When the Marquis of Loyalty returned to his residence, he was in a very aggressive and menacing manner.
He frowned and strode towards Shou Kang Yuan.
"My lord, this servant will go and inform the Lady of the Marquis." The old woman at the gate saw him and immediately tried to go in to inform her.
"What announcement? Who do I need to announce my arrival when I enter my own home?" Marquis Zhongyi said impatiently, striding inside without stopping.
"All of you, get out!"
When the Marquis of Loyalty and Righteousness entered the main courtyard, he saw Lady Cen leaning back in a recliner, resting with her eyes closed.
There was a young maid squatting nearby, massaging her legs, but he impatiently chased her away.
"Did you suffer some humiliation at court and come back to your residence to vent your anger?" Madam Cen lifted her eyelids, glanced at him, and quickly closed them again, her brows furrowed as if she had seen something ominous.
Seeing her so undisguised, the Marquis of Loyalty's anger flared even more.
He waved away the servants and said irritably, "In the entire court, besides your blind old flame, who else can give me trouble!"
Madam Cen immediately sat up, looked up and stared at him with a serious expression: "My lord, watch your words!"
"What, you've already done this, and you're still afraid of what people will say?" Marquis Zhongyi was very unconvinced, his neck stiff and his demeanor purely stubborn.
"What you say is true, Lord Marquis. Then I won't hide it for the men of your Jiang family anymore. You old lecher have given birth to a little lecher. They're both troublesome!" Madam Cen was furious and said some very harsh words.
"What? What nonsense are you spouting!" Marquis Zhongyi's expression changed. Hearing this tone, he knew that something had happened in his mansion again.
"My lord, just take it as me talking nonsense. You should go find some concubines. I'm tired today, we'll talk about it tomorrow." Seeing his low spirits, Madam Cen didn't want to say anything more to him and simply said this to send him away.
After saying that, she leaned back in the recliner, closed her eyes again, and looked like she was about to fall asleep, completely ignoring him.
The Marquis of Loyalty and Righteousness was intrigued and was not about to let her off easily.
He immediately walked over and gave her a gentle push.
"Tell me quickly, what exactly happened in the manor?"
“The Marquis has a bad temper these days, so I dare not speak to you casually. If I anger you, it will be difficult to handle the situation. You should ask someone else!” Madam Cen remembered how angry he had just been and deliberately left him hanging.
Marquis Zhongyi immediately said anxiously, "Something big has happened in the manor. You must be trying to keep it from others. Who can I ask?"
“Aren’t all your concubines incredibly capable? You can ask them!” After saying this, Madam Cen turned over and faced away from him.
Marquis Zhongyi was furious. Since she spoke with such certainty, it proved that those concubines hadn't gotten any information. He could only get the answer from her; otherwise, it would be useless to ask anyone else.
"Cen Ying, what do you mean by this? Are you putting on airs with me? If you can manage this backyard, then manage it; if you can't, then let someone else manage it!"
Marquis Zhongyi was already furious, and after going to court today, he got into a fight with Yu Jingxuan. Perhaps because he knew about his past with Cen Shi, he felt that the old white-faced man was even more hateful than usual.
Even just making eye contact gave him an urge to punch them; his hands were itching, and he was furious.
"Ha, Lord Marquis, you should have said so earlier! Come, I will personally serve you the pen, ink, paper and inkstone. Please take a seat and write this divorce agreement down immediately. After you and I sign it, we will go our separate ways."
"I don't need to look at your old, lecherous face, and you don't need to follow my lead. You can promote whichever concubine you want!"
Cen spoke without any politeness, and she immediately got up from the recliner and personally prepared the brush and ink.
Marquis Zhongyi sneered, followed, sat down in a chair, picked up a pen and began writing the divorce papers. His pen moved swiftly and smoothly, completing the work in one go.
Looking at his flamboyant handwriting and impatient attitude, it was as if he were writing not a divorce agreement, but a declaration of freedom and light.
The two were arguing loudly, and the head maid guarding the gate outside could hear it clearly.
Such private matters concerning their mistress's reputation should have been ignored, but now that things had escalated to the point of writing a divorce agreement, the head maid couldn't care less and hurriedly went to Granny Liu for advice.
"The reason why we are husband and wife is because of a karmic connection from three lifetimes ago. You and I are a mismatched couple, brought together by a twist of fate, yet we have become a resentful pair. Since we hate each other, let us each go back to our own homes and find our own mothers. Let us part ways peacefully and never see each other again!"
This letter of divorce was written extremely quickly, with almost no pauses in between, and the first sentence was written with meticulous word choice, clearly not the style of a rough man like Marquis Zhongyi.
Cen narrowed her eyes and couldn't help but sneer, "It seems that the Marquis has been impatient for a long time. This divorce agreement has been prepared in advance. I'm afraid it was polished by some erudite scholar."
"What kind of literary genius would I ask to polish this? How could those literati possibly write something like 'It's better for everyone to go back to their own homes and find their own mothers'? They can't even utter such a direct and incisive sentence!" Marquis Zhongyi said dismissively, adopting a haughty attitude.
Cen raised an eyebrow and said casually, "I understand. So only this sentence was written by the Marquis himself, and the rest were all thought up by others."
"What nonsense are you spouting? These are all my thoughts. I wrote them down right under your nose just now. You saw it, so how can you say someone else wrote them!"
The Marquis of Loyalty was so angry he was about to jump up and down, and he was practically ready to point his finger at her and swear an oath.
Despite the Marquis of Zhongyi's anger and impending breakdown, Lady Cen remained calm and composed, which only further enraged him.
Previously, when he and Cen were a loving couple, he thought Cen had a good temperament and good manners, and never lost her temper no matter what happened.
Now that the two are facing a breakdown in their relationship, when he looks at her calm and composed demeanor, he feels that she is just putting on an act. She may be furious inside, but she still has to maintain a good appearance. It is obviously hypocritical, just like Yu Jingxuan, who knows how to pretend.
"Why waste so much time on nonsense? Sign it! Or is it that Madam doesn't actually want to sign and is deliberately stalling for time?" Marquis Zhongyi said irritably, adding a sarcastic remark.
Cen immediately picked up a pen and signed her name without saying a word.
"He hasn't even gone to sleep yet, and the Marquis is already talking in his sleep."
She only replied after she finished signing.
The two men locked eyes, and the Marquis of Loyalty and Righteousness took the brush, preparing to sign his name.
Just as I was about to put pen to paper, there was a knock on the door.
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