Chapter 4 She Wants to Divorce Her Husband
"..." Lu Changqing was stunned.
"That's not what I meant..." Xu Miaoyan's face turned pale and blue.
"Let's not talk about this anymore," Chen took the initiative to change the subject. "Qianxue, Changqing and I just discussed that the end of the month is an auspicious day, why not let Miaoyan marry into the family?"
"Didn't the Second Master say that I have no say in this matter," Fang Qianxue weighed the tea lid and looked at Lu Changqing calmly, "Why ask me?"
"It would be best if you were the one to bring this up. It would make you look virtuous and generous," Chen said with a pleasant expression. "Just say that you want to leave a descendant for Changli..."
"I don't agree." Fang Qianxue said calmly.
The Lu family also knew that it would be shameful to make public the matter of the two branches being heirs, so they wanted her to speak up. Now, half of the court were her grandfather's former students, so as long as she spoke up, no one would dare to criticize her.
But is Fang Qianxue some kind of mud that can be flattened or kneaded by anyone?
Chen frowned and turned to look at Lu Changqing.
It would not be good if the news of the consolidation of two branches got out. Her daughter Lu Wanrou has not yet been married off, so reputation is very important.
What's more, Master Fang gave his granddaughter a large dowry back then. Chen meant for Fang Qianxue to give half of the money to the first wife. After all, Xu Miaoyan was still young and would have children to raise in the future.
Besides, Xu was a fairy, and the child she gave birth to was a fairy boy. How could he suffer in terms of food and clothing?
"The Queen appointed Miao Yan as a sixth-rank female official today, and also said that if she could feed the Qilin beast from the Western Regions, she would be appointed as the Holy Maiden of the Nation," Lu Changqing said solemnly, "Fang, do you know what this means?"
Dayong is now facing internal and external troubles, and the world is unstable. But at this moment, Xu Miaoyan, such an auspicious sign, has appeared. The emperor and empress will definitely confer great honors on her.
If Lu Changqing could marry the Saintess of the Nation, his future career would surely be very successful!
If Miao Yan had not suddenly fallen ill today and failed to persuade the Qilin beast, the Queen would have already thought of promoting him.
"The Saintess of the Nation?" Fang Qianxue looked up at the man opposite her and saw a desire for power in his eyes. "I've never heard of her."
Originally, Lu Changqing would use the connections left by Master Fang to climb up the ladder, and eventually become the Prime Minister of Dayong, a powerful official second only to the emperor, and then go crazy and commit suicide, performing a "giving away the mountains and rivers to please you" drama in front of Xu Miaoyan.
But now Fang Qianxue has decided to end his career.
Why should others suffer for their love? Why should their own suffering highlight their sweetness?
She has to climb higher than Lu Changqing. Only then can she divorce her husband with a legitimate reason!
"Second sister-in-law, just agree! Your Fang family was confiscated. If it weren't for our Lu family saving your life, you would have been exiled now." Lu Wanrou only had her own marriage in mind. She had her eyes on the son of Liaoyuan Marquis's mansion, but it was a pity that the Lu family was not as well-off. "You can't repay kindness with enmity and deliberately block the future of second brother."
"Yes, Changqing's future is the first priority," Chen was also a little impatient, "Qianxue, I always thought you were sensible. If you don't know what's good for you, with your current status, it would be reasonable for Changqing to divorce you."
"Then let the Second Master divorce me." Fang Qianxue could not imagine that her mother-in-law and sister-in-law, whom she had supported with her dowry for five years, would abandon her so quickly. "There is no need to marry into two houses at the same time. Wouldn't it be better to just welcome Miss Xu into the family?"
Although my grandfather committed suicide in prison because of the Yongwang case, the emperor and empress felt somewhat guilty towards the Fang family. My grandfather's connections in the court were still there. If Lu Changqing divorced his wife and remarried, it would be a lifelong stain on him.
"Fang Qianxue! If you are divorced, Yuan'er and Yao'er will be looked down upon for the rest of their lives," Lu Changqing pinched his sleeves and stood up, "Even if you don't think about yourself, you should at least think about the two children!"
Fang Qianxue felt a chill in her heart.
If it weren't for the two children, why would she have endured until now?
"Please let me go back to Jiangning, Madam!" Xu Miaoyan suddenly knelt down, kowtowed to Chen, and then struggled in pain with her hands covering her heart, "It hurts! My heart hurts so much..."
“Miaoyan!” Lu Changqing hurriedly picked up Xu Miaoyan and carried her sideways, walking towards the inner room. Before leaving, he glared at Fang Qianxue fiercely, “You knew Miaoyan had a heart disease, yet you still provoked her like this. If anything happens to her, I will not let you go!”
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After the doctor came to Songshengju to treat Xu Miaoyan, she fell asleep peacefully.
Lu Changqing stayed by the beautiful lady's side, holding her hand with great heartache: "Is there no cure for this heart disease?"
"There is a way," said Xu Miaoyan's maid Xiuqiu, standing by her side, "but I dare not say it."
"explain!"
"Our young lady's illness needs to be healed with heart-to-heart treatment," Xiuqiu said. "She heard from the spirit bird in Medicine King Valley that as long as she drinks three drops of the heart blood of a destined person every day, she will be cured in a month."
"Drink my heart's blood!"
"No, no!" Xiuqiu waved her hand, "I need someone who is compatible with me."
"Who is the destined one?" Lu Changqing asked.
Xiuqiu hesitated for a long time, then said timidly, "The Second Madam's horoscope is a perfect match."
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