Song Yanyan was rejected to her face. She tried her best to hold back her tears and looked at Yin Jin'an with resentment.
She had disliked her second cousin since childhood, let alone marry him.
He was a vulgar, lazy, and unworthy second son who had no right to inherit the title.
However, she had been living in the Duke's mansion for more than half a year and heard that Yin Jin'an had entered the Palace Guard and was even granted the title of Marquis. Her aunt said that he was highly appreciated by His Majesty and Grand Secretary Gu.
In addition, Yin Jin'an is extremely handsome, and it wouldn't be bad if he could be managed like his aunt did with the Duke of Xun for the rest of his life. So she reluctantly agreed to marry him.
Yin Jin'an felt utterly disgusted by the look in her eyes.
She was so frail that she would faint at the drop of a hat, and her mind was full of scheming, but none of it could be brought to the table.
Damn it, is this what you call a lady from a respectable family?
You must have a misunderstanding about what a lady from a respectable family should be!
Yin Jin'an said angrily, "Get out! No one is allowed to interfere in my marriage from now on."
“Yin Jin’an, marriage is a major event that parents should decide…” Yin Jinzhuo continued to provoke the Duchess, “It’s a shame that your father and mother were just about to propose marriage to you.”
Seeing Song Yanyan on the verge of tears, the Duchess was furious and said, "Since you don't want the marriage I arranged for you, forget about the betrothal gifts, and I'm not going to care about you anymore."
"Look, they've already backed out!"
Yin Jin'an said to Liang Youbin, "Let's also find a few people to spread rumors that the Duchess promised to give me her unmarried niece as a dowry in order to force her into marriage with me. Unfortunately, I don't like the Song family girl, so she reneged on the promised dowry as well!"
Wow~
Song Yanyan ran out of the Marquis's mansion crying.
The Duchess was filled with hatred. Pointing at Yin Jin'an, she said, "I must have done something utterly heinous in my past life to give birth to such a wicked child as you, Yin Jin'an. You will die a horrible death, go to the battlefield and be riddled with holes by seven spears and eight swords, you will not have a good end..."
Before she could finish her sentence, Duke Xun slapped her hard across the face.
The Duchess fell to the ground, staring at Duke Xun in disbelief: "You hit me?"
"You vile woman!" Duke Xun roared in fury, kicking her again hard, and the Duchess fainted.
Yin Xiushan picked her up and carried her back to the Duke's mansion like a dead dog.
Yin Jinzhuo grabbed Pei Yue and ran as fast as she could!
Yin Jin'an strode back to the living room, picked up the sugar triangle that Duke Xun had bought, and with a forceful movement, the sugar triangle arced through the air and landed in the courtyard.
Liang Youbin quickly picked it up and took it elsewhere.
Cheng Yu advised Yin Jin'an: "My lord, don't be angry. You know that's just how the people in the Duke's mansion are... The Duchess said that a leopard can't change its spots, but that was referring to themselves. They really haven't changed their habit of eating excrement."
He had been with Yin Jin'an for eight years and knew his master too well. In fact, his master was quite simple-minded.
Yin Jin'an lay on the rocking chair and said to Cheng Yu, "Go, carve a sign and hang it at the door. Make the letters big."
"Sir, what words should I carve?"
“Yin Jinzhuo and dogs are not allowed to enter.”
"Okay!"
Cheng Yu immediately went to carve it. He knew that his master was unhappy and wouldn't be able to get rid of his anger without doing something outrageous.
Duke Xun dragged his wife back to the Duke's mansion. Along the way, the wife lost all face and dignity.
"Zhang Meng, go and invite Lord Song."
Yin Xiushan ordered his guard Zhang Meng to go to the Suiyuan Marquis's residence to invite the Duke's wife's younger brother, Lord Song.
"What...what do you want to do?" The Duchess asked, somewhat flustered.
Yin Xiushan ignored her. To be honest, he was invincible on the battlefield, but he had a headache when he met the Duchess.
As dusk fell, Lord Song arrived.
Lord Song bowed politely to Yin Xiushan: "Brother-in-law, what urgent matter do you have?"
Yin Xiushan called him to the living room and summoned the Duchess and Yin Jinzhuo and his wife as well.
Then everyone noticed that the Yin family patriarch had also arrived.
Yin Xiushan sat at the head of the table, and for the first time, the Duchess did not sit with him.
Yin Xiushan cut to the chase: "I called everyone here today to tell you something important: I'm going to divorce my wife!"
"Divorce?"
When Yin Xiushan spoke, almost everyone gasped in surprise.
The Duchess was even more incredulous. What did Yin Xiushan say? He wanted to divorce her!
"My lord, are you going to divorce me because of that beast?"
"right!"
"Are you even human? I've spent my whole life bearing your children, serving the elderly, and raising the young. What right do you have to divorce me? Do you believe I'll kill myself in front of you?"
She pretended to bang her head against the wall.
Yin Xiushan looked at Lord Song and said with grief and indignation, "You see, throughout my life, she has made countless fuss and forced me to give in for the rest of my life. I am a rough man and do not have that much scheming, but I do not believe that I have wronged her or this family in any way."
Enough of that. He was too lazy to go on about many things. He simply recounted what the Duchess had said that day.
"She actually uttered the very thing that military officers fear most. Over the years, I've fought on the front lines, and of my two sons, one was raised by her into a selfish, immoral viper, and the other was forced by her to separate from the family before he even reached adulthood..."
Yin Xiushan recalled Xie Zhaozhao's words: "Why is the Duchess so unfair to Yin Jin'an? In the end, it's simply because she has never taken the Duke to heart."
Yes, she looks down on herself!
Her dislike for Yin Jin'an was partly due to Yin Jinzhuo's instigation, but more so because Yin Jin'an's personality was more like his.
He was a rough and unrefined man, unlike a civil official who was meticulous and thoughtful, but he believed and listened to her almost everything throughout his life, and handed over all his salary.
What else do you want?
Today I touched a nerve with him.
Divorce is a no-brainer, no matter what anyone says!
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