Chapter 1: The Prince Wants a Divorce?
"If your mind is made up, I will grant your request." The man's deep, somber voice revealed a despairing disillusionment. "I will go to the palace immediately to request a divorce agreement and set you free."
After the man finished speaking, he turned and walked out.
Chu Yunjin snapped out of her daze and quickly said, "Wait!"
The man paused outside the door, but did not turn around.
Chu Yunjin was still immersed in the shock and confusion of transmigrating into the book when a flood of memories that did not belong to her surged into her mind, making her feel incredulous.
Her name is Chu Yunjin, the daughter of the Minister of Revenue. The man in front of her who agrees to divorce her is Yan Cang, the fourth prince of the Yong Dynasty, known as the Prince of Yan, the Grand Marshal of the Army, a man of great military achievements and holding immense power.
Yan Cang had fallen in love with Chu Yunjin at some point, and used his military merits to ask the emperor for a marriage decree. Even though he knew that Chu Yunjin loved someone else, he still insisted on marrying her.
However, Chu Yunjin loved Prince Jin, Yan Heng. After being forced into marriage, she tried every means to escape and hated Yan Cang to the core. Only after being persuaded by Prince Jin, Yan Heng, did she accept reality and agree to stay in the palace to act as Yan Heng's spy and plan for his great cause.
But Chu Yunjin was really too foolish. Taking advantage of Yan Cang's affection for her and his indulgence, she repeatedly went out of the mansion to meet with Yan Heng in secret, completely disregarding the reputation of Yan Cang and the Chu family, and making a fool of herself time and time again.
An ordinary man would never tolerate such a shameful act.
Yan Cang merely confined her to her quarters, forbidding her from going out again, and ordered the nannies and maids in the mansion to watch over her. As a result, Chu Yunjin attempted suicide three times, either by drowning herself or by cutting her wrists, causing her great distress.
The turning point came yesterday.
Consort Gu was the emperor's most favored concubine in the palace.
At yesterday's birthday banquet, someone framed Consort Gu for having an affair. Under Yan Heng's instruction, Chu Yunjin gave false testimony, accusing Consort Gu of her crime, which enraged the emperor. As a result, Consort Gu was demoted three ranks to the rank of concubine and imprisoned in the Cold Palace, where no one was allowed to visit her. Consort Gu is the biological mother of Prince Yan Cang.
This incident was a huge blow to Yan Cang.
After returning home last night, Yan Cang stayed in his study all night, tossing and turning in thought. When he came out of the study this morning, his face was pale and haggard, and he looked exhausted and desperate.
He probably guessed that continuing the marriage was pointless, and he didn't want to see his family members implicated and framed anymore, so he agreed to divorce Chu Yunjin.
Then he went to the palace to ask the emperor for a divorce agreement.
However, their marriage was bestowed by the emperor, and for princes of the royal family, marriage was a lifelong commitment; unless widowed, there was no such thing as divorce.
Firstly, because of Consort Gu's matter, the Emperor was still angry. Although he did not take his anger out on Yan Cang, he did not give him a kind look.
Secondly, this marriage was originally requested by Yan Cang himself, and now he is asking for a divorce. The emperor was naturally furious, feeling that he was treating marriage as a joke, and punished him by making him kneel outside the palace to reflect on his actions.
The Emperor valued this son highly and originally did not want to punish him, thinking that kneeling for a while would make him think things through. However, Yan Cang was determined to sign the divorce papers, which enraged the Emperor, who punished him with thirty strokes of the cane.
If they still don't change their minds, increase it to fifty.
Later, Yan Cang was beaten fifty times and immediately fainted.
One of the palace guards who carried out the punishment had already been bribed by Yan Heng and secretly tampered with the caning. During the caning, nails were driven into Yan Cang's spine, causing almost irreparable damage.
Seeing that Yan Cang had not changed his mind even after fainting from pain, the emperor had no choice but to agree to give him a divorce agreement.
After receiving the divorce papers, Chu Yunjin didn't even ask about Yan Cang's injuries. She left the Prince's Mansion with the divorce papers in her pocket, intending to elope with Yan Heng. However, Yan Heng had already married the eldest daughter of the Prime Minister's Mansion. How could he possibly give up such a good marriage to marry her?
He shamelessly demanded that Chu Yunjin become his concubine.
After divorcing Yan Cang, Chu Yunjin became a disgrace to her family and was disliked by her parents. She had no choice but to reluctantly agree to become Prince Jin's concubine.
She thought that as long as Yan Heng truly loved her and treated her well in the future, it wouldn't matter if his status was low. But Yan Heng was a heartless and ungrateful person from beginning to end, with only the throne and the country in his eyes. He would never fall in love with any woman.
Having lost his innocence, Chu Yunjin was even less likely to be taken to heart.
She was later mistreated by the Princess Consort in the backyard of the Prince of Jin's mansion. She was beaten, scolded, and forced to follow strict rules. Yan Heng never protected her once, and she was tortured to death within two years.
And Yan King Yan Cang...
Enraged, the emperor issued an edict ordering him to guard the northwest after his recovery and not to return to the capital without an imperial decree. The Prince of Yan died in the northwest in the twenty-seventh year of the Zhaode era.
Chu Yunjin broke out in a cold sweat as she recalled the plot of the book.
She framed Yan Cang's mother and was banished to the cold palace, and now she also faces divorce.
This is truly a disastrous start.
Chu Yunjin didn't dare to think any further. She lifted her skirt and ran outside, stepping over the threshold and hugging the man tightly from behind: "Don't go."
Yan Cang's body stiffened.
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