My husband, who abandoned his father and kept his son, actually wants me to be his concubine.

Chapter 52 Letter of Divorce
Rong Yi frowned as he looked at Lu Jin and asked, "Why are you looking at me like I'm your enemy?"

Lu Jinshi said, "I didn't."

Rong Yi didn't press the matter further and asked, "How is my elder sister?"

Lu Jinshi said slowly, "Sigh... It's a long story. Let's go inside and talk."

During dinner, Rong Yi heard that Yuan Jie was afraid that Wan Niang would commit suicide, so he preferred to stay with his mistress. He frowned and said, "What kind of behavior does this heir of the Duke of Zhenguo have? Can't he see through the methods that Wan Niang used to coerce him? Wan Niang is quite capable. She gave up her six-month-old child in her arms to gain Yuan Jie's affection. She will surely be able to enter the Duke of Zhenguo's mansion."

Lu Jinshi looked at Rong Yi and said, "It's rare that you can see through Wan Niang's tricks."

Rong Yi said, "If I can't even see through Wan Niang's methods, then I should give up the idea of ​​becoming the crown prince as soon as possible."

Lu Jinshi smiled and said, "I only hope that when you encounter this situation yourself in the future, you will still be so clear-headed."

Rong Yi said, "You'd never encounter such a thing. If I dared to keep a mistress, you would have slapped me a dozen or twenty times already."

"This child is teachable," Lu Jinshi said with a faint smile.

Rong Yi said, "You really are trying to climb up the ladder by taking advantage of the situation..."

Lu Jinshi said, "Rong Yi, if one day you regret your vow not to take a concubine, you must tell me beforehand, so that we can part amicably. Don't wait until I find out."

I am not as kind as my elder sister. If your mistress were to use a stillborn child to coerce you and resort to underhanded means to frame me, I would only make her a dead person as well, thus proving my guilt in harming others.

Rong Yi said, "You don't trust me at all?"

"Just a few days ago you said you wanted me to be your concubine, how can I trust you?"

Rong Yi touched his nose with his finger, looking rather guilty.
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In the princess's mansion.

Princess Yongjia waited until the candle burned out, and watched as the maidservant replaced it with a new one. She then picked up the wine cup in front of her and drank the wine in it in one gulp.

Hearing the watchman's gong outside, it was already midnight.

Taking advantage of her drunkenness, Princess Yongjia walked to the desk and said, "Jixiang, grind the ink."

The palace maid Jixiang walked to the desk and ground ink, saying, "Your Highness, you are drunk."

Princess Yongjia picked up her brush and said, "No, I am not drunk. I am perfectly sober."

A tear fell from the corner of Princess Yongjia's eye and landed on the paper.

Princess Yongjia picked up her brush, dipped it in ink, and wrote the words "Letter of Divorce" on the white paper. She wrote the matter of divorcing her husband in a long and flowing style. Every word she wrote, "Let's part ways and be at peace," was heartbreaking for Princess Yongjia.

Princess Yongjia took the letter of divorce and was about to leave.

Jixiang followed closely behind, saying, "Princess...it's so late, where are you going? Should I find a sedan chair bearer?"

Princess Yongjia said, "Go to East Street. I want to personally deliver this letter of divorce to Yuan Jie."

"Princess, please wait a moment at the door. Please take the sedan chair to East Street. It's very dark tonight, and there's hardly any moonlight."

Princess Yongjia said, "I can walk there."

“You’re drunk.” Jixiang and Jishan, who were standing beside her, helped Princess Yongjia up.

Princess Yongjia said, "I'm not drunk, I'm perfectly sober... I know I'm going to deliver a letter of divorce to Yuan Jie..."

“Where is East Street… East, West, South, North, over there…” Princess Yongjia, drunk, pointed eastward and walked in that direction, with several maids supporting the staggering princess.

"drive!"

There was a sound of horse hooves.

Princess Yongjia saw a man dressed in black, wearing a bamboo hat, riding a fast horse down the dimly lit street.

"Shut up!"

"Why are you young ladies still out during curfew? It's past midnight, how dare you wander the streets like this?"

Princess Yongjia looked at the man on horseback and said, "How dare you! I am a princess, the only princess of the Great Sheng Dynasty, yet you all look down on me, look down on me..."

Princess Yongjia wept, saying, "I'm such a coward as a princess... What have I done wrong? I just can't have children... I want to have children, but I just can't..."

Upon hearing Princess Yongjia's words, Lu Xiao, who was on horseback, immediately dismounted, removed his straw hat, and knelt before Princess Yongjia, saying, "This humble subject was blind and did not recognize your greatness. I have offended Your Highness and hope you will forgive me."

Princess Yongjia, slightly tipsy, looked down at the young man before her and placed two fingers on Lu Xiao's chin. "Do you think I'm pretty?"

Lu Xiao looked up at Princess Yongjia and said, "The princess is naturally a beauty of unparalleled grace."

His Majesty Emperor Huiyuan is a handsome man, and Consort Xian was also a beauty in her youth; otherwise, she would not have entered the palace and risen to the rank of Consort Xian.

Princess Yongjia's beauty surpassed even that of her mother.

Princess Yongjia said, "A beauty that rivals the heavens... What a beauty that rivals the heavens! If he is truly a beauty that rivals the heavens, why is he still keeping a mistress outside..."

Lu Xiao said, "That's because the man surnamed Yuan is blind. Your Highness, you have the appearance of a fairy descended from heaven."

Princess Yongjia's fingers, which had been resting on Lu Xiao's chin, moved to caress his face. She spoke with a hint of drunkenness, "I have already written a letter of divorce to Yuan Jie. I am no longer anyone's wife... Seventh Brother is right. I am the only princess of Da Sheng. Why should I hang myself on one tree? I can keep handsome men of the world as my male concubines... Would you be willing to be my male concubine?"

"Huh?" Lu Xiao was taken aback. "Your humble servant..."

Princess Yongjia moved her hand away from Lu Xiao's face and said, "You lied to me too. What 'national beauty' and 'celestial maiden descended to earth'? It was all a lie."

Lu Xiao said, "No, I am not lying to you. Your Highness, you are truly as beautiful as a fairy."

"If that's the case, why are you unwilling to become my male concubine?" Princess Yongjia stretched out two fingers and pinched Lu Xiao's chin tightly. "I want you to be my male concubine. This is my order."

Lu Xiao frowned in distress, and after a long while said, "This humble subject dares not disobey the princess's command."

Princess Yongjia grasped Lu Xiao's wrist. "Come, come back to the palace with me."

"Your Highness!" Upon seeing this, the two maids, Jixiang and Jishan, immediately spoke up to stop them, "Your Highness, you are drunk. You cannot allow Young Master Lu to be your male favorite..."

Princess Yongjia said, "I have already written a letter of divorce to Yuan Jie, so why can't I keep a male concubine? It is the nature of all men in this world. They can keep mistresses, so why can't I? Seventh Brother is right."

Princess Yongjia handed the letter of divorce to Jixiang and said, "You don't need to persuade me anymore. Go to East Street and give this letter of divorce to the prince consort."

Jixiang took the letter of divorce and said, "Your Highness, it's not that you can't keep male concubines, but that you can't keep Prince Lu as a male concubine..."

"What persimmons and oranges? In this world, is there any man who can keep a male concubine for me, a princess? Stop being so noisy!"

Princess Yongjia looked at Lu Xiao and said, "Any man who is younger and more handsome than Yuan Jie can become my male concubine."

(End of this chapter)