"Father-in-law, please calm down." Cui Mubai bowed.
Seeing that he said this but looked calm and without any regret, Liu Yu firmly grasped the armrest of the armchair and asked, "Do you really want to take that brothel girl as your concubine?"
Cui Mubai raised his eyes to look at Liu Yu, nodded and said: "Father-in-law should also know that Yaozhen and I have been married for two years and have no children. Yaozhen and I are looking forward to having a child. Yuelian is pregnant with my child, and I can't let my child be left alone."
Liu Yu sneered, "Cui Mubai, I think I have treated you well. Although Yaozhen has never been pregnant, she has done nothing wrong to you. Yet you want to marry a prostitute into your house to humiliate her? It seems that your Cui family's family tradition is just like this!"
Father Cui smiled and said, "This... is all because the child is ignorant and did something stupid. But the woman is already pregnant, and we in the Cui family are helpless. I hope Elder Liu will forgive me. Mu Bai has already said that when the woman gives birth to the child, he will give it to Yaozhen to raise."
Liu Yu's face turned even colder when he heard this. He said, "Your Cui family's actions really opened my eyes. There is no precedent for the playboys in the capital to marry a brothel girl! Sharing a husband with a brothel girl, you are going to make Yaozhen unable to hold her head up in the capital in the future!" Liu Yu took a deep breath and looked at Cui Mubai disappointedly: "If that's the case, then so be it. My daughter of the Liu family can't stand such grievances. Yaozhen is not in the capital, and I will divorce her today!"
Father Cui hurriedly advised, "Calm down, dear relatives. This is just a small matter. Which family doesn't have three wives and four concubines? Although Mu Bai was a bit absurd, he had neither a maid nor a concubine after marrying Yaozhen. Please forgive him this time. When Yaozhen comes back, I will let this kid apologize to Yaozhen in person."
Cui's father's words were like adding fuel to the fire. Liu Yu did not come here today to call for an expedition. He married into the Cui family because he was attracted by the family's upright character. They were not like those unruly families who had three wives and four concubines or favored concubines over their wives.
However, he didn't expect that he was wrong in the end and failed to make a good judgment for his daughter.
When Liu Yu thought of Cui Mubai taking medicine, he began to wonder if it was the medicine that caused his temperament to change drastically.
"You always act like a gentleman. It's me, Liu Yu, who didn't know people well and failed to give Yao Zhen a good look." Liu Yu walked up to Cui Mubai and said, "I just want to ask you one question: are you going to write the divorce agreement or not?"
Cui Mubai looked up at Liu Yu, pleading in his expression, "Father-in-law, Yaozhen and I have a deep love for each other. There is a saying that it is better to demolish ten temples than to destroy a marriage. Why would you do this, father-in-law?"
"Why is it so? That's a good question. I would also like to ask you, why is it so?" Liu Yu's expression was cold and hard. "It's all your own fault, Cui Mubai!"
Cui Mubai's face showed a struggling expression. After hesitating for a moment, he gritted his teeth and said, "A divorce letter is impossible. If my father-in-law really wants it, I only have a divorce letter!"
Liu Yu was so angry that he raised his hand and slapped Cui Mubai in the face. He had always been gentle and kind, and he would never have done such a rude thing if he hadn't been extremely angry.
"You are such a shameless person, Cui Mubai! You have really lost your sense of shame! If you don't want to lose your job in the Ministry of Revenue, then write the divorce letter and admit to the public that it was you, Cui Mubai, who wronged Yaozhen. Otherwise, don't think that you can rest easy just because the Crown Prince is protecting you!"
Cui Mubai felt dizzy. His health was already in very poor condition, so how could he withstand Liu Yu's angry slap? His body swayed, and he tried hard to hold on, waiting for the dizziness to pass.
Seeing Cui Mubai remained silent, Liu Yu thought that he was unwilling, and became even angrier. He turned to look at Cui's father and said, "If you still want your Cui family's good reputation, let him write the divorce letter!"
Father Cui saw Cui Mubai's pale face, and his heart tightened. He walked forward to support Cui Mubai, and persuaded him: "I told you not to take that brothel girl as a concubine, but you didn't listen. Now, a good family has to be ruined. Listen to your father's advice. It is our Cui family who has let Yaozhen down. Let's write the divorce agreement."
Cui Mubai's dizziness passed, he took a breath with difficulty, still shook his head and said stubbornly: "The divorce is not going through. Liu Yaozhen has been married to my Cui family for two years and has not given birth to a child. As a married woman, she has violated the seven grounds for divorce. What's wrong with me taking a concubine and having a child? Father-in-law, please don't push me too far!"
Liu Yu was so angry that he left, saying, "I'll give you three days. If you still refuse to write a divorce letter after three days, don't blame me for not remembering our friendship!"
After Liu Yu left, Cui Mubai could no longer hold on and was about to collapse. Cui's father hurriedly helped him sit down on a chair and said, "Why are you doing this? What's the point of putting on such a show? Since you have decided to divorce Liu Yaozhen, just give the divorce letter to Elder Liu."
Cui Mubai leaned back in his chair, pressed his aching forehead with his fingertips, and said slowly: "It's not enough. If we divorce like this, people in the world will think that I am sorry to Yaozhen. I have to make everyone think that I am a bastard, so that Yaozhen will not doubt it."
He was afraid that he would have died by the time Yaozhen returned to the capital, and by then Yaozhen would not believe that he was really unfaithful, that he really wanted to take a prostitute into his house, or that he wanted to divorce his wife and marry another.
He wanted to cut off all of Yaozhen's thoughts and make her only hate him, so that she could marry someone else with peace of mind in the future.
The next day, the streets were full of rumors, and everyone in the teahouses and taverns was talking about the second son of the Cui family.
The prostitute in the Red Mansion captivated Mr. Cui Er, who would rather divorce his wife than take the girl from the brothel as his concubine.
Even Shen Wan, who stayed in seclusion in her boudoir, had heard about it, and she went to her father to verify it.
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