the carriage passed by, a stranger respectfully asked the locals, "Is that the carriage from Duke Su's mansion? It's so impressive."
The local smiled and pretended to be mysterious. "It's the carriage of Duke Su's Mansion. It's good, but the Su family has always been low-key. The family advocates simplicity and does not like to be so high-profile."
He was both low-key and high-profile, and the stranger was a little confused by him. He bowed slightly and said, "Please tell me in detail, brother."
The local man laughed and said, "That's the carriage of the wife of the young general of Duke Su's mansion." He pulled the stranger to avoid the crowded crowd. He specially changed into the new robe made by his wife today to entertain the guests, so he must not get it dirty.
"The young general married a wife from the Xuan family, whose maternal family is the Xuan family of Grand Tutor Lin."
The stranger suddenly understood. He had also heard about this from others. "The Xuan family who dotes on... uh-huh, who loves their daughter like their life?"
"Shh, that family, there is no other Xuan family in the capital."
"I heard that the girl disobeyed the imperial order and refused to get married, and she refused a marriage in her current era. Is that true?" The outsider looked around and while no one was paying attention to them, he lowered his voice and asked in the local's ear.
Two grown men doing this in the street immediately attracted a lot of people's attention, and there were whispers.
The locals were too shy to bother with this. They hurriedly pulled the person away against the crowd, saying, "Please make way. Please make way. No one's home and we're still heating water. We're afraid the kitchen will burn if we're late."
This caused a lot of complaints, and those who were squeezed by them either endured it silently or cursed angrily. The strangers followed the locals and apologized profusely, which at least calmed down the resentment and silenced the voices that they were immoral and might be homosexuals.
However, the questions he asked but did not receive any answers made him even more curious, and he wanted to find out the truth as soon as no one was around.
In the departing carriage sat three people, a master and a servant. They were the much-talked-about girl from the Xuan family, Xuan Jinyu, now known as the wife of the young general, and her two personal maids, Caiwei and Caishu.
The car was filled with fragrance and the jingle of lamps, which was more luxurious than the two men had imagined.
"Madam, don't be angry. Be careful not to get hurt." The more steady Caiwei considerately poured hot tea and handed it to Xuan Jinyu.
Xuan Jinyu had just cursed someone and was a little thirsty, but she drank some tea and her face was still puffed up with anger.
Caiwei took the teacup and placed it back on the table. She looked at the lady's expression and couldn't help but laugh. The lady had clearly been married for three years, yet she still maintained the spirit of a young girl. She didn't know whether that was a good thing or not.
However, neither her husband's family nor her own said anything. As a servant, she only cared about her master, so she thought this was fine. At least the lady was living a happy life.
"Madam, that flip of the table was beautiful," Caishu said, praising Xuan Jinyu's performance. "I saw it all. As soon as you opened your mouth, the ladies were afraid to speak. It was so satisfying. Who let them gossip about you behind your back?"
As she spoke, she imitated the ladies' silent expressions, but her imitation was very different, and she looked like a funny parrot.
Xuan Jinyu couldn't help but burst out laughing, and the anger in her heart dissipated a lot.
She tapped Caishu's forehead and said angrily, "You are such a weird girl. I will marry you off someday."
Caishu stuck out her tongue and said, "My lady is reluctant to let me go! I am still young, so if anyone wants to get married, it should be Sister Caiwei who gets married first."
Caiwei just breathed a sigh of relief, not wanting the anger to backfire on her, so she smiled slightly, "Is it Caishu who wants to get married? She has no shame in saying she wants to get married all the time."
Caishu made a face at her.
Finally, there was laughter in the carriage.
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Duke Su's Mansion, Jingzhu Garden.
Su Guanzhang had been silent for a long time since he came out of his parents' room.
"Fifth Young Master." Secret Guard Su Twelve appeared and landed on the ground. "Madam's carriage has returned to the mansion gate."
It takes a quarter of an hour to walk from the mansion gate to Jingzhu Garden.
Su Guanzhang finally spoke, "Let the two maids wait in the small garden."
Su Twelve took the order and withdrew.
"Have you really made up your mind?" his father asked him in the study just now.
"It's decided," he replied.
The mother wanted to say something but stopped herself, but knowing his temper, it would be difficult for others to persuade him to change his decision, so she just looked at him worriedly.
"She has suffered so much injustice since marrying me. Now that I've let her go home, it's the last thing I can do for her as a husband." He explained to his mother. Finally, he said, "Please don't interfere."
"Jinyu is a delicate person. I'm afraid you'll break my heart again."
Xu Yu Niang became angry as she spoke, and could not help but slap him. Born into a military family and married to a great general, she had never abandoned her martial arts skills. The slap she gave was quite powerful, but Su Guanzhang did not even frown.
How could she give birth to such a blockhead? It's such a pity for the girl who was pampered by the Xuan and Lin families to marry him.
"It's a good thing you were able to reincarnate, otherwise how could you marry such a wonderful wife like Jinyu?"
"You married her but didn't treat her well. You were cold to her all day long. Who owes you anything?"
"Thankfully, the Xuan and Lin families are so well-mannered. They didn't even come to their door to beat you up even though you made Jinyu cry every other day. If it were any other family, you would have been beaten up."
The more Xu Yu Niang spoke, the angrier she became. This son was good in every way except that he worried about everything. Saying a few more words to him was like asking for his life.
She couldn't help but hit him a few more times, but Duke Su, seeing that she had finally let out her anger and was feeling embarrassed, stopped her and said, "Alright, time is running out. Now that he's made up his mind, let him go back and make the arrangements!"
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There was a lot of chatting and laughing in the carriage, and when they arrived at the gate of Duke Su's mansion, Xuan Jinyu's anger had dissipated, and she stepped lightly on a small stool to get out of the carriage.
"Young Madam," Xu Yu Niang's dowry, Aunt Xu, happened to come out and greeted her, "Young Madam is back a little early." She said with a smile. Banquets in the past did not end so early.
Facing the nanny who was taking care of her mother-in-law, Xuan Jinyu felt a little embarrassed to say that she had disrupted the banquet, and only responded vaguely.
"Is mother busy? I'll go and pay my respects to her."
"The master is back, and the mistress is talking to him." Perhaps because Aunt Xu also practiced martial arts, she smiled with a heroic air that the other maids didn't have. "It's okay if he doesn't greet you."
The Su family did not have the custom of greeting the elders when going out or coming home. If a younger generation remembered to go to the upper room and talk, it would be considered as paying respects.
"Then I'll go talk to my mother tomorrow," said Xuan Jinyu.
"Hey." Nanny Xu responded, "The young master is back too. He's been gone for over a month, the young mistress must be missing him. Come back soon!"
Xuan Jinyu's eyes lit up, but she tried hard to suppress the corners of her lips that curled up, and muttered softly, "Who misses him?"
Nanny Xu just smiled but said nothing. She had something else to do outside the house, so she said goodbye and left in a hurry.
Xuan Jinyu called out to the two girls who were winking at each other and said, "Let's go! Don't block the door and obstruct others' way." After saying that, she walked briskly towards Jingzhu Garden without even looking at their reactions.
Caiwei and Caishu followed, holding back their laughter.
"Hey, did you hear? That guy is coming back."
"Who? Which person are you talking about?"
Xuan Jinyu, her master and her servant had just arrived at the small garden when they heard whispers behind the rockery.
In broad daylight, they're gossiping in the mansion. Which mansion has such rules? Xuan Jinyu frowned.
Caiwei looked at her expression and was about to step forward and grab the person, but unexpectedly a word stopped her.
"Who else could it be? The young master's sweetheart!"
Xuan Jinyu's face changed. She took a deep breath and grabbed Caiwei, preventing her from moving.
"Is it her? Isn't she married? Why is she back?"
"I heard the man she married was a good-for-nothing. He died after just two years."
"Alas, he is also a miserable man. Back then, the young master was about to ask his wife to come to propose marriage, but who knew that the Grand Tutor would come and marry a delicate young lady, who would make trouble every few days."
"Who says it isn't? Poor young master, he's already depressed because of his longing for someone, and now he has met a lady like this. No wonder he's so busy with official business all day and doesn't want to go home."
Xuan Jinyu's face turned ashen.
Caiwei saw her expression and knew something was wrong. She tiptoed around the rockery and asked, "Who is gossiping here?"
"Cai... Miss Caiwei."
"Miss Caiwei, please spare me! I just drank two mouthfuls of yellow soup and I don't know how high the heavens are and how deep the earth is. I am talking nonsense. Miss, please don't take it seriously and don't tell the young lady. Don't let her and the young master and his wife fall out."
The sound of the head hitting the ground was loud and dull.
Xuan Jinyu loosened her tightly clenched left hand. The stinging pain in her hand was not even a fraction of the pain in her heart.
She walked straight across the rockery, bypassed the two maids who were still begging for mercy, and left. Caishu followed nervously behind her.
It’s over.
Seeing this, Caiwei hurriedly followed, no longer caring about the two people who were still begging for mercy with their heads bleeding.
Xuan Jinyu walked all the way without stopping. The maids and servants along the way saw that she was full of murderous intent. The two girls Caiwei and Caishu who followed her also had angry faces and did not dare to approach her for a while.
Some of the more clever ones had already quietly gone to the upper room to deliver the letter.
Xuan Jinyu entered Jingzhu Garden. The maid who was in charge of sweeping and cleaning hurriedly bowed to her and said, "Young Madam, the young master is in the study."
"Young Madam." The servant guarding the study door had not yet finished his greetings when he saw Xuan Jinyu push the door open.
"Go down."
It’s over, the young lady’s voice was cold.
The secretary didn't dare to speak and hurried out of the front yard. Seeing the two girls Caiwei and Caishu waiting there, he hurriedly asked them for information, who had offended the young lady again?
Their young master just came back today, so he wouldn't have offended anyone, right?
He called everyone sweetly, "Sister Caiwei" and "Sister Caishu", but the two sisters who were gentle and amiable in the past did not give him a good face today.
"Noisy." Caishu snorted coldly.
The secretary shut up awkwardly.
In the study.
Su Guanzhang saw his wife whom he hadn't seen for over a month. He put down the book in his hand and said in a slow tone, "Are you back?"
The husband I've been thinking about for over a month is right before my eyes, but...
Xuan Jinyu's eyes were hot, and she tried to raise her chin, "Su Guanzhang, I want a divorce."
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