Chapter 976 Changing Husbands
The Prince of Luo looked at Xu Da with pity. Xu Da, who had exchanged one city for one man, was ultimately abandoned.
"What kind of look is that?"
Xu Da touched his face; he desperately needed to catch up on sleep. As for his mother, he would explain when they met.
In a year or two, his anger will subside, and he won't hold these things against him anymore.
"See for yourself."
The Prince of Luo handed Xu Da a handkerchief and said with disgust, "Wipe your hands before you read the letter."
Xu Da looked puzzled, his curiosity taking over. After glancing at the letter, he blinked and said, "From the Northwest to Yingcheng, I haven't had a good night's sleep. I've even been hallucinating."
Xu Da gave a bitter smile, trying to justify himself, saying that he must have seen it wrong.
"No, you're not mistaken."
Luo Wang wouldn't miss an opportunity to deliver a finishing blow, and said ruthlessly, "Consort Xu, you've been dumped."
The fact that the city lord of Wucheng broke off the engagement was enough to show his attitude. According to the date mentioned in the letter, Wuya was married yesterday on an auspicious day, and she married someone else.
"I don't believe it, it's impossible!"
Xu Da shook his head. It must be his mother's dissatisfaction with his escape, deliberately trying to scare him.
How could a general of the Great Qi, with his illustrious military achievements, possibly face the rejection of his engagement?
He could leave others aside, but Uya was his shadow, devoted to him, and would never marry anyone else.
"I must say, cousin, you're really confident."
Lin Yuesha gave a thumbs up and said, "So you mean Aunt Xu sent someone all the way here just to tease you?"
What is said in the letter is probably true.
Lin Yuesha had interacted with Wuya before and knew Wuya's personality.
Xu Da disappointed Wu Ya time and time again, so Wu Ya decisively changed husbands and stopped tolerating him.
Wuya was seriously injured while saving Xu Da and was once on the verge of death, but Xu Da did not visit her at all, and when it came time to send New Year's gifts, he made excuses to refuse.
There were other things that delayed him at the time, but Xu Da could have expressed his feelings earlier, yet he didn't.
Uya's unwavering devotion failed to earn Xu Da's respect, which only made Xu Da more smug.
Although Madam Xu mediated, it did not represent Xu Da's stance.
Uya was a smart woman and could see clearly that Xu Da had no feelings for her.
Perhaps he had some affection for her, but she was not the woman Xu Da wanted to marry.
With the situation in the Northwest stabilized, Madam Xu brought up the marriage proposal again. Xu Da, however, was irresponsible and ran away without leaving a word.
"Should!"
Lin Yuesha and Luo Wang took advantage of her misfortune. It's not easy to find a confidant. Xu Da repeatedly trampled on Wu Ya for the sake of his own face. Now, Wu Ya directly broke off the engagement and got married.
Madam Xu did not explicitly state who Wuya married, but the matter was undeniable.
Xu Da stood there, stunned.
Wuya quickly broke off the engagement with him. During the time he was in Yingcheng, it felt somewhat unreal that he had married someone else.
The two were engaged, and Xu Da had already convinced himself of it. Now he only felt humiliated, as if he were being cuckolded.
"Let me make it clear first, you reap what you sow, and Uya did nothing wrong."
Seeing that Xu Da was about to blame Wuya, Lin Yuesha immediately nipped that idea in the bud.
"She... didn't get my consent to break off the engagement."
Xu Da wiped the sweat from his forehead with a handkerchief. He felt as if he had been doused with cold water, and his heart was filled with chill.
"Why do I need your consent? You didn't agree to the engagement either. You don't care about Wuya and have repeatedly expressed your dissatisfaction. This is probably the result you wanted. Congratulations, cousin, on getting rid of a big burden."
Lin Yuesha added fuel to the fire, making Xu Da feel utterly ashamed.
Xu Da wouldn't listen to what others said, but Wuya's marriage forced him to confront this issue directly.
"She's always been so good to me... why did she marry someone else?"
A woman should not marry twice; a woman should not be promiscuous.
Xu Da was still very dissatisfied, especially as the one whose engagement was broken off, he had nowhere to reason with.
If word gets out that he was jilted, countless people will laugh at him.
"If others laugh at you, will you lose a pound of flesh or an ounce of silver?"
Xu Da stubbornly refused to admit his mistake, forcing Lin Yuesha to resort to drastic measures.
Uya's marriage is irreversible, but they must minimize their losses. Given Xu Da's mindset, Lin Yuesha wouldn't advise him to marry, lest he ruin a good family's daughter.
"A real man..."
Xu Da wanted to argue a bit more, but Lin Yuesha interrupted him, saying, "In this life, we're just laughing at others and letting others laugh at us occasionally. No one can avoid it."
Lin Yuesha, adopting an omniscient perspective, asked Xu Da, "Cousin, I have a question for you."
"Tell me, and I will be completely honest."
Xu Da was dejected, but he rallied his spirits and said...
Would you rather marry someone who revolves around you and centers their life around you, or someone who is indifferent to you and whom you have to fawn over all day?
This is a multiple-choice question, and everyone will have a different answer.
"Of course they'll fawn over me! A real man doesn't act like a lapdog!"
Lin Yuesha once mentioned the term "simp," and Xu Da remembered it.
"So, Uya thought the same way; she didn't want a stone that couldn't be warmed up."
Previously, it was always Wuya who made the effort while Xu Da was passive; now, however, Xu Da can't even make amends.
The White Shadow is a good example; after the Red Hearts were gone, the White Shadow couldn't get out at all.
One evening, Lin Yuesha saw two sets of bowls and chopsticks placed in front of Bai Ying, one set for Hong Tao, and several side dishes on the table, all of which were Hong Tao's favorites, as if she had been there all along.
Xu Da stood up and left silently, his back view desolate.
Lin Yuesha was a little sad and asked Prince Luo, "Uncle, did I make it too serious?"
After all, Lin Yuesha shouldn't meddle in matters of the heart.
"It's not serious. Relationships between men and women are just that complicated, so why do people get married and have children?"
Luo Wang sighed and said, "Being alone and free, like a carefree cloud or a wild crane, without having to worry about a partner or consider her feelings, isn't that wonderful?"
Romantic relationships between men and women are often self-inflicted.
Qi Heng, such a shrewd man, has the greatest wish to live happily ever after with Lin Yuesha—how vulgar!
"Lin girl, listen to your uncle. It's pointless to worry about things that don't concern you, especially about love. It's the most unworthy thing to be troubled by them."
The King of Luo's expression was inscrutable. After he finished speaking, he stood up and waved his sleeve.
"Amitabha."
Lin Yuesha stood up, clasped her hands together, and asked, "So, Uncle, when will you become a nun?"
In modern terms, Luo Wang was not only single, but also childless by choice, a very rare occurrence in the Great Qi Dynasty.
Xu Da was down for a few days, but gradually came to terms with it. She asked Lin Yuesha, "Cousin, no matter who Wuya marries, she has done a lot for me after all. I should prepare a gift for her wedding."
After he returned to Beijing, Wuya was in the Northwest, and they rarely had any contact. Consider this a token of his goodwill.
Xu Da didn't know what Wuya liked, and he was afraid that Wuya's husband wouldn't like the jewelry he gave her.
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