Chapter 1: Divorced
The night is as quiet as water, and the candlelight in the house is flickering.
The man's palm, warm as it was, covered Yu Qinghuan's waist. He pulled her into his arms from behind, his fingertips roaming freely.
Bang bang bang——
Suddenly there was a knock on the door, and Xie Zhiwen's voice came from outside the room, "Ah Huan, are you asleep?"
Yu Qinghuan's heart stopped at this moment. If Xie Zhiwen was outside the house... then who could be the person behind him?
She turned her head with great effort, and with the help of the candlelight, her blurry vision focused on the face of the person behind her.
Unlike the familiar impression she had, those cold eyes made her heart beat faster. How could it be!
"Why is it you!?" Yu Qinghuan couldn't help but began to struggle, tears welling up in her eyes, "Xie Zhili, let me go!"
Outside the door, Xie Zhiwen heard the movement in the house and asked nervously, "Ah Huan, what's wrong with you?"
Inside the room, Xie Zhili lowered his eyes to look at her, his dark eyes half-smiling, "Why are you crying?"
Yu Qinghuan glared at him with anger in her eyes.
At the same time, she covered her mouth tightly, not daring to make any more noise, for fear of being heard by people outside. Her little face turned red due to nervousness and shame, and tears hung on her eyelashes.
Xie Zhiwen, who hadn't received any response from the person inside, was worried that something had happened to Yu Qinghuan and knocked on the door anxiously, shouting, "Ah Huan! Ah Huan, please pay attention to me!"
Xie Zhili chuckled softly, "What do you think would happen if he came in and saw you and I lying on the same couch together?"
how?
Yu Qinghuan didn’t dare to think about it… nor did she want to think about it.
Bang——
Before she could think, the door was kicked open by Xie Zhiwen. Yu Qinghuan pushed Xie Zhili away fiercely, "Don't touch me!"
The sudden light woke her up instantly. Yu Qinghuan sat on the bed, not knowing what she was thinking about.
The maid Sang Ru hurried into the room. Seeing this, she immediately stepped forward, took out a handkerchief and wiped her hair. With a worried look on her face, she whispered, "Miss, did you dream about the Marquis again? Why not go to the temple tomorrow..."
It has been nearly half a year since Marquis Xie Zhiwen was buried, but his wife has been having nightmares ever since then. She just said she was tired and took a short rest, but it has only been a quarter of an hour and she has dreamed of him again.
After hearing the voice, Yu Qinghuan slowly came back to his senses. Fortunately, it was just a dream.
But there is still a feeling of powerlessness.
Looking at Sang Ru, the maid who grew up with him, Yu Qinghuan was too embarrassed to talk about what had just happened in his dream.
She shook her head slightly, her voice a little hoarse, and said, "Pour me a glass of water."
Sang Ru put away her handkerchief and walked to the table to pour a cup of tea. She found the water was cold, and her face suddenly changed. "These little rascals actually dared to tease you with cold tea. This is really too much! I'm going to go and settle the score with them right now!"
After she said that, she turned and was about to leave.
Yu Qinghuan hurriedly called out to Sang Ru, "Forget it, it's just a cup of tea, bring it over."
Sang Ru brought it over with a grim expression, and Yu Qinghuan took it and drank it all in one gulp.
A chill ran down her throat, making her mind clearer.
Sang Ru was indignant. "When the Marquis was still alive, the tea in your room never got cold. If the Marquis were still alive, how could the old lady dare to divorce you? If you were still the Marquis's wife, how could these people dare to..."
In Sang Ru's opinion, the servants in the mansion no longer took the mistress seriously because their master had died and the old lady had divorced her.
But Yu Qinghuan knew clearly that this was all the intention of her ex-mother-in-law, Wang, the old lady in the mansion.
Otherwise, even if the servants were sneaky, they would not dare to neglect her like this in public.
Yu Qinghuan turned his gaze outside the house.
Seeing the white silk hanging in the yard and the yellow fallen leaves on the ground that no one had cleaned up, all of this reminded her that she was reborn.
She was reborn in the year when she was divorced by Wang and Xie Zhiwen died.
Everyone says that the eldest daughter of the Yu family has a good life.
Her family background was not prominent, but she was lucky enough to become a noble marquis' wife just by virtue of her appearance.
As a result, Xie Zhiwen went on a long trip just half a year after their marriage. His mother-in-law, Wang, who had always disliked her, took advantage of Xie Zhiwen's absence and used her connections to get a divorce letter printed by the government, divorcing her as the marquis' wife and removing her name from the family tree, just to allow Xie Zhiwen to marry a noble lady.
She refused to leave the mansion and wanted to wait for Xie Zhiwen to come back and give her justice.
Who knew that Xie Zhiwen died outside, and all the uncles and relatives came to make trouble all day long, wishing they could eat up the entire marquis's mansion.
Therefore, Wang came up with an idea and wanted the divorced Yu Qinghuan to choose a man from the clan to help the Marquis' Mansion give birth to a child with the blood of the Xie family.
Wang said that as long as the child was born, she would give her a shop and money to support herself.
In her previous life, she was unwilling and was directly driven out of the Marquis' Mansion by Wang, and was forced to return to her parents' home. As a result, she was plotted against by her stepmother and married to a remote place.
Unexpectedly, the family thought they had gotten a beautiful wife, but they had no idea that she was a second wife. When they found out, they were furious. Thinking of the huge betrothal gift, they took out their anger on her and imprisoned her in the house and beat her.
When she tried to escape, she was betrayed by her maid who came with her as a dowry, and was beaten to death.
The events of her past life were vivid in her mind. Yu Qinghuan felt extremely cold, as if she had returned to the days of her remarriage and imprisonment. Her body was covered with scars from being beaten. The pain was so severe that she felt like she was living a life worse than death...
There were footsteps outside the house, and soon someone walked into the house, interrupting her thoughts.
It was the housekeeper of Biluozhai. She said arrogantly, "The old lady asks you to come over now to discuss matters concerning the Marquis' Mansion."
Yu Qinghuan then remembered that today was the deadline Wang had given her to consider the matter.
In her previous life, she packed up her things and returned to her parents' home on this day.
She clenched her fists secretly.
In this life, she will not return to the Yu family, and will never marry again!
So what if she was divorced? As long as she could stay in the Marquis' Mansion, the Yu family would not dare to come to the Mansion and force her to marry even if they wanted to plot against her again!
Doesn’t Wang want a child with the Xie family’s bloodline?
Then she would give birth to a child and use the children promised by Wang Shi to support her own shop, so that at least she would not have to worry about food and drink.
So what if she was divorced? As long as she could use her identity as the child's biological mother, she could at least stay in this mansion.
Wang will eventually grow old. When Wang dies and I have children, I will be able to find a way to control the entire marquisate.
Because of this, I really feel sorry for Xie Zhiwen. He was gentle and considerate, and gave me a lot of care and dignity when he was alive.
She didn't know if Xie Zhiwen died with regrets, but she had nightmares repeatedly since she was reborn.
Whenever Yu Qinghuan woke up from a dream, he always felt uncomfortable.
But that wasn't what she thought. It was clearly Wang who forced her to do that!
Xie Zhiwen, oh Xie Zhiwen, if your ghost lingers and you see something in the future, go and seek revenge on your mother. It was she who divorced me, and now you and I are no longer husband and wife...
You can understand, right? After all, I have to live.
…
inside the house.
Yu Qinghuan looked at Wang who was sitting in the hall, with resentment surging in his heart, and his fingers under his sleeves were almost tearing the cuffs apart.
In her previous life, it was this man who forced her to return to her parents' home and remarry, and she ended up being beaten to death!
She suppressed her surging resentment, not letting her emotions show, and called out softly, "Old Madam."
Wang was sitting upright, with many people serving her. Upon hearing this, she looked up at her and motioned her to sit down. The housekeeper beside her slowly brought her hot tea.
Judging from his proud expression, he was not upset by the death of his son.
Yu Qinghuan felt heartbroken for Xie Zhiwen. Even his own mother was like this. This Marquis' Mansion was really not a place for emotions. Everyone in it was so cold-hearted.
Just as she was about to drink the hot tea, Wang interrupted her in a deep voice, "Have you thought about it?"
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