Chapter 245: A man's sincerity is worthless
"The wife of the Crown Prince of the Duke of Xingguo Mansion requested a divorce letter, not because of a harem conflict, but because she wanted a way to survive."
Su Tan lowered her eyes. She had passed by the Duke of Xingguo's Mansion yesterday and saw black air lingering above it. Later, after returning home and sorting out all the matters, she looked for the birth date and horoscope of the wife of the Crown Prince of Xingguo's Mansion.
Su Tan often went in and out of the mansions of nobles with her master. A long time ago, many nobles in the capital had asked her and her master to help them avoid danger and seek good fortune.
Therefore, it was not difficult for Su Tan to know the horoscope of the wife of the Crown Prince of Xingguo Mansion.
The Crown Prince of Xingguo and his wife have been married for six years.
They used to be very loving and lived a life that was enviable.
Later, when the passion faded, the two of them treated each other with respect and lived in peace with each other.
But now, everything has changed.
"Your Majesty, that vengeful ghost is after the wife of the Crown Prince of Xingguo's mansion. She's pregnant, and she doesn't even know it, but the vengeful ghost has already sensed it."
"The vengeful ghost transformed into a delicate beauty and lied to the palace, claiming she had been poisoned by the Crown Prince's wife. She then bribed the palace doctor, saying that in order to remove the poison, the Crown Prince's wife would have to be tied up and given a bowl of her blood every day as a medicine."
Su Tan's voice was so cold that it made everyone around him shiver when it fell into their ears.
"absurd!"
Emperor Qinglong's expression was grim, his brows gloomy and dark, ink practically dripping from them. "How could the prince of the Duke of Xingguo actually believe such a horrifying antidote? Could he be some incredibly foolish idiot?"
"Since Xu was trying to save her life, why didn't she tell me yesterday? You actually had to speak up first."
Emperor Qinglong did not forbid women from divorcing.
When Prince Yu and Princess Yu divorced, it was he who issued the decree.
If Xu Chunxue had explained the specific reasons clearly yesterday, Emperor Qinglong would definitely not have let her step down directly.
In the final analysis, it was Xu Chunxue's own fault. Since the matter had already come before the emperor, why should she continue to hide it and only end up being treated as such for no reason?
If Xu Chunxue had made her words clear herself.
Could it be that as the ruler of the world, he would not give her a chance to live?
Su Tan: “…”
Su Tan thought to herself that when the Crown Prince's wife asked Emperor Qinglong for a divorce letter yesterday, her clothes had turned white from washing, and she was so thin that she looked almost like a bag of bones.
His face was also very pale.
As if he had suffered a lot.
If Emperor Qinglong had eyes, he would not turn a blind eye to Xu Chunxue's suffering.
Su Tan raised his thin lips. This emperor always cared about his reputation. If he told the truth, he was afraid that Emperor Qinglong would be furious again. "Family disgrace should not be made public. Besides, Miss Xu always thinks about the relationship between husband and wife."
"Don't let the prince get a bad reputation for favoring his concubine and neglecting his wife."
"Who knew the prince would not leave her a way out?"
It’s not that Xu Chunxue herself doesn’t want to say it.
It was obvious that Emperor Qinglong did not give Xu Chunxue a chance to speak from the beginning.
She just asked for a divorce, but the prince of the Duke of Xingguo’s Mansion immediately blocked her mouth.
Emperor Qinglong even felt that it was a blessing for Xu Chunxue, a peasant girl, to marry into the Mansion of the Duke of Xingguo.
If you dare to ask for a divorce again, you will be ungrateful.
Therefore, this high and mighty monarch who always talked about loving his people did not give Xu Chunxue any chance to speak again, and directly ordered people to drag Xu Chunxue out.
The victim's mouth was blocked, not giving him a chance to speak.
Now I have to ask myself the opposite question: why didn’t you say it then?
Su Tan also found it both funny and ridiculous.
Emperor Qinglong felt that it was Xu Chunxue's own indecision, hesitation and womanly kindness that caused her to miss the opportunity to speak.
It never had anything to do with him.
Emperor Qinglong's anger had not yet subsided, and his expression was still tense. "That bastard, the Xingguo Duke's Prince, actually ordered someone to take Xu's blood?"
Su Tan shook his head. "Not yet, I just asked someone to lock up the Crown Prince's wife first, but..."
Su Tan sighed, a look of pity on his face. "But in another hour, the Duke of Xingguo's Crown Prince will be unable to withstand the instigation of the vengeful ghost and will order his wife to be tied up and her flesh cut and blood drained."
"If there's one, there's another. The Crown Prince's wife used to be a strong and amazing woman who even dared to kill wolves. Now she's been tortured beyond recognition. In the near future, she might even be on the verge of death."
"And there are far more pitiful people like the Crown Prince's wife than just one."
"Your Majesty, if you give the order, I will immediately go to the Duke of Xingguo's mansion to kill the vengeful ghost."
After she said that, how could Emperor Qinglong refuse?
If Xu Chunxue was the only one in trouble, Emperor Qinglong might have turned a blind eye.
After all, Xu Chunxue grew up in the countryside and was just a peasant girl who was not presentable. She was able to come to the capital and serve as the prince's wife for several years, enjoying wealth and glory for several years. It was a great honor for her ancestors.
Even though he would die soon, when he thought about it carefully, Emperor Qinglong still felt that it was worth it for Xu Chunxue.
After all, people always say that if you are willing to live a rich and carefree life for two or three years, even if you die immediately, you will be happy with it.
However, the vengeful ghost that Su Tan mentioned targeted all the married women in the world and wanted to kill all the legal wives in the world.
It would be fine if it was just a violent death.
However, the woman's hatred for her death caused her to harbor extremely strong resentment. If he was not careful, all the people would be devastated, and even he, the emperor, might lose his life.
Before the frost and snow fell on Emperor Qinglong, he naturally did not care about the lives of others. He just felt that there was no immortal person in the world, and as long as the scene of suffering had not been placed in front of him, he could turn a blind eye.
You can just ignore it forever.
Now that his imperial power and his own life are about to be threatened, he naturally cannot turn a blind eye any longer.
Emperor Qinglong immediately issued an edict, asking Su Tan to go to the Duke of Xingguo's Mansion and bring with him the imperial edict of divorce granted by him.
Song Tingchen frowned and couldn't help but ask, "How could someone in this world treat his first wife like this?"
"Su Tan, are you really not lying?"
In the past, although the nobles in the capital often had a contemptuous attitude when they mentioned Xu Chunxue, they always looked down on the other party for his humble background, yet he had managed to climb up to such enormous wealth.
But it didn't delay them. They really envied Xu Chunxue for being the only one to receive the favor of the prince.
In those years, Xu Chunxue and the prince were like a perfect couple, the envy of others.
How come now, the prince of the Duke of Xingguo's Mansion has become such a heartless person who would completely disregard his wife's life for the sake of others?
Even though people's hearts are fickle, Song Tingchen couldn't believe that the Prince of Xingguo's Mansion could change his mind so quickly.
Su Tan glanced at him, raised the corner of his lips in contempt, and said in a gloomy tone, "General Song, you don't think that a man's sincerity is worth a lot, do you?"
"Sincerity is always changing. In the past, the prince of the Xingguo Mansion only had Miss Xu in his eyes."
"It is true that he is willing to disregard Miss Xu's life for the sake of others."
"Let alone anything else, General Song was deceived by Liu Qingyin in the past. If I had not divorced you, and Miss Liu had found an opportunity to frame me like this, General Song would not necessarily have done better than that prince."
Su Tan said this not out of anger or resentment.
She simply told him the situation she might face, word for word, tearing apart Song Tingchen's self-deception.
Song Tingchen's face suddenly turned ashen.
Lu Zhiheng raised his eyebrows when he heard this.
"This is indeed something General Song can do."
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