Chapter 33: The marriage is cancelled

Lu Yanxiu was very reluctant, but she didn't know what she was up to, so she had to invite the clan members to come. Soon the ancestral hall was full of elders.

Liu was of high seniority and sat in the main seat. On the left and right were the side relatives of the Lu family and cousins, who were not close relatives.

After everyone gathered, Lu Yanxiu sat lazily and looked at Su He with an impatient look, "If you have anything to say, just say it quickly, I have to go back to accompany Qiuqiu!"

The elders had already heard about Lu Yanxiu's romantic affairs, and they didn't feel curious when they heard about Liu Qiuqiu. Instead, they thanked her for giving birth to Yanxiu's children.

Su He knew that none of them supported him. Only Zhang still cared about her, but unfortunately she was disabled and had passed away.

"Pei Xia, bring the things here."

Pei Xia had already gone back to the Osmanthus Courtyard to get a wooden box inlaid with pearls. When she opened it, she saw a yellowed marriage certificate inside.

Lu Yanxiu was a little surprised when he saw the object from three years ago again.

In his memory, this was the marriage certificate when he proposed to the Su family. Every word on it was written by him personally. Every word was from the heart and was full of true feelings.

After all, it was just a piece of paper. Lu Yanxiu thought he had lost it long ago. After all, he had forgotten about it after getting married and didn't take it to heart at all.

"What are you going to do?" He didn't understand why Su He summoned the elders just to see this useless marriage certificate?

"Do you still remember this marriage certificate?"

Su He spread out the marriage certificate and took a quick look. She knew every word on it by heart and had not forgotten it until now. I am afraid that Lu Yanxiu does not even know what it is.

"When you and I got married, we had three matchmakers and six betrothals, and all the clan members witnessed the wedding. Now that we are getting divorced, if the clan members hide and do not come out to notarize it, wouldn't it be too conscienceless?"

Some of the clan members were dissatisfied: "What do you mean by saying this?"

Liu also squinted at her.

Su He asked Pei Xia to hand over the dowry account book to the clan members for review. Lu Yanxiu had already signed and sealed it, promising that he would return every expense in the future.

The account book was passed around in the ancestral hall, and both Liu and Lu Yanxiu looked unhappy.

Since ancient times, only useless husbands would use a woman's dowry, not to mention that Lu Yanxiu used it to help Liu Qiuqiu, which was even more inappropriate.

Most of the clan members were elders of the Lu family, and they had deep-rooted ideas. They all thought that Lu Yanxiu had no future, and he still asked his daughter-in-law to pay for his dowry? No one said anything for a while.

"There are three copies of this account book, one for Lu Yanxiu and I, and one for all the elders. This is because I'm afraid that Lu Yanxiu will not recognize it in the future. I don't want so much money to go down the drain." Su Heyu's voice was not high, and every word fell into Lu Yanxiu's ears, as if with special contempt.

"As for the marriage certificate, let's leave it at that."

She tore the marriage certificate into pieces, and with a wave of her hand, the scraps of paper flew in the air.

Lu Yanxiu clenched his fists slightly, his eyes suddenly aroused anger, and his cheeks were burning with pain.

In front of so many clan elders and women in the backyard, his face was trampled underfoot and crushed. It was unbearable!

Lu Yanxiu stood up with a gloomy look in his eyes: "You and I have been husband and wife for three years, but today you humiliate me in public. Why are you so ruthless?"

Su He smiled, and his voice was a little sad.

"Even more ruthless is yet to come. You will be blessed in the future."

The marriage certificate fell to the ground, and Su He stepped on it mercilessly. Seeing this, Lu Yanxiu almost spat out a mouthful of blood. He pointed at her back and trembled, unable to speak.

"Such a mean and stingy woman should have been divorced!"

An elder in the crowd glanced at her and said, "There is no reason for our Lu family to use a woman's dowry. Even when the eldest princess got married, the dowry filled the entire mansion, but no one dared to use a penny without authorization! What's more, you and Su He are marrying up. If this gets out in the capital..."

"Stop talking! Yanxiu is still young and doesn't understand many things. Besides, it was Su He who couldn't give birth to a child. How can you blame Yanxiu?" Liu finally couldn't help but said.

The elder who spoke first turned away in annoyance, too lazy to talk to her. They were clearly talking about the use of dowry, how did it get to the point where Su He was not allowed to leave?

There were some hurried knocks on the door outside the Lu residence.

Butler Zhu reported, "Young Master, someone from the Su family is here!"

Lu Yanxiu was not satisfied and did not dare to delay, so he hurried forward to greet them, but he saw Su Ling already rushing into the hall with a dozen servants.

"Brother, who is this..."

He was still following Su He's call, and saw a dozen servants standing obediently on one side, feeling a little scared.

Su Ling glanced at him and said calmly: "I heard that Ah He came back from the temple today. Since she has divorced you, you have nothing to do with her anymore. It's late tonight, you can't leave the house in a hurry and make others laugh at you. I'm here to protect her tonight."

After that, he asked Butler Zhu to take the servants to the Osmanthus Courtyard, and he would guard outside the courtyard himself tonight.

Lu Yanxiu didn't expect Su Ling to come in so directly. He was so angry that his neck turned red. Liu's face also turned slightly red with anger. He pointed at Su Ling and said angrily: "As an outsider, you want to break into the backyard? Where did this rule come from? Does the Su family still have any law?"

When Su Ling came, he had guessed that Liu would say this. He was already dissatisfied with the Lu family, and now he was even more angry. His eyes stabbed like knives: "If I hadn't come, I'm afraid that there would be a robbery of dowry and harm to Ah He in the mansion. Old lady, don't you think so?"

Liu's face froze, and a trace of panic quickly flashed across her face. She said: "Nonsense!"

How could Su Ling know what happened back then?

Seeing that Su Ling didn't even care about his grandmother, Lu Yanxiu's face turned livid. He let housekeeper Zhu take the group to the Osmanthus Courtyard, but in his heart he secretly cursed Su Ling.

In the Osmanthus Courtyard.

Su He looked at the servants of the Su family guarding the courtyard, and felt warm in her heart for no reason. She came to Su Ling with hot tea, "Brother, thank you."

Su Ling drank the tea in one gulp, looked at Su He and comforted him, "With us here, no one dares to make trouble. You should go and have a rest. We will leave Lu Mansion early tomorrow morning."

"Okay."

Ting Yuxuan heard the noise from the backyard and sent Mingchun out to check. After getting the news, Liu Qiuqiu couldn't help but stand in the corridor and look up, with some envy in her eyes.

"She is really lucky. Even after being driven out of the mansion by Lu Yanxiu, she still has her family to rely on."

Liu Qiuqiu stroked her belly with a melancholy look, and her eyes ached when she thought of her relatives who ate blood-soaked steamed bread.

Until now, Lu Yanxiu didn't know that she still had parents and an older brother, so what? The family members who were not worth mentioning were worse than an orphan.

As soon as the sky brightened, the dowry boxes were moved in the Guihua Courtyard.

The noisy sound reached Weirui Pavilion. Liu had a heart attack and was so angry that she didn't even have the mood to eat breakfast. When

Mrs. Yang heard the news from the temple, she felt sorry for Zou Er and pitied Qin Ma.